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Unit1 a<p1>Americans believe no one stands still.If you are not moving ahead, you are falling behind.<p2>This attitude results in a nation of people committed to researching, experimenting and exploring.<p3>Time is one of the two elements that Americans save carefully, the other being labor.<p4>"We are slaves to nothing but the clock," it has been said.Time is treated as if it were something almost real.<p5>We <1>budget</1> it, save it, waste it, steal it, kill it, cut it, account for it; we also <2>charge</2> for it.It is a precious resource. <p6>Many people have a rather <3>acute</3> sense of the shortness of each lifetime.<p7>Once the sands have run out of a person's <4>hourglass</4>, they cannot be replaced.<p8>We want every minute to count.A foreigner's first impression of the US is likely to be that<p9> everyone is in a rush—often under pressure.City people always appear to be hurrying to get where they are going, <p10> <6>restlessly</6> seeking attention in a store, or <7>elbowing</7> others as they try to complete their shopping.<p11>Racing through daytime meals is part of the pace of life in this country. Working time is considered precious.Others in public eating-places are waiting for you to finish so they, too, can be served and get back to work within the time allowed.You also find drivers will be <8>abrupt</8> and people will push past you.You will miss smiles, brief conversations, and small exchanges with strangers.<p12> Don't take it personally.This is because people value time highly, and they resent someone else "wasting" it beyond a certain appropriate point.<p13>Many new arrivals in the States will miss the <9>opening</9> exchanges of a business call, for example.<p14>They will miss the <10>ritual</10> <11>interaction</11> that goes with a welcoming cup of tea or coffee that may be a <12>convention</12> in their own country.They may miss <14>leisurely</14> business chats in a restaurant or coffee house.<p15>Normally, Americans do not <15>assess</15> their visitors in such relaxed <16>surroundings</16> over extended small talk; <p16>much less do they take them out for dinner, or around on the golf course while they develop a sense of trust.<p17>Since we generally assess and <17>probe</17> professionally rather than <19>socially</19>, we start talking business very quickly.<p18>Time is, therefore, always <20>ticking</20> in our inner ear.<p19><21>Consequently</21>, we work hard at the task of saving time.We produce a steady flow of labor-saving <22>devices</22>;we communicate rapidly through <23>faxes</23>, phone calls or <24>emails</24> rather than through personal contacts, which though pleasant, take longer—<p20>especially <25>given</25> our traffic-filled streets.<p21>We, therefore, save most personal visiting for after-work hours or for social weekend <26>gatherings</26>.<p22>To us the <27>impersonality</27> of <28>electronic</28> communication has little or no relation to the <29>significance</29> of the matter at hand.<p23>In some countries no major business is <30>conducted</30> without eye contact, requiring face-to-face conversation.In America, too, a final agreement will normally be signed in person.<p24>However, people are meeting <31>increasingly</31> on television screens, conducting "<33>teleconferences</33>" to settle problems not only in this country but also—by satellite—internationally.The US is definitely a telephone country.Almost everyone uses the telephone to conduct business, to chat with friends, to make or break social appointments, to say "Thank you", to shop and to <34>obtain</34> all kinds of information.Telephones save the feet and endless amounts of time.<p25>This is due partly to the fact that the telephone service is <35>superb</35> here, <36>whereas</36> the <37>postal</37> service is less <38>efficient</38>.Some new arrivals will come from cultures where it is considered <39>impolite</39> to work too quickly.<p26>Unless a certain amount of time is allowed to <40>elapse</40>, it seems in their eyes as if the task being considered were insignificant, not worthy of proper respect.<p27>Assignments are, consequently, given added weight by the passage of time.<p28>In the US, however, it is taken as a sign of <42>skillfulness</42> or being <43>competent</43> to solve a problem, or <44>fulfill</44> a job successfully, with speed.<p29>Usually, the more important a task is, the more <45>capital</45>, energy, and attention will be poured into it in order to "get it moving".美国人认为没有人能停止不前。

新视野大学英语(第二版)读写教程2-课后翻译习题.doc

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Chinese-EnglishUnitl1、她连水也不愿喝一口,更别提留下来吃饭了。

(much less)She wouldn't take a drink much less would she stay for dinner:2、他认为我在対他说谎,但实际上我讲的是实话。

(whereas)He thought I was lying to him,whereas I was telling the truth .3、这个星期你每大都迟到,对此你怎么解释?(account for)How do you account for the fact that you have been late everyday this week.4、他们的利润增长的部分原因是采用了新的市场策略。

(due to)The increase of their profits is due partly to the their new market strategy.5、这样的措施很可能会带來工作效率的提高。

(result in)Such measure are likely to result in the improvement of work efficiency6、我们已经在这个项目上投入了人量时间和精力,所以我们只能继续。

(pour into)We have to carry on because we have already poured a lot of time and energy into this project. Unit21 (尽管她是家里的独主女,她父母也从不溺爱她.)Despite the fact that she is the only child in her family, she is never babied by her parents.2. (迈克没来参加昨晚的聚会,也没给我打电话作任何解释.)Mike didn't come to the party last night, nor did he call me to give an explanation.3. (处在他旁边的那个人确实发表过一•些小说,但决不是什么大作家.)The person sitting next to him did publish some novels, but he is by no means a great writer.4. (他对足球不感兴趣,也从不关心谁赢谁输.)He has no interest in football and is indifferent to who wins to loses.5. (经理需要一个nJ以信赖的助手,在他外出吋,由助手负责处理问题.)The man ager n eeds an assists nt that he can count on to take care of problems in his abse nee. 6. (这是他第一次当着那么多观众演讲.)This is the first time that he has made a speech in the presenee of so large an audienee.Unit31、你再怎么冇经验,也得学习新技术。

新视野大学英语读写教程第二版第二册课文及翻译

新视野大学英语读写教程第二版第二册课文及翻译
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新视野大学英语读写教程第二册汉译英及英译汉答案

新视野大学英语读写教程第二册汉译英及英译汉答案

新视野大学英语读写教程第二册汉译英及英译汉答案汉译英:Unint 11. 她连水都不愿喝一口,更别提留下来吃饭了。

(much less) She wouldn’t take a drink, much less would she stay for dinner.2.他认为我在对他说谎,但实际上我讲的是实话。

(whereas) He thought I was lying to him, whereas I was telling him the truth.3. 这个星期你每天都迟到,对此你怎么解释? (account for) How do you account for the fact that you have been late every day this week?4.他们利润增长部分的原因是由于采用了新的市场策略。

(due to)The increase in their profits is due partly to their new market strategy.5. 这样的措施很可能会带来工作效率的提高。

(result in) Such measures are likely to result in the improvement of work efficiency.6. 我们已经在这个项目上投入了大量时间和精力,所以我们只能继续。

(pour into)We have already poured a lot of time and energy into the project, so we have to carry on.Unint 21.尽管她是家里的独生女,她父母也从不溺爱她。

(despite) Despite the fact that she is the only child in her family, she is never babied by her parents.2.迈克没来参加昨晚的聚会,也没给我打电话作任何解释。

新视野大学英语读写教程(第二版)第二册课文及翻译

新视野大学英语读写教程(第二版)第二册课文及翻译

Unit 1Time-Conscious AmericansAmericans believe no one stands still. If you are not moving ahead, you are falling behind. This attitude results in a nation of people committed to researching, experimenting and exploring. Time is one of the two elements that Americans save carefully, the other being labor."We are slaves to nothing but the clock," it has been said. Time is treated as if it were something almost real. We budget it, save it, waste it, steal it, kill it, cut it, account for it; we also charge for it. It is a precious resource. Many people have a rather acute sense of the shortness of each lifetime. Once the sands have run out of a person's hourglass, they cannot be replaced. We want every minute to count.A foreigner's first impression of the US is likely to be that everyone is in a rush—often under pressure. City people always appear to be hurrying to get where they are going, restlessly seeking attention in a store, or elbowing others as they try to complete their shopping. Racing through daytime meals is part of the pace of life in this country. Working time is considered precious. Others in public eating-places are waiting for you to finish so they, too, can be served and get back to work within the time allowed. You also find drivers will be abrupt and people will push past you. You will miss smiles, brief conversations, and small exchanges with strangers. Don't take it personally. This is because people value time highly, and they resent someone else "wasting" it beyond a certain appropriate point.Many new arrivals in the States will miss the opening exchanges of a business call, for example. They will miss the ritual interaction that goes with a welcoming cup of tea or coffee that may be a convention in their own country. They may miss leisurely business chats in a restaurant or coffee house. Normally, Americans do not assess their visitors in such relaxed surroundings over extended small talk; much less do they take them out for dinner, or around on the golf course while they develop a sense of trust. Since we generally assess and probe professionally rather than socially, we start talking business very quickly. Time is, therefore, always ticking in our inner ear.Consequently, we work hard at the task of saving time. We produce a steady flow of labor-saving devices; we communicate rapidly through faxes, phone calls or emails rather than through personal contacts, which though pleasant, take longer—especially given our traffic-filled streets. We, therefore, save most personal visiting for after-work hours or for social weekend gatherings.To us the impersonality of electronic communication has little or no relation to the significance of the matter at hand. In some countries no major business is conducted without eye contact, requiring face-to-face conversation. In America, too, a final agreement will normally be signed in person. However, people are meeting increasingly on television screens, conducting "teleconferences" to settle problems not only in this country but also—by satellite—internationally.The US is definitely a telephone country. Almost everyone uses the telephone to conduct business, to chat with friends, to make or break social appointments, to say "Thank you", to shop and to obtain all kinds of information. Telephones save the feet and endless amounts of time. This is due partly to the fact that the telephone service is superb here, whereas the postal service is less efficient.Some new arrivals will come from cultures where it is considered impolite to work too quickly. Unless a certain amount of time is allowed to elapse, it seems in their eyes as if the task being considered were insignificant, not worthy of proper respect. Assignments are, consequently, given added weight by the passage of time. In the US, however, it is taken as a sign of skillfulness or being competent to solve a problem, or fulfill a job successfully, with speed. Usually, the more important a task is, the more capital, energy, and attention will be poured into it in order to "get it moving".美国人认为没有人能停止不前。

新视野大学英语读写教程2课后翻译汉译英

新视野大学英语读写教程2课后翻译汉译英

英语二1·Chinese calligraphy is a unique art and the unique art treasure in the world. The formation and development of the Chinese calligraphy is closely related to the emergence and evolution of Chinese characters. In this long evolutionary process, Chinese characters have not only played an important role in exchanging ideas and transmitting culture but also developed into a unique art form. Calligraphic works well reflect calligraphers’personal feelings, knowledge, self-cultivation, personality, and so forth, thus there is an expression that “seeing the calligrapher’s handwriting is like seeing the person”. As one of the treasures of Chinese culture, Chinese calligraphy shines splendidly in the world’s treasure house of culture and art.中国书法(calligraphy)是一门独特的艺术、是世界上独一无二的艺术瑰宝。

中国书法艺术的形成,发展与汉文字的产生与演进存在着密不可分的关系。

新视野大学英语(第二版)读写教程第二册1-10单元汉译英+英译汉

新视野大学英语(第二版)读写教程第二册1-10单元汉译英+英译汉

新视野大学英语(第二版)读写教程第二册1-10单元汉译英+英译汉Unit 1 汉译英1.她连水都不愿喝一口,更别提留下来吃饭了。

(much less)She wouldn't take a drink, much less would she stay for dinner.2.他认为我在对他说谎,但实际上我讲的是实话。

(whereas)He thought I was lying to him, whereas I was telling the truth.3.这个星期你每天都迟到,对此你怎么解释?(account for)How do you account for the fact that you have been late every day this week?4.他们利润增长的部分原因是采用了新的市场策略。

(due to)The increase in their profits is due partly to their new market strategy.5.这样的措施很可能会带来工作效率的提高。

(result in)Such measures are likely to result in the improvement of work efficiency.6.我们已经在这个项目上投入了大量的时间和精力,所以我们只能继续。

(pour into)We have already poured a lot of time and energy into the project, so we have to carry on.英译汉1. I don’t think that he would commit robbery, much less wouldhe commit violent robbery.我认为他不会抢劫,更不用说暴力抢劫了。

2. Men earn ten dollars an hour on average, whereas women onlyseven dollars.男工帄均工资每小时10美元,而女工才每小时7美元。

新视野英语教程(读写教程第二版)第二册课文翻译

新视野英语教程(读写教程第二版)第二册课文翻译

这些天来,一群历史学‎家希望将该‎处建
be able to stop McDon ‎ald's from teari ‎ng the 筑列入‎国家历史文‎物保护单位‎名册,这样, build‎ing down . The McDon ‎ald's manag ‎ers are 唐尼镇就能‎使麦当劳免‎遭拆除。麦当劳的经‎
lie."
Anoth‎er Downe‎y resid‎ent remar‎ks, "I am so 另一位唐尼‎市居民说:“我非常难过‎。他
upset‎. They don't respe‎ct the publi ‎c at all. They 们一点也‎不尊重公众‎的意见,甚至都没试‎着
haven‎'t even tried ‎. They could ‎ do some small ‎ 这样做。他们可以稍‎加修理,使它再成为‎一
very angry‎, and have aband‎oned the struc‎ture. 理们非常恼‎火,因而将房屋‎ 弃置一旁。
Every‎one hopes ‎ that the McDon ‎ald's
manag‎ers and the peopl ‎e of Downe ‎y will soon
in histo‎ry.McDon‎ald's, thoug‎h, says the
build‎ing shoul ‎d be torn down.
Built‎ in 1953, the resta ‎urant‎ in Downe ‎y, 坐落于加州‎唐尼的这家‎ 餐馆建于 1‎ 953 年,
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新视野大学英语第二版读写教程第二册课后翻译

新视野大学英语第二版读写教程第二册课后翻译

新视野大学英语第二版读写教程第二册课后翻译Chinese-EnglishUnit11、她连水也不愿喝一口,更别提留下来吃饭了。

(much less)She wouldn't take a drink much less would she stay for dinner.2、他认为我在对他说谎,但实际上我讲的是实话。

(whereas)He thought I was lying to him,whereas I was telling the truth .3、这个星期你每天都迟到,对此你怎么解释?(account for)How do you account for the fact that you have been late everyday this week.4、他们的利润增长的部分原因是采用了新的市场策略。

(due to)The increase of their profits is due partly to the their new market strategy.5、这样的措施很可能会带来工作效率的提高。

(result in)Such measure are likely to result in the improvement of work efficiency6、我们已经在这个项目上投入了大量时间和精力,所以我们只能继续。

(pour into)We have to carry on because we have already poured a lot of time and energy into this project.Unit21. 尽管她是家里的独生女,她父母也从不溺爱她.Despite the fact that she is the only child in her family, she is never babiedby her parents.2. 迈克没来参加昨晚的聚会,也没给我打电话作任何解释.Mike didn't come to the party last night, nor did he call me to give anexplanation.3. 坐在他旁边的那个人确实发表过一些小说,但决不是什么大作家.The person sitting next to him did publish some novels, but he is by nomeans a great writer.4. 他对足球不感兴趣,也从不关心谁赢谁输.He has no interest in football and is indifferent to who wins to loses.5. 经理需要一个可以信赖的助手,在他外出时,由助手负责处理问题.The manager needs an assistant that he can count on to take care ofproblems in his absence.6. 这是他第一次当着那么多观众演讲.This is the first time that he has made a speech in the presence of so largean audience.1、你再怎么有经验,也得学习新技术。

新视野大学英语读写教程第二册汉译英及英译汉答案

新视野大学英语读写教程第二册汉译英及英译汉答案

汉译英:Unint 11. 她连水都不愿喝一口,更别提留下来吃饭了。

(much less) She wouldn’t take a drink, much less would she stay for dinner.2.他认为我在对他说谎,但实际上我讲的是实话。

(whereas) He thought I was lying to him, whereas I was telling him the truth.3. 这个星期你每天都迟到,对此你怎么解释? (account for) How do you account for the fact that you have been late every day this week?4.他们利润增长部分的原因是由于采用了新的市场策略。

(due to)The increase in their profits is due partly to their new market strategy.5. 这样的措施很可能会带来工作效率的提高。

(result in) Such measures are likely to result in the improvement of work efficiency.6. 我们已经在这个项目上投入了大量时间和精力,所以我们只能继续。

(pour into)We have already poured a lot of time and energy into the project, so we have to carry on.Unint 21.尽管她是家里的独生女,她父母也从不溺爱她。

(despite) Despite the fact that she is the only child in her family, she is never babied by her parents.2.迈克没来参加昨晚的聚会,也没给我打电话作任何解释。

新视野大学英语读写教程第二版第二册课文翻译【1-7单元全】 (2)

新视野大学英语读写教程第二版第二册课文翻译【1-7单元全】 (2)

Unit 1 Section A 时间观念强的美国人Para. 1 美国人认为没有人能停止不前。

如果你不求进取,你就会落伍。

这种态度造就了一个投身于研究、实验和探索的民族。

时间是美国人注意节约的两个要素之一,另一个是劳力。

Para. 2 人们一直说:“只有时间才能支配我们。

”人们似乎是把时间当作一个差不多是实实在在的东西来对待的。

我们安排时间、节约时间、浪费时间、挤抢时间、消磨时间、缩减时间、对时间的利用作出解释;我们还要因付出时间而收取费用。

时间是一种宝贵的资源,许多人都深感人生的短暂。

时光一去不复返。

我们应当让每一分钟都过得有意义。

Para. 3 外国人对美国的第一印象很可能是:每个人都匆匆忙忙——常常处于压力之下。

城里人看上去总是在匆匆地赶往他们要去的地方,在商店里他们焦躁不安地指望店员能马上来为他们服务,或者为了赶快买完东西,用肘来推搡他人。

白天吃饭时人们也都匆匆忙忙,这部分地反映出这个国家的生活节奏。

工作时间被认为是宝贵的。

Para. 3b 在公共用餐场所,人们都等着别人吃完后用餐,以便按时赶回去工作。

你还会发现司机开车很鲁莽,人们推搡着在你身边过去。

你会怀念微笑、简短的交谈以及与陌生人的随意闲聊。

不要觉得这是针对你个人的,这是因为人们非常珍惜时间,而且也不喜欢他人“浪费”时间到不恰当的地步。

Para. 4Para. 5Para. 6Para. 7差一些。

Para. 8Unit2Para. 1Para. 2Para. 3Para. 4手。

Para. 5 的确,后来我经历了无数痛苦的训练,还为此流了不少眼泪。

但在后来的五年里,我总能从尼克莱讲的有趣故事和他的幽默感中得到鼓励。

Para. 6 他开始总是说:“我的朋友们常去看电影,去跳舞,去和女孩子约会,”然后他会降低声音接着说:“我就在运动场上训练、训练、再训练。

第二年,我的15公里滑雪比赛成绩缩短了1.5分钟。

”Para. 7 “朋友们问我:‘尼克莱,你怎么做到的呢?’我回答:‘你们去看电影、跳舞、和女孩子约会,而我一直在训练、训练、再训练。

新视野大学英语读写教程(第二版)第二册课文及翻译2

新视野大学英语读写教程(第二版)第二册课文及翻译2

新视野大学英语读写教程(第二版)第二册课文及翻译21 Unit 1Time-Conscious AmericansAmericans believe no one stands still. If you are not moving ahead, you are falling behind. This attitude results in a nation of people committed to researching, experimenting and exploring. Time is one of the two elements that Americans save carefully, the other being labor."We are slaves to nothing but the clock," it has been said. Time is treated as if it were something almost real. We budget it, save it, waste it, steal it, kill it, cut it, account for it; we also charge for it. It is a precious resource. Many people have a rather acute sense of the shortness of each lifetime. Once the sands have run out of a person's hourglass, they cannot be replaced. We want every minute to count.A foreigner's first impression of the US is likely to be that everyone is in a rush—often under pressure. City people always appear to be hurrying to get where they are going, restlessly seeking attention in a store, or elbowing others as they try to complete their shopping. Racing through daytime meals is part of the pace of life in this country. Working time is considered precious. Others in public eating-places are waiting for you to finish so they, too, can be served and get back to work within the time allowed. You also find drivers will be abrupt and people will push past you. You will miss smiles, brief conversations, and small exchanges with strangers. Don't take it personally. This is because people value time highly, and they resent someone else "wasting" it beyond a certain appropriate point.Many new arrivals in the States will miss the openingexchanges of a business call, for example. They will miss the ritual interaction that goes with a welcoming cup of tea or coffee that may be a convention in their own country. They may miss leisurely business chats in a restaurant or coffee house. Normally, Americans do not assess their visitors in such relaxed surroundings over extended small talk; much less do they take them out for dinner, or around on the golf course while they develop a sense of trust. Since we generally assess and probe professionally rather than socially, we start talking business very quickly. Time is, therefore, always ticking in our inner ear.Consequently, we work hard at the task of saving time. We produce a steady flow of labor-saving devices; we communicate rapidly through faxes, phone calls or emails rather than through personal contacts, which though pleasant, take longer—especially given our traffic-filled streets. We, therefore, save most personal visiting for after-work hours or for social weekend gatherings.To us the impersonality of electronic communication has little or no relation to the significance of the matter at hand. In some countries no major business is conducted without eye contact, requiring face-to-face conversation. In America, too, a final agreement will normally be signed in person. However, people are meeting increasingly on television screens, conducting "teleconferences" to settle problems not only in this country but also—by satellite—internationally.The US is definitely a telephone country. Almost everyone uses the telephone to conduct business, to chat with friends, to make or break social appointments, to say "Thank you", to shop and to obtain all kinds of information. Telephones save the feet and endless amounts of time. This is due partly to the fact thatthe telephone service is superb here, whereas the postal service is less efficient.Some new arrivals will come from cultures where it is considered impolite to work too quickly. Unless a certain amount of time is allowed to elapse, it seems in their eyes as if the task being considered were insignificant, not worthy of proper respect. Assignments are, consequently, given added weight by the passage of time. In the US, however, it is taken as a sign of skillfulness or being competent to solve a problem, or fulfill a job successfully, with speed. Usually, the more important a task is, the more capital, energy, and attention will be poured into it in order to "get it moving".美国人认为没有人能停止不前。

新视野大学英语第二版读写教程第二册课后翻译及原文

新视野大学英语第二版读写教程第二册课后翻译及原文

Unit1她连水都不愿喝一口,更别提留下来吃饭了。

wouldn'ttakeadrink,muchlesswouldshestayfordinner.他认为我在对他说谎,但实际上我讲的是实话。

thoughtIwaslyingtohim,whereasIwastellingthetruth.这个星期你每天都迟到,对此你怎么解释?doyouaccountforthefactthatyouhavebeenlateeverydaythisweek?他们利润增长的局部原因是采用了新的市场策略。

increaseintheirprofitsisduepartlytotheirnewmarketstrategy.这样的措施很可能会带来工作效率的提高。

measuresarelikelytoresultintheimprovementofworkefficiency.我们已经在这个工程上投入了大量的时间和精力,所以我们只能继续。

havealreadypouredalotoftimeandenergyintotheproject,sowehavetocarryon.Unit2尽管她是家里的独生女,她父母也从不溺爱她。

thefactthatsheistheonlychildinherfamily,sheisneverbabiedbyherparents.迈克没来参加昨晚的聚会,也没给我打做任何解释。

didn'tcometothepartylastnight,nordidhecallmetogiveanexplanation.坐在他旁边的那个人确实发表过一些小说,但绝不是什么大作家。

personsittingnexttohimdidpublishsomenovels,butheisbynomeansagreatwriter.他对足球不感兴趣,也从不关心谁输谁赢。

hasnointerestinfootballandisindifferenttowhowinsorloses.经理需要一个可以信赖的助手,在他外出时,由助手负责处理问题。

新视野大学英语读写教程(第二版)第二册课文完整版翻译

新视野大学英语读写教程(第二版)第二册课文完整版翻译

Unit1_a美国人认为没有人能停止不前。

如果你不求进取,你就会落伍。

这种态度造就了一个投身于研究、实验和探索的民族。

时间是美国人注意节约的两个要素之一,另一要素是劳力。

人们一直说:“只有时间才能支配我们。

”人们似乎把时间当作一个差不多是实实在在的东西来对待。

我们安排时间、节约时间、浪费时间、挤抢时间、消磨时间、缩减时间、对时间的利用作出解释;我们还要因付出时间而收取费用。

时间是一种宝贵的资源,许多人都深感人生的短暂。

时光一去不复返。

我们应当让每一分钟都过得有意义。

外国人对美国的第一印象很可能是:每个人都匆匆忙忙──常常处于压力之下。

城里人看上去总是在匆匆地赶往他们要去的地方,在商店里他们焦躁不安地指望店员能马上来为他们服务,或者为了赶快买完东西,用肘来推搡他人。

白天吃饭时人们也都匆匆忙忙,这部分地反映出这个国家的生活节奏。

人们认为工作时间是宝贵的。

在公共用餐场所,人们都等着别人尽快吃完,以便他们也能及时用餐,你还会发现司机开车很鲁莽,人们推搡着在你身边过去。

你会怀念微笑、简短的交谈以及与陌生人的随意闲聊。

不要觉得这是针对你个人的,这是因为人们都非常珍惜时间,而且也不喜欢他人“浪费”时间到不恰当的地步。

许多刚到美国的人会怀念诸如商务拜访等场合开始时的寒暄。

他们也会怀念那种一边喝茶或喝咖啡一边进行的礼节性交流,这也许是他们自己国家的一种习俗。

他们也许还会怀念在饭店或咖啡馆里谈生意时的那种轻松悠闲的交谈。

一般说来,美国人是不会在如此轻松的环境里通过长时间的闲聊来评价他们的客人的,更不用说会在增进相互间信任的过程中带他们出去吃饭,或带他们去打高尔夫球。

既然我们通常是通过工作而不是社交来评估和了解他人,我们就开门见山地谈正事。

因此,时间老是在我们心中滴滴答答地响着。

因此,我们千方百计地节约时间。

我们发明了一系列节省劳力的装置;我们通过发传真、打电话或发电子邮件与他人迅速地进行交流,而不是通过直接接触。

虽然面对面接触令人愉快,但却要花更多的时间,尤其是在马路上交通拥挤的时候。

新视野大学英语读写教程(第二版)第二册课文及翻译

新视野大学英语读写教程(第二版)第二册课文及翻译

Unit 1Time-Conscious AmericansAmericans believe no one stands still. If you are not moving ahead, you are falling behind. This attitude results in a nation of people committed to researching, experimenting and exploring. Time is one of the two elements that Americans save carefully, the other being labor."We are slaves to nothing but the clock," it has been said. Time is treated as if it were something almost real. We budget it, save it, waste it, steal it, kill it, cut it, account for it; we also charge for it. It is a precious resource. Many people have a rather acute sense of the shortness of each lifetime. Once the sands have run out of a person's hourglass, they cannot be replaced. We want every minute to count.A foreigner's first impression of the US is likely to be that everyone is in a rush—often under pressure. City people always appear to be hurrying to get where they are going, restlessly seeking attention in a store, or elbowing others as they try to complete their shopping. Racing through daytime meals is part of the pace of life in this country. Working time is considered precious. Others in public eating-places are waiting for you to finish so they, too, can be served and get back to work within the time allowed. You also find drivers will be abrupt and people will push past you. You will miss smiles, brief conversations, and small exchanges with strangers. Don't take it personally. This is because people value time highly, and they resent someone else "wasting" it beyond a certain appropriate point.Many new arrivals in the States will miss the opening exchanges of a business call, for example. They will miss the ritual interaction that goes with a welcoming cup of tea or coffee that may be a convention in their own country. They may miss leisurely business chats in a restaurant or coffee house. Normally, Americans do not assess their visitors in such relaxed surroundings over extended small talk; much less do they take them out for dinner, or around on the golf rather than socially, we start talking business very quickly. Time is, therefore, always ticking in our inner ear.Consequently, we work hard at the task of saving time. We produce a steady flow of labor-saving devices; we communicate rapidly through faxes, phone calls or emails rather than through personal contacts, which though pleasant, take longer—especially given our traffic-filled streets. We, therefore, save most personal visiting for after-work hours or for social weekend gatherings.To us the impersonality of electronic communication has little or no relation to the significance of the matter at hand. In some countries no major business is conducted without eye contact, requiring face-to-face conversation. In America, too, a final agreement will normally be signed in person. However, people are meeting increasingly on television screens, conducting "teleconferences" to settle problems not only in this country but also—by satellite—internationally.The US is definitely a telephone country. Almost everyone uses the telephone to conduct business, to chat with friends, to make or break social appointments, to say "Thank you", to shop and to obtain all kinds of information. Telephones save the feet and endless amounts of time. This is due partly to the fact that the telephone service is superb here, whereas the postal service is less efficient.Some new arrivals will come from cultures where it is considered impolite to work tooquickly. Unless a certain amount of time is allowed to elapse, it seems in their eyes as if the task being considered were insignificant, not worthy of proper respect. Assignments are, consequently, given added weight by the passage of time. In the US, however, it is taken as a sign of skillfulness or being competent to solve a problem, or fulfill a job successfully, with speed. Usually, the more important a task is, the more capital, energy, and attention will be poured into it in order to "get it moving".Unit 3Marriage Across NationsGail and I imagined a quiet wedding. During our two years together we had experienced the usual ups and downs of a couple learning to know, understand, and respect each other. But through it all we had honestly confronted the weaknesses and strengths of each other's characters.Our racial and cultural differences enhanced our relationship and taught us a great deal about tolerance, compromise, and being open with each other. Gail sometimes wondered why I and other blacks were so involved with the racial issue, and I was surprised that she seemed to forget the subtler forms of racial hatred in American society.Gail and I had no illusions about what the future held for us as a married, mixed couple in America. The continual source of our strength was our mutual trust and respect.We wanted to avoid the mistake made by many couples of marrying for the wrong reasons, and only finding out ten, twenty, or thirty years later that they were incompatible, that they hardly took the time to know each other, that they overlooked serious personality conflicts in the expectation that marriage was an automatic way to make everything work out right. That point was emphasized by the fact that Gail's parents, after thirty-five years of marriage, were going through a bitter and painful divorce, which had destroyed Gail and for a time had a negative effect on our budding relationship.When Gail spread the news of our wedding plans to her family she met with some resistance. Her mother, Deborah, all along had been supportive of our relationship, and even joked about when we were going to get married so she could have grandchildren. Instead of congratulations upon hearing our news, Deborah counseled Gail to be really sure she was doing the right thing."So it was all right for me to date him, but it's wrong for me to marry him. Is his color the problem, Mom?" Gail subsequently told me she had asked her mother."To start with I must admit that at first I harbored reservations about a mixed marriage, prejudices you might even call them. But when I met Mark I found him a charming and intelligent young guy. Any mother would be proud to have him for a son-in-law. So, color has nothing to do with it. Yes, my friends talk. Some even express shock at what you are doing. But they live in a different world. So you see, Mark's color is not the problem. My biggest worry is that you may be marrying Mark for the same wrong reasons that I married your father. When we met I saw him as my beloved, intelligent, charming, and caring. It was all so new, all so exciting, and we both thought, on the surface at least, that ours was an ideal marriage with every indication that it would last forever. I realized only later that I didn't know my beloved, your father, very well when we married.""But Mark and I have been together more than two years," Gail railed. "We've been throughso much together. We've seen each other at our worst many times. I'm sure that time will only confirm what we feel deeply about each other.""You may be right. But I still think that waiting won't hurt. You're only twenty-five."Gail's father, David, whom I had not yet met personally, approached our decision with a father-knows-best attitude. He basically asked the same questions as Gail's mother:"Why the haste? Who is this Mark? What's his citizenship status?" And when he learned of my problems with the citizenship department, he immediately suspected that I was marrying his daughter in order to remain in the United States."But Dad,that's harsh," Gail said."Then why the rush?" he asked repeatedly."Mark has had problems with citizenship before and has always taken care of them himself," Gail defended. "In fact, he made it very clear when we were discussing marriage that if I had any doubts about anything, I should not hesitate to cancel our plans."Her father proceeded to quote statistics showing that mixed couples had higher divorce rates than couples of the same race and gave examples of mixed couples he had counseled who were having marital difficulties."Have you thought about the hardships your children could go through?" he asked."Dad, are you a racist?""No, of course not. But you have to be realistic.""Maybe our children will have some problems, but whose children don't? But one thing they'll always have: our love and devotion.""That's idealistic. People can be very cruel toward children from mixed marriages.""Dad, we'll worry about that when the time comes. If we had to resolve all doubt before we acted, very little would ever get done.""Remember, it's never too late to change your mind."Unit 5Weeping for My Smoking DaughterMy daughter smokes. While she is doing her homework, her feet on the bench in front of her and her calculator clicking out answers to her geometry problems, I am looking at the half-empty package of Camels tossed carelessly close at hand. I pick them up, take them into the kitchen, where the light is better, and study them—they're filtered, for which I am grateful. My heart feels terrible. I want to weep. In fact, I do weep a little, standing there by the stove holding one of the instruments, so white, so precisely rolled, that could cause my daughter's death. When she smoked Marlboros and Players I hardened myself against feeling so bad; nobody I knew ever smoked these brands.She doesn't know this, but it was Camels that my father, her grandfather, smoked. But before he smoked cigarettes made by manufacturers—when he was very young and very poor, with glowing eyes—he smoked Prince Albert tobacco in cigarettes he rolled himself. I remember the bright-red tobacco tin, with a picture of Queen Victoria's partner, Prince Albert, dressed in a black dress coat and carrying a cane.By the late forties and early fifties no one rolled his own anymore (and few women smoked) in my hometown of Eatonton, Georgia. The tobacco industry, coupled with Hollywood movies inwhich both male and female heroes smoked like chimneys, completely won over people like my father, who were hopelessly hooked by cigarettes. He never looked as fashionable as Prince Albert, though; he continued to look like a poor, overweight, hard-working colored man with too large a family, black, with a very white cigarette stuck in his mouth.I do not remember when he started to cough. Perhaps it was unnoticeable at first, a little coughing in the morning as he lit his first cigarette upon getting out of bed. By the time I was sixteen, my daughter's age, his breath was a wheeze, embarrassing to hear; he could not climb stairs without resting every third or fourth step. It was not unusual for him to cough for an hour.My father died from "the poor man's friend", pneumonia, one hard winter when his lung illnesses had left him low. I doubt he had much lung left at all, after coughing for so many years. He had so little breath that, during his last years, he was always leaning on something. I remembered once, at a family reunion, when my daughter was two, that my father picked her up for a minute—long enough for me to photograph them—but the effort was obvious. Near the very end of his life, and largely because he had no more lungs, he quit smoking. He gained a couple of pounds, but by then he was so slim that no one noticed.When I travel to Third World countries I see many people like my father and daughter. There are large advertisement signs directed at them both: the tough, confident or fashionable older man, the beautiful, "worldly" young woman, both dragging away. In these poor countries, as in American inner cities and on reservations, money that should be spent for food goes instead to the tobacco companies; over time, people starve themselves of both food and air, effectively weakening and hooking their children, eventually killing themselves. I read in the newspaper and in my gardening magazine that the ends of cigarettes are so poisonous that if a baby swallows one, it is likely to die, and that the boiled water from a bunch of them makes an effective insecticide.There is a deep hurt that I feel as a mother. Some days it is a feeling of uselessness. I remember how carefully I ate when I was pregnant, how patiently I taught my daughter how to cross a street safely. For what, I sometimes wonder; so that she can struggle to breathe through most of her life feeling half her strength, and then die of self-poisoning, as her grandfather did?There is a quotation from a battered women's shelter that I especially like: "Peace on earth begins at home." I believe everything does. I think of a quotation for people trying to stop smoking: "Every home is a no-smoking zone." Smoking is a form of self-battering that also batters those who must sit by, occasionally joke or complain, and helplessly watch. I realize now that as a child I sat by, through the years, and literally watched my father kill himself: Surely one such victory in my family, for the prosperous leaders who own the tobacco companies, is enough.Unit 6As His Name Is, So Is He!For her first twenty-four years, she'd been known as Debbie—a name that didn't suit her good looks and elegant manner. "My name has always made me think I should be a cook," she complained. "I just don't feel like a Debbie."One day, while filling out an application form for a publishing job, the young woman impulsively substituted her middle name, Lynne, for her first name Debbie. "That was the smartest thing I ever did," she says now. "As soon as I stopped calling myself Debbie, I felt more comfortable with myself... and other people started to take me more seriously." Two years afterher successful job interview, the former waitress is now a successful magazine editor. Friends and associates call her Lynne.Naturally, the name change didn't cause Debbie/Lynne's professional achievement—but it surely helped if only by adding a bit of self-confidence to her talents. Social scientists say that what you're called can affect your life. Throughout history, names have not merely identified people but also described them. "As his name is, so is he." says the Bible, and Webster's Dictionary includes the following definition of name: "a word or words expressing some quality considered characteristic or descriptive of a person or a thing, often expressing approval or disapproval". Note well "approval or disapproval". For better or worse, qualities such as friendliness or reserve, plainness or charm may be suggested by your name and conveyed to other people before they even meet you.Names become attached to specific images, as anyone who's been called "a plain Jane" or "just an average Joe" can show. The latter name particularly bothers me since my name is Joe, which some think makes me more qualified to be a baseball player than, say, an art critic. Yet, despite this disadvantage, I did manage to become an art critic for a time. Even so, one prominent magazine consistently refused to print "Joe" in my by-line, using my first initials, J. S., instead. I suspect that if I were a more refined Arthur or Adrian, the name would have appeared complete.Of course, names with a positive sense can work for you and even encourage new acquaintances. A recent survey showed that American men thought Susan to be the most attractive female name, while women believed Richard and David were the most attractive for men. One woman I know turned down a blind date with a man named Harry because "he sounded dull". Several evenings later, she came up to me at a party, pressing for an introduction to a very impressive man; they'd been exchanging glances all evening. "Oh," I said. "You mean Harry." She was ill at ease.Though most of us would like to think ourselves free from such prejudiced notions, we're all guilty of name stereotyping to some extent. Confess: Wouldn't you be surprised to meet a carpenter named Nigel? A physicist named Bertha? A Pope Mel? Often, we project name-based stereotypes on people, as one woman friend discovered while taking charge of a nursery school's group of four-year-olds. "There I was, trying to get a little active boy named Julian to sit quietly and read a book—and pushing a thoughtful creature named Rory to play ball. I had their personalities confused because of their names!"Apparently, such prejudices can affect classroom achievement as well. In a study conducted by Herbert Harari of San Diego State University, and John McDavid of Georgia State University, teachers gave consistently lower grades on essays apparently written by boys named Elmer and Hubert than they awarded to the same papers when the writers' names were given as Michael and David. However, teacher prejudice isn't the only source of classroom difference. Dr. Thomas V. Busse and Louisa Seraydarian of Temple University found those girls with names such as Linda, Diane, Barbara, Carol, and Cindy performed better on objectively graded IQ and achievement tests than did girls with less appealing names. (A companion study showed girls' popularity with their peers was also related to the popularity of their names―although the connection was less clear for boys.)Though your parents probably meant your name to last a lifetime, remember that when they picked it they'd hardly met you, and the hopes and dreams they valued when they chose it may not match yours. If your name no longer seems to fit you, don't despair; you aren't stuck with the label. Movie stars regularly change their names, and with some determination, you can, too.Unit 7Lighten Your Load and Save Your LifeIf you often feel angry and overwhelmed, like the stress in your life is spinning out of control, then you may be hurting your heart.If you don't want to break your own heart, you need to learn to take charge of your life where you can—and recognize there are many things beyond your control.So says Dr. Robert S. Eliot, author of a new book titled From Stress to Strength: How to Lighten Your Load and Save Your Life. He's a clinical professor of medicine at the University of Nebraska.Eliot says there are people in this world that he calls "hot reactors". For these people, being tense may cause tremendous and rapid increases in their blood pressure.Eliot says researchers have found that stressed people have higher cholesterol levels, among other things. "We've done years of work in showing that excess alarm or stress chemicals can literally burst heart muscle fibers. When that happens it happens very quickly, within five minutes. It creates many short circuits, and that causes crazy heart rhythms. The heart beats like a bag of worms instead of a pump. And when that happens, we can't live."Eliot, 64, suffered a heart attack at age 44. He attributes some of the cause to stress. For years he was a "hot reactor". On the exterior, he was cool, calm and collected, but on the interior, stress was killing him. He's now doing very well.The main predictors of destructive levels of stress are the FUD factors—fear, uncertainty and doubt—together with perceived lack of control, he says.For many people, the root of their stress is anger, and the trick is to find out where the anger is coming from. "Does the anger come from a feeling that everything must be perfect?" Eliot asks."That's very common in professional women. They feel they have to be all things to all people and do it all perfectly. They think, 'I should, I must, I have to.' Good enough is never good enough. Perfectionists cannot delegate. They get angry that they have to carry it all, and they blow their tops. Then they feel guilty and they start the whole cycle over again.""Others are angry because they have no compass in life. And they give the same emphasis to a traffic jam that they give a family argument," he says. "If you are angry for more than five minutes—if you stir the anger within you and let it build with no safety outlet—you have to find out where it's coming from.""What happens is that the hotter people get, physiologically, with mental stress, the more likely they are to blow apart with some heart problem."One step to calming down is to recognize you have this tendency. Learn to be less hostile by changing some of your attitudes and negative thinking.Eliot recommends taking charge of your life. "If there is one word that should be substituted for stress, it's control. Instead of the FUD factors, what you want is the NICE factors—new, interesting, challenging experiences.""You have to decide what parts of your life you can control," he says. "Stop where you are on your trail and say, 'I'm going to get my compass out and find out what I need to do.' "He suggests that people write down the six things in their lives that they feel are the most important things they'd like to achieve. Ben Franklin did it at age 32. "He wrote down things like being a better father, being a better husband, being financially independent, being stimulatedintellectually and remaining even-tempered—he wasn't good at that."Eliot says you can first make a list of 12 things, then cut it down to 6 and set your priorities. "Don't give yourself impossible things, but things that will affect your identity, control and self-worth.""Put them on a note card and take it with you and look at it when you need to. Since we can't create a 26-hour day we have to decide what things we're going to do."Keep in mind that over time these priorities are going to change. "The kids grow up, the dog dies and you change your priorities."From Eliot's viewpoint, the other key to controlling stress is to "realize that there are other troublesome parts of your life over which you can have little or no control—like the economy and politicians".You have to realize that sometimes with things like traffic jams, deadlines and unpleasant bosses, "You can't fight. You can't flee. You have to learn how to flow."Unit 8There's a Lot More to Life than a JobIt has often been remarked that the saddest thing about youth is that it is wasted on the young.Reading a survey report on first-year college students, I recalled the regret, "If only I knew then what I know now."The survey revealed what I had already suspected from informal polls of students both in Macon and at the Robins Resident Center: If it (whatever it may be) won't compute and you can't drink it, smoke it or spend it, then "it" holds little value.According to the survey based on responses from over 188,000 students, today's college beginners are "more consumeristic and less idealistic" than at any time in the 17 years of the poll.Not surprising in these hard times, the students' major objective "is to be financially well off". Less important than ever is developing a meaningful philosophy of life. Accordingly, today the most popular course is not literature or history but accounting.Interest in teaching, social service and the humanities is at a low, along with ethnic and women's studies. On the other hand, enrollment in business programs, engineering and computer science is way up.That's no surprise either. A friend of mine (a sales representative for a chemical company) was making twice the salary of college instructors during her first year on the job—even before she completed her two-year associate degree."I'll tell them what they can do with their music, history, literature, etc.," she was fond of saying. And that was four years ago; I tremble to think what she's earning now.Frankly, I'm proud of the young lady (not her attitude but her success). But why can't we have it both ways? Can't we educate people for life as well as for a career? I believe we can.If we cannot, then that is a conviction against our educational system—kindergarten, elementary, secondary and higher. In a time of increasing specialization, more than ever, we need to know what is truly important in life.This is where age and maturity enter. Most people, somewhere between the ages of 30 and 50, finally arrive at the inevitable conclusion that they were meant to do more than serve acorporation, a government agency, or whatever.Most of us finally have the insight that quality of life is not entirely determined by a balance sheet. Sure, everyone wants to be financially comfortable, but we also want to feel we have a perspective on the world beyond the confines of our occupation; we want to be able to render service to our fellow men and to our God.If it is a fact that the meaning of life does not dawn until middle age, is it then not the duty of educational institutions to prepare the way for that revelation? Most people, in their youth, resent the Social Security deductions from their pay, yet a seemingly few short years later find themselves standing anxiously by the mailbox.While it's true all of us need a career, preferably a prosperous one, it is equally true that our civilization has collected an incredible amount of knowledge in fields far removed from our own. And we are better for our understanding of these other contributions—be they scientific or artistic. It is equally true that, in studying the diverse wisdom of others, we learn how to think. More importantly, perhaps, education teaches us to see the connections between things, as well as to see beyond our immediate needs.Weekly we read of unions that went on strike for higher wages, only to drive their employer out of business. No company, no job. How short-sighted in the long run.But the most important argument for a broad education is that in studying the accumulated wisdom of the ages, we improve our moral sense. I saw a cartoon recently which depicts a group of businessmen looking puzzled as they sit around a conference table; one of them is talking on the intercom: "Miss Baxter," he says, "could you please send in someone who can distinguish right from wrong?"In the long run that's what education really ought to be about. I think it can be. My college roommate, now head of a large shipping company in New York, not surprisingly was a business major. But he also hosted a classical music show on the college's FM station and listened to Wagner as he studied his accounting.That's the way it should be. Oscar Wilde had it right when he said we ought to give our ability to our work but our genius to our lives.Let's hope our educators answer students' cries for career education, but at the same time let's ensure that students are prepared for the day when they realize their short-sightedness. There's a lot more to life than a job.Unit 1美国人认为没有人能停止不前。

新视野大学英语读写教程2课后翻译汉译英

新视野大学英语读写教程2课后翻译汉译英

英语二1·Chinese calligraphy is a unique art and the unique art treasure in the world. The formation and development of the Chinese calligraphy is closely related to the emergence and evolution of Chinese characters. In this long evolutionary process, Chinese characters have not only played an important role in exchanging ideas and transmitting culture but also developed into a unique art form. Calligraphic works well reflect calligraphers ’personal feelings, knowledge, self-cultivation, personality, and so forth, thus there is an expression that “seeing the calligrapher ’s handwriting is like seeing the person ”. As one of the treasures of Chinese culture, Chinese calligraphy shines splendidly in the world ’s treasure house of culture and art.中国书法(calligraphy)是一门独特的艺术、是世界上独一无二的艺术瑰宝。

中国书法艺术的形成,发展与汉文字的产生与演进存在着密不可分的关系。

新视野大学英语读写教程(第二版)第二册课文及翻译

新视野大学英语读写教程(第二版)第二册课文及翻译

Unit 1Time-Conscious AmericansAmericans believe no one stands still. If you are not moving ahead, you are falling behind. This attitude results in a nation of people committed to researching, experimenting and exploring. Time is one of the two elements that Americans save carefully, the other being labor."We are slaves to nothing but the clock," it has been said. Time is treated as if it were something almost real. We budget it, save it, waste it, steal it, kill it, cut it, account for it; we also charge for it. It is a precious resource. Many people have a rather acute sense of the shortness of each lifetime. Once the sands have run out of a person's hourglass, they cannot be replaced. We want every minute to count.A foreigner's first impression of the US is likely to be that everyone is in a rush—often under pressure. City people always appear to be hurrying to get where they are going, restlessly seeking attention in a store, or elbowing others as they try to complete their shopping. Racing through daytime meals is part of the pace of life in this country. Working time is considered precious. Others in public eating-places are waiting for you to finish so they, too, can be served and get back to work within the time allowed. You also find drivers will be abrupt and people will push past you. You will miss smiles, brief conversations, and small exchanges with strangers. Don't take it personally. This is because people value time highly, and they resent someone else "wasting" it beyond a certain appropriate point.Many new arrivals in the States will miss the opening exchanges of a business call, for example. They will miss the ritual interaction that goes with a welcoming cup of tea or coffee that may be a convention in their own country. They may miss leisurely business chats in a restaurant or coffee house. Normally, Americans do not assess their visitors in such relaxed surroundings over extended small talk; much less do they take them out for dinner, or around on the golf course while they develop a sense of trust. Since we generally assess and probe professionally rather than socially, we start talking business very quickly. Time is, therefore, always ticking in our inner ear.Consequently, we work hard at the task of saving time. We produce a steady flow of labor-saving devices; we communicate rapidly through faxes, phone calls or emails rather than through personal contacts, which though pleasant, take longer—especially given our traffic-filled streets. We, therefore, save most personal visiting for after-work hours or for social weekend gatherings.To us the impersonality of electronic communication has little or no relation to the significance of the matter at hand. In some countries no major business is conducted without eye contact, requiring face-to-face conversation. In America, too, a final agreement will normally be signed in person. However, people are meeting increasingly on television screens, conducting "teleconferences" to settle problems not only in this country but also—by satellite—internationally.The US is definitely a telephone country. Almost everyone uses the telephone to conduct business, to chat with friends, to make or break social appointments, to say "Thank you", to shop and to obtain all kinds of information. Telephones save the feet and endless amounts of time. This is due partly to the fact that the telephone service is superb here, whereas the postal service is less efficient.Some new arrivals will come from cultures where it is considered impolite to work too quickly. Unless a certain amount of time is allowed to elapse, it seems in their eyes as if the task being considered were insignificant, not worthy of proper respect. Assignments are, consequently, given added weight by the passage of time. In the US, however, it is taken as a sign of skillfulness or being competent to solve a problem, or fulfill a job successfully, with speed. Usually, the more important a task is, the more capital, energy, and attention will be poured into it in order to "get it moving".美国人认为没有人能停止不前。

新视野大学英语读写教程2——课文翻译

新视野大学英语读写教程2——课文翻译

Unit1美国人认为没有人能停止不前。

如果你不求进取,你就会落伍。

这种态度造就了一个投身于研究、实验和探索的民族。

时间是美国人注意节约的两个要素之一,另一要素是劳力。

人们一直说:“只有时间才能支配我们。

”人们似乎把时间当作一个差不多是实实在在的东西来对待。

我们安排时间、节约时间、浪费时间、挤抢时间、消磨时间、缩减时间、对时间的利用作出解释;我们还要因付出时间而收取费用。

时间是一种宝贵的资源,许多人都深感人生的短暂。

时光一去不复返。

我们应当让每一分钟都过得有意义。

外国人对美国的第一印象很可能是:每个人都匆匆忙忙──常常处于压力之下。

城里人看上去总是在匆匆地赶往他们要去的地方,在商店里他们焦躁不安地指望店员能马上来为他们服务,或者为了赶快买完东西,用肘来推搡他人。

白天吃饭时人们也都匆匆忙忙,这部分地反映出这个国家的生活节奏。

人们认为工作时间是宝贵的。

在公共用餐场所,人们都等着别人尽快吃完,以便他们也能及时用餐,你还会发现司机开车很鲁莽,人们推搡着在你身边过去。

你会怀念微笑、简短的交谈以及与陌生人的随意闲聊。

不要觉得这是针对你个人的,这是因为人们都非常珍惜时间,而且也不喜欢他人“浪费”时间到不恰当的地步。

许多刚到美国的人会怀念诸如商务拜访等场合开始时的寒暄。

他们也会怀念那种一边喝茶或喝咖啡一边进行的礼节性交流,这也许是他们自己国家的一种习俗。

他们也许还会怀念在饭店或咖啡馆里谈生意时的那种轻松悠闲的交谈。

一般说来,美国人是不会在如此轻松的环境里通过长时间的闲聊来评价他们的客人的,更不用说会在增进相互间信任的过程中带他们出去吃饭,或带他们去打高尔夫球。

既然我们通常是通过工作而不是社交来评估和了解他人,我们就开门见山地谈正事。

因此,时间老是在我们心中滴滴答答地响着。

因此,我们千方百计地节约时间。

我们发明了一系列节省劳力的装置;我们通过发传真、打电话或发电子邮件与他人迅速地进行交流,而不是通过直接接触。

虽然面对面接触令人愉快,但却要花更多的时间,尤其是在马路上交通拥挤的时候。

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Unit1美国人认为没有人能停止不前。

如果你不求进取,你就会落伍。

这种态度造就了一个投身于研究、实验和探索的民族。

时间是美国人注意节约的两个要素之一,另一要素是劳力。

人们一直说:“只有时间才能支配我们。

”人们似乎把时间当作一个差不多是实实在在的东西来对待。

我们安排时间、节约时间、浪费时间、挤抢时间、消磨时间、缩减时间、对时间的利用作出解释;我们还要因付出时间而收取费用。

时间是一种宝贵的资源,许多人都深感人生的短暂。

时光一去不复返。

我们应当让每一分钟都过得有意义。

外国人对美国的第一印象很可能是:每个人都匆匆忙忙──常常处于压力之下。

城里人看上去总是在匆匆地赶往他们要去的地方,在商店里他们焦躁不安地指望店员能马上来为他们服务,或者为了赶快买完东西,用肘来推搡他人。

白天吃饭时人们也都匆匆忙忙,这部分地反映出这个国家的生活节奏。

人们认为工作时间是宝贵的。

在公共用餐场所,人们都等着别人尽快吃完,以便他们也能及时用餐,你还会发现司机开车很鲁莽,人们推搡着在你身边过去。

你会怀念微笑、简短的交谈以及与陌生人的随意闲聊。

不要觉得这是针对你个人的,这是因为人们都非常珍惜时间,而且也不喜欢他人“浪费”时间到不恰当的地步。

许多刚到美国的人会怀念诸如商务拜访等场合开始时的寒暄。

他们也会怀念那种一边喝茶或喝咖啡一边进行的礼节性交流,这也许是他们自己国家的一种习俗。

他们也许还会怀念在饭店或咖啡馆里谈生意时的那种轻松悠闲的交谈。

一般说来,美国人是不会在如此轻松的环境里通过长时间的闲聊来评价他们的客人的,更不用说会在增进相互间信任的过程中带他们出去吃饭,或带他们去打高尔夫球。

既然我们通常是通过工作而不是社交来评估和了解他人,我们就开门见山地谈正事。

因此,时间老是在我们心中滴滴答答地响着。

因此,我们千方百计地节约时间。

我们发明了一系列节省劳力的装置;我们通过发传真、打电话或发电子邮件与他人迅速地进行交流,而不是通过直接接触。

虽然面对面接触令人愉快,但却要花更多的时间,尤其是在马路上交通拥挤的时候。

因此,我们把大多数个人拜访安排在下班以后的时间里或周末的社交聚会上。

就我们而言,电子交流的缺乏人情味与我们手头上事情的重要性之间很少有或完全没有关系。

在有些国家,如果没有目光接触,就做不成大生意,这需要面对面的交谈。

在美国,最后协议通常也需要本人签字。

然而现在人们越来越多地在电视屏幕上见面,开远程会议不仅能解决本国的问题,而且还能通过卫星解决国际问题。

美国无疑是一个电话王国。

几乎每个人都在用电话做生意、与朋友聊天、安排或取消社交约会、表达谢意、购物和获得各种信息。

电话不但能免去走路之劳,而且还能节约大量时间。

其部分原因在于这样一个事实:美国的电话服务是一流的,而邮政服务的效率则差一些。

有些初来美国的人来自其他文化背景不同的国家,在他们的国家,人们认为工作太快是一种失礼。

在他们看来,如果不花一定时间来处理某件事的话,那么这件事就好像是无足轻重的,不值得给予适当的重视。

因此, 人们觉得用的时间长会增加所做事情的重要性。

但在美国,能迅速而又成功地解决问题或完成工作则被视为是有水平、有能力的标志。

通常,工作越重要,投入的资金、精力和注意力就越多,其目的是“使工作开展起来”。

Unit2学习奥林匹克标准的爱尼克莱•彼得罗维奇•安尼金一点都不像我想象的那么吓人。

不,他不可能是我父亲特地送我来见的那位前苏联教练。

可他的确是尼克莱•彼得罗维奇•安尼金本人。

他请我进门,在沙发上坐了下来,又拍了拍身边的垫子,让我坐在他旁边。

在他面前,我真的很紧张。

“你还年轻,”他的英语带着俄语口音:“如果你愿意试着向奥林匹克运动会进军,我想你能行。

长野奥运会来不及参加了,但你可以准备参加2002年盐湖城奥运会。

”“完全可以,不是吗?”看到我脸上惊愕的表情,他又说道。

我那时是一个很有前途的业余滑雪运动员,但在国内决不是顶尖选手。

“当然,你需要进行很多艰苦的训练,你会哭鼻子,但你一定会进步的。

”的确,后来我经历了无数痛苦的训练,还为此流了不少眼泪。

但在后来的五年里,我总能从尼克莱讲的有趣故事和他的幽默感中得到鼓励。

他开始总是说:“我的朋友们常去看电影,去跳舞,去和女孩子约会,”然后他会降低声音接着说:“我就在运动场上训练、训练、再训练。

第二年,我的15公里滑雪比赛成绩缩短了1.5分钟。

”“朋友们问我:‘尼克莱,你怎么做到的呢?’我回答:‘你们去看电影、跳舞、和女孩子约会,而我一直在训练、训练、再训练。

’”故事通常到这儿就结束了。

但有一次——后来我们知道那天是他结婚25周年纪念日——他穿着一件旧的毛衣,很自豪地站着,微笑着轻声说道:“告诉你们,我可是在26岁那年才第一次亲吻女孩子。

她后来就和我结了婚。

”不管他是不是懂得浪漫,尼克莱知道什么是爱。

他以一贯的幽默、默默的感恩、敏锐的感觉和真诚的态度为爱设立了奥林匹克般的标准。

即使在我结束了滑雪生涯之后,我仍一直努力去达到这个标准。

但他又从不娇惯我。

二月里的一天,我头很疼,感到十分疲倦。

我在一片空地上遇见了了他,大概在寒风中的雪地里滑了十五分钟后,我赶上了他,有点小题大做地说:“嘿,尼克莱,我感觉我要死了。

”“如果活到一百岁,人人都会死的,”他对我的痛苦无动于衷,态度坚决地接着说:“但你现在必须滑、滑、再滑。

”在滑雪板上,我照他说的去做。

但在其他事情上我会反抗他。

在一次经费并不宽裕的滑雪露营活动中,他让我们十个人挤在一个单身汉住的芬兰式屋子里。

第一天我们醒来时发现尼克莱正在做早餐。

然后我们坐在临时拼凑起来的椅子上,围着张小小的牌桌,用勺子很快地吃完早饭。

吃完后,尼克莱把摞起来的油腻腻的碗向我和我唯一的另一个女队友前一推,专断地说:“女孩子们,现在去洗碗吧!”我把餐巾往地上一扔,向他骂道:“让该死的男孩子们去洗吧! 这不公平!”他没再让我去洗碗,也没对我的大发脾气显得太在意。

他只在滑雪时才显露出强烈的情感。

训练的时候,他会跟着我们迈步的节奏大声发出指令:“对,就这样,一二三,一二三。

”我祖父的一个好朋友——一位上了年纪的女士——看了尼克莱带我训练的录像带后问道:“他也教舞蹈吗?”在训练时,我一刻不停地纠正着尼克莱指出的错误。

每完成一个动作,我都会问他自己是否有了进步。

“是的,还行。

但如果膝盖能屈得更快些就更好了。

”“可我滑得够快了吗?”我坚持问他。

最后他会皱起眉头说:“你得无数次地重复,动作才能达到完美。

”他提醒我“必须有耐心”,言语之间流露出“我已经告诉过你无数次了”的意思。

尼克莱的耐心和我的勤奋使我在全国名列第四,并开始为奥运会季前赛做准备。

但后来我没能被选拔参加2002年奥运会。

去年夏天,我回去拜访尼克莱。

他给我沏了茶••••••还自己洗了碗!我们坐在沙发上聊天。

怀念起前一年的奥林匹克队,我一时沉默,回想起自己曾经获得的一切——很重要的一点就是我和这个穿着颇具热带风情衬衫、个子不高的男人之间形成了并不张扬但又牢不可摧的纽带。

尼克莱教会我即使需要无数次的努力,也要有勇气、热情和严格的纪律来坚持下去。

他还教会我为了能在这世界上生活一辈子而预先心存感激,并每天提醒自己:即便面临许多挑战,“现在心里有的必须是爱、爱、爱。

”unit3我和盖尔计划举行一个不事张扬的婚礼。

在两年的相处中,我们的关系经历了起伏,这是一对情侣在学着相互了解、理解和尊重时常常出现的。

但在这整整两年间,我们坦诚地面对彼此性格中的弱点和优点。

我们之间的种族及文化差异不但增强了我们的关系,还教会了我们要彼此宽容、谅解和开诚布公。

盖尔有时不明白为何我和其他黑人如此关注种族问题,而我感到吃惊的是,她好像忘记了美国社会中种族仇恨种种微妙的表现形式。

对于成为居住在美国、异族通婚的夫妻,我和盖尔对未来没有不切实际的幻想。

相互信任和尊重才是我们俩永不枯竭的力量源泉。

许多夫妻因为错误的理由结了婚,结果在10年、20年或30年后才发觉他们原来是合不来的。

他们在婚前几乎没有花时间去互相了解,他们忽视了严重的性格差异,指望婚姻会自然而然地解决各种问题。

我们希望避免重蹈覆辙。

事实更说明了这一点:已经结婚35年的盖尔的父母正经历着一场充满怨恨、令人痛苦的婚变,这件事给盖尔带来了很大打击,并一度给我们正处于萌芽状态的关系造成了负面影响。

当盖尔把我们计划举办婚礼的消息告诉家人时,她遇到了一些阻力。

她的母亲德博拉过去一直赞成我们的关系,甚至还开过玩笑,问我们打算何时结婚,这样她就可以抱外孙了。

但这次听到我们要结婚的消息时,她没有向我们表示祝贺,反而劝盖尔想清楚自己的决定是否正确。

“这么说我跟他约会没错,但是如果我跟他结婚,就错了。

妈妈,是不是因为他的肤色?”盖尔后来告诉我她曾这样问她母亲。

“首先我必须承认,刚开始时我对异族通婚是有保留意见的,也许你甚至可以把这称为偏见。

但是当我见到马克时,我发现他是一个既讨人喜欢又聪明的年轻人。

任何一个母亲都会因为有这样一个女婿而感到脸上有光的。

所以,这事跟肤色没有关系。

是的,我的朋友们会说闲话。

有些朋友甚至对你所做的事表示震惊。

但他们的生活与我们的不同。

因此你要明白,马克的肤色不是问题。

我最大的担心是你也许跟我当初嫁给你爸爸一样,为了错误的原因而嫁给马克。

当年我和你爸爸相遇时,在我眼中,他可爱、聪明、富有魅力又善解人意。

一切都是那么新鲜、那么令人兴奋。

而且我们两人都认为,我们的婚姻是理想婚姻,至少表面上看是如此,而且一切迹象都表明我们的婚姻会天长地久。

直到后来我才明白,在我们结婚时,我并不十分理解我所爱的人——你的爸爸。

”“但是我和马克呆在一起已有两年多了,”盖尔抱怨道。

“我们俩一起经历了许许多多的事情。

我们彼此多次看到对方最糟糕的一面。

我可以肯定时间只能证明我们是彼此深情相爱的。

”“你也许是对的。

但我还是认为再等一等没坏处。

你才25岁。

”盖尔的父亲戴维——我还未见过他的面——以知事莫若父的态度对待我们的决定。

他问的问题基本上和盖尔母亲的问题相同:“干吗这么匆忙?这个马克是什么人?他是什么公民身份?”当他得知我办公民身份遇到了问题时,就怀疑我是因为想留在美国而娶他女儿的。

“不过爸爸,你这话讲得太难听了,”盖尔说。

“那么干吗要这样着急?”他重复地问。

“马克是有公民身份方面的问题,但他总是在自己处理这些问题,”盖尔辩解道。

“事实上,当我们在讨论结婚的时候,他清楚地表明了一点:如果我对任何事情有怀疑,我完全可以取消我们的计划。

”她父亲开始引用统计数据说明异族通婚的离婚率比同族结婚的要高,而且还列举了接受过他咨询的、在婚姻上有麻烦的异族通婚夫妇的例子。

他问道:“你考虑过你将来的孩子可能会遭受的苦难吗?”“爸爸,你是种族主义者吗?”“不,当然不是。

但你必须得现实一点。

”“也许我们的孩子会遇到一些问题。

但谁的孩子不会呢?可是有一样东西他们将会永远拥有,那就是我们的爱。

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