翻译部分

【翻译部分】课文翻译（英译汉）Unit1High above Keswick, Castlerigg stone circle is an evocative reminder of early settlers an d their place amid awe-inspiring peaks.高耸于凯斯维克之上的克斯尔里格怪石圈能够唤起人们对早期定居者以及它们被巍峨群山包围着的聚居地的回忆。

Scandinavian settlers, too, left their mark on this landscape, with a unique Lakes vocab ulary “tarn” for small mountain lake, “force” for waterfall, “fell” for “hill”, “gill”for ravine and “beck”for stream, in a part of the world where visitors are never far from a tinkli ng beck or gushing force.斯堪的纳维亚移居者也在这一带留下了他们的印记——用一种独特的湖泊语言“斗”指小山，“泉”指瀑布，“丘”指丘陵，“壑”指沟壑，“溪”指溪流，在这天地的一角，游人距离叮咚作响的流水和涌泉仅有咫尺之遥。

And when the medieval abbeys started making their riches from the wool trade, they op ened the way for the sheep that now graze on every idyllic corner of Lakeland pastures.并且当中世纪的修道院开始从羊毛贸易中获利时，他们使羊群现得以在湖畔牧场的任何一个充满诗情画意的角落里尽情吃草。

Unit3Scholars tell us that Westerners and Asians approach time differently. Culturally, Westerners live more in the present and the near future. Asians live more in the ancient past or in the distant future.专家告诉我们，西方人和东方人对时间的看法是不同的。

从文化角度来说，西方人更多地生活在当前和不远的将来，而亚洲人却更多地生活在古老的过去和遥远的未来。

Asians try to avoid a neurotic slavery to time, viewing life as a passing moment in eternity. They enjoy the sense of “zero gravity” that comes from traveling without an immediate goal or an urgent objective.亚洲人尽力避免成为时间的神经质的奴隶。

生活在他们看来只是永恒中的匆匆一瞬。

他们喜欢旅游所带来的那种“失重”感，没有近期目标，也没有紧急任务。

Westerners believe that happiness is just over the next hill. A little more time, money or struggle will get them there. Americans, in particular, live by time-pressing schedules and deadlines.西方人相信幸福就在不远的前方。

多花点时间，多费点金钱，多下点工夫就能达到。

尤其是美国人，他们就靠时间紧迫的日程安排和最后期限而生存。

But how does this insight, so studiously compiled by academics, relate to the need for punctuality in the office? Should we extrapolate from this difference in cultural outlook that it’s justified for some employees to be tardy in today’s office life? Does it mean that a manager should disregard punctuality as an office discipline?但是学究们深思熟虑悟出的这一见解又是如何与上班守时这一问题联系起来的呢？是否我们应该从这种文化方面的差异得出结论，一些雇员上班拖拖拉拉就是合情合理的？还是说这意味着一个管理者应该忽略守时这一工作守则呢？This confuses two entirely different things: observance of punctuality and the philosophical perception of time.这便混淆了两种截然不同的事情：遵守时间和对时间的哲学观。

Some companies may choose to stagger the opening and closing time of their offices to enable employees to avoid the rush hour. But that does not mean there is no longer a need for punctuality.一些公司可能会主动改变他们的上下班时间，以使雇员能够避开交通高峰期。

但那并不是说就不再需要守时。

Unit4The thrill of seeing my first hummingbird in my garden has never left me---the sight of this unbelievably tiny creature with dazzling plumage flitting boldly from flower to flower. To entice others, I began growing their favorite plants -- fuchsia, bee balm, cardinal flowers,touch-me-nots. Hummingbirds soon began visiting my garden from May through late September, before departing for warmer climes. In 1988 the last one left October 3 -- or so I thought.我至今仍未忘记第一次在我家后花园看见蜂鸟时的那种心跳的感觉，一只小的不可思议的小生物，披着炫目的羽毛，大胆的在花丛中飞来飞去。

为了招来更多的蜂鸟，我开始在花园里种植他们喜欢的植物---倒金钟，聚香脂，害羞草等。

不久，从5月到9月下旬，蜂鸟不停的光顾我家花园，之后便向温暖的地方飞去了。

大约在1988年10月3日，最后一只蜂鸟也离去了---我想是这样的。

Although I loved the idea of a hummingbird spending the winter in my sun room, I hesitated to deprive him of his freedom. But I also didn't want him to die. So I called a university ornithology lab.尽管我想让蜂鸟在花房里过冬，但又不愿剥夺它的自由。

我不想他死。

因此我给一所大学的鸟类实验室打了个电话。

Spring rolled around far too quickly. I had known all along that I would eventually have to release Squeak. Still, it is hard to let go of something you've treasured --even when you know it's the right thing to do.春天转瞬即逝。

我一直都知道，我不得不把吱吱放掉。

然而，让自己珍爱的东西离开是件困难的事，即使你知道这样做是对的。

In early May the other hummingbirds returned, and when Squeak spotted them outside, he became excited, chattering and flying rapidly to and fro. One day I saw him and another male hovering beak to beak with the window between them.五月初，其他的蜂鸟回来了。

当吱吱认出它们时，变得格外兴奋，在空中不停地叫者，盘旋着。

有一天我看见它和一只雄鸟隔着窗户嘴对嘴地盘旋着。

Unit5One summer day my father sent me to buy some wire and fencing for our farm in Marion County, South Carolina. At 16, I liked nothing better than getting behind the wheel of our Chevy pickup, but this time there was a damper on my spirits. My father had told me I'd have to ask for credit at the store.夏日的一天，父亲让我去为我们在南卡罗来州的的马里恩县的农场买点金属丝和建栅栏用的材料。

16岁时，我最喜欢的事莫过于驾驶我们的雪佛兰皮卡车。

但是这次我却打不起精神，父亲告诉我，我必须向商店赊购。

A good name, and the responsibility that came with it, forced us children to be better than we otherwise might be. We wanted to be thought of as good people, and by acting like good people for long enough, we became good out of habit.好的声誉和随之而带来的责任感，迫使我们这些孩子只能向好的方向发展。