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The Trial That Rocked the World高级英语第三版第一册第四课翻译和词汇-12页word资料
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Lesson 4 The Trial That Rocked the World震撼世界的审判A buzz ran through the crowd as I took my place in the packed court on that sweltering July day in 1925. The counsel for my defence was the famous criminal lawyer Clarence Darrow. Leading counsel for the prosecution was William Jennings Bryan, the silver-tongued orator , three times Democratic nominee for President of the United States, and leader of the fundamentalist movement that had brought about my trial.在一九二五年七月的那个酷热日子里,当我在挤得水泄不通的法庭里就位时,人群中响起一阵嘁嘁喳喳的议论声。
我的辩护人是著名刑事辩护律师克拉伦斯.达罗。
担任主控官的则是能说会道的演说家威廉.詹宁斯.布莱恩,他曾三次被民主党提名为美国总统候选人,而且还是导致我这次受审的基督教原教旨主义运动的领导人。
A few weeks before I had been an unknown school-teacher in Dayton, a little town in the mountains of Tennessee. Now I was involved in a trial reported the world over. Seated in court, ready to testify on my behalf, were a dozen distinguished professors and scientists, led by Professor Kirtley Mather of Harvard University. More than 100 reporters were on hand, and even radio announcer s, who for the first time in history were to broadcast a jury trial. "Don't worry, son, we'll show them a few tricks," Darrow had whispered throwing a reassuring arm round my shoulder as we were waiting for the court to open.几个星期之前,我还只是田纳西州山区小镇戴顿的一名默默无闻的中学教员,而现在我却成了一次举世瞩目的庭审活动的当事人。
The Trial That Rocked the World高级英语第三版第一册第四课翻译和词汇
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Lesson 4 The Trial That Rocked the World震撼世界的审判A buzz ran through the crowd as I took my place in the packed court on that sweltering July day in 1925. The counsel for my defence was the famous criminal lawyer Clarence Darrow. Leading counsel for the prosecution was William Jennings Bryan, the silver-tongued orator , three times Democratic nominee for President of the United States, and leader of the fundamentalist movement that had brought about my trial.在一九二五年七月的那个酷热日子里,当我在挤得水泄不通的法庭里就位时,人群中响起一阵嘁嘁喳喳的议论声。
我的辩护人是著名刑事辩护律师克拉伦斯.达罗。
担任主控官的则是能说会道的演说家威廉.詹宁斯.布莱恩,他曾三次被民主党提名为美国总统候选人,而且还是导致我这次受审的基督教原教旨主义运动的领导人。
A few weeks before I had been an unknown school-teacher in Dayton, a little town in the mountains of Tennessee. Now I was involved in a trial reported the world over. Seated in court, ready to testify on my behalf, were a dozen distinguished professors and scientists, led by Professor Kirtley Mather of Harvard University. More than 100 reporters were on hand, and even radio announcer s, who for the first time in history were to broadcast a jury trial. "Don't worry, son, we'll show them a few tricks," Darrow had whispered throwing a reassuring arm round my shoulder as we were waiting for the court to open.几个星期之前,我还只是田纳西州山区小镇戴顿的一名默默无闻的中学教员,而现在我却成了一次举世瞩目的庭审活动的当事人。
《高级英语》课文逐句翻译(20)Lesson Four BThe Tragedy(悲剧) of Old Age in America
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《高级英语》课文逐句翻译(17)Lesson Four The Tragedy(悲劇) of Old Age in AmericaBy Robert N. ButlerText美国老年的悲剧What is it like to be old in the United States ?在美国,老年是个什么样子?What will our own lives be like when we are old ?当我们自己老了以后,生活会是什么样子?Americans find it difficult to think about old age until they are propelled into the midst of it by their own aging and that of relatives and friends .美国人感到在他们置身于自己的老年或亲朋好友的老年之中以前要考虑老年时的状况是很困难的。
Aging is the neglected stepchild of the human life cycle .衰老过程是人类生命周期中被忽视的非亲生儿。
Though we have begun to examine the socially taboo(忌諱) subjects of dying and death , we have leaped over that that long period of time preceding death , we have leaped over that long period of time preceding death known as old age .虽然我们已开始研究有关临终和死亡这个为社会所忌讳的题目,但是我们却跳过了死亡来临之前、称为老年的那一段漫长的时间。
In truth , it is easier to manage the problem of death than the problem of living as an old person .其实对待死亡的问题比对待老年时生活的问题要更容易Death is a dramatic one-time crisis while old age is a day-by –day and year –by –year confrontation with (對抗)powerful external and internal forces , a bittersweet coming to terms with one’s own personality and one’s life .。
大学高级英语第一册张汉熙版第四课原文加翻译EverydayUseforyourgrandmama
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Everyday Use for your grandmamaAlice WalkerI will wait for her in the yard that Maggie and I made so clean and wavy yester day afternoon. A yard like this is more comfortable than most people know. It is not just a yard. It is like an extended living room. When the hard clay is swept clean as a floor and the fine sand around the edges lined with tiny, irregular grooves, anyone can come and sit and look up into the elm tree and wait for the breezes that never come inside the house.Maggie will be nervous until after her sister goes: she will stand hopelessly in corners, homely and ashamed of the burn scars down her arms and legs, eying her sister with a mixture of envy and awe. She thinks her sister has held life always in the palm of one hand, that "no" is a word the world never learned to say to her.You've no doubt seen those TV shows where the child who has "made it" is confronted, as a surprise, by her own mother and father, tottering in weakly from backstage. (A Pleasant surprise, of course: What would they do if parent and child came on the show only to curse out and insult each other?) On TV mother and child embrace and smile into each other's face. Sometimes the mother and father weep, the child wraps them in her arms and leans across the table to tell how she would not have made it without their help. I have seen these programs.Sometimes I dream a dream in which Dee and I are suddenly brought together on a TV program of this sort. Out of a cark and soft-seated limousine I am ushered into a bright room filled with many people. There I meet a smiling, gray, sporty man like Johnny Carson who shakes my hand and tells me what a fine girl I have. Then we are on the stage and Dee is embracing me with tear s in her eyes. She pins on my dress a large orchid, even though she has told me once that she thinks or chides are tacky flowers.In real life I am a large, big-boned woman with rough, man-working hands. In the winter I wear flannel nightgowns to bed and overalls during the day. I can killand clean a hog as mercilessly as a man. My fat keeps me hot in zero weather. I can work outside all day, breaking ice to get water for washing; I can eat pork liver cooked over the open tire minutes after it comes steaming from the hog. One winter I knocked a bull calf straight in the brain between the eyes with a sledge hammer and had the meat hung up to chill be-fore nightfall. But of course all this does not show on television. I am the way my daughter would want me to be: a hundred pounds lighter, my skin like an uncooked barley pan-cake. My hair glistens in the hot bright lights. Johnny Car – son has much to do to keep up with my quick and witty tongue.But that is a mistake. I know even before I wake up. Who ever knew a Johnson with a quick tongue? Who can even imagine me looking a strange white man in the eye? It seems to me I have talked to them always with one toot raised in flight, with my head turned in whichever way is farthest from them. Dee, though. She would always look anyone in the eye. Hesitation was no part of her nature."How do I look, Mama?" Maggie says, showing just enough of her thin body enveloped in pink skirt and red blouse for me to know she's there, almost hidden by the door."Come out into the yard," I say.Have you ever seen a lame animal, perhaps a dog run over by some careless person rich enough to own a car, sidle up to someone who is ignorant enough to be kind of him? That is the way my Maggie walks. She has been like this, chin on chest, eyes on ground, feet in shuffle, ever since the fire that burned the other house to the ground.Dee is lighter than Maggie, with nicer hair and a fuller figure. She's a woman now, though sometimes I forget. How long ago was it that the other house burned? Ten, twelve years? Sometimes I can still hear the flames and feel Maggie's arms sticking to me, her hair smoking and her dress falling off her in little black papery flakes. Her eyes seemed stretched open, blazed open by the flames reflect-ed in them. And Dee. I see her standing off under the sweet gum tree she used to dig gum out of; a look at concentration on her face as she watched the last dingy gray board of the house tall in toward the red-hot brick chimney. Why don't you do a dance around the ashes? I'd wanted to ask her. She had hated the house that much.I used to think she hated Maggie, too. But that was before we raised the money, the church and me, to send her to Augusta to school. She used to read to us without pity, forcing words, lies, other folks' habits, whole lives upon us two, sitting trapped and ignorant underneath her voice. She washed us in a river of make-believe, burned us with a lot of knowledge we didn't necessarily need to know. Pressed us to her with the serious way she read, to shove us away at just the moment, like dimwits, we seemed about to understand.Dee wanted nice things. A yellow organdy dress to wear to her graduation from high school; black pumps to match a green suit she'd made from an old suit somebody gave me. She was determined to stare down any disaster in her efforts. Her eyelids would not flicker for minutes at a time. Often I fought off the temptation to shake her. At sixteen she had a style of her own' and knew what style was.I never had an education myself. After second grade the school was closed down. Don't ask me why. in 1927 colored asked fewer questions than they do now. Sometimes Maggie reads to me. She stumbles along good-naturedly but can't see well. She knows she is not bright. Like good looks and money, quickness passed her by. She will marry John Thomas (who has mossy teeth in an earnest face) and then I'll be free to sit here and I guess just sing church songs to myself. Although I never was a good singer. Never could carry a tune. I was always better at a man's job. 1 used to love to milk till I was hooked in the side in '49. Cows are soothing and slow and don't bother you, unless you try to milk them the wrong way.I have deliberately turned my back on the house. It is three rooms, just like the one that burned, except the roof is tin: they don't make shingle roofs any more. There are no real windows, just some holes cut in the sides, like the portholes in a ship, but not round and not square, with rawhide holding the shutter s up on the outside. This house is in a pasture, too, like the other one. No doubt when Dee sees it she will want to tear it down. She wrote me once that no matter where we "choose" to live, she will manage to come see us. But she will never bring her friends. Maggie and I thought about this and Maggie asked me, Mama, when did Dee ever have anyfriends?"She had a few. Furtive boys in pink shirts hanging about on washday after school. Nervous girls who never laughed. Impressed with her they worshiped the well-turned phrase, the cute shape, the scalding humor that erupted like bubbles in lye. She read to them.When she was courting Jimmy T she didn't have much time to pay to us, but turned all her faultfinding power on him. He flew to marry a cheap city girl from a family of ignorant flashy people. She hardly had time to recompose herself.When she comes I will meet -- but there they are!Maggie attempts to make a dash for the house, in her shuffling way, but I stay her with my hand. "Come back here," I say. And she stops and tries to dig a well in the sand with her toe.It is hard to see them clearly through the strong sun. But even the first glimpse of leg out of the car tells me it is Dee. Her feet were always neat-looking, as it God himself had shaped them with a certain style. From the other side of the car comes a short, stocky man. Hair is all over his head a foot long and hanging from his chin like a kinky mule tail. I hear Maggie suck in her breath. "Uhnnnh," is what it sounds like. Like when you see the wriggling end of a snake just in front of your toot on the road. "Uhnnnh."Dee next. A dress down to the ground, in this hot weather. A dress so loud it hurts my eyes. There are yel-lows and oranges enough to throw back the light of the sun. I feel my whole face warming from the heat waves it throws out. Earrings gold, too, and hanging down to her shoulders. Bracelets dangling and making noises when she moves her arm up to shake the folds of the dress out of her armpits. The dress is loose and flows, and as she walks closer, I like it. I hear Maggie go "Uhnnnh" again. It is her sister's hair. It stands straight up like the wool on a sheep. It is black as night and around the edges are two long pigtails that rope about like small lizards disappearing behind her ears."Wa-su-zo-Tean-o!" she says, coming on in that gliding way the dress makes hermove. The short stocky fellow with the hair to his navel is all grinning and he follows up with "Asalamalakim, my mother and sister!" He moves to hug Maggie but she falls back, right up against the back of my chair. I feel her trembling there and when I look up I see the perspiration falling off her chin."Don't get up," says Dee. Since I am stout it takes something of a push. You can see me trying to move a second or two before I make it. She turns, showing white heels through her sandals, and goes back to the car. Out she peeks next with a Polaroid. She stoops down quickly and lines up picture after picture of me sitting there in front of the house with Maggie cowering behind me. She never takes a shot without making sure the house is included. When a cow comes nibbling around the edge of the yard she snaps it and me and Maggie and the house. Then she puts the Polaroid in the back seat of the car, and comes up and kisses me on the forehead.Meanwhile Asalamalakim is going through motions with Maggie's hand. Maggie's hand is as limp as a fish, and probably as cold, despite the sweat, and she keeps trying to pull it back. It looks like Asalamalakim wants to shake hands but wants to do it fancy. Or maybe he don't know how people shake hands. Anyhow, he soon gives up on Maggie."Well," I say. "Dee.""No, Mama," she says. "Not 'Dee', Wangero Leewanika Kemanjo!""What happened to 'Dee'?" I wanted to know."She's dead," Wangero said. "I couldn't bear it any longer, being named after the people who oppress me.""You know as well as me you was named after your aunt Dicle," I said. Dicie is my sister. She named Dee. We called her "Big Dee" after Dee was born."But who was she named after?" asked Wangero."I guess after Grandma Dee," I said."And who was she named after?" asked Wangero."Her mother," I said, and saw Wangero was getting tired. "That's about as far back as I can trace it," I said.Though, in fact, I probably could have carried it back beyond the Civil Warthrough the branches."Well," said Asalamalakim, "there you are.""Uhnnnh," I heard Maggie say."There I was not," I said, before 'Dicie' cropped up in our family, so why should I try to trace it that far back?"He just stood there grinning, looking down on me like somebody inspecting a Model A car. Every once in a while he and Wangero sent eye signals over my head."How do you pronounce this name?" I asked."You don't have to call me by it if you don't want to," said Wangero."Why shouldn't I?" I asked. "If that's what you want us to call you, we'll call you. ""I know it might sound awkward at first," said Wangero."I'll get used to it," I said. "Ream it out again."Well, soon we got the name out of the way. Asalamalakim had a name twice as long and three times as hard. After I tripped over it two or three times he told me to just call him Hakim-a-barber. I wanted to ask him was he a barber, but I didn't really think he was, so I don't ask."You must belong to those beet-cattle peoples down the road," I said. They said "Asalamalakirn" when they met you too, but they didn't Shake hands. Always too busy feeding the cattle, fixing the fences, putting up salt-lick shelters, throwing down hay. When the white folks poisoned some of the herd the men stayed up all night with rifles in their hands. I walked a mile and a half just to see the sight.Hakim-a-barber said, "I accept some of their doctrines, but farming and raising cattle is not my style." (They didn't tell me, and I didn't ask, whether Wangero (Dee) had really gone and married him.)We sat down to eat and right away he said he didn't eat collards and pork was unclean. Wangero, though, went on through the chitlins and corn bread, the greens and every-thing else. She talked a blue streak over the sweet potatoes. Everything delighted her. Even the fact that we still used the benches her daddy made for the table when we couldn't afford to buy chairs."Oh, Mama!" she cried. Then turned to Hakim-a-barber. "I never knew how lovely these benches are. You can feel the rump prints," she said, running her hands underneath her and along the bench. Then she gave a sigh and her hand closed over Grandma Dee's butter dish. "That's it!" she said. "I knew there was something I wanted to ask you if I could have." She jumped up from the table and went over in the corner where the churn stood, the milk in it clabber by now. She looked at the churn and looked at it."This churn top is what I need," she said. "Didn't Uncle Buddy whittle it out of a tree you all used to have?""Yes," I said."Uh huh, " she said happily. "And I want the dasher,too.""Uncle Buddy whittle that, too?" asked the barber.Dee (Wangero) looked up at me."Aunt Dee's first husband whittled the dash," said Maggie so low you almost couldn't hear her. "His name was Henry, but they called him Stash.""Maggie's brain is like an elephants," Wanglero said, laughing. "I can use the churn top as a center piece for the alcove table,”she said, sliding a plate over the churn, "and I'll think of something artistic to do with the dasher."When she finished wrapping the dasher the handle stuck out. I took it for a moment in my hands. You didn't even have to look close to see where hands pushing the dasher up and down to make butter had left a kind of sink in the wood. In fact, there were a lot of small sinks; you could see where thumbs and fingers had sunk into the wood. It was beautiful light yellow wood, from a tree that grew in the yard where Big Dee and Stash had lived.After dinner Dee (Wangero) went to the trunk at the foot of my bed and started rifling through it. Maggie hung back in the kitchen over the dishpan. Out came Wangero with two quilts. They had been pieced by Grandma Dee and then Big Dee and me had hung them on the quilt frames on the front porch and quilted them. One was in the Lone Star pattern. The other was Walk Around the Mountain. In both of them were scraps of dresses Grandma Dee had worn fifty and more years ago. Bit sand pieces of GrandpaJarrell's Paisley shirts. And one teeny faded blue piece, about the size of a penny matchbox, that was from Great Grandpa Ezra's uniform that he wore in the Civil War."Mama," Wangero said sweet as a bird. "Can I have these old quilts?"I heard something fall in the kitchen, and a minute later the kitchen door slammed."Why don't you take one or two of the others?” 1 asked. "These old things was just done by me and Big Dee from some tops your grandma pieced before she died.""No," said Wangero. "I don't want those. They are stitched around the borders by machine.""That'll make them last better," I said."That's not the point," said Wanglero. "These are all pieces of dresses Grandma used to wear. She did all this stitching by hand. Imagine!" She held the quilts securely in her arms, stroking them."Some of the pieces, like those lavender ones, come from old clothes her mother handed down to her,” I said, moving up to touch the quilts. Dee (Wangero) moved back just enough so that I couldn't reach the quilts. They already belonged to her. "Imagine!" she breathed again, clutching them closely to her bosom."The truth is," I said, "I promised to give them quilts to Maggie, for when she marries John Thomas."She gasped like a bee had stung her."Maggie can't appreciate these quilts!" she said. "She'd probably be backward enough to put them to everyday use.""I reckon she would," I said. "God knows I been savage ’em for long enough with nobody using 'em. I hope she will! ” I didn't want to bring up how I had offered Dee (Wangero) a quilt when she went away to college. Then she had told me they were old-fashioned, out of style."But they're priceless!" she was saying now, furiously, for she has a temper. "Maggie would put them on the bed and in five years they'd be in rags. Less than that!" "She can always make some more,” I said. "Maggie knows how to quilt. "Dee (Wangero) looked at me with hatred. "You just will not understand. The point is these quilts, these quilts!""Well," I said,, stumped. "What would you do with them?""Hang them," she said. As it that was the only thing you could do with quilts.Maggie by now was standing in the door. I could almost hear the sound her feet made as they scraped over each other."She can have them, Mama,” she said like somebody used to neve r winning anything, or having anything reserved for her. "I can 'member Grandma Dee without the quilts."I looked at her hard. She had filled her bottom lip with checkerberry snuff and it gave her face a kind of dopey, hangdog look. It was Grandma Dee and Big Dee who taught her how to quilt herself. She stood there with her scarred hands hidden in the folds of her skirt. She looked at her sister with something like fear but she wasn't mad at her. This was Maggie's portion. This was the way she knew God to work.When I looked at her like that something hit me in the top of my head and ran down to the soles of my feet. Just like when I'm in church and the spirit of God touches me and I get happy and shout. I did something I never had done before: hugged Maggie to me, then dragged her on into the room, snatched the quilts out of Miss Wangero's hands and dumped them into Maggie's lap. Maggie just sat there on my bed with her mouth open."Take one or two of the others," I said to Dee.But she turned without a word and went out to Hakim-a-barber."You just don't understand," she said, as Maggie and I came out to the car."What don't I under stand?" I wanted to know."Your heritage," she said. And then she turned to Maggie, kissed her, and said, "You ought to try to make some-thing of yourself, too, Maggie. It's really a new day for us. But from the way you and Mama still live you'd never know it."She put on some sunglasses that hid everything above the tip of her nose and her chin.Maggie smiled; maybe at the sunglasses. But a real mile, not scared. After we watched the car dust settle I asked Maggie to bring me a dip of snuff. And then the two of us sat there just enjoying, until it was time to go in the house and go to bed.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------NOTES1) Alice Walker: born 1944 in Eatonton, Georgia, America and graduated from Sarah Lawrence College. Her books include The Third Life of Grange Copeland ( 1970 ), Meridian ( 1976 ), The Color Purple(1982), etc.2)"made it": to become a success, to succeed, either in specific endeavor or in general3) Johnny Carson: a man who runs a late night talk show4)hooked: injured by the horn of the cow being milked5) Jimmy T: 'T' is the initial of the surname of the boy Dee was courting.6)"Wa-su-zo-Tean-o!": phonetic rendering of an African dialect salutation7) "Asalamalakim": phonetic rendering of a Muslim greeting8) Polaroid: a camera that produces instant pictures9) the Civil War: the war between the North and the South in the U. S.(1861-1865)10) branches: branches or divisions of a family descending from a common ancestor11) Ream it out again: "Ream" is perhaps an African dialect word meaning: "unfold, display". Hence the phrase may mean "repeat" or "say it once again"12) pork was unclean: Muslims are forbidden by their religion to eat pork because it is considered to be unclean.13) Chitlins: also chitlings or chitterlings, the small intestines of pigs, used for food, a common dish in Afro-American households14) rump prints: depressions in the benches made by constant sitting15) sink: depressions in the wood of the handle left by the thumbs and fingers第四课外婆的日用家当艾丽斯•沃克尔“我会慢慢习惯的,”我说,“你给我再念一遍吧。
高级英语第4课Inaugural Address 课件 翻译 译文
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Address(January 20, 1961)John F. Kennedy目的/重点Aimsknow how to make good conversationtrace the history of the King’s Englishlearn the methods in developing an expository writing,esp. the use of examples analyse the features of spoken Englishappreciate the language featuresTeaching Contents1. Exposition2. History of Britain3. Detailed study of the text4. Organizational pattern5. Language features6. The characteristics of spoken EnglishTime allocation1. Exposition and history (15 min.)2. Detailed study of the text (105 min.)3. Structure analysis (15 min.)4. Language appreciation (15 min.)5. The characteristics of spoken English (30 min)课文内容4. Inaugural Address(January 20, 1961)John F. Kennedy1 We observe today not a victory of party but a celebration of freedom, symbolizing an end as well as a beginning, signifying renewal as well as change. For I have sworn before you and Almighty God the same solemn oath our forebears prescribed nearlya century and three-quarters ago.2 The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life. And yet the same revolutionary belief for which our forebears fought is still at issue around the globe, the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God.3 We dare not forget today that we are the heirs of that first revolution. Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans, born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage, and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of these human rights to which this nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today at home and around the world.4 Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or i11, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.5 This much we pledge--and more.6 To those old allies whose cultural and spiritual origins we share, we pledge the loyalty of faithful friends. United, there is little we cannot do in a host of co-operative ventures. Divided, there is little we can do, for we dare not meeta powerful challenge at odds and split asunder.7 To those new states whom we welcome to the ranks of the free, we pledge our word that one form of colonial control shall not have passed away merely to be replaced by a far more iron tyranny. We shall not always expect to find them supporting our view. But we shall always hope to find them strongly supporting their own freedom, and to remember that, in the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside.8 To those peoples in the huts and villages of half the globe struggling to break the bonds of mass misery, we pledge our best efforts to help them help themselves, for whatever period is required, not because the Communists may be doing it, not because we seek their votes, but because it is right. If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.9 To our sister republics south of our border, we offer a special pledge: to convert our good words into good deeds, in a new alliance for progress, to assist free men and free governments in casting off the chains of poverty. But this peaceful revolution of hope cannot become the prey of hostile powers. Let all our neighbors know that we shall join with them to oppose aggression or subversion anywhere in the Americas. And let every other power know that this hemisphere intends to remain the master of its own house.10 To that world assembly of sovereign states, the United Nations, our last best hope in an age where the instruments of war have far outpaced the instruments of peace, we renew our pledge of support: to prevent it from becoming merely a forum for invective, to strengthen its shield of the new and the weak, and to enlarge the area in which its writ may run.11 Finally, to those nations who would make themselves our adversary, we offer not a pledge but a request: that both sides begin anew the quest for peace, before the dark powers of destruction unleashed by science engulf all humanity in planned or accidental self-destruction.12 We dare not tempt them with weakness. For only when our arms are sufficient beyond doubt can we be certain beyond doubt that they will never be employed.13 But neither can two great and powerful groups of nations take comfort from our present course--both sides overburdened by the cost of modern weapons, both rightly alarmed by the steady spread of the deadly atom, yet both racing to alter that uncertain balance of terror that stays the hand of mankind's final war.14 So let us begin anew, remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof. Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate.15 Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belaboring those problems which divide us.16 Let both sides, for the first time, formulate serious and precise proposals for the inspection and control of arms and bring the absolute power to destroy other nations under the absolute control of all nations.17 Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. Together let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths and encourage the arts and commerce.18 Let both sides unite to heed in all corners of the earth the command of Isaiah to "undo the heavy burdens...(and) let the oppressed go free".19 And if a beachhead of co-operation may push back the jungle of suspicion, let both sides join in creating a new endeavor, not a new balance of power, but a new world of law, where the strong are just and the weak secure and the peace preserved.20 All this will not be finished in the first one hundred days. Nor will it be finished in the first one thousand days, nor in the life of this Administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin.21 In your hands, my fellow citizens, more than mine, will rest the final success or failure of our course. Since this country was founded, each generation of Americans has been summoned to give testimony to its national loyalty. The graves of young Americans who answered the call to service surround the globe.22 Now the trumpet summons us again--not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need; not as a call to battle, though embattled we are; but a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle, year in and year out, "rejoicing in hope, patientin tribulation," a struggle against the common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease and war itself.23 Can we forge against these enemies a grand and global alliance, North and South, East and West, that can assure a more fruitful life for all mankind Will you join in the historic effort24 In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility; I welcome it. I do not believe that any of us would exchange places with any other people or any other generation. The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it, and the glow from that fire can truly light the world.25 And so, my fellow Americans ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.26 My fellow citizens of the world, ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.27 Finally, whether you are citizens of America or citizens of the world, ask of us here the same high standards of strength and sacrifice which we ask of you. With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth God's work must truly be our own.(from A Treasury of the World's Great Speeches, 1965)NOTES1. inaugural address: since 1937, Inauguration Day has been changed to Jan. 20. On this day every four years the newly elected president of the United States faces the people for the first time, takes the presidential oath of office and delivershis inaugural address.2. solemn oath: the presidential oath, traditionally administered by the Chief Justice, is prescribed in Article II, section 1 of the Constitution of the United States. The oath runs as follows: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. "3. The belief that the rights of man.., hand of God: refers to a passage in the American Declaration of Independence: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. "4. command of Isaiah: one of the greatest Hebrew prophets whose writings are extant (late 8th century B. C. ) ; venerated by rabbis as 2nd only to Moses. The Book of Isaiah, a book in the Old Testament of the Bible of the Christian, is believed to be a work of two authors of different periods; chapters 1--39 relate to the history of the Israelites; chapters 40--66 foretell the coming of the Messiah. The quotation in the text is taken from chapter 58, verse 6: "Is not this the fast that I have chosen to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke"教学教案背景知识课文详解文章结构修辞学习课文录像课文录音词汇短语词汇(Vocabulary): of an inauguration就职(典礼)的----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: be a sign or indication of;mean表明;意味----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: having unlimited power;all—powerful有无限权力的;全能的----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: an ancester 祖先,祖宗----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: set down as a rule or direction;order;ordain;direct命令;指示;规定,订立----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: the quality of being generous慷慨;宽宏大量----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: person who appears to get some trait from a predecessor or seems to carry on in his tradition继承者;后嗣----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: enemy;opponent敌人----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: the act of bringing to ruin,disgrace,or destruction毁灭;破坏----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: in disagreement;quarreling意见不一致;有争执----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: into parts or pieces分成碎片;分散----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: a person or thing that falls victim to someone or something牺牲品;掠夺品----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: a subverting or being subverted.ruin 颠覆(活动);破坏----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: independent of all others独立自主的----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: surpass;exceed在速度上超过;胜过----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: a violent verbal attack.strong criticism,insults, curses, etc.; vituperation 抨击;辱骂,谩骂----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: any person or thing that guards,protects,or defends; protection 保护人;防护物;保护----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: a formal legal document ordering or prohibiting some action命令;律令;文书;传票----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: a person who opposes or fights against another; opponent;enemy 对手,反对者;敌手,敌方----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: again重新,再----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: release from or as from a leash(解开皮带以)释放----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: swallow up;overwhelm 吞没,淹没,压倒----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: politeness.esp. in a merely formal way 礼貌,客气----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: talk about at unnecessary length唠唠叨叨地反复讲----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: put together and express (a theory.plan ,etc.)a systematic way 系统地阐述(或提出)(理论、计划等)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: draw upon;make use of开发、发掘----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: pay close attention to;take careful notice of注意, 留神,留心----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: a position established by invading troops on an enemy shore;a position gained as a secare starting point for any action;foothold滩头堡,登陆场;立足点----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: an earnest attempt or effort努力,尽力----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: any form of evidence,indication. etc.;proof证明,证据----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: [常用于被动语态]prepare,array,or set in line for battle使准备战斗,使严阵以待----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: great misery or distress, as from oppression;deep sorrow苦难;困苦;忧伤----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: move forward steadily,as if against difficulties; form;produce(似乎迎着困难)稳步前进;形成;结成----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: a close association for a common objective as of nations,political parties,etc.联盟,联合,同盟----------------------------------------------------------------------------------短语 (Expressions): in dispute;to be decided;at variance;in disagreement意见不一致例: What is at issue is the extent to which exam results reflect a student’s ability.意见的分歧之处在于考试对于学生能力的影响程度。
高级英语第四课译文
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第四课外婆的日用家当艾丽斯·沃克尔我就在这院子里等候她的到来。
我和麦姬昨天下午已将院子打扫得干干净净,地面上还留着清晰的扫帚扫出的波浪形痕迹。
这样的院子比一般人想象的要舒适,它不仅仅是一个院子,简直就像一间扩大了的客厅。
当院子的泥土地面被打扫得像屋里的地板一样干净,四周边缘的细沙面上布满不规则的细纹时,任何人都可以进来坐一下,一边抬头仰望院中的榆树,一边等着享受从来吹不进屋内的微风。
麦姬在她姐姐离去之前将会一直心神不定:她将会神情沮丧地站在角落里,一面为自己的丑陋面孔和胳膊大腿上晒出的累累疤痕而自惭形秽,一面怀着既羡慕又敬畏的心情怯生生地看着她姐姐。
她觉得她姐姐真正是生活的主人,想要什么便能得到什么,世界还没有学会对她说半个“不”字。
你一定从电视片上看到过“闯出了江山”的儿女突然出乎意料地出现在那跌跌撞撞从后台走出来的父母面前的场面。
(当然,那场面必定是令人喜悦的:假如电视上的父母和儿女之间相互攻击辱骂,他们该怎么样呢?) 在电视上,母亲和儿女见面总是相互拥抱和微笑。
有时父母会痛哭流涕,而那发迹了的孩子就会紧紧地拥抱他们,并隔着桌子伸过头来告诉他们说若没有他们的帮助,她自己就不会有今日的成就。
我自己就看过这样的电视节目。
有时候我在梦里梦见迪伊和我突然成了这种电视节目的剧中人。
我从一辆黑色软座垫大轿车上一下来,立刻被人引进一间宽敞明亮的屋子里。
屋里有许多人,其中一个身材高大威武,满面微笑,有点像著名电视节目主持人约翰尼·卡森的美男子迎上来和我握手,并对我说我养了个好女儿。
然后,我们来到台前,迪伊热泪盈眶地拥抱着我,还把一朵大大的兰花别在我的衣服上,尽管她曾对我说过兰花是很低级的花。
在现实生活中,我是一个大块头、大骨架的妇女,有着干男人活儿的粗糙双手。
冬天睡觉时我穿着绒布睡衣,白天身穿套头工作衫。
我能像男人一样狠狠地宰猪并收拾干净。
我身上的脂肪使我在寒冬也能保暖。
我能整天在户外干活儿,敲碎冰块,取水洗衣。
高级英语lesson4课文翻译
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The Trial That Rocked the World震撼世界的审判约翰.司科普斯John Scopes1、A buzz ran through the crowd as I took my place in the packed court onthat sweltering July day in1925.The counsel for my defence was the famouscriminal lawyer Clarence Darrow.Leading counsel for the prosecution was William Jennings Bryan,the silver-tongued orator,three times Democratic nominee forPresident of the United States,and leader of the fundamentalist movement that had brought about my trial.在一九二五年七月的那个酷热日子里,当我在挤得水泄不通的法庭里就位时,人群中响起一阵嘁嘁喳喳的议论声。
我的辩护人是著名刑事辩护律师克拉伦斯.达罗。
担任主控官的则是能说会道的演说家威廉.詹宁斯.布莱恩,他曾三次被民主党提名为美国总统候选人,而且还是导致我这次受审的基督教原教旨主义运动的领导人。
2、A few weeks before I had been an unknown school-teacher in Dayton,a little town in the mountains of Tennessee.Now I was involved in a trial reported the world over.Seated in court,ready to testify on my behalf,were a dozen distinguished professors and scientists,led by Professor Kirtley Mather of Harvard University.More than100reporters were on hand,and even radio announcers,who for the first time in history were to broadcast a jury trial."Don't worry,son,we'll show them a few tricks," Darrow had whispered,throwing a reassuring arm round my shoulder as we were waiting for the court to open.几个星期之前,我还只是田纳西州山区小镇戴顿的一名默默无闻的中学教员,而现在我却成了一次举世瞩目的庭审活动的当事人。
高英四课文参考译文
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课文A参考译文Unit 1冰雪卫士——奈拉•B•史密斯人们常说骄兵必败。
就拿拿破仑和希特勒来说吧,他们取得的一个又一个的胜利让他们相信自己战无不胜,没有什么可以阻挡他们,但俄罗斯的冰雪卫士会证明他们是错的。
1 1812年,法国皇帝拿破仑•波拿巴率领大军进入俄罗斯。
他为面对俄罗斯人民保卫家园而要进行的坚决抵抗做好了准备。
他想到了要经过长途跋涉才能到达俄罗斯的首都莫斯科,为此也做好了准备。
但他没有为在莫斯科会遭遇到的劲敌——俄罗斯阴冷刺骨的寒冬——做好准备。
2 1941年,纳粹德国元首阿道夫•希特勒对当时被称作苏联的俄罗斯发起了进攻。
希特勒的军事力量无可匹敌。
他的战争机器扫除了欧洲大部分地区的抵抗。
希特勒希望在最短的时间内结束战斗,但是,就像他的前人拿破仑一样,他得到了惨痛的教训。
俄罗斯的冬天又一次帮助了苏维埃士兵。
拿破仑发起的战役3 1812年春,拿破仑在俄国边境集结60万大军。
这些士兵都训练有素,有很强的作战能力,而且都有精良的装备。
这支军队被称为“大军”。
拿破仑对迅速胜利充满信心,预言要用5个星期攻下俄国。
4 不久,拿破仑的大军经过涅曼河进入俄国。
拿破仑所期盼的迅速、决定性的胜利并没有出现。
令他吃惊的是,俄国人并没有反抗。
相反,他们一路向东撤退,沿途焚毁庄稼和房屋。
“大军”紧追不舍,但它的前进很快由于后勤补给缓慢而停顿下来。
5 到了8月,法军和俄军在斯摩棱斯克开火,在这次战役中,双方各有上万人死在战场上。
可是,俄国军队又能继续向自己领土的纵深撤退。
拿破仑并没有取得决定性的胜利。
此刻他面临着一个生死攸关的抉择:是继续追击俄军,还是为了度过即将来临的冬天而把军队驻扎在斯摩棱斯克呢?6 拿破仑决定冒险向远在448公里之外的莫斯科进发。
1812年9月7日,法俄两军在鲍罗季诺展开激烈的战斗,此地在莫斯科以西112公里外。
夜幕降临时,法军和俄军分别有3万和4.4万名士兵的死伤。
7 俄国军队再次撤退到安全的地方。
TheTrialThatRockedtheWorld高级英语第三版第一册第四课翻译和词汇
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Lesson4 The Trial That Rockedthe World震撼世界的审判A buzz ran through the crowd as I took my place in the packedcourt on that swelter ing July day in 1925. The counsel for my defence was the famouscrimina l lawyerClarenc e Darrow.Leading counsel for the prosecu tion was William Jenning s Bryan, the silver-tongued orator, three times Democra tic nominee for Preside nt of the UnitedStates,and leaderof the fundame ntalis t movemen t that had brought about my trial.在一九二五年七月的那个酷热日子里,当我在挤得水泄不通的法庭里就位时,人群中响起一阵嘁嘁喳喳的议论声。
我的辩护人是著名刑事辩护律师克拉伦斯.达罗。
担任主控官的则是能说会道的演说家威廉.詹宁斯.布莱恩,他曾三次被民主党提名为美国总统候选人,而且还是导致我这次受审的基督教原教旨主义运动的领导人。
A few weeks beforeI had been an unknown school-teacher in Dayton, a littletown in the mountai ns of Tenness ee. Now I was involve d in a trial reporte d the world over. Seatedin court, ready to testify on my behalf,were a dozen disting uished profess ors and scienti sts, led by Profess or Kirtley Matherof Harvard Univers ity. More than 100 reporte rs were on hand, and even radio announc er s, who for the first time in history were to broadca st a jury trial. "Don't worry, son, we'll show them a few tricks," Darrowhad whisper ed throwin g a reassur ing arm round my shoulde r as we were waiting for the court to open.几个星期之前,我还只是田纳西州山区小镇戴顿的一名默默无闻的中学教员,而现在我却成了一次举世瞩目的庭审活动的当事人。
2021年《高级英语》课文逐句翻译(4)
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2021年《高级英语》课文逐句翻译(4)lesson4 本身选择死亡方式Lesson Four Die as You Choose制定关于安泰死的法律已经到了不能再回避的地步。
The need for laws on euthanasia cannot be dodged for much longer.在世界上某个较小的国家里,安泰死被医疗机构遍及接受,每年都有数千例公开实施。
In one of the world’s smaller countries,mercy-killing is accepted by the medical establishment and openly practiced a few thousand times each year.而在某个世界大国,安泰死虽然经常受到医疗机构的公开谴责,每年却以数倍于此的次数奥秘实施,且从未公之于众。
In one of the world’s biggest countries,euthanasia is condemned by the medical establishment,secretly practiced many times more often,and almost never comes to light.但是,在上述阿谁国家有医生因为实施安泰死而在监狱里服刑呢?Which of these countries has a mercy-killing doctor now languishing in its jails?是在小国荷兰。
荷兰制定了有关安泰死的法律,能有效地办理它。
It is the small one,Holland,which has rules for euthanasia and so can police it effectively.那位荷兰的医生违反了他国家的规定。
The Dutch doctor broke his country’s rules.有关安泰死的问题在所有国家都存在,决不仅出现在美国这个禁止安泰死的大国。
高级英语课文翻译——第四课 马克吐温
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Tramp printer, river pilot , Confederate guerrilla, prospector, starry-eyed optimist, acid-tongued cynic: The man who became Mark Twain was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens and he ranged across the nation for more than a third of his life, digesting the new American experience before sharing it with the world as writer and lecturer. He adopted his pen name from the cry heard in his steamboat days, signaling two fathoms (12 feet) of water -- a navigable depth. His popularity is attested by the fact that more than a score of his books remain in print, and translations are still read around the world.
大学高级英语第一册张汉熙版第四课原文加翻译Everyday_Use_for_your_grandmama
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Everyday Use for your grandmamaAlice WalkerI will wait for her in the yard that Maggie and I made so clean and wavy yester day afternoon. A yard like this is more comfortable than most people know. It is not just a yard. It is like an extended living room. When the hard clay is swept clean as a floor and the fine sand around the edges lined with tiny, irregular grooves, anyone can come and sit and look up into the elm tree and wait for the breezes that never come inside the house.Maggie will be nervous until after her sister goes: she will stand hopelessly in corners, homely and ashamed of the burn scars down her arms and legs, eying her sister with a mixture of envy and awe. She thinks her sister has held life always in the palm of one hand, that "no" is a word the world never learned to say to her.You've no doubt seen those TV shows where the child who has "made it" is confronted, as a surprise, by her own mother and father, tottering in weakly from backstage. (A Pleasant surprise, of course: What would they do if parent and child came on the show only to curse out and insult each other?) On TV mother and child embrace and smile into each other's face. Sometimes the mother and father weep, the child wraps them in her arms and leans across the table to tell how she would not have made it without their help. I have seen these programs.Sometimes I dream a dream in which Dee and I are suddenly brought together on a TV program of this sort. Out of a cark and soft-seated limousine I am ushered into abright room filled with many people. There I meet a smiling, gray, sporty man like Johnny Carson who shakes my hand and tells me what a fine girl I have. Then we are on the stage and Dee is embracing me with tear s in her eyes. She pins on my dress a large orchid, even though she has told me once that she thinks or chides are tacky flowers.In real life I am a large, big-boned woman with rough, man-working hands. In the winter I wear flannel nightgowns to bed and overalls during the day. I can kill and clean a hog as mercilessly as a man. My fat keeps me hot in zero weather. I can work outside all day, breaking ice to get water for washing; I can eat pork liver cooked over the open tire minutes after it comes steaming from the hog. One winter I knocked a bull calf straight in the brain between the eyes with a sledge hammer and had the meat hung up to chill be-fore nightfall. But of course all this does not show on television. I am the way my daughter would want me to be: a hundred pounds lighter, my skin like an uncooked barley pan-cake. My hair glistens in the hot bright lights. Johnny Car – son has much to do to keep up with my quick and witty tongue.But that is a mistake. I know even before I wake up. Who ever knew a Johnson with a quick tongue? Who can even imagine me looking a strange white man in the eye? It seems to me I have talked to them always with one toot raised in flight, with my head turned in whichever way is farthest from them. Dee, though. She would always look anyone in the eye. Hesitation was no part of her nature."How do I look, Mama?" Maggie says, showing just enough of her thin body enveloped in pink skirt and red blouse for me to know she's there, almost hidden by the door."Come out into the yard," I say.Have you ever seen a lame animal, perhaps a dog run over by some careless person rich enough to own a car, sidle up to someone who is ignorant enough to be kind of him? That is the way my Maggie walks. She has been like this, chin on chest, eyes on ground, feet in shuffle, ever since the fire that burned the other house to the ground.Dee is lighter than Maggie, with nicer hair and a fuller figure. She's a woman now, though sometimes I forget. How long ago was it that the other house burned? Ten, twelve years? Sometimes I can still hear the flames and feel Maggie's arms sticking to me, her hair smoking and her dress falling off her in little black papery flakes. Her eyes seemed stretched open, blazed open by the flames reflect-ed in them. And Dee. I see her standing off under the sweet gum tree she used to dig gum out of; a look at concentration on her face as she watched the last dingy gray board of the house tall in toward the red-hot brick chimney. Why don't you do a dance around the ashes? I'd wanted to ask her. She had hated the house that much.I used to think she hated Maggie, too. But that was before we raised the money, the church and me, to send her to Augusta to school. She used to read to us without pity, forcing words, lies, other folks' habits, whole lives upon us two, sitting trapped and ignorant underneath her voice. She washed us in a river of make-believe, burned us with a lot of knowledge we didn't necessarily need to know. Pressed us to her with the serious way she read, to shove us away at just the moment, like dimwits, we seemed about to understand.Dee wanted nice things. A yellow organdy dress to wear to her graduation fromhigh school; black pumps to match a green suit she'd made from an old suit somebody gave me. She was determined to stare down any disaster in her efforts. Her eyelids would not flicker for minutes at a time. Often I fought off the temptation to shake her. At sixteen she had a style of her own' and knew what style was.I never had an education myself. After second grade the school was closed down. Don't ask me why. in 1927 colored asked fewer questions than they do now. Sometimes Maggie reads to me. She stumbles along good-naturedly but can't see well. She knows she is not bright. Like good looks and money, quickness passed her by. She will marry John Thomas (who has mossy teeth in an earnest face) and then I'll be free to sit here and I guess just sing church songs to myself. Although I never was a good singer. Never could carry a tune. I was always better at a man's job. 1 used to love to milk till I was hooked in the side in '49. Cows are soothing and slow and don't bother you, unless you try to milk them the wrong way.I have deliberately turned my back on the house. It is three rooms, just like the one that burned, except the roof is tin: they don't make shingle roofs any more. There are no real windows, just some holes cut in the sides, like the portholes in a ship, but not round and not square, with rawhide holding the shutter s up on the outside. This house is in a pasture, too, like the other one. No doubt when Dee sees it she will want to tear it down. She wrote me once that no matter where we "choose" to live, she will manage to come see us. But she will never bring her friends. Maggie and I thought about this and Maggie asked me, Mama, when did Dee ever have any friends?"She had a few. Furtive boys in pink shirts hanging about on washday after school.Nervous girls who never laughed. Impressed with her they worshiped the well-turned phrase, the cute shape, the scalding humor that erupted like bubbles in lye. She read to them.When she was courting Jimmy T she didn't have much time to pay to us, but turned all her faultfinding power on him. He flew to marry a cheap city girl from a family of ignorant flashy people. She hardly had time to recompose herself.When she comes I will meet -- but there they are!Maggie attempts to make a dash for the house, in her shuffling way, but I stay her with my hand. "Come back here," I say. And she stops and tries to dig a well in the sand with her toe.It is hard to see them clearly through the strong sun. But even the first glimpse of leg out of the car tells me it is Dee. Her feet were always neat-looking, as it God himself had shaped them with a certain style. From the other side of the car comes a short, stocky man. Hair is all over his head a foot long and hanging from his chin like a kinky mule tail. I hear Maggie suck in her breath. "Uhnnnh," is what it sounds like. Like when you see the wriggling end of a snake just in front of your toot on the road. "Uhnnnh."Dee next. A dress down to the ground, in this hot weather. A dress so loud it hurts my eyes. There are yel-lows and oranges enough to throw back the light of the sun. I feel my whole face warming from the heat waves it throws out. Earrings gold, too, and hanging down to her shoulders. Bracelets dangling and making noises when she moves her arm up to shake the folds of the dress out of her armpits. The dress is loose and flows, and as she walks closer, I like it. I hear Maggie go "Uhnnnh" again. It is her sister'shair. It stands straight up like the wool on a sheep. It is black as night and around the edges are two long pigtails that rope about like small lizards disappearing behind her ears."Wa-su-zo-Tean-o!" she says, coming on in that gliding way the dress makes her move. The short stocky fellow with the hair to his navel is all grinning and he follows up with "Asalamalakim, my mother and sister!" He moves to hug Maggie but she falls back, right up against the back of my chair. I feel her trembling there and when I look up I see the perspiration falling off her chin."Don't get up," says Dee. Since I am stout it takes something of a push. You can see me trying to move a second or two before I make it. She turns, showing white heels through her sandals, and goes back to the car. Out she peeks next with a Polaroid. She stoops down quickly and lines up picture after picture of me sitting there in front of the house with Maggie cowering behind me. She never takes a shot without making sure the house is included. When a cow comes nibbling around the edge of the yard she snaps it and me and Maggie and the house. Then she puts the Polaroid in the back seat of the car, and comes up and kisses me on the forehead.Meanwhile Asalamalakim is going through motions with Maggie's hand. Maggie's hand is as limp as a fish, and probably as cold, despite the sweat, and she keeps trying to pull it back. It looks like Asalamalakim wants to shake hands but wants to do it fancy. Or maybe he don't know how people shake hands. Anyhow, he soon gives up on Maggie."Well," I say. "Dee.""No, Mama," she says. "Not 'Dee', Wangero Leewanika Kemanjo!""What happened to 'Dee'?" I wanted to know."She's dead," Wangero said. "I couldn't bear it any longer, being named after the people who oppress me.""You know as well as me you was named after your aunt Dicle," I said. Dicie is my sister. She named Dee. We called her "Big Dee" after Dee was born."But who was she named after?" asked Wangero."I guess after Grandma Dee," I said."And who was she named after?" asked Wangero."Her mother," I said, and saw Wangero was getting tired. "That's about as far back as I can trace it," I said.Though, in fact, I probably could have carried it back beyond the Civil War through the branches."Well," said Asalamalakim, "there you are.""Uhnnnh," I heard Maggie say."There I was not," I said, before 'Dicie' cropped up in our family, so why should I try to trace it that far back?"He just stood there grinning, looking down on me like somebody inspecting a Model A car. Every once in a while he and Wangero sent eye signals over my head."How do you pronounce this name?" I asked."You don't have to call me by it if you don't want to," said Wangero."Why shouldn't I?" I asked. "If that's what you want us to call you, we'll call you. ""I know it might sound awkward at first," said Wangero."I'll get used to it," I said. "Ream it out again."Well, soon we got the name out of the way. Asalamalakim had a name twice as long and three times as hard. After I tripped over it two or three times he told me to just call him Hakim-a-barber. I wanted to ask him was he a barber, but I didn't really think he was, so I don't ask."You must belong to those beet-cattle peoples down the road," I said. They said "Asalamalakirn" when they met you too, but they didn't Shake hands. Always too busy feeding the cattle, fixing the fences, putting up salt-lick shelters, throwing down hay. When the white folks poisoned some of the herd the men stayed up all night with rifles in their hands. I walked a mile and a half just to see the sight.Hakim-a-barber said, "I accept some of their doctrines, but farming and raising cattle is not my style." (They didn't tell me, and I didn't ask, whether Wangero (Dee) had really gone and married him.)We sat down to eat and right away he said he didn't eat collards and pork was unclean. Wangero, though, went on through the chitlins and corn bread, the greens and every-thing else. She talked a blue streak over the sweet potatoes. Everything delighted her. Even the fact that we still used the benches her daddy made for the table when we couldn't afford to buy chairs."Oh, Mama!" she cried. Then turned to Hakim-a-barber. "I never knew how lovely these benches are. You can feel the rump prints," she said, running her hands underneath her and along the bench. Then she gave a sigh and her hand closed overGrandma Dee's butter dish. "That's it!" she said. "I knew there was something I wanted to ask you if I could have." She jumped up from the table and went over in the corner where the churn stood, the milk in it clabber by now. She looked at the churn and looked at it."This churn top is what I need," she said. "Didn't Uncle Buddy whittle it out of a tree you all used to have?""Yes," I said."Uh huh, " she said happily. "And I want the dasher,too.""Uncle Buddy whittle that, too?" asked the barber.Dee (Wangero) looked up at me."Aunt Dee's first husband whittled the dash," said Maggie so low you almost couldn't hear her. "His name was Henry, but they called him Stash.""Maggie's brain is like an elephants," Wanglero said, laughing. "I can use the churn top as a center piece for the alcove table,”she said, sliding a plate over the churn, "and I'll think of something artistic to do with the dasher."When she finished wrapping the dasher the handle stuck out. I took it for a moment in my hands. You didn't even have to look close to see where hands pushing the dasher up and down to make butter had left a kind of sink in the wood. In fact, there were a lot of small sinks; you could see where thumbs and fingers had sunk into the wood. It was beautiful light yellow wood, from a tree that grew in the yard where Big Dee and Stash had lived.After dinner Dee (Wangero) went to the trunk at the foot of my bed and startedrifling through it. Maggie hung back in the kitchen over the dishpan. Out came Wangero with two quilts. They had been pieced by Grandma Dee and then Big Dee and me had hung them on the quilt frames on the front porch and quilted them. One was in the Lone Star pattern. The other was Walk Around the Mountain. In both of them were scraps of dresses Grandma Dee had worn fifty and more years ago. Bit sand pieces of Grandpa Jarrell's Paisley shirts. And one teeny faded blue piece, about the size of a penny matchbox, that was from Great Grandpa Ezra's uniform that he wore in the Civil War."Mama," Wangero said sweet as a bird. "Can I have these old quilts?"I heard something fall in the kitchen, and a minute later the kitchen door slammed."Why don't you take one or two of the others?” 1 asked. "These old things was just done by me and Big Dee from some tops your grandma pieced before she died.""No," said Wangero. "I don't want those. They are stitched around the borders by machine.""That'll make them last better," I said."That's not the point," said Wanglero. "These are all pieces of dresses Grandma used to wear. She did all this stitching by hand. Imagine!" She held the quilts securely in her arms, stroking them."Some of the pieces, like those lavender ones, come from old clothes her mother handed down to her,” I said, moving up to touch the quilts. Dee (Wangero) moved back just enough so that I couldn't reach the quilts. They already belonged to her. "Imagine!" she breathed again, clutching them closely to her bosom."The truth is," I said, "I promised to give them quilts to Maggie, for when she marriesJohn Thomas."She gasped like a bee had stung her."Maggie can't appreciate these quilts!" she said. "She'd probably be backward enough to put them to everyday use.""I reckon she would," I said. "God knows I been savage ’em for long enough with nobody using 'em. I hope she will! ” I didn't want to bring up how I had offered Dee (Wangero) a quilt when she went away to college. Then she had told me they were old-fashioned, out of style."But they're priceless!" she was saying now, furiously, for she has a temper. "Maggie would put them on the bed and in five years they'd be in rags. Less than that!" "She can always make some more,” I said. "Maggie knows how to quilt. "Dee (Wangero) looked at me with hatred. "You just will not understand. The point is these quilts, these quilts!""Well," I said,, stumped. "What would you do with them?""Hang them," she said. As it that was the only thing you could do with quilts.Maggie by now was standing in the door. I could almost hear the sound her feet made as they scraped over each other."She can have them, Mama,” she said like somebody used to neve r winning anything, or having anything reserved for her. "I can 'member Grandma Dee without the quilts."I looked at her hard. She had filled her bottom lip with checkerberry snuff and it gave her face a kind of dopey, hangdog look. It was Grandma Dee and Big Dee whotaught her how to quilt herself. She stood there with her scarred hands hidden in the folds of her skirt. She looked at her sister with something like fear but she wasn't mad at her. This was Maggie's portion. This was the way she knew God to work.When I looked at her like that something hit me in the top of my head and ran down to the soles of my feet. Just like when I'm in church and the spirit of God touches me and I get happy and shout. I did something I never had done before: hugged Maggie to me, then dragged her on into the room, snatched the quilts out of Miss Wangero's hands and dumped them into Maggie's lap. Maggie just sat there on my bed with her mouth open."Take one or two of the others," I said to Dee.But she turned without a word and went out to Hakim-a-barber."You just don't understand," she said, as Maggie and I came out to the car."What don't I under stand?" I wanted to know."Your heritage," she said. And then she turned to Maggie, kissed her, and said, "You ought to try to make some-thing of yourself, too, Maggie. It's really a new day for us. But from the way you and Mama still live you'd never know it."She put on some sunglasses that hid everything above the tip of her nose and her chin.Maggie smiled; maybe at the sunglasses. But a real mile, not scared. After we watched the car dust settle I asked Maggie to bring me a dip of snuff. And then the two of us sat there just enjoying, until it was time to go in the house and go to bed.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------NOTES1) Alice Walker: born 1944 in Eatonton, Georgia, America and graduated from Sarah Lawrence College. Her books include The Third Life of Grange Copeland ( 1970 ), Meridian ( 1976 ), The Color Purple(1982), etc.2)"made it": to become a success, to succeed, either in specific endeavor or in general3) Johnny Carson: a man who runs a late night talk show4)hooked: injured by the horn of the cow being milked5) Jimmy T: 'T' is the initial of the surname of the boy Dee was courting.6)"Wa-su-zo-Tean-o!": phonetic rendering of an African dialect salutation7) "Asalamalakim": phonetic rendering of a Muslim greeting8) Polaroid: a camera that produces instant pictures9) the Civil War: the war between the North and the South in the U. S.(1861-1865)10) branches: branches or divisions of a family descending from a common ancestor11) Ream it out again: "Ream" is perhaps an African dialect word meaning: "unfold, display". Hence the phrase may mean "repeat" or "say it once again"12) pork was unclean: Muslims are forbidden by their religion to eat pork because it is considered to be unclean.13) Chitlins: also chitlings or chitterlings, the small intestines of pigs, used for food, a common dish in Afro-American households14) rump prints: depressions in the benches made by constant sitting15) sink: depressions in the wood of the handle left by the thumbs and fingers第四课外婆的日用家当艾丽斯•沃克尔“我会慢慢习惯的,”我说,“你给我再念一遍吧。
高级英语第4课Inaugural-Address-课件-翻译-译文
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高级英语第4课Inaugural-Address-课件-翻译-译文4.Inaugural Address(January 20, 1961)John F. Kennedy目的/重点Aims1. To know how to make good conversation2. To trace the history of the King 's English3. To learn the methods in developing an expository writing,esp. the use of examples4. To analyse the features of spoken English5. To appreciate the language featuresTeaching Contents1. Exposition2. History of Britain3. Detailed study of the text4. Organizational pattern5. Language features6. The characteristics of spoken EnglishTime allocation1. Exposition and history (15 min.)2. Detailed study of the text (105 min.)3. Structure analysis (15 min.)4. Language appreciation (15 min.)5. The characteristics of spoken English (30 min)课文内容4. Inaugural Address(January 20, 1961)John F. Kennedy1 Weobserve today not a victory of party but a celebration of freedom, symbolizing an end as well asa beginning, signifying renewal as well as change. For I have sworn before you and Almighty God the same solemn oathour forebears prescribednearly a century and three-quarters ago.2 The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the powerto abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life. And yet the same revolutionary belief for which our forebears fought is still at issue around the globe, the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God.3 We dare not forget today that we are the heirs of that first revolution. Letthe word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torchhas been passed to a new generation of Americans, born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage, and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoingof these human rights to which this nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today at home and around the world.4 Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.5 This much we pledge--and more.6 To those old allies whose cultural and spiritual origins we share, we pledge the loyalty of faithful friends. United, there is little we cannot do in a hostof co-operative ventures. Divided, there is little we can do, for we dare not meet a powerful challenge at oddsand split asunder.7 To those new states whom we welcome to the ranks of the free, we pledge our word that one form of colonial control shall not have passed away merely to be replaced by a far more iron tyranny. We shall not always expect to find themsupporting our view. But we shall always hope to find them strongly supporting their own freedom, and to remember that, in the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside.8 To those peoples in the huts and villages of half the globe struggling to break the bonds of mass misery, we pledge our best efforts to help them helpthemselves, for whatever period is required, not because the Communists may be doing it, not because we seek their votes, but because it is right. If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.9 To our sister republics south of our border, we offer a special pledge: to convert our good words into good deeds, in a new alliancefor progress, to assistfree menand free governments in casting off the chains of poverty. But this peaceful revolution of hope cannot become the preyof hostile powers. Let all our neighbors know that we shall join with them to oppose aggression or subversionanywherejn the Americas. And let every other power know that this hemisphere intends to remain the master of its own house.10 To that world assembly of sovereignstates, the United Nations, our last best hope in an age where the instruments of war have far outpaced the instruments ofpeace, we renew our pledge of support: to prevent it from becoming merely a forum for invective,to strengthen its shield of the new and the weak, and to enlarge the area in which its writmay run.11 Finally, to those nations who would make themselves our adversary, we offer not a pledge but a request: that both sides begin anew the quest for peace, beforethe dark powers of destruction unleashed by science engulfall humanity in planned or accidental self-destruction.12 We dare not tempt them with weakness. For only when our arms are sufficient beyond doubt can we be certain beyond doubt that they will never be employed.13 But neither can two great and powerful groups of nations take comfort from our present course--both sides overburdened by the cost of modern weapons, bothrightly alarmed by the steady spread of the deadly atom, yet both racing to alterthat uncertain balance of terror that stays the hand of mankind's final war.14 So let us begin anew, remembering on both sides that civilityis not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject toproof.Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate.15 Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belaboringthose problems which divide us.16 Let both sides, for the first time, formulate serious and precise proposals for the inspection and control of arms and bring the absolute power to destroy other nations under the absolute control of all nations.17 Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. Together let usexplore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tapthe ocean depths and encourage the arts and commerce.18 Let both sides unite to heed in all corners of the earth the command of Isaiahto "undo the heavy burdens...(and) let the oppressed go free".19 And if a beachheadof co-operation may push back the jungle of suspicion, let both sides join in creating a new endeavor, not a new balance of power, buta new world of law, where the strong are just and the weak secure and the peace preserved.20 All this will not be finished in the first one hundred days. Nor will itbe finished in the first one thousand days, nor in the life of this Administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin.21 In your hands, myfellow citizens, more than mine, will rest the final success or failure of our course. Since this country was founded, each generation ofAmericans has been summoned to give testimonyto its national loyalty. The graves of young Americans who answered the call to service surround the globe.22 Now the trumpet summons us again--not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need; not as a call to battle, though embattled we are; but a call to bear theburden of a long twilight struggle, year in and year out, "rejoicing in hope, patientin tribulation,"a struggle against the common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease and war itself.23 Can we forge against these enemies a grand and global alliance, North and South, East and West, that can assure a morefruitful life for all mankind? Willyou join in the historic effort?24 In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility; I welcome it. I do not believe that any of us would exchange places with any other people or any other generation. The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it, and the glow from that fire can truly light the world.25 And so, my fellow Americans ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.26 My fellow citizens of the world, ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.27 Finally, whether you are citizens of America or citizens of the world, ask of us here the same high standards of strength and sacrifice which we ask of you. With a good conscienceour only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth God's work must truly be our own.(from A Treasury of the World's Great Speeches, 1965) NOTES1. inaugural address: since 1937, Inauguration Day has been changed to Jan. 20.On this day every four years the newly elected president of the United States faces the people for the first time, takes the presidential oath of office and delivers his inaugural address.2. solemn oath: the presidential oath, traditionally administered by the Chief Justice, is prescribed in Article II, section 1 of the Constitution of the United States. The oath runsas follows: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the UnitedStates, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."3. The belief that the rights of man.., hand of God: refers to a passage in the American Declaration of Independence: "We hold these truths to be self-evident,that all menare created equal, that they are endowedby their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that amongthese are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. "4. commandf Isaiah: one of the greatest Hebrew prophets whosewritings are extant (late 8th century B. C. ) ; venerated by rabbis as 2nd only to Moses. The Book ofIsaiah, a book in the Old Testament of the Bible of the Christian, is believed tobe a work of two authors of different periods; chapters 1--39 relate to the history of the Israelites; chapters 40--66 foretell the coming of the Messiah. The quotation in the text is taken from chapter 58, verse 6: "Is not this the fast that I havechosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?"教学教案背景知识课文详解文章结构修辞学习课文录像课文录音词汇短语词汇(Vocabulary)inaugural (adj.) : of an inauguration 就职(典*L)的——signify (v.) : be a sign or indication of ; mean表明;意味——almighty (adj.) : having unlimited power ; all — powerful 有无限权力的;全能的——forebear (n.) : an ancester 祖先,祖宗——prescribe (v.) : set down as a rule or direction ;order ;ordain ;direct 命令;指示;规定,订立——generosity (n.) : the quality of being generous 慷慨;宽宏大量——heir (n.) : person who appears to get some trait from a predecessor or seems to carry on in histradition 继承者;后嗣——foe (n.) : enemy ; opponent 敌人undoing (n.) : the act of bringing to ruin ,disgrace , ordestruction 毁灭;破坏at odds : in disagreement ;quarreling 意见不一致;有争执asunder (adv.) : into parts or pieces 分成碎片;分散prey (n.) : a person or thing that falls victim to someone or something牺牲品; 掠夺品subversion (n.) : a subverting or being subverted ruin颠覆(活动);破坏sovereign (adj.) : independent of all others 独立自主的outpace (v.) : surpass ; exceed 在速度上超过;胜过invective (n.) : a violent verbal attack . strong criticism , insults, curses, etc.;vituperation 抨击;辱骂,谩骂shield (n.) : any person or thing that guards , protects , or defends; protection保护人;防护物;保护writ (n.) : a formal legal document ordering or prohibiting some action 命令;律令;文书;传票adversary (n.) : a person who opposes or fights against another; opponent ; enemy 对手,反对者;敌手,敌方anew (adv.) : again 重新,再unleash (v.) : release from or as from a leash( 解开皮带以)释放heed (v.) : pay close attention to ;take careful notice of 注意,留神,留心beachhead (n.) : a position established by invading troops on an enemy shore ; aposition gained as a secare starting point for any action ;foothold 滩头堡,登陆场;立足点endeavor (n.) : an earnest attempt or effort 努力, 尽力testimony (n.) : any form of evidence , indication. etc. ;proof 证明,证据embattle (v.):[ 常用于被动语态 ]prepare , array , or set in line for battle 使准备战斗,使严阵以待tribulation (n.) : great misery or distress, as from oppression 难;困苦;忧伤;deep sorrow 古forge (v.) : move forward steadily , as if against difficulties; form 乎迎着困难)稳步前进;形成;结成;produce(似alliance (n.) : a close association for a commonobjective as of nations , political parties , etc .联盟,联合,同盟engulf (v.) : swallow up ; overwhelm 吞没,淹没,压倒civility (n.) : politeness . esp. in a merely formal way 貌,客气belabor (v.) : talk about at unnecessary length 唠唠叨叨地反复讲formulate (v.) : put together and express (a theory 系统地阐述(或提出)(理论、计划等)tap (v.) : draw upon ; make use of 开发、发掘plan ,etc.)a systematic way短语(Expressions)at issue : in dispute ; to be decided ; at variance ; in disagreement 意见不一致例: What is at issue is the extent to which exam results reflect a student 's ability. 意见的分歧之处在于考试对于学生能力的影响程度。
高英第四课,课后翻译
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Translation1.我没有预料到会卷入这场争端(to anticipate)I didn’t anticipate that I will get involved in this dispute.2.如果你想学到一些东西,那你自己就应该参加到这项工作中去(to involve)If you want to learn something, you should involve yourself in work, dirty your hand.3.虽然种族隔离是违法的,但种族歧视在美国仍然以不同的形式存在着(toviolate)Although racial segregation is to violate the laws, racial discrimination still exists in the United States in different ways.4.陪审团议论了一番,最后裁决他有罪(verdict)The jury deliberated for just a minute. Finally, they verdict that he was guilty.5.他认为这两个观点是可以一致起来的(to reconcile)He convicted that reconcile t hese two points of view is practicable.6.观众对被告充满了同情心(one’s heart goes out to)The audience’s heart goes out to the accused.7.他阅读文章的时总把字典放在手边(on hand)When he was reading, he always keeps his dictionaries on hand.8.还没有进行环境影响评估筑坝工程就开工了(environment impactassessment;get under way)The dam engineering project has been building before the environment impact assessment to get under way.。
高级英语第4课InauguralAddress课件翻译译文
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4.Inaugural Address(January 20, 1961)John F. Kennedy目的/重点Aims1.To know how to make good conversation2.To trace the history of the King’s English3.To learn the methods in developing an expository writing,esp. the use of examples4.To analyse the features of spoken English5.To appreciate the language featuresTeaching Contents1. Exposition2. History of Britain3. Detailed study of the text4. Organizational pattern5. Language features6. The characteristics of spoken EnglishTime allocation1. Exposition and history (15 min.)2. Detailed study of the text (105 min.)3. Structure analysis (15 min.)4. Language appreciation (15 min.)5. The characteristics of spoken English (30 min)课文内容4. Inaugural Address(January 20, 1961)John F. Kennedy1 We observe today not a victory of party but a celebration of freedom, symbolizing an end as well as a beginning, signifying renewal as well as change. For I have sworn before you and Almighty God the same solemn oath our forebears prescribed nearlya century and three-quarters ago.2 The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life. And yet the same revolutionary belief for which our forebears fought is still at issue around the globe, the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God.3 We dare not forget today that we are the heirs of that first revolution. Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans, born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage, and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of these human rights to which this nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today at home and around the world.4 Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or i11, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.5 This much we pledge--and more.6 To those old allies whose cultural and spiritual origins we share, we pledge the loyalty of faithful friends. United, there is little we cannot do in a host of co-operative ventures. Divided, there is little we can do, for we dare not meeta powerful challenge at odds and split asunder.7 To those new states whom we welcome to the ranks of the free, we pledge our word that one form of colonial control shall not have passed away merely to be replaced by a far more iron tyranny. We shall not always expect to find them supporting our view. But we shall always hope to find them strongly supporting their own freedom, and to remember that, in the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside.8 To those peoples in the huts and villages of half the globe struggling to break the bonds of mass misery, we pledge our best efforts to help them help themselves, for whatever period is required, not because the Communists may be doing it, not because we seek their votes, but because it is right. If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.9 To our sister republics south of our border, we offer a special pledge: to convert our good words into good deeds, in a new alliance for progress, to assist free men and free governments in casting off the chains of poverty. But this peaceful revolution of hope cannot become the prey of hostile powers. Let all our neighbors know that we shall join with them to oppose aggression or subversion anywhere in the Americas. And let every other power know that this hemisphere intends to remain the master of its own house.10 To that world assembly of sovereign states, the United Nations, our last best hope in an age where the instruments of war have far outpaced the instruments of peace, we renew our pledge of support: to prevent it from becoming merely a forum for invective, to strengthen its shield of the new and the weak, and to enlarge the area in which its writ may run.11 Finally, to those nations who would make themselves our adversary, we offer not a pledge but a request: that both sides begin anew the quest for peace, before the dark powers of destruction unleashed by science engulf all humanity in planned or accidental self-destruction.12 We dare not tempt them with weakness. For only when our arms are sufficient beyond doubt can we be certain beyond doubt that they will never be employed.13 But neither can two great and powerful groups of nations take comfort from our present course--both sides overburdened by the cost of modern weapons, both rightly alarmed by the steady spread of the deadly atom, yet both racing to alter that uncertain balance of terror that stays the hand of mankind's final war.14 So let us begin anew, remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof. Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate.15 Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belaboring those problems which divide us.16 Let both sides, for the first time, formulate serious and precise proposalsfor the inspection and control of arms and bring the absolute power to destroy other nations under the absolute control of all nations.17 Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. Together let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths and encourage the arts and commerce.18 Let both sides unite to heed in all corners of the earth the command of Isaiah to "undo the heavy burdens...(and) let the oppressed go free".19 And if a beachhead of co-operation may push back the jungle of suspicion, let both sides join in creating a new endeavor, not a new balance of power, but a new world of law, where the strong are just and the weak secure and the peace preserved.20 All this will not be finished in the first one hundred days. Nor will it be finished in the first one thousand days, nor in the life of this Administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin.21 In your hands, my fellow citizens, more than mine, will rest the final success or failure of our course. Since this country was founded, each generation of Americans has been summoned to give testimony to its national loyalty. The graves of young Americans who answered the call to service surround the globe.22 Now the trumpet summons us again--not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need; not as a call to battle, though embattled we are; but a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle, year in and year out, "rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation," a struggle against the common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease and war itself.23 Can we forge against these enemies a grand and global alliance, North and South, East and West, that can assure a more fruitful life for all mankind? Will you join in the historic effort?24 In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility; I welcome it. I do not believe that any of us would exchange places with any other people or any other generation. The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it, and the glow from that fire can truly light the world.25 And so, my fellow Americans ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.26 My fellow citizens of the world, ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.27 Finally, whether you are citizens of America or citizens of the world, ask of us here the same high standards of strength and sacrifice which we ask of you. With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth God's work must truly be our own.(from A Treasury of the World's Great Speeches, 1965)NOTES1. inaugural address: since 1937, Inauguration Day has been changed to Jan. 20. On this day every four years the newly elected president of the United States faces the people for the first time, takes the presidential oath of office and delivers his inaugural address.2. solemn oath: the presidential oath, traditionally administered by the Chief Justice, is prescribed in Article II, section 1 of the Constitution of the United States. The oath runs as follows: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. "3. The belief that the rights of man.., hand of God: refers to a passage in the American Declaration of Independence: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. "4. command of Isaiah: one of the greatest Hebrew prophets whose writings are extant (late 8th century B. C. ) ; venerated by rabbis as 2nd only to Moses. The Book of Isaiah, a book in the Old Testament of the Bible of the Christian, is believed to be a work of two authors of different periods; chapters 1--39 relate to the history of the Israelites; chapters 40--66 foretell the coming of the Messiah. The quotation in the text is taken from chapter 58, verse 6: "Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?"教学教案背景知识课文详解文章结构修辞学习课文录像课文录音词汇短语词汇(Vocabulary): of an inauguration就职(典礼)的----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: be a sign or indication of;mean表明;意味----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: having unlimited power;all—powerful有无限权力的;全能的----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: an ancester 祖先,祖宗----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: set down as a rule or direction;order;ordain;direct命令;指示;规定,订立----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: the quality of being generous慷慨;宽宏大量----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: person who appears to get some trait from a predecessor or seems to carry on in his tradition继承者;后嗣----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: enemy;opponent敌人----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: the act of bringing to ruin,disgrace,or destruction毁灭;破坏----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: in disagreement;quarreling意见不一致;有争执----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: into parts or pieces分成碎片;分散----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: a person or thing that falls victim to someone or something牺牲品;掠夺品----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: a subverting or being subverted.ruin 颠覆(活动);破坏----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: independent of all others独立自主的----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: surpass;exceed在速度上超过;胜过----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: a violent verbal attack.strong criticism,insults, curses, etc.; vituperation 抨击;辱骂,谩骂----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: any person or thing that guards,protects,or defends; protection 保护人;防护物;保护----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: a formal legal document ordering or prohibiting some action命令;律令;文书;传票----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: a person who opposes or fights against another; opponent;enemy 对手,反对者;敌手,敌方----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: again重新,再----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: release from or as from a leash(解开皮带以)释放----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: swallow up;overwhelm 吞没,淹没,压倒----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: politeness.esp. in a merely formal way 礼貌,客气----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: talk about at unnecessary length唠唠叨叨地反复讲----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: put together and express (a theory.plan ,etc.)a systematic way 系统地阐述(或提出)(理论、计划等)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: draw upon;make use of开发、发掘----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: pay close attention to;take careful notice of注意, 留神,留心----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: a position established by invading troops on an enemy shore;a position gained as a secare starting point for any action;foothold滩头堡,登陆场;立足点----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: an earnest attempt or effort努力,尽力----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: any form of evidence,indication. etc.;proof证明,证据----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: [常用于被动语态]prepare,array,or set in line for battle使准备战斗,使严阵以待----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: great misery or distress, as from oppression;deep sorrow苦难;困苦;忧伤----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: move forward steadily,as if against difficulties; form;produce(似乎迎着困难)稳步前进;形成;结成----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: a close association for a common objective as of nations,political parties,etc.联盟,联合,同盟----------------------------------------------------------------------------------短语 (Expressions): in dispute;to be decided;at variance;in disagreement意见不一致例: What is at issue is the extent to wh ich exam results reflect a student’s ability.意见的分歧之处在于考试对于学生能力的影响程度。
高级英语第四课全文翻译
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震撼世界的审判约翰•司科普斯--------------------------------------------------------------------------------在一九二五年七月的那个酷热日子里,当我在挤得水泄不通的法庭里就位时,人群中响起一阵嘁嘁喳喳的议论声。
我的辩护人是著名刑事辩护律师克拉伦斯•达罗。
担任主控官的则是能说会道的演说家威廉•詹宁斯•布莱恩,他曾三次被民主党提名为美国总统候选人,而且还是导致我这次受审的基督教原教旨主义运动的领导人。
几个星期之前,我还只是田纳西州山区小镇戴顿的一名默默无闻的中学教员,而现在我却成了一次举世瞩目的庭审活动的当事人。
在法庭就座为我作证的有以哈佛大学的科特里•马瑟教授为首的十几位有名望的教授和科学家。
到场的还有一百多名新闻记者,甚至还有一些广播电台的播音员,他们也要破天荒地播放一次庭审实况。
就在我们静候着法庭开审的当儿,达罗关切地搂住我的肩膀低声安慰道:“别担心,孩子,我们会给他们点厉害瞧瞧。
”我刚到戴顿中学任自然科学教员兼足球教练不久,这件案子就突然降临到我的头上。
若干年来,原教旨主义者和现代主义者之间就一直在酝酿着一场冲突。
原教旨主义者坚持严格按照字面意义去理解《旧约全书》,而现代主义者则接受查尔斯•达尔文的进化论——认为一切动物,包括猿和人,都是由同一个祖先进化而来的。
在田纳西州,原教旨主义势力很强,州立法机构最近还通过了一项法令,禁止公开讲授“任何否定《圣经》上宣讲的创世说的理论。
”这项新法规的矛头直接指向了达尔文的进化论。
有位名叫乔治•拉普利亚的工程师因反对这项法规常和当地人进行辩论。
有一次辩论中,拉普利亚说,任何人要讲授生物学,就不能不讲进化论。
因为我就是讲授生物学的,所以他们便把我叫去作证。
“拉普利亚是对的,”我对他们说。
“那么说,你在触犯法律,”他们中的一位说。
“所有其他的教师也都在触犯法律,”我回答说。
“亨特所著的《生物学基础》中就讲到了进化论,那是我们使用的教科书。
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4.Inaugural Address(January 20, 1961)John F. Kennedy目的/重点Aims1.To know how to make good conversation2.T o trace the history of the King’s English3.T o learn the methods in developing an expository writing,esp. the use of examples4.T o analyse the features of spoken English5.T o appreciate the language featuresTeaching Contents1. Exposition2. History of Britain3. Detailed study of the text4. Organizational pattern5. Language features6. The characteristics of spoken EnglishTime allocation1. Exposition and history (15 min.)2. Detailed study of the text (105 min.)3. Structure analysis (15 min.)4. Language appreciation (15 min.)5. The characteristics of spoken English (30 min)课文内容4. Inaugural Address(January 20, 1961)John F. Kennedy1 We observe today not a victory of party but a celebration of freedom, symbolizing an end as well as a beginning, signifying renewal as well as change. For I have sworn before you and Almighty God the same solemn oath our forebears prescribed nearly a century and three-quarters ago.2 The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life. And yet the same revolutionary belief for which our forebears fought is still at issue around the globe, the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God.3 We dare not forget today that we are the heirs of that first revolution. Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans, born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage, and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of these human rights to which this nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today at home and around the world.4 Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or i11, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.5 This much we pledge--and more.6 To those old allies whose cultural and spiritual origins we share, we pledge the loyalty of faithful friends. United, there is little we cannot do in a host of co-operative ventures. Divided, there is little we can do, for we dare not meet a powerful challenge at odds and split asunder.7 To those new states whom we welcome to the ranks of the free, we pledge our word that one form of colonial control shall not have passed away merely to be replaced by a far more iron tyranny. We shall not always expect to find them supporting our view. But we shall always hope to find them strongly supporting their own freedom, and to remember that, in the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside.8 To those peoples in the huts and villages of half the globe struggling to break the bonds of mass misery, we pledge our best efforts to help them help themselves, for whatever period is required, not because the Communists may be doing it, not because we seek their votes, but because it is right. If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.9 To our sister republics south of our border, we offer a special pledge: to convert our good words into good deeds, in a new alliance for progress, to assist free men and free governments in casting off the chains of poverty. But this peaceful revolution of hope cannot become the prey of hostile powers. Let all our neighbors know that we shall join with them to oppose aggression or subversion anywhere in the Americas. And let every other power know that this hemisphere intends to remain the master of its own house.10 To that world assembly of sovereign states, the United Nations, our last best hope in an age where the instruments of war have far outpaced the instruments of peace, we renew our pledge of support: to prevent it from becoming merely a forum for invective, to strengthen its shield of the new and the weak, and to enlarge the area in which its writ may run.11 Finally, to those nations who would make themselves our adversary, we offer not a pledge but a request: that both sides begin anew the quest for peace, before the dark powers of destruction unleashed by science engulf all humanity in planned or accidental self-destruction.12 We dare not tempt them with weakness. For only when our arms are sufficient beyond doubt can we be certain beyond doubt that they will never be employed.13 But neither can two great and powerful groups of nations take comfort from our present course--both sides overburdened by the cost of modern weapons, both rightly alarmed by the steady spread of the deadly atom, yet both racing to alter that uncertain balance of terror that stays the hand of mankind's final war.14 So let us begin anew, remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof. Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate.15 Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belaboring those problems which divide us.16 Let both sides, for the first time, formulate serious and precise proposals for the inspection and control of arms and bring the absolute power to destroy other nations under the absolute control of all nations.17 Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. Together let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths and encourage the arts and commerce.18 Let both sides unite to heed in all corners of the earth the command of Isaiah to "undo the heavy burdens...(and) let the oppressed go free".19 And if a beachhead of co-operation may push back the jungle of suspicion, let both sides join in creating a new endeavor, not a new balance of power, but a new world of law, where the strong are just and the weak secure and the peace preserved.20 All this will not be finished in the first one hundred days. Nor will it be finished in the first one thousand days, nor in the life of this Administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin.21 In your hands, my fellow citizens, more than mine, will rest the final success or failure of our course. Since this country was founded, each generation of Americans has been summoned to give testimony to its national loyalty. The graves of young Americans who answered the call to service surround the globe.22 Now the trumpet summons us again--not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need; not as a call to battle, though embattled we are; but a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle, year in and year out, "rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation," a struggle against the common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease and war itself.23 Can we forge against these enemies a grand and global alliance, North and South, East and West, that can assure a more fruitful life for all mankind? Will you join in the historic effort?24 In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility; I welcome it. I do not believe that any of us would exchange places with any other people or any other generation. The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it, and the glow from that fire can truly light the world.25 And so, my fellow Americans ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.26 My fellow citizens of the world, ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.27 Finally, whether you are citizens of America or citizens of the world, ask of us here the same high standards of strength and sacrifice which we ask of you. With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth God's work must truly be our own.(from A Treasury of the World's Great Speeches, 1965)NOTES1. inaugural address: since 1937, Inauguration Day has been changed to Jan. 20. On this day every four years the newly elected president of the United States faces the people for the first time, takes the presidential oath of office and delivers his inaugural address.2. solemn oath: the presidential oath, traditionally administered by the Chief Justice, is prescribed in Article II, section 1 of the Constitution of the United States. The oath runs as follows: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. "3. The belief that the rights of man.., hand of God: refers to a passage in the American Declaration of Independence: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. "4. command of Isaiah: one of the greatest Hebrew prophets whose writings are extant (late 8th century B. C. ) ; venerated by rabbis as 2nd only to Moses. The Book of Isaiah, a book in the Old Testament of the Bible of the Christian, is believed to be a work of two authors of different periods; chapters 1--39 relate to the history of the Israelites; chapters 40--66 foretell the coming of the Messiah. The quotation in the text is taken from chapter 58, verse 6: "Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?"教学教案背景知识课文详解文章结构修辞学习课文录像课文录音词汇短语词汇(Vocabulary): of an inauguration就职(典礼)的----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: be a sign or indication of;mean表明;意味----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: having unlimited power;all—powerful有无限权力的;全能的----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: an ancester 祖先,祖宗----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: set down as a rule or direction;order;ordain;direct命令;指示;规定,订立----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: the quality of being generous慷慨;宽宏大量----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: person who appears to get some trait from a predecessor or seems to carry on in his tradition继承者;后嗣----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: enemy;opponent敌人----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: the act of bringing to ruin,disgrace,or destruction毁灭;破坏----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: in disagreement;quarreling意见不一致;有争执----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: into parts or pieces分成碎片;分散----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: a person or thing that falls victim to someone or something牺牲品;掠夺品----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: a subverting or being subverted.ruin 颠覆(活动);破坏----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: independent of all others独立自主的----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: surpass;exceed在速度上超过;胜过----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: a violent verbal attack.strong criticism,insults, curses, etc.; vituperation 抨击;辱骂,谩骂----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: any person or thing that guards,protects,or defends; protection保护人;防护物;保护----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: a formal legal document ordering or prohibiting some action命令;律令;文书;传票----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: a person who opposes or fights against another; opponent;enemy对手,反对者;敌手,敌方----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: again重新,再----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: release from or as from a leash(解开皮带以)释放----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: swallow up;overwhelm 吞没,淹没,压倒----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: politeness.esp. in a merely formal way 礼貌,客气----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: talk about at unnecessary length唠唠叨叨地反复讲----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: put together and express (a theory.plan ,etc.)a systematic way系统地阐述(或提出)(理论、计划等)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: draw upon;make use of开发、发掘----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: pay close attention to;take careful notice of注意, 留神,留心----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: a position established by invading troops on an enemy shore;a position gained as a secare starting point for any action;foothold滩头堡,登陆场;立足点----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: an earnest attempt or effort努力,尽力----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: any form of evidence,indication. etc.;proof证明,证据----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: [常用于被动语态]prepare,array,or set in line for battle使准备战斗,使严阵以待----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: great misery or distress, as from oppression;deep sorrow苦难;困苦;忧伤----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: move forward steadily,as if against difficulties; form;produce(似乎迎着困难)稳步前进;形成;结成----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: a close association for a common objective as of nations,political parties,etc.联盟,联合,同盟----------------------------------------------------------------------------------短语(Expressions): in dispute;to be decided;at variance;in disagreement意见不一致例:What is at issue is the extent to which exam results reflect a student’s ability.意见的分歧之处在于考试对于学生能力的影响程度。
高级英语第四课译文
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第四课外婆的日用家当艾丽斯·沃克尔我就在这院子里等候她的到来。
我和麦姬昨天下午已将院子打扫得干干净净,地面上还留着清晰的扫帚扫出的波浪形痕迹。
这样的院子比一般人想象的要舒适,它不仅仅是一个院子,简直就像一间扩大了的客厅。
当院子的泥土地面被打扫得像屋里的地板一样干净,四周边缘的细沙面上布满不规则的细纹时,任何人都可以进来坐一下,一边抬头仰望院中的榆树,一边等着享受从来吹不进屋内的微风。
麦姬在她姐姐离去之前将会一直心神不定:她将会神情沮丧地站在角落里,一面为自己的丑陋面孔和胳膊大腿上晒出的累累疤痕而自惭形秽,一面怀着既羡慕又敬畏的心情怯生生地看着她姐姐。
她觉得她姐姐真正是生活的主人,想要什么便能得到什么,世界还没有学会对她说半个“不”字。
你一定从电视片上看到过“闯出了江山”的儿女突然出乎意料地出现在那跌跌撞撞从后台走出来的父母面前的场面。
(当然,那场面必定是令人喜悦的:假如电视上的父母和儿女之间相互攻击辱骂,他们该怎么样呢?) 在电视上,母亲和儿女见面总是相互拥抱和微笑。
有时父母会痛哭流涕,而那发迹了的孩子就会紧紧地拥抱他们,并隔着桌子伸过头来告诉他们说若没有他们的帮助,她自己就不会有今日的成就。
我自己就看过这样的电视节目。
有时候我在梦里梦见迪伊和我突然成了这种电视节目的剧中人。
我从一辆黑色软座垫大轿车上一下来,立刻被人引进一间宽敞明亮的屋子里。
屋里有许多人,其中一个身材高大威武,满面微笑,有点像著名电视节目主持人约翰尼·卡森的美男子迎上来和我握手,并对我说我养了个好女儿。
然后,我们来到台前,迪伊热泪盈眶地拥抱着我,还把一朵大大的兰花别在我的衣服上,尽管她曾对我说过兰花是很低级的花。
在现实生活中,我是一个大块头、大骨架的妇女,有着干男人活儿的粗糙双手。
冬天睡觉时我穿着绒布睡衣,白天身穿套头工作衫。
我能像男人一样狠狠地宰猪并收拾干净。
我身上的脂肪使我在寒冬也能保暖。
我能整天在户外干活儿,敲碎冰块,取水洗衣。
《高级英语》课文逐句翻译(20)Lesson Four BThe Tragedy(悲剧) of Old Age in America
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《高级英语》课文逐句翻译(17)Lesson Four The Tragedy(悲劇) of Old Age in AmericaBy Robert N. ButlerText美国老年的悲剧What is it like to be old in the United States ?在美国,老年是个什么样子?What will our own lives be like when we are old ?当我们自己老了以后,生活会是什么样子?Americans find it difficult to think about old age until they are propelled into the midst of it by their own aging and that of relatives and friends .美国人感到在他们置身于自己的老年或亲朋好友的老年之中以前要考虑老年时的状况是很困难的。
Aging is the neglected stepchild of the human life cycle .衰老过程是人类生命周期中被忽视的非亲生儿。
Though we have begun to examine the socially taboo(忌諱) subjects of dying and death , we have leaped over that that long period of time preceding death , we have leaped over that long period of time preceding death known as old age .虽然我们已开始研究有关临终和死亡这个为社会所忌讳的题目,但是我们却跳过了死亡来临之前、称为老年的那一段漫长的时间。
In truth , it is easier to manage the problem of death than the problem of living as an old person .其实对待死亡的问题比对待老年时生活的问题要更容易Death is a dramatic one-time crisis while old age is a day-by –day and year –by –year confrontation with (對抗)powerful external and internal forces , a bittersweet coming to terms with one’s own personality and one’s life .。
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震撼世界的审判约翰•司科普斯--------------------------------------------------------------------------------在一九二五年七月的那个酷热日子里,当我在挤得水泄不通的法庭里就位时,人群中响起一阵嘁嘁喳喳的议论声。
我的辩护人是著名刑事辩护律师克拉伦斯•达罗。
担任主控官的则是能说会道的演说家威廉•詹宁斯•布莱恩,他曾三次被民主党提名为美国总统候选人,而且还是导致我这次受审的基督教原教旨主义运动的领导人。
几个星期之前,我还只是田纳西州山区小镇戴顿的一名默默无闻的中学教员,而现在我却成了一次举世瞩目的庭审活动的当事人。
在法庭就座为我作证的有以哈佛大学的科特里•马瑟教授为首的十几位有名望的教授和科学家。
到场的还有一百多名新闻记者,甚至还有一些广播电台的播音员,他们也要破天荒地播放一次庭审实况。
就在我们静候着法庭开审的当儿,达罗关切地搂住我的肩膀低声安慰道:“别担心,孩子,我们会给他们点厉害瞧瞧。
”我刚到戴顿中学任自然科学教员兼足球教练不久,这件案子就突然降临到我的头上。
若干年来,原教旨主义者和现代主义者之间就一直在酝酿着一场冲突。
原教旨主义者坚持严格按照字面意义去理解《旧约全书》,而现代主义者则接受查尔斯•达尔文的进化论——认为一切动物,包括猿和人,都是由同一个祖先进化而来的。
在田纳西州,原教旨主义势力很强,州立法机构最近还通过了一项法令,禁止公开讲授“任何否定《圣经》上宣讲的创世说的理论。
”这项新法规的矛头直接指向了达尔文的进化论。
有位名叫乔治•拉普利亚的工程师因反对这项法规常和当地人进行辩论。
有一次辩论中,拉普利亚说,任何人要讲授生物学,就不能不讲进化论。
因为我就是讲授生物学的,所以他们便把我叫去作证。
“拉普利亚是对的,”我对他们说。
“那么说,你在触犯法律,”他们中的一位说。
“所有其他的教师也都在触犯法律,”我回答说。
“亨特所著的《生物学基础》中就讲到了进化论,那是我们使用的教科书。
”于是拉普利亚提出一个建议。
“让我们将此事交付法庭判决,”他说,“以检验其是否合法。
”当我于五月七日被正式起诉时,谁也不曾料到,我本人更没有料到我的这件案子竟会越闹越大,以至成为美国历史上最著名的庭审案例之一。
美国公民自由联合会宣布:如有必要,联合会将把我的案子提交美国最高法院审理,“以确保教师不至于因讲授真理而被送进监狱。
”接着,布莱恩自告奋勇地要协助州政府方面对我进行起诉。
著名律师克拉伦斯•达罗也立即主动提出要替我辩护。
具有讽刺意味的是,在这次审判之前我并不认识达罗,但我却见过布莱恩,那是我念大学的时候,他来校作过演讲。
我很钦佩他,尽管我并不赞同他的观点。
到七月十日庭审开始的时候,我们这个拥有一千五百人口的小镇上呈现出一派看马戏似的热闹气氛。
大街两旁的建筑物上都挂起了彩旗。
在法院的三层红砖房子周围的街道上突然冒出了许多摇摇晃晃的摊贩货架,出售的是热狗、宗教书籍和西瓜。
福音传教士们也在街上搭起帐篷向行人传教布道。
附近一带的山区居民,其中多半是原教旨主义者,也纷纷赶到镇上来为布莱恩呐喊助威,打击那些“外来的异教徒”。
他们当中就有具体起草了那条反进化论法令的约翰•巴特勒。
巴特勒是一位四十九岁的农场主,在当选之前还从未跨出过自己的县境。
主审法官名叫约翰•劳尔斯顿,是一位面色红润的男人。
他操着浓重的地方口音高声说道:“我只是个平平常常的山区法官。
”布莱恩的样子老态龙钟,大腹便便。
协助他进行起诉工作的有他的儿1 85子——也是个律师——及田纳西州年轻有为的检察长汤姆•斯图尔特。
我的辩护人当中则除了六十八岁的精明老练的达罗外,还有英俊潇洒、富于魅力的四十三岁的达德雷•费尔德•马隆和文质彬彬、学识丰富,尤其精通法学的阿瑟•伽费尔德•黑斯。
在一场宗教起着关键作用的审判案中,达罗是个不可知论者,马隆是个天主教徒,而黑斯则是个犹太教徒。
我的父亲也特意从肯塔基州赶来陪我面对这次审判。
法官请了一位当地的牧师主持开庭祷告仪式,接着审判便开始了。
陪审团的十二名成员中,有三人除《圣经》之外再没有念过什么别的书,还有一人则根本不识字。
难怪我父亲气呼呼地骂道:“真是他妈狗屁的陪审团!”履行完规定的法律诉讼程序之后,达罗站起来开始发言了。
“我的朋友检察长先生方才告诉我们说约翰•司科普斯知道他为什么会被带上法庭,”达罗拖长着声音说。
“我也知道他为什么会被带上法庭。
那是因为愚昧和偏见还很猖獗,而且这两者又结合在一起,形成一股强大的势力。
”达罗在热得像烘箱似的法庭里来回踱着方步。
“今天受攻击的是教师,”他接着说道,“明天就会轮到杂志、书籍和报纸。
要不了多久,社会上便会是一种人与人为仇,教派与教派为敌的局面,直到我们的社会大踏步地退回到十六世纪那光辉的年代,那时如果有谁胆敢给人类带来智慧、知识和文化,就会被那些愚昧的偏执狂们点燃柴堆活活烧死。
”他的话音刚落,就听到一个妇女高声咕嘟了一句:“这个该死的异教徒!”第二天,控方开始传唤证人出庭作证。
出庭作证的是我的两个学生,他们一边羞涩地对我傻笑,一边向法庭证明说我向他们宣讲过进化论,但又补充说他们并没有因此而受到毒害。
一个叫霍华德.摩根的聪明的十四岁小男孩作证说我对他们讲过,人也像牛、马、狗、猫一样是哺乳动物。
“他没有说猫和人完全一样吧?”达罗问。
“没有,先生,”那孩子说道。
“他说人是有思维能力的。
” “这话怕不一定对哩,”达罗哼着鼻子说。
证人作证完毕后,布莱恩起立向陪审团陈辞。
问题很简单,他说,“基督徒相信人来自天上,进化论者则认为人一定是来自地下。
”旁听的群众忍不住咯咯地笑了起来,布莱恩也就越说越起劲,他一只手挥动着一本生物学教科书,一边口中发话谴责那些来到戴顿为我作证的科学家们。
“《圣经》,”他用洪亮的嗓音大喊大叫道,“是不会被那些千里迢迢赶来作证的学者专家们赶出这个法庭的。
这些专家们来到这里的目的是想证明主张人类祖先来自丛林的进化论和上帝按照天机,依其形象创造人类并安排到这个世界上来的看法,是并行不悖的。
”他讲完话时,下巴翘得老高,眼里闪着光芒,听众席中立刻爆发出喝采的掌声和“阿门”的喊声。
但似乎还是缺少了一点什么东西。
昔日当布莱恩如燎原的烈火般席卷政界时表现出的那种火热的激情已消失殆尽。
听众们似乎觉得他们的这位英雄没能充分发挥出应有的辩才将那些异端分子打个落花流水。
达德雷•费尔德•马隆跳起来反驳布莱恩。
“布莱恩可不是唯一有资格为《圣经》辩护的人,”他说。
“在我们这一国度,还有些人将自己的全部生命都奉献给了上帝和宗教。
而布莱恩先生却满腔热情地将自己的大半生命献给了政治。
”布莱恩从水杯中呷了一口水,马隆说话的音调随之变得越来越高。
他呼吁学术自由并指责布莱恩存心在科学与宗教之间挑起一场殊死决斗。
“从来没有人能同真理决斗,”他大声怒吼,“真理从来都是胜利者——我们并不害怕这一点。
真理不需要布莱恩先生。
真理是永存的、不朽的,而且并不需要依靠人的力量去维护它!”马隆发言结束时,场上出现了一阵沉默,但接着法庭里便爆发出一阵暴风骤雨般的掌声.超过了刚才为布莱恩发出的掌声。
然而,尽管马隆在同布莱恩进行的这场舌战中取得了胜利,法官还是决定不许在座的科学家们为辩方作证。
休庭期间,我们发现戴顿镇的街头巷尾到处挤满了陌生人,每个角落里都有一些小商小贩在叫卖货物。
有家商店的招牌上写道:达尔文:没错——就在里面。
(这是小达尔文的服装店。
)还有一个承包商租了一个商店橱窗来展出一只猿猴。
有些人便花钱去观看这只猿猴,并思量着自己是否可能与它有什么渊源。
“这只可怜的畜牲双手捂住眼睛,蜷缩在一个角落里,”一位记者这样写道,“生怕人猿同源是真的。
”H•L。
门肯穿着短裤,一边吹着电扇,一边写出了一些含辛辣讽刺意味的电讯文稿。
由于他在文中将当地居民称作“乡巴佬”,因此人们议论着要将他驱逐出镇。
二十二个报务员每天要拍发十六万五千字的报道这场庭审的电文。
由于天气炎热,加之又担心古老的法庭地板会因承受不住人群的重量而坍塌,审判活动改在户外枫树荫下继续进行。
前来观审的有两千多人,他们有的坐在长条木凳上,有的蹲在草地上,有的趴在停放着的汽车的车顶上,还有的人则从窗户里傻呆呆地伸长脖子向外张望。
接着审判的高潮到来了。
由于反进化论法律条文的限制,控方只得坚持《圣经》必须严格按字面意义解释的立场。
这时,达罗突然打出他的王牌,点名要布莱恩充当辩方证人。
法官也满脸惊讶。
“我们要他当证人是因为他是《圣经》研究专家,”达罗说道。
“作为经学权威,他的声誉是举世公认的。
”布莱恩满心狐疑,不知那诡计多端的达罗葫芦里在卖什么药,但他又不能不接受这一挑战。
多年来他一直在讲解《圣经》,并且还曾围绕《圣经》著书立说。
甚至在反进化论法令通过之前,他就在田纳西州发动过反达尔文主义的运动。
这时,只见他刚毅果敢地握着一把芭蕉扇,像是拿它当成一把退敌的利剑似的,大步流星地向证人席走去。
在达罗的平静语调套问下,他承认自己对《圣经》的字字句句深信不疑,旁观的人群对他的激昂的回答不时和以热烈的“阿门,,的喊声。
达罗翻开《创世纪》念道:“夜尽晨来乃第一天也。
’’接下来他问布莱恩是否相信太阳是第四天创造出来的,布莱恩回答说他相信。
“没有太阳之前又怎么会有早晨和晚上呢?”达罗问道。
布莱恩闷声不响地擦拭着自己的秃顶。
人群中传出阵阵暗笑声,连一些虔诚的基督徒也在发笑。
达罗一面捻弄着他的眼镜,一面继续发问。
他问布莱恩是否相信有关夏娃的故事字字句句都是真实的,布莱恩作了肯定的回答。
“那末你也相信上帝为了惩罚引诱夏娃的那条蛇便让所有蛇类从那以后永远匍匐爬行的故事是真的了?”“我相信那是真的。
”“好哇,那么你是否知道那以前蛇类是如何行走的呢?”观审的人群哄地笑了起来。
布莱恩气得脸色发青,盛怒之下他调门提高了,手里拿着的扇子一个劲儿抖动着。
“法官大人,”他说。
“我即刻就要回答达罗先生的所有问题。
我要让世界知道这个不信上帝的人正在利用田纳西州的法庭诽谤上帝……”“我反对这种说法,”达罗大声叫道。
“我只是在考验你的那些愚蠢的想法,世界上没有哪个有知识的基督徒会相信你的那些想法。
”法官敲响小木槌止住了喧哗声,随即宣布休庭,次日再审。
布莱恩孤零零地站在那儿。
当观众们纷纷从他身边挤过去同达罗握手时,我的心替这位昔日的英雄难过起来。
第二天中午,陪审团受命对此案进行裁决。
陪审员们离席退到草坪的一角,只低声议论了九分钟,结果是判决被告有罪。
我被罚款一百美元,并支付诉讼费用。
达德雷•费尔德•马隆称这次庭审结果对我来说是一次“胜利的败仗”。
有几家南方报纸,出于对他们那位已失去昔日光彩的英雄的忠诚,称这次审判结果为布莱恩的胜利,并为之欢呼。
可布莱恩本人却因伤心劳神过度,审判结束后才过了两天便在戴顿去世。
学校要请我回去继续担任原先的教学职务,但我谢绝了。