自考英语本科高级英语上下册课后短文翻译

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Rock music began in America in the late 1950's ・ It was not only a new musical form , but a forum for the American youth to express their ideas of the world and life . In this foiiini, the stars sang out the attitudes of the youth towards civil rights , war and peace ,the disaffection of their society , and a range of emotions between love and hate ・ Allin all, in this forum , the American youth redefined the beliefs and feelings of their society ・ The typical representatives of the early rock music were Elvis Presley , singer and poet Bob Dylan , the Bealtles , the rolling Stones and so on ・ They were the culture heroes whom the young people worshipped ・

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The American young people in 1960，s were a generation of rebellion ・ Tliey found that the affluent American society was filled with poverty , injustice and gypocrisy . They didn't tmst the adult world that didn't belong to them and revised to take theii' beliefs and values . Many young people took active part in the struggle which protested against poverty , racial discrimination and Vietnam War ・ Some young people even tried to overthrow this world by armed revolution. Many other young took passive ways to show their disaffections ・ They took drugs , refused to take any responsibilities and lived a parasitic way of life ・ Or they escaped to the frontiers and

lived a primitive way of life ・

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Mathilda had been ill for three days ・ Her mother had given her some medicine, but it didn^t do any good ・So they had to ask the doctor to come ・ There had been a number of cases of diphthena in Mathildaschool and two of them had been dead ・ When the doctor anived at Olson's home . he wanted to examine Mthilda's tluoat first ・ But no matter how he coaxed ”She wouldn't open her mouth ・ So the doctor had to get the tongue depressor into her mouth ・ But Mathilda reduced it to splinters .In order to protect Mathilda herself and other children , the doctor had to make sure whether she had diphtheria or not, so that he could treat her in time ・ Letting Mathilda c s

father hold her wrists lie tned his best to open her mouth and found she really had diphtheria. Tliis stoiy made us can think such a question that something in life can^ only depend on self willingness ・ Under some circumstances , certain force seems necessary ・

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Tlie need for laws on euthanasia can t be dodged for much longer . Euthanasia is a taboo in most

countries .In these countries doctors can only practise it secretly . But it is openly practiced in some

countries , such as Holland ・ Right now more and more countries are going over the arguments about legalizing euthanasia .

When a patient suffers from illness for a long time and there is no hope of curing it, why do we let hull polong die tliroes ?Why can't we practise euthanasia to stop the tliroes ?

But if we legalize euthanasia , there will be a danger Someone may use it for killing ・ All in all、euthanasia is question we can't dodge .

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The American women made great contributions to the nation's development, but they received different forms of prejudices because of their sex . In politics , they did all the tedious details that made the differene between victory and defeat on election day and seldom had the chance to reach a better position , while the men reaped the rewards .In economy , most women did the lower-paying and dead -end jobs and they were paid less than the men for the same job ・ Many Ainencan people didn't admit it was prejudice against women ・ They said it was only a different division of labour in society ・ Even many women were content with their roles as second-class citizens ・ So the author said it was a long painful struggle for the women to get real equality ・

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When I knew Magpie got a scholarship of a California University and could go to the Fine Arts School to

study , I was very pleased for him ・ I knew he wanted to become a poet all the time. I also knew he had a good talent ・ It was a very good chance for him ・ So I went back to Crow Creek to tell him about the good news and let him fill out some papers ・ But I didn't find him at liis home ・ His wife said they had not been together for a while and only heard he was in Chamberlain ・ Then I went for Salina and asked her to help me find Magpie ・ Salina said Magpie had changed a lot since he was taken into prison ・ She thought he was not interested in going to the university of white people . But I said Magpie had a right to know this news and make the decision whether to go or not by himself ・ She agreed and took me to his good friend , Elgie . But when I could really see Magpie at last, he had been shot by the police ・