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大学英语综合教程2unit8课文翻译

大学英语综合教程2unit8课文翻译

A Fable For TomorrowThere was once a town In the heart of America where all life seemed to live in harmony with its surroundings. The town lay in the midst of a checkerboard of prosperous farms, with fields of grain and hillsides of orchards where, in spring, white clouds of bloom drifted above the green fields. In autumn, oak and maple and birch set up a blaze of colour that flamed and flickered across a backdrop of pines. Then foxes barked in the hills and deer silently crossed the field, half hidden in the mists of the autumn mornings.明天的寓言从前在美国中心有一个小镇,那里的万物看上去都与其四周的环境融洽相处。

小镇的四周是像棋盘交错的兴旺的农庄,还有一块块的田地和一座座遍布山坡的果园。

春天来了,白色的鲜花云彩般地漂浮在绿色的田野上;秋天到了,橡树、枫树和桦树色彩斑斓,在一片松树林间火焰般地燃烧与跳跃。

小山上狐狸吠叫,田野间小鹿静静地跃过,所有的一切都在秋天清晨的薄雾中半隐半现。

Along the roads, laurel, viburnum and alder, great ferns and wild flowers, delighted the traveler’s eye through much of the year. Even in winter the roadsides were places of beauty, where countless birds came to feed on the berries and on the seed heads of the dried weeds rising above the snow. The countryside was, in fact, famous for the abundance and variety of its bird life, and when the flood of migrants was pouring through in spring and autumn people travelled from great distances to observe them. Others came to fish the streams, which flowed clear and cold out of the hills and contained shady pools where trout lay. So it had been from the days many years ago when the first settlers raised their houses, sank their wells and built their barns.在路的两旁,一年中许多时候,月桂树、荚莲、桤木、蕨类植物和各样的野花都能让过往的行人赏心悦目。

全新版(第二版)大学英语综合教程第二册 课文翻译(最新 全)

全新版(第二版)大学英语综合教程第二册 课文翻译(最新 全)

Unit 1 Text A哈佛大学教育学教授霍华德·加德纳回忆其中国之行,阐述他对中西方不同的学习方式的看法。

Learning, Chinese-Style1987年春,我和妻子埃伦带着我们18个月的儿子本杰明在繁忙的中国东部城市南京住了一个月,同时考察中国幼儿园和小学的艺术教育情况。

然而,我和埃伦获得的有关中美教育观念差异的最难忘的体验并非来自课堂,而是来自我们在南京期间寓居的金陵饭店的大堂。

我们的房门钥匙系在一块标有房间号的大塑料板上。

酒店鼓励客人外出时留下钥匙,可以交给服务员,也可以从一个槽口塞入钥匙箱。

由于口子狭小,你得留神将钥匙放准位置才塞得进去。

本杰明爱拿着钥匙走来走去,边走边用力摇晃着。

他还喜欢试着把钥匙往槽口里塞。

由于他还年幼,不太明白得把钥匙放准位置才成,因此总塞不进去。

本杰明一点也不在意。

他从钥匙声响中得到的乐趣大概跟他偶尔把钥匙成功地塞进槽口而获得的乐趣一样多。

我和埃伦都满不在乎,任由本杰明拿着钥匙在钥匙的槽口鼓捣。

他的探索行为似乎并无任何害处。

但我很快就观察到一个有趣的现象。

饭店里任何一个中国工作人员若在近旁,都会走过来看着本杰明,见他初试失败,便都会试图帮忙。

他们会轻轻握紧本杰明的手,直接将它引向钥匙的槽口,进行必要的重新定位,并帮他把钥匙插入槽口。

然后那位“老师”会有所期待地对着我和埃伦微笑,似乎等着我们说声谢谢——偶尔他会微微皱眉,似乎觉得我俩没有尽到当父母的责任。

我很快意识到,这件小事与我们在中国要做的工作直接相关:考察儿童早期教育(尤其是艺术教育)的方式,揭示中国人对创造性活动的态度。

因此,不久我就在与中国教育工作者讨论时谈起了钥匙槽口一事。

TWO DIFFERENT W AYS TO LEARN我的中国同行,除了少数几个人外,对此事的态度与金陵饭店工作人员一样。

既然大人知道怎么把钥匙塞进槽口——这是处理槽口一事的最终目的,既然孩子还很年幼,还没有灵巧到可以独自完成要做的动作,让他自己瞎折腾会有什么好处呢?他很有可能会灰心丧气发脾气——这当然不是所希望的结果。

全新版大学英语[第二版]综合教程2课文翻译

全新版大学英语[第二版]综合教程2课文翻译

Unit 1Text AHoward Gardner, a professor of education at Harvard University, reflects on a visit to China and gives his thoughts on different approaches to learning in China and the West.哈佛大学教育学教授霍华德·加德纳回忆其中国之行,阐述他对中西方不同的学习方式的看法。

Learning, Chinese-StyleHoward Gardner 1 For a month in the spring of 1987, my wife Ellen and I lived in the bustling eastern Chinese city of Nanjing with our 18-month-old son Benjamin while studying arts education in Chinese kindergartens and elementary schools. But one of the most telling lessons Ellen and I got in the difference between Chinese and American ideas of education came not in the classroom but in the lobby of the Jinling Hotel where we stayed in Nanjing.中国式的学习风格霍华德·加德纳1987年春,我和妻子埃伦带着我们18个月的儿子本杰明在繁忙的中国东部城市南京住了一个月,同时考察中国幼儿园和小学的艺术教育情况。

然而,我和埃伦获得的有关中美教育观念差异的最难忘的体验并非来自课堂,而是来自我们在南京期间寓居的金陵饭店的大堂。

全新版大学英语(第二版)综合教程2课文翻译[高效]

全新版大学英语(第二版)综合教程2课文翻译[高效]

全新版大学英语(第二版)综合教程2课文翻译参考译文第一单元美国人的立场可以概括起来这么说,我们比中国人更重视创新和自立。

我们两种文化的差异也可以从我们各自所怀的忧虑中显示出来。

中国老师担心,如果年轻人不及早掌握技艺,就有可能一辈子掌握不了;另一方面,他们并不同样地急于促进创造力的发展。

美国教育工作者则担心,除非从一开始就发展创造力,不然创造力就有可能永不再现;而另一方面,技艺可于日后获得。

但我并不想夸大其辞。

无论在过去还是在当今,中国在科学、技术和艺术革新方面都展示了巨大的创造力。

而西方的创新突破则有被夸大的危险。

如果仔细审视任何一项创新,其对以往成就的依赖则都显而易见(“站在巨人肩膀之上”的现象)。

然而,假定我这里所说的反差是成立的,而培养技艺与创造力两者都是值得追求的目标,那么重要的问题就在于:我们能否从中美两个极端中寻求一种更好的教育方式,它或许能在创造力与基本技能这两极之间获得某种较好的平衡?第二单元可是我觉得只不过是昙花一现的念头更达到物质的东西很多其他人都有。

我在1999年车展的磨损10.5万英里。

但它仍是可靠的。

我的公寓是温和的,但宁静和放松。

我的衣服很适合我的工作,这主要是室外。

我最小的电脑需要能够得到满足图书馆看书。

在我没有什么,尽管我不觉得差。

为什么呢?我已经享受了53年来特别好的健康。

这不仅是因为我一直在生病,免费的,它的,我觉得充满活力和精神。

其实对我来说是锻炼的乐趣。

我期待着长,活力散步。

我还喜欢“我能”的态度如下。

我也珍惜创造力的礼物。

当我写一个美丽的诗行,或者编造一个笑话,发痒的人,我感到充实进去。

我不断惊讶的见解,通过我的写作过程中来。

而且有这么多有趣的作家朋友聊天,是享受我的主要来源之一。

第四单元以前我从未意识到日常的生活起居是多么重要,如穿戴整齐去上班,按时就寝。

以前我从未想过自己会那么依赖同事做伴。

我开始理解为什么长时间的失业会那么伤人,为什么一个人的生活缺少了外部支持的日常计划就会导致吸毒、犯罪、自杀率的增长。

全新版大学英语综合教程2课文翻译及课后答案(全)

全新版大学英语综合教程2课文翻译及课后答案(全)

全新版大学英语综合教程2课文翻译及课后答案(全)全新版大学英语综合教程2课文翻译及课后答案(全)课文翻译Lesson 1 FriendshipFriendship is one of life's most important treasures. Friends bring us joy, support, and understanding. They are there for us in good times and bad, and they help us grow and become better individuals.In this lesson, we are introduced to the concept of friendship through the story of Damon and Pythias. Damon and Pythias were two loyal friends who lived in ancient Greece. When Pythias was accused of plotting against the tyrant Dionysius, he was sentenced to death. However, Damon offered himself as a hostage so that Pythias could go home and say goodbye to his family. Dionysius was skeptical of Damon's loyalty and gave him a deadline. If Pythias did not return by the appointed time, Damon would be executed in his place. Despite the risk, Pythias returned just in time to save his friend's life. The tyrant was so moved by their friendship that he released Pythias and allowed the two friends to continue their bond.The story of Damon and Pythias teaches us about the importance of loyalty and sacrifice in friendships. True friends are willing to go to great lengths to help and support each other. They are selfless and put the well-being of their friends above their own.Friendship is not only based on loyalty and sacrifice but also on trust and understanding. Friends should be able to confide in each other and know that their secrets are safe. They should also be able to communicate openly and honestly, even when it's difficult. When trust and understanding exist within a friendship, it becomes a safe haven where individuals can be themselves without fear of judgment.Lesson 2 SuccessSuccess means different things to different people. For some, success is measured by wealth and material possessions. For others, success is achieving personal goals and finding fulfillment in life.This lesson introduces us to the story of Jack and the Beanstalk. Jack, a poor boy, was given magic beans in exchange for his family's cow. These beans grew into a giant beanstalk that reached the sky. Jack bravely climbed the beanstalk and discovered a giant's castle where he found treasures and riches beyond imagination. Jack's journey represents the pursuit of success and the willingness to take risks.Success requires determination, hard work, and a positive mindset. It involves setting goals and working tirelessly to achieve them. Along the way, there may be obstacles and setbacks, but successful individuals persevere and stay focused on their objectives.Success is not solely measured by material wealth but also by personal growth and self-fulfillment. It's about finding happiness and contentment in one's achievements and embracing the journey rather than just the destination.课后答案Lesson 1 Friendship1. What is one of life's most important treasures?- Friendship.2. What do friends bring us?- Joy, support, and understanding.3. Who were Damon and Pythias?- They were two loyal friends who lived in ancient Greece.4. What happened to Pythias?- He was accused of plotting against the tyrant Dionysius and was sentenced to death.5. What did Damon do to help Pythias?- Damon offered himself as a hostage so that Pythias could go home and say goodbye to his family.6. What did Dionysius do to test Damon's loyalty?- He gave Damon a deadline. If Pythias did not return by the appointed time, Damon would be executed in his place.7. Did Pythias return in time?- Yes, Pythias returned just in time to save his friend's life.8. How did the tyrant react to Damon and Pythias' friendship?- The tyrant was moved by their friendship and released Pythias, allowing the two friends to continue their bond.Lesson 2 Success1. How do different people define success?- Different people define success in different ways. For some, it's measured by wealth and material possessions. For others, it's about achieving personal goals and finding fulfillment in life.2. What did Jack receive in exchange for his family's cow?- Jack received magic beans.3. What did the magic beans grow into?- The magic beans grew into a giant beanstalk that reached the sky.4. What did Jack find in the giant's castle?- Jack found treasures and riches beyond imagination in the giant's castle.5. What qualities are required for success?- Determination, hard work, and a positive mindset are required for success.6. What should individuals do when facing obstacles and setbacks?- Successful individuals should persevere and stay focused on their objectives when facing obstacles and setbacks.7. How should success be measured?- Success should not only be measured by material wealth but also by personal growth and self-fulfillment. It's about finding happiness and contentment in one's achievements and embracing the journey.注意:以上仅为翻译示例及课后答案,具体课文内容请参照教材。

新标准大学英语综合教程2课文翻译U8R1

新标准大学英语综合教程2课文翻译U8R1

新标准大学英语综合教程2课文翻译U8R1 -CAL-FENGHAI.-(YICAI)-Company One1Are you the right person for the job?你适合做这个工作吗?1 In the old days it was easy. They were going to be the best three years of your life, and you knew it. You spent your time chatting late into the night with new-found friends in coffee bars and pubs, playing your heart out in the squash courts and on the cricket field, or strutting across the stage as a leading light of the university dramatic society. Whatever your interest, university life catered for it. And, let's not forget, you would usually manage to keep up with the work too, by doing the required reading and dashing off the week's essay at the last minute. The only thing you didn't find time for was thinking about what came afterwards, at the end of those three exciting years. But you didn't need to, because whatever your chosen career, the companies were all lining up to offer you a job.过去,大学生活很轻松。

全新版大学英语第二版综合教程2第八单元课文翻译

全新版大学英语第二版综合教程2第八单元课文翻译

全新版大学英语第二版综合教程2第八单元课文翻译-CAL-FENGHAI.-(YICAI)-Company One1第八单元保护我们的生活环境课文A保护大自然固然裨益良多,但代价也不菲。

当我们决定在保护环境方面应该走多远的时候,该如何协调这两者间的关系呢为了人类自身拯救自然查尔斯·克劳特哈默环境意识,就如同对民主制度的信奉,或是对尼龙的厌恶,已成为当今上流社会一种必备的态度。

可是,在人人都有权利热爱地球母亲的情况下,面对以保护环境的名义而提出的许许多多相互冲突的建议、限制、规定、工程和法律,我们该如何选择呢很显然,并不是每一件声称保护环境的事都值得去做。

那我们该如何选择呢有一种简单的选择方法。

首先,要区分是出于对环境的奢侈追求还是出于环境保护之必需。

对环境的奢侈追求指的是那些如果不需花费代价则不妨拥有的事物。

环境保护之必需指的是无论花多大的代价我们都必须做的事情。

然后,再运用一条法则。

姑且称之为理智环境保护论的基本原理:遏制直接危害人们健康与安全的生态变化,是环境保护之必需。

其他一切均为奢侈追求。

例姐通过保护臭氧层和遏止温室效应来保护大气层是环境保护之必需。

科学家们在4月份报告说,臭氧层破坏之严重远远超出过去的估计。

臭氧的减少不仅导致皮肤癌和白内障,而且摧毁浮游生物,那是我们人类赖以生存的食物链的第一环。

温室效应的现实情况是怎样目前难以确定,但可能产生的后果破坏性更大:冰帽融化,海岸线被洪水淹没,气候反常,平原干涸,进而最终粮仓空匮。

美国中西部是为全世界提供粮食的地方。

我们是否愿意眼看着爱荷华州出现阿尔伯克基的气候,而西伯利亚则出现爱荷华州的气候呢臭氧减少与温室效应都是人类的灾难。

两者恰好都属于环境的范围。

但这两种情况都很紧迫,因为它们直接威胁着人类。

理智的环境保护论,亦即惟一能赢得公众普遍支持的环境保护论首先坦然指出,大自然是为人类服务的。

理智的环境保护论完全是以人为本的:它呼吁人类保护自然,但其目的是自我保护。

全新版大学英语(第二版)综合教程2课文翻译

全新版大学英语(第二版)综合教程2课文翻译

Unit 1Text AHoward Gardner, a professor of education at Harvard University, reflects on a visit to China and gives his thoughts on different approaches to learning in China and the West.哈佛大学教育学教授霍华德·加德纳回忆其中国之行,阐述他对中西方不同的学习方式的看法。

Learning, Chinese-StyleHoward Gardner 1 For a month in the spring of 1987, my wife Ellen and I lived in the bustling eastern Chinese city of Nanjing with our 18-month-old son Benjamin while studying arts education in Chinese kindergartens and elementary schools. But one of the most telling lessons Ellen and I got in the difference between Chinese and American ideas of education came not in the classroom but in the lobby of the Jinling Hotel where we stayed in Nanjing.中国式的学习风格霍华德·加德纳1987年春,我和妻子埃伦带着我们18个月的儿子本杰明在繁忙的中国东部城市南京住了一个月,同时考察中国幼儿园和小学的艺术教育情况。

然而,我和埃伦获得的有关中美教育观念差异的最难忘的体验并非来自课堂,而是来自我们在南京期间寓居的金陵饭店的大堂。

全新版大学英语(第二版)综合教程2课文翻译

全新版大学英语(第二版)综合教程2课文翻译
第六单元
我们为何要那么快地限制自己呢?我不否认,大多数小女孩喜欢玩具娃娃,大多数小男孩喜欢电子游戏。也许真的是有人喜欢用大脑的右半球,有人则喜欢用左半球。但这与我,或任何其他个人有何相干?为什么要对人与人之间的区别下定结论,说成是与大脑有关, 而不能把注意力集中到我们所具备的难以置信的灵活性上去呢?也许我们应该考虑我们的大脑可能比我们想象的强大得多,而不应该用我们所知的一点东西来阐述女人学不会物理的理由。
但我并不想夸大其辞。无论在过去还是在当今,中国在科学、技术和艺术革新方面都展示了巨大的创造力。而西方的创新突破则有被夸大的危险。如果仔细审视任何一项创新,其对以往成就的依赖则都显而易见(“站在巨人肩膀之上”的现象)。
然而,假定我这里所说的反差是成立的,而培养技艺与创造力两者都是值得追求的目标,那么重要的问题就在于:我们能否从中美两个极端中寻求一种更好的教育方式,它或许能在创造力与基本技能这两极之间获得某种较好的平衡?
语言学家找出了相似的词,提出这些语言的源头是他们称之为印欧母语的语言,这种语言使用于公元前3500年至公元前2000年。这些人使用同样的词表达“雪”、“蜜蜂”和“狼”,但没有表示“海”的词。因此有些学者认为,他们生活在寒冷的中北欧某个地区。一些人向东迁徙形成了印度和巴基斯坦的各种语言,有些人则向西漂泊,来到欧洲气候较为温暖的地区。最早西移的一些人后来被称作凯尔特人,亦即凯撒的军队在不列颠发现的民族。
于是他深深吸了一口气。在摆脱腿部肌肉紧张的同时,他轻轻地把撑竿放在脚边。他开始舒展双臂和上身。刚才飘过一阵轻风,此刻消失了。他小心翼翼地拿起撑竿,只觉得心怦怦在跳。他相信观众们的心也在怦怦跳动。场上鸦雀无声,令人透不过气来。当他听见远处飞鸟啼鸣时,他知道,自己飞身起跃的时刻到了。

2022年新标准大学英语综合教程2课文翻译U8R1

2022年新标准大学英语综合教程2课文翻译U8R1

Are you the right person for the job?你适合做这个工作吗?1 In the old days it was easy. They were going to be the best three years of your life, and you knew it. You spent your time chatting late into the night with new-found friends in coffee bars and pubs, playing your heart out in the squash courts and on the cricket field, or strutting across the stage as a leading light of the university dramatic society. Whatever your interest, university life catered for it. And, let's not forget, you would usually manage to keep up with the work too, by doing the required reading and dashing off the week's essay at the last minute. The only thing you didn't find time for was thinking about what came afterwards, at the end of those three exciting years. But you didn't need to, because whatever your chosen career, the companies were all lining up to offer you a job.过去,大学生活很轻松。

全新版大学英语综合教程2课文原文及翻译.pdf

全新版大学英语综合教程2课文原文及翻译.pdf

One way of summarizing the American position is to state that we value originality and independence more than the Chinese do. The contrast between our two cultures can also be seen in terms of the fears we both harbor. Chinese teachers are fearful that if skills are not acquired early, they may never be acquired; there is, on the other hand, no comparable hurry to promote creativity. American educators fear that unless creativity has been acquired early, it may never emerge; on the other hand, skills can be picked up later.However, I do not want to overstate my case. There is enormous creativity to be found in Chinese scientific, technological and artistic innovations past and present. And there is a danger of exaggerating creative breakthroughs in the West. When any innovation is examined closely, its reliance on previous achievements is all too apparent (the "standing on the shoulders of giants" phenomenon).But assuming that the contrast I have developed is valid, and that the fostering of skills and creativity are both worthwhile goals, the important question becomes this: Can we gather, from the Chinese and American extremes, a superior way to approach education, perhaps striking a better balance between the poles of creativity and basic skills?Walton set up a college scholarship fund for employees' children, a disaster relief fund to rebuild employee homes damaged by fires, floods, tornadoes, and the like. He believed in cultivating ideas and rewarding success."He'd say, 'That fellow worked hard, let's give him a little extra,'" recalls retired president Ferold F. Arend, who was stunned at such generosity after the stingy employer he left to join Wal-Mart. "I had to change my way of thinking when I came aboard.""The reason for our success," says Walton, in a company handout, "is our people and the way they're treated and the way they feel about their company. They believe things are different here, but they deserve the credit."Adds company lawyer Jim Hendren: "I've never seen anyone yet who worked for him or was around him for any length of time who wasn't better off. And I don't mean just financially, although a lot of people are. It's just something about him -- coming into contact with Sam Walton just makes you a better person."Making the journey from log cabin to White House is part of the American Dream. But when Jimmy Carter was defeated in his attempt to gain a second term as President of the United States he found himself suddenly thrown out of the White House and back in his log cabin. This is how he coped.SEAN: If that sort of thing happened only once in a while, it wouldn't be so bad. Overall, I wouldn't want to trade my dad for anyone else's. He loves us kids and Mom too. But I think that's sometimes the problem. He wants to do things for us, things he thinks are good. But he needs to give them more thought because:SEAN, HEIDI and DIANE: (In unison) Father knows better!(The lights quickly fade to black and then come up a second or two later. DIANE stands alone at the Down Right edge of the stage. HEIDI and SEAN enter Down Left and cross to the edge of the stage. )DIANE: Can you imagine how humiliated I was? An honor student, class president. And Father was out asking people to have their sons call and ask me to the prom! But that's dear old dad. Actually, he is a dear. He just doesn't stop to think. And it's not just one of us who've felt the heavy hand of interference. Oh, no, all three of us live in constant dread knowing that at any time disaster can strike because: Father knows better.I'd never realized how important daily routine is: dressing for work, sleeping normal hours. I'd never thought I relied so much on co-workers for company. I began to understand why long-term unemployment can be so damaging, why life without an externally supported daily plan can lead to higher rates of drug abuse, crime, suicide.To restore balance to my life, I force myself back into the real world. I call people, arrange to meet with the few remaining friends who haven't fled New York City. I try to at least get to the gym, so as to set apart the weekend from the rest of my week. I arrange interviews for stories, doctor's appointments -- anything to get me out of the house and connected with others.But sometimes being face to face is too much. I see a friend and her ringing laughter is intolerable -- the noise of conversation in the restaurant, unbearable. I make my excuses and flee. I re-enter my apartment and run to the computer as though it were a place of safety.I click on the modem, the once-annoying sound of the connection now as pleasant as my favorite tune. I enter my password. The real world disappears.Thought you were safe sharing secrets with Internet friends? Wait for the doorbell...The runway felt different this time. It startled him for a brief moment. Then it all hit him like a wet bale of hay. The bar was set at nine inches higher than his personal best. That's only one inch off the National record, he thought. The intensity of the moment filled his mind with anxiety. He began shaking the tension. It wasn't working. He became more tense. Why was this happening to him now, he thought. He began to get nervous. Afraid would be a more accurate description. What was he going to do? He had never experienced these feelings. Then out of nowhere, and from the deepest depths of his soul, he pictured his mother. Why now? What was his mother doing in his thoughts at a time like this? It was simple. His mother always used to tell him when you felt tense, anxious or even scared, take deep breaths.So he did. Along with shaking the tension from his legs, he gently laid his pole at his feet. He began to stretch out his arms and upper body. The light breeze that was once there was now gone. He carefully picked up his pole. He felt his heart pounding. He was sure the crowd did, too. The silence was deafening. When he heard the singing of some distant birds in flight, he knew it was his time to fly.Racing the clock every day is such an exhausting effort that when I actually have a few free moments, I tend to collapse. Mostly I sink into a chair and stare into space while I imagine how lovely life would be if only I possessed the organizational skills and the energy of my superheroines. In fact, I waste a good deal of my spare time just worrying about what other women are accomplishing in theirs. Sometimes I think that these modern fairy tales create as many problems for women as the old stories that had us biding our time for the day our prince would come.Yet superwomen tales continue to charm me. Despite my friend's warning against being taken in, despite everything I've learned, I find that I'm not only willing, but positively eager to buy that bridge she mentioned. Why? I suppose it has something to do with the appeal of an optimistic approach to life -- and the fact that extraordinary deeds have been accomplished by determined individuals who refused to believe that "you can't" was the final word on their dreams.Men have generally been assured that achieving their heart's desires would be a piece of cake. Women, of course, have always believed that we can't have our cake and eat it too-the old low-dream diet. Perhaps becoming a superwoman is an impossible dream for me, but life without that kind of fantasy is as unappealing as a diet with no treats.1) The young woman described to the policemen the way the man ran up to her and grabbed the bag from her hand. 2) All the people working for Sam Walton admire the way he manages Wal-Mart and the way he treats his employees. 3) The neighbors were disgusted at the way he talked to his old father.4) It's amazing the way the eight-year-old boy managed to stay so calm when he faced the emergency.1. You will find yourself penniless in a month.2. He found himself lying in a hospital ward.3. She found herself faced with the toughest job she had ever taken.4. Susan found herself in a trap from which she could not escape.1) Obviously what the speaker wanted to emphasize was the impact of these findings rather than the process that led to these findings.2) It seems that he is never bothered about what people would think about his behavior.3) The CEO never hesitates to let his employees know what he is planning for the company.4) The scientist will show the audience what a tele-operated robot can do for a family.5)Despite all this she manages to get her act together.1、She herself believed in freedom,so much so that she would rather die than live without it.2、Assuming the proposal is accepted,where are we going to get the money?3、Only by rewarding success can you bring out the best in your employess.4、It’s amazing the eight-year-old boy managed to stay so calm when he faced the emergency.5、Allen should have known better than to lend such a large sum of money to that untrustworthy cousin of his.。

全新版大学英语(第二版)综合教程2课文翻译

全新版大学英语(第二版)综合教程2课文翻译

Unit 1Text A Howard Gardner, a professor of education at Harvard University, reflects on a visit to China and gives his thoughts on different approaches to learning in China and the West.哈佛大学教育学教授霍华德• 加德纳回忆其中国之行,阐述他对中西方不同的学习方式的看法。

Learning, Chinese-StyleHoward Gardner 1 For a month in the spring of 1987, my wife Ellen and I lived in the bustling eastern Chinesecity of Nanjing with our 18-month-old son Benjamin while studying arts education in Chinese kindergartens and elementary schools. But one of the most telling lessons Ellen and I got in the difference between Chinese and American ideas of education came not in the classroom but in the lobby of the Jinling Hotel where we stayed in Nanjing.中国式的学习风格霍华德•加德纳1987 年春,我和妻子埃伦带着我们18 个月的儿子本杰明在繁忙的中国东部城市南京住了一个月,同时考察中国幼儿园和小学的艺术教育情况。

然而,我和埃伦获得的有关中美教育观念差异的最难忘的体验并非来自课堂,而是来自我们在南京期间寓居的金陵饭店的大堂。

(完整版)全新版大学英语(第二版)综合教程2课文翻译

(完整版)全新版大学英语(第二版)综合教程2课文翻译

Unit 1Text AHoward Gardner, a professor of education at Harvard University, reflects on a visit to China and gives his thoughts on different approaches to learning in China and the West.哈佛大学教育学教授霍华德·加德纳回忆其中国之行,阐述他对中西方不同的学习方式的看法。

Learning, Chinese-StyleHoward Gardner 1 For a month in the spring of 1987, my wife Ellen and I lived in the bustling eastern Chinese city of Nanjing with our 18-month-old son Benjamin while studying arts education in Chinese kindergartens and elementary schools. But one of the most telling lessons Ellen and I got in the difference between Chinese and American ideas of education came not in the classroom but in the lobby of the Jinling Hotel where we stayed in Nanjing.中国式的学习风格霍华德·加德纳1987年春,我和妻子埃伦带着我们18个月的儿子本杰明在繁忙的中国东部城市南京住了一个月,同时考察中国幼儿园和小学的艺术教育情况。

然而,我和埃伦获得的有关中美教育观念差异的最难忘的体验并非来自课堂,而是来自我们在南京期间寓居的金陵饭店的大堂。

新标准大学英语综合教程2 Unit 8课文翻译

新标准大学英语综合教程2 Unit 8课文翻译

Unit 8Active Reading (1)绘画消遣(节选)1 一位天才美国心理学家说过:“烦恼是感情的发作;此时大脑缠住了某种东西不肯放手。

”在这种情况下,和头脑争论(让它放手)是无用的。

愿望越强烈,与之争论就越是徒劳。

你只能温和地将另一种东西慢慢灌输到痉挛状态的头脑中。

如果(这一东西)选得恰当,而且它真的从另一领域的情趣中受到启迪的话,那么逐渐地,往往也是迅速地,原先不适当的“不肯放手”就会慢慢放松,恢复和补救的过程就会开始。

因此,对于公众人物而言,培养业余爱好和新的兴趣才是上策。

但这并非一日之功,也不是单凭意志力就能做到的事情。

精神情趣的培养是一个长期的过程。

要想在需要的时候可随手摘取充满生机的果实,种子就必须精挑细选,必须播种在肥沃的土壤里,还必须辛勤地护理。

要想真正快乐,真正安全,一个人至少应有两三种业余爱好,而且必须是实际可行的。

到了晚年才开始说:“我会培养对这或对那的兴趣”,这是没有用的。

这种愿望只能加剧精神紧张。

一个人可能会获得大量与其日常工作无关的知识,却不能从中得到任何益处或宽慰。

做你喜欢做的事没有用,你要喜欢你做的事。

泛而言之,人可以分为三类:极其劳累的人,极其操心的人,极其无聊的人。

对于卖了一周力气、流了一周汗水的体力劳动者来说,让他们在星期六下午踢足球或打垒球是不合适的。

同样,对于工作了六天、一直为公务操心的政界人士、专业人员或商人来说,在周未再让他们为鸡毛蒜皮的琐事而操心劳累也是无益的。

那些能够支配一切、能够肆意妄为、能够染指一切追求目标的人是“不幸的”。

对于他们而言,多一种新的乐趣、多一种新的刺激只是增加一分厌腻而已。

他们到处奔乱跑,企图靠喧闹和骚动来摆脱无聊对他们的报复,但这么做是徒劳的。

对他们来说,某种形式的纪律约束是最有希望让他们走出困境、走上正道的。

可以这样说,理智的,勤劳的、有用的人可以分为两类:第一类人认为工作是工作,娱乐是娱乐;第二类人认为工作和娱乐是一回事。

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?第八单元
保护我们的生活环境
课文A
????保护大自然固然裨益良多,但代价也不菲。

当我们决定在保护环境方面应该走多远的时候,该如何协调这两者间的关系呢?
为了人类自身拯救自然
查尔斯·克劳特哈默
????环境意识,就如同对民主制度的信奉,或是对尼龙的厌恶,已成为当今上流社会一种必备的态度。

可是,在人人都有权利热爱地球母亲的情况下,面对以保护环境的名义而提出的许许多多相互冲突的建议、限制、规定、工程和法律,我们该如何选择呢?很显然,并不是每一件声称保护环境的事都值得去做。

那我们该如何选择呢?
??有一种简单的选择方法。

首先,要区分是出于对环境的奢侈追求还是出于环境保护之必需。

对环境的奢侈追求指的是那些如果不需花费代价则不妨拥有的事物。

环境保护之必需指的是无论花多大的代价我们都必须做的事情。

然后,再运用一条法则。

姑且称之为理智环境保护论的基本原理:遏制直接危害人们健康与安全的生态变化,是环境保护之必需。

其他一切均为奢侈追求。

???
??例姐通过保护臭氧层和遏止温室效应来保护大气层是环境保护之必需。

科学家们在4月份报告说,臭氧层破坏之严重远远超出过去的估计。

臭氧的减少不仅导致皮肤癌和白内障,而且摧毁浮游生物,那是我们人类赖以生存的食物链的第一环。

??温室效应的现实情况是怎样目前难以确定,但可能产生的后果破坏性更大:冰帽融化,海岸线被洪水淹没,气候反常,平原干涸,进而最终粮仓空匮。

美国中西部是为全世界提供粮食的地方。

我们是否愿意眼看着爱荷华州出现阿尔伯克基的气候,而西伯利亚则出现爱荷华州的气候呢?
??臭氧减少与温室效应都是人类的灾难。

两者恰好都属于环境的范围。

但这两种情况都很紧迫,因为它们直接威胁着人类。

理智的环境保护论,亦即惟一能赢得公众普遍支持的环境保护论首先坦然指出,大自然是为人类服务的。

理智的环境保护论完全是以人为本的:它呼吁人类保护自然,但其目的是自我保护。

??理智的环境保护论对地球不感情用事。

它不要求人们为其他生物做出牺牲。

毕竟,要人们为他人作牺牲都难而又难。

(想一想公众对海外援助和福利救助是何等的抵制。

)如果你要求勤劳的选民为蜗牛鱼做出牺牲,客气一点的,也就对你耸耸肩而已。

??当然,这种以人为本的做法与当前一种过分崇拜地球的环境保护论格格不入。

有一种科学理论,即盖亚理论,就声称地球是个有生命的机体。

这种环境保护论喜欢自诩为崇高而纯洁。

究其实不过是感情用事。

比如,它在看待大自然的仁慈时往往好事尽记,坏事皆忘。

本人过去也崇拜自然。

但自5月风暴夺走了125,000多孟加拉人的生命,留下1,000万人无家可归以后,我的自然崇拜也就不复存在了。

非感情用事的环境保护论是建立在普罗泰戈拉的“人是一切事物的尺度”的原则之上的。

‘原则能帮助指点迷津,引导我们杀出环境保护的大论战。

且以目前要不要在阿拉斯加国家野生动物保护区一角开采原油引发的激烈争论为例。

环境保护论者极力反对一项正在设法想获得国会通过的开采提案,他们争辩说,我们应该保护能源,不应该开采它。

这一种非此即彼的提法根本站不住脚。

美国的确需要对能源课以重税以减少消费。

但我们也需要更多地生产石油。

政府估计几乎有对半的可能,在阿拉斯加国家野生动物保护区之下蕴藏着美国迄今为止发现的五大油区之一。

??我们刚刚经历了一场部分是为石油而进行的战争:对能源的依赖使美国人不仅付出了金钱的代价,更有生命的代价。

荒唐的感情用事使我们用不上可以和平获得的石油,只因为那有
可能破坏北极鹿的繁殖地。

??我和别人一样喜欢北极鹿。

如果它们的交配规律被打乱,我会深感遗憾。

但你不可能什么都要。

如果要在北极鹿的安乐和减少石油依赖以使人们免于战争的屠戮之间做出选择的话,我永远都将舍鹿取人。

??对斑枭也一样。

我无意与斑枭为敌。

如果能够不付代价或以极小的代价保护斑枭,我也赞成保护:自然的多样性是一件好事,是美学上的一大好事。

但也仅此而已。

有时美学上的好事不得不为那些更为基本的好事做出牺牲。

如果保护斑枭的代价是30,000户伐木工丧失生计,那我宁要民生不要斑枭。

??这里有一个重要的区别,就是基本的环保善举与仅具美学意义的环保善举之间的区别。

自然归我们掌管,它不是我们的主人。

自然理应得到尊重甚至抚育。

但人类是这个世界的主宰。

当人类不得不在自身的福祉与大自然的裨益两者之间取舍时,大自然就得通融了。

??人类只有在自身命运与大自然的命运紧密相连时才应该将就自然做自身调整。

人类在居住环境的健全——如大气臭氧层——受到威胁的时候必须做出最紧迫的调整。

如果对人类的威胁相对较小(如燃煤或燃油发电机排放的使人致病致死,但对生态系统并不带来致命伤害的污染物),应该权衡经济发展和人类健康而进行适度调整。

但不管哪种情况,基本原则是一个保护环境——因为这是人类的生存环境。

??感情用事的环境保护论者会将这种对自然的保护称之为心态完全错误的自然保护。

完全正确。

理智的——人本主义的——环境保护论不是为大自然保护环境,而是为我们自己保护环境。

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