大学英语精读3双语版 (1)
大学英语精读三段句子中英互译
17.众所周知，肺癌至少部分地是由于吸烟过多而引起的。
It is well know that lung cancer is caused at least in part by smoking too much..
39.被告否认他曾经向政府官员付钱以获得合同。
Mary felt it difficult to carry out her plan all by herself.
10.我们认为他不能在一刻钟内走完那段距离，但他却成功地做到了这一点。
We didn’t think he could cover the distance within a quarter, but he succeeded in doing so.
After reading the letter the old man was so disappointed that he tore it into little bits with trembling fingers.
15.即使他的祖母不能来参加他的生日宴会，她也会寄给他一件可爱的礼物。对这一点汤姆深信不疑。
25.他们老是对她说她有数学天才，她感到很不好意思。
They always told her that she had a genius in math. She felt embarrassed about it.
26.据报道，那条铁路曾因洪水而停止修建。
It was reported that the building of the railway had been held up by a flood.
大学英语精读(第三版)课文原文
Unit 1 Some Strategies for Learning EnglishLearning English is by no means easy. It takes great diligence and prolonged effort. Nevertheless, while you cannot expect to gain a good command of English without sustained hard work, there are various helpful learning strategies you can employ to make the task easier. Here are some of them.1. Do not treat all new words in exactly the same way. Have you ever complained about your memory because you find it simply impossible to memorize all the new words you are learning? But, in fact, it is not your memory that is at fault. If you cram your head with too many new words at a time, some of them are bound to be crowded out. What you need to do is to deal with new words in different ways according to how frequently they occur in everyday use. While active words demand constant practice and useful words must be committed to memory, words that do not often occur in everyday situations require just a nodding acquaintance. You will find concentrating on active and useful words the most effective route to enlarging your vocabulary.2. Watch out for idiomatic ways of saying things. Have you ever wondered why we say, “I am interested in English”, but “I am good at French”? And have you ever asked yourself why nati ve English speakers say, “learn the news or secret”, but “learn of someone’s success or arrival”? These are all examples of idiomatic usage. In learning English, you must pay attention not only to the meaning of a word, but also to the way native speakers use it in their daily lives.3. Listen to English every day. Listening to English on a regular basis will not only improve your ear, but will also help you build your speaking skills. In addition to language tapes especially prepared for your course, you can also listen to English radio broadcasts, watch English TV, and see English movies. The first time you listen to a taped conversation or passage in English, you may not be able to catch a great deal. Try to get its general meaning first and listen to it over and over again. You will find that with each repetition you will get something more.4. Seize opportunities to speak.It is true that there are few situations at school where you have to communicate in English, but you can seek out opportunities to practice speaking the language. Talking with your classmates, for example, can be an easy and enjoyable way to get some practice. Also try to find native speakers on your campus and feel free to talk with them. Perhaps the easiest way to practice speaking is to rehearse aloud, since this can be done at any time, in any place, and without a partner. For instance, you can look at pictures or objects around you and try to describe them in detail. You can also rehearse everyday situations. After you have made a purchase in a shop or finished a meal in a restaurant and paid the check, pretend that all this happened in an English-speaking country and try to act it out in English.5. Read widely.It is important to read widely because in our learning environment, reading is the main and most reliable source of language input. When you choose reading materials, look for things that you find interesting, that you can understand without relying too much on a dictionary. A page a day is a good way to start. As you go on, you will find that you can do more pages a day and handle materials at a higher level of difficulty.6. Write regularly. Writing is a good way to practice what you already know. Apart from compositions assigned by your teacher, you may find your own reasons for writing. A pen pal provides good motivation; you will learn a lot by trying to communicate with someone who shares your interests, but comes from a different culture. Other ways to write regularly include keeping a diary, writing a short story and summarizing the daily news.Language learning is a process of accumulation. It pays to absorb as much as you can from reading and listening and then try to put what you have learned into practice through speaking and writing.Unit 2 Sailing Round the WorldBefore he sailed round the world single-handed, Francis Chichester had already surprised his friends several times. He had tried to fly round the world but failed. That was in 1931.The years passed. He gave up flying and began sailing. He enjoyed it greatly. Chichester was already 58 years old when he won the first solo transatlantic sailing race. His old dream of going round the world came back, but this time he would sail. His friends and doctors did not think he could do it, as he had lung cancer. But Chichester was determined to carry out his plan. In August, 1963, at the age of nearly sixty-five, an age when many men retire, he began the greatest voyage of his life. Soon, he was away in this new 16-metre boat, Gipsy Moth.Chichester followed the route of the great nineteenth century clipper ships. But the clippers had had plenty of crew. Chicheater did it all by himself, even after the main steering device had been damaged by gales. Chichester covered 14, 100 miles before stopping in Sydney, Australia. This was more than twice the distance anyone hadpreviously sailed alone.He arrived in Australia on 12 December, just 107 days out from England. He received a warm welcome from the Australians and from his family who had flown there to meet him. On shore, Chichester could not walk without help. Everybody said the same thing: he had done enough; he must not go any further. But he did not listen.After resting in Sydney for a few weeks, Chichester set off once more in spite of his friends' attempts to dissuade him. The second half of his voyage was by far the more dangerous part, during which he sailed round the treacherous Cape Horn.On 29 January he left Australia. The next night, the blackest he had ever known, the sea became so rough that the boat almost turned over. Food, clothes, and broken glass were all mixed together. Fortunately, bed and went to sleep. When he woke up, the sea had become calm the nearest person he could contact by radio, unless there was a ship nearby, Wild be on an island 885 miles away.After succeeding in sailing round Cape Horn, Chichester sent the following radio message to London:" I feel as if I had wakened from a nightmare. Wild horses could not drag me down to Cape Horn and that sinister Southern Ocean again."Just before 9 o'clock on Sunday evening 28 May, 1967, he arrived back in England, where a quarter of a million people were waiting to welcome him. Queen Elizabeth II knighted him with the very sword that Queen Elizabeth I had sailed round the world for the first time. The whole voyage from England and back had covered 28, 500 miles. It had taken him nine months, of which the sailing time was 226 days. He had done what he wanted to accomplish.Like many other adventurers, Chichester had experienced fear and conquered it. In doing so, he had undoubtedly learnt something about himself. Moreover, in the modern age when human beings depend so much on machines, he had given men throughout the world new pride.Unit 3 The PresentIt was the old lady's birthday.She got up early to be ready for the post. From the second floor flat she could see the postman when he came down the street, and the little boy from the ground floor brought up her letters on the rare occasions when anything came.Today she was sure the would be something. Myra wouldn't forget her mother's birthday, even if she seldom wrote at other times. Of course Myra was busy. Her husband had been made Mayor, and Myra herself had got a medal for her work the aged.The old lady was proud of Myra, but Enid was the daughter she loved. Enid had never married, but had seemed content to live with her mother, and teach in a primary school round the corner.One evening, however, Enid said, "I've arranged for Mrs. Morrison to look after you for a few days, Mother. Tomorrow I have to go into hospital--just a minor operation, I'll soon be home."In the morning she went, but never came back--she died on the operating table. Myra came to the funeral, and in her efficient way arranged for Mrs. Morrison to come in and light the fire and give the old lady her breakfast.Two years ago that was, and since then Myra had been to see her mother three times, but her husband never.The old lady was eight today. She had put on her best dress. Perhaps--perhaps Myra might come. After all, eighty was a special birthday, another decade lined or endured just as you chose to look at it.Even if Myra did not come, she would send a present. The old lady was sure of that. Two spots of colour brightened her cheeks. She was excited--like a child. She would enjoy her day.Yesterday Mrs. Morrison had given the flat an extra clean, and today she had brought a card and a bunch of marigolds when she came to do the breakfast. Mrs. Grant downstairs had made a cake, and in the afternoon she was going down there to tea. The little boy, Johnnie, had been up with a packet of mints, and said he wouldn't go out to play until the post had come."I guess you'll get lots and lots of presents," he said, "I did last were when I was six."What would she like? A pair of slippers perhaps. Or a new cardigan. A cardigan would be lovely. Blue's such a pretty colour. Jim had always liked her in blue. Or a table lamp. Or a book, a travel book, with pictures, or a little clock, with clear black numbers. So many lovely things.She stood by the window, watching. The postman turned round the corner on his bicycle. Her heart beat fast. Johnnie had seen him too and ran to the gate.Then clatter, clatter up the stairs. Johnnie knocked at her door."Granny, granny," he shouted, "I've got your post."He gave her four envelopes. Three were unsealed cards from old friends. The fourth was sealed, in Myra's writing. The old lady felt a pang of disappointment."No parcel, Johnnie?""No, granny."Maybe the parcel was too large to come by letter post. That was it. It would come later by parcel post. She must be patient.Almost reluctantly she tore the envelope open. Folded in the card was a piece of paper. Written on the card was a message under the printed Happy Birthday -- Buy yourself something nice with the cheque, Myra and Harold.The cheque fluttered to the floor like a bird with a broken wing. Slowly the old lady stooped to pick it up. Her present, her lovely present. With trembling fingers she tore it into little bits.Unit 4 Turning off TV: a Quiet HourI would like to propose that for sixty to ninety minutes each evening, right after the early evening news, all television broadcasting in the United States be prohibited by law.Let us take a serious, reasonable look at what the results be if such a proposal were accepted. Families might use the time for a real family hour. Without the distraction of TV, they might sit around together after dinner and actually talk to one another. It is well known that many of our problems -- everything, in fact, from the generation gap to the high divorce rate to some forms of mental illness -- are caused at least in part by failure to communicate. We do not tell each other what is disturbing us. The result is emotional difficulty of one kind or another. By using the quiet family hour to discuss our problems, we might get to know each other better, and to like each other better.On evenings when such talk is unnecessary, families could rediscover more active pastimes. Freed from TV, forced to find their own activities, they might take a ride together to watch the sunset. Or they might take a walk together (remember feet?) and see the neighborhood with fresh, new eyes.With free time and no TV, children and adults might rediscover reading. There is more entertainment in a good book than in a month of typical TV programming. Educators report that the generation growing up with television can barely write an English sentence, even at the college level. Writing is often learned from reading. A more literate new generation could be a product of the quiet hour.A different form of reading might also be done, as it was in the past: reading aloud. Few pastimes bring a family closer together than gathering around and listening to mother or father read a good story. The quiet hour could become the story hour. When the quiet hour ends, the TV networks might even be forced to come up with better shows in order to get us back from our newly discovered activities.At first glance, the idea of an hour without TV seems radical. What will parents do without the electronic baby-sitter? How will we spend the time? But it is not radical at all. It has been only twenty-five years since television came to control American free time. Those of us thirty-five and older can remember childhoods without television, spent partly with radio -- which at least involved the listener's imagination -- but also with reading, learning, talking, playing games, inventing new activities. It wasn't that difficult. Honest. The truth is we had a ball.Unit 5 I never write rightWhen I was 15, I announced to my English class that I was going to write and illustrate my own books. Half the students sneered; the rest nearly fell out of their chairs laughing."Don't be silly. Only geniuses can become writers," the English teacher saidsmugly. "And you are getting a D this semester."I was so humiliated I burst into tears. That night I wrote a short, sad poem about broken dreams and mailed it to the Capper's Weekly newspaper. To my astonishment they published it, and sent me two dollars. I was a published and paid writer! I showed my teacher and fellow students. They laughed."Just plain dumb luck," the teacher said.I'd tasted success. I'd sold the first thing I'd ever written. That was more than any of them had done, and if it was "just dumb luck," that was fine with me.During the next two years I sold dozens of poems, letters, jokes and recipes. By the time I graduated from high school (with a C-minus average), I had scrapbooks filled with my published work. I never mentioned my writing to my teachers, friends or my family again. They were dream killers, and if people must choose between their friends and their dreams, they must always choose their dreams.But sometimes you do find a friend who supports your dreams. "It's easy to write a book," that new friend told me. "You can do it.""I don't know if I'm smart enough," I said, suddenly feeling 15 again and hearing echoes of laughter."Nonsense!" she said. "Anyone can write a book if they want to."I had four children at the time, and the oldest was only four. We lived on a goat farm in Oklahoma, miles from anyone. All I had to do each day was take care of four kids, milk goats, and do the cooking, laundry and gardening. No problem.While the children napped, I typed on my ancient typewriter. I wrote what I felt. It took nine months, just like a baby.I chose a publisher at random and put the manuscript in an empty Pampers diapers package, the only box I could find (I'd never heard of manuscript boxes). The letter Ienclosed read: "I wrote this book myself, I hope you like it. I also drew the illustrations. Chapters 6 and 12 are my favorites. Thank you."I tied a string around the diaper box and mailed it without a self-addressed stamped envelope, and without making a copy of the manuscript. A month later I received a contract, an advance on royalties and a request to start working on another book.Crying Wind became a bestseller, was translated into 15 languages and Braille, and sold worldwide. I appeared on TV talk shows during the day and changed diapers at night. I traveled from New York to California and Canada on promotional tours. My first book also became required reading in Native American schools in Canada.It took six months to write my next book. I mailed it in an empty Uncle Wiggley game box (I still hadn't heard of manuscript boxes). My Searching Heart also became a bestseller. I wrote my next novel, When I Give My Heart, in only three weeks.The worst year I ever had as a writer, I earned two dollars (I was 15, remember?). In my best year, I earned $36,000. Most years I earn between $5,000 and $10,000. No, it isn't enough to live on, but it's still more than I'd make working part-time, and it's $5,000 to $10,000 more than I'd make if I didn't write at all.People ask what college I attended, what degrees I have, and what qualifications I have to be a writer. The answer is none. I just write. I'm not a genius, I'm not gifted and I don't write right. I'm lazy, undisciplined, and spend more time with my children and friends than I do writing.I didn't own a thesaurus until four years ago and I use a small Webster's dictionary that I bought at Kmart for 89 cents. I use an electric typewriter that I paid $129 for six years ago. I've never used a word processor. I do all the cooking, cleaning andlaundry for a family of six and fit my writing in a few minutes here and there. I write everything in longhand on yellow tablets while sitting on the sofa with my four kids, eating pizza and watching TV. When the book is finished, I type it and mail it to the publisher.I've written eight books. Four have been published, and three are still out with the publishers. One stinks.To all those who dream of writing, I'm shouting at you, "Yes, you can! Yes, you can! Don't listen to them!" I don't write right, but I've beaten the odds. Writing is easy, it's fun, and anyone can do it. Of course, a little dumb luck doesn't hurt.Unit 6 Sam Adams, Industrial EngineerIf you ask my mother how I happened to become an industrial engineer, she'll tell you that I have always been one.She means that I have always wanted everything to be well organized and neat. When I was still in elementary school, I liked to keep my socks in the upper left-hand drawer of my bureau, my underwear in the upper right drawer, shirts in the middle drawer, and pants, neatly folded, in the bottom drawer.In fact, I was the efficiency expert for the whole family. I used to organize my father's tools, my mother's kitchen utensils, my sister's boyfriends.I needed to be efficient. I wanted to be well organized. For me, there was a place for everything and everything was always in its place. These qualities gave me a good foundation for a career in industrial engineering.Unfortunately, I was also a bit bossy and I wasn't a very good listener. You'll see what I mean when I tell you about the first project I ever did after I finished my bachelor's degree at the university.After graduation I returned home to my small town in Indiana. I didn't have a job yet. Mr. Hobbs, a friend of my father's, owned a small shirt factory in town. Withinthe past five years it had grown from twenty to eighty workers. Mr. Hobbs was worried that his plant was getting too big and inefficient, so he asked me to come in on a short-term basis as a consultant.I went to the plant and spent about a week looking around and making notes. I was really amazed at what I saw.Most curious of all, there was no quality control whatsoever. No one inspected the final product of the factory. As a result some of the shirts that were put in boxes for shipment were missing one or two buttons, the collar, even a sleeve sometimes!The working conditions were poor. The tables where the workers sat were very high and uncomfortable. Except for a half hour at lunchtime, there were no breaks in the day to relieve the boring work. There was no music. The walls of the workrooms were a dull gray color. I was amazed that the workers hadn't gone on strike.Furthermore, the work flow was irregular. There was one especially absent-minded young man in the assembly line who sewed on buttons. After a while I recognized him as "Big Jim," who used to sit behind me in math class in high school. He was very slow and all the shifts were held up at his position. Workers beyond him in line on his shift had to wait with nothing to do; therefore, a great deal of time and efficiency were lost as Big Jim daydreamed while he worked. All week I wondered why he wasn't fired.After I made observations for a week, Mr. Hobbs asked me for an oral report of my findings. I covered my major points by telling him the following: "If you have a quality control inspection, you will greatly improve your finished product.""If the assembly line is redesigned, a smooth work flow can be achieved and time and energy can be saved.""If you decrease the height of the worktables, the machine operators will work more comfortably.""If the management provides pleasant background music and beautifies the dull setting, the factory will be much more productive.""If the workers have a fifteen-minute coffee break in the morning and afternoon,they will be more efficient.""If excellent work results in frequent pay increases or promotions, the workers will have greater incentive to produce."Mr. Hobbs thanked me for this report and told me he would talk over my suggestions with his brother, the co-owner and manager of the factory. "We're interested in progress here," he said. "We want to keep up with the times."He also gave me a check for $ 100 and a box of shirts with his compliments.Unit 7 The SamplerIn a certain store where they sell puddings, a number of these delicious things are laid out in a row during the Christmas season. Here you may select the one which is most to your taste, and you are even allowed to sample them before coming to a decision.I have often wondered whether some people, who had no intention of making a purchase, would take advantage of this privilege. One day I asked this question of the shop girl, and I learned it was indeed the case."Now there's one old gentleman, for instance," she told me, "he comes here almost every week and samples each one of the puddings, though he never buys anything, and I suspect he never will. I remember him from last year before that, too. Well, let him come if he wants it, and welcome to it. And what's more, I hope there are a lot more stores where he can go and get his share. He looks as if he needed it all right, and I suppose they can afford it."She was still speaking when an elderly gentleman limped up to the counter and began looking closely at the row of puddings with great interest."Why, that's the very gentleman I've been telling you about," whispered the shop girl." Just watch him now." And then turning to him:" Would you like to sample them, sir? Here's spoon for you to use."The elderly gentleman, who was poorly but neatly dressed, accepted the spoon and began eagerly to sample one after another of the puddings, only braking off occasionally to wipe his red eyes with a large torn handkerchief."This is quite good.""This is not bad either, but a little too heavy."All the time it was quite evident that he sincerely believed that he might eventually buy one of these puddings, and I am positive that he did not for a moment feel that he was in any way cheating the store. Poor old chap! Probably he had come down in the world and this sampling was all that was left him from the time when he could afford to come and select his favorite pudding.Amidst the crowd of happy, prosperous looking Christmas shoppers, the little black figure of the old man seemed pitiful and out of place, and in a burst of benevolence, I went up to him and said:"Pardon me, sir, will you do me a favor? Let me purchase you one of these puddings. It would give me such pleasure."He jumped back as if he had been stung, and the blood rushed into his wrinkled face."Excuse me," he said, with more dignity than I would have thought possible considering his appearance, "I do not believe I have the pleasure of knowing you. Undoubtedly you have mistaken me for someone else." And with a quick decision he turned to the shop girl and said in a loud voice, "Kindly pack me up this one here. Iwill take it with me." He pointed at one of the largest and most expensive of the puddings.The girl took down the pudding from its stand and started to make a parcel of it, while he pulled out a worn little black pocketbook and began counting out shillings and pennies on to the counter. To save his "honour" he had been forced into a purchase which he could not possibly afford. How I longed for the power to unsay my tactless words! It was too late though, and I felt that the kindest thing I could do now would be walk away."You pay at the desk," the shop girl was telling him, but he did not seem to understand and kept trying to put the coins into her hand. And that was the last I saw or the old man. Now he can never go there to sample pudding any more.Unit 8 A Magician at Stretching a Dollar1.That December, with Christmas approaching, she was out at workand Doris was in the kitchen when I let myself into her bedroom one afternoon in search of a safety pin. Since her bedroom opened onto a community hallway, she kept the door locked, but needing the pin, I took the key from its hiking place, unlocked the door and stepped in.Standing against the wall was a big, black bicycle with balloon tires. I recognized it instantly. It was the same second-hand bike I'd beenadmiring in a Baltimore Street shop window. I'd even asked about the price. It was a shock. Something like $15. Somehow my mother had scraped together enough for a down payment and meant to surprise me with the bicycle on Christmas morning.2.I was deeply moved by the discovery and yet sickened by theknowledge that, bursting into her room like this, I had robbed her of the pleasure of seeing me astonished and delighted on Christmas day. I hadn't wanted to know her lovely secret; still coming upon it like this made me feel as though I'd struck a blow against her happiness. Ibacked out, put the key back in its hiding place, and thought over whatto do.3.I decided that between now and Christmas I must do nothing,absolutely nothing, to reveal the slightest hint of my terribleknowledge. I must avoid the least word that night reveal mypossession of her secret. Nothing must deny her the happiness ofseeing me completely amazed on Christmas day.4.In the privacy of my bedroom I began composing and testingexclamations of delight: “Wow!” “A bike with ballo on tires! I don't believe it!” “I'm the luckiest boy alive!” And so on. They all owed a lot to movies in which boys like Mickey Rooney had seen their wildest dreams come true. I soon realized that, with my lack of acting talent, all of them were going to sound false at the critical moment when I wanted to cry out my love spontaneously from the heart. Maybe it would be better to say nothing but appear to be shocked into such deep pleasure that speech had escaped me/ I wasn't sure, though. I'd seen speechless gratitude in the movies too, and it never really worked until the actors managed to cry a few quiet tears. I doubted I could cry on cue, so I began thinking about other expressions of speechlessamazement. In front of a hand-held mirror in my bedroom I tried the whole range of expressions; mouth open and eyes wide; hands slapped firmly against both cheeks to keep the jaw from falling off; ear-to-ear grin with all teeth fully exposed while hugging myself with both arms.These and more I practiced for several days without acquiringconfidence in any of them. I decided to wait until Christmas morning and see if anything came naturally...5.That Christmas morning she woke up early, “to see what SantaClaus brought,” she said with just the right tone of voice to indicate we were all old enough to know who Santa Claus was. I came out of my bedroom with my present for her and Doris, and Doris came with hers. My mother's has been placed under the tree during the night.There were a few small brightly wrapped packages, a big doll forDoris, but no bicycle. I must have looked disappointed.6.“It looks like Santa Claus didn't do too well by you this year,Buddy,” she said, as I opened packages. A shirt. A necktie. I said。
大学英语精读第三版第一册【课文翻译】
大学英语精读第三版第一册【课文翻译】Unit1课程开始之际，就如何使学习英语的任务更容易提出一些建议似乎正当其时。
Some Strategies or Learning English学习英语绝非易事。
它需要刻苦和长期努力。
虽然不经过持续的刻苦努力便不能期望精通英语，然而还是有各种有用的学习策略可以用来使这一任务变得容易一些。
以下便是其中的几种。
1. 不要以完全同样的方式对待所有的生词。
你可曾因为简直无法记住所学的所有生词而抱怨自己的记忆力太差？其实，责任并不在你的记忆力。
如果你一下子把太多的生词塞进头脑，必定有一些生词会被挤出来。
你需要做的是根据生词日常使用的频率以不同的方式对待它们。
积极词汇需要经常练习，有用的词汇必须牢记，而在日常情况下不常出现的词只需见到时认识即可。
你会发现把注意力集中于积极有用的词上是扩大词汇量最有效的途径。
2．密切注意地道的表达方式。
你可曾纳闷过，为什么我们说 "我对英语感兴趣"是"I'm interested in English"，而说"我精于法语"则是"I'm good at French"？你可曾问过自己，为什么以英语为母语的人说"获悉消息或秘密"是"learn the news or secret"，而"获悉某人的成功或到来"却是"learn of someone's success or arrival"？这些都是惯用法的例子。
在学习英语时，你不仅必须注意词义，还必须注意以英语为母语的人在日常生活中如何使用它。
3．每天听英语。
经常听英语不仅会提高你的听力，而且有助你培养说的技能。
除了专为课程准备的语言磁带外，你还可以听英语广播，看英语电视和英语电影。
第一次听录好音的英语对话或语段，你也许不能听懂很多。
大学英语精读第三册 Unit 1 A_Brush_with_the_Law
17. 遵纪守法
18. 犯法
19. 驳回上诉 reject an appeal 20. 免予起诉 release from charge 21. 释放某人 set sb. free / release sb. from prison
I. 1)accent 3).a couple of 5).fate 7).witness 9).stands a chance
Before Reading
Solicitor: a lawyer who gives advice,
appears in lower courts, and prepares cases for a barrister to argue in a higher court
Background information
Part Two: (paragraph 2-20)
The narrator was arbitrarily arrested and released
Part Three: (paragraph 21-22)
The narrator believes that if he had come from a different background, he would have been found guilty.
Background information
Middle Class
Before Reading
1) In Britain: It refers to the class of people between the nobility and the working class. It includes professional men (such as doctors, lawyers and architects), bankers, owners of business and small gentry. 2) In the United States: It refers to the class of people between the very wealthy class and the class of unskilled laborers and unemployed people. It includes businessmen, professional people, office workers, and many skilled workers.
大学英语精读第3册 第1课 课文及课后答案
大学英语精读第3册第1课课文及课后答案UNIT 11.课文翻译一位青年男子发现,漫无目的的逛街也会惹官司。
误会一场接一场，直到最终他必须出庭受审……法律小纠葛我平时就一次陷入法律困境。
当时被捕并被传上法院的全过程是件相当不愉快的经历，但现在可用此编个好故事。
让人非常烦恼的是我被抓和接着在法庭的命运中那些主观武断的情景。
此事大约发生在十二年前的二月份。
那里我已中学毕业了几个月，并要等到该年十月份才能上大学。
那段时间，我仍住在家中。
一天早晨，我去了里士满，那是离我的地址不远的伦敦郊区。
我正在找一份临时工作以便攒点钱去旅行。
由于天气晴朗，且无急事，我便悠闲自得地看看商店橱窗，逛逛公园，甚至有时只是呆站着到处观望。
很可能是这种明显的无所事事的样子导致了我的不幸。
事情发生的时间是大约十一点半。
我正从地方图书馆走出来，本想在那里找一份工作而一无所获。
此时看到一位男士从街对面走来，显然打算和我讲话。
我猜想他是向我问时间。
然而，他说他是警官并要逮捕我。
起初，我想这是在开玩笑，但接着又来了一位警察，并穿着警服。
我便深信不疑了。
“但为什么呢？”我问。
“到处遛达，有作案嫌疑。
”他说。
“作什么案？”我问。
“偷窃，”他说。
“偷什么？”我问。
“牛奶瓶，”他说，还做出非常严肃的样子！“噢，”我说。
事情的缘由是那一带有许多小窃贼，特别是有从门前台阶上盗奶瓶的小偷。
接着，我犯了一个大错误。
那时我正十九岁，头发长而蓬乱，并把自己当作六十年代“逆文化年轻人”的一员。
因此，我装着一副冷漠的毫不在乎的样子。
所以我说“你们跟踪我多久啦？”说话的腔调尽量装出无所谓有样子，就象随便谈话一样。
于是在他们看来我是十分熟悉此类事情，这使他们更加坚信我彻头彻尾是个名声不好的人。
几分钟后，一辆警车来了。
“坐到后排去，”他们说：“把手放在前排椅背上，不要挪动。
”他俩坐在我的两边。
这倒不是开玩笑的。
在警察局他们审问了我几个小时。
我继续尽力做出深谙世故并对此事习以为常的样子。
大学英语精读第三册 第三版 unit oneppt课件
Before Reading
Global Reading Detailed Reading
After Reading
Kick down the barricades Listen what the kids say From time to time people change their minds But the music is here to stay I’ve seen it all from the bottom to the top Everywhere I go the kids wanna rock
We wrote most of “Kids Wanna Rock” the next day. We based the song on another idea we’d been developing. Just as Paul McCartney used “Scrambled Eggs” as a temporary title for “Yesterday”, Bryan and I had a temporary lyric before we settled on “Kids Wanna Rock”. Instead of “Around the world or around the block, everywhere I go the kids wanna rock”, we had “What’s Sir Lew Grade got against me, I can’t get my songs on the BBC” ... an accurate reflection of Bryan’s inability at the time to get airplay on UK radio.
大学英语精读第三版(上海外语教育出版社董亚芬主编)第
大学英语精读第三版(上海外语教育出版社董亚芬主编)第一册 Book1 Unit1~Unit10 翻译答案【Unit1 翻译】1) 史密斯太太对我抱怨说，她经常发现与自己十六岁的女儿简直无法沟通。
Mrs. Smith complained to me that she often found it simply impossible to communicate with her 16-year-old daughter.2) 我坚信，阅读简写的 (simplified) 英文小说是扩大我们词汇量的一种轻松愉快的方法。
I firmly believe that reading simplified English novels is an easy and enjoyable way of enlarging our vocabulary.3) 我认为我们在保护环境不受污染 (pollution) 方面还做得不够。
I don’t think we’re doing enough to protect our environment from pollution.4) 除了每周写作文外，我们的英语老师还给我们布置了八本书在暑假里阅读。
In addition to/Apart from writing compositions on a weekly basis, our English teacher assigned us eight books to read during the summer vacation.5) 我们从可靠的消息来源获悉下学期一位以英语为母语的人将要教我们英语口语。
We’ve learned from reliable sources that a native English speaker is going to teach us spoken English next term/semester.6) 经常看英语电影不仅会提高你的听力，而且还会帮助你培养说的技能。
大学英语精读第三册翻译
大学英语精读第三册翻译Unit 1 A Brush with the Law一个青年发现，在大街上毫无明显目的地游逛会招致警方的责罚。
误会一个接一个发生，最终他只得出庭受审……与警察的一场小冲突我平生只有一次跟警方发生纠葛。
被捕和出庭的整个过程在当时是一件非常不愉快的事，但现在倒成了一篇很好的故事。
这次经历令人可恼之处在于围绕着我的被捕以及随后庭上审讯而出现的种种武断专横的情况。
事情发生在大约12年前，其时正是2月。
几个月前我中学毕业了，但上大学要等到10月。
当时我还在家中居住。
一天早晨，我来到里士满。
这里是伦敦的一个郊区，离我住的地方不远。
我在寻找一份临时工作，以便积些钱去旅游。
由于天气晴朗，当时又无急事，我便慢悠悠看看橱窗，逛逛公园。
有时干脆停下脚步，四处张望。
现在看来，一定是这种明显的毫无目的的游逛，使我倒了霉。
事情发生在11点半钟光景。
我在当地图书馆谋职未成，刚刚走出来，便看到一个人穿越马路，显然是要来跟我说话。
我以为他要问我时间，不料他说他是警官，要逮捕我。
起先我还以为这是在开玩笑，但又一个警察出现在我的面前，这次是位身着警服的，这一下使我确信无疑了。
“为什么要抓我?”我问道。
“到处游荡，企图作案，”他说。
“作什么案?”我又问。
“偷窃，”他说。
“偷什么?”我追问。
“牛奶瓶，”他板着面孔说道。
“噢，”我说。
事情原来是这样的，在这一地区屡次发生小的扒窃案，特别是从门前台阶上偷走牛奶瓶。
接着，我犯了一个大错误。
其时我年方19，留一头蓬乱的长发，自认为是60年代“青年反主流文化”的一员。
所以我想装出一副冷漠的、对这一事件满不在乎的样子。
于是我尽量用一种漫不经心的极其随便的腔调说，“你们跟踪我多久啦?”这样一来，在他们眼里，我就像是非常熟悉这一套的了，也使他们更加确信我是一个地地道道的坏蛋。
几分钟后，开来了一辆警车。
“坐到后面去，”他们说。
“把手放到前排座位的靠背上，不准挪动。
”他们分别坐在我的两边。
大学英语精读第三册lesson1_warm-up
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Text Warm-up Questions
• 4) According to Jeffery’s observation, there are four distinct aspects to psychological separation from one’s parents. • 5) The most stressful matter for young college students is to learn how to give and receive affection in the adult world. • 6) Since birth, one or more parents have been modeling for their children and teaching them certain beliefs, values and morals.
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I.
Text Warm-up Questions
• 7) After graduation, the young girl from the background that was extremely prejudiced against people from other races still convinced that her race was superior. • 8) During the college life, young students are becoming aware not only of other groups in their own culture but also of people of other cultures. • 9) College is designed to be a time of personal growth and expansion, but it has nothing to do with any threats.
现代大学英语精读3lesson1 your college_years
Lesson 1 – Your College Years
Myths and Facts Regarding College Experience
College years are times of significant transition and challenge for an individual. Transition simply means change. Higher levels of anxiety are always experienced by people who are in a state of transition regardless of whether the change is perceived as good or bad. The following are some of the myths vs. the facts regarding college experience.
It’s the season of growth.
III. On Seasons in College
Summer is the season for flowers to bloom, and it’s the season for you to enjoy the greatest passion in nature — love, love from your classmates, from your teachers and from your romance.
Warm-up Contents
I. Warm-up Questions II. Myths and Facts Regarding
College Experience III.On Seasons in College
大学英语精读(第三版)Unit-1-5讲稿
大学英语精读(第三版)Unit-1-5讲稿College EnglishIntensive ReadingBook OneUnit OneT eaching PlanI.Objectives and Requirements：1、Reading and Writing Course教学目标：1.T o understand the true meaning of“language learning strategy”and talk about it;2.T o read the text and try to evaluate andpractice the strategies introduced in the text;3.T o write a paragraph stating how you planto develop your listening comprehesion and pay attention to the use of connectives;4.T o learn some reading techniques and skills:how to read a text and predict the writer’s ideas.;5.T o master the key phrases and some sentencepatterns.教学要求：1．要求学生掌握本单元的中心思想和文章结构，学会在写作中恰当使用关联词。
2．掌握新单词、句型的使用方法；加强相关听说训练。
3.掌握阅读技巧：寻找关键词和句。
教学建议：1．在教学过程中启发学生开展关于“学习策略”的探讨，帮助学生树立和培养自主学习、自我探究的学习方式，掌握必要的学习策略，激发学习潜能。
2．提供最新的资料背景知识，如视频，新闻报道等。
2、Listening and Speaking CourseUnit1:learn to listen for Names,introduceyourself or others in a conversation,understand and talk about college life.3、C omprehensive Exercises BookUnit1:The students finish the exercises in their spare time.II.T eaching arrangement&Time Allotment1）Reading and Writing Course6periods2）Listening and Speaking Course2periods(every two weeks)III.T eaching MethodsCommunicative ApproachLearner-centered T eachingT ask-based LearningT ranslation MethodMultimedia ApproachIV.Presentation ProceduresLecture notesText:Some Strategies for Learning EnglishPart I.Background Information:1.T oday’s English:Worldwide over1.4billion people live in countries where English has offical status.One out of five of the world’s population speaks some English.And at present one in five is learning English.With economic globalization and China’s opening up to the world,it has become increasingly important for the younger generation to master English.In a sense,English is not teachable,but learnable.nguage learning strategies:They are used by learners to complete speaking, reading,vocabulary,listening or writing activities presented in language lessons. Recognizing that there is a task to complete or a problem to solve,language learners will use whatever strategies they possess to attend to the language-learning activity.Possible language learning strategies include:using practice opportunities,self-evaluation,selective attention,time management, reviewing notes taken in class and checking one’s understanding,constantly seeking answers to questions instead of passively receiving information,ect.3.Input-output balance theory in language learning:Input in language learning refers to information read,seen or heard by the learner,while output refers to what the learner produces in writing or speaking.The input-output balance theory in language learning believes that one can learn a language well through maintaining a balance between input and output.Part II.Warm-up Activities:Step1.Ss Introduce themselves and talk about new college life.Step2.T opic-centered Discussion(Group work)1.Do you enjoy learning English?Why or why not?2.What do you think is the most effective way of learning English?3.What is the greatest difficulty you have in your learning of English? Step3.T makes a brief introduction to English learning and learning strategies.Part III.T ext Analysis:Main Ideas:(Summary Writing)English as an international language is of vital importance for everybody to learn.Learning English is(绝非易事)by no means easy.Besides(持续的刻苦努力) sustained hard work,we need employ some learning strategies to(促进我们的学习) facilitate our learning.(我们应当以不同的方式对待生词)we should deal with new words in different ways.Active words demand constant practice while passive words only need to be recognized.As we try to understand the meaning of a word,we are also reminded of(它们的习惯用法)their idiomatic usage.Listening,speaking,reading and writing are the four basic skills that(我们不断努力试图获得的)we are constantly trying to acquire.In order to improve the four skills,we are suggested to listen to English every day,(抓住一切机会说英语)seize every opportunity to speak,read widely(难度适中的材料)materials at a proper level of difficulty and write regularly.Listening and reading(为我们提供语言输入) provide us with language input and we are expected to(实际运用我们所学的东西)put what we have learned into practice through speaking and writing. Structure:A strategy refers to a set of carefully planned methods for achieving something that is difficult and may take a long time.In introducing some strategies,the author adopts the structure of Problem—Strategy within a paragraph to show us the problems in English learning and then proposes strategies to solve the problems.Please scan the text for some examples of the Problem—Strategy structure.Problems Strategies1.It is impossible to memorize 1.Deal with ative vocabulary and passiveall the new words you are learning.vocabulary differently.2.You don’t know the idiomatic 2.Watch out for not only the meaning of ausage of some words.word but also the way it is used indailylife.3.You may not be able to catch a 3.Listen to it over and over again.lot after listening to a passagefor the first time.4.There are few situations for you 4.Seize every opportunity to speak Englishto practice speaking English at school.with or without a partner.Part IV.Learning points:1).Find out the active expressions:1.by no means not at all2.at fault responsible for something bad that has happened3.watch out for look out for;be on(one's)against4.seek out look for;try to find someone or something,especiallywhen this is difficult5.put…into practice carry out or performT ranslate the following into English:1.我对目前的表现一点也不满意。
大学英语精读第三册reading-aloud-and-memorizing课文翻译
第一单元与法律的小摩擦这样，我的履历上没有留下犯罪的记录。
但当时最令人震惊的，是那些显然导致宣布我无罪的证据。
我讲话的口音“表明我受过良好教养” ，到庭的有体面的中产阶级的双亲，有可靠的证人，还有，我显然请得起一名很好的律师。
从对我指控的这种捕风捉影的做法来看，我肯定，如果我出身在另一种背景的家庭里，并且真的是失了业的话，我完全可能被判有罪。
当我的律师要求赔偿诉讼费时，他公然把辩护的证据建立在我“学业优异”这一事实上。
第二单元获益匪浅的问题毫无疑问，这里正发生着什么事儿。
这事儿比争抢食物还乱，比西红柿是水果还是蔬菜还要重要。
哥白尼把太阳视为宇宙中心，重新调整了地心说这一长达数世纪的范式，我的孩子们正做着哥白尼当年所做的事。
鲁宾•马修斯把他的布朗克斯冰激凌改名为哈根达斯，在不变换产品的情况下提高了价格，我的孩子们正在做着鲁宾•马修斯所做过的事。
爱德华•詹纳放弃了寻找治疗天花的特效药，从而发现了能预防这一疾病的疫苗，我的孩子们正做着爱德华•詹纳所做过的事。
他不去研究得了天花的患者，而是去研究接触天花却从未染上此病的人。
他发现他们都患了一种类似天花但比较轻微的疾病：牛痘；这使得他们对致命的天花得以免疫。
第三单元我为什么当教师还要提一提清洁女工杰基。
她凭直觉了解的事情比我们多数人通过分析弄清的东西还要多。
杰基已经决定读完中学，然后还要上太学。
这些在我眼前成长、变化的人，便是我要当教师的真正原因。
当一名教师意味着是创造的见证人，他目睹人体开始呼吸，开始了生命“提升了”，不再教书了，也许会给我带来金钱和权力。
可是我现在也有钱c 我拿了薪金去做自己乐意做的事：读书、交谈、提问，比如问：“做个富翁有什么意思呢？”我现在还有权呢。
我有权启迪，有权激发才智9 有权开出书目，有权指矽支迷津。
还有其他什么权力更值得考虑呢？但教书还会带来金钱和权力以外的东西：那便是爱。
不仅是爱学习、爱书本、爱思想，而且还有老师对出类拔萃的学生的爱。
现代大学英语精读3 Unit 1 课文 翻译及课文知识重点
精心整理Book3Unit11.Itoccurstosbthat使某人突然意识到ItstrikestosbthatItoccursonsbthatItoccurstosbtodosth2.dawnon破晓；（逐渐被人）明白3.identitycrisis认同危机4.gothrough经历5.chanceevent偶然事件6.inturn轮流；反过来7.beindependentfrom独立于8.bedependenton依赖于9.separationfrom分开10.fearloss患得患失11.definesthas把……定义为12.befreedomfrom免于……不受……约束13.standback往后站；处在离……较远的地方；不介入14.feellowerorhigher情绪低落15.nothing……than……否定+比较级=最高级16.bounceinto 突然闯进；蹦进；胁迫sb做17.havearomanticrelationshipwith爱上sb18.dragone’sfeet无精打采的走19.relateto有良好关系etorealize逐渐意识到21.modelfor=makeanexampleforsb为sb做榜样22.rebelagainst反抗23.beprejudicedagainst对……有偏见24.beequalto相同；等同25.inadditionto除了26.appointtoposition任命；委派27.inadifferentlight=inadifferentway以另一种不同的观点来看28.forcertain确定地，肯定地29.contributeto促成30.observev.观察observationn.观察力observantn.善于观察的31.handlev.触摸；控制；处理32.applyv.申请；应用；适用于；敷，涂33.involvev.需要，包括，影响，involvesborsth牵涉；包含involvedoingsth包含involvesbinsth把sb卷入sthbeinvolvedinsth被卷入involveda.复杂的involvementn.牵扯；财政困难34.borderissuen.边境问题35.settledispute解决争端36.transportgasfromsth传输气体37.seetoit处理；照顾38.criticalcondition危险期39.leaveitaside搁置；不考虑leavesb/sthbehind未能/忘记带…leaveoff停止leavesth.off不再穿某物leaveitout忽略；不提及leavesthover推迟某事40.lookat=lookinto调查lookup仰视；改善looksthup查阅（字典，参考书中）looksbup看望或接触sb lookahead计划未来lookdownupon瞧不起lookupon…as把……视为41.setto开始精力充沛的做sth setaboutdoing开始做sthsetouttodo开始做sthsetoutsth陈述sth42.sentout派遣43.becontentwith知足的44.befreefrom摆脱45.interactwith与……相互作用Translation1.她打算申请那个学术工作。
大学英语精读3翻译
大学英语精读（第三版）Unit 1Text A Brush with the LawTurn the following sentences into English, using as many of the words and phrases you have learned from the text as possible.1. 发言人（spokesman）明确表示总统在任何情况下都不会取消（cancel）这次旅行。
2. 杰克对书架上那些书一本也不了解，所以他的选择是很随意的。
3. 随后发生的那些事件再次证明了我的猜疑（suspicions）是对的。
4. 我认为我们应该鼓励中学生在暑假找临时工作。
5. 令我们吃惊的是，这位常被赞为十分正直的州长（governor）竟然是个贪官（corrupt official）。
6. 少数工人得到提升（be promoted），与此同时却有数百名工人被解雇。
7. 如果有机会，约翰也许已成为一位杰出的画家了。
(given) 8. 数小时后，有人看见那个男孩在林子里瞎转。
KEYS1.The spokesman made it clear that the President would not cancel the trip under any circumstances.2.Jack didn't know anything about any of the books on the bookshelf, so his choice was quite arbitrary.3.The subsequent events confirmed my suspicions once again.4.I think we should encourage high school students to find temporary jobs / employment during their summer holidays.5.To our surprise, the governor who had often been praised for his honesty turned out to be a corrupt official.6.A few workers were promoted, but meanwhile hundreds of workers were dismissed.7.Given the chance, John might have become an outstanding painter.8.Several hours later, the boy was found wandering around in the woods.Unit 2TextFruitful QuestionsTurn the following passage into English, using as many of the words and phrases you have learned from the text as possible.迅速方便地获得信息是很重要，但学会以新的方式看信息甚至更为重要。
外教社大学英语精读第三册unit1原文+翻译+课后翻译
Unit 1一、课文A young man finds that strolling along the streets without an obvious purpose can lead to trouble with the law. One misunderstanding leads to another until eventually he ends up in court ...一个青年发现，在大街上毫无明显目的地游逛会招致警方的责罚。
误会一个接一个发生，最终他只得出庭受审……A Brush with the LawI have only once been in trouble with the law. The whole process of being arrested and taken to court was a rather unpleasant experience at the time, but it makes a good story now. What makes it rather disturbing was the arbitrary circumstances both of my arrest and my subsequent fate in court.与警察的一场小冲突我平生只有一次跟警方发生纠葛。
被捕和出庭的整个过程在当时是一件非常不愉快的事，但现在倒成了一篇很好的故事。
这次经历令人可恼之处在于围绕着我的被捕以及随后庭上审讯而出现的种种武断专横的情况。
It happened in February about twelve years ago. I had left school a couple of months before that and was not due to go to university until the following October. I was still living at home at the time.事情发生在大约12年前，其时正是2月。
现代大学英语精读3Unit1学习资料
During this time, students are going through an identity crisis and are endeavoring to find out who they are and what their strengths and weaknesses are.
It refers to the difficulties, confusions and anxieties that you go through during adolescence when you are not sure who you really are and what your purpose in life is.
First, there is functional independence, which involves the capability of individuals to take care of practical and personal affairs, such as handling finances, choosing their own wardrobes, and determining their daily agenda.
pursue a college education.
independence /dependence struggle
become stronger or intensified
If they choose to continue their education, they will face an even more serious struggle between the desire to be independent and the need to depend on the financial support of their parents.
大学英语精读3课文翻译全
Unit 1 A Brush with the Law一个青年发现，在大街上毫无明显目的地游逛会招致警方的责罚。
误会一个接一个发生，最终他只得出庭受审……与警察的一场小冲突我平生只有一次跟警方发生纠葛。
被捕和出庭的整个过程在当时是一件非常不愉快的事，但现在倒成了一篇很好的故事。
这次经历令人可恼之处在于围绕着我的被捕以及随后庭上审讯而出现的种种武断专横的情况。
事情发生在大约12年前，其时正是2月。
几个月前我中学毕业了，但上大学要等到10月。
当时我还在家中居住。
一天早晨，我来到里士满。
这里是伦敦的一个郊区，离我住的地方不远。
我在寻找一份临时工作，以便积些钱去旅游。
由于天气晴朗，当时又无急事，我便慢悠悠看看橱窗，逛逛公园。
有时干脆停下脚步，四处张望。
现在看来，一定是这种明显的毫无目的的游逛，使我倒了霉。
事情发生在11点半钟光景。
我在当地图书馆谋职未成，刚刚走出来，便看到一个人穿越马路，显然是要来跟我说话。
我以为他要问我时间，不料他说他是警官，要逮捕我。
起先我还以为这是在开玩笑，但又一个警察出现在我的面前，这次是位身着警服的，这一下使我确信无疑了。
“为什么要抓我?”我问道。
“到处游荡，企图作案，”他说。
“作什么案?”我又问。
“偷窃，”他说。
“偷什么?”我追问。
“牛奶瓶，”他板着面孔说道。
“噢，”我说。
事情原来是这样的，在这一地区多次发生小的扒窃案，特别是从门前台阶上偷走牛奶瓶。
接着，我犯了一个大错误。
其时我年方19，留一头蓬乱的长发，自认为是60年代“青年反主流文化”的一员。
所以我想装出一副冷漠的、对这一事件满不在乎的样子。
于是我尽量用一种漫不经心的极其随便的腔调说，“你们跟踪我多久啦?”这样一来，在他们眼里，我就像是非常熟悉这一套的了，也使他们更加确信我是一个地地道道的坏蛋。
几分钟后，开来了一辆警车。
“坐到后面去，”他们说。
“把手放到前排座位的靠背上，不准挪动。
”他们分别坐在我的两边。
这可再也不是闹着玩的了。
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According to Jeffery A. Hoffman’s observation, there are four distinct aspects to psychological separation from one’s parents. What are they? How do you understand them?
College academic life is a challenge. All students should be aware of how they react to new knowledge and new ways of learning, how they process the knowledge presented to them, and how they organize this knowledge.
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For reference: “it” refers to the independence/dependence struggle. Into the later adolescence stage, young adults tend to become less dependent on, even independent from their parents. For those who choose to enter the work world, they may become financially independent from their parents, while for others entering into college, the struggle seems stronger for they still need their parents’ support, say for money.
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and it confirmed them in their belief that I was a thoroughly disreputable character.
也使他们更加确信我是一个地地道道的坏蛋。
A few minutes later a police car arrived.
特别是从门前台阶上偷牛奶瓶。
Then I made my big mistake.
接着，我犯了一个大错误。
At the time I was nineteen.
其时我年方19，
Had long untidy hair,
留一头蓬乱的长发，
and regarded myself as part of the sixties' 'youth counterculture'.
便看到一个人穿越马路，显然是要来跟我说话。
I thought he was going to ask me the time.
我以为他要问我时间，
Instead, he said he was a police officer and he was arresting me.
不料他说他是警官，要逮捕我。
但现在倒成了一篇很好的故事。这次经历令人可恼之处在于围绕着我的被捕以及随后庭上审讯而出现的种种武断专横的情况。
It happened in February about twelve years ago.
事情发生大约在12年前，其时正是2月。
I had left school a couple of months before that and was not due to go to university until the following October.
I was looking for a temporary job so that I could save up some money to go travelling.
我在寻找一份临时工作， 以便积些钱去旅游。
As it was a fine day and I was in no hurry,
At first I thought it was some kind of joke.
起先我还以为这是在开玩笑，
But then another policeman appeared, this time in uniform,
但又一个警察出现在我的面前，这次是位身着警服的，
and I was left in no doubt.
这一下使我确信无疑了。
'But what for?' I asked.
“为什么抓我？”我问道。
'Wandering with intent to commit an arrestable offence,' he said.
“到处游荡，企图作案。”他说。
'What offence?' I asked.
“你们跟踪我多久啦？”
In the most casual and conversational tone I could manage.
尽量用一种漫不经心的极其随便的腔调。
I thus appeared to them to be quite familiar with this sort of situation,
'Oh,' I said.
“噢，”我说。
It turned out there had been a lot of petty thefts in the area,
事情原来是这样的，在这一地区多次发生小的失窃案，
particularly that of stealing milk bottles from doorsteps.
其中包括我中学英语老师，作我人品的见证人。
But he was never called on to give evidence.
但结果法庭没有叫他作证。
My 'trial' didn't get that far.
我的“审判”没有进行到那一步。
The magistrate dismissed the case after fifteen minutes.
几个月前我中学毕业了，但上学要等到10月。
I was still living at home at the time.
当时我还在家中居住。
One morning I was in Richmond, a suburb of London near where I live.
一天早晨，我来到士满。这里是伦敦的一个郊区，离我住的地方不远。
我可以想象他们在想，“果然是个失业的家伙。”
Eventually, I was officially charged and told to report to Richmond Magistrates Court the following Monday.
最后，我被正式指控，并通知我下周一到里土满地方法庭受审。
我的律师甚至让法庭责成警方承担了诉讼费用。
And so I do not have a criminal record.
这样，我的履历上没有留下犯罪的记录。
But what was most shocking at the time was the things my release from the charge so clearly depended on.
he hired a very good solicitor.
马上请了一位高明的律师。
We went along that Monday armed with all kinds of witnesses,
我们星期一出庭的时候，带了各种各样的证人，
including my English teacher from school as a character witness.
Then they let me go.
随后他们让我离开。
I wanted to conduct my own defence in court,
我想在法庭上作自我辩护，
but as soon as my father found out what had happened,
但父亲知道这事
As a result I wanted to appear cool and unconcerned with the incident,
所以我想穿出一副冷漠的、对这一事情满不在乎的样子。
so I said,
于是我说：
How long have you been following me?'
Unit One
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A young man finds that strolling along the streets without an obvious purpose can lead to trouble with the law.
一个青年人发觉茫无目的的沿着大街走，将会导致法律上的麻烦。
但当时最令人震惊的，是那些显然导致宣布我无罪的证据。
I had the 'right' accent, respectable middle-class parents in court, reliable witnesses,and I could obviously afford a very good solicitor.
开庭15分钟，法官就驳回了对我的指控。
I was free.
我无罪获释。
The poor police had never stood a chance.
可怜的警方败诉，
The solicitor even succeeded in getting costs awarded against the police.
I was just walking out of the local library,
我在当地图书馆刚刚走出来，
having unsuccessfully sought employment there.
谋职未成。
when I saw a man walking across the road with the obvious intention of talking to me.
It must have been this obvious aimlessness that led to my downfall.
现在看来，一定是这种明显的毫无目的的游逛，使我倒了霉。
It was about half past eleven when it happened.
事情发生在11点半左右。
他们分别坐在我的两边。
It wasn't funny any more.
这可再也不是闹着玩的了。
At the police station they questioned me for several hours.
在警察局，他们审讯了我好几小时。
I continued to try to look worldly and au fait with the situation.
我继续装成老于世故、对这种事习以为常。
When they asked me what I had been doing,