新视野大学英语读写教程第四册第五单元A篇原文和翻译
新视野大学英语读写教程【第三版】第四册课文原文与翻译
Unit 1Text A Love and logic: The story of a fallacy爱情与逻辑:谬误的故事1 I had my first date with Polly after I made the trade with my roommate Rob. That year every guy on campus hada leather jacket, and Rob couldn't stand the idea of being the only football player who didn't, so he made a pact that he'd give me his girl in exchange for my jacket. He wasn't the brightest guy. Polly wasn't too shrewd, either.在我和室友罗伯的交易成功之后,我和波莉有了第一次约会。
那一年校园里每个人都有件皮夹克,而罗伯是校足球队员中唯一一个没有皮夹克的,他一想到这个就受不了,于是他和我达成了一项协议,用他的女友换取我的夹克。
他可不那么聪明,而他的女友波莉也不太精明。
2 But she was pretty, well-off, didn't dye her hair strange colors or wear too much makeup. She had the right background to be the girlfriend of a dogged, brilliant lawyer. If I could show the elite law firms I applied to that I had a radiant, well-spoken counterpart by my side, I just might edge past the competition.但她漂亮而且富有,也没有把头发染成奇怪的颜色或是化很浓的妆。
新视野读写教程第四册Unit5 Text A 课文详解
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20 Having listened to both Chinese and English, I’m suspicious of comparisons between the two languages, as I notice the reciprocal challenges they each present. English speakers say Chinese is extremely difficult because different words can be denoted by very subtle variations in tone.
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7 Sau-sau sighed, acting as if she were doing my mother a favor by taking the scrap off the tray and sparing us the trouble of wrapping the leftovers in foil.
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12 As any child of immigrant parents knows, there is a special kind of double bind attached to knowing two languages. My parents, for example, spoke to me in both Chinese and English; I spoke back to them in English.
新视野大学英语(第二版)第四册读写教程课文翻译
新视野大学英语(第二版)第四册读写教程课文翻译.An artist who seeks fame is like a dog chasing his own tail who, when he captures it, does not know what else to do but to continue chasing it.艺术家追求成名,如同狗自逐其尾,一旦追到手,除了继续追逐不知还能做些什么。
The cruelty of success is that it often leads those who seek such success to participate in their own destruction.成功之残酷正在于它常常让那些追逐成功者自寻毁灭。
"Don't quit your day job!" is advice frequently given by understandably pessimistic family members and friends to a budding artist who is trying hard to succeed.对一名正努力追求成功并刚刚崭露头角的艺术家,其亲朋常常会建议“正经的饭碗不能丢!”他们的担心不无道理。
The conquest of fame is difficult at best, and many end up emotionally if not financially bankrupt.追求出人头地,最乐观地说也困难重重,许多人到最后即使不是穷困潦倒,也是几近精神崩溃。
Still, impure motives such as the desire for worshipping fans and praise from peers may spur the artist on.尽管如此,希望赢得追星族追捧和同行赞扬之类的不太纯洁的动机却在激励着他们向前。
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• colorful and rewarding abundant books to read bosom friends to keep company join societies and clubs • stretch out our soul stay up late self-discipline do things at our own pace learn to be independent safety problem as gas leak and robberies • convenience many resources available educational and sports facilities • socialize others learn how to communicate, cooperate and get on with others
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新视野大学英语(第二版)第四册读写教程课文翻译
新视野大学英语(第二版)第四册读写教程课文翻译.An artist who seeks fame is like a dog chasing his own tail who, when he captures it, does not know what else to do but to continue chasing it.艺术家追求成名,如同狗自逐其尾,一旦追到手,除了继续追逐不知还能做些什么。
The cruelty of success is that it often leads those who seek such success to participate in their own destruction.成功之残酷正在于它常常让那些追逐成功者自寻毁灭。
"Don't quit your day job!" is advice frequently given by understandably pessimistic family members and friends to a budding artist who is trying hard to succeed.对一名正努力追求成功并刚刚崭露头角的艺术家,其亲朋常常会建议“正经的饭碗不能丢!”他们的担心不无道理。
The conquest of fame is difficult at best, and many end up emotionally if not financially bankrupt.追求出人头地,最乐观地说也困难重重,许多人到最后即使不是穷困潦倒,也是几近精神崩溃。
Still, impure motives such as the desire for worshipping fans and praise from peers may spur the artist on.尽管如此,希望赢得追星族追捧和同行赞扬之类的不太纯洁的动机却在激励着他们向前。
新视野大学英语读写教程第四册课文翻译(1~5单元)
新视野大学英语读写教程第四册课文翻译(1~5单元)新视野大学英语读写教程第四册课文翻译1.a艺术家追求成名,如同狗自逐其尾,一旦追到手,除了继续追逐不知还能做些什么。
成功之残酷正在于它常常让那些追逐成功者自寻毁灭。
对一名正努力追求成功并刚刚崭露头角的艺术家,其亲朋常常会建议“正经的饭碗不能丢!”他们的担心不无道理。
追求出人头地,最乐观地说也困难重重,许多人到最后即使不是穷困潦倒,也是几近精神崩溃。
尽管如此,希望赢得追星族追捧和同行赞扬之类的不太纯洁的动机却在激励着他们向前。
享受成功的无上光荣,这种诱惑不是能轻易抵挡的。
成名者之所以成名,大多是因为发挥了自己在歌唱、舞蹈、绘画或写作等方面的特长,并能形成自己的风格。
为了能迅速走红,代理人会极力吹捧他们这种风格。
他们青云直上的过程让人看不清楚。
他们究竟是怎么成功的,大多数人也都说不上来。
尽管如此,艺术家仍然不能闲下来。
若表演者、画家或作家感到无聊,他们的作品就难以继续保持以前的吸引力,也就难以保持公众的注意力。
公众的热情消磨以后,就会去追捧下一个走红的人。
有些艺术家为了不落伍,会对他们的写作、跳舞或唱歌的风格稍加变动,但这将冒极大的失宠的危险。
公众对于他们藉以成名的艺术风格以外的任何形式都将不屑一顾。
知名作家的文风一眼就能看出来,如田纳西·威廉斯的戏剧、欧内斯特·海明威的情节安排、罗伯特·弗罗斯特或 T.S.艾略特的诗歌等。
同样,像莫奈、雷诺阿、达利这样的画家,希区柯克、费里尼、斯皮尔伯格、陈凯歌或张艺谋这样的电影制作人也是如此。
他们鲜明独特的艺术风格标志着与别人不同的艺术形式上的重大变革,这让他们名利双收,但也让他们付出了代价,那就是失去了用其他风格或形式表现自我的自由。
名气这盏聚光灯可比热带丛林还要炙热。
骗局很快会被揭穿,过多的关注带来的压力会让大多数人难以承受。
它让你失去自我。
你必须是公众认可的那个你,而不是真实的你或是可能的你。
新视野大学英语(第三版)读写教程第四册Units1-5课后翻译
新视野大学英语读写教程4(第三版)课后翻译Unit1亚里斯多德是一位古希腊哲学家和科学家。
他的著作涵盖了许多学科,包括物理学,生物学,动物学,逻辑学,伦理学,诗歌,戏剧,音乐,语言学,政治学和政府,并且构成了西方哲学的第一个综合体系。
亚里士多德是第一个将人类知识领域划分为不同学科的学科,例如数学,生物学和伦理学。
他相信所有人的观念和知识最终都基于感知。
他对自然科学的观点为他的许多作品奠定了基础。
他为那个时代的人类知识的几乎每个领域做出了贡献。
他的作品包含最早的形式逻辑学研究,直到今天,亚里斯多德哲学的各个方面仍然继续是学术研究的重要课题。
他的哲学对所有西方哲学理论的发展都产生了深远的影响。
亚里斯多德(Aristotle)逝世2300多年后,他仍然是最有影响力的哲学家和科学家之一。
Doctrine of the Mean is the core content of Confucianism. Confucius's so-called "middle" does not mean "compromise", but refers to a "moderate" and "appropriate" method when recognizing and dealing with objective things. Confucius advocated not only to treat this kind of thinking as a way of understanding and handling things, but also to integrate it into one's daily behavior through self-cultivation and exercise, making it a virtue. The golden mean is the core of Confucianism and an important part of Chinese traditional culture. From its formation to the present, it has played an inestimable role in the construction of national spirit, the spread of national wisdom, and the development of national culture.Unit2莎士比亚(William Shakespeare)被广泛认为是英语界最伟大的作家,也是世界上杰出的戏剧家。
新视野大学英语读写教程第四册答案及课文翻译
新版新视野大学英语读写教程第四册答案及课文翻译答案部分:Unit OneIII.1. idle2. justify3. discount4. distinct5. minute6.accused7. object8. contaminate9. sustain 10. worship IV.1. accusing... of2. end up3. came upon4. at her worst5. pay for6. run a risk of7. participate in8. other than9. object to/objected 10. at best V1. K2. G3. C4. E5. N6.O7.I8. L9. A 10. D CollocationVI.1. delay2. pain3. hardship4. suffering5. fever6. defeat7. poverty8. treatment9. noise 10. agonyWord buildingVII.1. justify2. glorify3. exemplifies4. classified5. purified6. intensify7. identify8. terrifiedVIII.1. bravery2. jewelry3. delivery4. machinery5. robbery6. nursery7. scenery8. discoverySentence StructureIX.1. other than for funerals and weddings2. other than to live an independent life3. other than that they appealed to his eye . . `4. but other than that, he'll eat just about everything .5. other than that it's somewhere in the town centerX.1. shouldn't have been to the cinema last night2. would have; told him the answer3. they needn't have gone at all4. must have had too much work to do5. might have been injured seriouslyTranslationXI. -1. The plant does not grow well in soils other than the one in which it has been developed.2. Research findings show that we spend about two hours dreaming every night, no matter what wemay have done during the day.3.Some people tend to justify their failure by blaming others for not trying their best.4.We remain tree to our commitment: Whatever we promised to do; we would do it.5.Even Beethoven's father discounted the possibility that his son would one day become the greatest musician in the world. The same is true of Edison, who seemed to his teacher to be quite dull.6. They were accused by authorities of threatening the state security.XII.l.出入除自己家以外的任何场所时,如果你带有宠物,一定要了解有关宠物的规定。
新视野大学英语(第三版)读写教程第四册课文翻译
Unit1 爱情与逻辑:谬误的故事1 在我和室友罗伯的交易成功之后,我和波莉有了第一次约会。
那一年校园里每个人都有件皮夹克,而罗伯是校足球队员中唯一一个没有皮夹克的,他一想到这个就受不了,于是他和我达成了一项协议,用他的女友换取我的夹克。
他可不那么聪明,而他的女友波莉也不太精明。
2 但她漂亮而且富有,也没有把头发染成奇怪的颜色或是化很浓的妆。
她拥有合适的家庭背景,足以胜任一名坚忍而睿智的律师的女友。
如果我能够让我所申请的顶尖律师事务所看到我身边伴随着一位光彩照人、谈吐优雅的另一半,我就很有可能在竞聘中以微弱优势获胜。
3 “光彩照人”,她已经是了。
而我也能施予她足够多的“智慧之珠”,让她变得“谈吐优雅”。
4 在一起外出度过了美好的一天之后,我驱车来到了高速公路旁一座小山上一棵古老的大橡树下。
我的想法有些怪异。
而这个地方能够俯瞰灯火灿烂的城区,我觉得它会使人的心情变轻松。
我们呆在车子里,我调低了音响并把脚从刹车上挪开。
“我们要谈些什么?”她问道。
5 “逻辑学。
”6 “好酷啊,”她一边嚼着口香糖一边说。
7 “逻辑学的原理,”我说道,“即清晰思考的主要原则。
逻辑上出现的问题会歪曲事实,其中有些还很普遍。
我们先来看看一种叫做‘绝对判断’的逻辑谬误。
”8 “好啊,”她表示同意。
9 “‘绝对判断’是指在证据不足的情况下所作出的推断。
比方说:运动是有益的,所以每个人都应该运动。
”10 她点头表示赞同。
11 我看得出她没弄明白。
“波莉,”我解释说,“这个推断太过简单化了。
如果你有心脏病或者超级肥胖症什么的,运动就变得有害而不是有益。
所以你应该说,运动对大多数人来说是有益的。
”12 “接下来是‘草率结论’。
这似乎不言自明,对吧?仔细听好了:你不会说法语,罗伯也不会说法语,那么这所学校里好像是没有人会说法语。
”13 “是吗?”波莉吃惊地说。
“没有人吗?”14 “这也是一种逻辑谬误,”我说,“这一结论太草率了,因为能够支持这一结论的例证太少了。
新视野大学英语读写教程(第二版)第四册课文及翻译
The Temptation of a Respectable WomanMrs.Baroda was a little annoyed to learn that her husband expected his friend, Gouvernail, up to spend a week or two on the plantation.Gouvernail's quiet personality puzzled Mrs.Baroda. After a few days with him, she could understand him no better than at first. She left her husband and his guest, for the most part, alone together, only to find that Gouvernail hardly noticed her absence. Then she imposed her company upon him, accompanying him in his idle walks to the mill to press her attempt to penetrate the silence in which he had unconsciously covered himself. But it hardly worked."When is he going — your friend?" she one day asked her husband. "For my part, I find him a terrible nuisance.""Not for a week yet, dear. I can't understand; he gives you no trouble.""No. I should like him better if he did — if he were more like others, and I had to plan somewhat for his comfort and enjoyment."Gaston pulled the sleeve of his wife's dress, gathered his arms around her waist and looked merrily into her troubled eyes."You are full of surprises," he said to her. "Even I can never count upon how you are going to act under given conditions. Here you are," he went on, "taking poor Gouvernail seriously and making a fuss about him, the last thing he would desire or expect.""Fuss!" she hotly replied. "Nonsense! How can you say such a thing! Fuss, indeed! But, you know, you said he was clever.""So he is. But the poor fellow is run down by too much work now. That's why I asked him here to take a rest.""You used to say he was a man of wit," she said, still annoyed. "I expected him to be interesting, at least. I'm going to the city in the morning to have my spring dresses fitted. Let me know when Mr.Gouvernail is gone; until that time I shall be at my aunt's house."That night she went and sat alone upon a bench that stood beneath an oak tree at the edge of the walk. She had never known her thoughts to be so confused; like the bats now above her, her thoughts quickly flew this way and that. She could gather nothing from them but the feeling of a distinct necessity to leave her home in the next morning.Mrs.Baroda heard footsteps coming from the direction of the barn; she knew it was Gouvernail. She hoped to remain unnoticed, but her white gown revealed her to him. He seated himself upon the bench beside her, without a suspicion that she might object to his presence."Your husband told me to bring this to you, Mrs.Baroda," he said, handing her a length of sheer white fabric with which she sometimes covered her head and shoulders. She accepted it from him and let it lie in her lap.He made some routine observations upon the unhealthy effect of the night breeze at that season. Then as his gaze reached out into the darkness, hebegan to talk.Gouvernail was in no sense a shy man. His periods of silence were not his basic nature, but the result of moods. When he was sitting there beside Mrs.Baroda, his silence melted for the time.He talked freely and intimately in a low, hesitating voice that was not unpleasant to hear. He talked of the old college days when he and Gaston had been best friends, of the days of keen ambitions and large intentions. Now, all there was left with him was a desire to be permitted to exist, with now and then a little breath of genuine life, such as he was breathing now.Her mind only vaguely grasped what he was saying. His words became a meaningless succession of verbs, nouns, adverbs, and adjectives; she only drank in the tones of his voice. She wanted to reach out her hand in the darkness and touch him — which she might have done if she had not been a respectable woman.The stronger the desire grew to bring herself near him, the further, in fact, did she move away from him. As soon as she could do so without an appearance of being rude, she pretended to yawn, rose, and left him there alone.Mrs.Baroda was greatly tempted that night to tell her husband — who was also her friend — of this foolishness that had seized her. But she did not yield to the temptation. Besides being an upright and respectable woman she was also a very sensible one.When Gaston arose the next morning, his wife had already departed, without even saying farewell. A porter had carried her trunk to the station and she had taken an early morning train to the city. She did not return until Gouvernail was gone from under her roof.There was some talk of having him back during the summer that followed. That is, Gaston greatly desired it; but this desire yielded to his honorable wife's vigorous opposition.However, before the year ended, she proposed, wholly from herself, to have Gouvernail visit them again. Her husband was surprised and delighted with the suggestion coming from her."I am glad, my dear, to know that you have finally overcome your dislike for him; truly he did not deserve it.""Oh," she told him, laughingly, after pressing a long, tender kiss upon his lips, "I have overcome everything! You will see. This time I shall be very nice to him."一个正派女人受到的诱惑得知丈夫请了他的朋友古韦内尔来种植园小住一两周,巴罗达太太有点不快。
新视野大学英语第四册unit5课文翻译
Unit 5事实如此,我们孤独无依地生活着。
据最近的统计,共有2,200万人独自生活在自己的住所里。
其中有些人喜欢这种生活,有些却不喜欢。
有些离了婚,有些鳏寡无伴,也有些从未结过婚。
孤独或许是这里的一种民族弊病,我们羞于承认它,甚于其他任何罪恶。
而另一方面,故意选择独处,拒绝别人的陪伴而非为同伴所弃,却是美国式英雄的一个特点。
孤独的猎人或探险者去鹿群和狼群中冒险,征服广袤的荒野时,并不需要有人陪伴。
梭罗独居在湖畔的小屋,有意疏离了城市生活。
现在,这成了你的个性。
独处的灵感是诗人和哲学家最有用的东西。
他们都赞成独处,都因能够独处而自视甚高,至少在他们匆忙赶回家喝茶之前的一两个小时之内是这样。
就拿多萝西·华兹华斯来说吧,她帮哥哥威廉穿上外衣,为他找到笔记本和铅笔,向他挥手告别,目送他走进早春的阳光去独自对花沉思。
他写道:“独处多么优雅,惬意。
”毫无疑问,如果自愿独处,感觉要好得多。
看看弥尔顿的女儿们:她们为他准备好垫子和毯子,然后蹑手蹑脚地走开,以便他能创作诗歌。
然而他并不自己费神将诗歌写下来,而是唤回女儿们,向她们口述,由她们记下来。
也许你已经注意到,这些艺术家类型的人,大多是到户外独处,而家里则自有亲人备好了热茶,等着他们回家。
美国的独处代表人物是梭罗。
我们钦佩他,并非因为他能自力更生,而是因为他孤身一人在瓦尔登湖畔生活,他喜欢这样——独居在湖畔的树林中。
实际上,他最近的邻居离他只有一英里,走路也就20分钟;铁路离他半英里;交通繁忙的大路距他300码。
整天都有人进出他的小屋,请教他何以能够如此高洁。
显然,他的高洁之处主要在于:他既没有妻子也没有仆人,自己动手用斧头砍柴,自己洗杯洗碟。
我不知道谁为他洗衣服,他没说,但他也肯定没提是他自己洗。
听听他是怎么说的:“我从未发现比独处更好的伙伴。
”梭罗以自尊自重为伴。
也许这里的启示是:自我意识越强,就越不需要其他的人在周围。
我们越是感觉谦卑,就越受孤独的折磨,感到仅与自己相处远远不够。
新视野大学英语4读写教程答案加翻译AB篇1--6单元
Unit1Section A课文翻译爱情与逻辑:谬误的故事1 在我和室友罗伯的交易成功之后,我和波莉有了第一次约会。
那一年校园里每个人都有件皮夹克,而罗伯是校足球队员中唯一一个没有皮夹克的,他一想到这个就受不了,于是他和我达成了一项协议,用他的女友换取我的夹克。
他可不那么聪明,而他的女友波莉也不太精明。
2 但她漂亮而且富有,也没有把头发染成奇怪的颜色或是化很浓的妆。
她拥有合适的家庭背景,足以胜任一名坚忍而睿智的律师的女友。
如果我能够让我所申请的顶尖律师事务所看到我身边伴随着一位光彩照人、谈吐优雅的另一半,我就很有可能在竞聘中以微弱优势获胜。
3 “光彩照人”,她已经是了。
而我也能施予她足够多的“智慧之珠”,让她变得“谈吐优雅”。
4 在一起外出度过了美好的一天之后,我驱车来到了高速公路旁一座小山上一棵古老的大橡树下。
我的想法有些怪异。
而这个地方能够俯瞰灯火灿烂的城区,我觉得它会使人的心情变轻松。
我们呆在车子里,我调低了音响并把脚从刹车上挪开。
“我们要谈些什么?”她问道。
5 “逻辑学。
”6 “好酷啊,”她一边嚼着口香糖一边说。
7 “逻辑学的原理,”我说道,“即清晰思考的主要原则。
逻辑上出现的问题会歪曲事实,其中有些还很普遍。
我们先来看看一种叫做‘绝对判断’的逻辑谬误。
”8 “好啊,”她表示同意。
9 “‘绝对判断’是指在证据不足的情况下所作出的推断。
比方说:运动是有益的,所以每个人都应该运动。
”10 她点头表示赞同。
11 我看得出她没弄明白。
“波莉,” 我解释说,“这个推断太过简单化了。
如果你有心脏病或者超级肥胖症什么的,运动就变得有害而不是有益。
所以你应该说,运动对大多数人来说是有益的。
”12 “接下来是‘草率结论’。
这似乎不言自明,对吧?仔细听好了:你不会说法语,罗伯也不会说法语,那么这所学校里好像是没有人会说法语。
”13 “是吗?”波莉吃惊地说。
“没有人吗?”14 “这也是一种逻辑谬误,”我说,“这一结论太草率了,因为能够支持这一结论的例证太少了。
大学英语第四册Unit5textA译文
狱中学习今天,许多当面或在电视上听我讲话的人,或者那学读到我讲话的人都以为我的学历远远不止八年级,这一印象完全归功于我在监狱中的学习。
这是在查尔斯顿监狱真正开始的,当时宾比第一次让我对他渊博的只是感到羡慕,无论参与什么交谈,宾比总是起着主导作用,而我也曾经试图效仿他。
但是我找到的饿、每本书中,几乎每句句子都有一个以上甚至几乎全部的单词我压根儿不认识。
当我跳过那些词时,我最终当谈不知道书中所云。
所以我来到诺福克监狱时,仍然只有看看书的意愿。
要不是后来获得了动力,我本来很快就会连这些愿望也丢弃的。
我明白我最好是能弄到一本字典--为的是学习,学学一些单词。
幸好我还想到应该努力提高一下自己的书写水平。
我的书写很糟糕,甚至于不能将字卸载一条直线上。
这两个想法促使我要求诺福克监狱学校给我一本字典以及一些便笺簿和铅笔。
头两天我还拿不定主意,只是随便翻了翻字典。
我从来没有意识到会有那么多单词!我不知道哪些词是我需要学习的,最后,为了开始某种行动,我便开始了抄写。
我吧印在第一页上的所有东西甚至标点符号,慢慢地费力地,歪歪斜斜地抄到我的便笺簿里。
我记得那花了我一整天的时间。
然后,我便把写在便笺簿上的每个单词大声的读给自己听。
我一遍又一遍地把自己写的东西大声读给自己听。
第二天早上醒来时我还想着那些词--我无比自豪的意识到,我不仅一下子写了那么多,还写了许多我从来不知道存在于这个世界上的词。
而且,我稍微动一下脑筋还能记得其中许多次的意思。
我复习了哪些被我忘记了意思的单词。
有趣的是,就在此刻,词典第一页的“土豚”一次竟跳入了我的脑海中。
字典上有它的衣服一幅插图,一种长尾、长耳、会挖洞的非洲哺乳动物,以白蚁为食,像食蚁动物捕食蚂蚁那样伸出舌头来捕食白蚁。
我完全被迷住了,于是又继续干下去--我抄写了字典的下一页。
当我学习它时我获得了同样的体验。
随着以后的每一页,我还了解人物、地方和历史事件。
实际上字典就像一部小型百科全书。
最后,字典的A部分超满了整本便笺簿--于是我继续抄写B部分。
新视野大学英语读写教程第四册课文翻译
新视野大学英语读写教程第四册课文翻译新视野大学英语读写教程第四册课文翻译1.a艺术家追求成名,如同狗自逐其尾,一旦追到手,除了继续追逐不知还能做些什么。
a成功之残酷正在于它常常让那些追逐成功者自寻毁灭。
对一名正努力追求成功并刚刚崭露头角的艺术家,其亲朋常常会建议“正经的饭碗不能丢!”他们的担心不无道理。
追求出人头地,最乐观地说也困难重重,许多人到最后即使不是穷困潦倒,也是几近精神崩溃。
尽管如此,希望赢得追星族追捧和同行赞扬之类的不太纯洁的动机却在激励着他们向前。
享受成功的无上光荣,这种诱惑不是能轻易抵挡的。
成名者之所以成名,大多是因为发挥了自己在歌唱、舞蹈、绘画或写作等方面的特长,并能形成自己的风格。
为了能迅速走红,代理人会极力吹捧他们这种风格。
他们青云直上的过程让人看不清楚。
他们究竟是怎么成功的,大多数人也都说不上来。
尽管如此,艺术家仍然不能闲下来。
若表演者、画家或作家感到无聊,他们的作品就难以继续保持以前的吸引力,也就难以保持公众的注意力。
公众的热情消磨以后,就会去追捧下一个走红的人。
有些艺术家为了不落伍,会对他们的写作、跳舞或唱歌的风格稍加变动,但这将冒极大的失宠的危险。
公众对于他们藉以成名的艺术风格以外的任何形式都将不屑一顾。
知名作家的文风一眼就能看出来,如田纳西·威廉斯的戏剧、欧内斯特·海明威的情节安排、罗伯特·弗罗斯特或 T.S.艾略特的诗歌等。
同样,像莫奈、雷诺阿、达利这样的画家,希区柯克、费里尼、斯皮尔伯格、陈凯歌或张艺谋这样的电影制作人也是如此。
他们鲜明独特的艺术风格标志着与别人不同的艺术形式上的重大变革,这让他们名利双收,但也让他们付出了代价,那就是失去了用其他风格或形式表现自我的自由。
名气这盏聚光灯可比热带丛林还要炙热。
骗局很快会被揭穿,过多的关注带来的压力会让大多数人难以承受。
它让你失去自我。
你必须是公众认可的那个你,而不是真实的你或是可能的你。
新视野大学英语读写教程(第二版)第四册课文及翻译
The Temptation of a Respectable WomanMrs.Baroda was a little annoyed to learn that her husband expected his friend, Gouvernail, up to spend a week or two on the plantation.Gouvernail's quiet personality puzzled Mrs.Baroda. After a few days with him, she could understand him no better than at first. She left her husband and his guest, for the most part, alone together, only to find that Gouvernail hardly noticed her absence. Then she imposed her company upon him, accompanying him in his idle walks to the mill to press her attempt to penetrate the silence in which he had unconsciously covered himself. But it hardly worked."When is he going — your friend?" she one day asked her husband. "For my part, I find him a terrible nuisance.""Not for a week yet, dear. I can't understand; he gives you no trouble.""No. I should like him better if he did — if he were more like others, and I had to plan somewhat for his comfort and enjoyment."Gaston pulled the sleeve of his wife's dress, gathered his arms around her waist and looked merrily into her troubled eyes."You are full of surprises," he said to her. "Even I can never count upon how you are going to act under given conditions. Here you are," he went on, "taking poor Gouvernail seriously and making a fuss about him, the last thing he would desire or expect.""Fuss!" she hotly replied. "Nonsense! How can you say such a thing! Fuss, indeed! But, you know, you said he was clever.""So he is. But the poor fellow is run down by too much work now. That's why I asked him here to take a rest.""You used to say he was a man of wit," she said, still annoyed. "I expected him to be interesting, at least. I'm going to the city in the morning to have my spring dresses fitted. Let me know when Mr.Gouvernail is gone; until that time I shall be at my aunt's house."That night she went and sat alone upon a bench that stood beneath an oak tree at the edge of the walk. She had never known her thoughts to be so confused; like the bats now above her, her thoughts quickly flew this way and that. She could gather nothing from them but the feeling of a distinct necessity to leave her home in the next morning.Mrs.Baroda heard footsteps coming from the direction of the barn; she knew it was Gouvernail. She hoped to remain unnoticed, but her white gown revealed her to him. He seated himself upon the bench beside her, without a suspicion that she might object to his presence."Your husband told me to bring this to you, Mrs.Baroda," he said, handing her a length of sheer white fabric with which she sometimes covered her head and shoulders. She accepted it from him and let it lie in her lap.He made some routine observations upon the unhealthy effect of the night breeze at that season. Then as his gaze reached out into the darkness, hebegan to talk.Gouvernail was in no sense a shy man. His periods of silence were not his basic nature, but the result of moods. When he was sitting there beside Mrs.Baroda, his silence melted for the time.He talked freely and intimately in a low, hesitating voice that was not unpleasant to hear. He talked of the old college days when he and Gaston had been best friends, of the days of keen ambitions and large intentions. Now, all there was left with him was a desire to be permitted to exist, with now and then a little breath of genuine life, such as he was breathing now.Her mind only vaguely grasped what he was saying. His words became a meaningless succession of verbs, nouns, adverbs, and adjectives; she only drank in the tones of his voice. She wanted to reach out her hand in the darkness and touch him — which she might have done if she had not been a respectable woman.The stronger the desire grew to bring herself near him, the further, in fact, did she move away from him. As soon as she could do so without an appearance of being rude, she pretended to yawn, rose, and left him there alone.Mrs.Baroda was greatly tempted that night to tell her husband — who was also her friend — of this foolishness that had seized her. But she did not yield to the temptation. Besides being an upright and respectable woman she was also a very sensible one.When Gaston arose the next morning, his wife had already departed, without even saying farewell. A porter had carried her trunk to the station and she had taken an early morning train to the city. She did not return until Gouvernail was gone from under her roof.There was some talk of having him back during the summer that followed. That is, Gaston greatly desired it; but this desire yielded to his honorable wife's vigorous opposition.However, before the year ended, she proposed, wholly from herself, to have Gouvernail visit them again. Her husband was surprised and delighted with the suggestion coming from her."I am glad, my dear, to know that you have finally overcome your dislike for him; truly he did not deserve it.""Oh," she told him, laughingly, after pressing a long, tender kiss upon his lips, "I have overcome everything! You will see. This time I shall be very nice to him."一个正派女人受到的诱惑得知丈夫请了他的朋友古韦内尔来种植园小住一两周,巴罗达太太有点不快。
新视野大学英语读写教程第四册课后翻译
新视野大学英语读写教程第四册课后翻译Unit 1尽管她反复暗示想单独待一会,他仍执意要陪她He imposed his company upon her in spite of her repeated hints of hoping to be left alone.他的朋友从来拿不准他什么时候会怎么做,因为他总是做些出人意料的事His friends can never count upon how he is going to act under given conditions, as he is always full of surprises.别为这点小事大惊小怪的,这可是我最不希望看到的事Don’t make a fuss about such a small thing because that is the last thing I expected.巴罗达太太不仅是位正派体面的女子,也是位非常明知的女子Besides being an upright and respectable woman Mrs. Baroda was also a very sensible one.她的思绪从未这么乱过,丝毫理不出头绪She had never known her thoughts to be so confused, unable to gather anything from them.从古韦内尔的谈话中,巴罗达太太了解到他有时的沉没寡言并非天性,而是情绪使然From Gouvernail’s talk, Mrs. Baroda came to know that his periods of silence were not his basic nature, but the result of moods.令加斯顿高兴的是,他妻子终于不讨厌古韦内尔,主动提出邀请他再来To Gaston’s delight, his wife had finally overcome her dislike for Gouvernail and invited Gouvernail to visit them again wholly from herself.巴罗达太太对古韦内尔令人迷惑的性格颇为不解,并觉得很难打破他这种有意的沉没Mrs. Baroda felt confu sed with Gouvernail’s puzzling nature and found it hard to penetrate the sil ence in which he had unconsciously covered himself.Unit 2或许别的作家也会写出关于伦敦的故事,可是只有他才能创造出大卫这样一个使其创造者声名永驻的人物Other writers might have written stories about London. But only he could have created the ch aracter David, who gave his creator permanent fame.比起其他的国家,就这位科学家而言,中国给予了他更多的掌声,更多的荣誉,当然更多的收益China has provided more applause, more honor and, of course, more profit where this scientist is concerned than any other countries.他感觉到了一种冲动,要将这个技巧运用得完美无缺He had an urge to execute this skill perfectly.这种对具体事物的发展转化,以及他一次又一次做出这种转化的技巧,正式卓别林伟大喜剧的奥秘This physical transformation, plus the skill with which he executed it again and again, are sur ely the secrets of Chaplin’s great comedy.而这种吃惊唤起了他的想象,卓别林卓别林并没有把他的笑料事先写成文字,他是那种边表演边根据身体感觉去创造艺术的喜剧演员But that shock roused his imagination. Chaplin didn’t have his jokes written into a script in a dvance; he was the kind of comic who used his physical senses to invent his art as he went along.他也深切的渴望被爱,也相应的害怕遭到背叛,这两这很难结合在一起,有时候这种冲突导致了灾难就像他早期的几次婚姻那样He also had a deep need to be loved—and a corresponding fear of being betrayed. The twowere hard to combine and sometimes—as in his early marriages—the collision between them resulted in disaster.尽管她从未对自己的能力失去信心,但她能否进入最佳演出状态还值得怀疑It’s doubtful whether she can find her way into perfect acting, though she never loses her fait h in her own ability.令人宽慰的是,他终于在临终前写完了这本被看作其写作生涯最好纪念的书It was a relief to know that he finally finished the book before his death, which was regarded as a fitting memorial to his life as a writer.Unit 3从法律上说,你完全可以将质量不过关的商品退还给那家商店,但是应该解释清楚为什么You are legally entitled to take faulty goods back to the store where you purchased them, but you are supposed to account for why you want to do so.你只需填写一张表格就取得了会员资格,它可以使在买东西时享受打折的优惠You only need to fill out a form to get your membership, which entitles you to a discount on goods.一年前,那位汽车经销商以优质服务来招揽顾客,如今他的生意十分红火One year ago, the car dealer tried to drum up buyers by offering good services. Now, his bus iness is thriving.这桩刑事案件经过仔细调查后,他被证明犯了谋杀罪The crime was looked into carefully before he was convicted of murder.我的车子在高速公路是行抛锚后,我打电话向高速公路巡逻队求助,20分钟后他们傍晚解了围,留下了一张150美元的收据I called the Freeway Service Patrol for help after my car broke down on the freeway. Twenty minutes later, they came to my rescue and left a $ 150 receipt.由于面临失业的危险,这些工人只好接受管理部门的意见,重新回去工作Faced with the threat of losing their jobs, these workers yielded to the management’s advice a nd went back to work .拐走孩子的那名中年男子向男孩的父亲敲诈2万美金,来补偿他公司的损失The middle-aged man who took the boy bled the father for $20,000 as a compensation for the loss of his company.这个靠救济过日子的人开始慢慢的建立了自己的市场,生意日渐兴隆The man living on welfare began to set up his own market, one step at a time and his busine ss is thriving.Unit 4通过安装最新的无线传输系统,从北京到布达佩斯的一系列城区和工业区正在直接步入信息时代By installing the latest wireless transmission systems, a parade of urban centers and industrial zones from Beijing to Budapest are stepping directly into the Information Age.信息技术的广泛使用有望缩短从劳动密集型的组装工作转向涉及工程,营销,设计等行业所需的时间Widespread access to information technology promises to condense the time required to change from labor-intensive assembly work to industries that involve engineering, marketing and desig n.现代通讯技术使得像中国,越南那样的国家比那些困于旧技术的国家更具有优势Modern communications will give countries like China and Vietnam a huge advantage over countries stuck with old technologies.毋庸争辩,通信技术将成为决定是赢家还是输家的关键因素There is little dispute that communications will be a key factor separating the winners from th e losers.这个国家经济陷于于低迷,几乎资金来着手解决基本问题The economy of the country is stuck in recession and it barely has the money to scratch the surface of the problem.急切想得到可靠服务的企业乐于花费可观的高价来换取无绳电话Businesses eager for reliable service are willing to pay a significantly high price tag for a wir eless call.在那里开办一家企业就好象有一堆无穷无尽供你使用的钞票Having an operation there is like having an endless pile of money at your disposal.对于那些长期落后的国家,一跃而名列前茅的诱惑难以抵御For countries that have lagged behind for so long, the temptation to move ahead in one jump is hard to resist.Unit 5诗人和哲学家都因能够独处而自视清高,从独处中他们能获取灵感Poets and philosophers all speak highly of themselves for seeking out solitude, from which they c an draw inspiration.感觉谦卑的人往往易受孤独的折磨,感到仅仅与自己相处远远不够,渴望有人做伴A humble person tends to suffer from solitude, feeling himself inadequate company, longing for ot hers to be around.那位寡居的老太太实在太孤独了,她会和在超市遇到的陌生人唠唠叨叨的说上老半天她的宠物The widowed old lady was so lonely that she would talk at length to the strangers in the superm arket about her pets.孤独的感觉时起时落,但我们却永远需要与人交谈,把每日看到的和想到的琐事向人倾诉The condition of loneliness rises and falls, but our need to talk goes on forever —the need of te lling someone the daily succession of small observations and opinions.对一个独居的人来说,重要的是保持理性,安顿下来,使自己过得舒服,并在自身的条件下发现一些幽雅和乐趣To a person living alone, it’s important to s tay rational and settle down and make himself comfort able, and find some grace and pleasure in his condition.若与别人同往,你会在与他们小别时感觉耳目一新If you live with other people, their temporary absence can be refreshing.科学调查表明,独居的人会对着自己,对着宠物,对着电视几唠叨不休Scientific surveys show that those who live alone talk at length to themselves and their pets and the television.重要的是不在等待,安顿下来,使自己过得舒服,至少暂时这样It’s important to stop waiting and settle down and make ourselves comfortable, at least for the ti me being.Unit 6我们不会听凭形形色色的贿赂行为不断增加而无动于衷We would not stand by and let bribery in various forms be on the increase.我在把那一大比钱借给你的时候就跟你讲清楚了,如果你不能及时还钱,你也许会被指控受贿While lending you the substantial sum of money, I made it clear to you that if you couldn’t pay it off in time, you might be accused of taking bribes财力竞争已成为政治生活中的一个事实,但是如果你为此接受可疑的政治捐款,你很快就会受到调查Competition of financial power has become a fact of political life; but if you receive question able political contributions for this reason, you will soon be under investigation.为获取大宗武器交易合同,他们给执政党的银行帐户捐了一大比钱To secure major arms deal contracts, they have made a substantial donation to the bank accou nt of the party in power.他突然想到一个加速实验进程的好办法,但组里的成员却对此意见不一He hit upon a good method to speed up the progress of the experiment, but opinions differed among members of the group on it.新法律很难实施,因为人们不愿意遵守It’s difficult to enforce the new law because people are not ready to act on it.我们认为,在该地区实施停火是联合国部队的职责,而当地政府的责任是准备重建法律和秩序We think it’s the business of the United Nations troops to enforce a ceasefi re in that area, wh ile the job of the local government is to prepare to restore law and order.做出了这个决定后,她就加入了那个支持妇女权利的组织Having made this decision, she joined the organization, which is in support of woman’s rights. Unit 7到现在为止,除了一个可疑的包裹,我们还收到3封匿名的来自巴勒斯坦的信件We have received three anonymous letters from Palestine to date, in addition to one suspicious p ackage.他们的梦想仅仅是一个没有种族偏见的更加平等的社会Their dream was nothing less than a more equal society where there is no racial prejudice.他读莎士比亚的戏剧,更喜欢现代音乐He read more th an Shakespeare’s plays; he liked modern music.她说,她在上一次选举中的命运将提醒所有的政治家,声望不是持久的His fate in the last election, she said, would serve as a reminder to all politicians that popularity does not last.事实上,只有勤奋加方法得当才能使在学习上始终比他人有优势In effect, only hard work in combination with proper methods will always give you an advantage over others in study.技术本身,以及它的有效应用,不会局限于传统的科学主题Technology itself, and its effective use, is not to be confined to the traditional science subjects. 既然这篇报告的真实性要打折扣,我不能给你发表Since the truth of this report was discounted, I was not in a position to publish it for you.许多软件公司改变通用程序以适应新的操作系统Many software companies have adapted general programs to the new operating system.Unit 8直到昨天,我们还不知道战争是否会爆发Up to yesterday, we had no idea whether the war would break out or not.身边总有人不断使我想到自己是个奴隶的后裔,但这并没有使我沮丧Someone is always at my elbow reminding me that I am a descendent of slaves, but it fails t o register depression with me.我不想给那么讲那个故事,我只是顺便说起的I do not want to tell you that story; I have just mentioned that in passing.比起你的计划,我更喜欢他的,因为我觉得他的计划更实际I prefer his plan to yours in that I think it is more practical.她脸上流露的不同意的神情是那么真实,连我都差点信以为真The disapproval registered on her face was so real that even I would have thought it genuine. 他们与那家公司中断了生意来往,因为该公司上一个财政年度损失惨重,已经破产了They broke off the business relations with that company as it suffered huge losses in the last financial year and went bankrupt.也许那就是当初为进步而付出的代价,谁知道呢Perhaps this was the price that has to be paid for the progress in the first place—who knows? 她准备行李时,行李包的物品被装进拿出好几次When she was preparing her luggage, the bag was emptied and refilled several times.Unit 9他剃完胡子后,看上去要年轻10岁When he shaved his beard off, he looked ten years younger.这次延误是个很好的例证,说明了为什么我们需要新的计算机系统The delay is a perfect illustration of why we need a new computer system.尽管她现在拥有特权和财富,但是过去生活一直很艰辛。
新视野第四册unit5翻译
1. Translate the following sentences into English.1. 这位小个子男子并不如他看上去那么单纯。
(not so... as)Key for reference: This little man is not so innocent as he appears.2. 对这个问题我已束手无策了,所以你不妨去求助于王教授吧。
(might as well)Key for reference: There's nothing I can do about the problem, so you might as well turn to Professor Wang for help.3. 双方高度评价了在不同领域合作取得的成果,并希望合作进一步加深。
(speak highly of)Key for reference: Both sides speak highly of the fruits in their cooperation in different areas, and hope that the cooperation can be furthered.4. 一方面,亲民形象能使新政策更易于被民众接受,另一方面,它也能“广直言之路,启进善之门”。
(on the one hand, on the other hand)Key for reference: On the one hand, an image of being close to the people can get a new policy more easily accepted. On the other hand, it will "encourage people to speak their minds and come up with constructive suggestions".5. 他孤独的感觉时起时落,他有时会对自己、对宠物、对电视机唠叨不休。
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No doubt about it, solitude is improved by being voluntary.
Look at Milton's daughters arranging his cushions and blankets before they silently creep away, so he can create poetry. Then, rather than trouble to put it in his own handwriting, he calls the girls to come back and write it down while he dictates.
The condition of loneliness rises and falls, but the need to talk goes on forever. It's more basic than needing to listen. Oh, we all have friends we can tell important things to, people we can call to say we lost our job or fell on a slippery floor and broke our arm. It's the daily succession of small complaints and observations and opinions that backs up and chokes us. We can't really call a friend to say we got a parcel from our sister, or it's getting dark earlier now, or we don't trust that new Supreme Court justice.
The American high priest of solitude was Thoreau. We admire him, not for his self-reliance, but because he was all by himself out there at Walden Pond, and he wanted to be. All alone in the woods.
unit5A
Choose to Be Alone on Purpose
Here we are, all by ourselves, all 22 million of us by recent count, alone in our rooms, some of us liking it that way and some of us not. Some of us divorced, some widowed, some never yet committed.
You may have noticed that most of these artistic types went outdoors to be alone. The indoors was full of loved ones keeping the kettle warm till they came home.
Actually, he lived a mile, or 20 minutes' walk, from his nearest neighbor; half a mile from the railroad; three hundred yards from a busy road. He had company in and out of the hut all day, asking him how he could possibly be so noble. Apparently the main point of his nobility was that he had neither wife nor servants, used his own axe to chop his own wood, and washed his own cups and saucers. I don't know who did his laundry; he doesn't say, but he certainly doesn't mention doing his own, either. Listen to him: “I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.”
If you live with other people, their temporary absence can be refreshing. Solitude will end on Thursday. If today I use a singular personal pronoun to refer to myself, next week I will use the plural form. While the others are absent you can stretch out your soul until it fills up the whole room, and use your freedom, coming and going as you please without apology, staying up late to read, soaking in the bath, eating a whole pint of ice cream at one sitting, moving at your own pace. Those absent will be back. Their waterproof winter coats are in the closet and the dog keeps watching for them at the window. But when you live alone, the temporary absence of your friends and acquaintances leavecome back.
Loneliness may be a sort of national disease here, and it's more embarrassing for us to admit than any other sin. On the other hand, to be alone on purpose, having rejected company rather than been cast out by it, is one characteristic of an American hero. The solitary hunter or explorer needs no one as they venture out among the deer and wolves to tame the great wild areas. Thoreau, alone in his cabin on the pond, his back deliberately turned to the town. Now, that's character for you.
Inspiration in solitude is a major commodity for poets and philosophers. They're all for it. They all speak highly of themselves for seeking it out, at least for an hour or even two before they hurry home for tea.
Thoreau had his own self-importance for company. Perhaps there's a message here. The larger the ego, the less the need for other egos around. The more modest and humble we feel, the more we suffer from solitude, feeling ourselves inadequate company.
Scientific surveys show that we who live alone talk at length to ourselves and our pets and the television. We ask the cat whether we should wear the blue suit or the yellow dress. We ask the parrot if we should prepare steak, or noodles for dinner. We argue with ourselves over who is the greater sportsman: that figure skater or this skier. There's nothing wrong with this. It's good for us, and a lot less embarrassing than the woman in front of us in line at the market who's telling the cashier that her niece Melissa may be coming to visit on Saturday, and Melissa is very fond of hot chocolate, which is why she bought the powdered hot chocolate mix, though she never drinks it herself.