自考高级英语下册课文翻译
高级英语第二册课文翻译

Unit1 Pub Talk and the King's English酒吧闲聊与标准英语亨利费尔利人类的一切活动中,只有闲谈最宜于增进友谊,而且是人类特有的一种活动。
动物之间的信息交流,不论其方式何等复杂,也是称不上交谈的。
闲谈的引人人胜之处就在于它没有一个事先定好的话题。
它时而迂回流淌,时而奔腾起伏,时而火花四射,时而热情洋溢,话题最终会扯到什么地方去谁也拿不准。
要是有人觉得“有些话要说”,那定会大煞风景,使闲聊无趣。
闲聊不是为了进行争论。
闲聊中常常会有争论,不过其目的并不是为了说服对方。
闲聊之中是不存在什么输赢胜负的。
事实上,真正善于闲聊的人往往是随时准备让步的。
也许他们偶然间会觉得该把自己最得意的奇闻轶事选出一件插进来讲一讲,但一转眼大家已谈到别处去了,插话的机会随之而失,他们也就听之任之。
或许是由于我从小混迹于英国小酒馆的缘故吧,我觉得酒瞎里的闲聊别有韵味。
酒馆里的朋友对别人的生活毫无了解,他们只是临时凑到一起来的,彼此并无深交。
他们之中也许有人面临婚因破裂,或恋爱失败,或碰到别的什么不顺心的事儿,但别人根本不管这些。
他们就像大仲马笔下的三个火枪手一样,虽然日夕相处,却从不过问彼此的私事,也不去揣摸别人内心的秘密。
有一天晚上的情形正是这样。
人们正漫无边际地东扯西拉,从最普通的凡人俗事谈到有关木星的科学趣闻。
谈了半天也没有一个中心话题,事实上也不需要有一个中心话题。
可突然间大伙儿的话题都集中到了一处,中心话题奇迹般地出现了。
我记不起她那句话是在什么情况下说出来的——她显然不是预先想好把那句话带到酒馆里来说的,那也不是什么非说不可的要紧话——我只知道她那句话是随着大伙儿的话题十分自然地脱口而出的。
“几天前,我听到一个人说‘标准英语’这个词语是带贬义的批评用语,指的是人们应该尽量避免使用的英语。
”此语一出,谈话立即热烈起来。
有人赞成,也有人怒斥,还有人则不以为然。
最后,当然少不了要像处理所有这种场合下的意见分歧一样,由大家说定次日一早去查证一下。
自考高级英语

自考高级英语Lesson Two EvelineLesson Two伊芙林 Eveline她坐在窗前,看着夜色袭上街头。
She sat at the window watching the evening invade the avenue.头倚在窗帘上,鼻孔里充斥着带灰尘的印花窗Her head was leaned against the window curtains,帘的味道。
她累了。
窗前很少有人过, and in her nostrils was the odour of dusty cretonne. She was tired. Few people passed.住在最后那座房子的人经过这里往家赶。
她听The man out of the last house passed on his way见水泥路上传来“踢踏”的脚步声,然后是踩在红home; she heard his footsteps clacking along the色新房子前的那条煤渣路上发出的“嘎吱”声。
concrete pavement and afterwards crunching on the cinder path before the new red houses.以前那儿曾是块空地,他们和别人家孩子们天One time there used to be a field there in which天晚上在那里玩。
they used to play every evening with otherpeople’s children.后来一位从贝尔法斯特来的男人买下了这块Then a man from Belfast bought the field and地,并建了座房子——不像他们住的那种灰灰的小built houses in it ----not like their little brown houses ,房子,而是明砖亮瓦房,还有闪亮的屋顶。
(完整版)高级英语第二册课文翻译

高级英语第二册课文翻译Unit1 Pub Talk and the King's English酒吧闲聊与标准英语亨利?费尔利人类的一切活动中,只有闲谈最宜于增进友谊,而且是人类特有的一种活动。
动物之间的信息交流,不论其方式何等复杂,也是称不上交谈的。
闲谈的引人人胜之处就在于它没有一个事先定好的话题。
它时而迂回流淌,时而奔腾起伏,时而火花四射,时而热情洋溢,话题最终会扯到什么地方去谁也拿不准。
要是有人觉得“有些话要说”,那定会大煞风景,使闲聊无趣。
闲聊不是为了进行争论。
闲聊中常常会有争论,不过其目的并不是为了说服对方。
闲聊之中是不存在什么输赢胜负的。
事实上,真正善于闲聊的人往往是随时准备让步的。
也许他们偶然间会觉得该把自己最得意的奇闻轶事选出一件插进来讲一讲,但一转眼大家已谈到别处去了,插话的机会随之而失,他们也就听之任之。
或许是由于我从小混迹于英国小酒馆的缘故吧,我觉得酒瞎里的闲聊别有韵味。
酒馆里的朋友对别人的生活毫无了解,他们只是临时凑到一起来的,彼此并无深交。
他们之中也许有人面临婚因破裂,或恋爱失败,或碰到别的什么不顺心的事儿,但别人根本不管这些。
他们就像大仲马笔下的三个火枪手一样,虽然日夕相处,却从不过问彼此的私事,也不去揣摸别人内心的秘密。
有一天晚上的情形正是这样。
人们正漫无边际地东扯西拉,从最普通的凡人俗事谈到有关木星的科学趣闻。
谈了半天也没有一个中心话题,事实上也不需要有一个中心话题。
可突然间大伙儿的话题都集中到了一处,中心话题奇迹般地出现了。
我记不起她那句话是在什么情况下说出来的——她显然不是预先想好把那句话带到酒馆里来说的,那也不是什么非说不可的要紧话——我只知道她那句话是随着大伙儿的话题十分自然地脱口而出的。
“几天前,我听到一个人说‘标准英语’这个词语是带贬义的批评用语,指的是人们应该尽量避免使用的英语。
”此语一出,谈话立即热烈起来。
有人赞成,也有人怒斥,还有人则不以为然。
高级英语下册的课文中英文翻译

高级英语下册的课文中英文翻译(下)Lesson One The Company in Which I work 我工作的公司*In the company in which I work , each of us is afraid of at least one person .我工作的公司里,每个人都至少害怕一个人。
*The lower your position is , the more people you are afraid of . 职位越低,所惧怕的人越多。
*And all the people are afraid of the twelve men at the top who helped found and build the company and now own and direct it .所有的人都害怕那十二位顶层上司,他们帮助创建了这个公司,而且现在仍然大权在握。
*All these twelve men are elderly now and drained by time 歲月滄桑and success of energy and ambition . 所有这十二位都已经上了年纪,而且岁月的沧桑和对成功的执著追求使他们心力交瘁。
*Many have spent their whole lives here .They seem friendly ,slow , and content when I come upon them in the halls and always courteous(有禮貌的) and mute 沉默不語的)when they ride with others in the public elevators . 他们中很多人在这儿干了一辈子。
当我在大厅里遇见他们时,他们看上去非常友善、沉稳而心满意足,而且他们与别人一起乘坐公共电梯时又总是彬彬有礼、沉默不语*Nobody is sure anymore who really runs the company ( not even the people who are credited with running it ) , but the company does run . 没有人知道谁真正经营这家公司(甚至连人们认为现在经营着这家公司的那些人都不知道),然而公司的确在运转。
自考高级英语下Lesson Is America Falling Apart

wrest
• wrest: to take power or influence away from someone, especially when this is difficult
– They are fighting to wrest control of the party from the old leaders.
The judge cannot be faulted on his decision.
on the level of: in the aspect of, in connection with
Prime
• Prime: a book that contains basic information about something
The area is enveloped in a pall of neglect.
Clamor: to demand something loudly
clamor for The audience cheered, clamoring
for more. Glamorize: to make something seem more attractive than it really
– A conscientious teacher may feel inclined to take work home
– a conscientious and hard-working student
fault: to criticize someone or something for a mistake
is TV has been accused of
glam Conscientious
自考高级英语课后翻译下册

1.They hold meetings ,make promotions , and allow their names to be used on announcements that are prepared and issued by somebody else .他们主持会议,研究该提升谁,别人准备并发布的通告上也要署上他们的名字.2. He makes it clear to me every now and then that he wishes to see everything coming out of my department before it is shown to other departments .他不时地让我清楚一个事实,即希望我的部门所做的每项工作在显示给其他部门之前先给他看看.3. The result of this photocopying and distributing is that there is almost continuous public scrutiny and discussion throughout the company of how well or poorly the salesmen in each sales office of each division of the company are doing at any given time .把统计数字复印,分发,这种做法的结果是公司每个部门的每个销售办事处的推销员在任何时期内业绩的好坏都不断地处于公众的审查和评论之中.4. They are stimulated and motivated by discipline and direction . 纪律和监督激励他们.5. Their budget , too , is small , for they are no longer permitted to undertake large projects .》他们的经费很少,因为不再允许他们承担大的项目。
自考高级英语下册Lesson_4_

• ultimately • adv. 最后, 最终 • All wealth comes ultimately from human labor. • 一切财富归根到底来源於人类的劳动。
• • • • •
make way for 为 ... 让路, 为 ... 腾出地方 He stepped aside to make way for us. 他向旁边走了一步,给我们让路。 He was pushed out to make way for the director's son.
The Tragedy of Old age in America
• propelled into=pushed into • His addiction to drugs propelled him towards a life of crime. 吸毒上瘾使他走上犯罪道路。 The change is being propelled by the new economic upsurge. 新的经济高涨正促进变革。 • midst n.中间 prep.在...中间
• • • • • •
external adj. 外来的, 外部的, 外面的, 表面的 n. 外观, 外部, 外界事物 adj. [医]外用的 internal adj. 国内的, 内部的, 身内的
• Bittersweet adj. 又苦又甜的, 苦乐参半的 come to terms with 达成协议;妥协;让步;屈服 • e.g.①She has come to terms with her fate. • 她已听天由命了。 • ②He managed to come to terms with his illness. • 他设法忍住了疾病的痛苦。
自考高级英语下Lesson 12 The Everlasting Witness

retroactive
• descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on the effects of events or stimuli or process that occurred previously对以前的人或事有作用的
Lesson Twelve
The Everlasting Witness
felicitous
well-chosen and suitable OPP infelicitous
– Her choice of music is felicitous. 她选择的音 乐很适当.
serene
• very calm or peaceful
for that matter
• used to say that what you are saying about one thing is also true about something else同样地
– Ben never touched beer, or any kind of alcohol for that matter.
– My knee’s been playing me up this week.
• play up to somebody: to behave in a very polite or kind way to someone because you want something from them企图博得 ... 的好感; 讨好
grimace
• to twist your face in an ugly way because you do not like something, because you are feeling pain, or because you are trying to be funny扮鬼脸,作 怪相,装鬼脸,作苦相
自考高级英语下册课文讲解

I wish the speaker would confine himself to the subject.我希望演讲者不要离题。
Confine your criticism to matters you understand. 发表评论不要超出自己所了解的范围。
11. justify (v): show that sb. / sth. is right , reasonable or just 表明是正当的,有理的,公正的
They found it hard to justify their son's giving up a secure well-paid job. 他们难以理解儿子竟放弃收入颇丰的稳定工作。Tiredness cannot possibly justify your treating staff this way. 你不能以疲劳为由就这样对待职工
remain in the press by making a contrast with television based on the date out of a survey.
Having sharply criticized the partisan bit and the abuse of the sacred right entrusted to the
She'll be glad to get the exam over with. 等考试结束她就高兴了。
He looked upon the wedding ceremony as a mere formality --- something to be got over with as quickly as possible. 他只把婚礼看成一种形式,一件应尽快了结的事。
高级英语课文翻译(下册)

�下�L e s s o n O n e T h e C o m p a n y i n W h i c h I w o r k我工作的公司B y J o s e p h H e l l e rI n t h e c o m p a n y i n w h i c h I w o r k,e a c h o f u s i s a f r a i d o f a t l e a s t o n e p e r s o n.6我工作的公司里�每个人都至少害怕一个人。
T h e l o w e r y o u r p o s i t i o n i s,t h e m o r e p e o p l e y o u a r e a f r a i d o f.职位越低�所惧怕的人越多。
A n d a l l t h e p e o p l e a r e a f r a i d o f t h e t w e l v e m e n a t t h e t o p w h o h e l p e d f o u n d a n d b u i l d t h e c o m p a n y a n d n o w o w n a n d d i r e c t i t.所有的人都害怕那十二位顶层上司�他们帮助创建了这个公司�而且现在仍然大权在握。
A l l t h e s e t w e l v e m e n a r e e l d e r l y n o w a n d d r a i n e d b y t i m e歲月滄桑a n d s u c c e s s o f e n e r g y a n d a m b i t i o n.所有这十二位都已经上了年纪�而且岁月的沧桑和对成功的执著追求使他们心力交瘁。
M a n y h a v e s p e n t t h e i r w h o l e l i v e s h e r e.T h e y s e e m f r i e n d l y,s l o w,a n d c o n t e n t w h e n I c o m e u p o n t h e m i n t h e h a l l s a n d a l w a y s c o u r t e o u s(有禮貌的)a n d m u t e沉默不語的�w h e n t h e y r i d e w i t h o t h e r s i n t h e p u b l i c e l e v a t o r s.他们中很多人在这儿干了一辈子。
自考高级英语下Lesson 11 On Human Nature and Politics

elude
• if something that you want eludes you, you fail to find or achieve it
– The appropriate word eluded him. – 他找不到合适的字眼
• to escape from someone or something, especially by tricking them SYN avoid
acquisitiveness
• strong desire to acquire and possess • We live in an acquisitive society... • 我们生活在一个物欲横流的社会。 • The most acquisitive firms tend to be
• 拜占庭风格的
divans
• a long backless sofa (usually with pillows against a wall)
• Lord Henry stretched himself out on the divan and laughed.
• 亨利勋爵伸手摊脚地躺在沙发椅上,笑着。
city. • 他们住在乡下,但在城里工作。
on that account
• 由于这个[那个]缘故 • I hope you will not on that account reject
what evidence I place before you. • 我希望你不要因此而拒绝我向你提供的证
据。
gratified
• having received what was desired
• He was gratified to hear that his idea had been confirmed...
自考英语本科高级英语上下册课后短文翻译

1Rock music began in America in the late 1950‟s . It was not only a new musical form , but a forum for the American youth to express their ideas of the world and life . In this forum , the stars sang out the attitudes of the youth towards civil rights , war and peace ,the disaffection of their society , and a range of emotions between love and hate . Allin all , in this forum , the American youth redefined the beliefs and feelings of their society . The typical representatives of the early rock music were Elvis Presley , singer and poet Bob Dylan , the Bealtles , the rolling Stones and so on . They were the culture heroes whom the young people worshipped .2The American young people in 1960‟s were a generation of rebellion . They found that the affluent American society was filled with poverty , injustice and gypocrisy . They didn‟t trust the adult world that didn‟t belong to them and refused to take their beliefs and values . Many young people took active part in the struggle which protested against poverty , racial discrimination and Vietnam War . Some young people even tried to overthrow this world by armed revolution. Many other young took passive ways to show their disaffections . They took drugs , refused to take any responsibilities and lived a parasitic way of life . Or they escaped to the frontiers and lived a primitive way of life .3Mathilda had been ill for three days . Her mother had given her some medicine, but it did n‟t do any good . So they had to ask the doctor to come . There had been a number of cases of diphtheria in Mathilda‟s school and two of them had been dead . When the doctor arrived at Olson‟s home , he wanted to examine Mthilda‟s throat first . But no mat ter how he coaxed ,,She wouldn‟t open her mouth . So the doctor had to get the tongue depressor into her mouth . But Mathilda reduced it to splinters . In order to protect Mathilda herself and other children , the doctor had to make surewhether she had diphtheria or not , so that he could treat her in time . Letting Mathilda …s father hold her wrists he tried his best to open her mouth and found she really had diphtheria. This story made us can think such a question that something in life can‟t only depend on self willingness . Under some circumstances , certain force seems necessary .4The need for laws on euthanasia can‟t be dodged for much longer . Euthanasia is a taboo in most countries . In these countries doctors can only practise it secretly . But it is openly practiced in some countries , such as Holland . Right now more and more countries are going over the arguments about legalizing euthanasia .When a patient suffers from illness for a long time and there is no hope of curing it , why do we l et him polong the throes ?Why can‟t we practise euthanasia to stop the throes ?But if we legalize euthanasia , there will be a danger Someone may use it for killing . All in all , euthanasia is question we can‟t dodge .5The American women made great c ontributions to the nation‟s development , but they received different forms of prejudices because of their sex . In politics , they did all the tedious details that made the differene between victory and defeat on election day and seldom had the chance to reach a better position , while the men reaped the rewards . In economy , most women did the lower-paying and dead –end jobs and they were paid less than the men for the same job . Many American people didn‟t admit it was prejudice against women . They said it was only a different division of labour in society . Even many women were content with their roles as second-class citizens . So the author said it was a long painful struggle for the women to get real equality .6When I knew Magpie got a scholarship of a California University and could go to the Fine Arts School to study , I was very pleased for him . I knew he wanted to become a poet all the time. I also knew he had a good talent . It was a very good chance for him . So I went back to Crow Creek to tell him about the good news and let him fill out some papers . But I didn‟t find him at his home . His wife said they had not been together for a while and only heard he was in Chamberlain . Then I went for Salina and asked her to help me find Magpie . Salina said Magpie had changed a lot since he was taken into prison . She thought he was not interested in going to the university of white people . But I said Magpie had a right to know this news and make the decision whether to go or not by himself . She agreed and took me to his good friend , Elgie . But when I could really see Magpie at last , he had been shot by the police .7Miss Brill was an English who lived in a coastal city in France . She was old and poor . She would go to the park on every Sunday afternoon . She always sat on the same bench , listening people around her talk , or watching other people‟s lives in front of her . She suddenly had a feeling on that Sunday afternoon . She felt the life was like a play and she was one part of the community . She had a part in the performance . At this time , the feeling of loneliness began to escape her .But just at this time she heard a couple of young people talk about her with contempt . Even the young man asked her to leave in a low voice . The short feeling of happiness disappeared . she went home with a broken heart .8Man created language . It was man‟s way of communicating with his fellow man . The difference between oral and written language was that oral language could take the human voice to infuse it with the shades of deeper meaning . Flowers was nearly singing when she read A Tale ofTwo Cities . It sounded beautiful . Her reading made me realize the wonder of language. Mrs. Flowers gave me novels and poems . I learned value of life from these books and realized how beautiful the language of literature works was .Man created language . It was man‟s way of communicating with his fellow man . The difference between oral and written language was that oral language could take the human voice to infuse it with the shades of deeper meaning . Flowers was nearly singing when she read A Tale of Two Cities . It sounded beautiful . Her reading made me realize the wonder of language. Mrs. Flowers gave me novels and poems . I learned value of life from these books and realized how beautiful the language of literature works was .9People have a short attention span . So in order to capture the viewer‟s attention , television must provide constant stimulation through variety , novelty , action and movement . The result of doing so is that news is too brief and results in inefficient communication . Many news programs are like “ machine –gunning with scraps “and figh t coherence of mind.The appeal to the short attention span will decivilize as well. To avoid complexity means to give up thinking . The “ functionally illiterates “ among adult Americans are continually increasing . They even do not know how to answer the want ad. Or understand the instructions on a medicine bottle . At least television should be responsible for part of it .10One night , two German military officers were murdered by Frenchmen . The next day , a German officer declared to thirty French prisoners , “ My order is that one man in every ten shall be selected and shot tomorrow . That is to say , three of you thirty people will die tomorrow . We are indifferent as to which three . You can choose for yourselves .”The prisoners had a heated discussion about who should die. Someone said the old people should go first . This was the way of nature . Some people said the unmarried should go first because they had no responsibilities . At last , all consented to drawinglots to decide which three went to die . A rich lawyer unfortunately got the death draw . He said , “ I …ll give a hundred thousand francs to anyone who will die for me . “11Some people will fall asleep as soon as their heads touch the pillows . Some people can‟t go to sleep although they have been lying in bed several hours . The more he wants to go to sleep , the more wakeful he is . I belong to the latter . When I write an essay , I feel an overpowering desire for sleep . But when I go to bed , I can do anything but sleep . I can compose grand symphonies , paint magnificent pictures and write good essays . The artificial ways of inducing sleep are legion , but they are of no avail . When I can‟t go to sleep at night , I imagine a dialogue with a friend till I either laugh or fall asleep . I find this is a good way to go to sleep .12As a very small child , I made up my mind to become a writer in future . When I become a writer , what I have most wanted to do is to make political writing into a work of art . The opinion that art should have nothing to do with politics is wrong . Writing is exposing lies , protecting truth and also an aesthetic experience . Animal Farm was the book in which I tried to fuse political purpose and artistic purpose into one whole . Writing should serve the society and the public . This is the principle I must follow . I f a writer lacks political purpose , he will only write some purple passages , even some humbug .13The first thing Russell thinks is the most ordinary function of work , namely the relief o ftedium. He thinks even the dullest work is less painful than idleness to most people . Then he talks about how the work can provide the people with opportunities for their ambitions. Man, as a member of the society , hopes that he can procure more and more social achievements . He pointsout that most women are so unfortunate that they can not work outside their homes . They are deprived of this chance .It seems that different kinds of work give people satisfaction to different degrees . Russell studies the concerning two chief elements , that is the exercise of skill and construction .When he analyzes the latter , Russell finds an opportunity to express his profound hatred to the war and social violence .14John F. Kerry was a discharged veteran from Vietnam War and took part in the investigation held in Detroit in December in 1970 . He thought the purpose for the veterans to attend the investigation was not only to confess their war crimes in order to purge their souls . It was not the individual but the American government that should have been responsible for the war crimes . He hoped to arouse the sense of responsibility of American people by this text . He criticized that the mass of people in America lit erally didn‟t give a damn and pointed out that the policy of the American government was hypocritical. He revealed the veterans‟ miserable conditions after they came back : racial discrimination ,drug taking , unemployment , no good medical care , etc. In the end he told the readers that members of Vietnam Veterans Against the War would march on Washington to the Capitol . Their most important demand was that the government set a date for withdrawl of troops from Vietnam, otherwise , they would camp and sta y there and won‟t move .15The author first pointed out that American and European women expended a large sum of money on cosmetics in order to make them look younger and more beautiful . Unlike the people of 19th century , they didn‟t think that only women who were not virtuous could use cosmetics . But the author worried that women only paid attention to their appearances and ignored the necessity to overcome the ugliness of theirhearts . He thought the people would be really beautiful only when the human beings had an opportunity to live harmoniously . But the author did not think the objective could be realized .16The three interviewers hid the truth of the firm to McDeere and only told him that the firm mainly did tax work . The clients of the firm were all big corporations , banks and wealthy people . Although the firm was not large in size and only consisted of forty –one lawyers , the salaries an all other benefits of the members were incredibly high . For the first year , McDeere could receive a base salary of eighty thousand dollars , plus bonuses , a low –interest mortgage and a luxurious car . If he worked hard , he would become a partner in ten years . If he put in ten more years , he could be a millionaire .All these were very appealing to Mcdeere . He agreed to accept this job without hesitation . But he could not imagine that he mistakenly went into a lawyer firm which was controlled by a black organization and specialized in illegal activities .1It‟s not easy to work in a big comp any . There is strict hierarchy in the company , and if you hope to be successful and get promotion , you have to obey directions and disciplines in addition to bear heavy pressure of work and work hard . Every day you are under rigid supervision and live in panic . If what you do is a job which will not provide you any chance to get promotion and for some reasons you have no way to find another job , you will be bored with it and feel dull . You will be in despair , lose ambition and working motivation , and finally become a mediocre .2Eveline agreed to marry Frank –an Irish sailor who lived in Buenos Ayres . They got to know each other when Frank just came back Dublin to spend his holidays . They would go to Buenos Ayres by boat that night . The boat was going to leave in a few hours , but she was still in doubtwhether it was wise or not to go to such a distant country with Frank . Although she didn‟t like the job in the store , and her father didn‟t treat her well , it was the only life that she was f amiliar with , after all . Besides , Eveline had promised to her mother that she would keep the home together as long as she could before her mother died . But the vision of the miserable life of her mother made her feel horrible . She would live a happy life with Frank .But she changed her mind before boarding the boat . The boat left with Frank . Everybody dreamed of happy life , but one must have courage to realize his dream .3Television has much more advantages than newspapers . When watching TV, we use our eyes as well as ears ; we can see the words and picture on the screen , and listen to the language and music as well . TV news broadcasting is quicker than that of newspapers . But television lives on commercial advertising to an even greater extent than newspapers . Profits drive television to cater to the lowest instinct of man . There are violence and sex in entertainment programmes of American television . Very often , television coverage of news is superficial and inadequate .There are a lot of problems in American newspapers too . the most prominent problem is that newspapers distort fact , and attack the countries ,people and the social systems which Americans do not like .4The life circle includes birth , being old , and death . Death is an unavoidable end for everybody . Aging is the neglected period of human life circle . Death happens within a few seconds while aging is a long period which means illness , poverty , and loneliness advertisements and travel folders show relaxed , happy , well-dressed older people enjoying recreation,travel and their grandchildren . But all these can not be enjoyed by the poor elder . They have to struggle to survive in old age . Many old people struggle to exist in an inhospitable world . There are more and more old people in the world now , and the government of every country is beginning to pay attention to the problems of old people .5Mrs . Wright was a town girl before she married John Wright and lived in his farm . She used to be a lively girl who liked singing . But during the thirty years living together with Wright , she totally changed . Wright was miserly and never paid attention to his wife‟s needs . There was no joy in their house , and even the neighbours were reluctant to call at their house . One winter morning , Mr. Hale , their neighbour , found that Wright was strangled on his bed .Mrs Wright said that shedidn‟t know who killed her husband . Her behaviour was very queer . She didn‟t call the police , but just sat in the rocker rocking back and forth in the kitchen . The policemen arrested her . Next morning , county sheriff and county attorney took Hale back to the farm to investigate who had killed Wright .6The county sheriff and county attorney couldn‟t find out any sign of anyone having come from the outside , and they were sure that Wright had been killed by his wife . In order to make juries believe the story , they had to find out Mrs . Wright‟s motive for killing her husband , but they failed . While they were busy investigating ,the two women sitting in the kitchen found a dead canary which was wrapped up in a piece of silk lying in a box . The canary had been wrung to death . The two women could imagine what kind of life Mrs . Wright had spent while living with Wright in this house . They didn‟t want the box containing the dead canary to be seen by sheriff and county attorney . In order to protect Mrs . Wright , they hid the box .7Ace was in a plight . He lost the job and was afraid to see his wife .Evey had to work as a saleswoman because Ace could not earn enough money to support the family . She was always very tired after working a whole day . She always had no time to cook dinner . now he was sacked , so he was worried that Evey would be ma d . Ace …s mother took care of their daughter Bonnie for them . Evey always took Bonnie back , but Ace went to take Bonnie that day . Ace‟s mother was glad that Ace lost the job , for she thought Ace should have a better job . Evey was not very angry with Ace this time , but did Ace get rid of the plight ?8Why are so many people overweight in the United States ? Most people may say that there are two reasons . One is that American food is tasty ; the other is that they take few exercises . But the author doesn‟t think this way . He proposes such a hypothesis that people eat in order to satisfy the sense of taste . When food has the flavor of library paste , people need to eat more so as to satisfy the frustrated taste buds . “ Science “ causes the blandne ss of American food which is the real reason why obesity has become a national curse . We should not be very serious about the author‟s strange opinion which is merely a way that the author used to satirize the American food .9I was born , grew up and finished high school in Watts , so I have deep feelings to Watts . I decided to make a career in Watts because it was supposed to be impossible . At that time , many young blacks left Watts in droves . They thought they could make a career only outside the ghetto .I also left Watts and went to study in Oxford University and Yale University . The riots in ghetto in 1960s showed the ever increasing militancy of the blacks . The riots were the most significant massive action taken by Northern Negroes . It was a watershed in the ghetto‟s history . The deepest impact of the riots was on the people of Watts . I will never escape from the ghetto . I have staked my all on its future . Watts is my home .10Customers have different values about products and services . Some customers demand low prices with the least inconvenience . Some customers don‟t care much about the prices , but they demand that the products should represent the hottest style and technology on the market . Other customers demand that products and services should meet their specific needs . Thus , if a company hopes to become the market leader and keep its edge , it must focus on one dimension and create a breakthrough to reach new heights of performance according to its own situation . It can win through cost or with great products or through customer intimacy .11Human beings have four major desires ; acquisitiveness , rivalry , vanity and love of power . Acquisitiveness is the wish to possess as much as possible of goods . Satiety is a dream which will always elude you . Acquisitiveness is the mainspring of the capitalist system , but rivalry is a much stronger motive than acquisitiveness . Vanity is a motive of immense potency . It is scarcely possible to exggerate the influence of vanity throughout the range of human life . But love of power is a motive which overweighs vanity . love of power is insatiable . Love of power is by far the strongest motive in the lives of important men . love of power is greatly increased by the experience of power .12Jerry ----Marian‟s son -----had to join the army and was sent to Vietnam to fight a losing battle shortly after he spent twenty –year –old birthday . Later , he was captured in one battle and was sent to a prison –compound . Young Jerry couldn‟t stand such a heavy blow and broke down . the handsome young man changed into another person . He was expressionless with a dull look in his eyes . His face muscles were jerking . He looked like an idiot . Marian‟s heart broke when she saw her idiot son in the newsreel . What made her relieved was the fact that her son was still alive and she would wait for her son patiently .13Huxley states in the article that most people are snobs about something . He says that some people even feel that they are important just because of having certain diseases . But so far I have never met any disease –snobs . In china , during the Culture Revolution , the snobbery of family and the snobbery of ignorance and stupidity were most popular . Twenty years later , modernity –snobbery is making headway today . our media encourage modernity –snobbery desperately . TV advertisements urge people to buy new goods . In addition , they make you feel that you are shameful if you don‟t have the most fashionable goods . For u p-to-dateness means that you are wealthy , and wealth is a symbol of strong capability . Only a man knowing his own mind can resist the flood of propaganda .14Arthur likes to go fishing along the canal on Sunday mornings . After six days‟ tiring labor work , he wants to leave the factory , leave the city as soon as possible to go to the tranquil countrysideand sit by the canal , fishing . He thinks it is a best way to relax himself and a best way to forget all the troubles . The factory is dirty stinking and ugly and people do not want to stay there for one more minute . The countryside has a picturesque view : fresh air , enchanting spring scene , green grass and trees , fragrant earth . The factory is hell while the countryside is heaven .15Most people believe that American education is of the highest quality in the world , but the author has his unique opinion . He thinks that there are serious problems in American education . The low quality of American education can not be faulted on the low teaching level . Teachers are working hard , but the problem is that they are teaching so rigidly that they work rigidly from the approved rigidly programmed primers . They are afraid of losing the job . They can‟t cultivate rare genius in this way . Another serious problem in american education is that children are not taught how to respect and inherit cultural heritage of human beings . What the author states here is the situation of primary education . Are the secondary education and higher education in the same situation .?16Jerry was tired of swimming and sunbathing . He wanted to swim down to the bottom of the sea to see what it was like there and play with other boys . But he felt he should not leave his widowed mother alone . His mother was also considerate of him . she hoped Jerry to stay on the safe beach with her care at his side . But she was afraid that her son felt that she tried to keep him close and she was possessive . Her son was eleven years old . She should give him freedom , and let him go wherever he likes to go . He could take care of himself without her . When Jerry swam far , he kept looking back to see whether his mother was still on the beach .。
高级英语下册的课文中英文翻译

(下)I 我工作的公司* I , .我工作的公司里,每个人都至少害怕一个人。
* , . 职位越低,所惧怕的人越多。
* .所有的人都害怕那十二位顶层上司,他们帮助创建了这个公司,而且现在仍然大权在握。
* 歲月滄桑. 所有这十二位都已经上了年纪,而且岁月的沧桑和对成功的执著追求使他们心力交瘁。
* , I (有禮貌的) 沉默不語的). 他们中很多人在这儿干了一辈子。
当我在大厅里遇见他们时,他们看上去非常友善、沉稳而心满意足,而且他们与别人一起乘坐公共电梯时又总是彬彬有礼、沉默不语* ( ) , . 没有人知道谁真正经营这家公司(甚至连人们认为现在经营着这家公司的那些人都不知道),然而公司的确在运转。
* 他有时会向我表示他希望我的部门的每一项工作在其他部门知道前要先让他知道。
* I . 我会将大部分工作绕过格林并直接交给需要它们的人,而不愿意占他的时间。
* , , (鎖事). 毕竟我们部门绝大部分工作只是微不足道的。
* (惱羞成怒) . 如果他从未看见或听到过的话,就更是恼羞成怒。
* . . ,, . 公司里非常惧怕大多数人的人是销售人员,他们都生活和工作在极大压力之下,当情况不好时,对销售人员来说就会更糟。
而当情况较好时,他们也不会好到哪儿去。
* , , , ; 工作努力, ; . , , a a . 不论是从整体上还是个人,他们总是在接受检查,总是处于不合格的边缘。
他们工作非常努力(就连他们中那些很有保障的和充满自信的人都是这样)以使在书面评语上看上去好一些,况且要让他们看上去好的表格多得很。
比如每星期为各部门准备的每个销售办事处及销售部所作的前一星期的销售业绩总记录加以保存并且与前一年同期的销售业绩相比较。
* . 这些数字被复印后发到公司的每位员工和与销售有关的部门。
*公開審查. 这样做的结果是公司几乎一直在对每一个分公司的销售办事处中的销售人员在某一既定时间内的工作业绩进行公开审查和评论。
* , , . , . a a , , a a . 当销售人员业绩好时,他们因为要开始使工作做得更好,以免不如以前,从而感到压力重重。
高级英语第二册课文翻译

高级英语第二册课文翻译Unit1 Pub Talk and the King's English酒吧闲聊与标准英语亨利?费尔利人类的一切活动中,只有闲谈最宜于增进友谊,而且是人类特有的一种活动。
动物之间的信息交流,不论其方式何等复杂,也是称不上交谈的。
闲谈的引人人胜之处就在于它没有一个事先定好的话题。
它时而迂回流淌,时而奔腾起伏,时而火花四射,时而热情洋溢,话题最终会扯到什么地方去谁也拿不准。
要是有人觉得“有些话要说”,那定会大煞风景,使闲聊无趣。
闲聊不是为了进行争论。
闲聊中常常会有争论,不过其目的并不是为了说服对方。
闲聊之中是不存在什么输赢胜负的。
事实上,真正善于闲聊的人往往是随时准备让步的。
也许他们偶然间会觉得该把自己最得意的奇闻轶事选出一件插进来讲一讲,但一转眼大家已谈到别处去了,插话的机会随之而失,他们也就听之任之。
或许是由于我从小混迹于英国小酒馆的缘故吧,我觉得酒瞎里的闲聊别有韵味。
酒馆里的朋友对别人的生活毫无了解,他们只是临时凑到一起来的,彼此并无深交。
他们之中也许有人面临婚因破裂,或恋爱失败,或碰到别的什么不顺心的事儿,但别人根本不管这些。
他们就像大仲马笔下的三个火枪手一样,虽然日夕相处,却从不过问彼此的私事,也不去揣摸别人内心的秘密。
有一天晚上的情形正是这样。
人们正漫无边际地东扯西拉,从最普通的凡人俗事谈到有关木星的科学趣闻。
谈了半天也没有一个中心话题,事实上也不需要有一个中心话题。
可突然间大伙儿的话题都集中到了一处,中心话题奇迹般地出现了。
我记不起她那句话是在什么情况下说出来的——她显然不是预先想好把那句话带到酒馆里来说的,那也不是什么非说不可的要紧话——我只知道她那句话是随着大伙儿的话题十分自然地脱口而出的。
“几天前,我听到一个人说‘标准英语’这个词语是带贬义的批评用语,指的是人们应该尽量避免使用的英语。
”此语一出,谈话立即热烈起来。
有人赞成,也有人怒斥,还有人则不以为然。
自考高级英语下册课文翻译

全国高等教育自学考试指定教材英语专业(本科段)高级英语(下)王家湘课文翻译Lesson OneThe Company in Which I Work我工作的公司约瑟夫·海勒我工作的公司里,每个人都至少害怕一个人。
职位越低,所惧怕的人越多.所有的人都害怕那十二位顶层上司,他们帮助创建了这个公司,而且现在仍然大权在握。
所有这十二位都已经上了年纪,而且岁月的沧桑和对成功的执著追求使他们心力交瘁。
他们中很多人在这儿干了一辈子。
当我在大厅里遇见他们时,他们看上去非常友善、沉稳而心满意足,而且他们与别人一起乘坐公共电梯时又总是彬彬有礼、沉默不语。
他们不再努力工作.他们主持会议,决定别人的晋升,任凭别人在准备发布的通告中使用他们的名字,没有人知道谁真正经营这家公司(甚至连人们认为现在经营着这家公司的那些人都不知道),然而公司的确在运转。
在平常的工作日里,我很害怕杰克·格林,这是因为我所在的部门属于他的部门,而杰克·格林是我的上司。
格林害怕我则是因为我的部门的绝大部分工作是为销售部所做的,而销售部比他的部门更重要,而且同他相比,我与迪·卡葛勒以及销售部的其他人员的关系更加密切。
格林偶尔也对我不信任,他有时会向我表示他希望我的部门的每一项工作在其他部门知道前要先让他知道.我知道这不是他真正的意思,他自己的工作非常忙,根本就无暇顾及我们所有的工作。
我会将大部分工作绕过格林并直接交给需要它们的人,而不愿意占他的时间.毕竟我们部门绝大部分工作只是微不足道的.但是每当其他部门赞扬我们部门的工作时,格林就会变得不安,如果他从未看见或听到过的话,就更是恼羞成怒。
在我的部门里,有六个人害怕我,其中一个小秘书害怕我们所有的人。
有一个为我工作的人,他对任何人都毫不惧怕,甚至连我也不怕,我真想尽快把他解雇掉,然而我害怕他……公司里非常惧怕大多数人的人是销售人员,他们都生活和工作在极大压力之下,当情况不好时,对销售人员来说就会更糟。
自考高级英语上下册中英翻译

Lesson 15: The Beauty Industry美容用品业The one American industry unaffected by the general depression of trade is the beamy industry.美国工业中惟一未受贸易大萧条影响的是美容用品业。
American women continue to spend on their faces and bodies as much as they spent before the coming of the slump經濟蕭條前—about three million pounds a week.美国妇女仍不断在她们的脸上和身体上花费与经济萧条到来之前同样多的钱——每周约300万英镑。
These facts and figures are "official", and can he accepted as being substantially 充分true.这些事实与数字都是官方的,可大致属实。
Reading them. I was only surprised by the comparative 相對較小smallness of the sums expended.当读到这时,我只为花费的数目相对较小而感到惊奇。
From the prodigious巨大number of advertisements of aids to beauty contained in the American magazines,从美国杂志上铺天盖地的化妆品广告来看,I had imagined that the personal appearance business must stand high up among the champions of American industry—the equal, or only just less than the equal, of bootlegging販賣私酒and racketeering,敲詐勒索movies and automobiles.从美国杂志上铺天盖地的化妆品广告来看,我原以为美容用品业一定居美国工业群雄之首,与贩卖私酒和敲诈勒索,电影和汽车业并驾齐驱或稍逊一筹。
高级英语(下)课文翻译

日志[转]高级英语(下)课文翻译2012-2-23 23:12阅读(5)转载自月光#湖面下一篇:梁山108将简介|返回日志列表•赞(2)赞(2)赞(2)赞(2)•转载(242)•分享(1)•评论•复制地址•更多Module 1 The Film Maker一段小说节选(选自《美好工作》)“这就是,”威尔科克斯说,”我们唯一的一台电脑数控机器。
”“什么?”“电脑数码控制的机器。
看看它换工具有多快?”罗玢从一个有机玻璃窗里往里凝视,看着一些东西像突然抽了筋一样转来转去,进进出出,喷出一种看上去像牛奶咖啡似的液体给机器加油润滑。
“这是干什么?”“机制汽缸盖。
很美,对吧?”“我倒不喜欢这样形容。
”在罗玢的眼里,这台机器运动突然,猛烈,但受控制地向前一冲,又往后一退,真有点儿刁钻古怪,甚至流里流气,活像某种钢铁爬虫在吞食猎物。
“总有一天,”威尔科克斯说,”将会出现摆满这种机器的无灯工厂。
”“干吗是无灯的呢?”“机器不需要灯光,机器是瞎子。
一旦你建起一座全电脑化的工厂,你就可以拆除灯,关上门,由它去制造引擎或者吸尘器,或者任何东西,一切独自在黑暗里进行。
一天二十四小时都在工作。
”“这个主意叫人头皮发麻。
”“在美国,在斯堪的纳维亚,人家早已有了。
”“那经理呢?他也成了一台电脑,坐在黑暗的办公室里?”威尔科克斯对这个问题认真考虑了一下。
”不,电脑不会思想。
总得有人来管理,起码有一个人,决定做什么,怎样做。
不过这些工作”——他把头一扬,眼睛对着一排排工作台瞥了一圈——”不会再有了。
这里的这台机器正在干去年十二个人干的工作。
”“美好的新世界哟,”罗玢说,“那里只有经理们才有工作。
”这一回威尔科克斯没有忽略她的反讽。
”我不喜欢把工人当做冗员裁掉,”他说,”可我们也处于两难的困境。
如果不现代化,我们就失去竞争优势,只好裁减冗员,如果搞现代化,我们还得裁减冗员,因为我们不再需要。
”“我们应当做的事情就是花更多的钱给人们做好创造性休闲的准备,”罗玢说。
自学考试高级英语上下册全套逐句翻译

高级英语上册课文逐句翻译Lesson One Rock Superstars关于我们和我们的社会,他们告诉了我们些什么?What Do They Tell Us About Ourselves and Our Society?摇滚乐是青少年叛逆的音乐。
——摇滚乐评论家约相?罗克韦尔Rock is the music of teenage rebellion.--- John Rockwell, rock music critic知其崇拜何人便可知其人。
——小说家罗伯特?佩恩?沃伦By a man’s heroes ye shall know him.--- Robert Penn Warren, novelist1972年6月的一天,芝加哥圆形剧场挤满了大汗淋漓、疯狂摇摆的人们。
It was mid-June, 1972, the Chicago Amphitheater was packed, sweltering, rocking.滚石摇滚乐队的迈克?贾格尔正在台上演唱“午夜漫步人”。
Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones was singing “Midnight Rambler.”演唱结束时评论家唐?赫克曼在现场。
Critic Don Heckman was there when the song ended.他描述道:“贾格尔抓起一个半加仑的水罐沿舞台前沿边跑边把里面的水洒向前几排汗流浃背的听众。
听众们蜂拥般跟随着他跑,急切地希望能沾上几滴洗礼的圣水。
“Jagger,” he said, “grabs a half-gallon jug of water and runs along the front platform, sprinkling its contents over the first few rows of sweltering listeners. They surge to follow him, eager to be touched by a few baptismal drops”.1973年12月下旬的一天,约1.4万名歌迷在华盛顿市外的首都中心剧场尖叫着,乱哄哄地拥向台前。
高级英语(下)课文翻译

Module 1 The Film Maker一段小说节选(选自《美好工作》)“这就是,”威尔科克斯说,”我们唯一的一台电脑数控机器。
”“什么?”“电脑数码控制的机器。
看看它换工具有多快?”罗玢从一个有机玻璃窗里往里凝视,看着一些东西像突然抽了筋一样转来转去,进进出出,喷出一种看上去像牛奶咖啡似的液体给机器加油润滑。
“这是干什么?”“机制汽缸盖。
很美,对吧?”“我倒不喜欢这样形容。
”在罗玢的眼里,这台机器运动突然,猛烈,但受控制地向前一冲,又往后一退,真有点儿刁钻古怪,甚至流里流气,活像某种钢铁爬虫在吞食猎物。
“总有一天,”威尔科克斯说,”将会出现摆满这种机器的无灯工厂。
”“干吗是无灯的呢?”“机器不需要灯光,机器是瞎子。
一旦你建起一座全电脑化的工厂,你就可以拆除灯,关上门,由它去制造引擎或者吸尘器,或者任何东西,一切独自在黑暗里进行。
一天二十四小时都在工作。
”“这个主意叫人头皮发麻。
”“在美国,在斯堪的纳维亚,人家早已有了。
”“那经理呢?他也成了一台电脑,坐在黑暗的办公室里?”威尔科克斯对这个问题认真考虑了一下。
”不,电脑不会思想。
总得有人来管理,起码有一个人,决定做什么,怎样做。
不过这些工作”——他把头一扬,眼睛对着一排排工作台瞥了一圈——”不会再有了。
这里的这台机器正在干去年十二个人干的工作。
”“美好的新世界哟,”罗玢说,“那里只有经理们才有工作。
”这一回威尔科克斯没有忽略她的反讽。
”我不喜欢把工人当做冗员裁掉,”他说,”可我们也处于两难的困境。
如果不现代化,我们就失去竞争优势,只好裁减冗员,如果搞现代化,我们还得裁减冗员,因为我们不再需要。
”“我们应当做的事情就是花更多的钱给人们做好创造性休闲的准备,”罗玢说。
“就像搞妇女研究?”“还有别的。
”“男人喜欢工作。
说来可笑,可他们就是喜欢。
每个周一早上他们也许会发牢骚讲怪话,他们也许会鼓励缩短工时,增加假期,但他们需要工作以赢得自尊。
”“那不过是个适应问题。
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全国高等教育自学考试指定教材英语专业(本科段)高级英语(下)王家湘课文翻译Lesson OneThe Company in Which I Work我工作的公司约瑟夫·海勒我工作的公司里,每个人都至少害怕一个人。
职位越低,所惧怕的人越多。
所有的人都害怕那十二位顶层上司,他们帮助创建了这个公司,而且现在仍然大权在握。
所有这十二位都已经上了年纪,而且岁月的沧桑和对成功的执著追求使他们心力交瘁。
他们中很多人在这儿干了一辈子。
当我在大厅里遇见他们时,他们看上去非常友善、沉稳而心满意足,而且他们与别人一起乘坐公共电梯时又总是彬彬有礼、沉默不语。
他们不再努力工作。
他们主持会议,决定别人的晋升,任凭别人在准备发布的通告中使用他们的名字,没有人知道谁真正经营这家公司(甚至连人们认为现在经营着这家公司的那些人都不知道),然而公司的确在运转。
在平常的工作日里,我很害怕杰克·格林,这是因为我所在的部门属于他的部门,而杰克·格林是我的上司。
格林害怕我则是因为我的部门的绝大部分工作是为销售部所做的,而销售部比他的部门更重要,而且同他相比,我与迪·卡葛勒以及销售部的其他人员的关系更加密切。
格林偶尔也对我不信任,他有时会向我表示他希望我的部门的每一项工作在其他部门知道前要先让他知道。
我知道这不是他真正的意思,他自己的工作非常忙,根本就无暇顾及我们所有的工作。
我会将大部分工作绕过格林并直接交给需要它们的人,而不愿意占他的时间。
毕竟我们部门绝大部分工作只是微不足道的。
但是每当其他部门赞扬我们部门的工作时,格林就会变得不安,如果他从未看见或听到过的话,就更是恼羞成怒。
在我的部门里,有六个人害怕我,其中一个小秘书害怕我们所有的人。
有一个为我工作的人,他对任何人都毫不惧怕,甚至连我也不怕,我真想尽快把他解雇掉,然而我害怕他……公司里非常惧怕大多数人的人是销售人员,他们都生活和工作在极大压力之下,当情况不好时,对销售人员来说就会更糟。
而当情况较好时,他们也不会好到哪儿去。
不论是从整体上还是个人,他们总是在接受检查,总是处于不合格的边缘。
他们工作非常努力(就连他们中那些很有保障的和充满自信的人都是这样)以使在书面评语上看上去好一些,况且要让他们看上去好的表格多得很。
比如每星期为各部门准备的每个销售办事处及销售部所作的前一星期的销售业绩总记录加以保存并且与前一年同期的销售业绩相比较。
这些数字被复印后发到公司的每位员工和与销售有关的部门。
这样做的结果是公司几乎一直在对每一个分公司的销售办事处中的销售人员在某一既定时间内的工作业绩进行公开审查和评论。
当销售人员业绩好时,他们因为要开始使工作做得更好,以免不如以前,从而感到压力重重。
当他们的业绩不佳时,他们就会做得一塌糊涂。
当一个销售人员争取到了一份大订单或者得到了一笔大的应收的账款,他的兴奋也是短暂的,因为很可能他的那份大订单或者大笔的进账下一次有被竞争对手的公司拿去的危险,甚至在完成前被取消,对这种情况没有人能肯定谁输谁赢。
因此即便在他们的喜悦中也存在着危机和惊慌。
然而,销售人员热爱他们的工作,而绝不再选择其他职业。
在没有消化不良的困扰或不再苦苦为未来忧虑时,他们是一群充满活力、爱说爱笑的人。
另一方面他们会突然之间变得任性并且牢骚满腹,他们每个人都至少能说出公司的一个上层人物是令他极度不满并且觉得这个人会毁了他的前程的。
销售人员工作努力,薪金丰厚,还有个人经费,他们会把这笔个人经费挥霍在进出公司的其他人的身上,其中包括我本人。
他们在豪宅区拥有自己的房子,在高级的私人高尔夫球场打球。
公司鼓励这种做法。
实际上,公司为他们支付乡村俱乐部会员费以及他们在那里的所有开支,并且对那些在高尔夫球上给人留下深刻印象的销售人员给予奖励。
销售部不要未婚男士,甚至连丧偶的也不要,因为公司根据以往的经验得出,对未婚销售人员来说与前程似锦的高级管理人员以及他们的太太们进行社交来往或者参与重大的活动不仅很困难而且危险。
如果一位销售人员的妻子去世了,而他又没有准备再婚,那么通常在丧期后的几个月内他就会调去做行政管理工作。
单身汉永远都不会做销售员。
离婚或者丧偶的销售员都很清楚他们最好再婚或者去另谋他职。
非常奇怪的是,销售人员对长期压力和他们所受的严格管理能够坦然处之。
他们受到纪律和上级指令的激励和促动。
他们在上司的点拨下获得成功,业绩蒸蒸日上。
当他们不是烦躁焦虑或者沮丧时,大多开朗、充满自信而且很合群。
一个人一定是具备某种特殊的性格和气质才使他不但从事销售工作而且想做一名销售人员。
销售员们不仅对他们的岗位而且对他们在公司中享有的地位及重要性感到自豪。
因此我的部门以及其他的大多数部门的职能就是协助销售人员的推销,公司就是靠销售生存。
这就是我们受雇佣拿薪水的原因。
公司里最不担惊受怕的人就是在我们这个小小的市场调研部工作的为数极少的几个人,他们从不担心任何事情,而只关心对公众、市场、国内以及世界的统计信息的收集、组织、解释以及重新组织。
但有一点,他们的工资很少,而且他们也知道如果一旦失去这里的工作,这么少的工资,在其他公司找份工作并不困难。
他们的预算也很少,因为他们从来没有得到允许承担过大项目。
我们现在使用的绝大部分信息都是从贸易协会和一些政府机构免费得到的,而且对于我们所发布的信息的来源真实与否也无从知晓。
然而这似乎并不太重要,重要的是这些信息出自一个信誉好的来源。
市场调研部的人们从没有因为他们在公司外发现我们处于竞争劣势而受到责备。
他们不能改变现实,而如果他们能的话,也只能发现它并提供巧妙的方法来掩盖它。
在很大程度上,这就是我工作的性质。
而且所有格林的属下与销售部和公共部密切合作,从而将全部的事实变成一半,而把一半事实变成全部。
虽然我不是总能欺骗我自己,但是却很擅长这些骗人的把戏。
实际上,我经常为公司的人们被自己的宣传所欺骗而吃惊,现在有很多人相信我们所做的工作是非常重要的。
不仅销售人员是这样,那些精明能干的高级管理人员也是这样。
和我同级的人是这样,比我低的人也是这样。
就连公司里几乎所有从高级商务学校以优秀成绩毕业的人们也不例外。
比如,每当我们举行一个新的广告活动,公司内部的人总是最先被蒙骗的,每当我们介绍一种新的产品,或者换了外包装、颜色并起了新的品名的老产品,即使一点也不好,公司内部的人总是第一个赶着去买的。
我想,知道自己愚蠢的人是聪明的,而知道自己撒谎的人是诚实的。
只有愚蠢的人才会自作聪明。
我们这些在公司这儿的聪明的成年人,整天悄悄地出没于办公室,大家互相惧怕并试图躲避令人生畏的人。
我们上班,吃午饭,回家。
我们迈着正规的步子进进出出,下班后和其他部门的伙伴一起外出,直到累得筋疲力尽才回家。
实际上我时常问自己,仅取决于办公室情形的好坏,或者是家中我妻子、弱智的儿子、另一个儿子、我的女儿、黑人保姆以及照顾我的弱智儿子的护士情况的好坏,他们的情形如何,这就是我要做的全部吗?难道这真的是我有生之年所能得到的最多的吗?我所得出的结论当然永远是——是的!我现在经常对工作非常厌烦,每项常规的工作我总是交给其他人处理,而这使我更加感到厌烦。
要判断究竟是干令人生厌的工作更加烦人,还是将令人生厌的工作交给他人处理,然后无所事事更烦人,这真是一个问题。
实际上,当任务又大又紧而且有些令人生畏还会引起很多人的注意时,我就非常喜欢我的工作。
我变得惴惴不安,而且夜不能寐。
但在这种极有刺激的压力下,我的表现最佳,也最喜欢我的工作。
我独自处理所有这些重大的项目,并且当我成功地完成时,我会因受到赞扬而沉浸在极大的自豪与虚荣之中。
但在这些挑战与兴奋的巅峰之间是单调与绝望。
(而且我也发现一旦我给某人留下了深刻的印象,我就不再为给同一个人留下深刻印象而感到兴奋不已。
在度过每次危机后,都会有一次大的情感失落,一种空虚和令人悲哀的失望。
去年的威胁、机遇和鼓励经常会成为今年不可避免的冗长乏味。
我常常觉得我被利用了,这只是因为我被要求做给我报酬的工作。
)在我极度悲伤的日子里,我便开始将公司的人员结构列入图表……根据嫉妒、希望、恐惧、雄心、烦恼、对手、痛恨或失望,将公司的人员分类。
我把这些表格叫做我的“快乐图”。
这些恶作剧总是使我精神振奋,然而都非常短暂。
这样分析公司时,我的排名非常靠前,因为我既不嫉妒也不灰心,而且我胸无大志。
排在前几名的当然是这些人,他们中大部分是年轻又没有靠山的人。
对他们自己来说,公司还不是一个有重要价值的机构,而只是一个工作的地方,并且认为他们目前的状况只是短暂的。
我之所以把这些人排在首位,是因为只要问他们中的任何一个人他们后半生是否为公司工作,不管有什么样的诱惑,他都会响亮地回答“不!”我也曾是这样。
如果你今天问我同样的问题,我也给你一个响亮的回答:“不!”并且还要补充上:“我想我宁可现在就死!”然而我没有任何离开的打算。
我现在有了一种感觉,那就是没有任何地方是我的容身之处。
Lesson 2Eveline伊芙林詹姆斯·乔伊斯她坐在窗前看着黄昏涌上大街。
她的头靠在窗帘上,鼻孔里满是提花窗帘布上的尘土气味。
她累了。
很少有人走过。
最后一所房子里的那个男人经过这里往家走;她听见他啪嗒啪嗒的脚步声走过水泥道,然后又嘎吱嘎吱地踩在新红房子前的煤渣小路上。
过去那里曾经有一块空地,他们每晚都在空地上和其他家的孩子一起玩耍。
后来一个贝尔法斯特来的男人买走了那块地并在那里建了房子——与他们棕色的小房子不同,他的房子是明亮的砖房还有闪亮的屋顶。
这条街的孩子们过去总是在那块地上玩——迪瓦恩家的,沃特家的,邓恩家的,瘸子小基奥,她和她的兄弟姐妹。
但是欧内斯特却从来没有玩过,他太大了。
她的父亲经常用他那根黑刺李木的拐杖到地里把她们赶出去;但小基奥总是站岗,一看见她的父亲过来就大声喊。
即使这样他们那时似乎还是很开心。
她父亲还没有这么坏,而且她母亲也还活着。
那是很久以前的事了,她和兄弟姐妹都已经长大了;她的母亲死了。
迪齐·邓恩也死了,沃特一家回英格兰了。
所有的一切都变了。
现在她也要像其他人那样离开自己的家。
家! 她环顾屋内,审视着这么多年来她每周都要掸擦一遍的一切熟悉的物品,心里奇怪究竟哪来的这么多灰尘。
也许她再也见不到那些熟悉的东西了,她做梦也没想到过和它们分开。
可是这么多年里她从来没有弄清楚那张泛黄的照片上的牧师的姓名,照片就挂在墙上,在破旧的风琴的上边,旁边是耶稣对圣玛利亚·玛丽·阿拉科特许诺的彩色图片。
他是父亲的学友。
每次父亲把照片递给到家里的朋友看时,总是不经意地带一句:“他现在在墨尔本。
”她已经答应离开,离开自己的家。
这样做明智吗?她试着权衡这个问题的每一个方面。
在家里不管怎么说她有吃有住;有她认识了一辈子的人在她身边。
当然她得拼命干活,不论是在家里还是在商店里。