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新发展大学英语阅读与写作3课文翻译VAGUETHOUGHTSONART模糊思考艺术

新发展大学英语阅读与写作3课文翻译VAGUETHOUGHTSONART模糊思考艺术

新发展大学英语阅读与写作3课文翻译VAGUE THOUGHTSON ART模糊思考艺术VAGUE THOUGHTS ON ARTArt is that imaginative expression of human energy, which, through technical concretion of feeling and perception, tends to reconcile the individual with the universal, by exciting in him impersonal emotion. And the greatest Art is thatwhich excites the greatest impersonal emotion in an hypothecated perfect human being.Impersonal emotion! And what--I thought do I mean by that? Surely I mean: That is not Art, which, while I, am contemplating it, inspires me with any active or directive impulse; that is Art, when, for however brief a moment, it replaceswithin me interest in myself by interest in itself. For, let me suppose myself in the presence of a carved marble bath. If my thoughts be "What could I buy that for?" Impulse of acquisition; or: "From what quarry did it come?" Impulse of inquiry; or: "Which would be the right end for my head?" Mixed impulse of inquiry and acquisition--I am at that moment insensible to it as a work of Art. But, if I stand before it vibratingat sight of its colour and forms, if ever so little and for ever soshort a time, unhaunted by any definite practical thought or impulse--to that extent and for that moment it has stolen me away out of myself and put itself there instead; has linked me to theuniversal by making me forget the individual in me. And for that moment, and only while that moment lasts, it is to me a work of Art. The word "impersonal," then, isbut used in this my definition to signify momentary forgetfulness of one's own personality and its active wants.So Art--I thought--is that which, heard, read, or looked on, while producing no directive impulse, warms one with unconscious vibration. Nor can I imagine any means of defining what is the greatest Art, without hypothecating a perfect human being. But since we shall never see, or know if we do see, that desirable creature--dogmatism is banished, "Academy" is dead to the discussion, deader than even Tolstoy left it after his famous treatise "What is Art?" For, having destroyed all the old Judges and Academies, Tolstoy, by saying that the greatest Art was that which appealed to the greatest number of living human beings, raised up the masses of mankind to be a definite new Judge orAcademy, as tyrannical and narrow as ever were those whom he had destroyed.This, at all events--I thought is as far as I dare go in defining what Art is. But let me try to make plain to myself what is the essential quality that gives to Art the power of exciting this unconscious vibration, this impersonal emotion. It has been called Beauty! An awkward word--a perpetual begging of the question; too current in use, too ambiguous altogether; now too narrow, now too wide--a word, in fact, too glib to know at all what it means. And how dangerous a word--often misleading us into slabbing with extraneous floridities what would otherwise, on its own plane, be Art! To be decorative where decoration is not suitable, to be lyrical wherelyricism is out of place, is assuredly to spoil Art, not to achieve it. But this essential quality of Art has also, and more happily, beencalled Rhythm. And, what is Rhythm if not that mysterious harmony between part and part, and part and whole, which gives what is called life; thatexact proportion, the mystery of which is best grasped in observing how life leaves an animate creature when the essentialrelation of part to whole has been sufficiently disturbed. And I agree that this rhythmic relation of part to part, and part to whole--in short, vitality--is the one quality inseparable from a work of Art. For nothing which does not seem to a man possessed of this rhythmic vitality, can ever steal him out of himself.And having got thus far in my thoughts, I paused, watching the swallows; for they seemed to me the symbol, in their swift, sure curvetting, all daring and balance and surprise, of the delicate poise and motion of Art, that visits no two men alike, in a world where no two things of all the things there be, are quite the same.Yes--I thought--and this Art is the one form of human energy in the whole world, which really works for union, and destroys the barriers between man and man. It is the continual, unconscious replacement, however fleeting, of oneself by another; the real cement of human life; the everlasting refreshment and renewal. For, what is grievous, dompting, grim, about our lives is that we are shut up within ourselves, with an itch to get outside ourselves. And to be stolen away from ourselves by Art is a momentary relaxation from that itching, a minute's profound,and as it were secret, enfranchisement. The active amusements and relaxations of life can only rest certain of our faculties, by indulging others; the whole self is never rested save through that unconsciousness of self, which comes through rapt contemplation of Nature or of Art.Yes, Art is the great and universal refreshment. For Art is never dogmatic; holds no brief for itself you may take it or you may leave it. It does not force itself rudely where it is not wanted. It is reverent to all tempers, to all points of view. But it is wilful-- the very wind in the comings and goings of its influence, an uncapturable fugitive, visiting our hearts at vagrant, sweet moments; since we often stand even before the greatest works of Art without being able quite to lose ourselves! That restful oblivion comes, we never quite know when--and it is gone! But when it comes, it is a spirit hovering with cool wings, blessing us from least to greatest, according to our powers; a spirit deathless and varied as human life itself.模糊思考艺术艺术是富有想象力的表达人类的能源,通过感觉和知觉的技术结核,趋向于协调个人与宇宙,在他没有人情味的情感通过刺激。

全新版大学英语综合教程3课文翻译 (1)1

全新版大学英语综合教程3课文翻译 (1)1

Chinese Translations of Texts A (Units 1-8)第一单元生活方式的改变课文A在美国,不少人对乡村生活怀有浪漫的情感。

许多居住在城镇的人梦想着自己办个农场,梦想着靠土地为生。

很少有人真去把梦想变为现实。

或许这也没有什么不好,因为,正如吉姆·多尔蒂当初开始其写作和农场经营双重生涯时所体验到的那样,农耕生活远非轻松自在。

但他写道,自己并不后悔,对自己作出的改变生活方式的决定仍热情不减。

多尔蒂先生创建自己的理想生活售姆·多尔蒂有两件事是我一直想做的——写作与务农。

如今我同时做着这两件事。

作为作家,我和E·B·怀特不属同一等级,作为农场主,我和乡邻也不是同一类人,不过我应付得还行。

在城市以及郊区历经多年的怅惘失望之后,我和妻子桑迪终于在这里的乡村寻觅到心灵的满足。

这是一种自力更生的生活。

我们食用的果蔬几乎都是自己种的。

自家饲养的鸡提供鸡蛋,每星期还能剩余几十个出售。

自家养殖的蜜蜂提供蜂蜜,我们还自己动手砍柴,足可供过冬取暖之用。

这也是一种令人满足的生活。

夏日里我们在河上荡舟,在林子里野餐,骑着自行车长时间漫游。

冬日里我们滑雪溜冰。

我们为落日的余辉而激动。

我们爱闻大地回暖的气息,爱听牛群哞叫。

我们守着看鹰儿飞过上空,看玉米田间鹿群嬉跃。

但如此美妙的生活有时会变得相当艰苦。

就在三个月前,气温降到华氏零下30度,我们辛苦劳作了整整两天,用一个雪橇沿着河边拖运木柴。

再过三个月,气温会升到95度,我们就要给玉米松土,在草莓地除草,还要宰杀家禽。

前一阵子我和桑迪不得不翻修后屋顶。

过些时候,四个孩子中的两个小的,16岁的吉米和13岁的埃米莉,会帮着我一起把拖了很久没修的室外厕所修葺一下,那是专为室外干活修建的。

这个月晚些时候,我们要给果树喷洒药水,要油漆谷仓,要给菜园播种,要赶在新的小鸡运到之前清扫鸡舍。

在这些活计之间,我每周要抽空花五、六十个小时,不是打字撰文,就是为作为自由撰稿人投给报刊的文章进行采访。

新标准大学英语3 UNIT1-We are all dying原文+译文

新标准大学英语3 UNIT1-We are all dying原文+译文

We are all dying我们都在走向死亡have some good news and some bad news for you (as the joke goes). The bad news –and I'm very sorry to be the bearer –is that we are all dying. It's true. I've checked it out. In fact, I've double –and triple-checked it. I've had it substantiated and, well, there's no easy way to say it. we are dying. It's something that I always kind of knew, but never really chose to think about too much. But the fact is, within the next 70 or 80 years –depending on how old you are and how long you last – we are all going to be either coffin dwellers or trampled ash in the rose garden of some local cemetery. We may not even last that long. After all, we never quite know when the hooded, scythe-carrying, bringer-of-the-last-breath might come-a-calling. It could be sooner than we'd like. I have watched death from the sidelines, quite recently in fact, and nothing underlines the uncertainty and absolute frailty of humanity like the untimely exit of a friend.我给你带来一条好消息,还有一条坏消息(正如笑话所说的)。

新标准大学英语3课文翻译

新标准大学英语3课文翻译

新标准大学英语3课文翻译Unit 1 Friendship。

Part I Pre-reading Task。

1. The text is about friendship and the importance of friendship in our lives.2. The text is likely to discuss the qualities of a good friend and the benefits of having good friends.3. I think the text will be interesting and informative, and it will provide insights into the value of friendship.Part II Text A。

Friendship。

Friendship is one of the most precious things in our lives. It is a relationship that brings joy and support, and it is something that many people cherish deeply. Friends are the people we can rely on, share our thoughts and feelings with, and have fun with. A good friend is someone who is there for you in times of need, who listens to you without judgment, and who understands you even when you don't say a word.Part III Text B。

新发展大学英语阅读与写作3课文翻译A house isn't a home without clutter(房子是不是没有杂乱的家)

新发展大学英语阅读与写作3课文翻译A house isn't a home without clutter(房子是不是没有杂乱的家)

A house isn't a home without clutter(房子是不是没有杂乱的家)Suddenly everybody is worried about clutter. There are books, magazine articles, TV shows, and even PTA discussion groups about how to get rid of clutter.Well, I think people should calm down, because if you stop to think about clutter, you realize that a house without clutter is absolutely boring.Take, for example, the showcase house I toured recently. Every year, our local interior decorators work for months painting and papering and creating glamorous rooms in a beautiful big house. But when they finish, the house seems as stiff and artificial as a museum. No one would ever want to live there, in my opinion, because it's totally unhomey. It's a perfect example of a house without clutter.So after I got home from viewing the latest effort, I began to think about what could be done to make that lovely house feel like a nice cozy home. To help the decorators of the future, I've madea list of suggestions:1. I think they should put a big stack of newspapers and magazines beside the overstuffed chair in the living room – old ones, worn and dog-eared.At our house, old papers and magazines I can't bear to throw away can always be found in the living room because I'm absolutely certain they contain things I'll need to know. Someday.2. All those big, green, healthy plants in various corners around that decorator house aren't homey. To be honest, I think they are showoffish. They make me feel uncomfortable. It would help if some of those plants were wilted and scraggly – as though someone had forgotten to water them. They would be much more realistic that way.3. The dining room table shouldn't be too bare. At our house, we eat mostly in the kitchen, so the dining room table is where everybody puts things they don't know what else to do with and where everybody looks when they're searching for something they can't find – such as an overdue library book or the invitation to Cousin Karen's wedding or the recipe for Martha Stewart's six-layer Crimson Christmas Cake that I'd planned to bake last December before time ran out.And where would the extra set of car keys be if it wasn't on the dining room table? To make a house look like a home, the decorators should clutter up the dining room table with a few odds and ends.4. There is something about a refrigerator door without magnets, notes, photos, clippings, and invitations that is downright depressing. It gives you the feeling that life is dull for the folks who live there. Refrigerator doors should definitely be covered with things that make you feel that life is stimulating and exciting.5. The desk in the den is too tidy. The decorators should scatter a few bills on it, some letters waiting to be answered, a report card, and maybe even a few motivational mottoes such as "Snap out of it" and "Don't whine."6. If I were an interior decorator, I'd really work on that teenager's room. It's much too neat and clean. I'd toss a few candy wrappers around on the floor, rumple up the bedclothes, and throw some dirty gym shoes in the corner. A teenager's room without clutter is definitely not homey.7. In the laundry room, I would set up the ironing board and leave it. I realize there are some women who fold up their ironing boards each time they finish using them, but I don't believe in folding up ironing boards; I think it's a waste of time. You know you're going to be using it again soon.And I'd suggest they add a clothes basket heaped with clean laundry waiting to be folded. Laundry rooms look peculiar without clothes that need to be folded.8. I'd also scatter a few empty soda cans here and there around the house in unexpected places. I'm always finding empty soda cans on the mantel or behind the sofa or even in the shower. I suspect other people do, too.Thoreau said (I'm almost certain it was Thoreau): "You should decorate a house by living in it." All of us could definitely learn a thing or two from Thoreau (or whoever) about making housesfeel homey – with clutter.突然,大家都担心杂乱。

大学英语阅读教程3 第一单元 课文翻译

大学英语阅读教程3 第一单元 课文翻译

The graduation advice I never got but wish I had 全国的大学毕业生们都为春天令人最难以忍受的仪式做好准备:毕业典礼致辞。

大家都知道这个程序,一个小有名气的人会趾高气昂地走上主席台,滔滔不绝地讲些陈词滥调:“世界正在等待着……你们是特别的一代……去拯救这个星球吧”等等等等废话。

一个好机会被白白地浪费了。

如果这些毕业典礼的演讲者能够讲一些实际有用的东西该有多好!就像这样说:毕业生们,大家好,祝贺你们。

今天你们将离开培育你们的学术环境,直面真实的世界。

在未来的好几年里每个月你都会想起你的学校,比如当你接到一个又一个的来电,希望你为校友基金捐款时,甚至当你开出大额的支票去偿还助学贷款时。

但是我们来看看光明的一面。

你们即将离开学校,终于可以开始接受教育了。

为了帮助你开始毕业后生活,这里有一些建议:花时间与跟你不一样的人在一起。

从你进校的第一天起,你就听到了太多关于学校为创建“多样性”所付出的努力。

所以当你发现你的校园几乎是全美国最隔离的环境之一时你很能会惊讶不已。

校园里不同种族的人有不同的学习方向,参加不同的毕业典礼上,甚至在餐厅不同的区域用餐。

你有可能会被有些教授华丽的辞藻弄糊涂。

那些教授一边会说种族之间根本没有差别,同时又说,应该不惜一切保留种族之间的差别。

面对事实吧。

真正的多样性简直是无处可寻。

而且我并不只是指种族方面。

当课堂活动都是按照群体思维设计的练习时,哪里还有思维上的多样性呢?想找到一位保守的教授,那比要找到一个雪人还难。

若想挑战一些有关政治正确性的正统观点,那你将会被冠以一些难听的名号。

只有现在从大学毕业之后,你才能真正从多样性中获益。

先从了解与你肤色不同的人开始。

接触一群与你持有不同的政治立场的朋友,恭敬地听他们阐述他们的观点。

随后去认识从事其他职业的人。

往往人们在选择某一个职业之后,专业性会加强但是却不再关心其他方面的知识,因此知识面会变窄。

新标准大学英语3 UNIT1-We are all dying原文+译文

新标准大学英语3 UNIT1-We are all dying原文+译文

We are all dying我们都在走向死亡1.I have some good news and some bad news for you (as the joke goes). The bad news – and I'm very sorry to be the bearer – is that we are all dying. It's true. I've checked it out. In fact, I've double – and triple-checked it. I've had it substantiated and, well, there's no easy way to say it. we are dying. It's something that I always kind of knew, but never really chose to think about too much. But the fact is, within the next 70 or 80 years – depending on how old you are and how long you last – we are all going to be either coffin dwellers or trampled ash in the rose garden of some local cemetery. We may not even last that long. After all, we never quite know when the hooded, scythe-carrying, bringer-of-the-last-breath might come-a-calling. It could be sooner than we'd like. I have watched death from the sidelines, quite recently in fact, and nothing underlines the uncertainty and absolute frailty of humanity like the untimely exit of a friend.我给你带来一条好消息,还有一条坏消息(正如笑话所说的)。

新发展大学英语阅读与写作3unit1的课文翻译

新发展大学英语阅读与写作3unit1的课文翻译

Heroes: Roadside Inferno英雄:路边噩梦The big rig was about to explode and the driver's legs were engulfed in flames. The Coopers came to the rescue.大卡车即将爆炸,司机双腿又被火所伤,千钧一发之时,库帕夫妇挺身相救。

By Jason Kersten约翰.克斯滕Looks like a brush fire, Kim Cooper thought as she spotted an orange glow ahead on Interstate 75. It was near dusk, and she and her husband, Steve, were trucking through northern Kentucky hauling auto parts from Louisville to Detroit for a freight company. Steve, 59, was fast asleep in the truck's living quarters as Kim, 52, drove up to the scene. That's when she saw it was much worse than a brush fire.金.库珀(Kim Cooper)回忆说,那时已近黄昏,她和她的丈夫史蒂夫(Steve)开着一辆牵引货车,从肯塔基州北部的一家货运公司输送汽车零部件到路易斯维尔底特律,正行驶在75号州际公路上,前面有一个橙色发光体,看起来就像是发生了丛林火灾。

59岁的史蒂夫那时正躺在卡车的生活层熟睡着,52岁的金开着车。

她所见到的可是一场比丛林大火更为严重的事件。

"Steve, wake up!" she shouted. "There's a truck on fire!" A big rig had tumbled down an embankment, and flames were crawling across its cab.Kim yanked their truck to the side of the road, and Steve pulled on his clothes. Then he scrambled down the slope.“史蒂夫,快醒醒!”她尖叫道,“有一辆大卡车着火了!”。

全新版大学英语3课文翻译答案

全新版大学英语3课文翻译答案

全新版大学英语3课文翻译答案句子翻译Unit 1 P211.There is something wrong with ourcomputer system, but I think that it is quite minor.2.I was too young to live on my ownwhen my father died. The people of my hometown took over responsibility for my upbringing at that time.3.The toys can be sold to childrenafter they have to meet the tough/strict safety requirements.4.Radio and television havesupplemented rather than replaced the newspaper as carriers of news and opinions.5.When it comes to this magazine, itcarries a digest of article from many newspaper and magazines all overthe world.P22段落翻译A decade ago, Nancy did what so many Americans dream about. She quit an executive position and opened / set up a household equipment store in her neighborhood. People like Nancy made the decision primarily because of/owing to/due to their desire to improve the quality of their lives.But, to run a small business is by no means an easy job. Without her steady income, Nancy had to cut back on her daily expenses. Sometimes she did not even have the money to pay the premiums for the various kinds of insurance she needed. Once she could not even pick up the phone bill and had to ask her parents to loan her some money. Fortunately, through herown hard work, she has now got through the most difficult time. She is determined to continue pursuing her vision of a better life.Unit 2 P511.Although we were greatly affectedby the results of the global financialcrisis, we still have confidence that we can f ace up to the challenge and overcome the crisis.2.Under threat of constant sand storm,we were forced to leave our loved/cherished village and move tothe new settlement.3.According to a recent online survey,many consumers say that they may be motivated to consider buying products shown/played in TV advertisements.4.The old man reported to the policeimmediately/at once/right away when he saw/spotted a truck driver dumping contaminated waste alongside the river.5.Some scientists hold to the firmconviction that people will come to like genetically modified cropssomeday because they can increaseproduction/yields and help the developing countries combat hunger and disease.P52 段落翻译Henson's painful life as a slave strengthened his determination to struggle for freedom. Shortly after he achieved freedom he became a member of an organization that assisted fugitive slaves. He secretly returned to the United States from Canada several times to help others to travel the Underground Railroad to freedom. Once some slave catchers closed in on theescaping slaves and Henson when they were on the run. He disguised them and successfully avoided capture. In addition, later he built a small settlement in Dresden in Canada for escaped slaves, setting up a chapel and a school where they could learn useful ways of making a living. He held to the conviction that slavery would be abolished, all the slaves would be liberated, and the day was bound to come when racial discrimination no longer existed.Unit 4 P 1091.The volunteers sent by the RedCross disinfected the drinking water in the village with great caution/carefully in order to avoidan outbreak of plague.2.Einstein spent many years trying tounify the theories of electromagnetism and gravity but failed.3.Professor Wang won the PresidentAward for/because of his excellence in stimulating students’creative imagination.4.The board of directors disapprovedof/didn’t approve of the economic stimulus package since/because/asthere were some major design flaws/mistakes.5.Jordan finally came to theconclusion that he had to face the reality and accept/take up the challenges by himself because hehad realized that nobody could help him.P110 段落翻译What was remarkable about 2005 was perhaps that the United Nations declared it "The World Year of Physics”. It was the 100th anniversary of Einstein’ theory of relativity and the50th anniversary his death. In 1905 Einstein published five highly important essays in the history of science, thus revolutionizing physics. His great achievement can be credited to his impressive powers of imagination, constant questioning, and not giving a fig for authority. It beyond doubt that Einstein was the greatest scientist in the 20th century.Unit 5 P 1541.Grandma took it for granted thatfood price would rise/soar,so she bought lots of rice.2.I can quote you some instances ofher dedication to science.3.(1) Some special economic zones inChina started developing swiftly in the 1980s.3.(2) The 1980s saw the start of swiftdevelopment of some special economic zones in China.4.Tension between two countriesstemmed in part from the recent/latest spy affairs.5.Peter has worked in a law firm formany years. You can consider having him as your lawyer to act on your behalf when you need legal help.P154 段落翻译Amid the atmosphere of Thanksgiving, rather than joining his friends in celebration of the holiday, George was immersed in the diary left to him by his father, who died at sea after he completed two successive trips around the world. The diary brought back every moment George had spent with his father and many of the specific things his father did on his behalf. George's father used to impress on him the need to undergo all kinds of hardship in quest of excellence. He also taught him that nothing in the world could be taken for granted. Even today,George still remembers how his father would quote Aesop's famous saying "Gratitude is the sign of noble souls" and tell him to accord the greatest importance to it.Unit 6 P1821.The red house stands out against theold trees that reach high up to the sky.2.The salary in for my new job isgreat, but for the rest, I’m not satisfied.3.The waters of the two streamsmingle near our village.4.We should not mock at otherpeople’s religious beliefs.5.The curtains of the room are notquite in tune with the style of the furniture.P182 段落翻译Here and there we see young artists who stand out from other people. They may be in worn out jeans all the year round, or walk barefoot / in bare feet even in winter, or drink to excess, or cling to the fancy of creating a masterpiece without actually doing any creative work. In fact, many of them act like this just to look the part, or to be "in tune with" other artists. They have forgotten that only through persistent effort can one achieve success.选词填空P211 replaced2 consider3 quit4 world5 tough7 provide 8 luxuries9 balance 10 idealP 501 assistance2 involved3 estimated4 coincidence5 emerged6 referred7 numerous 8 stationed 9 concern 10 capture P 1091 extent2 inventions3 bet4 manages5 vision6 eventually7 achievement 8 poverty9 utilized 10 breakthrough P 12847 appreciate 48 thinking49 maintain 50 successful 51 achieving 52 accomplish 53 determine 54 discourage 55 easy 56 significant P 1531 Instead2 possessions3 richer4 breath5 cherish6 special7 specific 8 shining9 miracles 10 gift1 mission2 involve3 jail4 not5 collect6 deliver7 beautiful 8 vacation假期9 need 10 small。

新标准大学英语综合教程第三册重点文章及翻译

新标准大学英语综合教程第三册重点文章及翻译

Unit 1 Catching Crabs1 In the fall of our final year, our mood changed. The relaxed atmosphere of the preceding summer semester, the impromptu ball games, the boating on the Charles River, the late-night parties had disappeared, and we all started to get our heads down, studying late, and attendance at classes rose steeply again. We all sensed we were coming to the end of our stay here, that we would never get a chance like this again, and we became determined not to waste it. Most important of course were the final exams in April and May in the following year. No one wanted the humiliation of finishing last in class, so the peer group pressure to work hard was strong. Libraries which were once empty after five o'clock in the afternoon were standing room only until the early hours of the morning, and guys wore the bags under their eyes and their pale, sleepy faces with pride, like medals proving their diligence.2 But there was something else. At the back of everyone's mind was what we would do next, when we left university in a few months' time. It wasn't always the high flyers with the top grades who knew what they were going to do. Quite often it was the quieter, less impressive students who had the next stages of their life mapped out. One had landed a job in his brother's advertising firm in Madison Avenue, another had got a script under provisional acceptance in Hollywood. The most ambitious student among us was going to work as a party activist at a local level. We all saw him ending up in the Senate or in Congress one day. But most people were either looking to continue their studies, or to make a living with a white-collar job in a bank, local government, or anything which would pay them enough to have a comfortable time in their early twenties, and then settle down with a family, a mortgage and some hope of promotion.3 I went home at Thanksgiving, and inevitably, my brothers and sisters kept asking me what I was planning to do. I didn't know what to say. Actually, I did know what to say, but I thought they'd probably criticize me, so I told them what everyone else was thinking of doing.4 My father was watching me but saying nothing. Late in the evening, he invited me to his study. We sat down and he poured us a drink.5 "So?" he said.6 "Er … so what?"7 "So what do you really want to do?" he asked.8 My father was a lawyer, and I had always assumed he wanted me to go to law school, and follow his path through life. So I hesitated.9 Then I replied, “I want to travel, and I w ant to be a writer.”10 This was not the answer I thought he would expect. Travel? Where? A writer? About what? I braced myself for some resistance to the idea.11 There was a long silence.12 "Interesting idea," he said finally.13 There was another long silence.14 "I kind of wish I'd done that when I was your age."15 I waited.16 "You have plenty of time. You don't need to go into a career which pays well just at the moment. You need to find out what you really enjoy now, because if you don't, you won't besuccessful later."17 "So how do I do this?“18 He thought for a moment. Then he said, "Look, it's late. Let's take the boat out tomorrow morning, just you and me. Maybe we can catch some crabs for dinner, and we can talk more."19 It was a small motor boat, moored ten minutes away, and my father had owned it for years. Early next morning we set off along the estuary. We didn't talk much, but enjoyed the sound of the seagulls and the sight of the estuary coastline and the sea beyond.20 There was no surf on the coastal waters at that time of day, so it was a smooth half-hour ride until my father switched off the motor. "Let's see if we get lucky," he said, picked up a rusty, mesh basket with a rope attached and threw it into the sea.21 We waited a while, then my father stood up and said, "Give me a hand with this," and we hauled up the crab cage onto the deck.22 Crabs fascinated me. They were so easy to catch. It wasn't just that they crawled into such an obvious trap, through a small hole in the lid of the basket, but it seemed as if they couldn't be bothered to crawl out again even when you took the lid off. They just sat there, waving their claws at you.23 The cage was brimming with dozens of soft shell crabs, piled high on top of each other. "Why don't they try to escape?" I wondered aloud to my father.24 "Just watch them for a moment. Look at that one, there! He's trying to climb out, but every time the other crabs pull him back in," said my father.25 And we watched. The crab climbed up the mesh towards the lid, and sure enough, just as it reached the top, one of its fellow crabs reached out, clamped its claw onto any available leg, and pulled it back. Several times the crab tried to defy his fellow captives, without luck.26 "Now watch!" said my father. "He's starting to get bored with this game."27 Not only did the crab give up its lengthy struggle to escape, but it actually began to help stop other crabs trying to escape. He'd finally chosen an easy way of life.28 Suddenly I understood why my father had suggested catching crabs that morning. He looked at me. "Don't get pulled back by the others," he said. "Spend some time figuring out who you are and what you want in life. Look back at the classes you're taking, and think about which ones were most productive for you personally. Then think about what's really important to you, what really interests you, what skills you have. Try to figure out where you want to live, where you want to go, what you want to earn, how you want to work. And if you can't answer these questions now, then take some time to find out. Because if you don't, you'll never be happy."29 He paused.30 "So you want to travel?" he asked.31 "Yes," I replied.32 "Better get you a passport. And you want to be a writer?"33 "I think so."34 "Interesting choice. We've never had a writer in the family," he said.35 My father started the motor and we set off back home.抓螃蟹1 大学最后一年的秋天,我们的心情变了。

大学英语三PassageA一单元 课文翻译

大学英语三PassageA一单元  课文翻译

蛙的故事最近发生了几桩怪事儿。

我在北威斯康星州的树林中有一座小木屋。

是我亲手搭建的,前面还有一间花房。

住在里面相当惬意。

实际上我是在户外做音频制作和环境方面的工作——作为干这一行的工具,我还装备了一间带电脑的工作室。

还有一只树蛙也在我的工作室中住了下来。

去年十一月,我第一次惊讶地发现他(只是这样称呼罢了,事实上我并不知道该称“他”还是“她”)坐在电脑的音箱上。

我把他放到花房里去,认为他待在那儿会更舒服一些。

可他又跑回来待在原地。

很快我就习惯了有他做伴,清晨我上网查收邮件和阅读新闻的时候,他也在一旁关注这个世界。

可上周,我突然对这个爬上爬下的“小绿人或小灰人”产生了好奇心。

于是有一天,我正在工作室里干活,电脑嗡嗡作响。

当树蛙从我面前爬过时,我不得不停止工作。

他停下了并转过身来,坐在那儿看着我。

好吧,我也干脆停下来望着他。

五个月了,他一直这样陪着我。

我突然有一股强烈的欲望想了解他:为什么他要待在这儿而不乐意待在花房里?我认为对树蛙来说,花房显然要舒适得多。

“你为什么待在这儿?”我情不自禁地问他。

我目不转睛地盯着他,他也直视着我。

然后我听到一种叮咚声。

这种声音似乎一下子就进入了我的大脑中枢,因为它和电脑里发出来的声音十分接近。

在那个声音里我听到树蛙对我“说”:“因为我想让你明白”。

唷,太不可思议了。

“明白什么?”我脑海中突然跳出了这个问题。

然后经过短暂的体验这种交流之后,我觉得我已经理解了树蛙待在这儿的原因。

我开始理解树蛙只是想听到其他同类的叫声并与之交流。

或许他误以为计算机发出的声音就是其他树蛙在呼唤他。

真是有趣。

我继续工作。

我正在写一个关于全球气候变化的故事。

有个朋友刚好发过来一份传真,说地球的温度正以每十年1.9度的速度上升。

我知道,照这种速度下去,每年春天我都爱去提取树浆的这片枫林,到我孩子的那一代就将不复存在。

我的故乡美丽的威斯康星州也会在下一代变成一片草原。

此刻,树蛙从我脚背跳过去站在电脑前的地板上。

新发展大学英语阅读与写作3课文翻译What Is a Scientific Theory 什么是科学理论

新发展大学英语阅读与写作3课文翻译What Is a Scientific Theory 什么是科学理论

What Is a Scientific Theory?In order to talk the mature of the universe and to discuss questions such as whether it has a beginning or an end, you have to be clear about what a scientific theory is. I shall take the simple-minded view that a a theory is just a model of the universe, of a restricted part of it, and a set of rules that relate quantities in the model to observations that we make, It exists only in our minds an does not have any other reality (whatever that night mean). A theory is a good theory if it satisfies two requirements: It must accurately describe a large class of observations on the basis of a model that contains only a few arbitrary elements, and it must make definite predictions about the results of future observations. For exampl e, Aristotle’s theory that everything was made out of four elements, earth, air, fire, and water, was simple enough to qualify, but it did not make any definite predictions. On the other hand, Newton’s theory was proportional to a quantity called their mass and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. Yet it predicts the motions of the sun, the moon, and the planets to a high degree of accuracy.Any physical theory is always provisional, in the sense that it is only a hypothesis: you can never prove it. No matter how many times the results of experiments, agree with some theory, you can never be sure that the next time the result will not contradict the theory. On the other hand, you can disprove a theory by finding even a single observation that disagrees with the predictions of the theory. As philosopher of science Karl Popper has emphasized, a good theory is characterized by the fact that it makes a number of predictions that could in principle be disproved or falsified by observation. Each time new experiments are observed to agree with the predictions the theory survives, and our confidence in it is increased; but if ever a new observation is found to disagree, we have to abandon or modify the theory. At least that is what is supposed to happen, but you can always question the competence of the person who carried out the observation.In practice, what often happens is that a new theory is devised that is really an extension of the previous theory. For example, very accurate observations of the planet Mercury revealed a small difference between its motion and the predictions of Newton’s theory of gravity. Einstein’s general theory of relativity predicted a slightly different motion from Newton’s theory. The fact that Einstein’s predictions matched what was seen, while Newton’s did not, was one of the crucial confirmations of the new theory. However, we still use Newton’s theory for all practical purposes because the difference between its predictions and those of general relativity is very small in the situations that we normally deal with. (Newton’s theory also has the great advantage that it is much simpler to work with than Einstein’s!)The eventual goal of science is to provide a single theory that describes the whole universe. However, the approach most scientists actually follow is to separate the problem into two parts. First, there are the laws that tell us how the universe changes with time. (If we know what the universe is like at any one time, these physical laws tell us how it will look at any later time.) Second, there is the question of the initial state of the universe. Some people feel that science should be concerned with only the first part; they regard the question of the initial situation as a matter for meta-physics of religion. They would say that God, being omnipotent, could have made it develop in a company way he wanted. That may be so, but in that case he also could have made it develop in a completely arbitrary way. Yet it appears that he chose to make it evolve in a very regular way according to certain laws. It therefore seems equally reasonable to suppose that there are also laws governing the initial state.It turns out to be very difficult to device a theory to describe the universe all in one go. Instead, we break the problem up into bits and invent a number of partial theories. Each of these partial theories describes and predicts a certain limited class of observations, neglecting the effects of other quantities, or representing them by simple sets of numbers. It may be that this approach is completely wrong. If everything in the universe depends on everything else in a fundamental way, it might be impossible to get close to a full solution by investigating parts of the past. The classic example again is the Newtonian theory of gravity, which tells us that the gravitational force between two bodies depends only on one number associated with each body, its mass, but is otherwise independent of what the bodies are made of. Thus one does not need to have a theory of the structure and constitution of the sun and the planets in order to calculate their orbits.Today scientists describe the universe in terms of two basic partial theories –the general theory of relativity and quantum mechanics. They are the great intellectual achievements of the first half of this century. The general theory of relativity describes the force of gravity and the large-scale structure of the universe, that is , the structure on scales from only a few miles to as large as a million million million (1 with zeros after it) miles, the size of the observable universe. Quantum mechanics, on the other hand, deals with phenomena ion extremely small scales, such as a millionth of a millionth of an inch. Unfortunately, however, these two theories are known to be inconsistent with each other – they cannot both be correct. One of the major endeavors in physics today, is the search for a new theory, and we may still be a long way from having one, but we do already know many of the properties that it must have.o什么是科学理论?为了谈宇宙的成熟和讨论这样的问题是否有一个开始或结束,你必须清楚科学理论是什么。

新发展大学英语阅读与写作3 unit2的课文翻译

新发展大学英语阅读与写作3   unit2的课文翻译

The debate over spanking goes back many years, but the essential question often evades discussion: does spanking actually work? In the short term, yes. You can correct immediate misbehavior with a slap or two on the rear-end or hand. But what about the long-term impact? Can spanking lead to permanent, hidden scars on children years later?关于打孩子的讨论可以追溯到好多年前,但最本质的问题往往为讨论所回避:打孩子实际上奏效吗?短期来看,是的。

你能拍打一两下屁股或者手掌来立即更正孩子们的不守规矩。

但长期影响呢?打孩子会在多年后给他们留下永久性的心结么?On Friday, a sociologist from the University of New Hampshire, Murray Straus, presented a paper at the International Conference on Violence, Abuse and Trauma, in San Diego, suggesting that corporal punishment does leave a long-lasting mark — in the form of lower IQ. Straus, who is 83 and has been studying corporal punishment since 1969, found that kids who were physically punished had up to a five-point lower IQ score than kids who weren't — the more children were spanked, the lower their IQ — and that the effect could be seen not only in individual children, but across entire nations. Among 32 countries Straus studied, in those where spanking was accepted, the average IQ of the survey population was lower than in nations where spanking was rare, the researcher says.在周五,一位来自新罕普什尔大学的社会学家默里•施特劳斯在圣地亚哥的国际会议上就暴力,虐待和精神创伤发表了一篇论文演说,表示提法确实会留下长久的烙印—表现为低下的智商。

新发展大学英语阅读与写作3课文翻译失去并不代表你无法拥有

新发展大学英语阅读与写作3课文翻译失去并不代表你无法拥有

失去并不代表你无法拥有[美国读者文摘]在一场残酷的战争中失去一条腿后,玛雅·卡扎迪克以为她行走时再也不能摆脱剧痛。

然后她看到了一条装着假尾巴的海豚,她的生活再次改变。

几天前的早上,在佛罗里达的克利尔沃特,玛雅·卡扎迪克凝视着73000加仑大的水族池。

两年了,她都在观察着一条叫“冬天”的受过伤的宽吻海豚如何在水槽里游动。

从远处看,这条海豚似乎很容易接近。

但是,当卡扎迪克准备跳入水的时候,兴奋之余又稍显恐惧。

这个年轻女子放松下来进入池子。

尽管她有点害怕,但装着新假肢的她感觉自己很强健。

她做好了去履行很久以前的诺言的准备。

在跳进去和“冬天”在一起前,“我起了鸡皮疙瘩,”卡扎迪克说。

“这让人提心吊胆,因为即便海豚们看上去很可爱,它们毕竟是野生动物。

”卡迪扎克在南斯拉夫的莫斯塔尔(现在是波黑的一部分)读二年级时,白血病夺走了她5岁的表妹,加斯米娜。

加斯米娜死后,卡扎迪克誓言一定要与一条海豚游泳,以此来纪念这个小女孩,因为这是两个小女孩都很喜欢的动物。

“加斯米娜从未有过机会(去做这个) ,”32岁的卡扎迪克说,“所以我决定将来一定替她完成夙愿。

”在中学,体育运动——足球,篮球,网球是卡扎迪克所酷爱的。

她希望成为一个职业运动员。

接着,1993年,在波斯尼亚内战期间,克罗地亚分离主义者发射的一枚迫击炮弹在她的建筑物的院子内爆炸。

6个和她正聊天的朋友丧身;16岁的卡扎迪克重伤。

榴弹片击穿她的左臂和双腿。

在一个临时医院,她的左腿无法修复而不得不膝盖以下全部截去。

“那儿没有麻药,”她回忆。

“他们将我捆住,嘴里塞一块橡胶用来紧咬着。

我痛不欲生。

”她的腿伤感染了;没有抗生素,她意识有时清醒有时模糊。

她父母在她的床边守夜守了好几个星期。

在战争中转移了很多孩子的英国活动家,萨利·贝壳,安排将卡扎迪克带至美国进行治疗。

卡扎迪克在马里兰州坎伯兰的一个医院住了近两年,受到来自“和平老兵”的志愿者的悉心呵护。

新标准大学英语3 UNIT1-We are all dying原文+译文

新标准大学英语3 UNIT1-We are all dying原文+译文

We are all dying我们都在走向死亡1.I have some good news and some bad news for you (as the joke goes). The bad news – and I'm very sorry to be the bearer – is that we are all dying. It's true. I've checked it out. In fact, I've double – and triple-checked it. I've had it substantiated and, well, there's no easy way to say it. we are dying. It's something that I always kind of knew, but never really chose to think about too much. But the fact is, within the next 70 or 80 years – depending on how old you are and how long you last – we are all going to be either coffin dwellers or trampled ash in the rose garden of some local cemetery. We may not even last that long. After all, we never quite know when the hooded, scythe-carrying, bringer-of-the-last-breath might come-a-calling. It could be sooner than we'd like. I have watched death from the sidelines, quite recently in fact, and nothing underlines the uncertainty and absolute frailty of humanity like the untimely exit of a friend.我给你带来一条好消息,还有一条坏消息(正如笑话所说的)。

新标准大学英语综合教程第三册重点文章及翻译

新标准大学英语综合教程第三册重点文章及翻译

Unit 1 Catching Crabs1 In the fall of our final year, our mood changed. The relaxed atmosphere of the preceding summer semester, the impromptu ball games, the boating on the Charles River, the late-night parties had disappeared, and we all started to get our heads down, studying late, and attendance at classes rose steeply again. We all sensed we were coming to the end of our stay here, that we would never get a chance like this again, and we became determined not to waste it. Most important of course were the final exams in April and May in the following year. No one wanted the humiliation of finishing last in class, so the peer group pressure to work hard was strong. Libraries which were once empty after five o'clock in the afternoon were standing room only until the early hours of the morning, and guys wore the bags under their eyes and their pale, sleepy faces with pride, like medals proving their diligence.2 But there was something else. At the back of everyone's mind was what we would do next, when we left university in a few months' time. It wasn't always the high flyers with the top grades who knew what they were going to do. Quite often it was the quieter, less impressive students who had the next stages of their life mapped out. One had landed a job in his brother's advertising firm in Madison Avenue, another had got a script under provisional acceptance in Hollywood. The most ambitious student among us was going to work as a party activist at a local level. We all saw him ending up in the Senate or in Congress one day. But most people were either looking to continue their studies, or to make a living with a white-collar job in a bank, local government, or anything which would pay them enough to have a comfortable time in their early twenties, and then settle down with a family, a mortgage and some hope of promotion.3 I went home at Thanksgiving, and inevitably, my brothers and sisters kept asking me what I was planning to do. I didn't know what to say. Actually, I did know what to say, but I thought they'd probably criticize me, so I told them what everyone else was thinking of doing.4 My father was watching me but saying nothing. Late in the evening, he invited me to his study. We sat down and he poured us a drink.5 "So?" he said.6 "Er … so what?"7 "So what do you really want to do?" he asked.8 My father was a lawyer, and I had always assumed he wanted me to go to law school, and follow his path through life. So I hesitated.9 Then I replied, “I want to travel, and I w ant to be a writer.”10 This was not the answer I thought he would expect. Travel? Where? A writer? About what? I braced myself for some resistance to the idea.11 There was a long silence.12 "Interesting idea," he said finally.13 There was another long silence.14 "I kind of wish I'd done that when I was your age."15 I waited.16 "You have plenty of time. You don't need to go into a career which pays well just at the moment. You need to find out what you really enjoy now, because if you don't, you won't besuccessful later."17 "So how do I do this?“18 He thought for a moment. Then he said, "Look, it's late. Let's take the boat out tomorrow morning, just you and me. Maybe we can catch some crabs for dinner, and we can talk more."19 It was a small motor boat, moored ten minutes away, and my father had owned it for years. Early next morning we set off along the estuary. We didn't talk much, but enjoyed the sound of the seagulls and the sight of the estuary coastline and the sea beyond.20 There was no surf on the coastal waters at that time of day, so it was a smooth half-hour ride until my father switched off the motor. "Let's see if we get lucky," he said, picked up a rusty, mesh basket with a rope attached and threw it into the sea.21 We waited a while, then my father stood up and said, "Give me a hand with this," and we hauled up the crab cage onto the deck.22 Crabs fascinated me. They were so easy to catch. It wasn't just that they crawled into such an obvious trap, through a small hole in the lid of the basket, but it seemed as if they couldn't be bothered to crawl out again even when you took the lid off. They just sat there, waving their claws at you.23 The cage was brimming with dozens of soft shell crabs, piled high on top of each other. "Why don't they try to escape?" I wondered aloud to my father.24 "Just watch them for a moment. Look at that one, there! He's trying to climb out, but every time the other crabs pull him back in," said my father.25 And we watched. The crab climbed up the mesh towards the lid, and sure enough, just as it reached the top, one of its fellow crabs reached out, clamped its claw onto any available leg, and pulled it back. Several times the crab tried to defy his fellow captives, without luck.26 "Now watch!" said my father. "He's starting to get bored with this game."27 Not only did the crab give up its lengthy struggle to escape, but it actually began to help stop other crabs trying to escape. He'd finally chosen an easy way of life.28 Suddenly I understood why my father had suggested catching crabs that morning. He looked at me. "Don't get pulled back by the others," he said. "Spend some time figuring out who you are and what you want in life. Look back at the classes you're taking, and think about which ones were most productive for you personally. Then think about what's really important to you, what really interests you, what skills you have. Try to figure out where you want to live, where you want to go, what you want to earn, how you want to work. And if you can't answer these questions now, then take some time to find out. Because if you don't, you'll never be happy."29 He paused.30 "So you want to travel?" he asked.31 "Yes," I replied.32 "Better get you a passport. And you want to be a writer?"33 "I think so."34 "Interesting choice. We've never had a writer in the family," he said.35 My father started the motor and we set off back home.抓螃蟹1 大学最后一年的秋天,我们的心情变了。

全新版大学英语3课文背诵段落部分及翻译

全新版大学英语3课文背诵段落部分及翻译

全新版大学英语3课文背诵段落部分及翻译第一篇:全新版大学英语3课文背诵段落部分及翻译Unit 1I suspect not everyone who loves the country would be happy living the way we do. It takes a couple of special qualities. One is a tolerance for solitude. Because we are so busy and on such a tight budget, we don't entertain much. During the growing season there is no time for socializing anyway. Jim and Emily are involved in school activities, but they too spend most of their time at home.我想,不是所有热爱乡村的人都会乐意过我们这种生活的。

这种生活需要一些特殊的素质。

其一是耐得住寂寞。

由于我们如此忙碌,手头又紧,我们很少请客。

在作物生长季节,根本就没工夫参加社交活动。

吉米和埃米莉虽然参加学校的各种活动,但他俩大多数时间也呆在家里。

The other requirement is energy -- a lot of it. The way to make self-sufficiency work on a small scale is to resist the temptation to buy a tractor and other expensive laborsaving devices. Instead, you do the work yourself. The only machinery we own (not counting the lawn mower) is a little three-horsepower rotary cultivator and a 16-inch chain saw.另一项要求是体力――相当大的体力。

【AAA】全新版大学英语综合教程3课文原文及翻译.doc

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1.待走读生好点克里斯托夫·M·贝利托你也许可以列出往宿家中,每天赫家和学校之间的大学走读生所享受的种森!}l}越之处。

_但在下面的文章中,作者试图揭示事‘清的另一面,认为走读生的生活并不如人}l!}们想像中的那般轻松。

走读生过着一种矛盾的生活,他去学校是为了能体会一种自我探}ll}索的生活,而实际上与父母在一起是绝对无法保持“我独立的。

你也许认为我们这些人住在家中、每天往返学校的日子很惬意。

不用等洗衣机,牙膏用完了橱拒里有新的,更重要的是,冰箱里塞满了食物,也不用自己付款。

不仅如此,通常还有人付电话费,即使再晚,微波炉里也还热着食物。

你会嗤之以弃—那不是大学生活,那只是永远长不大的孩子。

也许表面上看起来我们像被惯坏了的孩子,但事情远没有那么简单。

住在家里的大学生过着一种矛盾的生活。

跟你们一样,我们来到大学探索自我;自我探索和有机化学一样是我们所受教育的一部分。

然而,鉴于父母监督子女的本能不会减弱,我们要保持自我独立可就不容易了。

再者,家庭的责任也在所难免。

比方说,当父母的结婚周年纪念日正好在我们期末考试的前一天,我们该怎么办?事实上,做一个无法脱离家庭约束的学生简直与努力跟一个你不喜欢的室友相处一样困难。

我们的问题很复杂。

在一定程度上,我们是这个社会的二等公民。

由于你不得不开车回家或赶最后一班车,你很难享受俱乐部、大学生联谊会和舞会的乐趣。

同样不幸的是,你意识到你不能参加仅有一次的商法复习课,因为它结束得太晚。

但这还不是问题的关健:毕竟,每个人都可以随时在朋友的宿舍里借宿。

’真正的问题在于,我们错过了那些活动,错过了由此产生的一种友好的情嗦,这种情嗦来自于一同突击恶补工业心理学的漫漫长夜,来自于谁跟谁上了床的瞎扯闲铆,来自于关于“乔治·威尔”和“亲爱的艾比”的热门话题,以及在这之后彼此对于毕业临近的真切感受的交流。

诚然,我们走读生也可以偶尔参与这些活动,但我们跟不上大学学术生活的日夜节奏。

完整word版新标准大学英语3 UNIT1 Catching Crabs原文译文

完整word版新标准大学英语3 UNIT1 Catching Crabs原文译文

Unit one Discovering oneselfCatching Crabs1 In the fall of our final year, our mood changed. the relaxed atmosphere of thepreceding summer semester, the impromptu ball games, the boating on the Charles River, thelate-night parties had disappeared, and we all started to get our heads down, studying late, and attendance at classes rose steeply again. We all sensed we were coming to the end of our stay here, that we would never get a chance like this again, and we became determined not to waste it. Most important of course were the final exams in April and May in the following year. No one wantedthe humiliation of finishing last in class, so the peer group pressure to work hard was strong. Libraries which were once empty after five o'clock in the afternoon were standing room only untilthe early hours of the morning, and guys wore the bags under their eyes and their pale, sleepyfaces with pride, like medals proving their diligence.大学最后一年的秋天,我们的心情变了。

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Heroes: Roadside Inferno英雄:路边噩梦The big rig was about to explode and the driver's legs were engulfed in flames. The Coopers came to the rescue.大卡车即将爆炸,司机双腿又被火所伤,千钧一发之时,库帕夫妇挺身相救。

By Jason Kersten作者:约翰.克斯滕Looks like a brush fire, Kim Cooper thought as she spotted an orange glow ahead on Interstate 75. It was near dusk, and she and her husband, Steve, were trucking through northern Kentucky hauling auto parts from Louisville to Detroit for a freight company. Steve, 59, was fast asleep in the truck's living quarters as Kim, 52, drove up to the scene. That's when she saw it was much worse than a brush fire.金.库珀(Kim Cooper)回忆说,当时已近黄昏,她和她的丈夫史蒂夫(Steve)开着一辆牵引货车,从肯塔基州北部的一家货运公司运送汽车零部件到路易斯维尔底特律,正行驶在75号州际公路上,前面有一个橙色发光体,看起来就像是发生了丛林火灾。

59岁的史蒂夫那时正躺在卡车的生活层熟睡着,52岁的金开着车。

她所见到的可是一场比丛林大火更为严重的事件。

"Steve, wake up!" she shouted. "There's a truck on fire!" A big rig had tumbled down an embankment, and flames were crawling across its cab. Kim yanked their truck to the side of the road, and Steve pulled on his clothes. Then he scrambled down the slope.“史蒂夫,快醒醒!”她尖叫道,“有一辆大卡车着火了!”。

一辆大卡车已经冲出了路堤,火焰正在向驾驶室蔓延。

金猛踩刹车,将他们的卡车停到公路旁,史蒂夫披上衣服就向斜坡飞奔过去。

Inside the burning truck, Ronnie Sanders, 38, was fighting for his life. He'd been running a heavy load of tractors and forklifts from Georgia to Indianapolis when a Grand Caravan in front of him stopped suddenly in traffic on the icy road. As Ronnie bore down, he could see children in thebackseat. The truck's bulk would probably protect him from the worst of the impact, but the momentum of 23 tons would likely crush everyone inside the van.燃烧的卡车内,38岁的罗尼.桑德斯(Ronnie Sanders)正在奋力挣扎。

他正将一车的拖拉机和铲车从格鲁吉亚运送到印第安纳波利斯,他面前的一辆道奇(Grand Caravan)车在结冰的道路上突然熄火停了下来。

罗尼紧急刹车,他几乎可以看到前车后座的儿童。

若追尾撞上,前车的货舱应该可以使他免受最严重的伤害,但以他这辆23吨大块头的惯性,可能会压碎前面面包车内的每一个人。

"In Kentucky, the hills are steep, but at that moment, I didn't think about it," he says of that evening last November. "I figured instead of killing other people, I'd just put the truck in the ditch." He jerked the wheel to the right, somehow keeping the truck upright as it plowed 60 feet down the embankment. At the bottom, rocks pierced a fuel tank, which ignited. A tree branch smashed through the windshield and knocked Ronnie unconscious. He came to a couple of minutes later to find the cab in flames and his legs on fire.“在肯塔基州,山路很是陡峭的,但在那一刻,我没想那么多了,”会想起去年11月的那天晚上,他说,“我不能伤害其他人,于是我就想把车转向路边的沟里。

”他向右猛打方向盘,尽量拉直车身,车子滑行了60英尺左右,冲出了路堤。

岩石划破了车底部的一个油箱,并引起了大火。

树枝击穿了挡风玻璃,将罗尼撞昏过去。

几分钟后他醒来,发现驾驶舱已经着火,并且已烧到了他的腿。

Ronnie yelled for help as he struggled to escape. But the cab was smashed in, and try as he might, he couldn't untangle himself from his seat belt.罗尼大声呼助,挣扎着想逃离现场。

但是,驾驶舱已被撞变形,他努力挣扎,但依然无法解开安全带。

As Steve bolted down the slope, he could hear Ronnie's cries ahead. Then a thundering sound erupted behind him.史蒂夫向坡下急奔,他听得见前面罗尼的呼救声。

这时,他身后传来一阵震耳欲聋的撞击声。

A Ford Taurus, which had lost control in the melee above, had skidded off the highway and was now barreling down the slope directly at him. With no time to dive out of the way, he leaped upward and sailed over the car's hood.一辆福特金牛座(Ford Taurus)轿车在事故现场失去控制,滑出了公路,顺着斜坡直直地向他冲了过来。

想倒地躲过去已没有时间了,他一跃而起,扑到了汽车的引擎盖上。

The Taurus came to a halt close to the truck. Kim was already scrambling toward the car. Its passengers appeared shaken butunharmed as she helped maneuver the car away from the burning truck. Meanwhile, Steve dashed to Ronnie, who was dangling headfirst from the passenger door. Ronnie had used his pocketknife to cut himself free from the driver's-side seat belt only to get his boot ensnared in another one. Steve climbed into the burning cab to free him.金牛座车在卡车旁边停了下来。

金已经向汽车跑来了。

车上的乘客惊慌失措,还好没有受到伤害,她指挥该车开离了燃烧的卡车。

与此同时,史蒂夫冲向罗尼,他的头垂挂在副驾驶舱门前。

罗尼已用他的折叠刀割开了驾驶员座位的安全带,但仅只摆脱一只脚。

史蒂夫爬上驾驶舱来救他。

"All that was going through my mind was, My God, I do not want to be here," Steve recalls. "It was so hot, I could hardly stand it."“我只记得当时我想:上帝,我真不想呆在这里,”史蒂夫回忆说。

“真是太烫了,我几乎受不了了。

”He tried three times to pull Ronnie out before finally freeing him. But Ronnie's legs were still burning, so Steve laid him on the ground, ripped off his own shirt, and beat the flames with it. He'd managed to drag him about 20 yards when one of the truck's 150-gallon fuel tanks exploded.他试了三次,终于将罗尼救了出来。

但罗尼的腿仍在燃烧,于是史蒂夫将他躺在地上,撕下自己的衬衫,扑灭了火焰。

他设法拖着他走了20码左右时,卡车的一个150加仑的油箱爆炸了。

"It was like a cannon blast," says Steve. "The percussive force hurt my chest. It just picked me up and blew me back." Fortunately, the explosion was aimed skyward.“这就像一门大炮爆炸,”史蒂夫说,“爆炸的冲击力伤害到了我的胸部。

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