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新视野大学英语教材课文译文

新视野大学英语教材课文译文

新视野大学英语教材课文译文Unit 1 FriendshipText A A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed费内巴奇和朋友课文费内巴奇有个朋友叫比利。

比利是个庞大的小猫。

星期天,费内巴奇带着比利在花园里玩儿。

他们玩了很久。

忽然,费内巴奇听见一些声音-是雷声。

他害怕得浑身发抖。

然后,他跑进了空洞的树干里。

费内巴奇在里面想:“Oh!我好害怕。

我真希望有个朋友在这儿和我在一起。

”比利听见了费内巴奇的声音。

他没犹豫一下,立刻往树洞里跑。

现在,费内巴奇不害怕了。

比利就寸步不离地守在他身边。

过了一会儿,雷声渐渐地停了。

费内巴奇想,他们可以出去了。

他跳出树洞后,费内巴奇抱起了比利,说:“谢谢你,比利。

你是个真正的朋友。

”比利微笑着回答:“朋友是互相帮助的。

你是我的朋友,我很高兴能帮助你。

”翻译Text A A Friend in Need is a Friend IndeedFenibaji had a friend named Billy. Billy was a big fat cat.On Sunday, Fenibaji played with Billy in the garden. They played for a long time.Suddenly, Fenibaji heard some noises - it was the sound of thunder.He was so scared that he trembled all over. Then, he ran into the hollow trunk of a tree.Inside the tree, Fenibaji thought, "Oh! I'm so scared. I wish I had a friend here with me."Billy heard Fenibaji's voice. Without hesitation, he ran into the tree hollow.Now Fenibaji was not afraid anymore. Billy stood by his side all the time.After a while, the sound of thunder gradually stopped.Fenibaji thought they could go out now.After jumping out of the tree hollow, Fenibaji picked up Billy and said, "Thank you, Billy. You are a true friend."Billy smiled and replied, "Friends help each other. You are my friend, and I'm glad I could help you."Text B True Friendship真正的友谊课文友谊是我们生活中最美好的事情之一。

大学英语课文翻译

大学英语课文翻译

Part3 TranslationUnit 1 Life and logic中庸思想(Doctrine of the Mean)是儒家思想的核心内容。

The Doctrine of the Mean is the core of Confucianism.孔子所谓的“中”不是指“折中”,而是指在认识和处理客观事物时的一种“适度”和“恰如其分”的方法。

The so-called "mean" by Confucius doesn't mean "compromise" but a "moderate" and "just-right" way when understanding and handling objective things.孔子主张不仅要把这种思想作为一种认识和处理事物的方法来看待,而且还应该通过自身修养和锻炼,把它融入自己的日常行为当中,使之成为一种美德。

Confucius advocated that this thought should not only be treated as a way to understand and deal with things but also be integrated into one's daily conduct to make it a virtue through self-cultivation and training.中庸思想是儒家思想的核心,也是中国传统文化的重要组成部分。

The Doctrine of the Mean is not only the core of Confucianism but also an important component of traditional Chinese culture.从它形成到现在,一直为民族精神的构建、民族智慧的传播、民族文化的发展发挥着不可估量的作用。

大学英语综合教程3课文翻译

大学英语综合教程3课文翻译

大学英语综合教程3课文翻译第一课:生活中的困扰原文:Living With RegretRegrets. We all have them. They can range from minor inconsiderate acts to major life-changing decisions. But no matter the scale, regrets serve as a constant reminder of our past mistakes and missed opportunities.Regrets often stem from our desires to change the past. We wish we had made different choices or taken different paths. We dwell on what could have been, rather than accepting what is. This obsession with the past can hinder our ability to live in the present and enjoy the opportunities that await us.Living with regret can be a heavy burden to carry. It weighs us down emotionally and mentally. We constantly replay the past in our minds, seeking to find a different outcome and trying to understand how things could have been different. This constant rumination can lead to feelings of guilt, sadness, and even depression.Regret can also have a negative impact on our relationships. If we are constantly dwelling on past mistakes, it can prevent us from fully engaging with others in the present. We may be hesitant to form new relationships or trust others, fearing thatwe will make the same mistakes again. This fear and hesitancy can limit our social connections and prevent us from experiencing the joys of deep and meaningful relationships.So how do we break free from the grip of regret? It starts with acceptance. Accepting that we cannot change the past, no matter how much we wish we could. We must forgive ourselves for our mistakes and learn from them. It is through learning and growth that we can move forward and create a better future.In addition to acceptance, it is important to focus on the present moment. By practicing mindfulness and being fully present in our daily lives, we can let go of the past and embrace the opportunities that come our way. Life is constantly changing, and if we are too focused on what has already happened, we may miss out on the beauty of what is happening right now.Regrets are a natural part of life, but they do not have to consume us. By accepting the past, focusing on the present, and learning from our mistakes, we can live a life free from the burden of regret.翻译:带着遗憾生活遗憾,我们都有。

大学英语unit1课文翻译

大学英语unit1课文翻译

大学英语综合教程4Unit 1Text A人在自然界|亚历山大·斯伯金Nature nurtures mankind unselfishly with its rich resources. Yet, man is so carried away in his transformation of nature that he is unaware that it also has limitations and needs constant care. Now worn by the excessive demands of mankind, nature is unable to maintain the ecological balance needed. Humanity is faced with the problem of how to stop, or at least to moderate, the destruction of Mother Nature.人类生活在大自然的王国里。

他们时刻被大自然所包围并与之相互影响。

人类呼吸的空气、喝下的水和摄入的食物,无一不令人类时刻感知到大自然的影响。

我们与大自然血肉相连,离开大自然,我们将无法生存。

Human beings live in the realm of nature. They are constantly surrounded by it and interact with it. Man is constantly aware of the influence of nature in the form of the air he breathes, the water he drinks, and the food he eats. We are connected with nature by "blood" ties and we cannot live outside nature.人类不仅生活在大自然之中,同时也在改变着大自然。

大学英语课文翻译译文(整篇)

大学英语课文翻译译文(整篇)

U n i t1T e x t A学在哈佛米歇尔•李1.我仍清晰地记得当初我被斯坦福大学提前录取时的场景。

当时我正在车上,收件箱突然弹出了一封电子邮件,告知我已经被梦寐以求的斯坦福大学录取了,我不禁喜极而泣。

接下来的几个月,我一直幻想着自己成为斯坦福“枢机红”一员的情景并等待着他们的正式录取通知书。

2.然而,接下来更多的录取通知书接踵而至,当得知自己还被哈佛大学录取后,我内心的激动之情无以言表。

我面临着一个极其艰难的抉择——斯坦福还是哈佛?3.我决定先实地考察一下这两所学校再做最后选择,没想到的是,我竟然喜欢上了哈佛。

我曾一心想成为斯坦福“枢机红”的一员,所以并没有认真考虑过选择其他大学。

然而我一踏入哈佛校园,便感觉一切正合乎我的心意。

哈佛的校园,哈佛的课堂,哈佛的人,都使我意识到这就是未来四年我唯一想呆的地方。

4.在哈佛入学后,我迫切地渴望开始人生的新篇章,但与此同时,又因身处遥远他乡而感到焦虑不安。

和亲朋好友告别的那一刻,我清醒地意识到即将来临的自主独立将意味着什么。

我不知道未来会怎样,而且担心自己会在这么知名的学府里找不到自己的定位。

5.一个学期后,我不得不说我做了人生中最正确的决定。

我找到了一种归属感,并且在很多方面成为了哈佛的一分子。

6.在短短数月里,如果说我学会了什么的话,那就是明白了大学学习一点都不轻松。

学业课程比以往的都难,但我可以自由选择学习任何我感兴趣的课程领域。

我申请的是医学预科,但一个学期下来,我发现在下一年确定专业之前,我实际上有无数的方向可以选择。

7.课程通常包括:教授主讲、研究生辅讲次要内容以及课外的学生学习小组。

学习小组合作学习对应对哈佛繁重的学习任务起着重要的作用。

如果感到不堪重负,我只需要走下楼去见见我的学监,或者和我的学业导师预约见个面。

8.刚刚过去的12月份是期末考试阶段,排满了各种冗长的综合考试。

但是哈佛读书周停课一周,与高中阶段相比的确是一个很不错的改变。

大学英语三课文翻译

大学英语三课文翻译

unit 1 A 我哥哥吉米出生时遇上难产,因为缺氧导致大脑受损。

两年后,我出生了。

从此以后,我的生活便围绕我哥哥转。

伴随我成长的,是“到外面去玩,把你哥哥也带上。

” 不带上他,我是哪里也去不了的。

因此,我怂恿邻居的孩子到我家来,尽情地玩孩子们玩的游戏。

我母亲教吉米学习日常自理,比如刷牙或系皮带什么的。

我父亲宅心仁厚,他的耐心和理解使一家人心贴着心。

我则负责外面的事,找到那些欺负我哥哥的孩子们的父母,告他们的状,为我哥哥讨回公道。

父亲和吉米形影不离。

他们一道吃早饭,平时每天早上一道开车去海军航运中心,他们都在那里工作,吉米在那搬卸标有彩色代号的箱子。

晚饭后,他们一道交谈,玩游戏,直到深夜。

他们甚至用口哨吹相同的曲调。

所以,父亲 1991 年因心脏病去世时,吉米几乎崩溃了,尽管他尽量不表现出来。

他就是不能相信父亲去世这一事实。

通常,他是一个令人愉快的人,现在却一言不发,无论说多少话都不能透过他木然的脸部表情了解他的心事。

我雇了一个人和他住在一起,开车送他去上班。

然而,不管我怎么努力地维持原状,吉米还是认为他熟悉的世界已经消失了。

有一天,我问他:“你是不是想念爸爸?” 他的嘴唇颤抖了几下,然后问我:“你怎么看,玛格丽特?他是我最好的朋友。

” 接着,我俩都流下了眼泪。

六个月后,母亲因肺癌去世,剩下我一人来照顾吉米。

吉米不能马上适应去上班时没有父亲陪着,因此搬来纽约和我一起住了一段时间。

我走到哪里他就跟到哪里,他好像适应得很好。

但吉米依然想住在我父母的房子里,继续干他原来的工作。

我答应把他送回去。

此事最后做成了。

如今,他在那里生活了 11 年,在许多人的照料下,同时依靠自己生活得有声有色。

他已成了邻里间不可或缺的人物。

如果你有邮件要收,或有狗要遛,他就是你所要的人。

当然,母亲的话没错:可以有一个家,既能容纳他的缺陷又能装下我的雄心。

事实上,关照像吉米这样一个深爱又感激我的人,更加丰富了我的生活,其他任何东西都不能与之相比。

大学英语课文翻译

大学英语课文翻译

大学英语课文翻译很快又要期末考试了,接下来为你带来大学课文翻译,希望对你有帮助。

1 在我和室友罗伯的交易成功之后,我和波莉有了第一次约会。

那一年里每个人都有件皮夹克,而罗伯是校足球队员中唯一一个没有皮夹克的,他一想到这个就受不了,于是他和我达成了一项协议,用他的女友换取我的夹克。

他可不那么聪明,而他的女友波莉也不太精明。

2 但她漂亮而且富有,也没有把头发染成奇怪的颜色或是化很浓的妆。

她拥有适宜的家庭背景,足以胜任一名坚忍而睿智的律师的女友。

如果我能够让我所申请的顶尖律师事务所看到我身边伴随着一位荣耀照人、谈吐优雅的另一半,我就很有可能在竞聘中以微弱优势获胜。

3 “荣耀照人”,她已经是了。

而我也能施予她足够多的“智慧之珠”,让她变得“谈吐优雅”。

4 在一起外出度过了美好的一天之后,我驱车来到了高速公路旁一座小山上一棵古老的大橡树下。

我的想法有些怪异。

而这个地方能够俯瞰灯火灿烂的城区,我觉得它会使人的心情变轻松。

我们呆在车子里,我调低了音响并把脚从刹车上挪开。

“我们要谈些?”她问道。

5 “逻辑学。

”6 “好酷啊,”她一边嚼着口香糖一边说。

7 “逻辑学的原理,”我说道,“即清晰思考的主要原那么。

逻辑上出现的问题会歪曲事实,其中有些还很普遍。

我们先来看看一种叫做‘绝对判断’的逻辑谬误。

”8 “好啊,”她表示同意。

9 “‘绝对判断’是指在证据缺乏的情况下所作出的推断。

比方说:运动是有益的,所以每个人都应该运动。

”10 她点头表示赞同。

11 我看得出她没弄明白。

“波莉,”我解释说,“这个推断太过简单化了。

如果你有心脏病或者超级肥胖症什么的,运动就变得有害而不是有益。

所以你应该说,运动对大多数人来说是有益的。

”12 “接下来是‘草率结论’。

这似乎不言自明,对吧?仔细听好了:你不会说法语,罗伯也不会说法语,那么这所学校里好似是没有人会说法语。

”13 “是吗?”波莉吃惊地说。

“没有人吗?”14 “这也是一种逻辑谬误,”我说,“这一结论太草率了,因为能够支持这一结论的例证太少了。

全新版大学英语综合教程课文原文及翻译

全新版大学英语综合教程课文原文及翻译

全新版大学英语综合教程课文原文及翻译《全新版大学英语综合教程课文原文及翻译》Unit 1: The World of WorkPart 1: The Changing Nature of WorkThe world of work is constantly evolving, and it is important for individuals to adapt to these changes. In today's fast-paced society, the traditional notions of work are being challenged, and new opportunities are emerging. This unit explores the changing nature of work and its implications for individuals and society.1.1 The Traditional 9-to-5 JobTraditionally, work was often characterized by a 9-to-5 job in a fixed location. Employees would commute to an office or a factory, and their work would be structured around set hours. This model provided stability and a sense of routine for many individuals. However, with advancements in technology and globalization, this traditional model is no longer the only option.1.2 Flexible Work ArrangementsToday, flexible work arrangements are becoming more common. People have the opportunity to work remotely, choose their own hours, and even become self-employed. This flexibility allows individuals to better balance their work and personal lives. However, it also presents new challenges, such as the need for self-discipline and the blurring of boundaries between work and leisure.1.3 The Gig EconomyThe rise of the gig economy is another significant change in the world of work. In this model, individuals take on short-term or freelance jobs, often facilitated by online platforms. This provides them with more autonomy and the ability to pursue multiple income streams. However, it also means less job security and benefits compared to traditional employment.1.4 The Importance of Lifelong LearningWith the changing nature of work, the importance of lifelong learning cannot be overstated. Individuals need to continually update their skills and knowledge in order to remain competitive in the job market. This includes developing new technological competencies and adaptability to navigate future changes in the workplace.Part 2: The Impact of Work on Identity and Well-beingWork plays a significant role in shaping individual identity and overall well-being. How individuals perceive their work and the meaning they derive from it can greatly impact their satisfaction and happiness.2.1 Work as a Source of IdentityFor many people, work is not just a way to earn a living but also a source of identity and purpose. The type of work one engages in can be closely tied to personal values and ambitions. However, it is important to recognize that work should not be the sole determinant of a person's self-worth. Finding a balance between work and other aspects of life is crucial for overall well-being.2.2 Work-Life BalanceAchieving work-life balance is a constant challenge in today's connected world. The boundaries between work and personal life can easily blur, leading to increased stress and burnout. Employers and individuals need to actively promote strategies and policies that enable employees to have a healthy integration of work and personal life.2.3 The Pursuit of Meaningful WorkMany individuals strive to find work that is not only financially rewarding but also personally fulfilling. Meaningful work gives individuals a sense of purpose and satisfaction. This can be achieved by aligning personal values and passions with one's chosen career path.2.4 Work and Mental HealthThe relationship between work and mental health is complex. While work can provide a sense of structure and purpose, it can also contribute to stress and anxiety. Employers and society as a whole need to prioritize mental health support in the workplace and foster a culture that promotes work-life balance and overall well-being.ConclusionThe world of work is undergoing significant changes, requiring individuals to adapt and embrace new opportunities. The impact of work on identity and well-being cannot be underestimated. It is crucial for individuals, employers, and society to work together to create a more balanced and fulfilling work environment. By recognizing the evolving nature of work andaddressing its challenges, we can create a future where individuals find meaning and satisfaction in their careers.。

大学高级英语课文翻译

大学高级英语课文翻译

第一课救赎 ----兰斯顿.休斯在我快13岁那年,我的灵魂得到了拯救,然而并不是真正意义上的救赎。

事情是这样的。

那时我的阿姨里德所在的教堂正在举行一场盛大的宗教复兴晚会。

数个星期以来每个夜晚,人们在那里讲道,唱诵,祈祷。

连一些罪孽深重的人都获得了耶稣的救赎,教堂的成员一下子增多了。

就在复兴晚会结束之前,他们为孩子们举行了一次特殊的集会——把小羊羔带回羊圈。

里德阿姨数日之前就开始和我提这件事。

那天晚上,我和其他还没有得到主宽恕的小忏悔者们被送去坐在教堂前排,那是为祷告的人安排的座椅。

我的阿姨告诉我说:“当你看到耶稣的时候,你看见一道光,然后感觉心里似乎有什么发生。

从此以后耶稣就进入了你的生命,他将与你同在。

你能够看见、听到、感受到他和你的灵魂融为一体。

”我相信里德阿姨说的,许多老人都这么说,似乎她们都应该知道。

尽管教堂里面拥挤而闷热,我依然静静地坐在那里,等待耶稣的到来。

布道师祷告,富有节奏,非常精彩。

呻吟、喊叫、寂寞的呼喊,还有地狱中令人恐怖的画面。

然后他唱了一首赞美诗。

诗中描述了99只羊都安逸的待在圈里,唯有一个被冷落在外的情形。

唱完后他说道:“难道你不来吗?不来到耶稣身旁吗?小羊羔们,难道你们不来吗?”他向坐在祷告席上的小忏悔者们打开了双臂,小女孩们开始哭了,她们中有一些很快跳了起来,跑了过去。

我们大多数仍然坐在那里。

许多长辈过来跪在我们的身边开始祷告。

老妇人的脸像煤炭一样黑,头上扎着辫子,老爷爷的手因长年的工作而粗糙皲裂。

他们吟唱着“点燃微弱的灯,让可怜的灵魂得到救赎”的诗歌。

整个教堂里到处都是祈祷者的歌声。

最后其他所有小忏悔者们都去了圣坛上,得到了救赎,除了一个男孩和依然静静地坐着等侯的我。

那个男孩是一个守夜人的儿子,名字叫威斯特里。

在我们的周围尽是祈祷的修女执事。

教堂里异常闷热,天色也越来越暗了。

最后威斯特里小声对我说:“去他妈的上帝。

我再也坐不住了,我们站起来吧,就可以得到救赎了。

”于是他就站了起来,也因此得到了救赎。

大学英语读写教程1课文翻译

大学英语读写教程1课文翻译

大学英语读写教程1课文翻译Unit 1Lesson 1: The EarthThe Earth is our home. It is the third planet from the sun in our solar system. It is the only planet known to have life. The Earth is a beautiful and diverse place, with vast oceans, towering mountains, and lush forests.The Earth is approximately 4.6 billion years old. It has a diameter of about 12,742 kilometers and a circumference of around 40,075 kilometers. It is made up of several layers, including the crust, mantle, and core.The Earth rotates on its axis, which takes approximately 24 hours to complete one full rotation. This rotation gives us day and night. The Earth also orbits around the sun, completing one orbit in about 365.25 days, giving us the concept of a year.The Earth is made up of many different ecosystems. These ecosystems support a wide variety of plants, animals, and microorganisms. It is important to protect and preserve these ecosystems to maintain the delicate balance of life on Earth.The Earth's climate is constantly changing. It experiences seasons due to the tilt of its axis. It also undergoes long-term changes, such as global warming, which is primarily caused by human activities. As inhabitants of this planet, we have a responsibility to take care of the Earth. We should reduce our carbon footprint, recycle,conserve water, and protect the natural environment. By doing so, we can ensure a sustainable future for ourselves and future generations.。

大学英语课文原文及翻译

大学英语课文原文及翻译

大学英语课文原文及翻译大学英语课文原文一 Section A:Choose to Be Alone on PurposeHere we are, all by ourselves, all 22 million of us by recent count, alone in our rooms, some of us liking it that way and some of us not. Some of us divorced, some widowed, some never yet committed. Loneliness may be a sort of national disease here, and it s more embarrassing for us to admit than any other sin. On the other hand, to be alone on purpose, having rejected company rather than been cast out by it, is one characteristic of an American hero. The solitary hunter or explorer needs no one as they venture out among the deer and wolves to tame the great wild areas. Thoreau, alone in his cabin on the pond, his back deliberately turned to the town. Now, that s character for you.Inspiration in solitude is a major commodity for poets and philosophers. They re all for it. They all speak highly of themselves for seeking it out, at least for an hour or even two before they hurry home for tea.Consider Dorothy Wordsworth, for instance, helping her brother William put on his coat, finding his notebook and pencil for him, and waving as he sets forth into the early spring sunlight to look at flowers all by himself. “How graceful, how benign, is solitude,” he wrote.No doubt about it, solitude is improved by being voluntary.Look at Milton s daughters arranging his cushions and blankets before they silently creep away, so he can create poetry. Then,rather than trouble to put it in his own handwriting, he calls thegirls to come back and write it down while he dictates.You may have noticed that most of these artistic types went outdoors to be alone. The indoors was full of loved ones keeping the kettle warm till they came home.The American high priest of solitude was Thoreau. We admire him, not for his self-reliance, but because he was all by himself out there at Walden Pond, and he wanted to be. All alone in the woods. Actually, he lived a mile, or 20 minutes walk, from his nearest neighbor; half a mile from the railroad; three hundred yards from a busy road. He had company in and out of the hut all day, asking him how he could possibly be so noble. Apparently the main point of his nobility was that he had neither wife nor servants, used his own axe to chop his own wood, and washed his own cups and saucers. I don t know who did his laundry; he doesn t say, but he certainly doesn t mention doing his own, either. Listen to him: “I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.”Thoreau had his own self-importance for company. Perhaps there s a message here. The larger the ego, the less the need for other egos around. The more modest and humble we feel, the more we suffer from solitude, feeling ourselves inadequate company.If you live with other people, their temporary absence can be refreshing. Solitude will end on Thursday. If today I use a singular personal pronoun to refer to myself, next week I will use the plural form. While the others are absent you can stretch out your soul until it fills up the whole room, and use your freedom, coming and going as you please without apology, staying up late to read, soaking in the bath, eating a whole pint of ice cream at one sitting, moving at your own pace. Those absent will be back. Their waterproof winter coatsare in the closet and the dog keeps watching for them at the window. But when you live alone, the temporary absence of your friends and acquaintances leaves a vacuum; they may never come back.The condition of loneliness rises and falls, but the need to talk goes on forever. It s more basic than needing to listen. Oh, we all have friends we can tell important things to, people we can call to say we lost our job or fell on a slippery floor and broke our arm. It s the daily succession of small complaints and observations and opinions that backs up and chokes us. We can t really call a friend to say we got a parcel from our sister, or it s getting dark earlier now, or we don t trust that new Supreme Court justice.Scientific surveys show that we who live alone talk at length to ourselves and our pets and the television. We ask the cat whether we should wear the blue suit or the yellow dress. We ask the parrot if we should prepare steak, or noodles for dinner. We argue with ourselves over who is the greater sportsman: that figure skater or this skier. There s nothing wrong with this. It s good for us, and a lot less embarrassing than the woman in front of us in line at the market who s telling the cashier that her niece Melissa may be coming to visit on Saturday, and Melissa is very fond of hot chocolate, which is why she bought the powdered hot chocolate mix, though she never drinks it herself.It s important to stay rational.It s important to stop waiting and settle down and make ourselves comfortable, at least temporarily, and find some grace and pleasure in our condition, not like a self-centered British poet but like a patient princess sealed up in a tower, waiting for the happy ending to our fairy tale.After all, here we are. It may not be where we expected to be, but for the time being we might as well call it home. Anyway, there is no place like home.大学英语课文原文二 Section A:Does Mickey Mouse have a beardNo.Does this mean that French men seeking work with the Disney organization must shave off their moustaches tooIt depends.A labor inspector took the Disney organization to court this week, contending that the company s dress and appearance code — which bans moustaches, beards, excess weight, short skirts and fancy stockings — offends individual liberty and violates French labor law.The case is an illustration of some of the delicate cultural issues the company faces as it gets ready to open its theme park 20 miles (32 kilometers) east of Paris in five months time.The Disney management, which is assembling what it calls a cast of 12,000 to run the theme park, argues that all employees, from bottle washers to the president, are similar to actors who have to obey rules about appearance. Anyway, a company spokesman says, no one has yet put his moustache before a job. As one new cast member put it: You must believe in what you are doing, or you would have a terrible time here.But what do people think of Euro Disney People everywhere are wondering whether Europeans would like the American recreation.For all its concern about foreign cultural invasion and its defense against the pollution of the French language by English words, France s Socialist government has been untroubled aboutputting such a huge American symbol on the doorstep of the capital and has been more concerned about its social effect. It made an extraordinary series of tax and financial concessions to attract the theme park here rather than let it go to sunny Spain.The theme park itself will be only part of a giant complex of housing, office, and resort developments stretching far into the next century, including movie and television production facilities. As part of its deal with the Disney organization, the government is laying on and paying for new highways, an extension of Paris s regional express railway and even a direct connection for the high speed TGV railway to the Channel Tunnel. The TGV station is being built in front of the main entrance of Euro Disneyland, and is scheduled to come into service in 1994.If Euro Disneyland succeeds — where theme parks already in France have so far failed — a second and even a third park is likely to be built by the end of the century. Financial experts say that Euro Disneyland, the first phase of which is costing an estimated $3.6 billion, is essential to Disney s overall fortunes, which have been hit by competition and declining attendance in the United States.French intellectuals have not found many kind things to say about the project. The kids, however, will probably never notice. Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Peter Pan, and Pinocchio all come from European fairy tales or stories and are as familiar to children here as they are in the United States. To a French child Mickey is French. To an Italian kid he is Italian.The Disney management is stressing this tradition in an apparent response to suggestions that it is culturally insensitive. Although the concept of the theme park is closely based on the original MagicKingdom in California and Walt Disney World in Florida, Euro Disneyland will be unique in a manner appropriate to its European home, the company says. The legends and fairy tales which come from Europe figure prominently in the creative development of the theme park. Officials point out, for example, that Sleeping Beauty s castle, the central feature of the theme park, is based not on Hollywood, as some might think, but on the illustrations in a medieval European book. Also, a 360-degree movie, based on the adventures of Jules Verne, features well-known European actors.Asked to describe other aspects of the effort to make the park more European, a spokesman mentioned that direction signs in the theme park will be in French as well as English, and that some performers will chat in French, Spanish and English. The challenge is telling things people already know — and at the same time making it different, the spokesman said.On the other hand, this effort is not being taken too far. Another Disney spokesman said earlier that the aim of the theme park is to provide a basically American experience for those who seek it. Inthis way, he said, people who might otherwise have contemplated a vacation in the United States will be happy to stay on this side of the Atlantic.The Disney organization does seem to focus a bit too much on hair. Main Street, USA , the heart of Euro Disneyland, it promises, will feature an old time Harmony Barber Shop to deal with messy hair and hairy chins — and perhaps even offending mustaches. One difference from California or Florida: Parts of Main Street and waiting areas to get into the attractions will be covered over as a concession to Paris s rainy weather.Euro Disneyland s short distance to Paris is a definite attraction. Anyone tiring of American or fake European culture can reach the Louvre art museum by express railway in less than an hour — from Minnie Mouse to Mona Lisa in a flash.Communications figured largely in the Disney organization s decision to site its fourth theme park near Paris. The site is within a two-hour flight of 320 million Europeans. The opening of Eastern Europe is another prize for the company, which thinks that millions of people will put Disneyland at the top of a list of places to visit on their first trip to Western Europe.PREVIOUS HOME NEXT大学英语课文原文三 Section A:Slavery Gave Me Nothing to LoseI remember the very day that I became black. Up to my thirteenth year I lived in the little Negro town of Eatonville, Florida. It is exclusively a black town. The only white people I knew passed through the town going to or coming from Orlando, Florida. The native whites rode dusty horses, and the northern tourists traveled down the sandy village road in automobiles. The town knew the Southerners and never stopped chewing sugar cane when they passed. But the Northerners were something else again. They were peered at cautiously from behind curtains by the timid. The bold would come outside to watch them go past and got just as much pleasure out of the tourists as thetourists got out of the village.The front deck might seem a frightening place for the rest of the town, but it was a front row seat for me. My favorite place was on top of the gatepost. Not only did I enjoy the show, but I didn t mind the actors knowing that I liked it. I usually spoke to them inpassing. I d wave at them and when they returned my wave, I would say a few words of greeting. Usually the automobile or the horse paused at this, and after a strange exchange of greetings, I would probably go a piece of the way with them, as we say in farthest Florida, and follow them down the road a bit. If one of my family happened to come to the front of the house in time to see me, of course the conversation would be rudely broken off.During this period, white people differed from black to me only in that they rode through town and never lived there. They liked to hear me speak pieces and sing and wanted to see me dance, and gave me generously of their small silver for doing these things, which seemed strange to me for I wanted to do them so much that I needed bribing to stop. Only they didn t know it. The colored people gave no coins. They disapproved of any joyful tendencies in me, but I was their Zora nevertheless. I belonged to them, to the nearby hotels, to the country — everybody s Zora.But changes came to the family when I was thirteen, and I was sent to school in Jacksonville. I left Eatonville as Zora. When I got off the riverboat at Jacksonville, she was no more. It seemed that I had suffered a huge change. I was not Zora of Eatonville any more; I was now a little black girl. I found it out in certain ways. In my heart as well as in the mirror, I became a permanent brown — like the best shoe polish, guaranteed not to rub nor run.Someone is always at my elbow reminding me that I am the granddaughter of slaves. It fails to register depression with me. Slavery is something sixty years in the past. The operation was successful and the patient is doing well, thank you. The terrible war that made me an American instead of a slave said On the line! Theperiod following the Civil War said Get set! and the generation before me said Go! Like a foot race, I am off to a flying start and I must not halt in the middle to look behind and weep. Slavery is the price I paid for civilization, and the choice was not with me. No one on earth ever had a greater chance for glory. The world to be won and nothing to be lost. It is thrilling to think, to know, that for any act of mine, I shall get twice as much praise or twice as much blame. It is quite exciting to hold the center of the national stage, with the audience not knowing whether to laugh or to weep.I do not always feel colored. Even now I often achieve the unconscious Zora of that small village, Eatonville. For instance, I can sit in a restaurant with a white person. We enter chatting about any little things that we have in common and the white man would sit calmly in his seat, listening to me with interest.At certain times I have no race, I am me. But in the main, I feel like a brown bag of mixed items propped up against a wall. Against a wall in company with other bags, white, red and yellow. Pour out the contents, and there is discovered a pile of small things both valuable and worthless. Bits of broken glass, lengths of string, a key to a door long since decayed away, a rusty knife-blade, old shoes saved for a road that never was and never will be, a nail bent under the weight of things too heavy for any nail, a dried flower or two still with a little smell. In your hand is the brown bag. On the ground before you is the pile it held — so much like the piles in the other bags, could they be emptied, that all might be combined and mixed in a single heap and the bags refilled without altering the content of any greatly. A bit of colored glass more or less would not matter. Perhaps that is how the Great Stuffer of Bags filled them inthe first place — who knows。

大学英语教材3课文翻译

大学英语教材3课文翻译

大学英语教材3课文翻译Unit 3: The American DreamPart 1: The American Dream and Its OriginsThe concept of the American Dream has been an integral part of American culture for centuries. It represents the belief that everyone, regardless of their background, has the opportunity to achieve success through hard work and determination. The origins of the American Dream can be traced back to the founding principles of the United States, rooted in the pursuit of life, liberty, and happiness.Part 2: Success and IndividualismOne of the key aspects of the American Dream is the emphasis on individualism and personal success. American society places great value on individual achievements and rewards those who are able to climb the social ladder through their own efforts. This focus on success has shaped the American mindset, driving people to strive for excellence and overcome obstacles in pursuit of their dreams.Part 3: Social Mobility and EqualityThe American Dream also encompasses the idea of social mobility and equality. It is the belief that anyone, regardless of their social background or circumstances, has the chance to improve their lives and achieve a better future. This aspect of the American Dream has inspired millions of immigrants who sought better opportunities in the United States, and it continues to motivate individuals to work hard and overcome adversity.Part 4: Challenges and CriticismsWhile the American Dream has been a source of inspiration for many, it is not without its challenges and criticisms. Some argue that the ideal of the American Dream is unattainable for certain marginalized groups, such as racial minorities or those from low-income backgrounds. Economic inequality and systemic barriers can make it difficult for individuals to achieve upward mobility and fulfill their dreams.Part 5: Reimagining the American DreamIn recent years, there has been a growing movement to redefine and reimagine the American Dream. This includes a shift towards a more inclusive vision that addresses the needs and aspirations of all individuals, regardless of their backgrounds. It emphasizes the importance of social justice, equal opportunity, and sustainability, aiming to create a society where everyone has a fair chance to succeed and thrive.Conclusion:The American Dream is a complex and evolving concept that continues to shape American society and culture. It represents the ideals of individualism, success, social mobility, and equality. While it has faced criticism and challenges over the years, efforts to redefine and reimagine the American Dream highlight the ongoing importance of creating an inclusive and just society for all.。

大学生英语课文翻译大全

大学生英语课文翻译大全

本⽂是为您准备的《⼤学⽣英语课⽂翻译⼤全》请⼤家参考! Tony TRIVISONNO'S american dream托尼特⾥维松诺的美国梦He came from a rocky farm in Italy, somewhere south of Rome. How or when he got to America, I don't know. But one evening I found him standing in the driveway, behind my garage. He was about five-foot-seven or eight, and thin.他来⾃意⼤利罗马以南,⼀个艰苦经营的农场。

我不知道他是怎样或者是什么时候到达美国的。

但是⼀个晚上我发现他站在我的停车房后⾯的车道上。

他⼤概有五尺七⼋⼨⾼,⽽且很瘦。

"I mow your lawn," he said. It was hard to comprehend his broken English.“我帮你割草。

”他说。

他的破英语让⼈难以明⽩。

I asked him his name. "Tony Trivisonno," he replied. "I mow your lawn." I told Tony that I couldn't afford a gardener.我问他他的名字。

“托尼特⾥维松诺。

”他答。

“我帮你割草。

”我告诉托尼我没钱雇⽤⼀个园丁。

"I mow your lawn," he said again, then walked away. I went into my house unhappy. Yes, these Depression days were difficult, but how could I to turn away a person who had come to me for help? When I got home from work the next evening, the lawn had been mowed, the garden weeded, and the walks swept. I asked my wife what had happened.“我帮你割草。

大学英语1课文翻译

大学英语1课文翻译

Unit1 A篇学无止境故事发生在一所东部大学里。

那是终考的最后一天。

一幢教学楼的台阶上围着一群大四的工科生,都在谈论即刻就要开始的考试。

他们脸上都带着自信。

这是毕业前的最后一场考试了,考完后,即是毕业典礼。

然后他们将各奔前程。

话题转到了工作上,有的谈起了找好的工作,有的则谈论着要找的工作。

4年的大学学习给了他们自信,使他们觉得自己足以征服世界。

眼前这场考试,不过是一碟小菜罢了。

老师已经说过可以携带所需的任何书本或笔记,只要不在考试时交头接耳就行了。

学生们兴高采烈地步入教室。

试卷发下来了。

看到只有5道论述题,他们一个个脸笑上开了花。

3小时过去后,老师开始收卷。

学生们先前的那份自信再也看不到了,而是满脸惊慌。

老师握着试卷,面对全班,大家都沉默不语。

她扫了一眼眼前这一张张不安的脸,问道:"5道题全答完的有多少?" 没人举手。

"做完4道的有多少?" 还是没人举手。

"3道呢?两道呢?" 学生们再也坐不住了。

"那么一道呢?总有做完一道的吧。

" 教室里依然鸦雀无声。

老师搁下试卷,说道:"这我早料到了。

""我只是想让你们牢牢记住,即使你们已经完成了4年工科学习,这个领域你们还有很多东西要学。

其实,你们答不出的这些问题在日常生活中很常见。

"她笑了笑,接着说,"这门课你们都能通过,但要记住,你们虽然已经大学毕业,但学习才刚刚开始。

"多年后,我已忘了这位老师的姓名,但牢牢记住了她的教诲。

B篇回眸大学4年的时光已经过去,这一刻终于来临了。

不到两周,我就要毕业了。

此刻回想起来,我仍不敢相信时光飞逝如斯。

我依然记得第一天去上课时的情景,我一边望着课表背面的地图,一边打听教学楼在哪儿。

现在我已是大四的学生,常会以羡慕的眼光看着一年级的新生。

每天我都祈愿时间会凝滞,接下来的两周过得更慢一些。

大学英语翻译课文翻译

大学英语翻译课文翻译

大学英语翻译课文翻译大学英语翻译课文翻译英语是按照分布面积而言最流行的语言,但母语者数量是世界第三,仅次于汉语、西班牙语。

下面店铺为大家带来大学英语翻译课文翻译,希望大家喜欢!1 Even the automobile industry, which has remained largely unchanged for the last seventy years, is about to feel the effects of the computer revolution.即便是过去70年间基本上没有多少变化的汽车工业,也将感受到计算机革命的影响。

2 The automobile industry ranks as among the most lucrative and powerful industries of the twentieth century. There are presently 500 million cars on earth, or one car for every ten people. Sales of the automobile industry stand at about a trillion dollars, making it the world's biggest manufacturing industry.汽车工业是20世纪最赚钱、最有影响力的产业之一。

目前世界上有5亿辆车,或者说每10人就有1辆车。

汽车工业的销售额达一万亿美元左右,从而成为世界上最大的制造业。

3 The car, and the roads it travels on, will be revolutionized in the twenty-first century. The key to tomorrow's "smart cars" will be sensors. "We'll see vehicles and roads that see and hear and feel and smell and talk and act," predicts Bill Spreitzer, technical director of General Motors Corporation's ITS program, which is designing the smart car and road of the future.汽车及其行驶的道路,将在21世纪发生重大变革。

大学英语综合教程课文原文及翻译

大学英语综合教程课文原文及翻译

unit 6 The Last LeafWhen Johnsy fell seriously ill, she seemed to lose the will to hang on to life. The doctor held out little hope for her. Her friends seemed helpless. Was there nothing to be done 约翰西病情严重,她似乎失去了活下去的意志;医生对她不抱什么希望;朋友们看来也爱莫能助;难道真的就无可奈何了吗1 At the top of a three-story brick building, Sue and Johnsy had their studio. "Johnsy" was familiar for Joanna. One was from Maine; the other from California. They had met at a cafe on Eighth Street and found their tastes in art, chicory salad and bishop sleeves so much in tune that the joint studio resulted.在一幢三层砖楼的顶层,苏和约翰西辟了个画室;“约翰西”是乔安娜的昵称;她们一位来自缅因州,一位来自加利福尼亚;两人相遇在第八大街的一个咖啡馆,发现各自在艺术品味、菊苣色拉,以及灯笼袖等方面趣味相投,于是就有了这个两人画室;2 That was in May. In November a cold, unseen stranger, whom the doctors called Pneumonia, stalked about the district, touching one here and there with his icy fingers. Johnsy was among his victims. She lay, scarcely moving on her bed, looking through the small window at the blank side of the next brick house.那是5月里的事;到了11月,一个医生称之为肺炎的阴森的隐形客闯入了这一地区,用它冰冷的手指东碰西触;约翰西也为其所害;她病倒了,躺在床上几乎一动不动,只能隔着小窗望着隔壁砖房那单调沉闷的侧墙;3 One morning the busy doctor invited Sue into the hallway with a bushy, gray eyebrow.一天上午,忙碌的医生扬了扬灰白的浓眉,示意苏来到过道;4 "She has one chance in ten," he said. "And that chance is for her to want to live. Your little lady has made up her mind that she's not going to get well. Has she anything on her mind“她只有一成希望,”他说;“那还得看她自己是不是想活下去;你这位女朋友已经下决心不想好了;她有什么心事吗”5 "She -- she wanted to paint the Bay of Naples some day," said Sue. “她――她想有一天能去画那不勒斯湾,”苏说;6 "Paint -- bosh Has she anything on her mind worth thinking about twice -- a man, for instance"“画画――得了;她有没有别的事值得她留恋的――比如说,一个男人”7 "A man" said Sue. "Is a man worth -- but, no, doctor; there is nothing of the kind."“男人”苏说;“难道一个男人就值得――可是,她没有啊,大夫,没有这码子事;”8 "Well," said the doctor. "I will do all that science can accomplish. But whenever my patient begins to count the carriages in her funeral procession I subtract 50 per cent from the curative power of medicines." After the doctor had gone Sue went into the workroom and cried. Then she marched into Johnsy's room with her drawing board, whistling a merry tune.“好吧,”大夫说;“我会尽一切努力,只要是科学能做到的;可是,但凡病人开始计算她出殡的行列里有几辆马车的时候,我就要把医药的疗效减去一半;”大夫走后,苏去工作室哭了一场;随后她携着画板大步走进约翰西的房间,口里吹着轻快的口哨;9 Johnsy lay, scarcely making a movement under the bedclothes, with her face toward the window. She was looking out and counting -- counting backward.约翰西躺在被子下几乎一动不动,脸朝着窗;她望着窗外,数着数――倒数着数10 "Twelve," she said, and a little later "eleven"; and then "ten," and "nine"; and then "eight" and "seven," almost together.“12,”她数道,过了一会儿“11”,接着数“10”和“9”;再数“8”和“7”,几乎一口同时数下来;11 Sue looked out of the window. What was there to count There was only a bare, dreary yard to be seen, and the blank side of the brick house twenty feet away. An old, old ivy vine climbed half way up the brick wall. The cold breath of autumn had blown away its leaves, leaving it almost bare.苏朝窗外望去;外面有什么好数的呢外面只看到一个空荡荡的沉闷的院子,还有20英尺开外那砖房的侧墙,上面什么也没有;一棵古老的常青藤爬到半墙高;萧瑟秋风吹落了枝叶,藤上几乎光秃秃的; 12 "Six," said Johnsy, in almost a whisper. "They're falling faster now. Three days ago there were almost a hundred. It made my head ache to count them. But now it's easy. There goes another one. There are only five left now."“6”,约翰西数着,声音几乎听不出来;“现在叶子掉落得快多了;三天前差不多还有100片;数得我头都疼;可现在容易了;又掉了一片;这下子只剩5片了;”13 "Five what, dear "“5片什么,亲爱的”14 "Leaves. On the ivy vine. When the last one falls I must go, too. I've known that for three days. Didn't the doctor tell you"“叶子;常青藤上的叶子;等最后一片叶子掉了,我也就得走了;三天前我就知道会这样;大夫没跟你说吗”15 "Oh, I never heard of such nonsense. What have old ivy leaves to do with your getting well Don't be so silly. Why, the doctor told me this morning that your chances for getting well real soon were ten to one Try to take some soup now, and let Sudie go and buy port wine for her sick child."“噢,我从没听说过这种胡说八道;常青藤叶子跟你病好不好有什么关系别这么傻;对了,大夫上午跟我说,你的病十有八九就快好了;快喝些汤,让苏迪给她生病的孩子去买些波尔图葡萄酒来;”16 "You needn't get any more wine," said Johnsy, keeping her eyes fixed out the window. "There goes another. No, I don't want any soup. That leaves just four. I want to see the last one fall before it gets dark. Then I'll go, too. I'm tired of waiting. I'm tired of thinking.I want to turn loose my hold on everything, and go sailing down, down, just like one of those poor, tired leaves."“你不用再去买酒了,”约翰西说道,两眼一直盯着窗外;“又掉了一片;不,我不想喝汤;这一下只剩下4片了;我要在天黑前看到最后一片叶子掉落;那时我也就跟着走了;我都等腻了;也想腻了;我只想撇开一切, 飘然而去,就像那边一片可怜的疲倦的叶子;”17 "Try to sleep," said Sue. "I must call Behrman up to be my model for the old miner. I'll not be gone a minute."“快睡吧,”苏说;“我得叫贝尔曼上楼来给我当老矿工模特儿;我去去就来;”18 Old Behrman was a painter who lived on the ground floor beneath them. He was past sixty and had a long white beard curling down over his chest. Despite looking the part, Behrman was a failure in art. For forty years he had been always about to paint a masterpiece, but had never yet begun it. He earned a little by serving as a model to those young artists who could not pay the price of a professional. He drank gin to excess, and still talked of his coming masterpiece. For the rest he was a fierce little old man, who mocked terribly at softness in any one, and who regarded himself as guard dog to the two young artists in the studio above.老贝尔曼是住在两人楼下底层的一个画家;他已年过六旬,银白色蜷曲的长髯披挂胸前;贝尔曼看上去挺像艺术家,但在艺术上却没有什么成就;40年来他一直想创作一幅传世之作,却始终没能动手;他给那些请不起职业模特的青年画家当模特挣点小钱;他没节制地喝酒,谈论着他那即将问世的不朽之作;要说其他方面,他是个好斗的小老头,要是谁表现出一点软弱,他便大肆嘲笑,并把自己看成是楼上画室里两位年轻艺术家的看护人;19 Sue found Behrman smelling strongly of gin in his dimly lighted studio below. In one corner was a blank canvas on an easel that had been waiting there for twenty-five years to receive the first line of the masterpiece. She told him of Johnsy's fancy, and how she feared she would, indeed, light and fragile as a leaf herself, float away, when her slight hold upon the world grew weaker. Old Behrman, with his red eyes plainly streaming, shouted his contempt for such foolish imaginings.苏在楼下光线暗淡的画室里找到了贝尔曼,他满身酒味刺鼻;屋子一角的画架上支着一张从未落过笔的画布,在那儿搁了25年,等着一幅杰作的起笔;苏把约翰西的怪念头跟他说了,并说约翰西本身就像一片叶子又瘦又弱,她害怕要是她那本已脆弱的生存意志再软下去的话,真的会凋零飘落;老贝尔曼双眼通红,显然是泪涟涟的,他大声叫嚷着说他蔑视这种傻念头;20 "What" he cried. "Are there people in the world foolish enough to die because leafs drop off from a vine I have never heard of such a thing. Why do you allow such silly ideas to come into that head of hers God This is not a place in which one so good as Miss Johnsy should lie sick. Some day I will paint a masterpiece, and we shall all go away. Yes."“什么”他嚷道;“世界上竟然有这么愚蠢的人,因为树叶从藤上掉落就要去死我听都没听说过这等事;你怎么让这种傻念头钻到她那个怪脑袋里天哪这不是一个像约翰西小姐这样的好姑娘躺倒生病的地方;有朝一日我要画一幅巨作,那时候我们就离开这里;真的;”21 Johnsy was sleeping when they went upstairs. Sue pulled the shade down, and motioned Behrman into the other room. In there they peered out the window fearfully at the ivy vine. Then they looked at each other for a moment without speaking. A persistent, cold rain was falling, mingled with snow. Behrman, in his old blue shirt, took his seat as the miner on an upturned kettle for a rock.两人上了楼,约翰西已经睡着了;苏放下窗帘,示意贝尔曼去另一个房间;在那儿两人惶惶不安地凝视着窗外的常青藤;接着两人面面相觑,哑然无语;外面冷雨夹雪,淅淅沥沥;贝尔曼穿着破旧的蓝色衬衣, 坐在充当矿石的倒置的水壶上,摆出矿工的架势;22 When Sue awoke from an hour's sleep the next morning she found Johnsy with dull, wide-open eyes staring at the drawn green shade.第二天早上,只睡了一个小时的苏醒来看到约翰西睁大着无神的双眼,凝望着拉下的绿色窗帘;23 "Pull it up; I want to see," she ordered, in a whisper.“把窗帘拉起来;我要看,”她低声命令道;24 Wearily Sue obeyed.苏带着疲倦,遵命拉起窗帘;25 But, Lo after the beating rain and fierce wind that had endured through the night, there yet stood out against the brick wall one ivy leaf. It was the last on the vine. Still dark green near its stem, but with its edges colored yellow, it hung bravely from a branch some twenty feet above the ground.可是,瞧经过一整夜的急风骤雨,竟然还存留一片常青藤叶,背靠砖墙,格外显目;这是常青藤上的最后一片叶子;近梗部位仍呈暗绿色,但边缘已经泛黄了,它无所畏惧地挂在离地20多英尺高的枝干上;26 "It is the last one," said Johnsy. "I thought it would surely fall during the night.I heard the wind. It will fall today, and I shall die at the same time."“这是最后一片叶子,”约翰西说;“我以为夜里它肯定会掉落的;我晚上听到大风呼啸;今天它会掉落的,叶子掉的时候,也是我死的时候;”27 The day wore away, and even through the twilight they could see the lone ivy leaf clinging to its stem against the wall. And then, with the coming of the night the north wind was again loosed.白天慢慢过去了,即便在暮色黄昏之中,他们仍能看到那片孤零零的常青藤叶子,背靠砖墙,紧紧抱住梗茎;尔后,随着夜幕的降临,又是北风大作;28 When it was light enough Johnsy, the merciless, commanded that the shade be raised.等天色亮起,冷酷无情的约翰西命令将窗帘拉起;29 The ivy leaf was still there.常青藤叶依然挺在;30 Johnsy lay for a long time looking at it. And then she called to Sue, who was stirring her chicken soup over the gas stove.约翰西躺在那儿,望着它许久许久;接着她大声呼唤正在煤气灶上搅鸡汤的苏;31 "I've been a bad girl, Sudie," said Johnsy. "Something has made that last leaf stay there to show me how wicked I was. It is a sin to want to die. You may bring me a little soup now, and some milk with a little port in it and -- no; bring me a hand-mirror first, and then pack some pillows about me, and I will sit up and watch you cook."“我一直像个不乖的孩子,苏迪,”约翰西说;“有一种力量让那最后一片叶子不掉,好让我看到自己有多坏;想死是一种罪过;你给我喝点汤吧,再来点牛奶,稍放一点波尔图葡萄酒――不,先给我拿面小镜子来,弄几个枕头垫在我身边,我要坐起来看你做菜;”32 An hour later she said:一个小时之后,她说:33 "Sudie, some day I hope to paint the Bay of Naples."“苏迪,我真想有一天去画那不勒斯海湾;”34 The doctor came in the afternoon, and Sue had an excuse to go into the hallway as he left.下午大夫来了,他走时苏找了个借口跟进了过道;35 "Even chances," said the doctor, taking Sue's thin, shaking hand in his.“现在是势均力敌,”大夫说着,握了握苏纤细颤抖的手;36 "With good nursing you'll win. And now I must see another case I have downstairs. Behrman, his name is -- some kind of an artist, I believe. Pneumonia, too. He is an old, weak man, and the attack is acute. There is no hope for him; but he goes to the hospital today to be made more comfortable."“只要精心照料,你就赢了;现在我得去楼下看另外一个病人了;贝尔曼,是他的名字――记得是个什么画家;也是肺炎;他年老体弱,病来势又猛;他是没救了;不过今天他去了医院,照料得会好一点;”37 The next day the doctor said to Sue: "She's out of danger. You've won. The right food and care now -- that's all."第二天,大夫对苏说:“她脱离危险了;你赢了;注意饮食,好好照顾,就行了;”38 And that afternoon Sue came to the bed where Johnsy lay and put one arm around her.当日下午,苏来到约翰西的床头,用一只手臂搂住她;39 "I have something to tell you, white mouse," she said. "Mr. Behrman died of pneumonia today in the hospital. He was ill only two days. He was found on the morning of the first day in his room downstairs helpless with pain. His shoes and clothing were wet through and icy cold. They couldn't imagine where he had been on such a terrible night. And then they found a lantern, still lighted, and a ladder that had been dragged from its place, and some scatteredbrushes, and a palette with green and yellow colors mixed on it, and -- look out the window, dear, at the last ivy leaf on the wall. Didn't you wonder why it never fluttered or moved when the wind blew Ah, darling, it's Behrman's masterpiece -- he painted it there the night that the last leaf fell." “我跟你说件事,小白鼠,”她说;“贝尔曼先生今天在医院里得肺炎去世了;他得病才两天;发病那天上午人家在楼下他的房间里发现他疼得利害;他的鞋子衣服都湿透了,冰冷冰冷的;他们想不出那么糟糕的天气他夜里会去哪儿;后来他们发现了一个灯笼,还亮着,还有一个梯子被拖了出来,另外还有些散落的画笔,一个调色板,和着黄绿两种颜色,――看看窗外,宝贝儿,看看墙上那最后一片常青藤叶子;它在刮风的时候一动也不动,你没有觉得奇怪吗啊,亲爱的,那是贝尔曼的杰作――最后一片叶子掉落的那天夜里他画上了这片叶子;”He did not trust the woman to trust him. And he did not trust the woman not to trust him. And he did not want to be mistrusted now.他不敢相信这个女人居然会信任自己;他也不认为这个女人就不信任自己;不过,现在他不想失去别人对自己的信任;unit 7 Life of a SalesmanMaking a living as a door-to-door salesman demands a thick skin, both to protect against the weather and against constantly having the door shut in your face. Bill Porter puts up with all this and much, much more.干挨家挨户上门推销这一营生得脸皮厚,这是因为干这一行不仅要经受风吹日晒,还要承受一次又一次的闭门羹;比尔·波特忍受着这一切,以及别的种种折磨;Life of a SalesmanTom Hallman Jr.1 The alarm rings. It's 5:45. He could linger under the covers, listening to the radio and a weatherman who predicts rain. People would understand. He knows that.一个推销员的生活小汤姆·霍尔曼闹钟响了;是清晨5:45;他可以在被子里再躺一会儿,听听无线电广播;天气预报员预报有雨;人们会理解的;这点他清楚;2 A surgeon's scar cuts across his lower back. The fingers on his right hand are so twisted that he can't tie his shoes. Some days, he feels like surrendering. But his dead mother's challenge echoes in his soul. So, too, do the voices of those who believed him stupid, incapable of living independently. All his life he's struggled to prove them wrong. He will not quit.3 And so Bill Porter rises.他的下背有一道手术疤痕;他右手的手指严重扭曲,连鞋带都没法系;有时,他真想放弃不干了;可在他内心深处,一直回响着已故老母的激励, 还有那些说他蠢,说他不能独立生活的人的声音;他一生都在拚命去证明他们错了;他决不能放弃不干;于是比尔·波特起身了;4 He takes the first unsteady steps on a journey to Portland's streets, the battlefield where he fights alone for his independence and dignity. He's a door-to-door salesman. Sixty-three years old. And his enemies -- a crippled body that betrays him and a changing world that no longer needs him -- are gaining on him.他摇摇晃晃迈出了去波特兰大街的头几步,波特兰大街是他为独立与尊严而孤身搏杀的战场;他是个挨家挨户上门推销的推销员,今年63岁;他的敌人――辜负他的残疾的身体和一个不再需要他的变化着的世界――正一步一步把他逼向绝境;5 With trembling hands he assembles his weapons: dark slacks, blue shirt and matching jacket, brown tie, tan raincoat and hat. Image, he believes, is everything.他用颤抖的双手收拾行装:深色宽松裤,蓝衬衣和与之相配的茄克衫,褐色领带,土褐色雨衣和帽子;在他看来,形象就是一切;6 He stops in the entryway, picks up his briefcase and steps outside. A fall wind has kicked up. The weatherman was right. He pulls his raincoat tighter.7 He tilts his hat just so. 他在门口停了一下,提起公文包,走了出去;秋风骤起,冷飕飕的;天气预报员说得没错;他将雨衣裹裹紧;他把帽子往一侧微微一斜;8 On the 7:45 bus that stops across the street, he leaves his briefcase next to the driver and finds a seat in the middle of a pack of bored teenagers.在街对面停靠的7:45那班公共汽车上,他把公文包放在司机身旁,在一群没精打采的十几岁的孩子当中找了个位子坐下;9 He leans forward, stares toward the driver, sits back, then repeats the process. His nervousness makes him laugh uncontrollably. The teenagers stare at him. They don't realize Porter's afraid someone will steal his briefcase, with the glasses, brochures, order forms and clip-on tie that he needs to survive.他身子往前一倾,盯着司机那儿望,然后靠着椅背坐下,接着他又反复这个过程;他心情紧张,控制不住自己而笑出声来;那些孩子望着他;他们不明白,波特是担心有人偷他的包,包里有他生存不可缺少的眼镜,宣传小册子,定单,以及可用别针别上的领带;10 Porter senses the stares. He looks at the floor.波特意识到了小孩子在盯着他看;他把目光转向车厢地板;11 His face reveals nothing. In his heart, though, he knows he should have been like these kids, like everyone on this bus. He's not angry. But he knows. His mother explained how the delivery had been difficult, how the doctor had used an instrument that crushed a section of his brain and caused cerebral palsy, a disorder of the nervous system that affects his speech, hands and walk.他脸上没有流露出任何神情;但在他心里,他知道自己本该和这些孩子一样,和车上其他所有人一样;他并不生气;但他心里明白;他母亲解释说生他时难产,医生使用了某种器械,损坏了他大脑的一部分,导致了大脑性麻痹,一种影响他说话,手部活动以及行走的神经系统的紊乱;12 Porter came to Portland when he was 13 after his father, a salesman, was transferred here. He attended a school for the disabled and then Lincoln High School, where he was placed in a class for slow kids.波特13岁那年随着当推销员的父亲工作调动来到波特兰;他上了一个残疾人学校,后来就读林肯高级中学,在那儿他被编入慢班;13 But he wasn't slow.但他并不笨;14 His mind was trapped in a body that didn't work. Speaking was difficult and took time. People were impatient and didn't listen. He felt different -- was different -- from the kids who rushed about in the halls and planned dances he would never attend.他由于身体不能正常运行而使脑子不能充分发挥其功能;他说话困难,而且慢;别人不耐烦,不听他说;他觉得自己不同于――事实上也确实不同于――那些在过道里东奔西跑的孩子,那些孩子安排的舞会他永远也不可能参加;15 What could his future be Porter wanted to do something and his mother was certain that he could rise above his limitations. With her encouragement, he applied for a job with the Fuller Brush Co. only to be turned down. He couldn't carry a product briefcase or walk a route, they said.他将来会是个什么样子呢波特想做些事,母亲也相信他能冲破身体的局限;在她的鼓励之下,他向福勒牙刷公司申请一份工作,结果却遭到拒绝;他不能提样品包,也不能跑一条推销线路,他们说;16 Porter knew he wanted to be a salesman. He began reading help wanted ads in the newspaper. When he saw one for Watkins, a company that sold household products door-to-door, his mother set up a meeting with a representative. The man said no, but Porter wouldn't listen. He just wanted a chance. The man gave in and offered Porter a section of the city that no salesman wanted.波特知道自己想当推销员;他开始阅读报纸上的招聘广告;他看到沃特金斯,一家上门推销家用物品的公司要人,他母亲就跟其代理人安排会面;那人说不行,可波特不予理会;他就是需要一个机会;那人让步了,把城里一个其他推销员都不要的区域派给了他;17 It took Porter four false starts before he found the courage to ring the first doorbell. The man who answered told him to go away, a pattern repeated throughout the day.波特一开始四次都没敢敲门,第五次才鼓起勇气按了第一户人家的门铃;开门的那人让他走开,这种情形持续了一整天;18 That night Porter read through company literature and discovered the products were guaranteed. He would sell that pledge. He just needed people to listen.当晚,波特仔细阅读了公司的宣传资料,发现产品都是保用的;他要把保用作为卖点;只要别人肯听他说话就成;19 If a customer turned him down, Porter kept coming back until they heard him. And he sold.要是客户回绝波特,拒绝倾听他的介绍,他就一再上门;就这样他将产品卖了出去;20 For several years he was Watkins' top retail salesman. Now he is the only one of the company's 44,000 salespeople who sells door-to-door.他连着几年都是沃特金斯公司的最佳零售推销员;如今他是该公司44000名推销员中惟一一个上门推销的人;21 The bus stops in the Transit Mall, and Porter gets off.公共汽车在公交中转购物中心站停下,波特下了车;22 His body is not made for walking. Each step strains his joints. Headaches are constant visitors. His right arm is nearly useless. He can't fully control the limb. His body tilts at the waist; he seems to be heading into a strong, steady wind that keeps him off balance. At times, he looks like a toddler taking his first steps.他的身体不适合行走;每走一步关节都疼;头疼也是习以为常的事;他的右臂几乎没用;他不能完全控制这只手臂;他的身体从腰部开始前倾,看上去就像是顶着一股强劲的吹个不停的风迈步向前,风似乎要把他刮倒;有时他看上去就像是个刚刚学步的孩童;23 He walks 10 miles a day.他每天要走10英里的路程;24 His first stop today, like every day, is a shoeshine stand where employees tie his laces. Twice a week he pays for a shine. At a nearby hotel one of the doormen buttons Porter's top shirt button and slips on his clip-on tie. He then walks to another bus that drops him off a mile from his territory.像平日一样,他今天的第一站是个擦鞋摊,这里的雇员替他系好鞋带;他每周请他们擦两次鞋;附近一家旅馆的门卫替他扣上衬衣最上面一粒纽扣,戴上用别针别上的领带;随后他步行去搭乘另一部巴士,在距离他的推销区域一英里处下车;25 He left home nearly three hours ago.他是差不多3个小时前从家里动身的;26 The wind is cold and raindrops fall. Porter stops at the first house. This is the moment he's been preparing for since 5:45 a.m. He rings the bell.风冷雨淋;波特在第一户人家门前停了下来;这是他从5:45分开始就为之准备的时刻;他按了门铃;27 A woman comes to the door.一位妇人开了门;28 "Hello."29 "No, thank you, I'm just preparing to leave."30 Porter nods.31 "May I come back later" he asks.32 "No," says the woman.33 She shuts the door.34 Porter's eyes reveal nothing.35 He moves to the next house.36 The door opens.37 Then closes.“你好;”“不,多谢了;我这就要出门;”波特点点头;“那我过会儿来,可以吗”他问;“不用了,”那妇人回答道;她关上了门;波特眼里没有流露丝毫神情;他转向下一个人家;门开了;随即又关上;38 He doesn't get a chance to speak. Porter's expression never changes. He stops at every home in his territory. People might not buy now. Next time. Maybe. No doesn't mean never. Some of his best customers are people who repeatedly turned him down before buying.他连开口说话的机会都没有;波特的表情从不改变;他敲开自己推销区内的每一个家门;人们现在可能不买什么;也许下一次会买;现在不买不等于永远不买;他的一些老客户都是那些多次把他拒之门外而后来才买的人;39 He makes his way down the street.40 "I don't want to try it."41 "Maybe next time."42 "I'm sorry. I'm on the phone right now."43 "No."他沿着街道往前走;“我不想试用这个产品;”“也许下次试一试;”“对不起;我在打电话;”“不要;”44 Ninety minutes later, Porter still has not made a sale. But there is always another home.45 He walks on.46 He knocks on a door. A woman appears from the backyard where she's gardening. She often buys, but not today, she says, as she walks away.47 "Are you sure" Porter asks.48 She pauses.49 "Well..."90分钟之后,波特仍没能卖出一件物品;不过,下面有的是人家;他继续向前走;他敲响一扇门;一位正在拾掇花园的妇女从后院走了出来;她常常买他的东西,不过今天不买,她说着走开了;“你真的不买什么”波特问;她迟疑了一下;“那么……”50 That's all Porter needs. He walks as fast as he can, tailing her as she heads to the backyard. He sets his briefcase down and opens it. He puts on his glasses, removes his brochures and begins his sales talk, showing the woman pictures and describing each product.波特要的就是这一迟疑;他尽可能快步上前,跟着她朝后院走去;他放下公文包,打了开来;他戴上眼镜,拿出产品介绍小册子,开始推销,给那位妇人看图片,详细介绍每一个产品;51 Spices52 "No."53 Jams54 "No. Maybe nothing today, Bill."55 Porter's hearing is the one perfect thing his body does. Except when he gets a live one. Then the word "no" does not register.调料“不要;”果酱“不要;恐怕今天不要什么,比尔;”波特的听觉是他身上惟一没有一点毛病的功能;只有当他察觉对方有可能买他东西的时候才会发生例外;这个时候,他是听不见“不”字的;56 Pepper57 "No."58 Laundry soap59 "Hmm."60 Porter stops. He smells blood. He quickly remembers her last order.61 "Say, aren't you about out of soap That's what you bought last time. You ought to be out right about now."62 "You're right, Bill. I'll take one."胡椒粉“不要;”洗衣皂“嗯;”波特停了下来;他嗅到了猎物;他很快记起了她上次的订单;“对了,你肥皂差不多用完了吧你上次买的就是这个;现在该差不多用完了;”“没错,比尔;我买一块;”63 He arrives home, in a rainstorm, after 7 . Today was not profitable. He tells himself not to worry. Four days left in the week.晚上7点过后,他在暴风雨中回到了家;今天没赚钱;他跟自己说别着急;这个星期还有4天呢;64 At least he's off his feet and home.至少他回到了家,不用再站立了;。

大学英语教程1第一单元课文翻译

大学英语教程1第一单元课文翻译

Book 1 Unit 1 Writing for Myself为自己而写Russell BakerThe idea of becoming a writer had come to me off and on since my childhood in Belleville, but it wasn't until my third year in high school that the possibility took hold. Until then I'd been bored by everything associated with English courses. I found English grammar dull and difficult. I hated the assignments to turn out long, lifeless paragraphs that were agony for teachers to read and for me to write.从孩提时代,我还住在贝尔维尔时,我的脑子里就断断续续地转着当作家的念头,但直等到我高中三年级,这一想法才有了实现的可能。

在这之前,我对所有跟英文课沾边的事都感到腻味。

我觉得英文语法枯燥难懂。

我痛恨那些长而乏味的段落写作,老师读着受累,我写着痛苦。

When our class was assigned to Mr. Fleagle for third-year English I anticipated another cheerless year in that most tedious of subjects. Mr. Fleagle had a reputation among students for dullness and inability to inspire. He was said to be very formal, rigid and hopelessly out of date. To me he looked to be sixty or seventy and excessively prim. He wore primly severe eyeglasses, his wavy hair was primly cut and primly combed. He wore prim suits with neckties set primly againstthe collar buttons of his white shirts. He had a primly pointed jaw, a primly straight nose, and a prim manner of speaking that was so correct, so gentlemanly, that he seemed a comic antique.弗利格尔先生接我们的高三英文课时,我就准备着在这门最最单调乏味的课上再熬上沉闷的一年。

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U n i t S i x 也许没有人像E.B.怀特那样抒情、那样成功地捕捉到纽约这个城市。

这篇短文向仍然热爱纽约的人们展现了它永恒的经典特质。

这就是纽约E.B.怀特1纽约将孤寂与独处当作赠礼,赐予所有向往这份奇特礼物的人们。

纽约城内数量庞大的居民中,冲着这份赠礼而来此落脚的绝不在少数;曼哈顿也因此聚集了众多异乡客,他们背井离乡到此闯荡,有的为了寻求庇护,有的为了一展抱负,还有的为了实现心中或大或小的愿望。

纽约之所以神秘,便在于它总能赐予这般扑朔迷离的馈赠,能使人万劫不复,也能让人飞黄腾达,皆为运气使然。

如果有谁打算碰碰运气,不妨到纽约来。

2纽约集艺术、商业、体育、宗教、娱乐和金融于一城,城内拳击手、传教士、推销员、演员、经纪人、商人齐聚一堂,同场竞技。

纽约的领口上弥漫着绵延悠长、挥之不去的历史气息,不管坐在纽约城的哪个角落,你都能感受到那些辉煌时代和宏伟业绩的搏动,那些奇妙人物、事件和活动的余音。

此时此刻,我正坐在市中心一问令人窒息的旅馆客房里,它位于通风井中部,屋内温度高达华氏90度。

房间里没法子通风,但说来也怪,我还是捕捉到了周遭事物散发出来的讯息。

离这儿22个街区之外,鲁道夫·瓦伦帝诺在长眠;8个街区之外,内森·黑尔曾被处以极刑;5个街区之外的出版社办公室中,欧内斯特·海明威的拳头同马科斯·伊斯特曼的鼻子来了一次亲密接触;4英里外,沃尔特·惠特曼呕心沥血地为《布鲁克林之鹰》写作社论;34个街区之外,威拉·凯瑟刚来纽约时曾居住于此,创作了许多以内布拉斯加州为题材的作品;1个街区之外,玛尔瑟琳在纽约剧院大楼里演出过丑角笑剧;36个街区之外,历史学家乔·古尔德在众目睽睽之下将一个收音机踢得粉碎;13个街区之外,哈里·索开枪击毙了斯坦福·怀特;5个街区之外是我曾做过领座员的大都会剧院;112个街区之外则矗立着老克拉伦斯·戴洗去罪恶的主显节教堂(类似的例子,我可以无限制地罗列下去)。

这样想来,或许有一些显赫的大人物也曾在我现在栖身的屋子里住过,有的也许就是在某个热得让人喘不过气来的下午安坐于此,形单影只,与世隔绝,脑子里却满是各自捕捉到的屋子外边散发出来的讯息。

3几分钟前,我下楼吃午饭,发现坐在我旁边的竟然是弗里德·斯通(他靠墙坐着,离我大约18英寸远)。

18英寸是纽约为其居民之间设定的既联系又分隔的距离。

我同弗里德·斯通之间的唯一联系就是我有幸在本世纪初上演的《绿野仙踪》里看过他的表演。

没想到,招待我们的服务员竟也同我一样,为能同一个“绿野仙踪人士”如此亲密接触而兴奋不已;斯通离开后,他告诉我说,他(即服务员本人)刚到美国时年纪轻轻,甚至听不懂英语,但他同女朋友的首次剧院约会就是去看《绿野仙踪》。

那是非常棒的演出,他回忆道——稻草人啊,铁皮人啊。

真是棒极了!(还是在18英寸之外)“斯通先生的胃口总是那么好,”他还不无体贴地感叹,似乎为同“绿野仙踪”分享些许命运交集而心满意足呢。

4纽约城赐予人们独处孤居之礼的同时,也奉上一份参与的兴奋;同其他人口稠密的社区相比,纽约能更好地将个人与每时每劾在他周围发生的重大的、猛烈的、奇妙的事件隔离开来(只要他需要,而几乎每个人都想要或需要这种隔离)。

自打我搬进这乌烟瘴气的通风井以来,城里已发生了好些惹人注目的事件。

妒火中烧之下,一个男人开枪打死了自己的妻子,但此事却并未在他所处街区以外的地方引起任何反响,报纸上也只是稍稍提到几笔。

我当时并不在现场。

我来到城里以后,世界上规模空前的飞行表演恰好在纽约举行。

当时我并没到场,城中800万居民也大多没有去观摩,尽管据宣称,到现场捧场的观众不在少数。

我甚至没有听到飞机的轰鸣声,只是间或有几架西行的商业航班从通风井上空飞过。

北大西洋上最大的远洋轮船在纽约进进出出,可我并没有留意,大多数纽约人也没有注意到。

纽约港被称为世界上最大的港口,沿港码头绵延650英里,停泊着来自他乡异域的船只,但我来到纽约之后,只有在前天夜里经过布鲁克林大桥时看到过一艘单桅帆船罢了,其时,它正抢在退潮前急急驶出东河。

不过,一天半夜里我还听到了玛丽女王号的汽笛声,这一声长鸣传达了“离行--期许--惘然”这一完整过程。

狮子会会员们齐聚集会,我却连他们的人影都没看到过。

我的一位朋友倒是撞见一个,并告诉过我(据他描述,那人瘸着脚,身穿一件短开衫)。

棒球场和赛马场上如火如荼的比赛也已拉开序幕,我却连一个球员、一匹赛马都没见着。

州长驾临城中,我听到警报尖鸣,但仅此而已——又是18英寸的距离使然。

有人被从天而降的一截房檐砸中,死于非命。

我却并未卷入这场惨剧,究其原因,还是这18英寸的距离使然。

5我提到这些,仅仅为了表明纽约城是一座建构奇特的城市,这里发生的事件包罗万象(城东1,000英尺长的班轮也好,城西2万人的集会也罢),但种种事件却又未被强加到每个居民身上。

因此,从某种意义上说,每个事件都有可供选择的余地,居民们大可随心所欲地选择心仪的场景来体味,保护其灵魂免受侵害。

在许多都市里,无论是大都会还是小城市,个人往往没有这种选择的自由。

他必然会同狮子会会员们狭路相逢。

狮子会会员无处不在,各种事件避无可避。

一截房檐从天而降,必然会砸到每个市民头上,无一幸免。

我有时想,能够砸到每个纽约人头上的事件恐怕只有一年一度的圣帕特里克节游行,其影响之广,可谓无孔不入——爱尔兰是一个不可小觑的民族,纽约城中居住的爱尔兰人有50万之众,他们还拥有自己的武装力量。

6在将居民同其周边生活隔离开来的同时,纽约也会弱化他们作为个体的存在。

也许,生活在一个普通社区里,生活反而会健全些:在那里,当一截房檐从天而降时,你总会感受到疼痛;在那里,当州长经过时,至少他的帽子会映入你的眼帘。

7说到这点,我并不是在为纽约辩护。

很多人选择这里落脚也许只是为了逃避现实,而不是面对现实。

但无论如何,这都是非常希罕的礼物,而且我也相信这给纽约客的创造力带来了积极的影响——因为在一定程度上,创造就是将大大小小令人分心的事物抛之脑后的过程。

8尽管纽约常常带给人一种强烈的失落感或被遗弃感,但她却很少显得死气沉沉或乏味无趣,你总会生出如下想法:只需变换一下位置,搬到10个街区以外,或者稍稍破一下财,花掉5美元,你就能立刻重获生机,神采奕奕。

许多缺乏自主精神的人纷纷从纽约城的多姿多彩及令人兴奋的活动中寻求支柱,支撑和维系他们的精神和信念。

在这个国家的其他地方,这种立竿见影的“重生”机会少之又少——或许只有天气的变化或新到的邮件才能带来些许惊喜。

但在纽约,这种机会却是无穷无尽的。

在我看来,尽管有不少人来到纽约是因为他们活力过剩,无法宣泄(这促使他们背井离乡,来到纽约),同时,也不乏一些人是因为精神匮乏才来到纽约,在这里寻求庇护或某种轻而易举就能得到的替代品。

Unit 1核心员工的特征大卫•G.詹森1核心员工究竟是什么样子的?几乎每次进行调查时,我都会从雇主们那里听到“核心员工”这个名词。

我请一位客户——一位正参与研究的人事部经理,给我解释一下。

“每家公司都有少数几个这样的员工,在某个专业领域,你可以指望他们把活儿干好。

在我的小组中,有七名化工流程工程师和生物学家,其中有那么两三个人是我赖以生存的,”他说,“他们对我的公司而言不可或缺。

当请你们公司替我们招募新人的时候,我们期待你们会去其他公司找这样的人:其他公司经理不想失去的员工。

我们只招募核心员工。

”2这是一段充满了鼓动性的谈话,目的是把猎头们派往竞争对手的公司去游说经验丰富的员工们做一次职业变更。

他们想从另一家公司招募核心员工。

然而,每家公司也从新人中招人。

他们要寻找的是完全一样的东西。

“我们把他们和公司顶级员工表现出的特质进行对照。

假如他们看起来有同样特征的话,我们就在他们身上赌一把。

”只是这样有点儿冒险。

3“这是一种有根据的猜测,”我的人事经理客户说。

作为未来的一名员工,你的工作是帮助人事部经理降低这种风险,你需要帮助他们认定你有潜力成为一名核心员工。

4特征1:无私的合作者职业顾问和化学家约翰•费策尔最早提出了这个特征。

关于这个特征,人们已经写了大量的文章。

它之所以值得被反复谈及,是因为这一特征是学术界和企业间最明显的差别。

“这里需要合作,”费策尔说,“企业的环境并不需要单打独斗,争强好胜,所以表现出合作和无私精神的员工就脱颖而出了。

在企业环境中,没有这样的思维方式就不可能成功。

”5许多博士后和研究生在进行这种过渡的过程中表现得相当费力。

因为生命中有那么长一段时间他们都在扮演一个独立研究者的角色,并且要表现得比其他年轻的优秀人才更出色。

你可以藉此提高在公司的吸引力:为追求一个共同的目标和来自其他实验室和学科的科学家们合作——并且为你的个人履历上的内容提供事迹证明。

这个方法,加上你在描述业绩时开明地使用代词“我们”,而不是“我”,能使公司对你的看法从“单干户”转变成“合作者”。

更为有利的是,要在你实验室内部,以及在和你们实验室合作的人们之间,培养一个良好声誉:一个鼓励并发动合作的人——还要保证让那些会接听调查电话的人们谈及你的这个品质。

6特征2:紧迫感唐-豪特是一位给aaas.sciencecareers@org 网站论坛频繁写稿的撰稿人。

他之前是一名科学家。

许多年前他转向了企业,并一直做到高级管理的职位。

他在3M公司一个部门负责策略和商业开发工作,这个部门每年的收入高达24亿多美元。

他就是一个重视紧迫感的人。

7“一年365天,一周7天,一天24小时,生意始终在进行,那意味着一年365天,一周7天,一天24小时,竞争也同样在进行,”豪特说,“公司取胜的方法之一就是要更快地到达‘目的地’。

这就是说,你不仅要把所有能支持公司快速运转的功能都调动起来,而且还得知道如何决定‘目的地’是哪里。

这样,不仅对那些行动快速的人们,也对那些思维敏捷,并有勇气按自己的想法行事的人们都提出了要求。

这需要全公司各部门的运作,而不仅仅是管理部门的工作。

”8特征3:风险容忍度企业要求员工能承受风险。

“一名求职者需要表现出仅凭不准确、不完整的信息就做出决策的能力。

他或她必须能接纳不确定因素并冒着风险做出结论,”一位客户在职业描述中写道。

9豪特赞同这一说法。

“商业成功通常有这样一个特质:那就是能接受不确定因素和风险——个人的,组织上的和财务上的。

这就让许多科学家感到不适应,因为学术上的成功其实是依靠认真而严谨的研究。

更进一步说,伟大的科学常常是由找寻答案的过程和答案本身两者同时来定义的。

因此科学家们往往沉迷于过程。

在企业里,你需要了解过程,但最终你会迷上答案,然后根据你认为该答案对你的企业所具有的意义来冒风险。

像这样敢冒风险是一套技能组合,是所有雇主在他们最好的员工身上所寻找的东西。

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