现代大学英语精读1 UNIT9 After Twenty Years 课文翻译
lesson14 After Twenty Years 现代大学英语精读第一册课件
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Lesson fourteen After Twenty Years
Structure of the text
Part 1 (paras. 1—17) about: The
policeman (Jimmy) met with Bob and had a conversation.
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darken the ~s with pencils pluck one’s ~s修眉毛 knit one’s ~s皱眉头 lift / raise one’s ~s (at)竖起眉毛（表示不赞同， 惊奇，怀疑等） be up to one’ s ~s/eyes (in…)忙于
responsible and devoted
fortune, though. He had many fights. He had broken the
law.
He was obviously a good
police officer.
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现代大学英语精读1-UNIT9-After-Twenty-Years--课文翻译
2014101018第九单元Translation of Text A二十年后1正在巡逻的警察精神抖擞的沿着大街走着。
他这样引人注目并不奇怪，并不是为了招摇，因为此时大街上根本没有什么观众。
时间还不到晚上十点钟，但夹带着雨意的冷风几乎清空了整个街道。
2警察边走边检查门是否关好了，他十分灵巧的不停转动着警棍，眼光还不时头像平静的街道，他那魁梧的身材，配上卓越不凡的气势，就是一副治安维持者的形象。
那个地区的人晚上休息的很早。
你偶尔还能看到一家雪茄店或是昼夜营业的饭店还在亮着灯，但是觉得大多数的店铺都已经关门了。
3在一个街区的半路上，警察忽然放慢了脚步。
在一家已经关门的五金店的门廊里，一个男子倚在那里，嘴里叼着一只未点燃的雪茄。
当警察朝他走去时，男人赶忙毫不犹豫的说。
4“没事的，长官。
”他坦然的说。
“我只是在等一个朋友，这是二十年前就定好的约会，听起来有点荒唐。
是吧？哦，如果你想弄明白事情的真相，我就说个你听。
大约二十年前，在这家五金商店说在的位置曾经是一家餐馆——“大乔”布雷迪餐馆。
”5“那家餐馆五年前还在，”警察说道，“后来就被拆除了。
”6门廊里的人划着火柴，点着了烟。
火光映出了一张苍白的，方正下巴的脸，一双尖锐的眼睛，右边眉毛附近还有一道泛白的疤痕。
他的领带夹上镶着一颗大钻石，镶的十分奇怪。
7“二十年前的这个晚上，”男子说，“我和吉米-威尔斯在大乔布雷迪餐馆共进晚餐，他是我最好的朋友，也是世界上最好的人。
我和他一起在纽约长大，亲如手足。
当年，我18岁，吉米20岁。
第二天早晨，我就要动身去西部赚钱去了。
吉米是无论如何也不会离开纽约的，他认为这是世界上最好的地方。
那天晚上我们定好，就在20年后的同一天，同一时间，我们都要在这里碰面，不管我们的情况如何，也不管我们相隔多远。
我们觉得不管怎么样，20年后的我们命运也应该有一个好结果了，该发财的也已经发财了。
8“挺起来有点意思，”警察说道。
“尽管在我看来，你们俩见面的时间间隔长了点，自从你离开后，你和你的朋友还有联系吗？”9“哦，有的，有一段时间我们相互通信。
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大学英语精读第1册（9）UNIT 9TEXTThroughout the ages different ideas have been expressed about the workings of the human brain. It is only recently, however, that science has begun to give us some idea of how the brain really works.The Brain The Most Powerful Computer in the UniverseMan still has lot to learn about the most powerful and complex part of his body - the brain.In ancient times men did not think that the brain was the center of mental activity. Aristotle the philosopher of ancient Greece thought that the mind was based in the heart. It was not until the 18th century that man realized that the whole of the brain was involved in the workings of the mind.During the 19th century scientists found that when certain parts of the brain were damaged men lost the ability to do certain things. And so, people thought that each part of the brain controlled a different activity. But modern research has found that this is not so. It is not easy to say exactly what each part of the brain does.In the past 50 years there has been a great increase in the amount of research being done on the brain. Chemists andbiologists have found that the way the brain works is far more complicated than they had thought. In fact many people believe that we are only now really starting to learn the truth about how the human brain works. The more scientists find out, the more questions they are unable to answer. For instance, chemists have found that over 100,00 chemical reactions take place in the brain every second. Mathematicians who have tried to use computers to copy the way the brain works have found that even using the latest electronic equipment they would have to build a computer which weighed over 10,000 kilos. Some recent research also suggests that we remember everything that happens to us. We may not be able to recall this information, but it is all stored in our brains.Scientists hope that if we can discover how the brain works, the better use we will be able to put it to. For example, how do we learn language? Man differs most from all the other animals in his ability to learn and use language but we still do not know exactly how this is done. Some children learn to speak and read and write when they are very young compared to average children. But scientists are not sure why this happens. They are trying to find out whether there is something about the way we teach language to children which in fact prevents children from learning sooner.Earlier scientists thought that during a man's lifetime the power of his brain decreased. But it is now thought that this is not so. As long as the brain is given plenty of exercise it keeps its power. It has been found that an old person who has always been mentally active has a quicker mind than a young person who has done only physical work. It is now thought that the more work we give our brains, the more work they are able to do.Other people now believe that we use only 1% of our brains' full potential. They say that the only limit on the power of the brain is the limit of what we think is possible. This is probably because of the way we are taught as children. When we first start learning to use our minds we are told what to do, for example, to remember certain facts, but we are not taught how our memory works and how to make the best use of it. We are told to make notes but we are not taught how our brains accept information and which is the best way to organize the information we want our brains to accept.This century man has made many discoveries about the universe - the world outside himself. But he has also started to look into the workings of that other universe which is inside himself -the human brain.NEW WORDSComputer machine that stores information and works out answers 计算机Universe 宇宙Complex difficult to understand or explain 错综复杂的，难懂的Ancient in or of times long ago 古代的；古老的Philosopher 哲学家Philosophy 哲学Involve cause to become connected or concerned 使卷入Working operation; action 运转，运行，活动Ability 能力Exactly with complete correctness 确切地；精确地ExactAmount 数量，数额Chemist one who studies and understands chemistry 化学家Biologist one who studies the life of animals and plants 生物学家Biology 生物学Complicated difficult to understand, complex 难懂的，复杂的Chemical of chemistryUnable not ableReaction 反应Mathematician one who studies and understands mathematics 数学家Equipment 设备，装置EquipKilo 公斤，千克Recent done or made not long ago 近来的Recall remember 记得，回忆起Differ be different (from)Mentally 智力上，脑力上Physical of the body; of matter; of the science of physics 身体的，物质的，物理学的Potential 潜力Limit 局限，限度PHRASES EXPRESSIONSPut ... to (good) use use (in a profitable way) (好好) 利用Differ from be dissimilar to 与 ... 不同Compared to . with in comparison with 与 ... 相比Make notes take notes 记笔记Look into examine 调查，观察PROPER NAMESAristotle 亚里士多德Greece 希腊NOTES1 This text is taken from BBC Modern English (January 1981) and the author is Hugh Corrigan.2 Aristotle (384-322 B.C.): Greek philosopher, pupil of Plato and tutor of Alexander the Great.STUDY PRACTICEWords to DrillAbility amount ancient chemical complexComplicated differ equipment exactly involveLimit physical potential reaction recallRecent unableuniverseReading Aloud and Memorizing1 Read the following paragraph until you learn it by heart, paying attention to sense groups and the sentence stress: `Scientists `hope that if we can dis `cover `how the `brain `sorks, the `better `use we will be `able to `put it `to. For e`xample, ``how do we `learn `language? `Man `differs `most from `all the `other `animals in his a `bility to `learn and `use `language but we `still do `not `know e`xactly `how this is `done. `some `children `learn to `speak and `read and `write when they are `very `youngcom `pared to `average `children. But `scientists are `not sure `why this `happens. They are `trying to `find `out `whether there is `something about the way we `teach `language to `children `which in `fact pre `vents `children from `learning `sooner.Comprehension of the Text2 Tell whether each of the following statements is true or false according to the text:1.In ancient times it was believed that it was the heart that did the thinking for man.2.Modern research has found that each part of the brain is responsible for a different mental or physical activity.3.The way we are taught to do things and to organize information may be very different from how our brain actually accepts information. Hence (因此) our way may not be the best.4.The brain will not decrease in its power to function as long as it is given plenty of work to do.5.Because of a great increase in the amount of brain research, scientists have answered most of their questions about the workings of the mind.6.A person keeps in mind everything that happens to him. Yet it is still possible for him not to be able to recall something that's stored in his memory.7.Note -making is the best way to organize the information we want our brains to accept.8.If we know how the human brain learns to use language, perhaps we may be able to find a better way to teach language.3 Answer the following questions:1.Who was Aristotle? What did he think about the mind?When did man finally come to realize that Aristotle was wrong on this point?2.What led people to think that each part of the brain controlled a different activity? Is it still believed to be true?3.Why is the brain thought to be the most powerful computer in the universe?4.Is research on the brain already at an advanced stage? What makes you think so?5.Why are some scientists interested in the language learning process?6.In what way can we make our brain more active?7.Does the power of the brain decrease as one gets old according to the author?How does he prove this? Do you agree with him? Is his argument convincing (有说服力的) enough for you?8.Do we know at present how our brain accepts and organizes information?Are scientists working to gain this knowledge?For what purpose are they doing this?Vocabulary4 Study the following pairs of words and use them correctly in the given sentences:1. heart / mind(1)The bad news broke my ________ .(2)Tom works very hard and never loses _______ in face of difficulties.(3)I promise that I will always keep your warnings in ______ .(4)To my _______, this guy is a good - for -nothing (无用的人).(5)Were you in your right _______ when you did such a foolish thing? I think you must have been out of your _______ .(6)Don't take his rude words too much to ________. He often speaks like that.2. find / find out(1)He became so interested in her life story that he decided to ______ more about her.(2)The librarian promised to _______ me the book I wanted.(3)I'll try and ______ who broke the transistor (晶体管收音机)(4)I ______ this to be true in all the cities I visited.(5)Two of the young men were sent to town to ______ about the situation there.(6)The wind was blowing all night. But the next morning. I ______ the rice shoots (秧苗) standing up straight, not a bit damaged.5 Fill in the blanks with words or expressions given below. Change the form where necessary.Potential differ universe make notes compared toPhysical look into recall involve complicatedEquipment damage amount put ... to good use1.More than two substances(物质) _______ in this chemical reaction.2.If you don't know how to ______ your books ______, give them to others.3.If we compare our earth with the moon, we will find that the former _____ from the latter in many ways.4.The _____ of money one earns is not the only measure of success.5.In the earthquake many houses were ______ and some weredestroyed.6.The police are ______ the records of all those _______ in the crime(罪行).7.The multiple origins (多种来源) of the English language make it a ______ one for the non - native speakers to learn.8.These young people have a _____ for learning which has been neglected.9.______ most women of her time, she was indeed very fortunate.10.Americans who were old enough can clearly _____ what they were doing on November 22, 1963, the day President Kennedy was assassinated (暗杀) in Dallas.11.His new theory might hold the key to understanding how the _____ came into being.12.A ______ examination is required for a marriage license (证书).13.Knowledge of the use of specialized _______ is important in any technical field.14.Students often, but not always, find it necessary to _______ of their professors' lectures.6 Complete the following sentences, using the words in brackets:1.It seems that he cannot understand the simplest instructions.He seems ... (unable)2.Even teachers of the same subject often have very different teaching styles.Teaching styles often ... (differ)3.Chinese cities are bigger in terms of population than most American cities.Most American cities ... (compared to)4.No other animalbut man is able to learn and use language.Man alone ... (ability)5.It is far from simple to communicate with people of different cultures, but not impossible.Communication with ... (complex)6.The place where we had agreed to meet escaped from my memory.I could ... (recall)8 Study the following words. Then use them to rewrite the given sentences without changing their meaning.Findings writings teachings savings earnings1.What the committee(委员会) finds will be published in the Daily News.2.At the beginning, he gave all the money he earned to his mother.3.It took all the money he had saved to buy the house.4.What Darwin wrote on evolution (进化) produced a tremendous impact (巨大影响) on the development of biology.5.What Comrade Mao Zedong taught us about the united front is still of great significance (重要性) today.Structure9 Rewrite the give sentences after the models:Model 1: Earlier scientists thought that during a man's lifetime the power of his brain decreased gradually.It was thought that during a man's lifetime the power of his brain decreased gradually.1.In ancient times people believed that the mind was based in the heart.2.People now claim (声称) that it is never too early to learn.3.Some scientists believe that the left side of the human brain is responsible for logic(逻辑).4.Man discovered long ago that the earth is round.Model 2: Man didn't realize that the brain controlled our thinking until the 18thCentury.It was not until the 18th century that man realized that the brain controlled our thinking.Not until the 18th century did man realize that the brain controlled our thinking.1.He didn't fall asleep until after midnight.2.Scientists didn't know much about lung cancer until recently.3.The boy never remembered to do his homework until bedtime.4.He was not recognized as a writer of genius (天才) until after his death.Model 3: If we work harder, we will get better results.The harder we work, the better results we will get.1.If we know more about the workings of the brain, we'll be able to put it to better use.2.As scientists find out more about the brain, there are more questions they are unable to answer.3.If we have more exercise, we will be healthier.4.If you have better tools, the job will be easier.Cloze10 Fill in the missing words:(A)The human brain and its p_____(1) for learning is a c_____(2) subject which scientists have long sought to understand. The knowledge scientists now possess d_____(3) greatly from the theories of a_____(4) times; however, even r_____(5) study has left many questions unanswered. One question which scientists continue to look into is whether there is a l____(6) to the brain's a_____(7) to take in and r____(8) information. Another is e_____(9) how learning takes place in the brain. Though now our knowledge is great as c_______ t_______(10) earlier times, we have remained u____(11) to completely understand this c_____(12) part of the human body.(B)1You probably know there are two sides to the brain, the left and the fight. According _____(1) one theory, the right side deals ______(2) the senses (what we see, ____(3), feel and smell). It's the creative (有创造力的) imaginative _____(4) . The left side is concerned _____(5) logic. It analyses(分析) information and puts _____(6) in order. It's the 'educated' _____(7) of the brain.Scientists believe that our brains will____(8) at least 75% more effectively if ______ _____(9) sides are exercised. In fact, in some schools, experiments have been _____(10) using a 50%--50% syllabus(教学大纲) That is, a syllabus ____(11) deals 50% with logic and 50% ____(12) creative skills and therefore exercises _____(13) sides of the brain. The results of students _____(14) were working from such a syllabus were _____(15) better than the results of students _____(16) from the more traditional (传统的) syllabus _____(17) concentrates on more 'logical' items and _____(18) only exercises the left side of the brain, without much attention ____(19) the right side.2.Most forgetting takes place immediately after learning._____(1) hour after studying or learning _____(2) new, more than 50% has been _____(3). After one month 80% has been forgotten _____(4) so on.This shows that review is very I____(5). If you review the material _____(6) have just learnt, you remember much more. It's important to ______(7) newly learnt material a little and often. It's also necessary to ____(8) frequent breaks. We best remember ______(9) we learn at the beginning ____(10) a learning period and at the point ____(11) we stop. After the break, it's necessary to review what was _____(12) before the break - and then to c_____(13) learning the new material.Other experiments have a______(14) that the brain needs time to digest(消化) _____(15) HAS BEEN LEARNT. The time necessary ______(16) this is 5 to 10 minutes. After a ______(17) of this time the memory _____(18) have absorbed (吸收) what it has _____(19) learnt, and more will be remembered. ______(20) this break it is important to e_____(21) the right side of the brain, ___(22) the left side is used during a learning period. ___(23) you should relax in some way. _____(24) to music, breathing in fresh _____(25) , and looking at a picture, are all ways of using the ____(26) side of the brain.Translation11 Translate the following sentences into English:1．某些化学品（chemicals）不该混和在一起，因为它们可能引起剧烈的（violent）反应。
现代大学英语精读第一册9讲述
is to be one."---Ralph Waldo Emerson
4. "Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm
and constant.“ ---Socrates
5. "A friend to all is a friend to none;" "Misfortune shows those who
Cop and the Anthem”, “The Ransom of the Red Chief”
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• O. Henry's most famous stories make simple yet effective use of paradoxical coincidences to produce ironic endings. For example, in “The Gift of the Magi” a husband sells his watch to buy his wife a Christmas present of a pair of hair combs; unknown to him, she cuts and sells her long hair to buy him a Christmas present of a new chain for his watch. His style of storytelling became a model not only for short fiction, but also for American motion pictures and television programs. This kind of ending to a story is called an ironic ending, a surprise ending, or an O. Henry ending.
After_Twenty_Years__O.Henry
Group Discussion
After reading these quotations, exchange with your partner your understanding and viewpoints of job or friendship.
Part 2 Background Information
Not more than No more than Not less than No less than
Gust n.1. sudden violent rush of air, or of rain, smoke, etc. ; 2. an outburst of emotion
O. Henry was born in Greensboro [`ɡrinz,bərə] , North Carolina [,kærə`lainə] . He went to Texas in 1882 and worked at various jobs—as teller in
an Austin bank (1891—1894)
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Ⅰ. A policeman on the beat a few minutes before 10 pm (para.1-2 ) Ⅱ. The policeman‟s encounter with a man from the West (para.3-17) Ⅲ. The arrest of the man from West by a plain clothes man (para.18-31) Ⅳ. A note from the best friend of the arrested man (para.32-33)
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6. empty v. to transfer or pour off completely;
to remove the contents of; to become empty Examples:
In New York city, the streets running from the west to the east are called streets, such as 31st street, and those running from the north to the south are often called avenues, such as the Fifth Avenue.
empty one’s glass into the sink The traveler emptied out all his pockets onto
the table, but still couldn't find his passport. This dreadful film soon emptied the cinema of
2019外研版必修一Unit4课文及翻译2
After Twenty Years二十年后1.The short story “After Twenty Years” is set in New York on a cold, dark night. Most people have left work to go home, and this part of the city is now quiet. A policeman who is checking the area sees a man outside a shop. He goes up to the man and finds he has a scar on his face. They have a chat and the man starts to tell his story.短篇小说《二十年后》设定在纽约的一个寒冷而黑暗的夜晚。
大部分人已经下班回家，城市的这个角落静悄悄的。
一名正在该地区巡逻的警察看到一名男子站在商店外面。
他走进男子，发现他的脸上有一道伤疤。
他们开始聊天，男子开始讲述他的故事。
2.“Twenty years ago tonight,” said the man, “I dined here at ‘Big Joe’ Brady’s with Jimmy Wells, my best chum, and the finest chap in the world. He and I were raised here in New York, just like two brothers, together. I was eighteen and Jimmy was twenty. The next morning I was to start for the West to make my fortune. You couldn’t have dragged Jimmy out of New York; he thought it was the only place on earth. Well, we agreed that night that we would meet here again exactly twenty years from that date and time, no matter what our conditions might be or from what distance we might have to come. We figured that in twenty years each of us ought to have our destiny worked out and our fortunes made, whatever they were going to be.”“二十年前的今晚，”男子说，“我和吉米·威尔斯——我最好的朋友，也是这世界上最好的小伙子——在这儿的‘大乔’布雷迪餐厅吃饭。
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1862年9月11日，美国最著名的短篇小说家之一欧·亨利（O.Henry）出 生于美国北卡罗来纳州一个小镇。曾被评论界誉为曼哈顿桂冠散文作家和美国 现代短篇小说之父。他的父亲是医生。欧·亨利15岁时在叔父的药房里当过学 徒。五年后去得克萨斯州一个牧场放牛。1884年后做过会计员、土地局办事员 和银行出纳员。1896年，银行发现缺少一小笔款子，欧·亨利因涉嫌被传讯。 他却取道新奥尔良去拉丁美洲避难。1897年，回国探望妻子，因而被捕，判处5 年徒刑。在狱中曾担任药剂师，并开始以欧·亨利为笔名写作短篇小说，于 《麦克吕尔》杂志发表。1901年，因“行为良好”提前获释，来到纽约专事写 作。 欧·亨利善于描写美国社会尤其是纽约百姓的生活。他的作品构思新颖， 语言诙谐，结局常常出人意外；又因描写了众多的人物，富于生活情趣，被誉 为“美国生活的幽默百科全书”。代表作有小说集《白菜与国王》、《四百 万》、《命运之路》等。其中一些名篇如《爱的牺牲》、《警察与赞美诗》、 《带家具出租的房间》、《麦琪的礼物》、《最后一片藤叶》等使他获得了世 界声誉。 在纽约，由于大量佳作出版，他名利双收。他不仅挥霍无度，而且好赌， 好酒贪杯。写作的劳累与生活的无节制使他的身体受到严重损伤。1910年6月3 日，他病倒了。两天后，即6月5日，与世长辞，死于肝硬化，年仅48岁。
Best friends twenty years ago
Jammy and Bob
Police and criminal after twenty years
D is c u s s io n
1、The ending of the text is unexpected, but understandable. Where reflect this point in the article? 2、When Bob talked about their friendship,what emotional fluctuation would Jimmy appear? 3、 If you’re Jimmy, what would you do?
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课文翻译（Unit1——10）第一单元Translation of Text A半日1我走在父亲的一侧，牢牢地抓着他的右手。
我身上穿的，戴的全是新的：黑鞋子，绿校服，红帽子。
然儿我一点儿也高兴不起来，因为今天我将第一次被扔到学校里去。
2母亲站在窗前望着我们缓缓前行，我也不时的回头看她，希望她会救我。
我们沿着街道走着，街道两旁是花园和田野，田野里栽满了梨树和椰枣树。
3“我为什么要去上学？”我问父亲，“是我做错了什么了吗？”4“我不是在惩罚你，”父亲笑着说道，“上学不是一种惩罚。
学校是把孩子培养成才的地方。
难道你不想象你哥哥们那样，成为一个有用的人吗？”5我不相信他的话。
我才不相信把我从家里拽出来，扔进那个大大的，高墙围绕的建筑里对我有什么真正的好处呢。
6到了学校门口，我们看到了宽阔的庭院，站满了孩子。
“自己进去吧，”我父亲说，“加入他们。
笑一笑，给其他的孩子做个好榜样。
”7我紧抓着父亲的手，犹豫不决。
但是父亲却把我轻轻地推开了。
“拿出点男子气概来，”他说，“从今天起你就要真正开始自己的生活了。
放学时我会在这等你的。
”8我走了几步，便看见了一些孩子的面孔。
他们中我一个也不认识。
他们也没有一个认识我的。
我感觉自己像是一个迷了路的陌生人。
然而这时有些男孩开始好奇的打量我，其中一个走过来问到，“谁带你来的？”9“我爸爸”我小声说道。
10“我爸爸死了，”他简短地说。
11我不知道该说些什么。
这时学校的门已经关上了，有些孩子哭了起来。
接着，铃响了，一位女士走了过来，后面跟着一群男人。
那些人把我们排成几行。
使我们形成一个错综复杂的队行，站在那四周高楼耸立的院子里。
每层楼都有长长的阳台，阳台上带有木制顶棚，从阳台上可以俯视到我们。
12“这是你们的新家，”那位女士说道，“这儿有你们的父母。
一切能带给你们快乐，对你们有益的事物，这儿都有。
因此擦干你们的眼泪，快快乐乐地面对生活。
”13这样看来我之前的顾虑都是毫无根据的了。
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课文翻译（Unit1——10）第一单元Translation of Text A半日1我走在父亲的一侧，牢牢地抓着他的右手。
我身上穿的，戴的全是新的：黑鞋子，绿校服，红帽子。
然儿我一点儿也高兴不起来，因为今天我将第一次被扔到学校里去。
2母亲站在窗前望着我们缓缓前行，我也不时的回头看她，希望她会救我。
我们沿着街道走着，街道两旁是花园和田野，田野里栽满了梨树和椰枣树。
3“我为什么要去上学？”我问父亲，“是我做错了什么了吗？”4“我不是在惩罚你，”父亲笑着说道，“上学不是一种惩罚。
学校是把孩子培养成才的地方。
难道你不想象你哥哥们那样，成为一个有用的人吗？”5我不相信他的话。
我才不相信把我从家里拽出来，扔进那个大大的，高墙围绕的建筑里对我有什么真正的好处呢。
6到了学校门口，我们看到了宽阔的庭院，站满了孩子。
“自己进去吧，”我父亲说，“加入他们。
笑一笑，给其他的孩子做个好榜样。
”7我紧抓着父亲的手，犹豫不决。
但是父亲却把我轻轻地推开了。
“拿出点男子气概来，”他说，“从今天起你就要真正开始自己的生活了。
放学时我会在这等你的。
”8我走了几步，便看见了一些孩子的面孔。
他们中我一个也不认识。
他们也没有一个认识我的。
我感觉自己像是一个迷了路的陌生人。
然而这时有些男孩开始好奇的打量我，其中一个走过来问到，“谁带你来的？”9“我爸爸”我小声说道。
10“我爸爸死了，”他简短地说。
11我不知道该说些什么。
这时学校的门已经关上了，有些孩子哭了起来。
接着，铃响了，一位女士走了过来，后面跟着一群男人。
那些人把我们排成几行。
使我们形成一个错综复杂的队行，站在那四周高楼耸立的院子里。
每层楼都有长长的阳台，阳台上带有木制顶棚，从阳台上可以俯视到我们。
12“这是你们的新家，”那位女士说道，“这儿有你们的父母。
一切能带给你们快乐，对你们有益的事物，这儿都有。
因此擦干你们的眼泪，快快乐乐地面对生活。
”13这样看来我之前的顾虑都是毫无根据的了。
lesson14 After Twenty Years 现代大学英语精读第一册课件
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Lesson fourteen After Twenty Years
Plot of the story
Bob and Jim had obviously been close friends twenty yeareir separation, they made an appointment to meet again at exactly the same place and the same hour twenty years later.
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(完整word版)现代大学英语精读1课本内容及翻译
Lesson Eight The Kindness of StrangersMike Mclntyre1. One summer I was driving from my home town of Tahoe City, Calif, to New Orleans. In the middle of the desert, I cameupon a young man standing by the roadside. He had his thumb out and held a gas can in his other hand. I drove right by him.There was a time in the country when you' d be considered a jerk if you passed by somebody in need. Now you are a fool for helping. With gangs, drug addicts, murderers, rapists, thieves lurking everywhere, "I don't want to get involved" has become a national motto.2. Several states later I was still thinking about the hitchhiker. Leaving him stranded in the desert did not bother me so much.What bothered me was how easily I had reached the decision. I never even lifted my foot off the accelerator.3. Does anyone stop any more? I wondered. I recalled Blanche DuBois's famous line: "I have always depended on thekindness of strangers." Could anyone rely on the kindness of strangers these days? One way to test this would be for a person to journey from coast to coast without any money, relying solely on the good will of his fellow Americans. What kind of Americans would he find? Who would feed him, shelter him, carry him down the road?4. The idea intrigued me.5. The week I turned 37, I realized that I had never taken a gamble in my life. So I decided to travel from the Pacific to theAtlantic without a penny. It would be a cashless journey through the land of the almighty dollar. I would only accept offers of rides, food and a place to rest my head. My final destination would be Cape Fear in North Carolina, a symbol of all the fears I'd have to conquer during the trip.6. I rose early on September 6, 1994, and headed for the Golden Gate Bridge with a 50-pound pack on my back and a signdisplaying my destination to passing vehicles: "America."7. For six weeks I hitched 82 rides and covered 4223 miles across 14 states. As I traveled, folks were always warning meabout someplace else. In Montana they told me to watch out for the cowboys in Wyoming, In Nebraska they said people would not be as nice in Iowa. Yet I was treated with kindness everywhere I went. I was amazed by people's readiness to help a stranger, even when it seemed to run contrary to their own best interests.8. One day in Nebraska a car pulled to the road shoulder. When I reached the window, I saw two little old ladies dressed intheir Sunday finest." I know you're not supposed to pick up hitchhikers, but it's so far between towns out here, you feel bad passing a person," said the driver, who introduced herself as Vi. I didn't know whether to kiss them or scold them forstopping. This woman was telling me she'd rather risk her life than feel bad about passing a stranger on the side of the road.9. Once when I was hitchhiking unsuccessfully in the rain, a trucker pulled over, locking his brakes so hard he skidded on thegrass shoulder. The driver told me he was once robbed at knifepoint by a hitchhiker. "But I hate to see a man stand out in the rain," he added. "People don't have no heart anymore."10. I found, however, that people were generally compassionate. Hearing I had no money and would take none, people boughtme food or shared whatever they happened to have with them. Those who had the least to give often gave the most. In Oregon a house painter named Mike noted the chilly weather and asked if I had a coat. When he learned that I had "a light one," he drove me to his house, and handed me a big green army-style jacket. A lumber-mill worker named Tim invited me to a simple dinner with his family in their shabby house. Then he offered me his tent. I refused, knowing it was probably one of the family's most valuable possessions. But Tim was determined that I have it, and finally I agreed to take it.11. I was grateful to all the people I met for their rides, their food, their shelter, and their gifts. But what I found most touchingwas the fact that they all did it as a matter of course.12. One day I walked into the chamber of commerce in Jamestown, Tenn. to find out about camping in the area. The executivedirector, Baxter Wilson, 59, handed me a brochure for a local campground. Seeing that it cost $12, I replied, "No, that's all right. I'll try something else." Then he saw my backpack. "Most people around here will let you pitch a tent on their land, if that's what you want," he said. Now we're talking, I thought. "Any particular direction?" I asked. "Tell you what. I've got a big farm about ten miles south of here. If you're here at 5:30, you can ride with me."13. I accepted, and we drove out to a magnificent country house. Suddenly I realized he'd invited me to spend the night in hishome. His wife, Carol, a seventh-grade science teacher, was cooking a pot roast when we walked into the kitchen. Baxter explained that local folks were "mountain stay-at-home people" who rarely entertained in their house. "When we do," he said, "it's usually kin." This revelation made my night there all the more special.14. The next morning when I came downstairs, Carol asked if I'd come to their school and talk to her class about my trip. Iagreed, and before long had been scheduled to talk to every class in the school. The kids were attentive and kept asking all kinds of questions: Where were people the kindest? How many pairs of shoes did you have? Did anybody try to run you over? Did you fall in love with someone? What were you most afraid of?15. Although I hadn't planned it this way, I discovered that a patriotic tone ran through the talks I gave that afternoon. I told thestudents how my faith in America had been renewed. I told them how proud I was to live in a country where people were still willing to help. I told them that the question I had had in mind when I planned this journey was now clearly answered.In spite of everything, you can still depend on the kindness of strangers.第八课陌生人的仁慈1一个夏天，我正驱车从我的家乡加利福尼亚州的塔霍湖市前往新奥尔良。
大学英语精读第一册Unit9课文
大学英语精读第一册Unit9课文大学英语精读第一册Unit9课文导语：大学英语精读对一些常用词和词组的用法分析到位，下面YJBYS店铺提供一篇大学英语精读的课文，欢迎学习!TEXTThroughout the ages different ideas have been expressed about the working of the human brain. It is only recently, however, that science has begun to give us some idea of how the brain really works.The BrainThe Most PowerfulComputer in the UniverseMan still has a lot to learn about the most powerful and complex part of his body -- the brain.In ancient times men did not think that the brain was the centre of mental activity. Aristotle the philosopher of ancient Greece thought that the mind was based in the heart. It was not until the 18th century that man realised that the whole of the brain was involved in the workings of the mind.During the 19th century scientists found that when certain parts of the brain were damaged men lost the ability to do certain things. And so, people thought that each part of the brain controlled a different activity. But modern research has found that this is not so. It is not easy to say exactly what each part of the brain does.In the past 50 years there has been a great increase in the amount of research being done on the brain. Chemists and biologists have found that the way the brain works is far more complicated that they had thought. In fact many people believethat we are only now really starting to learn the truth about how the human brain works. The more scientists find out, the more questions they are unable to answer. For instance, chemists have found that over 100,000 chemical reactions take place in the brain every second. Mathematicians who have tried to use computers to copy the way the brain works have found that even using the latest electronic equipment they would have to build a computer which weighed over 10,000 kilos. Some recent research also suggests that we remember everything that happens to us. We may not be able to recall this information, but it is all stored in our brains.Scientists hope that if we can discover how the brain works, the better use we will be able to put it to. For example, how do we learn language? Man differs most from all the other animals in his ability to learn and use language but we still do not know exactly how this is dine. Some children learn to speak and read and write when they are very young compared to average children. But scientists are not sure why this happens. They are trying to find out whether there is something about the way we teach language to children which in fact prevents children from learning sooner.Earlier scientists thought that during a man's lifetime the power of his brain decreased. But it is now thought that this is not so. As long as the brain is given plenty of exercise it keeps its power. It has been found that an old person who has always been mentally active has a quicker mind than a young person who has done only physical work. It is now thought that the more work we give our brains, the more work they are able to do.Other people now believe that we use only 1% of our brains' full potential. They say that the only limit on the power of thebrain is the limit of what we think is possible. This is probably because of the way we are taught as children. When we first start learning to use our minds we are told what to do, for example, to remember certain facts, but we are not taught how our memory works and how to make that best use of it. We are told to make noted hut we are not taught how our brains accept information and which is the best way to organise the information we want our brains to accept.This century man has made many discoveries about the universe -- the world outside himself. But he has also started to look into the workings of that other universe which is inside himself -- the human brain.NEW WORDScomputern. machine that stores information and works out answers 计算机universen. 宇宙complexa. difficult to understand or explain 错综复杂的，难懂的'ancienta. in or of times long ago 古代的;古老的philosophern. 哲学家philosophyn. 哲学involvevt. cause to become connected or concerned 使卷入workingn. (usu. pl.) operation; action 运转，运行，活动n. 能力exactlyad. with complete connected or concerned 确切地;精确地amountn. 数量，数额chemistn. one who studies and understands chemistry 化学家biologistn. one who studies the life of animals and plants 生物学家biologyn. 生物学complicatedn. difficult to understand, complex 难懂的;复杂的chemicala. of chemistryunablea. not ablereactionn. 反应mathematiciann. one who studies and understands mathematics 数学家equipn. 设备，装置kilo = kilogram公斤，千克recenta. done or made not long ago 近来的recallvt. remember 记得;回忆起vi. be different (from)mentallyad. 智力上，脑力上physicala. of the body; of matter; of the science of physics 身体的;物质的;物理学的potentialn. 潜力limitn. 局限，限度PHRASES & EXPRESSIONSput...to (good) useuse (in a profitable) (好好)利用differ frombe dissimilar to 与...不同compared to / within comparison with 与...相比make notestake notes 记笔记look intoexamine 调查，观察PROPER NAMESAristotle亚里士多德Greece希腊。
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After Twenty YearsO·HenryThe policeman on the beat moved up the avenue impressively. The impressiveness was habitual and not for show, for spectators were few. The time was barely 10 o'clock at night, but chilly gusts of wind with a taste of rain in them had well nigh depeopled the streets.Trying doors as he went, twirling his club with many intricate and artful movements, turning now and then to cast his watchful eye adown the pacific thoroughfare, the officer, with his stalwart form and slight swagger, made a fine picture of a guardian of the peace. The vicinity was one that kept early hours. Now and then you might see the lights of a cigar store or of an all-night lunch counter; but the majority of the doors belonged to business places that had long since been closed.When about midway of a certain block the policeman suddenly slowed his walk. In the doorway of a darkened hardware store a man leaned, with an unlighted cigar in his mouth. As the policeman walked up to him the man spoke up quickly.“It's all right, officer, ” he said, reassuringly. “I'm just waiting for a friend. It's an appointment made twenty years ago. Sounds a little funny to you，doesn't it? Well，I'll explain if you'd like to make certain it's all straight. About that long ago there used to be a restaurant where this store stands——'Big Joe' Brady's restaurant.”“Until five years ago,” said the policeman. “It was torn down then.”The man in the doorway struck a match and lit his cigar. The light showed a pale, square-jawed face with keen eyes, and a little white scar near his right eyebrow. His scarfpin was a large diamond, oddly set.“Twenty years ago to-night,” said the man,“I dined here at 'Big Joe' Brady's with Jimmy Wells, my best chum, and the finest chap in the world. He and I were raised here in New Y ork, just like two brothers, together. I was eighteen and Jimmy was twenty. The next morning I was to start for the West to make my fortune. Y ou couldn't have dragged Jimmy out of New Y ork; he thought it was the only place on earth. Well, we agreed that night that we would meet here again exactly twenty years from that date and time, no matter what our conditions might be or from what distance we might have to come. We figured that in twenty years each of us ought to have our destiny worked out and our fortunes made, whatever they were going to be.”“It sounds pretty interesting,” said the policeman. “Rather a long time between meets, though, it seems to me. Haven't you heard from your friend since you left?”“Well, yes, for a time we corresponded,” said the other. “But after a year or two we lost track of each other. Y ou see, the West is a pretty big proposition, and I kept hustling around over it pretty lively. But I know Jimmy will meet me here if he's alive, for he always was the truest, stanchest old chap in the world. He'll never forget.I came a thousand miles to stand in this door to-night, and it's worth it if my old partner turns up.”The waiting man pulled out a handsome watch, the lids of it set with smalldiamonds.“Three minutes to ten,” he announced. “It was exactly ten o'clock when we parted here at the restaurant door.”“Did pretty well out West, didn't you?” asked the policeman.“Y ou bet! I hope Jimmy has done half as well. He was a kind of plodder, though，good fellow as he was. I've had to compete with some of the sharpest wits going to get my pile. A man gets in a groove in New Y ork. It takes the West to put a razor-edge on him.”The policeman twirled his club and took a step or two.“I'll be on my way. Hope your friend comes around all right. Going to call time on him sharp?”“I should say not!” said the other. “I'll give him half an hour at least. If Jimmy is alive on earth he'll be here by that time. So long, officer.”“Good-night, sir, ” said the policeman, passing on along his beat, trying doors as he went.There was now a fine, cold drizzle falling,and the wind had risen from its uncertain puffs into a steady blow. The few foot passengers astir in that quarter hurried dismally and silently along with coat collars turned high and pocketed hands. And in the door of the hardware store the man who had come a thousand miles to fill an appointment,uncertain almost to absurdity,with the friend of his youth,smoked his cigar and waited.About twenty minutes he waited, and then a tall man in a long overcoat, with collar turned up to his ears, hurried across from the opposite side of the street. He went directly to the waiting man.“Is that you, Bob?” he asked, doubtfully.“Is that y ou, Jimmy Wells？” cried the man in the door.“Bless my heart!” exclaimed the new arrival, grasping both the other's hands with his own. “It's Bob, sure as fate. I was certain I'd find you here if you were still in existence. Well, well, well! ——twenty years is a long time. The old gone, Bob; I wish it had lasted, so we could have had another dinner there. How has the West treated you, old man?”“Bully; it has given me everything I asked it for. Y ou've changed lots, Jimmy. I never thought you were so tal l by two or three inches.”“Oh, I grew a bit after I was twenty.”“Doing well in New Y ork, Jimmy?”“Moderately. I have a position in one of the city departments. Come on, Bob; we'll go around to a place I know of, and have a good long talk about old times.”The two men started up the street, arm in arm. The man from the West, his egotism enlarged by success, was beginning to outline the history of his career. The other, submerged in his overcoat, listened with interest.At the corner stood a drug store, brilliant with electric lights. When they came into this glare each of them turned simultaneously to gaze upon the other's face.The man from the West stopped suddenly and released his arm.“Y ou're not Jimmy Wells,” he snapped. “Twenty years is a long time,but not long enough to change a man's nose from a Roman to a pug.”“It sometimes changes a good man into a bad one,said the tall man. ”Y ou've been under arrest for ten minutes, 'Silky' Bob. Chicago thinks you may have dropped over our way and wires us she wants to have a chat with you. Going quietly, are you? That's sensible. Now, before we go on to the station here's a note I was asked to hand you. Y ou may read it here at the window. It's from Patrolman Wells."The man from the West unfolded the little piece of paper handed him. His hand was steady when he began to read, but it trembled a little by the time he had finished. The note was rather short.“Bob: I was at the appointed place on time. When you struck the match to light your cigar I saw it was the face of the man wanted in Chicago. Somehow I couldn't do it myself, so I went around and got a plain clothes man to do the job. JIMMY.”译文：二十年以后纽约的一条大街上，一位值勤的警察正沿街走着。
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二十年后
1正在巡逻的警察精神抖擞的沿着大街走着。
他这样引人注目并不奇怪，并不是为了招摇，因为此时大街上根本没有什么观众。
时间还不到晚上十点钟，但夹带着雨意的冷风几乎清空了整个街道。
2警察边走边检查门是否关好了，他十分灵巧的不停转动着警棍，眼光还不时头像平静的街道，他那魁梧的身材，配上卓越不凡的气势，就是一副治安维持者的形象。
那个地区的人晚上休息的很早。
你偶尔还能看到一家雪茄店或是昼夜营业的饭店还在亮着灯，但是觉得大多数的店铺都已经关门了。
3在一个街区的半路上，警察忽然放慢了脚步。
在一家已经关门的五金店的门廊里，一个男子倚在那里，嘴里叼着一只未点燃的雪茄。
当警察朝他走去时，男人赶忙毫不犹豫的说。
4“没事的，长官。
”他坦然的说。
“我只是在等一个朋友，这是二十年前就定好的约会，听起来有点荒唐。
是吧？哦，如果你想弄明白事情的真相，我就说个你听。
大约二十年前，在这家五金商店说在的位置曾经是一家餐馆——“大乔”布雷迪餐馆。
”
5“那家餐馆五年前还在，”警察说道，“后来就被拆除了。
”
6门廊里的人划着火柴，点着了烟。
火光映出了一张苍白的，方正下巴的脸，一双尖锐的眼睛，右边眉毛附近还有一道泛白的疤痕。
他的领带夹上镶着一颗大钻石，镶的十分奇怪。
7“二十年前的这个晚上，”男子说，“我和吉米-威尔斯在大乔布雷迪餐馆共进晚餐，他是我最好的朋友，也是世界上最好的人。
我和他一起在纽约长大，亲如手足。
当年，我18岁，吉米20岁。
第二天早晨，我就要动身去西部赚钱去了。
吉米是无论如何也不会离开纽约的，他认为这是世界上最好的地方。
那天晚上我们定好，就在20年后的同一天，同一时间，我们都要在这里碰面，不管我们的情况如何，也不管我们相隔多远。
我们觉得不管怎么样，20年后的我们命运也应该有一个好结果了，该发财的也已经发财了。
8“挺起来有点意思，”警察说道。
“尽管在我看来，你们俩见面的时间间隔长了点，自从你离开后，你和你的朋友还有联系吗？”
9“哦，有的，有一段时间我们相互通信。
”那男子说。
“可是一两年后我们就失去了联系，你知道，西部是个大地方，而我又忙着东奔西跑。
不过我知道，如果吉米还活着，他就会来这儿和我见面的。
因为他一直是世界上最忠诚、最好的老朋友。
他绝不会忘记的，今晚我千里迢迢来到这个门前等他，只要我的老伙计露面，一切都是值得的。
”
10这个男子掏出一块漂亮的怀表，标盖上镶嵌着许多小钻石。
11“差3分钟十点，”他说，“我们当时在餐馆的门口分开时正好是十点钟。
”12“在西部游荡的不错，是吧？”警察问道。
13“那是当然了！我希望吉米的情况能赶上我的一半就好了。
虽然他是个好人，但他是个迟钝的人，为了赚钱，我不得不和那些头脑机灵的人较量。
在纽约，人不免墨守成规。
但在西部，确实会让人变得机灵。
”
14警察转了转警棍，走了一两步。
15“我要接着巡逻了，希望你的朋友如约而至。
你要马上走吗？”
16“不会的！”那个男子说。
“我至少会再等他半个小时。
如果吉米还活在世上，到那时他一定回来的。
再见，长官。
”
17“晚安，先生，”警察说道，沿着他要巡逻的街道走去。
18此时天上下起了冰冷的细雨，刮着阵阵寒风。
街道上寥寥无几的行人竖起高高的领子，双手插进衣袋，阴沉着脸默默赶路。
从千里之外赶来与年轻时的朋友见面的那个男子仍然站在五金商店门廊里，抽着雪茄等候着。
19他大约等了20分钟，这时一个身着长大衣，衣领竖到耳朵的高大男人，匆匆的从街道对面走来，他径直朝那个等候的男子走去。
20“是你吗？鲍勃？”他迟疑的问道。
21“是你吗，吉米-威尔斯？”门廊里的人叫道。
22“我的天啊！”来的人惊叫着，抓住了对方的收。
“没错，你是鲍勃。
我就知道如果你还活着，我就会在这里见到你。
哎呀，20年可不短，这个老餐馆已经没了，鲍勃。
真希望他还在，那么我们就又可以在这里吃晚餐了，老朋友，你在西部过的怎么样？”
23“他给了我想要的一切，你变了很多啊，吉米。
我没想到你长这么高了。
”24“哦，20岁后我长高了一点。
”
25“在纽约过的还不错吧，吉米？”
26“马马虎虎，我在市政部门谋了个职位。
来吧，鲍勃，我知道个地方，我们可以去那叙叙旧。
”
27两个人手挽手朝街上走去。
西部来的那个男子充满了成功的骄傲，开始描述自己的创业史。
另一个人锁在大衣里，饶有兴趣的听着。
28街角处有家药店，灯火通明。
当他们来到亮出时，两个人不约而同的盯着对方的脸。
29西部来的男子突然停下脚步，抽出自己的手臂。
30“你不是吉米-威尔斯，”他；厉声说道。
“20年时间不短，但也不足改变一个人的鼻子的大小。
”
31“但有时他却能把一个好人变成一个坏人。
”高个子男子说。
“你十分钟前已经被捕了，‘滑头’鲍勃。
芝加哥警方已经察觉到你可能到我们这里了，发电报告诉我们说想和你谈谈。
乖乖和我走吧，这才是明智的。
现在，在我们去警察局之前，有人让我给你捎张纸条。
可以站在窗边看。
这是威尔斯警官写给你的。
“
32西部来的男子打开了交给他的那张字条。
当他读时，他的手微微颤抖，纸条内容很短。
33鲍勃，我准时到了约定的地点。
当你划着火柴点着雪茄的时候，我看到那正是芝加哥警方通缉的那张脸。
不管怎么样，我自己下不了手，所以我找了个便衣来完成这个任务。