高级英语综合教程第六册(上海外语教育出版社)段落翻译1-12单元

Unit1在我成长的房子里有一间屋子，我们把它称作图书馆。

当然，那不是真正的图书馆，它仅仅是由电视机占据了主要位置的一间书斋。

但是它四面墙上全部
装修了嵌入式书架，上面摆了数百本书籍——那些精装本的书籍呈现着各种颜色，它们在那间屋里把我们团团围住。

这些书是我父母和祖父母花了毕生精力收集起来的，它们成为我童年的一部分。

我们这一代人——即20世纪50年代和60年代的人——可能是了解这种心情的最后一代人了，那种被上百万文字环绕着的感觉；那些文字是历代知名的和默默无闻的作家们的作品。

当前，在20世纪70年代中期，我们正目睹一个不易察觉却毫无疑问存在的慢慢背离书籍这类事物的倾向。

恐怕美国的家庭很快就不会再留出房间做图书馆了。

精装的图书——那思想永驻的象征，那从一个时代
向下一时代传留的智慧——可能会添加到我们即将灭绝的物种名单上去。

Unit 2 The foreign students at New York University come from more than 130 countries. Fifty percent are from Asia, especially South Korea, Japan and China. Foreign students are studying in all fourteen schools within the university. These include arts and sciences, law, business and education .Seventy-five percent of the foreign students are in graduate school. About twenty-five percent are in four-year programs that lead to a bachelor’s degree.
The cost of attending New York University is different in each of its schools. For example, one year of study at the Wagner Graduate School of Public Service costs about $19,000. Some other schools within NYU cost more. Some cost less. The housing cost is about $9,000 a year.
Bachelor’s degree students at NYU can borrow money from financial institutions to help pay for their studies. Foreign students in graduate school at NYU can get teaching or research jobs at the university. They can also get loans from financial institutions.
Unit3.十五年前，计算机专家们扩展了因特网系统。

这个扩展后的系统被叫做万维网。

万维网使计算机用户通过比以往的因特网系统快得多的速度来寻找并交换书面材料和图片。

对大多数能够使用计算机的人来说，因特网和万维网已经成为快速交换信息的工具。

因特网上有许多很有价值的信息。

作为一种研究工具，没有什么能比得上因特网。

通过因特网几乎可以找到任何种类的信息。

网上有专门刊登鬼怪故事，诗歌或者儿童故事的电子杂志。

在这个电子世界里有供你玩游戏的地方，也有讨论政治、科学，历史，农耕或者任何你感兴趣的话题的地方。

你可以浏览或者搜集哈勃太空望远镜拍摄到的精美的彩色图片。

你可以听音乐或者看录像。

你可以看到音乐家表演他们的最新的歌曲。

你甚至可以加入一个小组，通过垫子手段和他们聚会并讨论他们最喜爱的摇滚乐队。

Unit4Movie experts say Walt Disney was responsible for the development of the art of animation. Disney’s artists tried to put life into every drawing . That meant they had to feel all the emotions of the cartoon creatures: happiness,
sadness, anger , fear. The artists looked at themselves in a mirror and expressed each emotion: a smile, tears, a red face, wide-opened eyes. Then they drew that look on the face of each cartoon creature.
Disney’s art of animation reached its highest point in 1940 with the movie Pinocchio. The story is about a wooden toy that comes to life as a little boy. Disney’s artists drew two-a-half-million pictures to make Pinocchio. The artists drew flat pictures. Yet they created a look of space and solid objects. Pinocchio was an imaginary world, yet it looked very real.
Unit5. 20世纪，美国梦遇到了挑战。

大萧条使得二三十年代的生活到处都很艰难，对那些直接受到影响的人们来说，现实与美国梦几乎正好相反。

种族间的不安定依然存在，在国内的一些地方，种族暴力时有发生。

自从二战结束以后，年轻的美国家庭开始追求相对舒适和稳定的生活，他们选择居住在大城市周边的市郊住宅区。

因此50年代是一个相对保守的年代，当时，“完美家庭”是很多人心中的美国梦的一部分，或者就是美国梦的结果本身。

但这种保守的生活方式很快就被新一代人所鄙弃，60年代的年轻人用嬉皮士的价值观取代了包括美国梦在内的传统价值观。

虽说对于美国梦的追求在那些年中有所减弱，但美国梦从来就没有彻底消亡过。

Unit6.Summer means internships for thousands of American college students. They work in the kinds of jobs they might want to have some day. Experts say at least one-third of all American college students complete an internship before they graduate. Some students work for large companies. Some work for small organizations. Some work for the United States government.
Many interns do not earn money at their summer jobs. Some college students get an internship to gain experience in the kind of job they want to get after graduation. Others do not yet know what kind of permanent job they want. So they may get internships in several different companies or organizations. In this way, they can find out what kind of job they like best. Why are internships so popular? Students can learn about different kinds of jobs. They can do interesting work. They can learn skills and gain valuable experience. And they can meet important people. Students often describe internships as a chance that happens once in a lifetime.
Unit7迷信是当今英国文化中的一部分。

尽管迷信活动在100年前更为活跃，但现在仍有不少相信迷信的人，有老人也有年轻人。

所有的迷信都有其根源，所谓无火不起烟。

是谁第一个认为在屋里打伞会带来厄运？是谁第一个走在梯子下而遭遇不幸？是谁把马蹄铁倒挂？是谁打碎了镜子？是谁洒了盐？是谁第一个把13号星期五看成最倒霉的日子？
16、17世纪时，人们的生活中充满了碰运气的成分，每天的生活中心都在于揣测未来的祸福。

宗教、疾病、火灾也许称得上是米线的三大最基本得要素。

尽管今天我们看事物的角度已经不同，但是迷信作为一种传统仍然流传在我们中间。

Unit8Millions of people around the world depend on the National Geographic Society for information. Each year, thousands of visitors tour the society’s Explorers Hall in central Washington, D.C. Exhibits and modern technology in this museum help them learn about the Earth and its environment.
The National Geographic Society produces maps, books, and magazines that
are popular among the world. It produces films and television shows. It makes computer programs and videos for schools. The society’s Committee for Research and Exploration gives money to scientists working in subjects from archaeology to zoology.
The National Geographic Society supports the teaching of geography—the study of the Earth. It helps train teachers in geography. It offers computer users the latest information about the activities of researchers and explorers on its Internet website.
Unit9当人们提到女权运动时，通常有两种反应：一种认为，女权运动者不过是一群日子过得不顺心的女人；另一种则认为，女权运动纯粹是白人女性的事，与黑人女性无关。

事实上，黑人女性所受到的剥削远比白人女性要深。

所以的黑人女性有必要团结起来，共同奋斗去争取应得的权利，诸如自主权、同工同酬权、自由堕胎权和孩子入托权。

我们应当看到，黑人女性争取解放的要求是全人类争取自由权利的一部分。

黑种男人错误的以为，白人资本家把一些职位和技术工作交给黑人女性，是为了羞辱他们。

现实情况是，人人就业无法实现，而黑人女性正式低报酬和失业现象的最大受害者。

Unit10Most full-time students at American universities must have health insurance. This is because health costs in the United States are high. Colleges are not able to pay the costs if students suffer serious accidents or sickness. Many American colleges have health centers where doctors and nurses treat students’medical problems. This service may be included in the cost of attending college. Health insurance is usually needed for extra services. Students may already be protected under their parents’health insurance policies. If not, many colleges offer their own insurance plans.
Students also can buy independent insurance policies from insurance companies. The details of such policies differ, depending on where the student lives. Usually, these policies pay for doctor visits, treatment of injuries and hospital costs.
All in all, people in the Unites States are responsible for their own medical costs. These can be extremely high in cases of serious illness or accidents. The purpose of health insurance is to make sure that these costs will be paid for. Unit11我母亲早已不在人世，但她仍时时浮现在我心中，有时早晨天还未亮就把我唤醒。

“我最最不能容忍的，就是半途而废的人。

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我一生不断听到她说这句话。

此时此刻，我躺在床上，在黑暗中慢慢醒来，想重回梦乡而不愿直面崭新的一天，我感觉到了她正怒气冲冲地与我体内那个没有出息的懒汉奋力斗争。

我默默地抗议道：我已经不是孩子了。

我已经小有成就，我有资格睡会儿懒觉。

“罗素，你一点进取心也没有，和二流子简直没什么两样。

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从我还是个穿着短裤的孩提时代起，她就一直用这些话激励我前进：
“你要混出个人样来！”
“不要半途而废！”
“要有点志气，孩子。

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Unit12Study a Balance of the Four Key Skills
Most students want to communicate better in English. If this is one of your goals, it is important to study a balance of the four major skills. Listening, Speaking , reading and Writing are the main skills you need to communicate in any language. Being very good at only one of these skills will not help you much to communicate. For example, you need to be able to read well before you can write well. You also need to be in two groups : Input(listening and reading ) and output (speaking and writing).
First you have input. Next you have output. First you listen to someone ask you a question. Second you give them your answer. First you read a letter from someone. After that you write back to them. However, input and output don’t necessarily go in a specific order. Sometimes you speak first and then you listen. During communication, the person you are communicating with uses one of the opposite skills .Therefore, in order to understand each other , everyone must be skillful in all four areas.。