新视野大学英语读写教程第二版第二册课文及翻译

新视野大学英语读写教程第二版第二册考试段落Unit 1A foreig ner's first impressi on of the US is likely to be that every one is in a rush —ofte n un der pressure. City people always appear to be hurry ing to get where they are going, restlessly seek ing atte nti on in a store, or elbow ing others as they try to complete their shopp ing. Racing through daytime meals is part of the pace of life in this country. Working time is considered precious. Others in public eating-places are waiting for you to finish so they, too, can be served and get back to work with in the time allowed. You also find drivers will be abrupt and people will push past you. You will miss smiles, brief con versati ons, and small excha nges with stra ngers. Don't take it pers on ally. This is because people value time highly, and they rese nt some one else "wast ing" it bey ond a certa in appropriate point.外国人对美国的第一印象很可能是，每个人都匆匆忙忙——常常处于压力之下。

城里人看上去总是在匆匆地赶往他们要去的地方，在商店里他们焦躁不安地指望店员能马上来为他们服务，或者为了赶快买完东西，用肘来推搡他人。

白天吃饭时人们也都匆匆忙忙，这部分地反映出这个国家的生活节奏。

人们认为工作时间是宝贵的。

在公共用餐场所，人们都等着别人尽快吃完，以便他们也能及时用餐，你还会发现司机开车很鲁莽，人们推搡着在你身边过去。

你会怀念微笑、简短的交谈以及与陌生人的随意闲聊。

不要觉得这是针对你个人的，这是因为人们都非常珍惜时间，而且也不喜欢他人“浪费”时间到不恰当的地步。

Unit 3"To start with I must admit that at first I harbored reservations about a mixed marriage, prejudices you might eve n call them. But whe n I met Mark I found him a charm ing and in tellige nt young guy. Any mother would be proud to have him for a son-in-law. So, color has nothing to do with it. Yes, my friends talk. Some even express shock at what you are doing. But they live in a differe nt world. So you see, Mark's color is not the problem. My biggest worry is that you may be marrying Mark for the same wrong reasons that I married your father. When we met I saw him as mybeloved, i ntellige nt, charm ing, and cari ng. It was all so n ew, all so excit ing, and we both thought, on the surface at least, that ours was an ideal marriage with every in dicati on that it would last forever. I realized only later that I did n't know my beloved, your father, very well when we married."“首先我必须承认，刚开始时我对异族通婚是有保留意见的，也许你甚至可以把这称为偏见。

但是当我见到马克时，我发现他是一个既讨人喜欢又聪明的年轻人。

任何一个母亲都会因为有这样一个女婿而感到脸上有光的。

所以，这事跟肤色没有关系。

是的，我的朋友们会说闲话。

有些朋友甚至对你所做的事表示震惊。

但他们的生活与我们的不同。

因此你要明白，马克的肤色不是问题。

我最大的担心是你也许跟我当初嫁给你爸爸一样，为了错误的原因而嫁给马克。

当年我和你爸爸相遇时，在我眼中，他可爱、聪明、富有魅力又善解人意。

一切都是那么新鲜、那么令人兴奋。

而且我们两人都认为，我们的婚姻是理想婚姻，至少表面上看是如此，而且一切迹象都表明我们的婚姻会天长地久。

直到后来我才明白，在我们结婚时，我并不十分理解我所爱的人你的爸爸。

”Unit 4Soon after he volunteered for military service, he had received a book from this woman. A letter, which wished him courage and safety, came with the book. He discovered that many of his frie nds, also in the army, had received the ide ntical book from the woma n, Hollis Meyn ell. And while they all got stre ngth from it, and appreciated her support of their cause, Joh n Bla ndford was the only pers on to write Ms. Meynell back. On the day of his departure, to a destination overseas where he would fight in the war, he received her reply. Aboard the cargo ship that was taking him into enemy territory, he stood on the deck and read her letter to him again and aga in.在他自愿参军后不久，他收到了一本这位女子寄来的书。

随书而来的还有一封信，祝他勇敢和平安。

他发现自己很多参军的朋友也收到了这位名叫霍利斯• 梅内尔的女子寄来的同样的书。

他们所有的人都从中获得了勇气，也感激她对他们为之战斗的事业的支持，但只有他给梅内尔女士回了信。

在他启程前往海外战场战斗的那天，他收到了她的回信。

站在即将带他进入敌人领地的货船甲板上，他一遍又一遍地读着她的来信。

Unit 5Whe n I travel to Third World coun tries I see many people like my father and daughter. There are large advertiseme nt sig ns directed at them both: the tough,c on fide nt or fashi on able older man, the beautiful, "worldly" young woma n, bothdragg ingaway .In these poor coun tries, as in America n inner cities and on reservati ons, money that should be spe nt for food goes in stead to the tobaccocompa ni es; over time, people starve themselves of both food and air, effectivelyweake ning and hook ing their childre n, eve ntually killi ng themselves. I read in the newspaper and in my garde ning magaz ine that the ends of cigarettes are so poisonousthat if a baby swallows one, it is likely to die, and that the boiled water froma bunch of them makes an effective in secticide.我到第三世界国家去旅行时，看到了许多像我父亲和女儿那样的人。

到处都有针对他们这两类人的巨大广告牌，强壮、自信或时髦的成熟男人，以及漂亮、“世故”的年青女子，都在吞云吐雾。

就像在美国的旧城区和印第安人的居留地上一样，在这些贫困的国家里，那些本应该花在食物上的钱却流进了烟草公司。

久而久之，人们不但缺少食物，而且还缺少空气，这样不但大大地损害了孩子们的体质，还使他们染上了烟瘾，最终还会致他们于死地。

我在报纸还有我订阅的园艺杂志上看到，烟蒂的毒性很强，一个婴儿如果吞下了一个烟蒂，就很有可能会死去，而沸水加一把烟蒂就成了很有效的杀虫剂。

Unit 6Naturally, the n ame cha nge did n't cause Debbie/L ynn e's professionalachievement —but it surely helped if only by adding a bit of self-c on fide nee to hertale nts. Social scie ntists say that what you're called can affect your life.Throughout history, names have not merely identified people but also described them."As his n ame is, so is he." says the Bible, and Webster's Dicti onary in cludes thefollow ing definition of name: "a word or words expressing some quality con sideredcharacteristic or descriptive of a pers on or a thi ng, ofte n express ing approval or disapproval". Note well "approval or disapproval". For better or worse, qualities such as frie ndli ness or reserve, pla inn ess or charm may be suggested by your n ame and con veyed to other people before they eve n meet you.当然，戴比，或林恩，的职业成就并不是改名带来的，但是这肯定给她带来了好处，虽说改名仅使她对自己的才能增加了一点点自信。