新视野综合训练3第二版阅读原文翻译教程文件

新视野综合训练3第二版阅读原文翻译

Unit1

Passage1

Valentine’s Day probably has its origin in the ancient Roman celebration calle d Lupercalia(牧神节) . It was celebrated on February 15. In the Roman calend ar February was in the spring. The celebration honored the gods Lupercus an d Faunus as well as the twin brothers Romulus and Remus, the legendary fou nders of Rome. As part of the ceremony the priests paired up young man and women. The girls names were placed in a box and each boy drew a girl’s nam e. The couple was paired then until the next Lupercalia.

In 260AD the emperor Claudius II, called Claudius the Cruel, decided tha t young soldiers would only be distracted by marriage and so ordered that you ng men may not marry. Valentinus( Valentine), a Christian priest, defied the e mperor and got married in secret. He was caught executed(处死)，on Februar y 14, the eve of Lupercalia. His name became associated with young love fore ver after. In 496, Pope Gelasius set aside February 14 to honor him as Saint Valentine and it has been St. Valentine’s Day ever since.

In the Middle Ages, some of the customs of the Lupercalia still persisted i n spite of the attempts of the Church to put an end to these non-Christian cust oms and Christianize the holiday. Both men and women drew names from a b owl to see who their valentines would be. They would wear the names on their sleeves for a week. Today we still sometimes “wear our hearts on our sleeve s” when we cannot conceal our feelings.

In the 1600s, it became common to give flowers, particularly the rose, a s a sign of love as the “language of flowers”. This came to Europe from Turke y. The color and placement of rose held a special significance--- a red rose, fo r example, meant beauty. Flowers have been part of Valentine’s Day ever sin ce.

情人节可能起源于古罗马的牧神节庆祝活动被称为（牧神节）。它是在二月十五日庆祝。在罗马历二月是春天。庆祝尊重神卢帕克斯和福纳斯以及孪生兄弟罗穆卢斯和瑞摩斯，罗马的传奇缔造者。作为仪式的祭司配对，年轻人和妇女的一部分。女孩的名字被放置在一个盒子里，每个男孩都画上了一个女孩的名字。这对夫妇配对之后直到下一节。

在260ad皇帝克劳狄二世，叫做克劳狄斯残酷的年轻士兵，决定只会被婚姻等命令，年轻人不结婚。瓦伦廷（情人节），一个基督教牧师，违抗皇帝秘密结婚了。他被处决（处死），二月十四日，牧神节的前夕。他的名字就成了年轻

的爱永远在相关。在496，教皇格拉西把二月十四日定为情人节纪念他和有情人节以来。

在中世纪，一些的牧神节海关仍坚持在教堂的把这些非基督徒和基督教节日习俗尽管尝试。男女从碗中抽取名字来看看谁会是他们的情人。他们会穿的名字写在袖子上一个星期。今天我们仍然有时“穿我们的心在袖子”当我们无法掩饰自己的感情。

在17世纪，它给花变得普遍，特别是玫瑰，是爱的标志为“花语”。这是从土耳其到欧洲。颜色和位置的玫瑰举行了一个特殊的意义——一朵红玫瑰，例如，意味着美。花已情人节的一部分，自从。

Passage2

Having raised eight children of my own, I know the dilemma parents face. In a world increasingly hostile to children, we want to show we care by acting on o ur loving impulse, which usually means spending. But when our kids came ho me asking for the latest designer wear, my wife and I knew we had to say “n o” more often than not. Of course, deciding to have no TV in the house was t he first real breakthrough; I doubt we would have won this battle without freein g ourselves from its influence.

As a child, I grew up in what I now see was poverty. For the first few years of my life, I ate only the smallest amount. Yet, I would find it hard to imagine a ha ppier childhood. Why? Because my parents gave us children time and attentio n on a daily basis. For instance, no matter how busy they were, they tried to e at breakfast with us before we went off to school each morning.

No child should have to live in poverty. But I firmly believe that the happiness of a child does not depend on his or her access to material wealth. After all, it i s the love we give our children, and not the things, that will remain with them f or life.

Having worked thirty years as a family counselor, I know that parents really do love their children, and want to do what is best for them. But what does it me an to give a child love? Next time, you feel that you have failed your kids, and are tempted to relieve those feelings by bringing home gifts, remember that w e can’t buy our children’s affection. All they really want, and need, is time a nd attentiveness, a listening ear and an encouraging word. These are things e very parent can provide.

在抚养了八个自己的孩子之后,我明白了父母要面对的尴尬境地.在一个逐渐对孩子充满敌意的世界里,我们想要通过爱的冲动来对孩子表达我们的关心,