自考高级英语上册课文翻译

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自考高级英语

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自考高级英语Lesson Two EvelineLesson Two伊芙林 Eveline她坐在窗前,看着夜色袭上街头。

She sat at the window watching the evening invade the avenue.头倚在窗帘上,鼻孔里充斥着带灰尘的印花窗Her head was leaned against the window curtains,帘的味道。

她累了。

窗前很少有人过, and in her nostrils was the odour of dusty cretonne. She was tired. Few people passed.住在最后那座房子的人经过这里往家赶。

她听The man out of the last house passed on his way见水泥路上传来“踢踏”的脚步声,然后是踩在红home; she heard his footsteps clacking along the色新房子前的那条煤渣路上发出的“嘎吱”声。

concrete pavement and afterwards crunching on the cinder path before the new red houses.以前那儿曾是块空地,他们和别人家孩子们天One time there used to be a field there in which天晚上在那里玩。

they used to play every evening with otherpeople’s children.后来一位从贝尔法斯特来的男人买下了这块Then a man from Belfast bought the field and地,并建了座房子——不像他们住的那种灰灰的小built houses in it ----not like their little brown houses ,房子,而是明砖亮瓦房,还有闪亮的屋顶。

自考高级英语上册11课课文翻译

自考高级英语上册11课课文翻译

Lesson Eleven On Getting off to Sleep谈睡眠人真是充满矛盾啊! 毫无疑问,幽默是惟一帮助我们摆脱矛盾的办法,要是没有它,我们就会死于烦恼。

What a bundle of contradictions is a man! Surety, humour is the saving grace of us, for without it we should die of vexation.在我看来,没有什么比睡眠更能说明事物间的矛盾。

With me, nothing illustrates the contrariness of things better than the matter of sleep.比如,我打算写一篇文章,面前放好了笔、墨和几张白纸,准保没写几个字我就会困得要命,无论当时是几点都会那样。

If, for example, my intention is to write an essay, and 1 have before me ink and pens and several sheets of virgin paper, you may depend upon it that before I have gone very far I feel an overpowering desire for sleep, no matter what time of the day it is.我瞪着那似乎在谴责我的白纸,直到眼前一片模糊,声音也难以辨清,只有靠意志力才能勉强坚持。

I stare at the reproachfully blank paper until sights and sounds become dim and confused, and it is only by an effort of will that I can continue at all.即使这时,我也会迷迷糊糊地像在做梦一样继续坚持工作。

大专英语自考(上册)课文翻译及习题答案

大专英语自考(上册)课文翻译及习题答案

Unit 1第一部分 Text A【课文译文】怎样成为一名成功的语言学习者“学习一门语言很容易,即使小孩也能做得到。

”大多数正在学习第二语言的成年人会不同意这种说法。

对他们来说,学习一门语言是非常困难的事情。

他们需要数百小时的学习与练习,即使这样也不能保证每个成年语言学习者都能学好。

语言学习不同于其他学习。

许多人很聪明,在自己的领域很成功,但他们发现很难学好一门语言。

相反,一些人学习语言很成功,但却发现很难在其他领域有所成就。

语言教师常常向语言学习者提出建议:“要用新的语言尽量多阅读”,“每天练习说这种语言”,“与说这种语言的人住在一起”,“不要翻译——尽量用这种新的语言去思考”,“要像孩子学语言一样去学习新语言”,“放松地去学习语言。

”然而,成功的语言学习者是怎样做的呢?语言学习研究表明,成功的语言学习者在许多方面都有相似之处。

首先,成功的语言学习者独立学习。

他们不依赖书本和老师,而且能找到自己学习语言的方法。

他们不是等待老师来解释,而是自己尽力去找到语言的句式和规则。

他们寻找线索并由自己得出结论,从而做出正确的猜测。

如果猜错,他们就再猜一遍。

他们都努力从错误中学习。

成功的语言学习是一种主动的学习。

因此,成功的语言学习者不是坐等时机而是主动寻找机会来使用语言。

他们找到(说)这种语言的人进行练习,出错时请这些人纠正。

他们不失时机地进行交流,不怕重复所听到的话,也不怕说出离奇的话,他们不在乎出错,并乐于反复尝试。

当交流困难时,他们可以接受不确切或不完整的信息。

对他们来说,更重要的是学习用这种语言思考,而不是知道每个词的意思。

最后,成功的语言学习者学习目的明确。

他们想学习一门语言是因为他们对这门语言以及说这种语言的人感兴趣。

他们有必要学习这门语言去和那些人交流并向他们学习。

他们发现经常练习使用这种语言很容易,因为他们想利用这种语言来学习。

你是什么样的语言学习者?如果你是一位成功的语言学习者,那么你大概一直在独立地、主动地、目的明确地学习。

自考高级英语上册课文中英文对照

自考高级英语上册课文中英文对照

Lesson 2: Four Choices for Young People在毕业前不久,斯坦福大学四年级主席吉姆?宾司给我写了一封信,信中谈及他的一些不安。

Shortly before his graduation, Jim Binns, president of the senior class at Stanford University, wrote me about some of his misgivings.他写道:“与其他任何一代人相比,我们这一代人在看待成人世界时抱有更大的疑虑……同时越来越倾向于全盘否定成人世界。

”“More than any other generation,‖ he said, ―our generation views the adult world with great skepticism… there is also an increased tendency to reject completely that world.‖很明显,他的话代表了许多同龄人的看法。

Apparently he speaks for a lot of his contemporaries.在过去的几年里,我倾听过许多年轻人的谈话,他们有的还在大学读书,有的已经毕业,他们对于成人的世界同样感到不安。

During the last few years, I have listened to scores of young people, in college and out, who were just as nervous about the grown world.大致来说,他们的态度可归纳如下:“这个世界乱糟糟的,到处充满了不平等、贫困和战争。

对此该负责的大概应是那些管理这个世界的成年人吧。

如果他们不能做得比这些更好,他们又能拿什么来教育我们呢?这样的教导,我们根本不需要。

高级英语第一册课文翻译_unit1

高级英语第一册课文翻译_unit1

高级英语第一册课文翻译_unit1中东的集市1.中东的集市仿佛把你带回到了几百年、甚至几千年前的时代。

此时此刻显现在我脑海中的这个中东集市,入口处是一座哥特式拱门,门上的砖石年代久远。

穿过耀眼、灼热的大型露天广场进入集市,仿佛走入了一个凉爽、幽暗的洞穴。

集市蜿蜒伸展,一眼望不到尽头,最后消失在远处的阴影里。

赶集的人们络绎不绝地进出市场,挂着铃铛的小毛驴穿行于熙熙攘攘的人群中,边走边发出和谐悦耳的叮当声。

集市的路面约有十二英尺宽,但每隔几码远就会因为设在路边的小货摊的挤占而变窄;那儿出售的货物各种各样,应有尽有。

你一走进市场,就可以听到摊贩们的叫卖声,赶毛驴的小伙计和脚夫们大着嗓门叫人让道的吆喝声,还有那些想买东西的人们与摊主讨价还价的争吵声。

各种各样的噪声此伏彼起,不绝于耳,简直叫人头晕。

2.随后,当你走人集市的深处,人口处的喧闹声渐渐消失,眼前便是清静的布市了。

这里的泥土地面,被无数双脚板踩踏得硬邦邦的,人走在上面几乎听不到脚步声了,而拱形的泥砖屋顶和墙壁也难得产生什么回音效果。

布店的店主们一个个都是轻声细语、慢条斯理的样子;买布的顾客们在这种沉闷压抑的气氛感染下,自然而然地也学着店主们的样子,低声细语地说话。

3.中东集市的特点之一是经销同类商品的店家,不是分散在集市各处以避免相互间的竞争,而是都集中在一块儿,这样既便于让买主知道上哪儿找他们,同时他们自己也可以紧密地联合起来,结成同盟,以便共同反对迫害和不公正待遇。

例如,在布市上,所有卖衣料、窗帘布、椅套布等的商贩都把货摊一个接一个地排设在马路两边,每一个店铺门面前都摆有一张陈列商品的搁板桌和一些存放货物的货架。

讨价还价是人们习以为常的事。

头戴面纱的妇女们迈着悠闲的步子从一个店铺逛到另一个店铺,一边挑选一边问价;在她们缩小选择范围并开始正儿八经杀价之前,往往总要先同店主谈论几句,探探价底。

4.对于顾客来说,不到最后一刻绝不能让店主猜到她心里究竟中意哪样东西、想买哪样东西,因为这是个关乎面子的事情。

高级英语一课文翻译

高级英语一课文翻译

高级英语一课文翻译高级英语一课文翻译高级英语是高等教育自学考试英语专业高级阶段(本科)的精读课,属于必考课程。

下面小编收集了高级英语课文翻译,供大家阅读。

我为什么写作Lesson 12: Why I Write从很小的时候,大概五、六岁,我知道长大以后将成为一个作家。

From a very early age,perhaps the age of five or six,I knew that when I grew up I should be a writer.从15到24岁的这段时间里,我试图打消这个念头,可总觉得这样做是在戕害我的天性,认为我迟早会坐下来伏案著书。

Between the ages of about seventeen and twenty-four I tried to adandon this idea, but I did so with the consciousness that I was outraging my true nature and that sooner or later I should have to settle down and write books.三个孩子中,我是老二。

老大和老三与我相隔五岁。

8岁以前,我很少见到我爸爸。

由于这个以及其他一些缘故,我的性格有些孤僻。

我的举止言谈逐渐变得很不讨人喜欢,这使我在上学期间几乎没有什么朋友。

I was the middle child of three, but there was a gap of five years on either side, and I barely saw my father before I was eight- For this and other reasons I was somewhat lonely, and I soon developed disagreeable mannerisms which made me unpopular throughout my schooldays.我像一般孤僻的孩子一样,喜欢凭空编造各种故事,和想像的人谈话。

自考高级英语英译汉

自考高级英语英译汉

1.“Jagger,” he said , “grabs a half –gallon jug of water and runs along the front platform , sprinkling its contents over the first few rows of sweltering listeners .他描述道:”贾格尔拿着半加仑水, 顺着舞台前沿,边跑边把水洒向前排汗流浃背的歌迷身上.”2.How do you feel about all this adulation and hero worship ?你如何看待这种赞美和英雄崇拜?3. Or are you drawn somehow to this strange clown , perhaps because he acts out your wildest fantasies ?还是由于他把你狂热的幻想用行动表现出来,你神不知鬼不觉地被这个不可思议的小丑所吸引?4. Some sociologists say that your answers to them could explain a lot about what you are thinking and about what your society is thinking –in other words , where you and your society are .一些社会学家认为你对这些问题的回答,很能说明你在想什么,社会在想什么..换句话说, 可以说明你和社会的态度.5. It’s just that Elvis managed to embody the frustrated teenage spirit of the 1950s .只不过艾尔维斯的演唱表现了50年代青少年那种沮丧的精神状态.6. Feelings always a part of any musical statement were a major subject . 感情总是任何音乐表达的必要成分,也是一个重要议题.7. This country element , Horowitz feels , helped its audience express an urge to “get away from it all , “ to “go back to the old days .”霍罗威茨认为这种结合表达了听众欲”摆脱现实一切”/”重归昔日”的强烈愿望.8. In one 1972 national opinion poll , more than 10 percent of the high school boys and 20 percent of the girls said their hero was a rock superstar. 在1972年的一次全国民意测验中, 10%以上的高中男生,20%的女生表示他们心目中的英雄是超摇滚歌星.1. Apparently [ə'pærəntli he speaks for a lot of his contemporaries [kən'temp(ə)r(ər)ɪ].很显然他所说的代表了许多同龄人的想法.2. During the last few years , I have listened to scores of young people ,in college and out , who were just as nervous about the grown –up world .在过去的几年中, 我听到过许多大学内外的年轻人的谈话, 对于成人世界,他们也有同感.3. They are willing to support themselves and to contribute something to the general community , but they simply don’t like t he environment of civilization ;that is ,the city , with all its ugliness and tension .他们愿意自食其力,并对社会大众做些贡献.他们不喜欢文明的环境,也就是说, 不喜欢那种丑恶/紧张的城市生活.4. A few gentleman farmers with plenty of money can still escape to the bucolic life .一些极富有的乡绅可以回到农村的田园生活.5. To them it offers a romantic appeal ,usually symbolized by some dashing and charismatic [,kærɪz'mætɪk]figure.对他们来说,这有一种浪漫/传奇的色彩,通常是以某个有闯劲/魅力超凡的人物为代表的.6. For at best their victory never dawns on the shining new world they had dreamed of , cleansed of all human meanness .即使革命成功,胜利的曙光也不会照在光灿灿的/梦想的/消除了人类一切自私的新世界上.7. The revolutionary state , under whatever political label , has to be run –not by violent romantics –but by experts in marketing , sanitary engineering , and the management of bureaucracies[bjʊ'rɑkrəsi].革命的机器,无论贴上什么样的政治标签,还得由市场销售/卫生工程/官僚机构的行家们来操作,而不是由那些极端的浪漫主义者们去操作.8.About all that can be said for it is that it sometimes works – that in this particular time and place it offers a better chance for remedying some of the world ‘s outrages than any other available strategy .这种方法的惟一优点是, 它有时真的有效,--在一个特定的时间和地点, 与其它可选的方法相比,它可以更好地改善世界上的倒行逆施行为.1. When I arrived I was met by the mother , a big startled looking woman , very clean and apologetic who merely said , Is this the doctor?And let me in .我到她家时先遇到她的母亲, 她一副惊讶/害怕的表情. 她穿着很干净, 只是礼貌地说, 您是医生吗?就让我进去了.2. He tried to get up , but I motioned for him not to bother , took off my overcoat and started to look things over .他试图站起来, 我示意他不要麻烦,脱去外套, 开始检查.3. As often , in such cases , they weren’t telling me more than they had to , it was up to me to tell them .像往常一样, 在这种情况下, 他们不会告诉我更多的情况, 而是理应由我来告诉他们.4. I smiled in my best professional manner and asking for the child’s first name I said , come on , Mathilda, …我尽量露出我的职业微笑,询问小女孩的名字.我说,过来,玛蒂尔…5. At that I ground my teeth in disgust . If only they wouldn’t use the word “hurt “I might be able t o get somewhere .此时我已厌恶地咬牙切齿,要不是他们使用”伤害”这个词,我可能早就采取行动了.6. In the ensuing struggle they grew more and more abject , crushed , exhausted while she surely rose to magnificent heights of insane fury of effort bred of her terror of me .在接下来的斗争中,他们变得越来越可怜,被制服,甚至精疲力竭,而小女孩由于害怕我而产生的狂怒却达到了顶点.7. …she opened up for an instant but before I could see any thing she came down again and gripped the wooden blade between he r molars she reduced it to splinters before I could get it out again .她的嘴张开了一下, 我还没有来的及看清楚,她又闭上了嘴.,紧紧地用臼齿咬住木刃.我还没有来的及将它拔出,,她已把它咬成了碎片.8. The damned little brat must be protected against her own idiocy , one says to one’s self at such times .那个可恶的小家伙很愚蠢,但我应当保护她, 此时我对自己这样说.1.The need for laws on euthanasia cannot be dodged for much longer .现在迫切需要制定有关安乐死的法律.2. In Holland mercy-killing is accepted by the medical establishment and openly practiced a few thousand times each year .在荷兰,安乐死已经被医疗机构所接受,并于每年公开实施数千次.3. The debate on euthanasia will rumble on into the autumn, when Californians may vote on a proposed law legalizing euthanasia .这场有关安乐死的辩论将持续到秋天,直到加利福尼亚人投票表决了一项提议,使安乐死合法化为止.4. Many people accept that it is sad , undignified and gruesome to prolong the throes of death with all the might of medical technology .许多人认为用所能使用的医疗科技来延长死亡前的痛苦是悲哀的/不高尚的/可怕的.5. How long can the distinction between killing and letting die hold out ?这种主动实施与被动使用安乐死的区别还能维持多长时间呢?6. Is he then necessarily wrong if he administers enough painkillers to kill ?Does the fact that the doctor performed an action, rather than an omission , condemn him ?如果他使用足够数量的止痛片来为其实施安乐死就有错了吗?医生采取行动,就应受到遣责吗?7. It is probably no coincidence that it was Dutch doctors who most heroically resisted pressure to join in the Nazi medical atrocities .这不是一种巧合,当时荷兰医生就英勇地反抗用人体做医学试验.8. Countries with an uninterrupted recent libertarian tradition have less to fear from setting some limited rules for voluntary euthanasia .不间断提倡思想和行动自由的国家对主动实施安乐死进行限制性规定,就没有什么可担心的了.1. When a bright young woman graduate starts looking for a job ,why is the first question always :”Can you type ?”我是第一个克服这两个不利因素的人.2. Plenty of others have advised me , every time I tried to take another upward step , that I should go back to teaching , a woman’s vocation , and leave politics to the men .美国白人-----包括那些自认为开明的自由主义者------需要很多年的时间来发现, 并消除他们所有的种族主义态度.3. But until that happens –and we all know it will no be this year or next –what we need is more women in politics because we have a very special contribution to make .在这样的职位中, 她们可能会获得几次免费参加州或全国会议, 或民主党和共和党各自召开的全国代表大会.她们所做的也只是按照男主席的方式投一样的票.4. It is women who can bring empathy , tolerance , insight , patience , and persistence to government ---the qualities we naturally have or have had to develop because of our suppression by men .当一位聪明的女大学生毕业后开始找工作时, 为什么第一个问题总是::”你会打字吗?”5. At present , our country needs women’s idealism and determination , perhaps more in politics than anywhere else .每一次我试图再上一个新台阶时, 许多人会劝我回到妇女的职业, 做一名教师, 把政治留给男人.6. 但直到这些发生-----我们知道这不是今年或明年的事------因此我们所要做的是要更多的妇女进入政界, 因为我们对此有特殊贡献.7. 妇女善解人意/宽容,具有很强的洞察力/耐心和毅力------这些都是我们与生俱来或由于受男人的压制而形成的品质, 女人能把这些品质带到政府中来.8. 目前, 我们的国家也许在政治上比其它任何领域更需要女人的理想主义和决心.1.When he was saying all those things against the government and against the council , he became more and more ugly and embittered and I used to be afraid for him .在他反对反对政府,反对美国印第安人委员会时, 他变得越来越可怕,充满怨恨,我也为他担心.2. Well, you can think what you want ,but have you talked to him lately ? Do you know him as he is now ?好吧, 你愿意怎么想就怎么想吧, 但你最近和他谈过吗?你知道他现在的状况吗?3. If he is Indian as you say , whatever that means , and if he is back here to stay this time and if he tells me that himself , I’ll let it go .如果像你所说的他是一名印第安人, 不管这是什么意思, 如果他亲口对我说他这次只是回来呆在这儿, 我也不再劝他了.4. A police car moved slowly to the corner where we were parked and the patrolmen looked at the three of us intently and we pretended not to notice . 一辆警车缓慢地驶向我们停车的拐角处, 假释监督官目不转睛地盯着我们三个人, 我们假装没注意到.5. I think it’s good that you’ve come, because Magpie needs some relief from this constant surveillance , constant checking u p .我想你来的正好, 因为在这种不间断的监视/检查之下, 喜鹊需要一些宽慰.6. “There are things about this though , “Elgie said . “Magpie shouldn’t have been there , see , because it’s a part of the condition of his parole that he stays away from friends and relatives and ex-convicts and just about everybody ..”“还有一件事”,埃尔吉继续说, “喜鹊不应该在那儿,明白吗?因为假释的条件之一就是他应该远离他的朋友/亲戚和以前的同谋罪犯,甚至不能见任何人.7. But the silence which hung about the place filled me with apprehension , and when we walked in the back door which hung open , we saw people standing in the kitchen .但是一片寂静笼罩着整座房子, 我感到有些忧虑.当我们走进敞开着的后门时,看到许多人站在厨房里.8. I held the poems tightly in my hands , pressing my thumbs , first one and then the other , against the smoothness of the cardboard folder . 我用手紧紧握着他的诗, 两个拇指使劲按压平滑的纸板文件夹.1.Although it was so brilliantly fine –the blue sky powdered with gold and the great spots of light like white wine splashedover the Jardins Publiques –Miss Brill was glad that she had decided on her fur .天气很好,阳光明媚-----蓝色的天空金光灿烂, 犹如白葡萄酒的巨大的光点照在公共花园---布里尔小姐很高兴她决定围这条毛皮围巾.2. It was like someone playing with only the family to listen; it didn’t care how it played if there weren’t any strangers present .就像一个人只为家人演出, 而没有其他人在场, 是不会在乎演出的.3. And sometimes a tiny staggerer came suddenly rocking into the open from under the trees , stopped stared , as suddenly sat down “flop ,” u ntil its small high –stepping mother , like a young hen , rushed scolding to its rescue..有时一个蹒跚学步的小孩突然从树底下摇摇晃晃地走出来,停下看看,突然”扑通”一声坐在地上, 其娇小的妈妈高抬脚步,像只老母鸡一样跑过来, 一边责备他,一边将他扶起.4. But even the band seemed to know what she was feeling and played more softly , played tenderly , and the drum beat “the Brute !The Brute!” over and over .但是乐队好像知道她的感受, 演奏的更轻松/更柔和,鼓声一遍又一遍地敲出”这个畜牲!这个畜牲!”5. The old head lifted ;two points of light quivered in the old eyes .他抬起衰老的头, 一双老眼中闪出两个光点.6. And then she too ,she too , and the others on the benches ---they would come in with a kind of accompaniment ----something low, that scarcely rose or fell , something so beautiful ---moving.她也会加入. 那些坐在长凳上的其他人----他们也会加入进来, 一起合唱----低声唱,音调平缓,很好听的-----很动人的.7. If there was an almond it was like carrying home a tiny present ---a surprise ---something that might very well not have been there .如果有杏仁, 就像带回家一件小礼物----- 一份惊奇------一件本来可能不在那儿的东西.8. She hurried on the almond Sundays and struck the match for the kettle in quite a dashing way .有杏仁的星期日, 她精神抖擞地跑回家, 迅速地划根火柴, 准备烧开水.1. Her skin was a rich black that would have peeled like a plum if snagged .她的皮肤黝黑,如果被尖锐的东西弄破, 就会像李子皮一样剥落下来.2. Another Negro woman of her health and age would have been expected to carry the paper sacks home in one hand.如果是另一位与她健康状况/年龄相仿的黑人妇女, 就会自己把装好东西的纸袋拿回家去.3. Mrs. Flowers walked in front swinging her arms and picking her way over the stones .弗劳尔斯夫人走在前边, 摆动双臂, 小心地躲开石头.4. Words mean more than what is set down on paper. 词的含义不止写在纸上的那些.5. It takes the human voice to infuse words with the shades of deeper meaning . 人的声音可以赋予它们更加深刻的含义.6. She suggested that I try to make a sentence sound in as many different ways as possible .她建议我尽量用不同的方法大声朗读同一个句子.7. It occurred to me that she expected a response . 在我看来她期待我的回答.8. That in those homely sayings was couched the collective wisdom of generations .她说这些质朴无华的话语表达了一代又一代人的集体智慧.1. The only things Americans do more than watch television are work and sleep .美国人所做的, 比看电视花费更长时间的只是工作和睡觉.2. Almost anything interesting and rewarding in life requires some constructive , consistently applied effort .几乎所有生活中有趣的和有益的事都需要建设性的和不懈的努力。

自考 高级英语 课文译文

自考 高级英语 课文译文

Lesson Five Trifles (Part One)琐事(第一部分)苏珊·格拉斯珀尔人物乔治·亨德森,县法官亨利·彼得斯,司法官路易斯·黑尔,附近的农场主彼得斯夫人黑尔夫人场景约翰·赖特的农场里现已闲置的房屋中的厨房。

这是一间阴暗的厨房,人离开时尚未收拾整齐——洗涤槽下有没洗的煎锅,装面包的盒子外面有一块面包,桌子上有一块擦桌布——还有其他未干完活儿的迹象。

后侧,大门打开,司法官走上,身后跟着县法官和黑尔先生。

司法官和黑尔先生是中年人,县法官是个年轻人,三个人都穿着臃肿,立刻走向炉火。

他们的身后跟着两个女人——前面的司法官夫人,她身材略显瘦长却很结实,面庞消瘦,而且紧张不安。

后面是黑尔夫人,她身材高大,模样平时还称得上令人愉快,但现在却心烦意乱,一进屋就惊恐地四处张望。

两个女人缓缓地走进房间,紧挨在一起站在门边。

县法官:(搓着双手)这儿感觉不错。

到炉火这边来吧,女士们。

彼得斯夫人:(向前迈了一步后)我不——冷。

司法官:(解开外套,从炉边走开,仿佛以此标志着开始了公务)黑尔先生,在我们移动任何东西之前,你向亨德森先生讲讲你昨天早晨来这儿时看到的一切。

县法官:等一下,有什么东西动过吗?是不是一切都和你昨天离开时一样?司法官:(环视四周)完全一样。

昨晚温度降到零度以下时,我想最好派弗兰克今早来给我们生上火,——发生大案时得肺炎可没什么好处,可我跟他说除了炉子以外什么也别动——你知道弗兰克这个人。

县法官:昨天这里应该留下个人。

司法官:呵——昨天。

我派弗兰克去莫里斯中心处理那个发疯的人时——我想告诉你我昨天手头事儿很多,我知道今天你能从奥马哈赶回来,而且只要我亲自查看了这里的一切——县法官:好了,黑尔先生,告诉我昨天早晨你来这儿时出了什么事?黑尔先生:我同哈里带着一车土豆动身进城,从我家出来走到这时,我说“我想看看是不是无法让约翰·赖特跟我一起装一部公用电话”。

自考英语本科高级英语上下册课后短文翻译

自考英语本科高级英语上下册课后短文翻译

1Rock music began in America in the late 1950‟s . It was not only a new musical form , but a forum for the American youth to express their ideas of the world and life . In this forum , the stars sang out the attitudes of the youth towards civil rights , war and peace ,the disaffection of their society , and a range of emotions between love and hate . Allin all , in this forum , the American youth redefined the beliefs and feelings of their society . The typical representatives of the early rock music were Elvis Presley , singer and poet Bob Dylan , the Bealtles , the rolling Stones and so on . They were the culture heroes whom the young people worshipped .2The American young people in 1960‟s were a generation of rebellion . They found that the affluent American society was filled with poverty , injustice and gypocrisy . They didn‟t trust the adult world that didn‟t belong to them and refused to take their beliefs and values . Many young people took active part in the struggle which protested against poverty , racial discrimination and Vietnam War . Some young people even tried to overthrow this world by armed revolution. Many other young took passive ways to show their disaffections . They took drugs , refused to take any responsibilities and lived a parasitic way of life . Or they escaped to the frontiers and lived a primitive way of life .3Mathilda had been ill for three days . Her mother had given her some medicine, but it did n‟t do any good . So they had to ask the doctor to come . There had been a number of cases of diphtheria in Mathilda‟s school and two of them had been dead . When the doctor arrived at Olson‟s home , he wanted to examine Mthilda‟s throat first . But no mat ter how he coaxed ,,She wouldn‟t open her mouth . So the doctor had to get the tongue depressor into her mouth . But Mathilda reduced it to splinters . In order to protect Mathilda herself and other children , the doctor had to make surewhether she had diphtheria or not , so that he could treat her in time . Letting Mathilda …s father hold her wrists he tried his best to open her mouth and found she really had diphtheria. This story made us can think such a question that something in life can‟t only depend on self willingness . Under some circumstances , certain force seems necessary .4The need for laws on euthanasia can‟t be dodged for much longer . Euthanasia is a taboo in most countries . In these countries doctors can only practise it secretly . But it is openly practiced in some countries , such as Holland . Right now more and more countries are going over the arguments about legalizing euthanasia .When a patient suffers from illness for a long time and there is no hope of curing it , why do we l et him polong the throes ?Why can‟t we practise euthanasia to stop the throes ?But if we legalize euthanasia , there will be a danger Someone may use it for killing . All in all , euthanasia is question we can‟t dodge .5The American women made great c ontributions to the nation‟s development , but they received different forms of prejudices because of their sex . In politics , they did all the tedious details that made the differene between victory and defeat on election day and seldom had the chance to reach a better position , while the men reaped the rewards . In economy , most women did the lower-paying and dead –end jobs and they were paid less than the men for the same job . Many American people didn‟t admit it was prejudice against women . They said it was only a different division of labour in society . Even many women were content with their roles as second-class citizens . So the author said it was a long painful struggle for the women to get real equality .6When I knew Magpie got a scholarship of a California University and could go to the Fine Arts School to study , I was very pleased for him . I knew he wanted to become a poet all the time. I also knew he had a good talent . It was a very good chance for him . So I went back to Crow Creek to tell him about the good news and let him fill out some papers . But I didn‟t find him at his home . His wife said they had not been together for a while and only heard he was in Chamberlain . Then I went for Salina and asked her to help me find Magpie . Salina said Magpie had changed a lot since he was taken into prison . She thought he was not interested in going to the university of white people . But I said Magpie had a right to know this news and make the decision whether to go or not by himself . She agreed and took me to his good friend , Elgie . But when I could really see Magpie at last , he had been shot by the police .7Miss Brill was an English who lived in a coastal city in France . She was old and poor . She would go to the park on every Sunday afternoon . She always sat on the same bench , listening people around her talk , or watching other people‟s lives in front of her . She suddenly had a feeling on that Sunday afternoon . She felt the life was like a play and she was one part of the community . She had a part in the performance . At this time , the feeling of loneliness began to escape her .But just at this time she heard a couple of young people talk about her with contempt . Even the young man asked her to leave in a low voice . The short feeling of happiness disappeared . she went home with a broken heart .8Man created language . It was man‟s way of communicating with his fellow man . The difference between oral and written language was that oral language could take the human voice to infuse it with the shades of deeper meaning . Flowers was nearly singing when she read A Tale ofTwo Cities . It sounded beautiful . Her reading made me realize the wonder of language. Mrs. Flowers gave me novels and poems . I learned value of life from these books and realized how beautiful the language of literature works was .Man created language . It was man‟s way of communicating with his fellow man . The difference between oral and written language was that oral language could take the human voice to infuse it with the shades of deeper meaning . Flowers was nearly singing when she read A Tale of Two Cities . It sounded beautiful . Her reading made me realize the wonder of language. Mrs. Flowers gave me novels and poems . I learned value of life from these books and realized how beautiful the language of literature works was .9People have a short attention span . So in order to capture the viewer‟s attention , television must provide constant stimulation through variety , novelty , action and movement . The result of doing so is that news is too brief and results in inefficient communication . Many news programs are like “ machine –gunning with scraps “and figh t coherence of mind.The appeal to the short attention span will decivilize as well. To avoid complexity means to give up thinking . The “ functionally illiterates “ among adult Americans are continually increasing . They even do not know how to answer the want ad. Or understand the instructions on a medicine bottle . At least television should be responsible for part of it .10One night , two German military officers were murdered by Frenchmen . The next day , a German officer declared to thirty French prisoners , “ My order is that one man in every ten shall be selected and shot tomorrow . That is to say , three of you thirty people will die tomorrow . We are indifferent as to which three . You can choose for yourselves .”The prisoners had a heated discussion about who should die. Someone said the old people should go first . This was the way of nature . Some people said the unmarried should go first because they had no responsibilities . At last , all consented to drawinglots to decide which three went to die . A rich lawyer unfortunately got the death draw . He said , “ I …ll give a hundred thousand francs to anyone who will die for me . “11Some people will fall asleep as soon as their heads touch the pillows . Some people can‟t go to sleep although they have been lying in bed several hours . The more he wants to go to sleep , the more wakeful he is . I belong to the latter . When I write an essay , I feel an overpowering desire for sleep . But when I go to bed , I can do anything but sleep . I can compose grand symphonies , paint magnificent pictures and write good essays . The artificial ways of inducing sleep are legion , but they are of no avail . When I can‟t go to sleep at night , I imagine a dialogue with a friend till I either laugh or fall asleep . I find this is a good way to go to sleep .12As a very small child , I made up my mind to become a writer in future . When I become a writer , what I have most wanted to do is to make political writing into a work of art . The opinion that art should have nothing to do with politics is wrong . Writing is exposing lies , protecting truth and also an aesthetic experience . Animal Farm was the book in which I tried to fuse political purpose and artistic purpose into one whole . Writing should serve the society and the public . This is the principle I must follow . I f a writer lacks political purpose , he will only write some purple passages , even some humbug .13The first thing Russell thinks is the most ordinary function of work , namely the relief o ftedium. He thinks even the dullest work is less painful than idleness to most people . Then he talks about how the work can provide the people with opportunities for their ambitions. Man, as a member of the society , hopes that he can procure more and more social achievements . He pointsout that most women are so unfortunate that they can not work outside their homes . They are deprived of this chance .It seems that different kinds of work give people satisfaction to different degrees . Russell studies the concerning two chief elements , that is the exercise of skill and construction .When he analyzes the latter , Russell finds an opportunity to express his profound hatred to the war and social violence .14John F. Kerry was a discharged veteran from Vietnam War and took part in the investigation held in Detroit in December in 1970 . He thought the purpose for the veterans to attend the investigation was not only to confess their war crimes in order to purge their souls . It was not the individual but the American government that should have been responsible for the war crimes . He hoped to arouse the sense of responsibility of American people by this text . He criticized that the mass of people in America lit erally didn‟t give a damn and pointed out that the policy of the American government was hypocritical. He revealed the veterans‟ miserable conditions after they came back : racial discrimination ,drug taking , unemployment , no good medical care , etc. In the end he told the readers that members of Vietnam Veterans Against the War would march on Washington to the Capitol . Their most important demand was that the government set a date for withdrawl of troops from Vietnam, otherwise , they would camp and sta y there and won‟t move .15The author first pointed out that American and European women expended a large sum of money on cosmetics in order to make them look younger and more beautiful . Unlike the people of 19th century , they didn‟t think that only women who were not virtuous could use cosmetics . But the author worried that women only paid attention to their appearances and ignored the necessity to overcome the ugliness of theirhearts . He thought the people would be really beautiful only when the human beings had an opportunity to live harmoniously . But the author did not think the objective could be realized .16The three interviewers hid the truth of the firm to McDeere and only told him that the firm mainly did tax work . The clients of the firm were all big corporations , banks and wealthy people . Although the firm was not large in size and only consisted of forty –one lawyers , the salaries an all other benefits of the members were incredibly high . For the first year , McDeere could receive a base salary of eighty thousand dollars , plus bonuses , a low –interest mortgage and a luxurious car . If he worked hard , he would become a partner in ten years . If he put in ten more years , he could be a millionaire .All these were very appealing to Mcdeere . He agreed to accept this job without hesitation . But he could not imagine that he mistakenly went into a lawyer firm which was controlled by a black organization and specialized in illegal activities .1It‟s not easy to work in a big comp any . There is strict hierarchy in the company , and if you hope to be successful and get promotion , you have to obey directions and disciplines in addition to bear heavy pressure of work and work hard . Every day you are under rigid supervision and live in panic . If what you do is a job which will not provide you any chance to get promotion and for some reasons you have no way to find another job , you will be bored with it and feel dull . You will be in despair , lose ambition and working motivation , and finally become a mediocre .2Eveline agreed to marry Frank –an Irish sailor who lived in Buenos Ayres . They got to know each other when Frank just came back Dublin to spend his holidays . They would go to Buenos Ayres by boat that night . The boat was going to leave in a few hours , but she was still in doubtwhether it was wise or not to go to such a distant country with Frank . Although she didn‟t like the job in the store , and her father didn‟t treat her well , it was the only life that she was f amiliar with , after all . Besides , Eveline had promised to her mother that she would keep the home together as long as she could before her mother died . But the vision of the miserable life of her mother made her feel horrible . She would live a happy life with Frank .But she changed her mind before boarding the boat . The boat left with Frank . Everybody dreamed of happy life , but one must have courage to realize his dream .3Television has much more advantages than newspapers . When watching TV, we use our eyes as well as ears ; we can see the words and picture on the screen , and listen to the language and music as well . TV news broadcasting is quicker than that of newspapers . But television lives on commercial advertising to an even greater extent than newspapers . Profits drive television to cater to the lowest instinct of man . There are violence and sex in entertainment programmes of American television . Very often , television coverage of news is superficial and inadequate .There are a lot of problems in American newspapers too . the most prominent problem is that newspapers distort fact , and attack the countries ,people and the social systems which Americans do not like .4The life circle includes birth , being old , and death . Death is an unavoidable end for everybody . Aging is the neglected period of human life circle . Death happens within a few seconds while aging is a long period which means illness , poverty , and loneliness advertisements and travel folders show relaxed , happy , well-dressed older people enjoying recreation,travel and their grandchildren . But all these can not be enjoyed by the poor elder . They have to struggle to survive in old age . Many old people struggle to exist in an inhospitable world . There are more and more old people in the world now , and the government of every country is beginning to pay attention to the problems of old people .5Mrs . Wright was a town girl before she married John Wright and lived in his farm . She used to be a lively girl who liked singing . But during the thirty years living together with Wright , she totally changed . Wright was miserly and never paid attention to his wife‟s needs . There was no joy in their house , and even the neighbours were reluctant to call at their house . One winter morning , Mr. Hale , their neighbour , found that Wright was strangled on his bed .Mrs Wright said that shedidn‟t know who killed her husband . Her behaviour was very queer . She didn‟t call the police , but just sat in the rocker rocking back and forth in the kitchen . The policemen arrested her . Next morning , county sheriff and county attorney took Hale back to the farm to investigate who had killed Wright .6The county sheriff and county attorney couldn‟t find out any sign of anyone having come from the outside , and they were sure that Wright had been killed by his wife . In order to make juries believe the story , they had to find out Mrs . Wright‟s motive for killing her husband , but they failed . While they were busy investigating ,the two women sitting in the kitchen found a dead canary which was wrapped up in a piece of silk lying in a box . The canary had been wrung to death . The two women could imagine what kind of life Mrs . Wright had spent while living with Wright in this house . They didn‟t want the box containing the dead canary to be seen by sheriff and county attorney . In order to protect Mrs . Wright , they hid the box .7Ace was in a plight . He lost the job and was afraid to see his wife .Evey had to work as a saleswoman because Ace could not earn enough money to support the family . She was always very tired after working a whole day . She always had no time to cook dinner . now he was sacked , so he was worried that Evey would be ma d . Ace …s mother took care of their daughter Bonnie for them . Evey always took Bonnie back , but Ace went to take Bonnie that day . Ace‟s mother was glad that Ace lost the job , for she thought Ace should have a better job . Evey was not very angry with Ace this time , but did Ace get rid of the plight ?8Why are so many people overweight in the United States ? Most people may say that there are two reasons . One is that American food is tasty ; the other is that they take few exercises . But the author doesn‟t think this way . He proposes such a hypothesis that people eat in order to satisfy the sense of taste . When food has the flavor of library paste , people need to eat more so as to satisfy the frustrated taste buds . “ Science “ causes the blandne ss of American food which is the real reason why obesity has become a national curse . We should not be very serious about the author‟s strange opinion which is merely a way that the author used to satirize the American food .9I was born , grew up and finished high school in Watts , so I have deep feelings to Watts . I decided to make a career in Watts because it was supposed to be impossible . At that time , many young blacks left Watts in droves . They thought they could make a career only outside the ghetto .I also left Watts and went to study in Oxford University and Yale University . The riots in ghetto in 1960s showed the ever increasing militancy of the blacks . The riots were the most significant massive action taken by Northern Negroes . It was a watershed in the ghetto‟s history . The deepest impact of the riots was on the people of Watts . I will never escape from the ghetto . I have staked my all on its future . Watts is my home .10Customers have different values about products and services . Some customers demand low prices with the least inconvenience . Some customers don‟t care much about the prices , but they demand that the products should represent the hottest style and technology on the market . Other customers demand that products and services should meet their specific needs . Thus , if a company hopes to become the market leader and keep its edge , it must focus on one dimension and create a breakthrough to reach new heights of performance according to its own situation . It can win through cost or with great products or through customer intimacy .11Human beings have four major desires ; acquisitiveness , rivalry , vanity and love of power . Acquisitiveness is the wish to possess as much as possible of goods . Satiety is a dream which will always elude you . Acquisitiveness is the mainspring of the capitalist system , but rivalry is a much stronger motive than acquisitiveness . Vanity is a motive of immense potency . It is scarcely possible to exggerate the influence of vanity throughout the range of human life . But love of power is a motive which overweighs vanity . love of power is insatiable . Love of power is by far the strongest motive in the lives of important men . love of power is greatly increased by the experience of power .12Jerry ----Marian‟s son -----had to join the army and was sent to Vietnam to fight a losing battle shortly after he spent twenty –year –old birthday . Later , he was captured in one battle and was sent to a prison –compound . Young Jerry couldn‟t stand such a heavy blow and broke down . the handsome young man changed into another person . He was expressionless with a dull look in his eyes . His face muscles were jerking . He looked like an idiot . Marian‟s heart broke when she saw her idiot son in the newsreel . What made her relieved was the fact that her son was still alive and she would wait for her son patiently .13Huxley states in the article that most people are snobs about something . He says that some people even feel that they are important just because of having certain diseases . But so far I have never met any disease –snobs . In china , during the Culture Revolution , the snobbery of family and the snobbery of ignorance and stupidity were most popular . Twenty years later , modernity –snobbery is making headway today . our media encourage modernity –snobbery desperately . TV advertisements urge people to buy new goods . In addition , they make you feel that you are shameful if you don‟t have the most fashionable goods . For u p-to-dateness means that you are wealthy , and wealth is a symbol of strong capability . Only a man knowing his own mind can resist the flood of propaganda .14Arthur likes to go fishing along the canal on Sunday mornings . After six days‟ tiring labor work , he wants to leave the factory , leave the city as soon as possible to go to the tranquil countrysideand sit by the canal , fishing . He thinks it is a best way to relax himself and a best way to forget all the troubles . The factory is dirty stinking and ugly and people do not want to stay there for one more minute . The countryside has a picturesque view : fresh air , enchanting spring scene , green grass and trees , fragrant earth . The factory is hell while the countryside is heaven .15Most people believe that American education is of the highest quality in the world , but the author has his unique opinion . He thinks that there are serious problems in American education . The low quality of American education can not be faulted on the low teaching level . Teachers are working hard , but the problem is that they are teaching so rigidly that they work rigidly from the approved rigidly programmed primers . They are afraid of losing the job . They can‟t cultivate rare genius in this way . Another serious problem in american education is that children are not taught how to respect and inherit cultural heritage of human beings . What the author states here is the situation of primary education . Are the secondary education and higher education in the same situation .?16Jerry was tired of swimming and sunbathing . He wanted to swim down to the bottom of the sea to see what it was like there and play with other boys . But he felt he should not leave his widowed mother alone . His mother was also considerate of him . she hoped Jerry to stay on the safe beach with her care at his side . But she was afraid that her son felt that she tried to keep him close and she was possessive . Her son was eleven years old . She should give him freedom , and let him go wherever he likes to go . He could take care of himself without her . When Jerry swam far , he kept looking back to see whether his mother was still on the beach .。

高级英语第一册课文翻译及习题(1,2,4,5,6)

高级英语第一册课文翻译及习题(1,2,4,5,6)

高级英语第一册课文翻译及词汇第一课中东的集市中东的集市仿佛把你带回到了几百年、甚至几千年前的时代。

此时此刻显现在我脑海中的这个中东集市,其入口处是一座古老的砖石结构的哥特式拱门。

你首先要穿过一个赤日耀眼、灼热逼人的大型露天广场,然后走进一个凉爽、幽暗的洞穴。

这市场一直向前延伸,一眼望不到尽头,消失在远处的阴影里。

赶集的人们络绎不绝地进出市场,一些挂着铃铛的小毛驴穿行于这熙熙攘攘的人群中,边走边发出和谐悦耳的叮当叮当的响声。

市场的路面约有十二英尺宽,但每隔几码远就会因为设在路边的小货摊的挤占而变窄;那儿出售的货物各种各样,应有尽有。

你一走进市场,就可以听到摊贩们的叫卖声,赶毛驴的小伙计和脚夫们大着嗓门叫人让道的吆喝声,还有那些想买东西的人们与摊主讨价还价的争吵声。

各种各样的噪声此伏彼起,不绝于耳,简直叫人头晕。

随后,当往市场深处走去时,人口处的喧闹声渐渐消失,眼前便是清静的布市了。

这里的泥土地面,被无数双脚板踩踏得硬邦邦的,人走在上面几乎听不到脚步声了,而拱形的泥砖屋顶和墙壁也难得产生什么回音效果。

布店的店主们一个个都是轻声轻气、慢条斯理的样子;买布的顾客们在这种沉闷压抑的气氛感染下,自然而然地也学着店主们的榜样,变得低声细语起来。

中东集市的特点之一是经销同类商品的店家,为避免相互间的竞争,不是分散在集市各处,而是都集中在一块儿,这样既便于让买主知道上哪儿找他们,同时他们自己也可以紧密地联合起来,结成同盟,以便保护自己不受欺侮和刁难。

例如,在布市上,所有那1些卖衣料、窗帘布、椅套布等的商贩都把货摊一个接一个地排设在马路两边,每一个店铺门面前都摆有一张陈列商品的搁板桌和一些存放货物的货架。

讨价还价是人们习以为常的事。

头戴面纱的妇女们迈着悠闲的步子从一个店铺逛到另一个店铺,一边挑选一边问价;在她们缩小选择范围并开始正儿八经杀价之前,往往总要先同店主谈论几句,探探价底。

对于顾客来说,至关重要的一点是,不到最后一刻是不能让店主猜到她心里究竟中意哪样东西、想买哪样东西的。

高级英语第一册课文翻译Lesson14

高级英语第一册课文翻译Lesson14

高级英语第一册课文翻译Lesson14高级英语第一册课文翻译Lesson14高级英语是高等教育自学考试英语专业高级阶段(本科)的精读课,属于必考课程。

小编为你收集了高级英语第一册课文翻译Lesson14,希望给你带来一些借鉴的作用。

课文翻译第五课关于希特勒入侵苏联的讲话温斯顿邱吉尔二十二日星期天早晨,我一醒来便接到了希特勒入侵苏联的消息。

这就使原先意料中的事变成了无可怀疑的事实。

我完全清楚我们对此应该承担何种义务,采取何种政策。

我也完全清楚该如何就此事发表声明。

尚待完成的只不过是将这一切形成文字而已。

于是,我吩咐有关部门立即发表通告,我将于当晚九点钟发表广播讲话。

不一会儿,匆匆从伦敦赶到的迪尔将军走进我的卧室,为我带来了详细情报。

德国人已大规模入侵苏联,苏联空军部队有很大一部分飞机都没来得及起飞便遭到德军的突袭。

德军目前似乎正以凌厉的攻势极为迅猛地向前推进。

这位皇家军队总参谋长报告完毕后又补了一句,“我估计他们将会大批地被包围。

” 一整天我都在写讲稿,根本没有时间去找战时内阁进行磋商,也没有必要这样做。

我知道我们大家在这个问题上的立场是完全一致的。

艾登先生、比弗布鲁克勋爵,还有斯塔福德克里普斯爵士——他是十号离开莫斯科回国的——那天也同我在一起。

那个周末值班的是我的私人秘书科维尔先生。

由他执笔记述的下面这段关于那个星期天里切克尔斯首相官邸发生的情况的文字,也许值得一提:“六月二十一日,星期六。

晚饭前我来到切克尔斯首相官邸。

怀南特夫妇、艾登夫妇和爱德华布里奇斯等几位均在那儿。

晚饭席上,邱吉尔先生说,德国人人侵苏联已是必然无疑的了。

他认为希特勒是想指望博取英美两国的资本家和右冀势力的同情和支持。

不过,希特勒的如意算盘打错了。

我们英国将会全力以赴援助苏联。

维南特表示美国也会采取同样的态度。

晚饭后,当我同邱吉尔先生在槌球场上散步时,他又一次谈到了这一话题。

我当时问他,对于他这个头号反对共产大将来说,这种态度是否意味着改变自己的政治立场。

自考高级英语上册课文翻译

自考高级英语上册课文翻译

课文翻译(Translation of the text)第一课超级摇滚巨星——关于我们自己和我们的社会,他们告诉我们些什么?摇滚乐是青少年反叛的音乐。

一—摇滚乐评论家约翰·罗克韦尔由其崇拜的人即可知其人。

——小说家罗伯特·佩恩·沃伦1972年6月中旬的一天,芝加哥圆形露天剧场里观众如潮,群情激昂,狂摇猛摆。

台上,滚石乐队的米克·贾格尔正在演唱“午夜漫步人”。

演唱结束时评论家唐·赫克曼在现场。

他说:“贾格尔抓起一个装有半加伦水的罐子沿着舞台前沿跑动,把里面的水往前几排狂热的听众身上洒。

他们蜂拥地跟随他,热切地希望能淋上几滴这洗礼的圣水。

”1973年12月下旬的一天,大约一万四千名尖声叫喊的歌迷在华盛顿市外的首都中心剧场嘈杂地涌向台前。

美国的恐怖歌星艾利斯·库珀正要结束自己表演。

他借助断头台假装结束自己生命来结束表演。

他的“头”落人一个草篮中。

“啊!”一个穿黑衣服的女孩惊呼道,“啊,太了不起了!”十四岁的迈克·玻利也在场,但他的父母并不在。

“他们觉得他令人恶心,”迈克说,“他们对我说,‘你怎么能忍受那种东西?’”1974年1月下旬的一天,在纽约州尤宁代尔的拿骚体育馆里,鲍勃·狄伦和乐队正在为音乐会上用的乐器调音。

场外瓢泼大雨中,摇滚乐迷克利斯·辛格正等着入场。

“这是朝圣,”克利斯说,“我应该跪着爬进去。

”你是如何看待所有这些溢美之词与英雄崇拜?当米克·贾格尔迷们把他视为至高的神父或神明时,你是赞成他们还是反对他们?你和克利斯·辛格一样对鲍勃·狄伦怀有几乎是宗教般的崇敬吗?你认为他或狄伦步入歧途了吗?你是否嫌艾利斯·库珀表演恶心而不接受他?还是你莫名其妙地被这个怪异的小丑吸引,因为他表现了你最疯狂的幻想?这并非是些随便问问的问题。

有些社会学家认为,你对这些问题的回答,很能说明你在想些什么,社会在想些什么。

大学英语自考教程上册A课文中英对照0304

大学英语自考教程上册A课文中英对照0304

大学英语自考教程上册A课文中英对照030403-A. The Atlantic OceanThe Atlantic Ocean is one of the oceans that separate the Old World from the New. For centuries it kept the Americas from being discovered by the people of Europe.Many wrong ideas about the Atlantic made early sailors unwilling to sail far out into it. One idea was that it reached out to "the edge of the world." Sailors were afraid that they might sail right off the earth. Another idea was that at the equator the ocean would be boiling hot.The Atlantic Ocean is only half as big as the Pacific, but it is still very large. It is more than 4,000 miles (6,000 km) wide where Columbus crossed it. Even at its narrowest it is about 2, 000 miles (3,200 km) wide. This narrowest place is between the bulge of south America and the bulge of Africa.Two things make the Atlantic Ocean rather unusual. For so large an ocean it has very few islands. Also, it is the world's saltiest ocean.There is so much water in the Atlantic that it is hard to imagine how much there is. But suppose no more rain fell into it and no more water was brought to it by rivers. It would take the ocean about 4,000 years to dry up. On the average the water is a little more than two miles (3.2 km) deep, but in places it is much deeper. The deepest spot is near Puerto Rico. This "deep" 30, 246 feet - almost six miles (9.6 km).One of the longest mountain ranges of the world rises the floor of the Atlantic. This mountain range runs north andsouth down the middle of the ocean. The tops of a few of the mountains reach up above the sea and make islands. The Azores are the tops of peaks in the mid-Atlantic mountain range.Several hundred miles eastward from Florida there is a part of the ocean called the Sargasso Sea. Here the water is quiet, for there is little wind. In the days of sailing vessels the crew were afraid they would be becalmed here. Sometimes they were.Ocean currents are sometime called"rivers in the sea." One of these "river" in the Atlantic is called the Gulf Stream. It is a current of warm water. Another is the Labrador Current - cold water coming down from the Arctic. Ocean currents affect the climates of the lands near which they flow.The Atlantic furnishes much food for the people on its shores. One of its most famous fishing regions, the Grand Banks, is near Newfoundland.Today the Atlantic is a great highway. It is not, however, always a smooth and safe。

自考高级英语上下册中英翻译

自考高级英语上下册中英翻译

Lesson 15: The Beauty Industry美容用品业The one American industry unaffected by the general depression of trade is the beamy industry.美国工业中惟一未受贸易大萧条影响的是美容用品业。

American women continue to spend on their faces and bodies as much as they spent before the coming of the slump經濟蕭條前—about three million pounds a week.美国妇女仍不断在她们的脸上和身体上花费与经济萧条到来之前同样多的钱——每周约300万英镑。

These facts and figures are "official", and can he accepted as being substantially 充分true.这些事实与数字都是官方的,可大致属实。

Reading them. I was only surprised by the comparative 相對較小smallness of the sums expended.当读到这时,我只为花费的数目相对较小而感到惊奇。

From the prodigious巨大number of advertisements of aids to beauty contained in the American magazines,从美国杂志上铺天盖地的化妆品广告来看,I had imagined that the personal appearance business must stand high up among the champions of American industry—the equal, or only just less than the equal, of bootlegging販賣私酒and racketeering,敲詐勒索movies and automobiles.从美国杂志上铺天盖地的化妆品广告来看,我原以为美容用品业一定居美国工业群雄之首,与贩卖私酒和敲诈勒索,电影和汽车业并驾齐驱或稍逊一筹。

自考高级英语0600上册第14课课文逐字翻译

自考高级英语0600上册第14课课文逐字翻译

Lesson Fourteen1.I Would Like to Tell You Something我想告诉你们一些事情I would like to tell you something about what veterans老兵are doing in this country, and about our feeling now that we’ve come back from a war we didn't really want to fight.我们从一场我们并不想打的战争中返回家园,我想告诉你们退伍军人正在这个国家里做些什么,告诉你们我们的感受。

A little over a week ago we held an investigation in Detroit一个多星期以前,我们在底特律进行了一次调查,where over 150 honorably discharged veterans光榮退伍的老兵, many of them highly decorated, testified to war crimes committed in Indochina在那里,150多名光荣退伍的老兵,其中许多人曾被授予各种高级勋章,为在印度支那犯下的战争罪行做证——not isolated incidents, but crimes committed on a day-to-day basis with the full awareness of officers at all levels of command.—这些罪行并不是孤立的事件,而是每天都在发生,并且各级军官对此都十分清楚。

The investigation was not staged so that veterans could spill out their hearts or purge their souls;这次调查并不是为了让那些老兵倾吐他们心中多年以来积蓄已久的感情或是消除他们心灵的负罪感,it was done to prove that the policy of the United States in Indochina is tantamount 等價to genocide大量屠殺,而是为了证实美国在印度支那的政策与种族灭绝毫无两样,and that not only the soldiers are responsible for what is happening, but that everyone here in America who has allowed the brutalization 暴行and de-personalization冷漠to go on is responsible.对那里发生的一切应负责的不仅仅是美国士兵,还有每一个允许这种暴行和冷漠继续下去的美国人。

大学英语自考教程上册a课文中英对照17-18

大学英语自考教程上册a课文中英对照17-18

大学英语自考教程上册A课文中英对照17-18(总4页)--本页仅作为文档封面,使用时请直接删除即可----内页可以根据需求调整合适字体及大小--17-A. Panic and Its EffectsOne afternoon while she was preparing dinner in her kitchen, Anne Peters, a 32-year-old American housewife, suddenly had severe pains in her chest accompanied by shortness of breath. Frightened by the thought that she was having a heart attack, Anne screamed for help. Her husband immediately rushed Anne to a nearby hospital where her pains were diagnosed as having been caused by panic, and not a heart attack.More and more Americans nowadays are having panic attacks like the one experienced by Anne Peters. Benjamin Crocker, a psychologist at the University of Southern California, reveal that as many as ten million adult Americans have already experienced or will experience at least one panic attack in their lifetime. Moreover, studies conducted by the National Institute of Mental Health in the United States disclose that approximately million adult individuals are currently suffering from severe and recurrent panic attacks.These attacks may last for only a few minutes; some, however, continue for several hours. The symptoms of panic attacks bear such remarkable similarity to those of heart attacks that many victims believe that they are indeed having a heart attack.Panic attack victims show the following symptoms: they often become easily frightened or feel uneasy in situations where people normally would not be afraid; they suffer shortness of breath, experience chest pains, a quick heartbeat, sudden fits of trembling, a feeling that persons and things around them are not real; and most of all, a fear of dying or going crazy, A person seized by a panic attack may show all or as few as four of these symptoms.There has been a lot of explanations as to the causes of panic attacks. Many claim that psychological stress could be a logical cause, but as yet, no evidence has been found to support this theory. However, studies show that more women than men experience panic attacks and people who drink a lot as well as those who use drugs are more likely to suffer attacks.It is reported that there are at least three signs that indicate a per-son is suffering from a panic attack rather than a heart attack. The first is age. People between the ages of 20 and 30 are more often victims of panic attacks. The second is sex. More women suffer from recurrent panic attacks than men. The third is the multiplicity ofsymptoms. A panic attack victim usually suffers at least four of the previously mentioned symptoms, while a heart attack victim often experiences only pain and shortness of breath.It is generally agreed that a panic attack does not directly endanger a person's life. All the same, it can unnecessarily disrupt aperson's life by making him or her so afraid of having a panic attack in a public place that he or she may refuse to leave home and may eventually become isolated from the rest of society. Dr. Crocker’s advice to any person who thinks he is suffering from a panic attack is to consult a doctor for a medical examination to rule out the possibilities of physical illness first. Once it has been confirmed that he or she is, in fact, suffering from a panic attack, the victim should seek psychological and medical help.【课文译文】恐慌症及其影响一天下午,安妮•彼得斯,一位32岁的美国家庭主妇,正在厨房准备晚饭的时候,突然胸口一阵剧烈的疼痛,伴着呼吸急促。

大学英语自考教程 上册 A课文 中英对照15-16

大学英语自考教程 上册 A课文 中英对照15-16

15-A. How TV Violence Affects KidsFor more than a quarter of a century, evidence has been increasing that children's exposure to violence on television has long-lasting, effects on their behavior. Between 1982 and 1986, the amount of television time allocated each week to violent programs increased significantly. And the number of violent acts on television in the past years has increased from about 19 to 27 per hour. Given the amount of time that children watch television, it has become one of the most powerful models they want to follow. The Position Statement on Media Violence in Children's Lives, recently adopted by the National Association for the Education of Young Children, points out that preschool children are particularly easily affected by the media because they are not yet fully able to distinguish fantasy from reality and their understanding of the underlying motives for behavior and the subtleties of moral conflicts is not yet well developed. For example, the rapid recoveries of people on TV from violent attacks give children an unrealistic picture of the injuries that have been suffered.Effects on PlayChildren naturally often want the toys shown on and advertised during these programs. And with these toys, their play tends to be more imitative than imaginative. Children simply imitate the behavior observed during the program,thus undermining both the imaginative and the expressive functions of play. The narrow range of most violence-related toys advertised on television jeopardizes the role of play in helping children make better sense of their own feelings and interpret their world. Some research even suggests that children apply the behaviors observed on TV programs to their real-life situations.Parents Can HelpIt is a good idea for parents to monitor the amount as well as the kind of television their preschool child watches. If your child appears to be crazy about war play and weapons, it would be a good idea to control his viewing. Controlling viewing is easier to do during the preschool years than during the school years, so you should initiate a pattern of restricted television watching now.Help your child to interpret what she sees - to think of explanations for the events depicted and to imagine how the show is put together. Make simple critique of a show without implying that her fascination with the drama and the weapons makes her guilty by association.Ask the teachers of your child's preschool about their policy on war play and toy weapons. Many preschool teachers do not like to have commercially made toy weapons brought into the classroom and welcome hearing your concerns aboutthis matter. Look for other parents who share your views. Work together to control the amount of violent programs watched and the number of violent toys found in the home. Try to arrange play dates for the children as an alternative to TV viewing. Or look for videos of healthy, nonviolent programs for children, and encourage their use as an attractive alternative to violent television programs.【课文译文】电视暴力片对孩子的影响近25年多来,愈来愈多的证据表明,孩子接触电视中的暴力镜头,对他们的行为有着持久的影响。

自考高级英语上册Lesson 15 the Beauty Industry

自考高级英语上册Lesson 15 the Beauty Industry

In turn
• One after the other; in succession依次,逐 个地 • He has been in turn a peasant, teacher, and a writer.他先后当过农民,教师和作家。 • The applicants were interviewed in turn by the manager.求职者逐个接受经理的面试。
• cult of beauty 对美的崇拜 • the cult of surfing 冲浪狂 • the personality cult 个人崇拜
retrench
• V. Cut down, make economies节省开支, 缩减支出 • We must retrench now in order to buy a new big house.为了买一套大房子,我们现 在必须节省开支。 • We had to retrench our expenditure because of inflation.因通货膨胀我们不得不 减少开支。
In any case
• at any rate, whatever may happen无论如 何;不管怎样 • In any case, you can have a try.无论如何 你可以试一试。 • You’ve tried your best, in any case.总之, 你尽力了。
consummate
• V. Make complete or perfect使完整或圆满 • This award consummated my life’s work. 这个奖是我一生努力的圆满结果。 • His desire was consummated as last.他的 愿望终于实现了。

自学考试高级英语上下册全套逐句翻译

自学考试高级英语上下册全套逐句翻译

高级英语上册课文逐句翻译Lesson One Rock Superstars关于我们和我们的社会,他们告诉了我们些什么?What Do They Tell Us About Ourselves and Our Society?摇滚乐是青少年叛逆的音乐。

——摇滚乐评论家约相?罗克韦尔Rock is the music of teenage rebellion.--- John Rockwell, rock music critic知其崇拜何人便可知其人。

——小说家罗伯特?佩恩?沃伦By a man’s heroes ye shall know him.--- Robert Penn Warren, novelist1972年6月的一天,芝加哥圆形剧场挤满了大汗淋漓、疯狂摇摆的人们。

It was mid-June, 1972, the Chicago Amphitheater was packed, sweltering, rocking.滚石摇滚乐队的迈克?贾格尔正在台上演唱“午夜漫步人”。

Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones was singing “Midnight Rambler.”演唱结束时评论家唐?赫克曼在现场。

Critic Don Heckman was there when the song ended.他描述道:“贾格尔抓起一个半加仑的水罐沿舞台前沿边跑边把里面的水洒向前几排汗流浃背的听众。

听众们蜂拥般跟随着他跑,急切地希望能沾上几滴洗礼的圣水。

“Jagger,” he said, “grabs a half-gallon jug of water and runs along the front platform, sprinkling its contents over the first few rows of sweltering listeners. They surge to follow him, eager to be touched by a few baptismal drops”.1973年12月下旬的一天,约1.4万名歌迷在华盛顿市外的首都中心剧场尖叫着,乱哄哄地拥向台前。

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课文翻译(Translation of the text)第一课超级摇滚巨星——关于我们自己和我们的社会,他们告诉我们些什么?摇滚乐是青少年反叛的音乐。

一—摇滚乐评论家约翰·罗克韦尔由其崇拜的人即可知其人。

——小说家罗伯特·佩恩·沃伦1972年6月中旬的一天,芝加哥圆形露天剧场里观众如潮,群情激昂,狂摇猛摆。

台上,滚石乐队的米克·贾格尔正在演唱“午夜漫步人”。

演唱结束时评论家唐·赫克曼在现场。

他说:“贾格尔抓起一个装有半加伦水的罐子沿着舞台前沿跑动,把里面的水往前几排狂热的听众身上洒。

他们蜂拥地跟随他,热切地希望能淋上几滴这洗礼的圣水。

”1973年12月下旬的一天,大约一万四千名尖声叫喊的歌迷在华盛顿市外的首都中心剧场嘈杂地涌向台前。

美国的恐怖歌星艾利斯·库珀正要结束自己表演。

他借助断头台假装结束自己生命来结束表演。

他的“头”落人一个草篮中。

“啊!”一个穿黑衣服的女孩惊呼道,“啊,太了不起了!”十四岁的迈克·玻利也在场,但他的父母并不在。

“他们觉得他令人恶心,”迈克说,“他们对我说,‘你怎么能忍受那种东西?’”1974年1月下旬的一天,在纽约州尤宁代尔的拿骚体育馆里,鲍勃·狄伦和乐队正在为音乐会上用的乐器调音。

场外瓢泼大雨中,摇滚乐迷克利斯·辛格正等着入场。

“这是朝圣,”克利斯说,“我应该跪着爬进去。

”你是如何看待所有这些溢美之词与英雄崇拜?当米克·贾格尔迷们把他视为至高的神父或神明时,你是赞成他们还是反对他们?你和克利斯·辛格一样对鲍勃·狄伦怀有几乎是宗教般的崇敬吗?你认为他或狄伦步入歧途了吗?你是否嫌艾利斯·库珀表演恶心而不接受他?还是你莫名其妙地被这个怪异的小丑吸引,因为他表现了你最疯狂的幻想?这并非是些随便问问的问题。

有些社会学家认为,你对这些问题的回答,很能说明你在想些什么,社会在想些什么。

换句话说,可以说明你和社会的态度。

“音乐表现其时代,”社会学家欧文·霍洛威茨说。

霍洛威茨把摇滚乐的舞台视为一个辩论的论坛,一个各种思想交锋的场所。

他把它看作是一个美国社会努力为自己的情感与信念进行解释与再解释的场所。

他说:“重新解释是一项只有青年人才能完成的任务。

是他们将创造与夸张.理性与行动,文字与声音,音乐与政治结合起来。

”作曲家兼演唱家托德·伦德格伦同意这个看法。

他说:“摇滚乐与其说是一种音乐力量,不如说是一种社会心理的表现。

甚至连艾尔维斯·普雷斯利也并非真正是一种伟大的音乐力量,只不过是艾尔维斯体现出了五十年代青少年那种失落的精神状态。

”当然普雷斯利震动了美国的成人世界。

报纸发表社论抨击他,电视网禁止播放他的节目。

但艾尔维斯也许证实了霍洛威茨和伦德格伦的看法。

当他通过埃德·沙利文主持的星期日晚间娱乐节目出现在千百万观众面前时,一场“大辩论”就展开了。

大多数成年观众皱眉不满,而多数年轻观众则拍手欢呼。

摇滚乐评论家们说,从艾尔维斯到艾丽斯,许多摇滚歌星帮助我们的社会阐述了其信仰与态度。

鲍勃·狄伦触动了不满的神经,他唱到民权,核扩散物以及孤独,他唱到变革和老一代人的迷惑。

他唱道:“这里正发生着什么事,你却不知道是什么事,是不是,琼斯先生?”其他人也加人到辩论中来。

霍洛威茨说,甲壳虫乐队借助幽默,可能还有麻醉品的微弱之力来敦促和平与虔诚。

滚石乐队,傲慢的街头斗士,则要求革命。

杰斐逊飞机乐队演唱的“我们能够联合”和“志愿者(来一场革命)”则是激进青年的进一步的声明。

但是政治并不是六十年代强硬派摇滚乐所辩论的唯一主题。

情感,作为任何音乐表现中常有的部分,也是一个重要题目。

詹妮丝·乔普林歌唱自己的悲哀。

甲壳虫乐队唱出爱与恨之间一系列感受。

以后又出现了狄伦的摇滚乐队,他们把乡村音乐和西部音乐所表现的较为传统的观念与强硬派摇滚乐的较为激进的“都市”观念融合在一起。

霍洛威茨认为这一乡村音乐的成份有助于为听众表达“逃避现实”,“回到往昔”的强烈愿望。

当前最能说明霍洛威茨观点的例子之一是约翰·丹佛。

他最著名的歌曲“阳光照在我肩上”、“高高的落基山”和“乡间小路”把民间摇滚乐的音乐气魄与力量结合了起来,而歌词则赞美了“美好往昔”的淳朴和欢乐。

诸如此类的例子不胜枚举。

这些摇滚乐音乐家和所有的艺术家一样,反映出时代的感情和信念,我们可以借此认识并形成自己的情感与信念。

我们用什么来回报他们呢?当然是掌声与赞扬。

在1972年的一次全国性民意测验中,中学里百分之十以上的男生,百分之二十以上的女生说他们最崇拜的人是超级摇滚巨星。

我们还给他们金钱以回报。

一份名为《福布斯》的商业杂志说:“当今成为百万富翁的最快捷的途径是当摇滚歌星。

”当今的英雄们一—至少他们中的一部分人一—告诉我们,他们喜欢所得的报偿。

“我暗自嘲笑这些先生们和女士们,他们从没想到过我们会成为拥有亿万财富的宠儿。

”那位独特的“文化英雄”艾利斯·库柏这样唱道。

可是重大问题仍然是:为什么他成为文化英雄?他,或者当前其他任何成功的摇滚歌星,他们会让我们对他们的歌迷们有些什么了解?对我们自己和我们的社会有些什么了解?我们的社会现在怎样,过去怎样;将来又会怎样?第二课年轻人的四种选择斯坦福大学毕业班班主席吉姆·索斯怨他毕业化不久给我写了一封信,谈了他的一些疑虑。

信上说:“我们这一代比其他任何一代人都更加以怀疑的态度来看待这个成人世界……而且也越来越倾向于完全否定那个世界。

”很显然他的话代表了他的许多同龄人的看法。

在过去他几年中,我倾听过大学内外许多个年轻人的谈话,他们对成人世界同样感到不安。

大致说来,他们的态度可以归纳如下:“这个世界一片混乱,充满了不公正,贫穷和战争。

对此承担责任的应该是那些一直在掌管大事的成年人。

如果他们做得不好,他们又能拿什么来教育我们这一代人呢?我们不需要这类教导也行。

”我觉得这些结论是合情合理,至少以他们的观点来看是这样。

对于成长中的一代人来说,与此相关的问题不是我们的社会是不是不完美(我们可以视此为理所当然),而是如何来对待它。

尽管这个社会严酷且不合理,但它毕竟是我们所拥有的唯一的世界。

因此年青人所要做的第一个决定就是选择一种策略来对付这个世界,通常这也是他们一生中最重要的一个决定。

就我所能看到的,只有四种基本选择:一、脱离社会这是最古老的办法之一,任何年龄的人,在任何地方,无论用不用幻觉剂都可以使用这种方法。

那些觉得这个世界太残酷、大复杂,因而无法忍受的人总是选择这种策略。

按其含义来说,这种生活方式是寄生性的,奉行此道的人蔑视这个社会并拒不承担任何社会责任,却以这样或那样的方法依赖社会过寄生生活。

我们中的一些人对此感到厌恶——认为这是一种不体面的生活,但对于既缺乏精力又缺少自尊的精神懦弱者来说,这可能是现有的最能忍受的选择。

二、逃避现实这种策略也有其古老的先例。

自从有了文明以来,就有许多人试图逃离文明世界,希望能找到一种比较朴素的。

宣言田园风俗的,更安宁的生活。

与脱离社会者不同,他们不是寄生者,他们愿意自食其力,并为集体做出点贡献,但是他们就是不喜欢文明的世界,也就是说不喜欢那充满丑恶与紧张的大城市。

这一解决方式的问题在于它已不能大规模地加以实践。

令人遗憾的是我们的星球上高尚的野蛮人与未被法污的自然风光越来越少。

除了极地地区,未开发的地方已无处可觅。

少数特别富有的乡绅还能遁入田园生活,但是总的说来迁移的潮流是在向相反的方向流动,即从乡村流向城市。

三、策划革命对无法容忍民主决策过程的单调沉闷的运作方式,或者相信只有武力才能改变基本制度的人来说,这一策略总是很受欢迎。

它吸引着每一代青年人中较为积极,较具理想主义的人。

对于他们来说,这种策略具有传奇色彩,通常以某个英勇无比,魅力超凡的人物为其象征。

这一策略由于简单,因此具有更大的吸引力:“既然这个社会已经坏到毫无希望的地步,那就让我们砸碎它,在它的废墟上建起一个更加美好的世界。

”在我最好的朋友中有些是革命者,其中一些人过着心满意足的生活。

这些人的革命并未成功,他们还可以继续兴致勃勃地策划他们的屠杀,直到老朽。

还有些人英年早逝,死在监狱里,或暴尸街头。

但最不幸的是那些革命成功的人,他们活在幻想的破灭之中,看到他们建立新机构与他们所推翻的旧机构一样冷酷无情,死气沉沉。

当然,我并不是说革命都一无所成,有些革命(美国革命,法国革命)确实使事物有所改进。

我要说的只是无论成败与否,干革命的理想主义者注定要失望,因为即使在最好的情况下,他们胜利的曙光也从未照耀在他们梦想的,清除了人类一切卑鄙行经的灿烂的新世界上,而是洒在一个熟悉的,平凡庸碌的地方,仍需要食品杂货和污水处理的地方。

无论在什么样的政治标签下,革命的国家也得由营销,卫生工程,官僚机构的行家们去治理,而不是由那些激进的浪漫主义者们去治理。

对于决心寻求更加可行的方法改造社会,而不是通过武装革命的理想主义者来说,还有另外一种选择。

四、力图逐渐改变世界,一次改造一点乍一看,这一途径毫无吸引力。

它缺乏魅力,收效不快。

它依靠的工具是恼人的、不可靠的说服与民主决策。

它需要耐心,而人们往往缺乏耐心。

这种方法唯一的长处是有时真起作用——在一个特定的时间和地点,与其他可选的策略相比,它可以改善世界上一些倒行逆施的行为。

至少历史上的证据似乎证明了这一点。

在我大学毕业的时候,我们那一代人也发现世界一团糟,几乎在所有的地方经济体制崩溃。

整个国家,大约有四分之一的人口失业,一场大战似乎在所难免。

当时我作为大学报纸的编辑,也像今天的学生积极分子一样,强烈反对这一切。

同时,我们那一代人也逐渐发现,改造世界就像在亚平宁山区打仗,你刚占领一条山脉,另一条山脉又在你面都赫然耸现。

三十年代的大问题刚刚有所控制,新的问题又取而代之:富裕社会中出现的新问题,如种族平等、保持城市适于居住、对付在陌生的伪装下的战争等问题。

最令人不安的是我们发现的人口爆炸问题。

我们突然间明白了在我们所居住的尤如一艘小小的宇宙飞船的星球上,乘客数目大约每四十年翻一番。

只要地球上的人口不停地以这种似癌细胞增长的速度增加,那么其它一切问题便根本无法解决。

我们的城市将继续变得更加拥挤喧嚣,景色将变得更加混乱,空气和水变得更脏。

对每个人来说,生活质量都可能会持续恶化。

而如果过多的人不得不为不断减少的食物份额与生存空间进行斗争的话,那么战争的升级看来是不可避免的。

因此吉姆·宾斯这一代人肩负着极其艰巨的任务,但我认为这并不是无法完成的任务。

过去的事实证明,可以用以前对付困难问题的同样方法来处理这个问题——通过许多人的不懈努力,一点一点地,注重实效地加以解决。

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