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Book5 cataloguesLesson 1Who Are you and what are you doing here (1)Lesson 2 Two kinds (10)Lesson 3Goods move. People move. Ideas move. And cultures change (21)Lesson 4Professions foe women (29)Lesson 5Love is a fallacy (34)Lesson 6The way torainy mountain (47)Lesson 7Rewriting American history (53)Lesson 8 The Merely very good (73)Lesson 9 Al gore’s Nobel peace prize acceptance speech (82)Lesson10The Bluest Eye (89)Lesson 11HowNews becomes opinion off-limits (101)Lesson 12The Indispensable opposition (105)Lesson 1 Who Are you and what are you doing hereWelcome and congratulations: Getting to the first day of college is a major achievement. You’re to be commended, and not just you, but the parents, grandparents, uncles, and aunts who helped get you here.It’s been said that raising a child effectively takes a village: Well, as you may have noticed, our American village is not in very good shape. We’ve go t guns, drugs, two wars, fanatical religions, a slime-based popular culture, and some politicians who—a little restraint here—aren’t what they might be. To merely survive in this American village and to win a place in the entering class has taken a lot of grit on your part. So, yes, congratulations to all.You now may think that you’ve about got it made. Amidst the impressive college buildings, in company with a high-powered faculty, surrounded by the best of your generation, all you need is to keep doing what you’ve done before: W/b436ae4d256db091cd1ac78ea.htmlork hard, get good grades, listen to your teachers, get along with the people around you, and you’ll emerge in four years as an educated young man or woman. Ready for life.Do not believe it. It is not true. If you want to get a real education in America you’re going to have to fight—and I don’t mean just fight against the drugs and the violence and against the slime-based culture that is still going to surround you. I mean som ething a little more disturbing. To get an education, you’re probably going to have to fight against the institution that you find yourself in—no matter how prestigious it may be. (In fact, the more prestigious the school, the more you’ll probably have to push.) You can get a terrific education in America now—there are astonishing opportunities at almost every college—but the education will not be presented to you wrapped and bowed. To get it, you’ll need to struggle and strive, to be strong, and occa/b436ae4d256db091cd1ac78ea.htmlsionally even to piss off some admirable people.I came to college with few resources, but one of them was an understanding, however crude, of how I might use my opportunities there. This I began to develop because of my father, who had never been tocollege—in fact, he’d barely gotten out of high school. One night after dinner, he and I were sitting in our kitchen at 58 Clewley Road in Medford, Massachusetts, hatching plans about the rest of my life. Iwas about to go off to college, a feat no one in my family had accomplished in living memory. “I think I might want to be pre-law,” I told my father. I had no idea what being pre-law was. My father compressed his brow and blew twin streams of smoke, dragon-lik e, from his magnificent nose. “Do you want to be a lawyer?” he asked. My father had some experience with lawyers, and with policemen, too; he was not well-disposed toward either. “I’m not really sure,” I toldh/b436ae4d256db091cd1ac78ea.htmlim, “but lawyers make pretty good money, right?”My father detonated. (That was not uncommon. My father detonated a lot.) He told me that I was going to go to college only once, and that while I was there I had better study what I wanted. He said that when rich kids went to school, they majored in the subjects that interested them, and that my younger brother Philip and I were as good as any rich kids. (We were rich kids minus the money.) Wasn’t I interested in literature? I confessed that I was. Then I had better study literature, unless I had inside information to the effect that reincarnation wasn’t just hype, and I’d be able to attend college thirty or forty times. If I had such info, pre-law would be fine, and maybe even a tour through invertebrate biology could also be tossed in. But until I had the reincarnation stuff from a solid source, I better get to work and pick out some English classes from the course catalog./b436ae4d256db091cd1ac78ea.html “How about the science requirements?”“Take ’em later,” he said, “you never know.”My father, Wright AukenheadEdmundson, Malden High School Class of 1948 (by a hair), knew the score. What he told me that evening at the Clewley Road kitchen table was true in itself, and it also contains the germ of an idea about what a university education should be. But apparently almost everyone else—students, teachers, and trustees and parents—sees the matter much differently. They have it wrong.Education has one salient enemy in present-day America, and that enemy is education—university education in particular. To almost everyone, university education is a means to an end. For students, that end is a good job. Students want the credentials that will help them get ahead. They want the certificate that will give them access to Wall Street, or entrance into law or medical or business school. And how can we blame them? /b436ae4d256db091cd1ac78ea.htmlAmerica values power and money, big players with big bucks. When we raise our children, we tell them in multiple ways that what we want most forthem is success—material success. To be poor in America is to be a failure—it’s to be without decent health care, without basic necessities, often without dignity. Then there are those back-breaking student loans—people leave school as servants, indentured to pay massive bills, so that first job better be a good one. Students come to college with the goal of a diploma in mind—what happens in between, especially in classrooms, is often of no deep and determining interest to them.In college, life is elsewhere. Life is at parties, at clubs, in music, with friends, in sports. Life is what celebrities have. The idea that the courses you take should be the primary objective of going to college is tacitly considered absurd. In terms of their work, students live in the futureand/b436ae4d256db091cd1ac78ea.html not the present; they live with their prospects for success. If universities stopped issuing credentials, half of the clients would be gone by tomorrow morning, with the remainder following fast behind.The faculty, too, is often absent: Their real lives are also elsewhere. Like most of their students, they aim to get on. The work they are compelled to do to advance—get tenure, promotion, raises, outside offers—is, broadly speaking, scholarly work. No matter what anyone says this work has precious little to do with the fundamentals of teaching. The proof is that virtually no undergraduate students can read and understand their professors’ scholarly publications. The public senses this disparity and so thinks of the professors’ work as being silly or beside the point. Some of it is. But the public also senses that bec ause professors don’t pay full-bore attention to teaching they don’t have to work very hard—they’ve created /b436ae4d256db091cd1ac78ea.htmla massive feather bed for themselves and called it a university.This is radically false. Ambitious professors, the ones who, like their students, want to get ahead in America, work furiously. Scholarship, even if pretentious and almost unreadable, is nonethelesslabor-intense. One can slave for a year or two on a single article for publication in this or that refereed journal. These essays are honest: Their footnotes reflect real reading, real assimilation, and real dedication. Shoddy work—in which the author cheats, cuts corners, copies from others—is quickly detected. The people who do this work have highly developed intellectual powers, and they push themselves hard to reach a certain standard: That the results have almost nopractical relevance to the students, the public, or even, frequently, to other scholars is a central element in the tragicomedy that is often academia.The students and the profes/b436ae4d256db091cd1ac78ea.htmlsors have made a deal: Neither of them has to throw himself heart and soul into what happens in the classroom. The students write their abstract, over-intellectualized essays; the professors grade the students for their capacity to be abstract and over-intellectual—and often genuinely smart. For their essays can be brilliant, in a chilly way; they can also be clipped off the Internet, and often are. Whatever the case, no one wants to invest too much in them—for life is elsewhere. The professor saves his energies for the profession, while the student saves his for friends, social life, volunteer work, making connections, and getting in position to clasp hands on the true grail, the first job.No one in this picture is evil; no one is criminally irresponsible. It’s just that smart people are prone to look into matters to see how they might go about buttering their toast. Then they butter their toast.As for the admin/b436ae4d256db091cd1ac78ea.htmlistrators, their relation to the students often seems based not on love but fear. Administrators fear bad publicity, scandal, and dissatisfaction on the part of their customers. More than anything else, though, they fear lawsuits. Throwing a student out of college, for this or that piece of bad behavior, is very difficult, almost impossible.The student will sue your eyes out. One kid I knew (and rather liked) threatened on his blog to mince his dear and esteemed professor (me) with a samurai sword for the crime of having taught a boring class. (The class was a little boring—I had a damned cold—but the punishment seemed a bit severe.) The dean of students laughed lightly when I suggested that this behavior might be grounds for sending the student on a brief vacation. I was, you might say, discomfited, and showed up to class for a while with my cellphone jiggered to dial 911 with one touch.Still, this was small potatoes. Co/b436ae4d256db091cd1ac78ea.htmllleges are even leery of disciplining guys who have committed sexual assault, or assault plain and simple. Instead of being punished, these guys frequently stay around, strolling the quad and swilling the libations, an affront (and sometimes a terror) to their victims.You’ll find that cheating is common as well. As far as I can discern, the student ethos goes like this: If the professor is so lazy that he gives the same test every year,it’s okay to go ahead a nd take advantage—you’ve both got better things to do. The Internet is amok with services selling term papers and those services exist, capitalism being what it is, because people purchase the papers—lots of them. Fraternity files bulge with old tests from a variety of courses.Periodically the public gets exercised about this situation, and there are articles in the national news. But then interest dwindles and matters go back to normal.On/b436ae4d256db091cd1ac78ea.htmle of the reasons professors sometimes look the other way when they sense cheating is that it sends them into a world of sorrow. A friend of mine had the temerity to detect cheating on the part of a kid who was the nephew of a well-placed official in an Arab government complexly aligned with the U.S. Black limousines pulled up in front of his office and disgorged decorously suited negotiators. Did my pal fold? Nope, he’s not the type. But he did not enjoy the process.What colleges generally want are well-rounded students, civic leaders, people who know what the system demands, how to keep matters light, not push too hard for an education or anything else; people who get their credentials and leave the professors alone to do their brilliant work, so they may rise and enhance the rankings of the university. Such students leave and become donors and so, in their own turn, contribute immeasurably to the university’s standing.T/b436ae4d256db091cd1ac78ea.htmlhey’ve done a fine job skating on surfaces in high school—the best way to get an across-the-board outstanding record—and now they’re on campus to cut a few more figure eights.In a culture where the major and determining values are monetary, what else could you do? How else would you live if not by getting all you can, succeeding all you can, making all you can?The idea that a university education really should have no substantial content, should not be about what John Keats was disposed to call Soul-making, is one that you might think professors and university presidents would be discreet about. Not so. This view informed an address that Richard Brodhead gaveto the senior class at Yale before he departed to become president of Duke. Brodhead, an impressive, articulate man, seems to take as his e ducational touchstone the Duke of Wellington’s precept that the Battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields ofEto/b436ae4d256db091cd1ac78ea.htmln. Brodhead suggests that the content of the courses isn’t really what matters. In five years (or five months,or minutes), the student is likely to have forgotten how to do the problem sets and will only hazily recollect what happens in the ninth book of Paradise Lost. The legacy of their college years will be a legacy of difficulties overcome. When they face equally arduous tasks later in life, students will tap their old resources of determination, and they’ll win.All right, there’s nothing wrong with this as far as it goes—after all, the student who writes a brilliant forty-page thesis in a hard week has learned more than a little about her inner resources. Maybe it will give her needed confidence in the future. But doesn’t the content of the courses matter at all?On the evidence of this talk, no. Trying to figure out whether the stuff you’re reading is true or false and being open to having your lif/b436ae4d256db091cd1ac78ea.htmle changed is a fraught, controversial activity. Doing so requires energy from the professor—which is better spent on other matters. This kind of perspective-altering teaching and learning can cause the things which administrators fear above all else: trouble, arguments, bad press, etc. After the kid-samurai episode, the chair of my department not unsympathetically suggested that this was the sort of incident that could happen when you brought a certain intensity to teaching. At the time I found his remark a tad detached, but maybe he was right.So, if you want an education, the odds aren’t with you: The professors are off doing what t hey call their own work; the other students, who’ve doped out the way the place runs, are busy leaving the professors alone and getting themselves in position for bright and shining futures; the student-services people are trying to keep everyone content, offering plenty of entertainment andbu/b436ae4d256db091cd1ac78ea.htmlilding another state-of-the-art workout facility every few months. The development office is already scanning you for future donations. The primary function of Yal e University, it’s recently been said, is to create prosperous alumni so as to enrich Yale University.So why make trouble? Why not just go along? Let the profs roam free in the realms of pure thought, let yourselves party in the realms of impure pleasure, and let the student-services gang assert fewer prohibitions and newer delights for you. You’ll get a good job, you’ll have plenty of friends, you’ll have a driveway of your own.You’ll also, if my father and I are right, be truly and righteously screw ed. The reason for this is simple. The quest at the center of a liberal-arts education is not a luxury quest; it’s a necessity quest. If you do not undertake it, you risk leading a life of desperation—maybe quiet, maybe, in time, very loud—and I/b436ae4d256db091cd1ac78ea.htmlam not exaggerating. For you risk trying to be someone other than who you are, which, in the long run, is killing.By the time you come to college, you will have been told who you are numberless times. Your parents and friends, your teachers, your counselors, your priests and rabbis and ministers and imams have all had their say. They’ve let you know how they size you up, and they’ve let you know what they think you should value. They’ve given you a sharp and pro tracted taste of what they feel is good and bad, right and wrong. Much is on their side. They have confronted you with scriptures—holy books that, whatever their actual provenance, have given people what they feel to be wisdom for thousands of years. They’ve given you family traditions—you’ve learned the ways of your tribe and your community. And, too, you’ve been tested, probed, looked at up and down and through. The coach knows what your athletic prospects are, th/b436ae4d256db091cd1ac78ea.htmle guidance office has a sheaf of test scores that relegate you to this or that ability quadrant, and your teachers have got you pegged. You are, as Foucault might say, the intersection of many evaluative and potentially determining discourses: you boy, you girl, have been made.And—contra Foucault—that’s not so bad. Embedded in all of the major religions are profound truths. Schopenhauer, who despised belief in transcendent things, nonetheless thought Christianity to be of inexpressible worth. He couldn’t believe in the divinity of Jesus, or in the afterlife, but to Schopenhauer, a deep pessimist, a religion that had as its central emblem the figure of a man being tortured on a cross couldn’t be entirely misleading. To the Christian, Schopenhaue r said, pain was at the center of the understanding of life, and that was just as it should be.One does not need to be as harsh as Schopenhauer to understand the use ofrel/b436ae4d256db091cd1ac78ea.htmligion, even if one does not believe in an otherworldly god. And all of those teachers and counselors and friends—and the prognosticating uncles, the dithering aunts, the fathers and mothers with their hopes for your fulfillment—or theirfulfillment in you—should not necessarily be cast aside or ignored. Families have their wisdom. The question “Who do they think you are at home?” is never an idle one.The major conservative thinkers have always been very serious about what goes by the name of common sense. Edmund Burke saw common sense as a loosely made, but often profound, collective work, in which humanity has deposited its hard-earned wisdom—the precipitate of joy and tears—over time. You have been raised in proximity to common sense, if you’ve been raised at all, and common sense is something to respect, though not quite—peace unto the formidable Burke—to revere.You may be all that the good people who/b436ae4d256db091cd1ac78ea.html raised you say you are; you may want all they have shown you is worth wanting; you may be someone who is truly your father’s son or your mother’s daughter. But then again, you may not be.For the power that is in you, as Emerson suggested, may be new in nature. You may not be the person that your parents take you to be. And—this thought is both more exciting and more dangerous—you may not be the person that you take yourself to be, either. You may not have read yourself aright, and collegeis the place where you can find out whether you have or not. The reason to read Blake and Dickinson and Freud and Dickens is not to become more cultivated, or more articulate, or to be someone who, at a cocktail party, is never embarrassed (or who can embarrass others). The best reason to read them is to see if they may know you better than you know yourself. You may find your own suppressed and rejected thoughts flowing back to you with/b436ae4d256db091cd1ac78ea.html an “alienated majesty.” Reading the great writers, you may have the experience that Longinus associated with the sublime: You feel that you have actually created the text yourself. For somehow your predecessors are more yourself than you are.This was my own experience reading the two writers who have influenced me the most, Sigmund Freud and Ralph Waldo Emerson. They gave words to thoughts and feelings that I had never been able to render myself. They shone a light onto the world and what they saw, suddenly I saw, too. From Emerson I learned to trust my own thoughts, to trust them even when every voice seems to be on the other side. I need the wherewithal, as Emerson did, to say what’s on my mind and to take theinevitable hits. Much more I learned from the sage—about character, about loss, about joy, about writing and its secret sources, but Emerson most centrally preaches the gospel of self-reliance and that is/b436ae4d256db091cd1ac78ea.html what I have tried most to take from him. I continue to hold in mind one of Emerson’s most memorable passages: “Society is a joint-stock company, in which the members agree, for the better securing of his bread to each shareholder, to surrender the liberty and culture of the eater. The virtue in most request is conformity. Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs.”Emerson’s greatness lies not only in showing you how powerful names and customs can be, but also in demonstrating how exhilarating it is to buck them. When he came to Harvard to talk about religion, he shocked the professors and students by challenging the divinity of Jesus and the truth of his miracles. He wasn’t invited back for decades.From Freud I found a great deal to ponder as well. I don’t mean Freud the aspiring scientist, but the Freud who was a speculative essayist and interpreter of the humanc/b436ae4d256db091cd1ac78ea.htmlondition like Emerson. Freud challenges nearly every significant human ideal. He goes after religion. He says that it comes down to the longing for the father. He goes after love. He calls it “the overestimation of the erotic object.” He attacks our desire for charismatic popular leaders. We’re drawn to them because we hunger for absolute authority. He declares that dreams don’t predict the future and that there’s nothing benevolent about them. They’re disguised fulfillments of repressed wishes.Freud has something challenging and provoking to say about virtually every human aspiration. I learned that if I wanted to affirm any consequential ideal, I had to talk my way past Freud. He was—and is—a perpetual challenge and goad.Never has there been a more shrewd and imaginative cartographer of the psyche. His separation of the self into three parts, and his sense of the fraught, anxious, but often negotiablerelations/b436ae4d256db091cd1ac78ea.html among them (negotiable when youcome to the game with a Freudian knowledge), does a great deal to help one navigate experience. (Though sometimes—and this I owe to Emerson—it seems right to let the psyche fall into civil war, accepting barrages of anxiety and grief for this or that good reason.)The battle is to make such writers one’s ow n, to winnow them out and to find their essential truths. We need to see where they fall short and where they exceed the mark, and then to develop them a little, as the ideas themselves, one comes to see, actually developed others. (Both Emerson and Freud live out of Shakespeare—but only a giant can be truly influenced by Shakespeare.) In reading, I continue to look for one thing—to be influenced, to learn something new, to be thrown off my course and onto another, better way.My father knew that he was dissatisfied with life. He knew that none of the descriptions people had for h/b436ae4d256db091cd1ac78ea.htmlim quite fit. He understood that he was always out-of-joint with life as it was. He had talent: My brother and I each got about half the raw ability he possessed and that’s taken us through life well enough. But what to do with that talent—there was the rub for my father. He used to stroll through the house intoning his favorite line from Groucho Marx’s ditty “Whatever it is, I’m against it.” (I recently asked my son, now twenty-one, if he thought I was mistaken in teaching him this particular song when he was six years old. “No!” he said, filling the air with an invisible forest of exclamation points.) But what my father never managed to get was a sense of who he might become. He never had a world of possibilities spread before him, never made sustained contact with the best that had been thought and said. He didn’t get to revise his understanding of himself, figure out what he’d do best that might give the world some profit.:///b436ae4d256db091cd1ac78ea.htmlarMy father was a gruff man, but also a generous one, so that night at the kitchen table at 58 Clewley Road he made an effort to let me have the chance that had been denied to him by both fate and character. He gave me the chance to see what I was all about, and if it proved to be different from him, proved even to be something he didn’t like or entirely comprehend, then he’d deal with it.Right now, if you’re going to get a real education, you may have to be aggressive and assertive.Your professors will give you some fine books to read, and they’ll probably help you understand them. What they won’t do, for reasons that perplex me, is to ask you if the books c ontain truths you could live your lives by. When you read Plato, you’ll probably learn about his metaphysics and his politics and his way of conceiving thesoul. But no one will ask you if his ideas are good enough to believe in. No one will askyo/b436ae4d256db091cd1ac78ea.htmlu, in the words of Emerson’s disciple William James, what their “cash value” might be. No one will suggest that you might use Plato as your bible for a week or a year or longer. No one, in short, will ask you to use Plato to help you change your life.That will be up to you. You must put the question of Plato to yourself. You must ask whether reason should always rule the passions, philosophers should always rule the state, and poets should inevitably be banished from a just commonwealth. You have to ask yourself if wildly expressive music (rock and rapand the rest) deranges the soul in ways that are destructive to its health. You must inquire of yourself if balanced calm is the most desirable human state.Occasionally—for you will need some help in fleshing-out the answers—you may have to prod your professors to see if they take the text at hand—in this case the divine and disturbing Plato—to be true. And you wil/b436ae4d256db091cd1ac78ea.htmll have to be tough if the professor mocks you for uttering a sincere question instead of keeping matters easy for all concerned by staying detached and analytical. (Detached analysis has a place—but, in the end, you’ve got to speak from the heart and pose the question of truth.) You’ll be the one who pesters his teachers. You’ll ask your history teacher about whether there is a design to our history, whether we’re progressing or declining, or whether, in the words of a fine recent play, The History Boys, history’s “just one fuckin’ thing after another.” You’ll be the one who challenges your biology teacher about the intellectual conflict between evolution and creationist thinking. You’ll not only question the statistics teacher about what numbers ca n explain but what they can’t.Because every subject you study is a language and since you may adopt one of these languages as your own, you’ll want to know how to speak itexper/b436ae4d256db091cd1ac78ea.htmltly and also how it fails to deal with those concerns for which it has no adequate words. You’ll be looking into the reach of every metaphor that every discipline offers, and you’ll be trying to see around their corners.The whole business is scary, of course. What if you arrive at college devoted to pre-med, sure that nothing will make you and your family happier than a life as a physician, only to discover that elementary-school teaching is where your heart is?You might learn that you’re not meant to be a doctor at all. Of c ourse, given your intellect and discipline, you can still probably be one. You can pound your round peg through the very square hole of medical school, then go off into the profession. And society will help you. Society has a cornucopia of resources to enc ourage you in doing what society needs done but that you don’t much like doing and are not cut out to do. To ease your grief, society offer/b436ae4d256db091cd1ac78ea.htmls alcohol, television, drugs, divorce, and buying, buying, buyi ng what you don’t need. But all those too have their costs.Education is about finding out what form of work for you is close to being play—work you do so easily that it restores you as you go. Randall Jarrell once said that if he were a rich man, he would pay money to teach poetry to students. (I would, too, for what it’s worth.) In saying that, he (like my father) hinted in the direction of a profound and true theory of learning.。
Unit 1: 第一天:每天给我们十五分钟1.No haphazard hit-or-miss methods will do.漫无计划,随随便便的方法是不行的。
2.It has long since been satisfactory established that a high executive dose not have a large vocabulary merely because of the opportunities of this position. That would be putting the cart before the horse.早就有人令人满意地正式,高级主管人员之所以拥有大量词汇,并非仅仅因为其所处的地位给了他许多机会,那样看来就本末倒置了。
3. A command of English will not only improve the processes of your mind. It will give you assurance; build your self-confidence; lend color to your personality; increase your popularity.掌握英语词汇不仅会改进你的思维过程,它还会给你信心;树立你的自信;使你的个性真实可信;使你更受欢迎。
4. Words are explosive. Phrases are packed with TNT. A simple word can destroy a friendship, land a large order.言词具有爆炸性。
短语里装满了梯恩梯(TNT)烈性炸药。
一句简单的话可以摧毁友谊,也可以获得一大笔订单。
5. There are entertaining verbal calisthenics here, colorful facts about language, and many excursions among the words that keep our speech the rich, flexible, lively means of communication that it is.书中有引人入胜的词语操练,有丰富多彩的语言知识,有可供漫游的词语园地,正是这些词语使得我们的语言一直像现在这样成为丰富、灵活、生动的交际手段。
女人的职业1 听说你们协会是有关妇女就业的。
协会秘书要我就职业问题谈谈自己的阅历。
不错,我是女人,我也正在就业。
可是我有些什么阅历呢?这个问题似乎很难回答。
我的职业是文学,文学给予女人特有的阅历比其他职业要少,舞台表演除外。
这是因为许多年前范妮•伯尼、阿普拉•贝恩、哈丽雅特•马蒂诺、简•奥斯丁、乔治•爱略特就在这条路上披荆斩棘了。
无数知名的、不知名的女人在我之前扫除了障碍,调整了我的步伐。
我开始写作时,这个职业已经不拒绝女性了。
写作是个高尚而无害的职业,家庭的安宁不会被钢笔的嚓嚓声打破,也不需要很多的经济投资。
花十六便士买的纸足够写下莎士比亚所有巨著--------假如你也有个莎士比亚的脑袋的话。
作家不需要有钢琴、模特儿,不要周游巴黎、维也纳和柏林,也不需聘请家庭教师。
纸张便宜也许是女人在写作领域比其他领域成功的原因。
2 言归正传吧。
我当作家的故事其实很简单,你们大可想象一个手执钢笔的姑娘坐在卧室,从左到右不停地写着,写着,从十点写到一点。
然后,她把这些稿件装进信封,贴上一便士邮票投进信筒。
我就是这样成为报纸撰稿人的。
第二个月的第一天---- 那对我是辉煌的一天--- 我竟收到编辑给我的信,还附了张一镑十六便士的支票。
可我多不懂生活的艰辛呀!我没用这钱买面包和黄油,买鞋子或袜子,或者付杂货店老板的欠单,而是用它买了一只漂亮的波斯猫,一只不久便令我陷入邻里唇枪舌战的小猫。
3 还有什么比写文章,比用稿费买小猫更容易呢?可是,等等!文章得表明见地。
记得那篇文章是评论某个著名作家小说的。
写那篇文章时我就发现,评论作品时我需要与一种幻影搏斗。
这个幻影就是女人。
多次交锋以后,感觉开始明晰,我借一首著名诗歌里女主人公之名,称她为“屋子里的天使”。
她横亘在我和稿纸之间,困绕我,折磨我,消耗我,令我最终忍无可忍,杀了她。
你们年轻一代比较幸运,可能没听说过她--------因而不知道何为“屋子里的天使”。
我简要地解释一下。
现代大学英语V-4译文及练习答案女性的职业弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫l.你们的秘书邀请我时对我说你们妇女服务团关注的是女性就业问题,她提议我讲一讲我就业的亲身体验。
我是女性,这是事实;我有工作,这也是事实。
但我又有什么职业体验呢?这很难讲。
我从事的是文学职业,与其他职业相比,当然不包括戏剧行业,在文学职业里几乎没有什么女性体验,我的意思是几乎没有女性特有的体验。
多年前,路已开辟出来。
许多知名的女性---范妮·伯尼、阿芙拉.贝恩、哈丽雅特·马蒂诺、简·奥斯汀、乔治·艾略特---和许多不知名以及已被人忘记的女性在我之前铺平了道路并指导我向前走。
因此,在我从事写作时,几乎没有物质障碍。
写作这个职业既受人尊敬又没有危险。
写字的沙沙声不会打破家庭的和平,写作也不需要什么家庭开销。
花16便士买的纸足够用来写莎士比亚的所有戏剧---要是你有那样的才智的话。
作家不需要钢琴和模特,不用去巴黎、维也纳和柏林,也不需要家庭教师。
当然,廉价的写作用纸是女性作为作家成功而先于其他职业的原因。
2.我讲讲我的故事,那只是个平常的故事。
你们自己设想一个姑娘,手里握着一支笔坐在卧室里。
从十点钟到一点钟她只是不停地由左向右写,然后她想到做一件既省钱又省力的事---把那些纸张放进信封,在信封的一角贴上一张一便士的邮票,把信封投进拐角的一个红色邮筒。
我就是这样成了一名撰稿人。
我的努力在下个月的第一天得到了回报---_那是我一生中非常快乐的一天。
我收到了编辑寄来的一封信,里面装有一张一英镑十先令六便士的支票。
为了让你们了解我不值得被称作职业女性,对人生的艰难和奋斗知之甚少,我得承认我没用那笔钱买食物、付房租、买袜子和肉,而是出去买了一只猫,一只漂亮的波斯猫,这只猫不久就引起了我和邻居间的激烈争端。
3.什么会比写文章并用赚得的钱买波斯猫来得更容易?但再想一想,文章得有内容。
我好像记得我的文章是评论一部名人写的小说。
One Writer's Beginnings作家起步时我从两三岁起就知道,家中随便在哪个房间里,白天无论在什么时间,都可以念书或听人念书。
母亲念书给我听。
上午她都在那间大卧室里给我念,两人一起坐在她那把摇椅里,我们摇晃时,椅子发出有节奏的滴答声,好像有只唧唧鸣叫的蟋蟀在伴着读故事。
冬日午后,她常在餐厅里烧着煤炭的炉火前给我念,布谷鸟自鸣钟发出“咕咕”声时,故事便结束了;晚上我在自己床上睡下后她也给我念。
想必我是不让她有一刻清静。
有时她在厨房里一边坐着搅制黄油一边给我念,故事情节就随着搅制黄油发出的抽抽搭搭的声响不断展开。
我的奢望是她念我来搅拌;有一次她满足了我的愿望,可是我要听的故事她念完了,她要的黄油我却还没弄好。
她念起故事来富有表情。
比如,她念《穿靴子的猫》时,你就没法不相信她对猫一概怀疑。
当我得知故事书原来是人写出来的,书本原来不是什么大自然的奇迹,不像草那样自生自长时,真是又震惊又失望。
不过,姑且不论书本从何而来,我不记得自己有什么时候不爱书——书本本身、封面、装订、印着文字的书页,还有油墨味、那种沉甸甸的感觉,以及把书抱在怀里时那种将我征服、令我陶醉的感觉。
还没识字,我就想读书了,一心想读所有的书。
我的父母都不是来自那种买得起许多书的家庭。
然而,虽然买书准得花去他不少薪金,作为一家成立不久的保险公司最年轻的职员,父亲一直在精心挑选、不断订购他和母亲认为儿童成长应读的书。
他们购书首先是为了我们的前程。
除了客厅里有一向被称作“图书室”的书橱,餐厅的窗子下还有几张摆放百科全书的桌子和一个字典架。
这里有伴随我们在餐桌旁争论着长大的《韦氏大词典》、《哥伦比亚百科全书》、《康普顿插图百科全书》、《林肯资料文库》,以及后来的《知识库》。
“图书馆”书橱里的书没过多久我就能读了——我的确读了,全都读了,按着顺序,一排接着一排读,从最上面的书架一直读到最下面的书架。
母亲读书最重要的不在获取信息。
Unit 1: 第一天:每天给我们十五分钟1.No haphazard hit-or-miss methods will do.漫无计划,随随便便的方法是不行的。
2.It has long since been satisfactory established that a high executive dose not have a large vocabulary merely because of the opportunities of this position. That would be putting the cart before the horse.早就有人令人满意地正式,高级主管人员之所以拥有大量词汇,并非仅仅因为其所处的地位给了他许多机会,那样看来就本末倒置了。
3. A command of English will not only improve the processes of your mind. It will give you assurance; build your self-confidence; lend color to your personality; increase your popularity.掌握英语词汇不仅会改进你的思维过程,它还会给你信心;树立你的自信;使你的个性真实可信;使你更受欢迎。
4. Words are explosive. Phrases are packed with TNT. A simple word can destroy a friendship, land a large order.言词具有爆炸性。
短语里装满了梯恩梯(TNT)烈性炸药。
一句简单的话可以摧毁友谊,也可以获得一大笔订单。
5. There are entertaining verbal calisthenics here, colorful facts about language, and many excursions among the words that keep our speech the rich, flexible, lively means of communication that it is.书中有引人入胜的词语操练,有丰富多彩的语言知识,有可供漫游的词语园地,正是这些词语使得我们的语言一直像现在这样成为丰富、灵活、生动的交际手段。
现代大学英语精读5课文翻译详解各位读友大家好,此文档由网络收集而来,欢迎您下载,谢谢篇一:现代大学英语精读5课后解释与翻译Lesson 10In our memory, the pre-September 11 world was peaceful, happy and safe (although it was the case) and we will talk about those days with a feeling of deep respect and love which can only be found in talking about dead people.2. In order to win the war, we might have to give up some of the basic values and liberties we treasure most. This might be the cost we have to pay.3. They are planning to carry out the plan of expanding the power of law enforcement agencies at home and of striking at the “axis of evil” abroad so as to extend American domination into areasoriginally beyond American reach, such as Central Asia. Hence, the colonization of the future.4. … which takes for granted that people think in a simple and uniform way while actually the feelings, thoughts and views of the American people are as varied as America itself.5. The terrorist attacks put us at the bottom of the hierarchy of human needs, trying hard to re-establish our confidence in physical safety, the lowest type of safety.6. We are used to thinking that Western democracies practice rule of law and individual rights and freedom are protected by law. Violation of individual rights and suppression of dissenting voices can only be found in repressive regimes.7. People began to put less emphasis on the pursuit of wealth and possession of worldly goods. And the other twodangerous symptoms that went with materialism, that is physical separation from other and irrational behavior as a result of impulse, also became less serious. Materialism, together with the accompanying symptoms of separation and compulsion, had been the cause of the ruin of community in this country.8. … at a time w hen it is highly important for Americans to look into ourselves and ask ourselves why “they hate us”, this concept directs our attention and thinking away from such analysis.9. … history records many crimes committed by human beings which are so horrible that they defy description.spite of the fact that these images are horrible images, images of large-scale atrocity, we still take care to keep alive these images.于是纽约扬基体育场上空的空域关闭,禁止飞机通过。
现代大学英语精读第5册1-7翻译[精选5篇]第一篇:现代大学英语精读第5册1-7翻译Lesson 1 Where Do We Go from Here 1.一个无关紧要的谎言总比一个善意的谎言要好。
2.为了挫败各种蓄意培植的低人一等的心态,黑人必须直起腰来宣布自己高贵的人格。
3.黑人必须以一种竭尽全力自尊自重的精神,大胆抛弃自我克制的枷锁。
4.必须懂得没有爱的权力是毫无节制、易被滥用的,而没有权力的爱则是多愁善感、脆弱无力的。
5.正是这种邪恶的权力和没有权势的道义的冲突构成了我们时代的主要危机。
6.在本世纪之初,这种建议会受到嘲笑和谴责,认为它对主动性和责任感起到负面作用。
7.事实上,人们从事改善人类处境的工作,从事传播知识、增强实力、丰富文学财富以及升华思想的工作并不是为了谋生。
8.…….它能够花费几十亿美元帮助上帝的孩子自立于这个世界。
9.除非主张暴力的少数人得到大多数人的同情和支持,不和他们对抗,否则,暴力革命很少或者说几乎没有成功的。
10.我们要懂得道义的苍穹长又长,它终将落向正义。
Lesson 2 Two Kinds B.Sentences 1.我的头发没有做出我要的大卷花,而是给我弄成一头乱蓬蓬的黑色小卷毛。
2.在她告诉我答案前,她对了对手中的杂志,看看赫尔辛基是否能这样发音。
3.她似乎被这音乐吸引住了。
这钢琴曲不长,但有点狂乱,有着迷人的特点,乐曲一开始时快节奏的,接着是欢快跳动的节拍,然后又回到嬉戏的部分。
4.如果她的才气和她的脾气一样大,她早就出名了。
5.我最喜欢练习的部分是花哨的谢幕行礼的动作:先出右脚,脚尖点在地毯的玫瑰图案上,身子侧摆,左腿弯曲,抬头,微笑。
6.一股凉气从头顶开始,然后一点点传到全身。
但我却不能停止演奏,双手好像着了魔似的。
我不停地想,我的手指会调整好,就像火车会被扳倒正确的轨道上。
7.她的脸部失去了表情,嘴巴紧闭,双臂无力地垂下。
她退出了房间,神色惊异,好像一小片枯黄的树叶被风吹走了,那样的单薄、脆弱、毫无生气。
Every Christmas should begin with the sound of bells and when I was a child mine always did. But they were sleigh bells not church bells for we lived in a part of Cedar Rapids Iowa where there were no churches. My bells were on my father’s team of horses as he drove up to our horse-headed hitching post with the bobsled that would3 take us to celebrate Christmas on the family farm ten miles out in the country. My father would bring the team down Fifth Avenue at a smart trot fli cking his whip over the horses’ rumps and making the bells double their light thin jangling over the snow whose radiance threw back a brilliance like the sound of bells. 每一个圣诞节都是由铃铛声拉开序幕的我童年记忆中的圣诞节总是如此。
但那不是教堂里的铃铛而是雪橇上的铃铛因为我们家居住在爱荷华州的细达河洛佩兹的一个地区那个地区没有教堂。
我的铃铛在我父亲拉雪橇的马队里。
我家有一个马头形的拴马桩父亲会把马儿们赶到拴马桩那儿把大雪橇套在马身上带着我们到10英里以外的乡下农场去庆祝圣诞节。
当父亲驾着马车轻快地驶过第五大街轻轻地舞动着马鞭时清脆悦耳的铃声便跳跃在我的耳畔。
大学英语精读5课后翻译(精选五篇)第一篇:大学英语精读5课后翻译Unit 1Mastering a large number of words is essential to achieving fluency in a foreign language.An unofficial, but often quoted, figure for the Cambridge First Certificate examiniation suggests that students with a vocabulary of less than 3,500 words are unlikely to be successful in the exam.Current research also suggests that native English speakers who have been educated up to 18 years old or beyond know at least 16,000 English words.And unless you already speak a language like Spanish or German, there are no short-cuts to a large vocabulary in English: you just have to rely on diligence and dedication.Of course you can figure out from the context the meanings of some new words you come across in your reading, but more often than not you have to look them up in a dictionary in order to be clear about their accurate meanings.A practicable way to pick up new words is, perhaps, to read a lot, preferably stories that you find interesting or exciting.It often pays to read the same book over and over again: each time you read it you will learn different new words, and the familiar context helps to fix them in your mind.Unit 21.I don’t think it is realis tic to turn to him for help.As a matter of fact, he himself is in need of help.2.More and more people are being awakened to the urgent need of combating air pollution.3.There are visible signs that some of the time-honored old traditions and values are no longer cherished by the young people.4.Many of us find the notion of a boundless universe hard to grasp.5.There being so many loopholes in the laws andregulations, it is little wonder that a handful of speculators got rich overnight.6.An unprecedented boom in tourism brought sudden prosperity to the small border town, which was formerly inhabited by only three hundred people.7.In the light of this information, that country already has the capabilities to make nuclear weapons.8.Regardless of repeated warnings from his friends, he staked all his money on high-risk ventures.Unit 3 If you started on some venture and failed, do not despair / lose heart.There is a world of difference between ‘I have failed three times’ and ‘I am a failure.’So long as you do not h old a negative concept of self or identify with failures but try to learn from them, you stand a good chance to succeed in the future.Did it ever occur to you that those who fail repeatedly are often victims of a poor self image?Often their failures are due to internal causes rather than external causes.Numerous cases have borne it out that if they can be induced to change their viewpoint and construct a positive self image, miraculous changes may take place in their performance.Success can come anytime—at thirty, forty or even after a lifetime of apparent failure.Early triumphs may be sweet, but success in later life often tastes even better.Unit 41.Somebody says that the best response to unfair criticisms is to forgive and forget.2.For God’s sake, why didn’t you call me?3.I kicked the door open with desperation, and found him lying in the bedunconsciously.4.The mechanician flung the tools with anger, never to continue.5.Mark was so childish that he left the meeting just because some representativescontested his ideas.6.She was thankful that she kept her job when most of her co-workers werelaid off.7.Courage, selflessness and strength of will stand out all over the Gadfly.8.If you build an extension to your house without the consent of the local planningauthorities, you will be ordered to demolish/pull down what you have built.Unit 5Scientists are a small group of people who are striving to gain insightinto nature and seek for laws in the superficial disorder.They have aspecial ability to think and analyze, and unlimited patience in observingand collecting date.However , not all scientific discoveries can beascribed to abilities and patience;they usually connect closely withcreative imagination.Of course, the leap of imagination is often thefirst step leading to discoveries.Moreover , scientists are famous fortheir honesty.They put a high premium on honesty, mainly because thathonesty is cardinal to their career.Every theory they put forward hasto be further tested.Every error and lie are sure to be found.So, iffinding some evidence contradiction with their ideas, scientists modifyeven abandon their ideas, instead of concealing them.In this way, theyaccumulate an immense amount of knowledge, which canhelp us understandourselves and surroundings better.Unit 61.The highlight of the circus performance was the panda’s representation.Its clumsyand funny acting amused all the spectators.2.It’s just as well you didn’t take the flight of Swiss Airline yesterday-it crashed onehour after taking off and all the 229 people on plane were killed.3.He never considered that when somebody wanted to help the handicapped girl, shewould feel ill at ease.4.As a person taking delight in controlling everything and getting interest fromordering, Charles adapted quickly the new role of the company’s general manger.5.In the past twelve years, Amy has learned to live depending on herself.She takesdelight in self-reliance and doing everything by herself.6.Amy refused to go out with Charles as a matter of course, because she disliked tobe treated as a handicapped person dependent on others.Unit 7One day, we received an invitation to my father’s birthday party.Jenny thought my father was reaching out to me for a reconciliation and we should accept the invitation.I was in the midst of abstracting an important case and in the virtual shadow of exams, so I just told her in the simplest possible terms that there would never be a reconciliation.My refusal obviously made Jenny very upset, but being a rational woman she didn’t quarrel with me.She just tried hard to persuade me.But this only filled me with fury, thinking that Jenny was just upsetting me deliberately.I must have gone out of my mind for I did something for which Iwould never forgive myself—I yelled at Jenny and hurled the phone at her.But the instant I did it I regretted.And when I turned to look at her, she was already gone.I went out and searched everywhere but Jenny was nowhere to be found.I was scared to death, not knowing what to do next.Just as I was about to give up, I caught sight of her sitting in front of our house.I went up to her and said, ‘Jenny, I’m sorry…’ but she cut off my apology and said, ‘Love means not ever having to say you’re sorry.’Unit 81.When I was a kid, I was so fascinated with the idea of travelling round the world that I would spend hours in my grandfather’s study spinning the globe and dreaming of the places I would like to visit.2.A time bomb exploded this afternoon in one of London’s biggest supermarkets, evoking a great panic among the population.3.Accompanied by his father, Bill went to the police station and confessed to the police officer that he had robbed an old man of his gold wathc two weeks before.4.After getting engaged to Jane, Stephen started working hard for the first time in his life.And before long he distinguished himself as a young theorectical physicist.5.Prof.Stone is distinguished for his sternness.But, to everyone’s surprise, the speech he made at his daughter’s wedding last Saturday was full of wit and humor.6.It’s amazing that so many people are willing to do voluntary work for the beefit of the community.Unit 101.The increasing prosperity of the country was in a large measure attributable to the government’s pursuit of a policy of economic reform.2.The black leader look it as his sacred obligation to fight hard all his life to achieve racial equality.3.The year 1976 saw the deaths of Premier Zhou En-lai, Marshal Zhu De and Chairman Mao Ze-dong, the three leading architects of thePeople’s Republic.4.On more t han one occasion I reminded the principal of his promise to stand up for the legitimate interests of retired teachers.5.The theme of the story is that a person’s destiny is closely tied up with that of the whold nation.6.The large fortune the young man fell heir to enabled him to live out his dream.第二篇:大学英语精读2课后翻译第三版Unit1 翻译1.她砰地关上门,一声不吭地走了,他们之间那场争执就此结束。
现代大学英语精读5翻译及课后习题答案(5个单元)现代大学英语V-4译文及练习答案女性的职业弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫l.你们的秘书邀请我时对我说你们妇女服务团关注的是女性就业问题,她提议我讲一讲我就业的亲身体验。
我是女性,这是事实;我有工作,这也是事实。
但我又有什么职业体验呢?这很难讲。
我从事的是文学职业,与其他职业相比,当然不包括戏剧行业,在文学职业里几乎没有什么女性体验,我的意思是几乎没有女性特有的体验。
多年前,路已开辟出来。
许多知名的女性---范妮·伯尼、阿芙拉.贝恩、哈丽雅特·马蒂诺、简·奥斯汀、乔治·艾略特---和许多不知名以及已被人忘记的女性在我之前铺平了道路并指导我向前走。
因此,在我从事写作时,几乎没有物质障碍。
写作这个职业既受人尊敬又没有危险。
写字的沙沙声不会打破家庭的和平,写作也不需要什么家庭开销。
花16便士买的纸足够用来写莎士比亚的所有戏剧---要是你有那样的才智的话。
作家不需要钢琴和模特,不用去巴黎、维也纳和柏林,也不需要家庭教师。
当然,廉价的写作用纸是女性作为作家成功而先于其他职业的原因。
2.我讲讲我的故事,那只是个平常的故事。
你们自己设想一个姑娘,手里握着一支笔坐在卧室里。
从十点钟到一点钟她只是不停地由左向右写,然后她想到做一件既省钱又省力的事---把那些纸张放进信封,在信封的一角贴上一张一便士的邮票,把信封投进拐角的一个红色邮筒。
我就是这样成了一名撰稿人。
我的努力在下个月的第一天得到了回报---_那是我一生中非常快乐的一天。
我收到了编辑寄来的一封信,里面装有一张一英镑十先令六便士的支票。
为了让你们了解我不值得被称作职业女性,对人生的艰难和奋斗知之甚少,我得承认我没用那笔钱买食物、付房租、买袜子和肉,而是出去买了一只猫,一只漂亮的波斯猫,这只猫不久就引起了我和邻居间的激烈争端。
3.什么会比写文章并用赚得的钱买波斯猫来得更容易?但再想一想,文章得有内容。
现代大学英语V-4译文及练习答案女性的职业弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫l.你们的秘书邀请我时对我说你们妇女服务团关注的是女性就业问题,她提议我讲一讲我就业的亲身体验。
我是女性,这是事实;我有工作,这也是事实。
但我又有什么职业体验呢?这很难讲。
我从事的是文学职业,与其他职业相比,当然不包括戏剧行业,在文学职业里几乎没有什么女性体验,我的意思是几乎没有女性特有的体验。
多年前,路已开辟出来。
许多知名的女性---范妮·伯尼、阿芙拉.贝恩、哈丽雅特·马蒂诺、简·奥斯汀、乔治·艾略特---和许多不知名以及已被人忘记的女性在我之前铺平了道路并指导我向前走。
因此,在我从事写作时,几乎没有物质障碍。
写作这个职业既受人尊敬又没有危险。
写字的沙沙声不会打破家庭的和平,写作也不需要什么家庭开销。
花16便士买的纸足够用来写莎士比亚的所有戏剧---要是你有那样的才智的话。
作家不需要钢琴和模特,不用去巴黎、维也纳和柏林,也不需要家庭教师。
当然,廉价的写作用纸是女性作为作家成功而先于其他职业的原因。
2.我讲讲我的故事,那只是个平常的故事。
你们自己设想一个姑娘,手里握着一支笔坐在卧室里。
从十点钟到一点钟她只是不停地由左向右写,然后她想到做一件既省钱又省力的事---把那些纸张放进信封,在信封的一角贴上一张一便士的邮票,把信封投进拐角的一个红色邮筒。
我就是这样成了一名撰稿人。
我的努力在下个月的第一天得到了回报---_那是我一生中非常快乐的一天。
我收到了编辑寄来的一封信,里面装有一张一英镑十先令六便士的支票。
为了让你们了解我不值得被称作职业女性,对人生的艰难和奋斗知之甚少,我得承认我没用那笔钱买食物、付房租、买袜子和肉,而是出去买了一只猫,一只漂亮的波斯猫,这只猫不久就引起了我和邻居间的激烈争端。
3.什么会比写文章并用赚得的钱买波斯猫来得更容易?但再想一想,文章得有内容。
我好像记得我的文章是评论一部名人写的小说。
现代大学英语译文及练习答案一、Where_do_we_go_from_here我们向何处去?马丁.路德.金1.为了回答“我们向何处去”这一问题,我们现在必须明确我们的现状。
当初拟定宪法时,一个不可思议的公式规定黑人在纳税和选举权方面只是一个完整人的60%。
如今又一个匪夷所思的公式似乎规定黑人只盂交纳一个人应交税的50%,只享受一个人应享受的选举权利的50%。
对于生活中的好事,黑人大约只享有白人所享受的一半;而生活中的不愉快,黑人却要承受白人所面对的两倍。
因此,所有黑人中有一半人住着低标准的住房。
并且黑人的收入只是白人的一半。
每当审视生活中的负面经历时,黑人总是占双倍的份额。
黑人无业者是白人的两倍。
黑人婴儿的死亡率是白人的两倍,从黑人所占的总人口比率上看,在越南死亡的黑人是白人的两倍。
2.其他领域也有同样惊人的数字。
在小学,黑人比白人落后一至三年,并且他们的被白人隔离的学校的学生人均所得到的补贴比白人的学校少得多。
20个上大学的学生中,只有一个是黑人。
在职的黑人中75%的人从事低收入、单凋乏味的非技术性工作。
3.这就是我们的现状。
我们的出路在哪里?首先,我们必须维护自己的尊严和价值。
我们必须与仍压迫我们的制度抗争,从而树立崇高的不可诋毁的价值观。
我们再不能因为是自已黑人而感到羞耻。
几百年来灌输黑人是卑微的、无足轻重的,因此要唤起他们做人的尊严绝非易事。
4.甚至语义学似乎也合谋把黑色的说成足丑陋的、卑劣的。
罗杰特分类词典中与黑色相关的词有120个,其中至少60个微词匿影藏形,例如。
污渍、煤烟、狰狞的、魔鬼和恶臭的。
而与白色相关的词约有134个,它们却毫无例外都褒嘉洋溢,诸如纯洁、洁净、贞洁和纯真此类词等。
白色的(善意的)谎言总比黑色的(恶意的)谎言要好。
家中最为人所不齿的人是“黑羊”,即败家子。
奥西.戴维斯曾建议或许应重造英语语言,从而教师将不再迫不得已因教黑人孩子60种方式蔑视自己而使他们继续怀有不应有的自卑感,因教白人孩子134种方式宠爱自己而使他们继续怀有不应有的优越感。
⼤学英语精读5课⽂翻译 ⼤学精读5课⽂翻译店铺已经整理好了,各位们,我们⼤家⼀起看看吧,欢迎各位阅读! ⼤学英语精读5课⽂翻译 Never, ever give up! 永不⾔弃! As a young boy, Britain's great Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill, attended a public school called Harrow. He was not a good student, and had he not been from a famous family, he probably would have been removed from the school for deviating from the rules. Thankfully, he did finish at Harrow and his errors there did not preclude him from going on to the university. He eventually had a premier army career whereby he was later elected prime minister. He achieved fame for his wit, wisdom, civic duty, and abundant courage in his refusal to surrender during the miserable dark days of World War II. His amazing determination helped motivate his entire nation and was an inspiration worldwide. 英国的伟⼤⾸相温斯顿·丘吉尔爵⼠,⼩时候在哈罗公学上学。
精读5 翻译Unit 1Passage Translation1.掌握大量的词汇对于达到一门外语的流利程度是至关重要的。
Mastering a large number of words is essential to achieving fluency in a foreign language.2.一个非官方的但却是经常被引用的有关剑桥初级证书英语考试(Cambridge First Certificate Examination)的数字表明,词汇量少于三千五百词的学生不大可能在这项考试中成功。
An unofficial, but often quoted, figure for the Cambridge First Certificate examination suggests that students with a vocabulary of less than 3,500 words are unlikely to be successful in the exam.3.最近的研究也表明,其母语为英语的受教育至18岁或18岁以上的人至少认识一万六千个英语词Current research also suggests that native English speakers who have been educated up to 18 years old or beyond know at least 16,000 English words4.除非你已经会讲一种像西班牙语或德语这样的语言,要获得大的英语词汇量是没有捷径可走的:你就得依靠勤奋和专注And unless you already speak a language like Spanish or German, there are no shortcuts to a large vocabulary in English: you just have to rely on diligence and dedication. 5当然,你可以从上下文猜出你阅读中遇到的一些生词的意思,但往往你得查词典才能搞清楚它们的确切意思。
大学英语精读第五册(第三版)课文翻译Unit1《一番说教》一番说教也许老师比学生更容易理解,为什么学生在掌握了英语基本结构和句型后英语学习反而变得越来越困难了。
学生们自然感到惊奇并失望地发现本来应该变得越来越容易的学习过程却完全不是那么回事。
学生们并不感到多少安慰,在知道老师在其努力所产生的效果似乎不及一开始明显也会灰心丧气。
他发现那些学生很容易去教,为他们能把所学的知识很快的用于实践。
可现在,他们却面对前阶段中从未学过的大量生词,惯用法显得踌躇不前。
他看到学生们在艰难地努力着,因为他们以前认为已经认识的语言现在似乎充满了令人头昏眼花的成语,陈旧用语以及在不同上下文中有不同含义的惯用词组。
要想让他们相信他们仍朝着精通的方向发展,他们英语就一定提高是很困难的。
并且,只要肯花时间和持之以恒。
有些学生在此情况下厌恶地放弃了学习,这并不出人意外;同时,另一些学生仍然充满希望地盼着老师象开始时那样给他们以满怀信心的指导。
从教师这方面看,由于往往不得不去讲解一些无法说清楚的东西,他常常会对同事们引用一些谚语权充台阶,比如:你能牵马河边走,马不饮水你自愁,或说得比较尊重对方但语法并不严谨:倒不在乎说什么,关键瞧您怎么说。
他的学生则会反唇相讥道:我越学越糊涂。
事实当然并非如此。
师生们正体验着一种共识,即学习中遇到的较复杂的语言结构在表达思想中并非至关重要,因此也就少有可能立刻派上用场。
出于同样的理由,在老师看来,恰当地选择教材变得更困难了。
任选一种食品比从品种繁多的菜单上单挑一道在某个特定日子里你想吃的菜要容易多了。
界定问题易于找出答案。
你可建议学生去讲英语的国家住两三年,这等于撒手不管他们。
没有几个学生陪得起时间花得起钱。
常言道:广泛阅读是最佳替代办法,但读书也应有所选择。
让学生走进图书馆随便拿起他们遇到的第一本书就读,这是无用的。
我会这样劝他们;读无需查字典就懂的书(但并非过眼即懂的书),读你感兴趣的书;读时间允许的书(杂志和报纸,而不是长篇小说,除非你能在一周左右读完它);读现在写的文章,而不是二百年前的文章;读得尽量多一些,并尽量记住写作方法,而不要拘泥于令你困惑的个别单词。
并且,代之以读文章,你应该听文章。
从某种意义上说,我对教师的劝告也是相同的。
我会说:最好不要认为学什么都可以,或任何语言都有用。
让学生没有掌握表达方法就去表达自己的思想是无益的。
正象在山脚下你弃老路而择近道一样,在距山顶不远处你也仍应尽心尽责为他们指一条攀顶之最佳路线。
如果你选的路线荆棘丛生,难以举步,全队则需返回,你应另择佳途。
你仍是雇用向导和登山专家,总能找到一条登顶之路。
Unit2《第五种自由》一小群早期拓荒者为了寻找在他们自己的祖国已不存在的自由,在三百多年前远涉重洋,来到詹姆斯敦和普列茅斯。
自由我们今天仍然格外珍惜。
它们是:脱离贫穷,消除恐惧、言论以及宗教信仰的自由。
如今这些拓荒者的后代以及后来加入其行列的新老移民仍然在美国本土和世界各地为这些自由而奋斗着。
与此同时还存在着第五种自由,也是上述四种自由之基石,我们有丢失它的危险。
它是达到个人成就顶峰的自由,在法国作家圣·埃克休帕里的作品里,一个破衣烂衫却长得聪明伶俐的阿拉伯少年,经常闲逛于北非某城市,被描写成一个被埋没的莫扎特,他不可能受到训练或培养。
这个孩子有自由吗?“在还来得及的时候却得为到培养。
你也许很可能有着与生俱来的成为诗人、音乐家或天文学家的潜能,但却不可能被唤醒了。
完善自我的自由是一种让每个人把自己的能力发展到最高水平的机会。
在美国我们为什么会开始失去这一自由呢?如何为我国的青年人重新获得这一自由呢?它之所以开始从我们身边悄然离去,我认为是由于以下三种误解所导致的。
首先是对民主的误解。
在费城、一所名牌中学的校长被迫大声疾呼,号召人们反对一种观点,即认为给尖子生吃小灶是不民主的。
再如,当孟菲斯的一所教学质量好的私立学校在不久前停办时,一些有头脑的市民力主将其纳入公立学校系统,专门用来培养尖子人才。
他们主张要设入学条件并为有兴趣、有能力的学生提供高级研修课程。
然而这项建议竟遭反对,理由是这样做不民主!据此,课程均被定位在中等难度。
尖子生未受到挑战,情绪低落,差生也能及格。
没有为优等生开设的培优课程,没有每位男女生都必须达到的标准反而带来了民主。
其次是对幸福的误解。
我们当今文化的取向明白无误地直指安逸和物质享受,更少的日工作小时和周工作日,干得更少,拿得更多,更多的滑头的借口,更少实实在在的要求。
反映到我们的学校里,便是精神病医生取代了教鞭。
以前用教鞭当然有不妥的时候,如今的精神病医生也功不可没。
但趁势是显而易见的。
Tour comprend c?est pa rdoner(原谅了一切才理解了一切。
)我们真的相信较松的标准能带来幸福吗?象某些教育专家建议的,用玩娃娃取代难学的古典文学和数学。
这难道是我们经过深思熟虑作出的判断吗?无怪乎黎巴嫩驻联合国代表查尔斯·马立克会这样写道:“在西方(美国)普遍存在着道德滑坡。
(我们的)领导似乎无从应付史无前例的时代的挑战。
”最后是对价值观的误解。
这里仅举几项在过去五十年里在师范教育界最具影响的信仰,永恒的真理是不存在的;绝对的道德准则是不存在的;上帝是不存在的。
但人类全部的历史却告诉我们:否定这些基本原则,置人或国家于宇宙之中心,将导致使世界瘫痪的整体自私自利。
而这恶果却已令人恐怖地初现端倪。
阿诺德·汤因比曾经说,一切进步,一切发展均来自挑战以及相应的反应。
而没有挑战,当然也没有了反应,没有了进步,没有了自由。
因此,首先我们要为我们的孩子提供最艰深,最具挑战性的在其力所能及的范围内的课程。
米开朗基罗学画时可不是心不在焉的乱画。
莫扎特要是整天看电视,也就不可能在八岁就成为小有名气的钢琴家。
正象伊芙·居里和海伦·凯勒一样,他们都是以严格的训练来面对挑战。
并且赢得了新的自由。
我们可以给我们的男孩女孩们的第二个机会乃是有权失败。
“自由不仅仅是一种特权,而且也是一种考验,”德·纽伊写道。
一个不允许失败的考验是一种什么样的考验呢?这种自由又将是什么自由呢:美国能为每一位来听上四年高中课程的学生,发张高中文凭。
但不管是否学到东西,这个时代已一去不复返了。
我们生活在一个变得越来越小的世界里,我们必须知晓现实主义,并对其保持警觉;而现实主义所要求的标准应是一种要么必须达到,要么达不到的标准。
这种说法过于严酷,但也句句是实。
如果剥夺了我们的孩子失败的权力,也就是剥夺了他们认识真实世界的权力。
最后,我们应让孩子们全面了解我们已经找到的最好的价值。
通过把我们的生活与各个时代,可资证明的事件联系起来,通过已经过历史证明为最真实的价值观来评判我们的人生哲学。
我们也许能够提供一种充满真理、内容翔实、满足我们的思维,打劫我们心扉、燃起希望之火的,时时萦绕于耳的启示,一种受用终生的启示。
这是一个意味着快乐力量和领袖才能的启示—即自由而非奴役。
Unit3《美好生活的秘诀》这个世纪心理学领域里最重要的发现就是“自我行象”。
无论意识到与否,我们每个人大脑中都有一幅关于自己的蓝图或画像。
如果我们有意识地去注视它,这个心象也许地会显得模糊不清、难以界定。
事实上,它也许完全不能被有意识地辨认出来。
但它确实存在而且细节分明。
这个自我心象就是我们关于“我是哪种人”的自我概念。
它是建立在我们关于自己的信念之上的。
但这大部分的关于我们自己的信念是在无意识中通过我们过去的经验、我们的成功和失败、我们遭受的屈辱、我们的胜利以及别人对我们所作出的反应,尤其是在儿童时期对我们的反应等等形成的。
通过以上种种经历,我们在大脑中建立了一个“自我”(或是一个关于自我的画像。
)一旦某种关于我们自己的想法和信念进入到这幅图象当中,就我们自己而言,它即变成了“真实”。
我们从不过问它的正确性,而是按此行事,似乎它确实是真的。
这个自我心象由于有了两个重要的发现而变成了打开通往更美好生活之门的金钥匙。
1、你所有的行动、情感、举止—甚至你的能力—总是与这个自我心象保持一致。
简言之,你将按照构想中的你去行事。
不仅如此,无论你尽多大有意识的努力或有怎样的毅力,你都不可能有其他的行为模式。
一位认定自己属于“失败型”的人们会设法去失败,尽管他有着良好的愿望或意志力,即便有时幸运之神已经来敲门了。
一位认定自己是非正义的受害者的人,一位“注定要遭灾的人”,他将总是寻找一些根据去证实自己的观点。
自我心象是个“前提”,一个基地或基础,在此之上你建立起你全部的个性、举止甚至你的生活环境。
由此,我们的生活经验总象是去证实并因此而加强我们的自我心象。
并且,也就视具体情况不同而建立起一套恶性或良性循环。
例如,一位把自己看作“失败”型的学校男生,一位数学上很“笨”的学生,将总是发现他的成绩报告单往往证明他判断的正确性。
于是他便有了“证据”。
一位自我心象为不讨人喜欢的小女孩,会发现在学校的舞会上大家确实老是躲着她。
她的的确确是在自寻冷遇。
她那一脸苦相、羞臊的举止、过于想取悦别人的心态,或者也许是她无意之间对她觉得会冒犯她的人的敌意,这一切把她本应能够吸引过来的人都赶走了。
同样地,一位售货员或一位商人也会发现他实际经历过的事趋向于“证明”他的自我心象是正确无误的。
由于有这个客观的“证明”,一个人就很难发觉他的问题正是出在他的自我心象或他对自己的评价上。
告诉那位男生他只是“认为”自己无法学会代数。
那他就会怀疑你的判断力。
他试了又试,可成绩单却总是一样。
告诉售货员他挣的钱不会超过某个数字也只是一个想法而已。
他就会拿出订单证明你错了。
他太了解他曾怎样艰苦地尝试过并失败了的。
然而,就象我们将要看到的那样,学生的成绩和售货员的业务能力几乎是奇迹般地改变了在他们听劝改变自我心象之后。
2、自我心象能被改变。
大量例子表明无论年长或年幼都可改变自我心象并由此开始新的生活。
一个很难让人改变其生活习惯、人格或,其生活方式的原因之一仍是:到目前为止,几乎所有的试图改变的努力都是朝着可以说是自我的外围,而不是中心进行的。
很多病人对我说了如下的话:“如果你要讲什么‘积极思维’我以前早试过了,只是对我无效。
”然而,如果细问一下,我们就会明白这些人所用的“积极思维”或他们想要用的“积极思维”,只是针对某个具体的外部情况,或是一些个别的习惯或性格缺陷(“我要得到那份工作。
”“以后我要更冷静和放松。
”“这次商业冒险会对我有利,”等等),但是他们从未想过要改变对将去干这些事的“自我”的看法。
耶稣警告我们把一块新布补在旧衣上,或是把新酒倒入旧瓶中都是愚蠢的。
“积极思维”不可能被有效地当做一个补丁或拐杖用于旧的自我心象上。
事实上,你绝对不会积极地去思考某个具体问题,如果你是对自我持的是否定态度的话并且,大量实验表明:一旦关于自我的概念改变了,其他与新自我相一致的事物就很容易完成,且无需绞尽脑汁。