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1、大学英语课文翻译答案(新世纪综合教程1)BOOK 1Unit 1T A Language Teachers Personal OpinionWill Pidcroft This text is taken from Incentive Themes by W. S. Fowler, J. Pidcook & L. R. Rycroft. Nelson. Australia. 1980.close1RT Every day I see advertisements in the newspapers and on the buses claiming that it is easy to lea

2、rn English. According to these advertisements, with very little effort on the students part, he will be able to speak the language fluently in three months or even ten days. There is often a reference to William Shakespeare or Charles Dickens to encourage him even more. When I see advertisements lik

3、e this, I dont know whether to laugh or cry. If it were as easy to learn English as they say, I would have to look for another job, because very few qualified teachers would be needed. But a large number of people must believe these ridiculous claims, or else the advertisements would not appear.一名语言

4、教师的个人看法威尔皮德克罗夫特我每天都会在报纸上、公共汽车上看到各种广告，声称轻轻松松就能学好英语。这些广告号称，学生不必费什么力气，要说一口流利的英语只需短短3个月，甚至10天就行。广告还常常提到威廉莎士比亚和查尔斯狄更斯等英语文学大师的名号来增强吸引力。每当看到诸如此类的广告时，我真是哭笑不得：如果学英语真像这些广告所说的那么轻松，我恐怕得另谋出路了，因为不需要那么多合格的英语教师了。但是肯定有许多人相信这些可笑的噱头，不然的话这些广告也不可能出现。It is natural for students to be attracted to methods that will teach t

5、hem as quickly and efficiently and cheaply as possible. But it is difficult for anyone to explain in simple language why one method is better than another, and it is no use pretending that anyone has discovered a perfect way of teaching English in every possible situation. Some experts even argue th

6、at there are as many good methods of teaching a language as there are good teachers, because every teacher is an individual with his own personality. No doubt this is true to a certain extent, but it is not very helpful to students.学生们喜欢实惠的速成学习方法也在情理之中，但要用浅显易懂的语言去解释为什么某一方法比另一方法更有效并不是一件简单的事，而且也无需装模作样

7、地声称有什么人已经找到了一个万能的适合所有学习环境的教学方法。一些专家甚至认为，有多少个好老师就有多少种好的教学方法，因为每一个老师都有其自身的特点。这种说法无疑是有几分道理的，但对学生来说不是很有帮助。For a long time people believed that the only way to learn a language was to spend a great deal of time in a country where it was spoken. Of course it is clear that students who go to England, Ameri

8、ca, or Australia to learn English have a great advantage over others, but a large number of students cannot afford to do so. Some students go to the opposite extreme and think they can teach themselves at home with dictionaries. But it is wrong to assume that each word in English has a precise equiv

9、alent in another language and vice versa, and it is impossible for any translation method to provide students with the natural forms of a language in speech, let alone produce good pronunciation and intonation.有很长一段时间，人们认为要学好一门语言，只有去使用那种语言的国家待上一段时间。当然去英国、美国、或者澳大利亚等国家学英语的学生肯定比那些不能去的学生具有很大优势，但是很多学生支付不

10、起那笔费用。有些学生走向另一极端：他们认为可以借助词典在家自学。如果你认为英语中的每一个词在另一语言中都有完全对等的词（或反之亦然），那就错了。通过翻译法来给学生讲解口语的自然形式是不可能的，更不要说做到语音、语调地道了。close4RT A great deal of teaching is still based on behaviorist psychology. Behaviorists are fond of making students repeat phrases and making them do exercises where they continually have

11、to change one word in a sentence. If we were parrots or chimpanzees, these methods might be successful. A large number of theorists seem to think it is a pity we arent, because it would make it easier to use their methods.现在大量的教学活动还是建立在行为主义心理学的基础之上。行为主义者热衷于让学生复述短语，不断做一些只需更换句中某个词的练习。假如我们是鹦鹉或黑猩猩，那这些方法

12、或许能奏效，可惜我们不是，这似乎让很多理论家引以为憾，否则他们提出的那些方法用起来就会容易得多了。close5RT In my personal opinion, no one can ever learn to speak English or any other language unless he is interested in it. Human beings, unlike parrots and chimpanzees, do not like making noises unless they understand what the noises mean and can re

13、late them to their own lives. It is worth remembering that language is a means of communication. What people want to say and write in another language is probably very similar to what they want to say and write in their own. What they listen to and read cannot be a formula. It must be real.我个人认为，假如没

14、有兴趣，任何人都不可能学好英语或其他任何语言。与鹦鹉或黑猩猩不同，人类不会无缘无故地发出噪音，除非他们明白这些声音是什么意思，并且能将其与自己的生活联系起来。值得牢记的是：语言是一种交际手段，人们在母语中怎么说怎么写，用另一种语言表达时也大同小异。因此，人们所听所读的不应该是程式化的东西，听的读的材料必须真实自然。close6RT There is another relevant point worth mentioning here. We need other people to talk to and listen to when we communicate. If what we

15、are learning is strange to us, it will be helpful if there are other students around us who can work with us and practise the unfamiliar forms with us in real situations, talking to each other about real life in real language.还有一个相关的问题值得一提：在交际时我们需要有交谈或倾听的对象。在学习较生疏的内容时，如果有其他学生和我们在实战中一起学习和练习那些陌生的语言形式，

16、用真实的语言去谈论真实的生活，那一定会受益匪浅。2Learning to ReadJohn Holt This text is adapted from The Norton Reader (11th Edition) by W. W. Norton, L. H. Peterson & J. C. Brereton. New York & London. 2004.close1RT In one of my classes were many children who had had great trouble with schoolwork, particularly reading. I

17、decided to try at all costs to rid them of their fear and dislike of books, and to get them to read oftener and more adventurously (冒险地).学会去读书约翰霍尔特在我曾经任教的一个班上有许多孩子学习起来非常吃力，尤其是阅读。因此我决定不惜任何代价消除他们对书籍的恐惧和厌恶心理，让他们能够多读些书，更勇于尝试。close2RT One day soon after school had started, I said to them, Now Im going to

18、 say something about reading that you have probably never heard a teacher say before. I would like you to read a lot of books this year, but I want you to read them only for pleasure. I am not going to ask you questions to find out whether you understand the books or not. If you understand enough of

19、 a book to enjoy it and want to go on reading it, thats enough for me. Also Im not going to ask you what words mean.开学没多久，我对孩子们说：我要跟你们说说读书的事，也许还没有哪个老师这样对你们讲过。今年我想要你们读许多书，你们只需要为寻求乐趣而读书，我不会去检查你们读懂了没有。如果你读了一点儿，觉得会喜欢这本书，并愿意把它读完，这就够了。我不会去考你们词语的意思。close3RT Finally, I said, I dont want you to feel that jus

20、t because you start a book, you have to finish it. Give an author thirty or forty pages or so to get his story going. Then if you dont like the characters and dont care what happens to them, close the book, put it away, and get another. I dont care whether the books are easy or hard, short or long,

21、as long as you enjoy them. Furthermore, Im putting all this in a letter to your parents, so they wont feel they have to quiz or check your reading at home. 最后，我继续说道，你们不要觉得读一本书就得把它读完。先读三四十页，看看故事情节如何发展。如果你不喜欢书中人物，或者对他们的经历不感兴趣，只管合上书，放到一边，去读另一本。你们读的书是难还是容易、篇幅长还是篇幅短，我都不在意，只要你们喜欢就行。另外，我会写信把我的意思告诉你们的家长，好让他

22、们知道没有必要在家里查问或检查你们的读书情况。close4RT The children sat stunned (使震惊) and silent. Was this a teacher talking? One girl, who had just come to us from a school where she had had a very hard time, and who proved to be one of the most interesting, lively, and intelligent children I have ever known, looked at m

23、e steadily for a long time after I had finished. Then, still looking at me, she said slowly and solemnly, Mr. Holt, do you really mean that? I said just as solemnly, I mean every word of it.孩子们都愣住了，坐着不出声。这真的是老师在说话吗？其中一个女孩，因为功课不好最近才转学到我们学校来，后来我发现她非常有趣、活泼、聪明，在我所有的学生中都算突出的。我讲完后，她盯住我看了很久。然后，她继续看着我，缓慢而严肃

24、地问：霍尔特先生，你说的话是真的吗？我也同样严肃地回答：真的，一点不假。close5RT Apparently she decided to believe me. The first book she read was Dr. Seusss How the Grinch Stole Christmas, not a hard book even for most third graders. For a while she read a number of books on this level. Perhaps she was clearing up some confusion abou

25、t reading that her teachers, in their hurry to get her up to grade level, had never given her enough time to clear up. After she had been in the class six weeks or so and we had become good friends, I very tentatively (试探性地) suggested that, since she was a skillful rider and loved horses, she might

26、like to read National Velvet. I made my sell as soft as possible, saying only that it was about a girl who loved and rode horses, and that if she didnt like it, she could put it back. She tried it, and though she must have found it quite a bit harder than what she had been reading, finished it and l

27、iked it very much.显然，她打算照我说的办。她读的第一本书是索伊斯博士写的格林奇偷走圣诞节，这本书对大多数三年级的学生都不算难，更不要说这个年级的孩子了。有一阵子，她读的书都在这个难易度上。也许她是在消除对阅读的一些困惑，而以前她没时间去做，因为老师总是催促她看这个年级该看的书。她在这个班上学习了六七个星期后，我们成了好朋友。我试探地向她建议：既然她喜欢马，而且骑马的水平还不错，她可以读一读侠女神驹。我尽可能委婉地提出这个建议。我只告诉她那是一本关于一个热爱马并常常骑马的女孩的故事；如果她不喜欢读，她可以放回书架。她去读了，也许她觉得这本书比她先前读的书要难点，但是她读完了，而

28、且挺喜欢。close6RT During the spring semester, she really astonished me, however. One day, in one of our many free periods, she was reading at her desk. From a glimpse of the illustrations I thought I knew what the book was. I said to myself, It cant be, and went to take a closer look. Sure enough, she w

29、as reading Moby Dick, in the edition with woodcuts (木刻) by Rockwell Kent. When I came close to her desk, she looked up. I said, Are you really reading that? She said she was. I said, Do you like it? She said, Oh, yes, its neat! I said, Dont you find parts of it rather heavy going? She answered, Oh,

30、sure, but I just skip (略过，跳过) over those parts and go on to the next good part.春季的那一学期，她的表现可真的让我吃惊了。一天，在我们的自习课上我看到她坐在课桌前看书。我瞥了一眼书中的插图我就知道这是一本什么书了。但是我不相信我的眼睛：不可能吧。我走过去仔细一看，果然她在读白鲸，那版本配有罗克威尔肯特的木刻画。我走近她的时候，她抬起头来。我问她：你真的在看这本书吗？她说，是的。我又问：你喜欢这本书吗？嗯，是的。这本书很好。她答道。你不觉得有些地方很难吗？我又问道。有啊，不过，看不懂就跳过去，挑有意思的地方看。她这样回

31、答。close7RT This is exactly what reading should be, but in school, reading is not always an exciting, joyous (充满欢乐的) adventure. Find something, dive into it, take the good parts, skip the bad parts, get what you can out of it, go on to something else. Why should we insist that every child should read

32、 the same book and get the same scrap(碎屑)of understanding out of it?真正的阅读就该如此。但是上学时，阅读不见得总是有趣或让人喜欢。拿上一本书，钻进去，读有趣的部分，跳过不好的部分，尽可能从书中得到点收获，然后再去读其他书。为什么非要让每个孩子读一样的书，作出同样的理解呢?unit 3T The Doctors SonHarold Eppley with Rochelle Melander This article is excerpted and adapted from Chicken Soup. The Chicken S

33、oup Series, compiled by Jack Canfield and Victor Hansen, has become a household name for its touching stories and its impact on the lives of a lot of people. The series has been translated into 37 different languages. Chicken Soup of the Soul is a collection among the Chicken Soup Series. The main t

34、hemes are on coping with relationships and emotions. The series include Chicken Soup for Teenagers Soul, Chicken Soup for Girls Soul, Chicken Soup for Mother and Daughters Soul, Chicken Soup for Father and Daughters Soul, Chicken Soup for Grandmas Soul, etc.close1RT My parents moved to Vermont when

35、I was still an infant. A soft-spoken man, my father settled quietly into his medical practice in a small town called Enosburg. Soon the local people accepted him as one of their own. Word passes quickly in small Vermont towns. They know good people when they meet them. Around town the neighbors gree

36、ted my father as Doc Eppley. And I soon learned that as long as I lived in Enosburg I would always be known as Doctor Eppleys son.医生的儿子哈罗德埃普利、罗谢尔梅兰德合写我还是个婴儿的时候，我的父母亲搬到了佛蒙特州。我那温文尔雅的父亲在一个名叫伊诺斯堡的小镇上毫不张扬地开业行医了。很快，当地人就把他当成了自己人。在佛蒙特州的小镇上，消息传播得很快。人们分得清谁是好人。邻居们都称我的父亲为埃普利医生。我很快意识到，只要我住在伊诺斯堡镇，我就永远只是埃普利医生的儿子。c

37、lose2RT On the first day of school, my classmates crowded around me because I was the doctors son. If youre anything like your father, youll be a smart boy, my first-grade teacher said. I couldnt stop beaming.入学的第一天，同学们就簇拥着我，因为我是医生的儿子。要是你多少有点像你父亲的话，你就会是个聪明的孩子。我的一年级老师这么说。我忍不住眉开眼笑。close3RT Somewhere i

38、n the midst of my teenage years, however, something changed. I was sixteen years old and the neighbors still called me Doctor Eppleys son. They said that I was growing up to be an honorable and industrious young man, living an honest life just like my father. I groaned whenever I heard their complim

39、ents.可是在我十几岁的时候，事情起了变化。 我都十六岁了，邻居们还是称呼我埃普利医生的儿子。他们说我长大了一定会是一个可敬又勤劳的年轻人，会像我父亲那样过着体面的生活。每当我听到这些赞美，我都很不以为然地哼哼几声。close4RT I wondered how I would ever fit in with my teenage friends. I hated being followed by my fathers good name. And so when strangers asked me if I was Doctor Eppleys son, I replied emph

40、atically, My name is Harold. And I can manage quite well on my own. As an act of rebellion, I began to call my father by his first name, Sam.我不知道自己怎样才能融入我那些少年朋友的圈子。我讨厌父亲的好名声像影子一样跟着我。所以当陌生人问起我是不是埃普利医生的儿子时，我会带着强调的口气说：我叫哈罗德。我自己能管好自己的事。出于反叛，我开始对父亲直呼其名，不叫他爸爸，而叫他萨姆。close5RT Why are you acting so stubborn

41、lately? my father asked me one day in the midst of an argument.你最近为什么这么犟？有次争吵时，我父亲这样问我。close6RT Well, Sam, I replied, I suppose that bothers you.哼，萨姆。我想你难过了吧！close7RT You know it hurts me when you call me Sam, my father shouted.你知道的，你叫我萨姆让我很伤心。我父亲大声地说。close8RT Well, it hurts me when everybody expect

42、s me to be just like you. I dont want to be perfect. I want to be myself.哦，那人人都指望我像你一样，也很让我伤心呢。我不要完美，我只想做我自己。close9RT I survived my last years of high school until finally I turned eighteen. The next fall I enrolled in college. I chose to attend a school far from Enosburg, a place where nobody calle

43、d me Doctor Eppleys son.我好不容易挨完高中，总算满了十八岁。第二年秋天我上了大学。我选中了一所远离伊诺斯堡的学校，一个没人管我叫埃普利医生的儿子的地方。close10RT One night at college I sat with a group of students in the dormitory as we shared stories about our lives. We began to talk about the things we hated most about our childhoods. Thats easy, I said. I cou

44、ldnt stand growing up in a town where everybody always compared me with my father.在大学里，有天晚上我和一帮学生在宿舍聊起我们的生活。我们开始谈起我们童年最讨厌的事情。想都不用想，我说，我受不了在一个每个人都拿我跟我父亲比的地方生活。close11RT The girl sitting next to me frowned. I dont understand, she said. Id be proud to have a father whos so well respected. Her eyes fill

45、ed with tears as she continued, Id give anything to be called my fathers child. But I dont know where he is. He left my mother when I was only four.坐在我身边的女孩皱起眉头说：这我就不理解了。要是有这么个令人尊敬的父亲我一定会很骄傲的。她的眼里噙着泪继续说，要是有人把我叫做我父亲的孩子，那我会不惜一切地珍重这荣誉！但我不知道他在哪里。他抛弃了我的母亲,那时我才四岁。close12RT There was an awkward silence, an

46、d then I changed the subject. I wasnt ready to hear her words.大家陷入了尴尬的沉默，然后我转开了话题。她的话我当时还听不进去。close13RT I returned home for winter break that year, feeling proud of myself. In four months at college, I had made a number of new friends. I had become popular in my own right, without my fathers help.那年

47、寒假我回了家，心中充满了自豪感。在大学的四个月中，我交了好些朋友。我没有靠父亲，而是靠自己的本事赢得了众人的欢心。close14RT For two weeks I enjoyed being back in Enosburg. The main topic of interest at home was my fathers new car.回到伊诺斯堡的两个星期里，我一直都很高兴。父亲的新车成了家里人感兴趣的话题。close15RT Let me take it out for a drive, I said.让我开出去转转。我说。close16RT My father agreed, b

48、ut not without his usual warning, Be careful.父亲同意了，但跟往常一样提醒我，小心点。close17RT I glared at him. Sam, Im sick of being treated like a child. Im in college now. Dont you think I know how to drive?我瞪了他一眼，萨姆，我讨厌你老把我当成个孩子。我都上大学了。你以为我不会开车啊？close18RT I could see the hurt in my fathers face, and I remembered how much he hated it whenever I called him Sam.从父亲的脸上看得出我伤了他的心，也想起每次直呼萨姆时他是多么不高兴。close19RT All right then, he replied.那去吧。他说。close20RT I hopped into the car and headed down the road, savoring the be