The Glorious Messiness of English课文翻译

The Glorious Messiness of English课文翻译
The Glorious Messiness of English课文翻译

英语因杂乱而辉煌

【文】Robert MaceNil

【译】李建华AT CSU

1.英语的发展历程是大量剽窃其他语言的一个典型的例子。这也是现在英语拥有估计超过1百万单词的原因。然而其他主要语言的词汇要远少于这些。

2 .例如,法语只有大约75000个单词,并且还包括英语表达如snack bar(小吃店)和hit parade(流行唱片目录)。然而,法语并不喜欢借用外来词汇,因为他们认为这样会使法语变得不纯正。法国政府努力去禁止由英语传过来的单词,并且宣称walkman(随身听)这个单词是不如人意的;因此他们发明了另一个词balladeur,法国孩子被要求说这个词而不是walkman——然而事与愿违。

3.Walkman这个词是迷人的,因为它甚至也并不是英语单词。严格的来讲,它是由日本制造商发明的;他们将两个简单的英语单词组合起来来命名他们的产品。这并没有打搅到我们,a但却真的打搅到了法国人。这便是英语极好的混乱。乐于容忍,乐于接受来自任何地方的单词解释了英语为何如此博大精深,也解释了英语为何成为了一门很具外延并且首先成为真正意义上的全球化语言的原因。

4.一个远离欧洲海岸的小岛的语言是怎么变成我们这个星球的语言的——比其他任何语言更加广泛地被说和书写?英语的历史存在于孩子们初学的单词中:身份(I,me,you);财产(mine,yours);身体(eye,nose,mouth);大小(tall,short);必需品(food,water)。这些单词

都来自古英语或盎格鲁-撒克逊英语,这两种语言是英语的核心。通常很简短而直接,这些词汇今天仍被我们使用去表示那些真的对我们至关重要的东西。

5.伟大的演说家经常用古英语去唤起我们的情感。例如,二战期间,丘吉尔发表了这个演讲,致力于唤起英国民众反对希特勒的军队屯兵穿越英国海峡的勇气。“我们应该在海滩上与他们作斗争,我们应该在他们着陆的地方与他们抗争,我们应该在田野和街道与他们作斗争,我们应该在山上与他们抗争。我们绝不会投降。(原文:We shall fight on the beaches,we shall fight on the landing grounds,we shall fight in the fields and in the streets,we shall fight in the hills.We shall never surrender.)

6 .事实上这些话里的每一个词都来自古英语,除了最后一个词surrender来自诺曼人的法语外。丘吉尔本可以说:"We shall never give in,”但这正是英语诸多可爱的、有力的机会之一—为了增强表达效果,作家会将来自不同背景的单词进行组合。至今,我们仍能听到一些一针见血的话,而这些话中的词汇全来自英语最早的单词。

7.公元前55年凯撒侵略英国时,英语并不存在。居住于英国的凯尔特人所说的语言流传到今天的大多是威尔士语。那些语言起源于哪里现已无从考证,但是存在着一个说法。

8.两个世纪以前,印第安的一位英国法官注意到梵语中的一些词汇与希腊语、拉丁语中的一些词汇很相似。一项系统性的研究表明许多现代语言起源于共同的母语,之所以失传了是因为没有文字记载流传下

来。

9.为了确认相似的词汇,语言学家想出了一种他们称之为印欧语系的母语的语言,这种语言在公元前3500年~公元前2000年被使用。这些人有共同的词汇:雪(snow)、蜜蜂(bee)、狼(wolf)。但是没有表示海洋(sea)的词。因此一些学者认为他们生活在欧洲中北部的某个地方,那里很冷。他们中的一些人向东旅行创建了印度语和巴基斯坦语,另有一些人向西漂泊到了欧洲气候更温和的地方。那些最早作出决定向西漂泊的人便是我们现在熟知的凯尔特人,凯撒的军队在英国发现了他们。

10.新词汇因日耳曼部落而产生——the Angles,the Saxons,等等。公元5世纪盎格鲁-撒克逊人穿越北海定居到了英国。他们共同建立了我们所说的盎格鲁-撒克逊社会。

11.盎格鲁-撒克逊人流传给我们一些有关农场的词汇,包括羊(sheep)、牛(ox)、土(earth)、木头(wood)、田野(field)和工作(work)。他们也一定过得很愉快,因为他们给了我们笑(laughter)这个词。

12.接下来一个对英语产生重大影响的是基督教。它为盎格鲁-撒克逊词汇扩充了400~500来自希腊语、拉丁语的词汇,包括angel(天使)、disciple(信徒,门徒)和martyr(殉难者,烈士)。

13.随后来自斯堪的纳维亚的北欧海盗入侵了这个相对和平的地方。他们也带给英语许多以sk开头的单词,比如sky和skirt。但是古斯堪的纳维亚语和英语都生存了下来,因此你可以将‘抚养一个孩子’说

成rear a child(English)或raise a child(Norse)。其他像这样留存下来的通用词对有:wish和want,craft(手艺;工艺)和skill,hide和skin。每一个这样的个例都使英语更加丰富多彩,充满变数。

14.另一个大量外来词汇涌入英语的事件发生在1066年,那时诺曼人征服了英国。英国现在有三种语言:贵族人士说法语,宗教人士说拉丁语,普通老百姓说英语。伴随着三种语言的竞争,有时对同一件东西人们有不同的措辞来表达。例如,盎格鲁-撒克逊人有kingly这个词,但是在诺曼征服之后,royal和sovereign这两个词的进入代替了它。非凡的事情在于法语并没有代替英语。在过去的三个世纪里英语逐渐吞没了法语,并且到15世纪末得到发展的是一门不断被修改、不断被充实的语言——中期英语——大约借了10000个法语单词。15.大约1467年,威廉.卡克斯顿在英格兰建立了一家印刷社,这开启了一次交流革命。印刷给英语带来源自欧洲文艺复兴的新思潮财富。希腊和罗马的古典著作被译成英语并大量印刷,英语因此又借了数千个外来词汇,例如拉丁语中的capsule和habitual,希腊语中的catastrophe和thermometer。今天,英语依然引进拉丁语和希腊语中的词汇来命名新发明,比如video,television和cyberspace。16.伴随着殖民者入侵北美并且建立了美国,英语便形成了两个来源——美式和英式。英国学者因此而担心英语会失去控制,他们中的一些人想去建立一个学会来决定哪一个单词是合法的而哪一个单词是不合法的。幸运的是他们的想法没有被付诸实践。

17.那种对改变的容忍也代表着深深扎根的自由观念。丹麦学者叶斯

柏森于1905年这样写道:“如果不是几个世纪以来英国人对每一个个人的自由足够尊重,如果不是每个人都可以自由地去为自己开创新的道路,那么,英语绝不会像现在这样如此盛行。

18.我赞同这种观点。英国的文化土壤不仅造就了英语的产生,也滋养着当今社会的人们对自由和人权的追求。第一股思潮的涌现是在英国,随即在美国变得更加深入人心。英国人成功摧毁了那些试图禁锢英语的人所做出的一切努力。

19.确实,英语并没有被语法学家、语言警察、教师、作家或是社会精英特殊保护着。英语是,并且一直是普通人的语言。

2 013年1月11日晚

翻译如有不妥之处,敬请广大读者不吝指正

综合英语(一)课文及翻译

Lesson One: The Time Message Elwood N, Chapman 新的学习任务开始之际,千头万绪,最重要的是安排好时间,做时间的主人。本文作者提出了7点具体建议,或许对你有所启迪。 1 Time is tricky. It is difficult to control and easy to waste. When you look a head, you think you have more time than you need. For Example,at the beginning of a semester, you may feel that you have plenty of time on your hands, but toward the end of the term you may suddenly find that time is running out. You don't have enough time to cover all your duties (duty), so you get worried. What is the answer? Control! 译:时间真是不好对付,既难以控制好,又很容易浪费掉,当你向前看时,你觉得你的时间用不完。例如,在一个学期的开始,你或许觉得你有许多时间,但到学期快要结束时,你会突然发现时间快用光了,你甚至找不出时间把所有你必须干的事情干完,这样你就紧张了。答案是什么呢?控制。 2 Time is dangerous. If you don't control it, it will control you. I f you don't make it work fo r you, it will work against you. So you must become the master of time, not its servant. As a first-year college student, time management will be your number one Problem. 译:时间是危险的,如果你控制不了时间,时间就会控制你,如果你不能让时间为你服务,它就会起反作用。所以,你必须成为时间的主人,而不是它的奴仆,作为刚入学的大学生,妥善安排时间是你的头等大事。 3 Time is valuable. Wasting time is a bad habit. It is like a drug. The more time you waste,the easier it is to go on wasting time. If seriously wish to get the most out of college, you must put the time message into practice. 译:时间是珍贵的,浪费时间是个坏习惯,这就像毒品一样,你越浪费时间,就越容易继续浪费下去,如果你真的想充分利用上大学的机会,你就应该把利用时间的要旨付诸实践。 Message1. Control time from the beginning. 4 Time is today, not tomorrow or next week. Start your plan at the Beginning of the term. 译:抓紧时间就是抓紧当前的时间,不要把事情推到明天或是下周,在学期开始就开始计划。 Message2. Get the notebook habit. 5 Go and buy a notebook today, Use it to plan your study time each day. Once a weekly study plan is prepared, follow the same pattern every week with small changes. Sunday is a good day to make the Plan for the following week.

新版新概念英语第一册课文PDF

Lesson 1 Excuse me! 对不起! Listen to the tape then answer this question. Whose handbag is it? 听录音,然后回答问题,这是谁的手袋? Excuse me! Yes? Is this your handbag? Pardon? Is this your handbag? Yes, it is. Thank you very much. New Word and expressions 生词和短语 excuse v. 原谅 me pron. 我(宾格) yes

adv. 是的 is v. be 动词现在时第三人称单数 this pron.这 your possessive adjective 你的,你们的handbag n. (女用)手提包 pardon int. 原谅,请再说一遍 it pron.它 thank you 感谢你(们) very much 非常地

参考译文 对不起 什么事? 这是您的手提包吗? 对不起,请再说一遍。 这是您的手提包吗? 是的,是我的。非常 感谢! Lesson 3 Sorry, sir. 对不起,先生。 Listen to the tape then answer this question. 听录音,然后回答问题。这位男士有没有要回他的雨伞? My coat and my umbrella please. Here is my ticket. Thank you, sir. Number five. Here's your umbrella and your coat.

综合英语三课文翻译

Unit 1 Changes in the Way We Live 在美国,不少人对乡村生活怀有浪漫的情感。许多居住在城镇的人梦想着自己办个农场,梦想着靠土地为生。很少有人真去把梦想变为现实。或许这也没有什么不好,因为,正如吉姆·多尔蒂当初开始其写作和农场经营双重生涯时所体验到的那样,农耕生活远非轻松自在。但他写道,自己并不后悔,对自己作出的改变生活方式的决定仍热情不减。 Mr. Doherty Builds His Dream Life Jim Doherty 有两件事是我一直想做的――写作与务农。如今我同时做着这两件事。作为作家,我和E·B·怀特不属同一等级,作为农场主,我和乡邻也不是同一类人,不过我应付得还行。在城市以及郊区历经多年的怅惘失望之后,我和妻子桑迪终于在这里的乡村寻觅到心灵的满足。 这是一种自力更生的生活。我们食用的果蔬几乎都是自己种的。自家饲养的鸡提供鸡蛋,每星期还能剩余几十个出售。自家养殖的蜜蜂提供蜂蜜,我们还自己动手砍柴,足可供过冬取暖之用。 这也是一种令人满足的生活。夏日里我们在河上荡舟,在林子里野餐,骑着自行车长时间漫游。冬日里我们滑雪溜冰。我们为落日的余辉而激动。我们爱闻大地回暖的气息,爱听牛群哞叫。我们守着看鹰儿飞过上空,看玉米田间鹿群嬉跃。 但如此美妙的生活有时会变得相当艰苦。就在三个月前,气温降

到华氏零下30度,我们辛苦劳作了整整两天,用一个雪橇沿着河边拖运木柴。再过三个月,气温会升到95度,我们就要给玉米松土,在草莓地除草,还要宰杀家禽。前一阵子我和桑迪不得不翻修后屋顶。过些时候,四个孩子中的两个小的,16岁的吉米和13岁的埃米莉,会帮着我一起把拖了很久没修的室外厕所修葺一下,那是专为室外干活修建的。这个月晚些时候,我们要给果树喷洒药水,要油漆谷仓,要给菜园播种,要赶在新的小鸡运到之前清扫鸡舍。 在这些活计之间,我每周要抽空花五、六十个小时,不是打字撰文,就是为作为自由撰稿人投给报刊的文章进行采访。桑迪则有她自己繁忙的工作日程。除了日常的家务,她还照管菜园和蜂房,烘烤面包,将食品装罐、冷藏,开车送孩子学音乐,和他们一起练习,自己还要上风琴课,为我做些研究工作并打字,自己有时也写写文章,还要侍弄花圃,堆摞木柴、运送鸡蛋。正如老话说的那样,在这种情形之下,坏人不得闲――贤德之人也歇不了。 我们谁也不会忘记第一年的冬天。从12月一直到3月底,我们都被深达5英尺的积雪困着。暴风雪肆虐,一场接着一场,积雪厚厚地覆盖着屋子和谷仓,而室内,我们用自己砍伐的木柴烧火取暖,吃着自家种植的苹果,温馨快乐每一分钟。 开春后,有过两次泛滥。一次是河水外溢,我们不少田地被淹了几个星期。接着一次是生长季节到了,一波又一波的农产品潮涌而来,弄得我们应接不暇。我们的冰箱里塞满了樱桃、蓝莓、草莓、芦笋、豌豆、青豆和玉米。接着我们存放食品罐的架子上、柜橱里也开始堆

新概念英语第1册课文详注Lesson33_38

新概念英语第1册课文详注Lesson33~38 【导语】新概念英语一共144课。整本书无论是语法还是词汇,题材还是语句,都有其出彩之处。正是因为如此,新概念英语更是经久不衰,深受广大英语学习者的喜爱。小编为您整理了“新概念英语第1册课文详注Lesson33~38”,希望可以帮助到您! 新概念英语第1册课文详注Lesson33~34 1.It is a fine day today.今天天气好。 句中的it是指天气。又如: Is it cold today? 今天冷吗? No, it isn't. 不,不冷。 2.some clouds,几朵云。 some既可修饰可数名词,也可修饰不可数名词。如:some tables一些椅子(可数名词),some milk一些牛奶(不可数名词)。 3.There are some clouds in the sky, but the sun is shining.天空中飘着几朵云,但阳光灿烂。 这句是并列句,由两个分句构成,连词but表明分句之间存在着对比及转折关系。两分句之间大多要用逗号,有时可不用逗号。 4.Mr. Jones is with his family.琼斯先生同他的家人在一起。 句中with是介词,表示"和……一起"。family是指"家里的人"或"家庭成员"。 5.They are walking over the bridge.他们正在过桥。 句中的over有"穿过"的意思。又如: The aeroplane is flying over the river. 飞机正在河上飞过。

The birds are flying over the house. 鸟儿在屋上飞过。 over还可表不"在……上方"(不接触表面),如: The sky is over our heads. 天空在我们头顶上。 6.There are some boats on the river. 河上有几艘船。 句中on意为"在……上面"(接触表面)。又如: There is a book on the table. 桌上有一本书。 7.The ship is going under the bridge. 那船正从桥下驶过。 句中under意为"在……下面(或下方)"。如: There is a dog under the tree. 树下有只狗。 ship一般指海洋中行驶的大船。boat一词指河中行驶的小船。另外:飞机(正式用语)aeroplane(英)/airplane(美);飞机(非正式用语) plane。 新概念英语第1册课文详注Lesson35~36 1.This is a photograph of our village.这是我们村庄的一张照片。 句中of是介词,表示"……的"。又如: the windows of a room 房间的窗户 2.It is between two hills. 我们的村庄坐落在一个山谷之中。 句中It指village。between是介词,表示"在……(两者)之间"。又如: The man is standing between two policemen.

(完整版)新概念英语第一册课文版(最新整理)

Lesson1: Excuse me! Excuse me! Yes? Is this your handbag? Pardon? Is this your handbag? Yes, it is. Thank you very much. Lesson 3:Sorry sir. My coat and my umbrella please. Here is my ticket. Thank you sir. Number five. Here is your umbrella and your coat. This is not my umbrella. Sorry sir. Is this your umbrella? No, it isn't. Is this it? Yes, it is. Thank you very much. Lesson 5: Nice to meet you. Good morning. Good morning, Mr. Blake. This is Miss Sophie Dupont. Sophie is a new student. She is a French. Sophie, this is Hans. He is German. Nice to meet you. And this is Naoko.

She’s Japanese. Nice to meet you. And this is Chang-woo. He’s Korean. (朝鲜人) Nice to meet you. And this is Luming. He’s Chinese. Nice to meet you. And this is Xiaohui. She’s Chinese, too. Nice to meet you. Lesson 7: Are you a teacher? I’m a new student. My name’s Robert. Nice to meet you. My name’s Sophie. Are you French? Yes, I’m. Are you French, too? No, I’m not. What nationality are you? I’m Ital ian. Are you a teacher? No, I’m not. What’s your job? I’m a keyboard operator. What’s your job? I’m an engineer. Lesson 9: How are you today? Hello, Helen. Hi, Steven. How are you today?

新概念英语第三册课文及详解第6课

Smash-and-grab 砸橱窗抢劫 The expensive shops in a famous arcade near Piccadilly were just opening. At this time of the morning, the arcade was almost empty. Mr Taylor, the owner of a jewellery shop was admiring a new window display. Two of his assistants had been working busily since 8 o'clock and had only just finished. Diamond necklaces and rings had been beautifully arranged on a background of black velvet. After gazing at the display for several minutes, Mr Taylor went back into his shop. The silence was suddenly broken when a large car, with its headlights on and its horn blaring, roared down the arcade. It came to a stop outside the jeweler's. One man stayed at the wheel while two others with black stockings over their faces jumped out and smashed the window of the shop with iron bars. While this was going on, Mr Taylor was upstairs. He and his staff began throwing furniture out of the window. Chairs and tables went flying into the arcade. One of the thieves was struck by a heavy statue, but he was too busy helping himself to diamonds to notice any pain. The raid was all over in three minutes, for the men scrambled back into the car and it moved off at a fantastic speed. Just as it was leaving, Mr Taylor rushed out and ran after it throwing ashtrays and vases, but it was impossible to stop the thieves. They had got away with thousands of pounds worth of diamonds. Language points (Attention:The following points are may not covered by the video. It is better for you to watch the video or listen to the MP3 first and try to take notes on your own. Then you may check here to get more details. ) 1, The expensive shops in a famous arcade near Piccadilly were just opening. in a famous arcade near Piccadilly介词短语修饰shops e.g. The shoe shop in my neighborhood was just opening.我家附近的鞋店刚刚开们营业。 2, After gazing at the display for several minutes, Mr. Taylor went back into his shop. after gazing...=after he gazed... 本句运用-ing形式结构,表明其逻辑主语要和主句的主语是一致的。

新世纪博士生综合英语Unit 1 课文及译文

Unit1 The Burden of Womanhood Too often in the Third World, a female?s life is hardly worth living. By: John Ward Anderson & Molly Moore 女人的负担 往往在第三世界,女性的生活几乎是不值得活的。 约翰.沃德.安德森和莫莉.摩尔 1.When Rani returned home from the hospital cradling her newborn daughter, the men in the family slipped out of her mud hut while she and her mother-in-law mashed poisonous oleander seeds into a dollop of oil and dropped it into the baby?s throat. As soon as darkness fell, Rani crept into a nearby field and buried her baby girl in a shallow, unmarked grave next to a small stream. 当拉尼抱着她刚出生的女儿从医院回到家时,男人们溜出了她的土屋,她和她的婆婆将有毒的夹竹桃种子捣碎成一团油,并将其塞到婴儿的喉咙里。夜幕一降临,拉尼就蹑手蹑脚地来到附近的一块土地,将她的女婴埋在一条小溪浅旁边的一个不深的、没有标记的坟墓内。 2.“I never felt any sorrow,” Rani, a farm laborer with a weather-beaten face, said through an interpreter. “There was a lot of bitterness in my heart toward the baby because the gods should have given me a son.” “我从来没有感到任何悲哀”,脸部饱经风霜的拉尼通过翻译说,“我的心对孩子充满了辛酸,因为神本应该赐予我一个儿子”。 3.Each year hundreds and perhaps thousands of newborn girls in India are murdered by their mothers simply because they are female. Some women believe that sacrificing a daughter guarantees a son in the next pregnancy. In other cases, the family cannot afford the dowry that would eventually be demanded for a girl?s marriage. 在印度每年有数百甚至数千名新生女婴被他们的母亲谋杀,只因为他们是女孩。有些妇女认为,牺牲一个女儿将保证下次怀孕是儿子。在其他情况下,家庭买不起女孩结婚时所需的嫁妆。 4.And for many mothers, sentencing a daughter to death is better than condemning her to life as a woman in the Third World, with cradle-to-grave discrimination, poverty, sickness and drudgery. 对于很多母亲而言,判处女儿死刑胜过让她在第三世界作为一个女人生活,经历一辈子的歧视、贫困、疾病和劳苦。

新概念英语第一册课文word版

Lesson 1: Excuse me! Excuse me! [劳驾,请问,对不起] Yes? Is this your handbag? [handbag的发音,当两个爆破音连在一起时前一个失去爆破,故读作:han(d)bag] Pardon? [请原谅,请再说一遍。完整句型:I beg your pardon?] Is this your handbag? Yes, it is. Thank you very much. [亦可用Thank you或Thanks,表示强调时用Thanks a lot] 笔记: 1、excuse 1)v. 原谅。eg. Excuse me. 请原谅,劳驾。 2)n. 借口。eg. It‘s an excuse. 那是一个借口 2、me pron. 我(宾格) eg. He loves me. 他爱我。 eg. She cheats me. 她骗我。 eg. Please tell me. 请告诉我。 3、Excuse me的用法。打搅别人时,常被译作“劳驾” 1)为了要引起别人的注意 eg. Excuse me, Is this your handbag? 2) 要打扰某人或要打断别人的话 Eg. Excuse me. May I ask you a question?

3) 向陌生人问路 Eg. Excuse me. Could you please tell me the way to the railway station? 劳驾,请问去火车站的路怎么走呢? 4) 向某人借东西 Eg. Excuse me. Can I borrow your pen? 打扰下,可不可以接你的钢笔用下啊? 5)需要从别人身边挤过或让别人给自己让路 Eg. Excuse me. Could you please make some room for me? 劳驾,借过下一下。 6)要求在宴会或会议中途中离开一会儿 Eg. Excuse me. May I leave for a little while? 对比起,我离开一下。 4、sorry 用于当你做错事而向别人道歉的时候,表示“对不起” 1)请问几点了? Eg. Excuse me. What time is it? 2) 不小心把水弄到了别人身上。 Eg. Sorry. 或者I‘m sorry! 3)对不起,我先失陪一下 Eg. Excuse me. 4) 误解了别人的意思 Eg. Sorry. 5、Yes 1) adv. 是的(对一般疑问句的肯定回答) Eg. Are you mad? 你疯了吗? ----- Yes, I am. 是的,我疯了

新概念英语第三册课文word版

Lesson1 A puma at large Pumas are large, cat-like animals which are found in America. When reports came into London Zoo that a wild puma had been spotted forty-five miles south of London, they were not taken seriously. However, as the evidence began to accumulate, experts from the Zoo felt obliged to investigate, for the descriptions given by people who claimed to have seen the puma were extraordinarily similar. The hunt for the puma began in a small village where a woman picking blackberries saw 'a large cat' only five yards away from her. It immediately ran away when she saw it, and experts confirmed that a puma will not attack a human being unless it is cornered(adj.被困得走投无路的). The search proved difficult, for the puma was often observed at one place in the morning and at another place twenty miles away in the evening. Wherever it went, it left behind it a trail of dead deer and small animals like rabbits. Paw prints were seen in a number of places and puma fur was found

最新综合英语教程2第三版课文翻译资料

《综合英语教程》第二册课文、扩展阅读课文译文 Unit 1 Text 等候的人们 我坐在一个机场,观察着等候所爱之人到达或离开前最后一刻的人们。他们有的不安地来回走着,有的互相凝视着,有的拉着对方的手。此时的感情是强烈的。 一位讲西班牙语的女士正来回转圈地跑着,想要将全家人集中起来道别。她的嗓门很高。当登机前的最后时刻到来时,她用双臂搂着儿子,似乎这一紧紧的拥抱能保佑他将来平安地归来。 在我候机坐位旁的栏杆边站着一位祖母和她的孙子,该来接他们的人还没到。他们旁边有两位女士,互相之间显然没有关系,但她们的眼光都象扫视着大海的探照灯一样朝通道口仔细地搜索着。一位怀抱婴儿的母亲正与丈夫吻别。泪水打湿了她的面颊。这时刻十分令人动情。 在第13号出口处,抵达者们刚刚进站。“我看见她了,她在那儿。”以同样感人的激情,这些抵达者融入了庞杂的人群,仿佛他们是这人群中失而复得的一个组成部分。泪水、笑容,和由衷的快乐洋溢在久别重逢的欢声笑语中。 我坐着边翻书边等着我的登机时刻,感到有点孤独,因为亲人与我的时间不配;而我要去见的人,我的女儿,却在我旅程的另一端。 我在回想往日的离别和重逢。忆起我看见女儿,就是我现在要去见的女儿,正从那狭窄的通道走过来,肩上背着背包,怀里抱着塞得满满的行囊,带着的耳机让她无暇顾及身旁川流不息的人群。她当时上大学一年级,11月回家度假——8月份以来第一次回家。我紧紧地拥抱着她,似乎我曾失去过她。 今天我乘坐的航班晚点两小时。手里的书今天读起来没劲,不如观看眼前这熙来人往的人群。一个5岁左右的男孩第一次见到他的祖父。他一点点往上看,半天才看到了对成人来说并不算高的一位男人的脸。一高一矮的两人脸上都放出了喜悦的光芒,我不知道人们如何能用语言和胶卷来捕捉这一时刻。 当我的航班终于呼叫登机时,我收起书本和行李。既然无人相送,我就没有回头看看来时的方向,而是在想上班的丈夫此刻极想知道我是否已起飞,在另一端的女儿也正惦记着同一件事。 登机时,我回想起另一种离别和重逢。有一次我新婚不久,91岁的祖父去世了。我们的关系一直很密切,那天傍晚,我参加完他的葬礼乘飞机返回,一边离开机场一边哭着。我们刚刚结婚一年的丈夫等候在出站口,把我拥抱在怀中。满脸的泪水招来了大家对我的关注,但我并不在乎。不管怎么说,我内心的那种感受在机场没有什么不合时宜的。 生命始终都需要这般关注。我祝愿所有旅行的人们归来时都能看到有人在等候迎接他们。我也祝愿他们出发前有人去送行。我想到自己的祖父并认识到,如果死亡就像这样,一次旅行而已,那么,我就不会害怕。 (吕睿中译,胡一宁审校) Read more 重要之事

新概念英语第一册课文(背诵版)

Lesson 1 Excuse me! Excuse me! Yes? Is this your handbag? Pardon? Is this your handbag? Yes, it is. Thank you very much. Lesson 3 Sorry, sir. My coat and my umbrella please. Here is my ticket. Thank you, sir. Number five. Here's your umbrella and your coat. This is not my umbrella. Sorry sir. Is this your umbrella? No, it isn't. Is this it? Yes, it is. Thank you very much. Lesson 5 Nice to meet you : Good morning. STUDENTS: Good morning, Mr. Blake. MR. BLAKE: This is Miss Sophie Dupont. Sophie is a new is French. MR. BLAKE: Sophie, this is is German. HANS: Nice to meet you. MR. BLAKE: And this is 's Japanese. NAOKO: Nice to meet you. MR. BLAKE: And this is 's Korean. CHANG-WOO: Nice to meet you. MR. BLAKE: And this is is Chinese. LUMNG: Nice to meet you. MR. BLAKE: And this is 's Chinese, too. XIAOHUI: Nice to meet you. Lesson 7 Are you a teacher? ROBERT: I am a new name's Robert. SOPHIE: Nice to meet you. My name's Sophie. ROBERT: Are you French? SOPHIE: Yes, I am. SOPHIE: Are you French too? ROBERT: No, I am not. SOPHIE: What nationality are you? ROBERT: I'm Italian. ROBERT: Are you a teacher? SOPHIE: No, I'm not. ROBERT: What's your job? SOPHIE: I'm a keyboard operator. SOPHIE: What's your job? ROBERT: I'm an engineer. Lesson 9 How are you today? STEVEN: Hello, Helen. HELEN: Hi, Steven. STEVEN: How are you today? HELEN: I'm very well, thank you. And you? STEVEN: I'm fine, thanks. STEVEN: How is Tony? HELEN: He's fine, thanks. How's Emma? STEVEN: She's very well, too, Helen. STEVEN: Goodbye, to see you. HELEN: Nice to see you, too, Steven. Goodbye. Lesson 11 Is this your shirt? HEACHER:Whose shirt is that? HEACHER:Is this your shirt, Dave? DAVE: No. Sir. It's not my shirt. DAVE: This is my shirt. My shirt's blue. TEACHER: Is this shirt Tim's? DAVE: Perhaps it is, 's shirt's white. HEACHER:Tim! TIM: Yes, sir? HEACHER:Is this your shirt? TIM: Yes, sir. HEACHER:Here you are. Catch! TIM: Thank you, sir. Lesson 13 A new dress LOUISE: What colour's your new dress? ANNA: It's green. ANNA: Come upstairs and see it. LOUISE: Thank you. ANNA: Look!Here it is! LOUISE: That's nice 's very smart. ANNA: My hat's new, too. LOUISE: What colour is it? ANNA: It's the same 's green, too. LOUISE: That is a lovely hat! Lesson 15 Your passports, please. CUSTOMS OFFICER: Are you Swedish? GIRLS: No, we are are Danish. CUSTOMS OFFICER: Are your friends Danish, too? GIRLS: No, they aren't. They are Norwegian. CUSTOMS OFFICER: Your passports, please. GIRLS: Here they are. CUSTOMS OFFICER: Are these your cases? GIRLS: No, they aren't. GIRLS: Our cases are brown. Here they are. CUSTOMS OFFICER: Are you tourists? GIRLS: Yes, we are. CUSTOMS OFFICER: Are your friends tourists too? GIRLS: Yes, they are. CUSTOMS OFFICER: That's fine. GIRLS: Thank you very much. 1

新概念英语第3册课文解析

新概念第三册语法精粹 第一章英语从句 Subordination 英语从句主要有定语从句,状语从句和名词性从句(主语从句,宾语从句,表语从句,同位语从句) 一.定语从句 定语从句:由关系代词who, whom, whose, that, which; 关系副词when, where, why 引导。 (下面十个句子请读5遍并脱口译出!) 1. The death notices tell us about people who have died during the week. 2. The man (whom) you spoke to just now is my friend. 3. The building whose lights are on is beautiful. 4. Please find a place which we can have a private talk in. 5. The knee is the joint where the thighbone meets the large bone of the lower leg. 6. He still remembers the day when he went to school. 7. It is no need telling us the reason why you didn't finish it in time. 8. He has three sons, two of whom died in the war. 9. Mr. Smith, whose wife is a clerk, teaches us English. 10. In the Sunday paper there are comics, which children enjoy.

综合英语二上下册课文翻译

綜合英語二上冊課文翻譯 lesson1学校要是教给我们这12种本领就好了卡尔·萨根 1.二战刚结束,我在纽约和新泽西的公立学校上了初中和高中。现在想来似乎是很久远的事了。学校的设施、教师的水平在当时的美国大大高于一般水准。因而,那时的我可以说是受益匪浅。我所学到的最重要的一点,就是要学的东西实在是太多,而我还没有学到的东西也太多。有时候,我想那时要是能学点真正重要的东西,今天我会多么地心存感激。在有些方面,当时的教育十分狭窄;关于拿破仑,在学校里我所学到的仅仅是美国从他手里买下路易斯安那。(在一个约95%的居民不是美国人的星球上,学校当局认为只有美国历史才值得讲授。)在拼写、语法、数学基础知识以及其他重要的学科的教授上,我的老师们做得相当不错。但是还有许多其他的东西,我曾希望他们教授给我。 2.或许该教而没教的缺陷自那以后已经得以纠正。照我看来似乎有许多东西(主要是态度问题、认识问题,而不是简单的对事实记忆的问题)学校应当教授——那些在以后的生活中真正有用的东西,即那些能使国家更强大、世界更美好,也能使人们更幸福的东西。人类乐于学习。这是我们人类比这个星球上其它物种做得好些的为数有限的几件事中的一件。每个学生都应该经常体验一下说出“啊,原来是这么一回事!”时的感受——也就是你以往不懂的或是不知道自己不懂的事情,一下子变得豁然开朗时的感受。 3.下面就是我列出的方法: 挑一件难事,从中学习 4.希腊哲学家苏格拉底曾经说过这是人类最大的乐趣之一,确实也是如此。与其涉足多门学科而略知一二,莫如选其一两个学科学深学透。只要你对所选的课题感兴趣,只要你的研究不脱离课题本身更为广阔的人文环境,你的课题是什么并不重要。教会你自己一个课题以后,你就会对教授你自己另一课题的能力更加充满信心。你会逐渐发现你已获得了一种主要技能。世界的变化日新月异,你必须在一生中不断地教授你自己。但不要沉溺于你感兴趣的或你擅长的第一门学科而止步不前。这个世界充满了奇妙的事物,有些我们完全长大成人之后才会发现;很遗憾,大部分我们一辈子也发现不了。 不要害怕问“愚蠢的”问题 5.许多明显幼稚的提问其实是很深刻的问题,诸如草为何是绿的,太阳为何是圆的,为什么我们的世界需要55000个核武器。对这些问题的回答很可能会使你对事物有深刻的理解。尽可能明确你有哪些事情不明弊同样也很重要,提问题就是找出不懂之处的办法。提“愚蠢的”问题,对于提问者来说需营勇气,对答问者来说需要知识和耐心。不要把自己的学习局限于课堂。与朋友深入地讨论观点或想法。明知会引起嘲笑而提问要比把问题埋在心里、对周围的一切变得麻木不仁要勇挂得多。 仔细倾听 6.很多情况下人们谈活时,总是争相表现自己,这类交谈对双方都无多大益处。当别人在谈话时,不要费时去思考自己接下来打算说什么,而是设法搞懂他们说的是什么,什么样的经历才使他们说这些话,你从这些话中能学到什么,你对说这些话的人又能了解到什么情况等。老年人所经历的世界与你所经历的截然不同,你也许对其知之甚少。老年人及来自其他地方和其他国家的人们有可以丰富你的生活的十分重要的对事物的看法。 人人都会犯错误 7.每个人对事物的理解都是不全面的。要乐于接受改正,学会纠正自己的错误。你应该感到丢人的倒是没有从错误中吸取教训。 了解你所处的星球 8.这是我们仅有的一个星球。要了解它是如何运作的。我们往往为了短期的利益,在尚不了解(这些做法)长远影响的情况下,正在改变大气层、改变地球的表面以及地球的水系。任何一个国家的公民至少对我们人类要走向何处都有发言权。如果我们不理解这些问题,我们就是放弃未来。 科学与技术 9.除非你了解科学与技术,否则你不会了解你所在的星球。我记得学校的理科课程专讲科学的次要方面,而对科学的深层含义几乎只字不提。现代科学的每项重大发现同时也是对人类精神的重大发现。例如,

相关文档
最新文档