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英译汉San Francisco“San Francisco， open your Golden Gate，” sang the girl in the theatre. She never1 finished her song. That date was 18th April，1906. The earth shook and the roof suddenly divided，buildings crashed2 to the ground and people rushed out into the streets. The dreadful earthquake destroyed the city that had grown up when men discovered gold in the deserts of California.3 But today the streets of San Francisco stretch over more than forty steep hills，rising like huge cliffs above the blue waters of the Pacific Ocean.The best way to see this splendid city，where Spanish people were the first to make their homes，is to take one of the old cable cars which run along the nine main avenues. Fares are cheap； they have not risen，I‟m told，for almost a hundred years.4You leave5 the palm trees in Union Square --- the heart of San Francisco --- and from the shop signs and the faces around you，you will notice that in the city live people from many nations --- Austrians，Italians，Chinese and others6 --- giving each part a special character. More Chinese live in China Town than in any other part of the world outside China.7 Here，with Chinese restaurants， Chinese post-boxes， and even odd telephone-boxes that look like pagodas，it is easy8 to feel you are in China itself.Fisherman‟s Wharf， a place all foreigners want to see，is at the end of the ride. You get out， pause perhaps to help the other travelers to swing the cable car on its turntable （a city custom），and then set out to find a table in one of9 the gay little restaurants beside the harbor. As you enjoy the fresh Pacific seafood you can admire the bright red paint of the Golden Gate Bridge in the harbor and watch the traffic crossing beneath the tall towers on its way to the pretty village of Tiberon .漫步旧金山“旧金山，敞开你的金门吧！”剧院里女歌手唱道，可惜她再也没能唱完1。
英汉短文翻译( 打印)
1.My family I love my family very much,because my family is very interesting. There are three people in my family.There is my father,mother,and I. My father is tall and strong.He is a doctor.He works in a hospital.My mother is a nurse.She works in a hospital,too.I am a student.Every moring,my mother and my father go to a hospital by bus.I go to school on foot.2. I am Cendy. I am in Nanhai Experimental Primary School. I am in Class 9, Grade 6. I am tall and thin. I live in Dali. I have many good friends. I often play with them. I have many hobbies, riding a bike, drawing pictures and reading books. But I like to read books the best. Because of reading books is good for my study. I also like riding bikes. Because it does a lot of good to my body. What‟s your hobby? Can you tell me?3. I like to eat different kinds of delicious food , however, my favorite food is dumplings. In my spare time , I like to make dumplings with my mother . I think home-made dumplings are more delicious than those in supermarket .My mother knows I love to eat them ,so she makes dumplings at every weekend . I prefer eating dumplings . How about you ?4. Today is Sunday.I get up early.Because I play sports.I wear my T-shirt and my skirt.Then I go to the playground to play ping-pong with Lucy.We are happy.After that,we eat breakfast .I like drinking milk but she likes drinking juice.At 10:00,I play the piano.Then I eat lunch at 2:30. I will go to school to study English. After that,I will go home and eat dinner.Then I will go to bed.This is my day. Do you like it? What about yours?5. I have a bedroom .It is not big , but it is nice .There is a bed in my bedroom . A yellow dog is on the bed .Every night,I sleep with it . Next to the bed, there is a desk. A bear lamp is on the desk .I like the bear lamp. It…s cute. I like to do homework under the lamp every evening. I have a new computer in my bedroom .It is my best friend . Because I study at it, play at it . There are also several beautiful pictures on the wall. I like my bedroom. Do you like my bedroom?6. I have a lovely dog. He has a cute name “Little Jack”. He’s my good friend. He is 5 years old. I take it as my family member. He often follows me like a guard. He can watch my house.I often play with him. I often take him outside for a walk on the weekends. He always waiting for me in front of the house when I go back home. When I am sad, he feels sad, too. He is anxious to please me. My dog is so lovely and clever. I love my dog very much. Do you like it?7. Animals are our friends, they live together with us on the same planet, we should take care and protect them, and they let us know we do not know many of the knowledge. When we want to animal fur and all the time, until you want to protect you when they have been cruel extinction(灭绝), and animal protection is to protect ourselves.8. My name is Wu Jie. I am a student of Dongzhou Middle School. I like playing basketball and singing. Zhang Jiong is my good friend. He wears a white T-shirt and blue jeans. He is very handsome. He likes playing football and singing. He is a good student. He usually helps me with my maths.We are deskmates at school. On Sunday, we usually play football and swim together. We often visit each other and play computer games together. We are very happy to be with each other and help each other.9. Zhang Ying is my good friend. She’s in Class1, Grade4 of Tianjiao Primary School. She’s a model student. She’s clever and she’s helpful, too. She often helps teachers and young students at school. She is good at Chinese, maths, English, arts and crafts, music and so on. She has a lot of hobbies. She likes painting and drawing. And she likes listening to music, having picnics with her parents. Oh yeah, she likes fishing, too. But she doesn’t like playing basketball, football, table tennis or volleyball. Zhang Ying is the best friend of mine. I like playing with her. We always work together and help each other.10. My “sister”我的“妹妹”I have a “sister”. She is cute and active. Yesterday we went to a village. We flew kites. The weather was windy. Suddenly my hat flew into the lake. I was angry. My “sister”saw the hat. She jumped into the lake and swam to the hat. She returned the hat to me. I was very happy. Then, we went swimming. Five minutes later, I didn’t see my “sister”! I was very sad. Then I went back home. I saw my “sister”on my bed. I was so happy to see her again.Now, do you know who is my “sister”? OK, let me tell you, she’s my dog---------Lala.11. My teather 我的老师Our art teather is not too young and not too old .He has black hair two big and black eyes ,a small nose and a big mouth .Look, he is wearing a white jacket ,a blue hat ,brown pants and a pair of old shoes.He is very funny.He is a good art teather .We all like him .12.季节season There are four seasons in the year. Spring, summer, fall, and winter,but I like winter best. In winter we can play skiing, play skatting, and bit snow.I and my friend mary, make snowman.I am very happy. Winter is very beautiful. So I like winter best. I hope people like winter best.13. We have a new flat. It’s on the third floor. There are three bedrooms, a kitchen, a bathroom and a big living room. I have my own room now. It’s big and nice. There is a big curtains and an air-conditioner. It’s nice. I love my new room very much.14.我的兔子My Rabbits One day，my mother bought two little rabbits for me.I’m very happy. From that on，the two little rabbits became my good friends. They have two little ears，red eyes，with white and fat boby. They’re marvellous. Everyday，they play with each other happily. One day，I couldn’t find them. I asked my mother: ”Where are they? ”My mother told me that She didn’t know. At last，I found them in the grass. They were very dirty.I was angry，but when I looked at their lovely faces，I was happy again. I love my little rabbits，and they love me. They are my good friends forever.15. My grandfather is a famous professor. He is over sixty now, but he is in good health, and his hair is still black. He is tall and hand some, and looks like a gentleman. Believe it or not, he began to learn to drive last year, and now he drives his white Nissan every day.My grand father has taught English for about 35 years, and he has been to many countries, such as America, France and Canada. Now he is on holiday in Europe with my grandmother. He is very kind to me.16. My father‟s name is Wang Yaohan. He has an English name, Jack. He is thirty-eight years old. My father is a worker. Heworks in a factory. He has two big eyes and two big ears. He has short hair. My father is very thin. He is only fifty kilograms. He likes learning English very much. He learns English everyday. My father likes watching TV. His favorite television channel is CCTV-10, because he can learn a lot English from the program Outlook English at that channel.English is my father‟s good friend. I am my father‟s friend, too.17. Hi! Good friends. My name is susie. I’m ten years old. This is my pet. It’s a turtle. He is also ten years old. His name is sandwich. He eats ten small fishes every day . Look at him! He has a beautiful shell and two small eyes. He also has a long tail. Now my turtle wants to have a little sister. They can play, sleep and walk together. Now, mr sandwich, please reach out your hand and say “bye-bye.”My friends,please call me. My telephone number is one two three four five.18. What is family Everybody has his own family. What is family? I don’t think everyone really knows. There are six letters in the word " FAMILY ". I think " F " means"father", "A" means "and", " M " means "mother" , " I " means" I", " L" means " love" and " Y " means "you". So " FAMILY " is the short form of " Father and mother , I love you."Don’t you think so ? Father and mother love us , and we love father and mother . That’s a happy family.（约90字）19. A Warm-hearted Man One afternoon an old woman was crossing the street with a basket in her hand. She was going to do some shopping. Just then a car ran up fast and she was knocked down. One of her legs was hurt and she couldn't move any more. A kind cleaner saw whis and rushed to her at once. He helped her stand up and took her to the nearest hospital. What a warm-hearted man he was!（约75字）20. Hello , everybody! Do you know me ? My name is Liang Qikun. My English name is Jenny. I am from China . I am ten years old . I am a clever girl . I have short black hair , big black eyes , big ears , a small nose and a small mouth . I am not very tall and not very thin . My hobby is reading books . My favourite sport is adventuring. I can play the piano very well . This is me.21. 我自己Myself Hello ! My name is qu xue wen ,I'm a girl. I like eat apples bananas and Oranges. I like play computer games.I'm tall but me is very fat.I have very big eyes,A small nose and a small mouth.My math is very good.I'm 13 years old.I like read books.I ride my bike go to school. This is me.Do you like me?22. My name is WangLei . My birthday is on August 11. We have a good birthday party. My mother makes a birthday cake for me. It’s big and tasty. My father give me a football. Because I like playing football. Many friends come to my home .We are very happy. They give me a lot of presents and some birthday cards. We sing and dance. We eat food and fruit. We play games together. We have a good time.23. My father is very busy. Every day he goes to work by subway. He teaches math at school, His math is very good! In the afternoon, he eats lunch at school. After lunch, he reads newspapers. Then he goes home at 5:30. He eats dinner. Then, he takes a bath in the evening. He watches TV at living room. After watching TV, he goes to bed at 10:00.My father works hard. I like my father very much!24. 我的寒假计划（2则）第一篇：My winter vacation plan My winner vacation is coming soon .I am so happy I decide to make a winter vacation plan .First, I will do my homework carefully Second ,I am going to help my mother with housework .Then,I want to play with my best friend.I will also visit my grangparents with my parents .We will spend Spring Festival with them.I think every day during my winter vacation will be happy.I am sure I will have a wonderful vacation. I can not wait25.第二篇：Winter Vacation Plan How time flies（时间过得真快）,unconsciously(不知不觉地）the next winter vacation （寒假）will soon come.In order to improve（提高）myself as well as enjoy a happy holiday,I made the winter vacation plan.Firstly，i want to continue with my study, i think study is a life process, so no matter what the situation I am in, i will look for chances to continue it.I have bought several newbooks ,including those books on my major(专业）and some novels ,I will try to finish reading them in the holiday and write notes. Secondly,since it is the holiday,I will share it with my family and friends .You know the spring festival will soon come, I believe I would chatting and play games with my friends and family .I think I will enjoy the vacation.。
中译英翻译范文【范本模板】
中译英翻译范文㈠⑴中国作为一个发展中国家，面临着发展经济与保护环境的双重任务.我国人口众多，资源相对不足，经济规模越来越大.经济发展与资源和环境的矛盾日益突出.环境污染严重、生态状况恶化、资源耗费巨大、回收率低而导致环境破坏等问题，已成为中国经济保持可持续发展的瓶颈。
⑵从国情出发,中国在全面推进现代化的过程中，将环境保护视为一项基本国策，将实现经济持续发展视为一项重要战略，同时在全国范围内开展污染防治工作和生态环境保护活动，同时环境恶化的状况已基本得到了控制。
⑶实践证明，我们协调经济发展与环境保护两者之间关系的做法是行之有效的。
⑷中国作为国际社会中的成员，在努力保护自己环境的同时,还积极参与国际环保事务，促进国际环保合作，并认真履行了国际义务.所有这些都充分表明了中国政府和人们保护全球环境的诚意和决心。
☆翻译☆⑴As a developing country，China is confronted with the dual task of developing the economy and protecting the environment. As a country with a large population，relative insufficiency of natural resources and expanding economy, China suffers an increasingly significant disparity between economic development on the one hand and natural resources and the environment on the other hand. Environmental deterioration caused by severe pollution, deteriorated ecological conditions, massive consumption of resources and low reclamation has become a bottleneck against the continuous development of Chinese economy.⑵Proceeding from its national conditions, China has，in the process ofpromoting its overall modernization program, made environmental protection one of its basic national policies, regarded the realization of sustained economic development as an important strategy and meanwhile, carried out throughout the country campaigns for pollution prevention and treatment as well as ecological environmental protection, and in the meantime its environment has basically ceased from deteriorating。
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PART I AFTER-CLASS ASSIGNMENTS1. 在交叉路口转弯的时候，我的脚踏车把一位陌生先生的右脚踝压伤了。
这位先生一手牵扯着一个刚会走路模样的小男孩，一手牵着一个步履蹒跚的老中风病患者。
本来我可以安全避闪。
在我惊魂未定，讷讷不知所措的时候，那位先生已牵着小男孩和老者慢慢离去，我愣愣地目送他们，三个脚步迟缓的背景构成一幅感人的画面。
我有搁下车子跟上去帮助那位先生的冲动。
可是，我一直没有做；我发觉小孩和老者好像那位先生肩上的两头担子，再艰苦他也不肯放下任何一边的。
2. 在兽类中我最爱虎，在虎的故事中我最爱下面的一个。
深山中有一所古庙，几个和尚在那里过着单调的修行生活。
同他们做朋友的，除了有时上山来的少数乡下人外，就是几只猛虎。
虎不惊扰僧人，却替他们守护庙宇。
作为报酬，和尚把一些可吃的东西放在庙门前。
每天傍晚，夕阳染红小半个天空，虎们成群地走到庙门口，吃了东西，跳跃而去。
庙门大开，僧人们安然在庙内做他们的日课，也没有谁出去看虎怎样吃东西，即使偶尔有一二和尚立在门前，虎们亦视为平常的事情，把他们看做熟人，不去惊动，却斯斯文文地吃完走开。
如果看不见僧人，虎就发出几声长啸，随着几阵风飞腾而去。
3. 光绪二十六年，八国联军攻占北京。
慈禧太后弃城而走，一直逃到西安。
和谈开始后，她并未马上返回北京。
起初，外国列强的要求里面有一项是让慈禧太后退位，由光绪帝重新执掌朝廷。
不过，在与李鸿章多次会谈后，他们放弃了这一要求。
第二年正式签署和约，随后过了一个月慈禧才终于从西安动身。
她对外国人万分惧怕，正像她对国人无比傲慢一样。
她在河南停留了很长一段时间，到了保定又逗留多日，好不容易才回到北京。
据野史记载，在这漫长的旅途中还发生了一件趣事。
一位地方官员送给慈禧一只猴子，她颇为高兴，竟下旨给那只猴子穿黄马褂。
后来太监报告说，有的官员发出了“人不如猴”的感慨，慈禧这才发现自己的决定有些荒唐，于是又下旨给随行官员每人一件黄马褂。
汉译英段落参考译文
汉译英段落参考译文1.闻名于世的丝绸之路是一系列连接东西方的路线。
丝绸之路延伸6,000多公里，得名于古代中国的丝绸贸易。
丝绸之路上的贸易在中国、南亚、欧洲和中东文明发展中发挥了重要作用。
正是通过丝绸之路，中国的造纸、火药、指南针、印刷术等四大发明才被引介到世界各地。
同样，中国的丝绸、茶叶盒瓷器(porcelain)也传遍全球。
物质文化的交流是双向的，欧洲也通过丝绸之路出口各种商品和植物，满足中国市场的需求。
The world-famous Silk Road is a series of routes connecting the West and East. Extending more than 6,000 kilometers, the Silk Road gets its name from the ancient Chines silk trade. Trade on the Silk Road played a significant role in the development of the civilizations of China, South Asia, Europe and the Middle East. It was through the Silk Road that the four great ancient Chinese inventions of paper making, gunpowder, the compass and printing were introduced to the world. Likewise, Chinese silk, tea and porcelain were also spread throughout the globe. The exchanges of material culture went both ways, with Europe also exporting a wide range of goods and plants via the Silk Road to meet the demands of the Chinese market.2.烤鸭是北京名菜，风味独特。
汉译英口译文字材料
汉译英口译礼仪口译Passage 1 女士们、先生们：很高兴能有机会参加这次“中国日”年会。
亚洲是世界上最大的洲，拥有世界60%的人口。
它资源丰富，历史悠久。
中国式亚洲的一员，同所有亚洲人民一样，中国人民勤劳智慧。
中国人民愿与所有亚洲人民一起，共创亚洲的美好明天。
Passage 2 我们非常高兴能和你们在英格兰度过这样一段愉快的时光。
在告别英格兰的时候，我觉得自己对它和它的历史有了更多的了解。
我们希望在不久的将来能在中国接待诸位，请诸位看看中国的变化。
现在，我提议为东道主的健康干杯！希望在不久能看见你们。
Passage 3我非常感谢您热情友好的欢迎辞。
印度是最古老的文明摇篮之一，访问印度是我的强烈愿望。
我为能成为贵公司的客人而深感荣幸。
这次访问给予我一次很好的机会结交新朋友。
我公司同印度有着有好的合作关系。
我们在许多领域里的合作都取得了重大进展。
我们的合作是富有成效的。
我们将继续成为和睦共助的伙伴关系。
Thank you very much for your gracious speeches of welcome. India is one of the earliest cradles of civilization and a visit to India is my strong desire. I feel honored to be the guest of your company. This visit will give me an excellent opportunity to make new friends. Our company has a friendly cooperative relationship with India. We have made great progress in many areas. Our cooperation is productive. We will continue to be cordial friends and helpful partners.Passage 4今晚，我们很高兴在北京大学接待格林博士和夫人。
英汉篇章翻译
⑧ 视角转换：词性转换，形容词"is dependent on"转换成动词"依赖于"。
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⑨The only thing that one can depend upon with absolute certainty is death.
⑤一位病人做了喉切除手术，我问他是否想喝冻啤酒 ，而且为他拿来了一杯，这时我看到他眼里闪耀着感 激的神情，一股暖流顿时涌上我的心头。
⑤ 意合视角转换：句序调整；词性转换，名词 "sparkle"转换成动词"闪耀着"。切分："It gave me a feeling to see the sparkle in one patient's eyes"分成译文中的两个分句。增词：增加"感激的 神情"，"顿时"等。
①上次到巴哈马度假期间，我沿着海滩漫步，海浪轻 轻抚揉着我的双脚，此时此刻，我蓦然觉得自己与整 个宇宙融为一体，尽管我显得微不足道，就像海滩上 的一粒沙子。
本文主要涉及视角转换(shift of perspective)，增词(amplification) ，和意合(parataxis)等翻译技巧。具体分析如下：
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②Although I had to restrict the size of my practice, I felt a closer empathy with my patients.
汉译英全文
(一)Stefan Wallin has a message for men—do more housework, help with the children and spend more time at home.“Equality starts at home,” Wallin, Finland’s minister for culture and sports, said in an interview on the sidelines of an annual gathering of the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women. Wallin said he hoped a time would come when no one would ask if any position—at home or the office—was right for a man or woman. “Take more responsibility for things at home,” was Wallin’s message to men with famil ies. The benefits of this go beyond the simple creation of an egalitarian relationship enabling women to free themselves from the traditional role of mother and housewife. “The more the fathers take responsibility for things at home, the less divorces you have,” he said. “There’s a direct correlation. It is, of course, also about respecting each other and trying to make life easier for each other.” Governments and employers must also ensure that men and women have an equal chance to spend time at home when children are born. He is pushing a Finnish plan that he calls “six plus six plus six,” under which mothers and fathers would get six months of maternity and paternity leave each and another six months to divide among themselves. It is based on a model in Iceland, where mothers and fathers get three months each and another three to divide.（二）2. Think global warming will raise the oceans enough to submerge Cape Hatteras*? Want to bet on it? An online gambling service has started taking bets on global warming, including whether it can submerge some of the East Coast’s top vacation spots.The odds that Virginia’s Cape Henry will be under water by 2015—200-to-1 at . Its odds for Cape Hatteras flooding by the same date—300-to-1.Don’t bet on it, says Phil Roehrs, a coastal engineer for the city of Virginia Beach. Roehrs said although sea levels are rising along the East Coast, scientists are not predicting anywhere near the levels and dates provided by the gambling service. "No wonder the odds are so good," Roehrs said. That hasn’t stopped bettors from taking a chance. About 3,000 placed bets during the first three days on online booking, said Reed Richards, a spokesman for .，m ost of whom have put down money t hat Manhattan will be submerged before New Year’s Eve 2011.（三）3. A worker accidentally tripping a shutoff switch at a major Ontario plastics plant will cost Nova Chemicals Corp. $11 million in lost profit, the company said, because it won’t be able to fulfil some contracts because of the blunder. A contractor’s employee working at the plant mistakenly activated a shutdown switch, halting production and forcing two weeks of repairs at the facility. "The switch is a safety thing so if anyone sees something going wrong they have the opportunity to shut down the plant," said Nova spokesman Greg Wilkinson. "But that’s not what happened here. It was not a safety issue. It was simply inadvertent." Because of the unexpected shutdown, Nova declared force majeure on shipments of propylene and some other products. Force majeure is a legal term that means a company can’t fulfil contracts because of circumstances beyond its control. The company said the outage and lost sales will shave profits by about $8 million in the second quarter and $3 million in the third. Nova has launched an investigation into just how theworker hit the button, but the company said its priority is repairing the facility. Nova’s spokesman said later that the company has decided to await the results of its inquiry before making any decision on potential penalties. However Wilkinson said he has some sympathy for the worker. "I can’t imagine how that feels, but it has got to be very distressing," he said.（四）4. Holidaymakers, be warned: London has the worst food, Paris is the most overrated and Brussels is the most boring, according to a survey of what travelers think about European cities. In the poll of nearly 2,400 travelers, by website “TripAdvisor ”(www.tripadv ), the British capital was voted the dirtiest in Europe, home to the worst-dressed people and the most expensive. Paris did not come off any better, with travelers saying it was the least friendly city and the second-most expensive. But both popular destinations redeemed themselves in the online poll, with Paris voted as having the best cuisine and best-dressed people,1 while London was seen as having the best nightlife, best public parks and most free attractions. Venice beat both Paris and Rome as Europe’s most romantic destination, but it was also voted the third-most expensive, after Paris and London. Travelers seeking friendly locals should go to Dublin, while the health-conscious may prefer Denmark’s Copenhagen, voted the Europe’s cleanest city. Prague was picked as the best bargain destination, while people seeking visual treats should head for Spain’s Barcelona, but avoid Warsaw in Poland, which were seen as the cities with the best and worst architecture respectively. And the most boring city? Travelers voted for the Belgian capital Brussels, with Switzerland’s Zurich a close-runner up.。
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三、史学方法
史学方法是任何历史研究工作者必须学习的课程， 也是正确掌握历史研究的一种重要训练。它包括 史学家使用的各种技术和准则，通过他们史学家 用第一手资源和其他研究证据写出历史。在历史 哲学中，合理的历史方法的性质甚至还有可能性 等问题，被当作认识论问题提了出来。其追随者 则以外部批评、内部批评和综合法为标题，对史 学家在研究工作中常用的历史准则进行概括。 （173）
四、中国结
中国结是一种古老的编织艺术。中国人自汉 代就把中国结用作装饰。现在的人们仍然对传 统中国结复杂的美和编织秘密感到不解。“结” 在中文的含义是团聚、友谊、温暖和结婚，等 等。所以中国结也成为团聚、幸运、和谐和爱 的 象征。
制作传统的中国结必须用一根红绳弯曲、 打结、编织，喻义是无穷无尽的幸福生活的循 环。这是中国结最重要的特征。把不同的结和 其它的吉祥饰物巧妙的结合在一起，就是一个 独特的吉祥饰品，特别是代表美、幸福和愿望 的红色。
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于是我放好我的书，放回了行李箱中，并且将行李箱放到了床底下。在那里它们度过了暑假余下的每一天，我对这样做感到很愧疚，不知为什么我感觉这些书是需要我的，它们在呼唤我，但是我却放弃了它们。我确实放下了它们，并且直到夏末的时候，我和我的家人一起回到家中之前，我再也没有打开那个箱子。
现在，我向你们讲述这个夏令营的故事。我完全可以给你们讲出其他50个类似的故事。都是一些让我觉得，出于某种原因，我的宁静和内向的风格并不是正确道路上的必需品，我应该试着变得更加外向的故事。但我的内心深处并不觉得这是对的，内向的人和外向的人一样优秀。但是许多年来我都否认了这种直觉，所以我成为了华尔街的一名律师，而不是我长久以来想要成为的一名作家，一部分原因是因为我想要证明自己也可以变得勇敢而坚定。并且我总是去那些拥挤的酒吧，尽管我只是想要和朋友们吃一顿愉快的晚餐时。我做出了这些自我否认的抉择，如条件反射一般，甚至我都不清楚我做出了这些决定。我的祖父是一名犹太教祭司，他独自住在布鲁克林的一间小公寓中，那里是这世界上我最喜爱的地方，部分是因为他非常温和亲切的、温文尔雅的举止，部分是因为那里都是书。毫不夸张地说，公寓中的每张桌子、每张椅子，都充分发挥着它最原始的功能，作为一个承载一堆摇摇欲坠的书的平面。和我其他的家庭成员一样，我祖父在这个世界上最喜欢做的事情就是阅读。