全新版大学英语综合教程4课文原文及翻译
全新版大学英语综合教程4课文及翻译

Unit1The y say that prid e com es be forea fal l. In thecaseof bo th Na poleo n and Hitl er, t hema ny vi ctori es th ey en joyed ledthemto be lieve that anyt hingwas p ossib le, t hat n othin g cou ld st and i n the ir wa y. Ru ssia's icy defe nderwas t o pro ve th em wr ong.人道是骄兵必败。
就拿拿破仑和希特勒两人来说吧,他们所向披靡,便以为自己战无不胜,不可阻挡。
但俄罗斯的冰雪卫士证明他们错了。
The IcyDefen derN ila B. Smi th1I n 1812, Na poleo n Bon apart e, Em peror of t he Fr ench, ledhis G randArmyintoRussi a. He wasprepa red f or th e fie rce r esist anceof th e Rus sianpeopl e def endin g the irho melan d. He wasprepa red f or th e lon g mar ch ac rossRussi an so il to Mosc ow, t heca pital city. But he w as no t pre pared forthe d evast ating enem y tha t met himin Mo scow-- th e raw, bit ter,bleak Russ ian w inter.冰雪卫士奈拉?B?史密斯1812年,法国皇帝拿破仑?波拿巴率大军入侵俄罗斯。
全新版大学英语综合教程4课文原文及翻译

Old Father Time Becomes a TerrorRichard Tomkins1 Once upon a time,technology,we thought,would make our lives easier. Machines were expected to do our work for us,leaving us with ever-increasing quantities of time to waste away on idleness and pleasure.时间老人成了可怕的老人理查德·汤姆金斯从前,我们以为技术发展会使我们的生活变得更安逸。
那时我们觉得机器会替代我们工作,我们则有越来越多的时间休闲娱乐。
2 But instead of liberating us, technology has enslaved us. Innovations are occurring at a bewildering rate:as many now arrive in a year as once arrived in a millennium。
And as each invention arrives,it eats further into our time.但技术发展没有把我们解放出来,而是使我们成为奴隶.新技术纷至沓来,令人目不暇接:一年涌现的技术创新相当于以前一千年。
而每一项新发明问世,就进一步吞噬我们的光阴。
3 The motorcar,for example,promised unimaginable levels of personal mobility。
But now, traffic in cities moves more slowly than it did in the days of the horse—drawn carriage,and we waste our lives stuck in traffic jams。
全新版大学英语综合教程4课文翻译

Unit 1 Active reading 1 抓螃蟹大学最后一年的秋天,我们的心情变了。
刚刚过去的夏季学期的轻松氛围、即兴球赛、查尔斯河上的泛舟以及深夜晚会都不见了踪影,我们开始埋头学习,苦读到深夜,课堂出勤率再次急剧上升。
我们都觉得在校时间不多了,以后再也不会有这样的学习机会了,所以都下定决心不再虚度光阴。
当然,下一年四五月份的期末考试最为重要。
我们谁都不想考全班倒数第一,那也太丢人了,因此同学们之间的竞争压力特别大。
以前每天下午五点以后,图书馆就空无一人了,现在却要等到天快亮时才会有空座,小伙子们熬夜熬出了眼袋,他们脸色苍白,睡眼惺忪,却很自豪,好像这些都是表彰他们勤奋好学的奖章。
还有别的事情让大家心情焦虑。
每个人都在心里盘算着过几个月毕业离校之后该找份什么样的工作。
并不总是那些心怀抱负、成绩拔尖的高材生才清楚自己将来要做什么,常常是那些平日里默默无闻的同学早早为自己下几个阶段的人生做好了规划。
有位同学在位于麦迪逊大道他哥哥的广告公司得到了一份工作,另一位同学写的电影脚本已经与好莱坞草签了合约。
我们当中野心最大的一位同学准备到地方上当一个政党活动家,我们都预料他最终会当上参议员或国会议员。
但大多数同学不是准备继续深造,就是想在银行、地方政府或其他单位当个白领,希望在20出头的时候能挣到足够多的薪水,过上舒适的生活,然后就娶妻生子,贷款买房,期望升职,过安稳日子。
感恩节的时候我回了一趟家,兄弟姐妹们免不了不停地问我毕业后有什么打算,我不知道该说什么。
实际上,我知道该说什么,但我怕他们批评我,所以只对他们说了别人都准备干什么。
父亲看着我,什么也没说。
夜深时,他叫我去他的书房。
我们坐了下来,他给我们俩各倒了杯饮料。
“怎么样?”他问。
“啊,什么怎么样?”“你毕业后到底想做什么?”他问道。
父亲是一名律师,我一直都认为他想让我去法学院深造,追随他的人生足迹,所以我有点儿犹豫。
过了会儿我回答说:“我想旅行,我想当个作家。
全新版大学英语综合教程4课文原文加翻译第5单元

Unit5Some people seem easy to understand: their character appears obvious on first meeting. Appearances, however, can be deceptive.有些人似乎容易了解:他们的个性在初次交往时就表露无遗。
然而,外表可能具有欺骗性。
A Friend in NeedSomerset Maugham1 For thirty years now I have been studying my fellowmen. I do not know very much about them. I shrug my shoulders when people tell me that their first impressions of a person are always right. I think they must have small insight or great vanity. For my own part I find that the longer I know people the more they puzzle me.患难之交萨默塞特·毛姆三十年来,我一直研究我的人类同胞,但至今了解不多。
每当有人跟我说他对一个人的第一次印象向来不错的时候,我就耸耸肩。
我想这种人不是无知,就是自大。
拿我自己来说,我发现,认识一个人的时间越长,我就越感到困惑。
2 These reflections have occurred to me because I read in this morning's paper that Edward Hyde Burton had died at Kobe. He was a merchant and he had been in business in Japan for many years. I knew him very little, but he interested me because once he gave me a great surprise. Unless I had heard the story from his own lips, I should never have believed that he was capable of such an action. It was more startling because both in appearance and manner he suggested a very definite type. Here if ever was a man all of a piece. He was a tiny little fellow, not much more than five feet four in height, and very slender, with white hair, a red face much wrinkled, and blue eyes. I suppose he was about sixty when I knew him. He was always neatly and quietly dressed in accordance with his age and station.我产生这些想法,是因为我在今天早上的报纸上看到爱德华·海德·伯顿在神户去世的消息。
全新版大学英语综合教程4unit4课文翻译

Globalization is sweeping aside national borders and changing relations between nations.What impact does this have on national identities and loyalties? Are they strengthened or weakened? The author investigates.全球化正在扫除国界、改变国与国之间的关系。
这对国家的认同和对国家的忠诚会带来什么影响呢?它们会得到加强还是削弱?作者对这些问题进行了探讨。
In Search of Davos ManPeter Gumbel1. William Browder was born in Princeton, New Jersey, grew up in Chicago, and studied at Stanford University in California. But don'tcall him an American. For the past 16 of his 40 years he has lived outside the U.S., first in London and then, from 1996, in Moscow, where he runs his own investment firm. Browder now manages $1.6 billion in assets. In 1998 he gave up his American passport to become a British citizen, since his life is now centered in Europe. "National identity makes no difference for me," he says. "I feel completely international. If you have four good friends and you like what you are doing, itdoesn't matter where you are. That's globalization."寻找达沃斯人彼得·甘贝尔威廉·布劳德出生于新泽西州的普林斯顿,在芝加哥长大,就读于加利福尼亚州的斯坦福大学。
全新版大学英语综合教程4unit4课文翻译

Globali zation is sweepin g aside nationa l borders and changin g relatio ns between nations. What impactdoes this have on nationa l identit ies and loyalti es? Are they strengt henedor weakene d? The authorinvesti gates.全球化正在扫除国界、改变国与国之间的关系。
这对国家的认同和对国家的忠诚会带来什么影响呢?它们会得到加强还是削弱?作者对这些问题进行了探讨。
In Searchof Davos ManPete r Gumbel1. William Browder was born in Princet on, New Jersey,grew up in Chicago, and studied at Stanfor d Univers ity in Califor nia. But don't call him an America n. For the past 16 of his 40 years he has lived outside the U.S., first in Londonand then, from 1996, in Moscow, where he runs his own investm ent firm. Browder now manages$1.6 billion in assets.In 1998 he gave up his America n passpor t to becomea British citizen, since his life is now centere d in Europe. "Nationa l identit y makes no differe nce for me," he says. "I feel complet ely interna tional. If you have four good friends and you like what you are doing, it doesn't matterwhere you are. That's globali zation."寻找达沃斯人彼得·甘贝尔威廉·布劳德出生于新泽西州的普林斯顿,在芝加哥长大,就读于加利福尼亚州的斯坦福大学。
全新版大学英语综合教程4课文参考译文

课文A参考译文Unit 1冰雪卫士——奈拉?B?史密斯人们常说骄兵必败。
就拿拿破仑和希特勒来说吧,他们取得的一个又一个的胜利让他们相信自己战无不胜,没有什么可以阻挡他们,但俄罗斯的冰雪卫士会证明他们是错的。
1 1812年,法国皇帝拿破仑?波拿巴率领大军进入俄罗斯。
他为面对俄罗斯人民保卫家园而要进行的坚决抵抗做好了准备。
他想到了要经过长途跋涉才能到达俄罗斯的首都莫斯科,为此也做好了准备。
但他没有为在莫斯科会遭遇到的劲敌——俄罗斯阴冷刺骨的寒冬——做好准备。
2 1941年,纳粹德国元首阿道夫?希特勒对当时被称作苏联的俄罗斯发起了进攻。
希特勒的军事力量无可匹敌。
他的战争机器扫除了欧洲大部分地区的抵抗。
希特勒希望在最短的时间内结束战斗,但是,就像他的前人拿破仑一样,他得到了惨痛的教训。
俄罗斯的冬天又一次帮助了苏维埃士兵。
拿破仑发起的战役3 1812年春,拿破仑在俄国边境集结60万大军。
这些士兵都训练有素,有很强的作战能力,而且都有精良的装备。
这支军队被称为“大军”。
拿破仑对迅速胜利充满信心,预言要用5个星期攻下俄国。
4 不久,拿破仑的大军经过涅曼河进入俄国。
拿破仑所期盼的迅速、决定性的胜利并没有出现。
令他吃惊的是,俄国人并没有反抗。
相反,他们一路向东撤退,沿途焚毁庄稼和房屋。
“大军”紧追不舍,但它的前进很快由于后勤补给缓慢而停顿下来。
5 到了8月,法军和俄军在斯摩棱斯克开火,在这次战役中,双方各有上万人死在战场上。
可是,俄国军队又能继续向自己领土的纵深撤退。
拿破仑并没有取得决定性的胜利。
此刻他面临着一个生死攸关的抉择:是继续追击俄军,还是为了度过即将来临的冬天而把军队驻扎在斯摩棱斯克呢?6 拿破仑决定冒险向远在448公里之外的莫斯科进发。
1812年9月7日,法俄两军在鲍罗季诺展开激烈的战斗,此地在莫斯科以西112公里外。
夜幕降临时,法军和俄军分别有3万和4.4万名士兵的死伤。
7 俄国军队再次撤退到安全的地方。
新标准大学英语综合教程4课文翻译

unit 1翻译1 七月,你看着英俊的21岁的儿子穿上学士袍,戴上四方帽,骄傲地握着优等学士学位证书,拍毕业照。
这时,记忆中每年支付几千英镑,好让儿子吃好、并能偶尔参加聚会的记忆开始消退。
但现在,你又不得不再考虑钱的问题。
2 等到暑假快要结束,全国各地的学生正在为新学期做准备的时候,你却发现大学毕业的儿子还歪躺在沙发上看电视。
除此之外,他只是偶尔发发短信,浏览社交网站Facebook,或者去酒吧喝酒。
这位属于“千禧一代”的年青人一夜之间变成了“抱怨一代”的成员。
他能找到工作吗?3 这就是成千上万家庭所面临的状况:今年夏天,65万多大学生毕业,在当今金融危机的背景下,他们中的大多数人不知道自己下一步该做什么。
父母只会唠叨,而儿女们则毫无缘由地变成了叛逆者。
他们知道自己该找份工作,但却不知道如何去找。
4 来自米德尔塞克斯郡的杰克·古德温今年夏天从诺丁汉大学政治学系毕业,获得二级一等荣誉学士学位。
他走进大学就业服务中心,但又径直走了出来,因为他看见很多人在那里排长队。
跟他一起住的另外5个男孩子也都跟他一样,进去又出来了。
找工作的压力不大,虽然他所认识的大多数女生都有更明确的计划。
5 他说:“我申请政治学研究工作,但被拒绝了。
他们给的年薪是1万8千镑,交完房租后所剩无几,也就够买一罐豆子,可他们还要有研究经历或硕士学位的人。
然后我又申请参加快速晋升人才培养计划,并通过了笔试。
但在面试时,他们说我‘太冷漠’了,谈吐‘太像专家政治论者’。
我觉得自己不可能那样,但我显然就是那样的。
”6 打那以后,他整个夏天都在“隐身”。
他能够轻松地复述出电视剧《交通警察》中的若干片段。
他白天看电视的时间太长,已经到了影响健康的地步。
跟朋友谈起自己漫无目标的日子时,他才发现他们的处境和自己一样。
其中一位朋友在父母的逼迫下去超市上货,其余的则都是朝九晚五地“无所事事”,晚上则去酒吧喝酒打发时间。
要么,干脆就在酒吧工作?这样还可以挣些酒钱。
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Old Father Time Becomes a TerrorRichard Tomkins1 Once upon a time, technology, we thought, would make our lives easier. Machines were expected to do our work for us, leaving us with ever-increasing quantities of time to waste away on idleness and pleasure.时间老人成了可怕的老人理查德·汤姆金斯从前,我们以为技术发展会使我们的生活变得更安逸。
那时我们觉得机器会替代我们工作,我们则有越来越多的时间休闲娱乐。
2 But instead of liberating us, technology has enslaved us. Innovations are occurring at a bewildering rate: as many now arrive in a year as once arrived in a millennium. And as each invention arrives, it eats further into our time.但技术发展没有把我们解放出来,而是使我们成为奴隶。
新技术纷至沓来,令人目不暇接:一年涌现的技术创新相当于以前一千年。
而每一项新发明问世,就进一步吞噬我们的光阴。
3 The motorcar, for example, promised unimaginable levels of personal mobility. But now, traffic in cities moves more slowly than it did in the days of the horse-drawn carriage, and we waste our lives stuck in traffic jams.比如,汽车曾使我们希望个人出行会方便得让人难以想象。
可如今,城市车辆运行得比马车时代还要慢,我们因交通堵塞而困在车内,徒然浪费生命。
4 The aircraft promised new horizons, too. The trouble is, it delivered them. Its very existence created a demand for time-consuming journeys that we would never previously have dreamed of undertaking -- the transatlantic shopping expedition, for example, or the trip to a convention on the other side of the world.飞机也曾有可能为我们拓展新天地。
问题是,飞机提供了新的天地。
其存在本身产生了对耗时的长途旅行的需求,这种旅行,如越洋购物,或远道前往地球的另一半参加会议,以前我们是根本无法想象的。
5 In most cases, technology has not saved time, but enabled us to do more things. In the home, washing machines promised to free women from having to toil over the laundry. In reality, they encouraged us to change our clothes daily instead of weekly, creating seven times as much washing and ironing. Similarly, the weekly bath has been replaced by the daily shower, multiplying the hours spent on personal grooming. 在大多数情况下,技术发展并未节省时间,而是使我们得以做更多的事。
在家里,洗衣机可望使妇女摆脱繁重的洗衣劳作。
但事实上,它们促使我们每天,而不是每星期换一次衣服,这就使熨洗衣物的工作量变成原来的7倍。
同样地,每周一次的沐浴为每日一次的淋浴所代替,使得用于个人穿着打扮的时间大大增加。
6 Meanwhile, technology has not only allowed work to spread into our leisure time -- the laptop-on-the-beach syndrome -- but added the new burden of dealing with faxes, e-mails and voicemails. It has also provided us with the opportunity to spend hours fixing software glitches on our personal computers or filling our heads with useless information from the Internet.与此同时,技术发展不仅听任工作侵入我们的闲暇时间――带着便携式电脑去海滩综合症――而且添加了收发传真、电子邮件和语音邮件这些新的负担。
技术发展还向我们提供机会,在个人电脑上一连几小时处理软件故障,或把因特网上那些无用的信息塞进自己的大脑。
7 Technology apart, the Internet points the way to a second reason why we feel so time-pressed: the information explosion.除去技术发展,因特网指出了我们为何感到时间如此紧迫的第二个原因:信息爆炸。
8 A couple of centuries ago, nearly all the world's accumulated learning could be contained in the heads of a few philosophers. Today, those heads could not hope to accommodate more than a tiny fraction of the information generated in a single day.几个世纪以前,人类积累的几乎所有知识都能装在若干哲人的大脑之中。
如今,这些大脑休想容纳下一天中产生的新信息中的小小一部分。
9 News, facts and opinions pour in from every corner of the world. The television set offers 150 channels. There are millions of Internet sites. Magazines, books and CD-ROMs proliferate.各种消息、事实和见解从世界各个角落大量涌入。
电视机能收到150个频道。
因特网网址多达千百万。
杂志、书籍和光盘只读存储器的数量也激增。
10 "In the whole world of scholarship, there were only a handful of scientific journals in the 18th century, and the publication of a book was an event," says Edward Wilson, honorary curator in entomology at Harvard University's museum of comparative zoology. "Now, I find myself subscribing to 60 or 70 journals or magazines just to keep me up with what amounts to a minute proportion of the expanding frontiers of scholarship."“在18世纪,整个国际学术界总共只有屈指可数的几家科学刊物,出版一本书是件了不起的大事,”哈佛大学比较动物学博物馆昆虫馆名誉馆长爱德华·威尔逊说。
“如今,我本人就订阅了60或70种期刊杂志,以便自己跟上不断拓展的学术前沿中一个微小部分的发展动向。
”11 There is another reason for our increased time stress levels, too: rising prosperity. As ever-larger quantities of goods and services are produced, they have to be consumed. Driven on by advertising, we do our best to oblige: we buy more, travel more and play more, but we struggle to keep up. So we suffer from what Wilson calls discontent with super abundance -- the confusion of endless choice.我们产生日益加重的时间紧迫感还有一个原因:日渐繁荣富足。
由于生产的物品与提供的服务越来越多,我们必须去消费。
在广告的推动下,我们努力照办:我们多多购买多多旅游多多玩儿,但得尽力坚持下去。
于是我们就深受威尔逊所谓的对极大富足不满之苦――即无休止的选择所造成的困惑12 Of course, not everyone is overstressed. "It's a convenient shorthand to say we're all time-starved, but we have to remember that it only applies to, say, half the population," says Michael Willmott, director of the Future Foundation, a London research company.当然,并非人人感到时间过度紧迫。