高级英语 第二课 参考译文 及课后答案
高级英语2第三版 张汉熙 课后答案
Q ALESSON 1 PUB TALK AND KING’S ENGLISHQ B:1.2.3.Conversation is not for persuading others to accept our idea or point of view．4. In fact a person who really enjoys and is skilled at conversation will not argue to win or force others to accept his point of view．5.6.7.The conversation could go on without anybody knowing who was right or wrong．III:1.No one knows how the conversation will go as it moves aimlessly and desultorily or as it becomes spirited and exciting.2.It is not a matter of interest if they are cross or in a bad temper.3.Bar friends, although they met each other frequently, did not delve into each other's lives or the recesses of their thoughts and feelings.4.Suddenly a miraculous change in the conversation took place.5.The conversation suddenly became spirited and exciting.6.We ought to think as the Saxon peasants did at that time.7.The Elizabethan writers spread the English language far and wide.8.I have always had an eager interest in dictionaries.9.Otherwise one will tie up the conversation and will not let it go on freely.10.We would never have talked about Australia, or the language barrier in the time of the Norman Conquest.IV A:1.on the rocks： metaphor，comparing a marriage to a ship wrecked on the rocks2． get out of bed on the wrong side：be in a bad temper for the day (The meaning is perhaps derived from the expression “You got out of bed the wrong way”． It was an ancient superstition that it was unlucky to set the left foot on the ground first on getting out of bed．)3．on wings：metaphor，comparing conversation to a bird flying and soaring． It means the conversation soon became spirited and exciting．4． turn up one’s nose at：scorn；show scorn for5．into the shoes：metaphor(or more appropriately an idiomatic expression)， think as if one were wearing the shoes of the Saxon peasant，i． e． as if one were a Saxon peasant6 .come into one’s own： receive what properly belongs to one，especially acclaim or recognition657．sit up at：(colloquial)become suddenly alert and take notice ofIV B:1．ignorant指缺乏知识，可以是就整体而言(如 an ignorant man)，也可以是就某一具体方面或问题而言(如 ignorant of the reason of their quarrel对他们争吵的起因毫无所知)；illiterate意为缺乏文化修养，尤指读写能力的缺乏； uneducated指没有受到正规的、系统的学校教育；unlearned意为学问不富(未必无知)，既可指一无所长，又可指某一方面所知有限，如unlearned in science，意为对科学懂得有限，但对其他学科，如文学、哲学等，倒可能是很精通的。
高级英语第二课习题答案范文
Hiroshima---the “Liveliest City in Japan”课后练习答案Ⅵ．1)job，task，duty 2)unaware 3)fronts，by the front doors4)striking/fascinating/strange / sight；continual，endless，constant5)sudden，sharp feeling；idea，thought，expectation 6)killed，murdered 7)pain，torture 8)fame 9)daydream，thoughts 1O)atomic disaster 11)tear down，pull down 12)meet with，faceⅦ．1)soil 2)soil3)earth 4)earth 5)familiar to 6)familiar with 7)puzzled 8)surprising 9)admits 10)had confessed 11)careful 12)cautiouslyHiroshima -- 补充练习EXERCISESⅠ. Word explanation1. elderlyA. olderlyB. mid-ageC. approaching mid-ageD. past mid-age2.facadeA. the wall of a buildingB. the front of a buildingC. in front of a buildingD.the wall in front of a building3. ignoranceA. disregardB. pretend not to seeC. lack of knowledgeD. neglect4. demolishA. decreaseB. . erectC. tear downD. set aside5. inhibitA. liveB. dwellC. suppressD. unlock6. bargeA. a kind of clothB. a kind of clothingC. a colour7. scarA. a woundB. a hidden woundC. a mark on the skinD. a mark of damage8. commitA. to doB. to commissionC. to trustD. to place an order9. preserveA. to keep from dangerB. . to serve in advanceC. . to saveD. . to reserve10. consist ofA. be composed ofB. be composed ofC. containD. include11. lumpB. massC. limpD. lung12. gratitudeA. appreciationB. thankfulnessC.gratefulnessD.all the above13. haltA. stopB. preventC. saluteD. alter14. destinationA. destinyB. desperateC. goalD. doom15. sketchA. stretchB. skepticD. drawⅡ. Replace each underlined part with one word learnt in the text, the first letter of which is given:1. The teacher answered with a brief nod of agreement.a2. The book was so interesting that I was practicallyunconscious of my surroundings. o3. The thought of his past experience of stealing bringshim a sudden sharp pain of conscience.t4. I see little hope of his recovery.p5. His greatest concern washow to find money for aholiday in Europe.p6. She shouldn't have come to the hotel suite. She shouldn't have delayed leaving --- this was fatal --- afterothers had left.l7. If I had been less careful I might have been morewise.c8. They faced one another in the boxing ring.e9. The town will build a monument to its war heroes.e10. She was deeply disturbed until she learned that herhusband was among the survivors.aⅢ. Fill in each of the blanks with one of the following words or expressions in its proper form. Each word or expression is to be used only once.to have a lump in one's throat, spare, spectacle, on the part of, rub shoulders with, humiliate, shiver, sink in, in response, foldtrouble as a consequence.2. The children at play among the flowers made quite a4. Twice I put the request to him, but he said nothing5. All during her mother's funeral, Alice6. You should disdain7.they'll be easier to carry.her by foreign invaders.9. The victorious enemy10. Judging from thecold outsideⅤ. Reading comprehension.1. The sentence “little girls and elderly ladies in kimonos rubbed shoulders with teenagers and women in western dress” shows that __.A. western influence and national traditionco-existed in JapanB. There were lots of female walking in the streets.C. . Little girls and elderly women wore kimonos but teenagers and women wore western dressD. Women in Japan wore different clothes2. The sentence “the usher bowed deeply and heaved a long, almost musical sigh” shows that __.A. the usher was pleasant and loved musicB. the usher was bored but still very politeC. the was boring but still kept his politenessD. the usher was boring but still wanted to keep himself in pleasant mood3.The author’s description of the mayor “he was a tall, thin man, sad-eyed and serious” shows that __.A. the meeting with the author who was an American reminded the mayor of the atomic crimeB. the mayor must be in sad mood that night.C. the author’s own mentality distorted the image of the mayorD. the mayor did not want to talk with the author4. The sentence “there are two different schools of thought in this city of oysters” means __.A. people in Hiroshima hold different opinions on the A-bomb attackB. people in Hiroshima hold different opinions on World War IIC. people in Hiroshima hold different opinions on how to treat the remnants of the A-bomb attack.D. people in Hiroshima hold different opinions on how to preserve their memory of the A-bomb attack5. The sentence “the very sight of which would send shivers down the spine of any healthy visitor” means __.A. any healthy visitor would feel uneasy when he saw the medical instrumentsB. Any healthy visitor would start trembling when he saw the medical instrumentsC. the medical instruments were burnished and coldD. as soon as he saw the cold medical instruments, the visitor began shivering6. The expression “earthly cares” in this text can be best understood as __.A. daily worries such as food, clothing and etcB. global considerations such as environment and etcC. social conflicts such as terrorism, disarmament and etc.D. everyday business such as economy and finance and etc.第一册第2课练习答案1-1: /答案:D1-2: /答案:B 1-3: /答案:C 1-4: /答案:C 1-5: /答案:C 1-6: /答案:D 1-7: /答案:D 1-8: /答案:A 1-9: /答案:A 1-10: /答案:A 1-11: /答案:B 1-12: /答案:D 1-13: /答案:A 1-14: /答案:C 1-15: /答案:D 2-1: /答案:assent2-2: /答案: oblivious2-3: /答案:twinge2-4: /答案:prospect答案:preoccupation2-6: /答案: lingered2-7: /答案: cautious2-8: /答案:encountered2-9: /答案:erect3-0: /答案: agitated3-1: /答案: sink in3-2: /答案: spectacle3-3: /答案: on the part of3-4: /答案: in response3-5: /答案: had a lump in her throat答案: to rub shoulders with 3-7: /答案: Fold3-8: /答案:humiliating3-9: /答案:spared3-10: /答案: shivering4-1: /答案:A4-2: /答案:B4-3: /答案:C4-4: /答案:D4-5: /答案:A4-6: /答案:A。
高级英语第二课
Lesson 2: Four Choices for Young PeopleShortly before his graduation, Jim Binns, president of the senior class at Stanford University, wrote me about some of his misgivings. "More than any other generation," he said, "our generation views the adult world with great skepticism... there is also an increased tendency to reject completely that world."Apparently he speaks for a lot of his contemporaries. During the last few years, I have listened to scores of young people, in college and out, who were just as nervous about the grown-p world. Roughly, their attitude might be summed up about like this: "The world is in pretty much of a mess, full of injustice, poverty, and war. The people responsible are, presumably, the adults who have been running thing. If they can't do better than that, what have they got to teach our generation? That kind of lesson we can do without."There conclusions strike me as reasonable, at least from their point of view. The relevant question for the arriving generation is not whether our society is imperfect (we can take that for granted), but how to deal with it. For all its harshness and irrationality, it is the only world we've got. Choosing a strategy to cope with it, then, is the first decision young adults have to make, and usually the most important decision of their lifetime. So far as I have been able to discover, there are only four basic alternatives:1. Drop OutThis is one of the oldest expedient s, and it can be practiced anywhere, at any age, and with or without the use of hallucinogens. It always has been the strategy of choice for people who find the world too brutal or too complex to be endured. By definition, this way of life is parasitic. In one way or another, its practitioners batten on the society which they scorn and in which they refuse to take any responsibility. Some of us find this distasteful - an undignified kind of life. Butfor the poor in spirit, with low levels of both energy and pride, it may be the least intolerable choice available.2. FleeThis strategy also has ancient antecedents. Ever since civilization began, certain individuals have tried to run away from it in hopes of finding a simpler, more pastoral, and more peaceful life. Unlike the dropouts, they are not parasites. They are willing to support themselves and to contribute something to the general community, but they simply don't like the environment of civilization; that is, the city, with all its ugliness and tension.The trouble with this solution is that it no longer is practical on a large scale. Our planet, unfortunately, is running out of noble savages and unsullied landscape; except for the polar regions, the frontiers are gone. A few gentleman farmers with plenty of money can still escape to the bucolic life - but in general the stream of migration is flowing the other way.3. Plot a RevolutionThis strategy is always popular among those who have no patience with the tedious working of the democratic process or who believe that basic institutions can only be changed by force. It attracts some of the more active and idealistic young people of every generation. To them it offers a romantic appeal, usually symbolized by some dashing and charismatic figure.It has the even greater appeal of simplicity: "Since this society is hopelessly bad, let's smash it and build something better on the ruins."Some of my best friends have been revolutionists, and a few of them have led reasonably satisfying lives. These are the ones whose revolutions did not come off; they have been able to keep on cheerfully plotting their holocausts right into their senescence. Others died young, in prison or on the barricade s. But the most unfortunate are those whose revolutions havesucceeded. They lived, in bitter disillusionment, to see the establishment they had overthrown replaced by a new one, just as hard-faced and stuffy.I am not, of course, suggesting that revolutions accomplish nothing. Some (The American Revolution, the French Revolution) clearly do change things for the better. My point is merely that the idealists who make the revolution are bound to be disappointed in either case. For at best their victory never dawns on the shining new world they had dreamed of, cleansed of all human meanness. Instead it dawns on a familiar, workaday place, still in need of groceries and sewage disposal. The revolutionary state, under whatever political label, has to be run-not by violent romantics-but by experts in marketing, sanitary engineering, and the management of bureaucracies.For the idealists who are determined to remake society, but who seek a more practical method that armed revolution, there remains one more alternative.4. Try to Change the World Gradually, One Clod at a TimeAt first glance, this course is far from inviting. It lacks glamour. It promises no quick results. It depends on the exasperating and uncertain instruments of persuasion and democratic decision making. It demands patience, always in short supply. About all that can be said for it is that it sometimes works - that in this particular time and place it offers a better chance for remedying some of the world's outrages than any other available strategy.So at least the historical evidence seems to suggest. When I was graduating from college, my generation also found the world in a mess. The economic machinery had broken down almost everywhere: In this country nearly a quarter of the population was out of work. A major war seemed all too likely. As a college newspaper editor at that time, I protested against this just as vehemently as student activists are protesting today.At the same time, my generation was discovering that reforming the world is a little like fighting a military campaign in the Apennines, as soon as you capture one mountain range, another one looms just ahead. As the big problems of the thirties were brought under some kind of rough control, new problems took their place - the unprecedented problems of an affluent society, of racial justice, of keeping our cities from becoming uninhabitable, of coping with war in unfamiliar guises. Most disturbing of all was our discovery of the population explosion. It dawned on us rather suddenly that the number of passengers on the small spaceship we inhabit is doubling about every forty years. So long as the earth's population keeps growing at this cancerous rate, all of the other problems appear virtually insoluble. Our cities will continue to become more crowded and noisome. The landscape will get more clutter ed, the air and water even dirtier. The quality of life is likely to become steadily worse for everybody. And warfare on a rising scale seems inevitable if too many bodies have to struggle for ever-dwindling shares of food and living space.So Jim Binns' generation has a formidable job on its hands. But not, I think, an insuperable one. On the evidence of the past, it can be handled in the same way that hard problems have been coped with before-piecemeal, pragmatically, by the dogged efforts of many people.。
高级英语2-课后练习翻译答案
Lesson1-Pub Talk and the King’s English1.However intricate the ways in which animals communicate with each other,theydo not indulge in anything that deserves the name of conversation.(Para.1)无论动物之间的交流方式有多复杂，它们都称不上聊天。
2.Argument may often be a part of it,but the purpose of the argument is not toconvince.There is no winning in conversation.(Para.2)争论可能经常是它的一部分，但争论的目的并不是要说服他人。
聊天中没有输赢之分。
3.Perhaps it is because of my upbringing in English pubs that I think barconversation has a charm of its own.(Para.3)或许是我自小常去英国酒吧的缘故，我认为酒吧聊天拥有自己独特的魅力。
4.I do not remember what made one of our companions say it——she clearly hadnot come into the bar to say it,it was not something that was pressing on her mind——but her remark fell quite naturally into the talk.(Para.4)我不记得是什么使我们的一个伙伴提起了这个话题——她显然不是特意来酒吧说这件事的，那也不是什么她非说不可的要紧事——但她十分自然地在聊天中说出了这句话。
高级英语第二册第二课课后题答案
第二单元习题答案Ⅰ. Marrakech: in west central Morocco, at the Northern foot of the high Atlas, 130 miles south of Casablanca, the chief seaport. The city renowned for leather goods, is one of the principal commercial centers of Morocco. It was founded in 1062 and was the capital of Morocco from then until 1147 and again from 1550 to 1660. It was captured by the French in 1912, when its modern growth began. It has extremely hot summers but mild winters. Yearly rainfall is 9 inches and limited to winter months. The city was formerly also called Morocco.Morocco: Located in North Africa, on the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. Morocco is the farthest west of all the Arab countries. Rabat is the capital. The estimated population in 1973 was 15,600,000. About 2000 B. C. it was settled by Berber tribes, who have formed the basis of the population ever since. The Arabs invaded Morocco in the 7thcentury, bringing with them Islam. From the end of the 17thcentury until the early 19th century Morocco was almost entirely free from foreign influence. But in 1912, a Franco- Spanish agreement divided Morocco into 4 administrative zones. It gained independence in 1956 and became a constitutional monarchy in 1957. Morocco is a member of the United Nations, the League of Arab States, and the Organization of African Unity. Moroccans are mainly farmers (70%)who try to grow their own food. They often use camels, donkeys and mules to pull their plows. In the south a few tribesmen still, wander from place to place in the desert.Ⅱ. 1. Here are five things he describes to show poverty- (a) the burial of the poor inhabitants (b)an Arab Navvy, an employee of the municipality, begging for a piece of bread (c)the miserable lives of the Jews in the ghettoes~ (d)cultivation of the poor soil; (e) the old women carrying fire wood.2. See paragraphs 1 and 2.3. All the imperialists build up their empires by treating the people in the colonies as animals instead of as human be rags.4. Medieval ghettoes were probably like the Jewish quarters in Marrakech--overcrowded, thousands of people living in a narrow street, houses completely windowless, and the whole area dirty and unhygienic.5. If Hitler were here, all the Jews would have been massacred.6. Those who work with their hands are partly invisible. It’s only because of this that the starved countries of Asia and Africa are accepted as tourist resorts. The people are not treated as human beings, and it is on this fact that all colonial empires are in reality founded.7. See paragraph 18.8. The old woman was surprised because someone was taking notice of her and treating her as a human being. She accepted her status as an old woman, that is to say, as a beast of burden.9, Every white man thought. "How much longer can we go on kidding these people? How long before they turn their guns in the other direction?" They knew they could not go on fooling these black people any longer. Some day they would rise up in revolt and free themselves.Ⅲ. 1. Yes, it is. In this essay Orwell denounces the evils of colonialism or imperialism by mercilessly exposing the poverty, misery and degradation of the native people in the colonies.2. He manages to show that he is outraged at the spectacle of misery, first, through the appropriate use of words second, through the clever choice of the scenes he describes; third,through the tone in which he describes these scenes and finally, by contrasting the indignation at the cruel handling of the donkey with the unconcern towards the fate of the human beings.3. Because that shows the cruel treatment the donkeys receive evokes a greater feeling of sympathy in the breasts of the white masters than the miserable fate of the people. This contrast have on the reader an effect that the people are not considered nor treated as human beings.4. Paragraphs 4-7 could as well come after 8-15 as before. Other groups of paragraphs could be rearranged. This indicates that the whole passage is made up of various independent examples or illustrations of the people's poverty and suffering. The central theme--all colonial empires are in reality founded upon this fact--gives unity and cohesion to the whole essay.5. This essay gives a new insight into imperialism. Yes, he has succeeded in showing that imperialism is an "evil thing".6. Orwell is good at the appropriate use of simple but forceful words and the clever choice of the scenes he describes. His lucid style and fine attention to significant descriptive details efficiently conveyed to the readers the central idea "all colonial empires are in reality founded upon this fact", the fact that the people are not considered or treated as human beings.IV. 1. The buring-ground is nothing more than a huge piece of wasteland full of mounds of earth looking like a deserted and abandoned piece of land on which a building was going to be put up.2. All the imperialists build up their empires by treating the people in the colonies like animals (by not treating the people in the colonies as human beings).3. They are born. Then for a few years they work, toil and starve. Finally they die and are buried in graves without a name.4. Sitting with his legs crossed and using a very old-fashioned lathe, a carpenter quickly gives a round shape to the chair-legs he is making.5. Immediately from their dark hole-like cells everywhere a great number of Jews rushed out wildly excited.6. Every one of these poor Jews looked on the cigarette as a piece of luxury which they could not possibly afford.7. However, a white-skinned European is always quite noticeable.8. If you take a look at the natural scenery in a tropical region, you see everything but the human beings.9. No one would think of organizing cheap trips for the tourists to visit the poor slum areas (for these trips would not be interesting)．10．life is very hard for ninety percent of the people．With hard backbreaking toil they can produce a little food on the poor soil．11．She took it for granted that as an old woman she was the lowest in the community，that。
高级英语2第三版课后paraphrase原文及答案清晰版
Lesson 1 1．And it is an activity only of humans. And it is a human unique activity．2．Conversation is not for making a point.Conversation is not to convince othersothers．．3．In fact, the best conversationalists are those who are prepared to be lose. In fact, the best conversationalists are those who are willing to be lose.4.Bar friends are not deeply involved in each other’s lives. Bar friends are not deeply concerned with each other’s private lives.5....it could still go ignorantly on... The conversation could go on without anybody knowing who was right or wrong．6. There are cattle in the field, but we sit down to beef. These animals are called cattle in English, when they are alive and feeding in the fields；but when we sit down at the table to eat, we call their meat beef in French．7. The new ruling class had built a cultural barrier against him by building their French against his own language.The new ruling class had caused the cultural contradictions between the ruling class and native English by regarding French superior to English.8.English had come royally into its own. English had gained recognition by the King．9．The phrase has always been used a little pejoratively and even facetiously by the lower classes. The phrase, the king’s English has always been used disrespectfully and made fun by the lower classes.10. The rebellion against a cultural dominance is still there. There is still opposition to cultural monopoly.11. There is always a great danger that “words will harden into things for us”We tend to make the mistake that we regard the things as they represent.12. Even with the most educated and the most literate, the King’s English slips and slides in conversation. Even the most educated and literated people will not always use the formal English in their conversationconversation．．Lesson 2 1. The burying--ground is merely a huge waste of hummocky earth, like a derelict building-lot. The burying-ground is just a hugepiece of wasteland full of moundsof earth, looking like a desertedconstruction land.2.All colonial empires are in reality founded upon that fact. All colonial empires are built byexploiting the local people.3. They rise out of the earth, they sweat and starve for a few years, and then they sink back into the nameless mounds of the graveyard. They are born. Then they work hardwithout enough food for a fewyears. Finally they die and areburied in the hills graves withoutany mark to identify them.4. A carpenter sits crosslegged at a prehistoric lathe, turning chair-legs at lighting speed. A carpenter sits crossing his legs atan old-fashioned lathe, makinground chair-legs very fast.5. Instantly, from the dark holes all round, there was a frenzied rush of Jews.Immediately, Jews rushed out oftheir dark hole-like rooms nearbyin a frenzy madness.6.every one of them looks on a cigarette as a more or less impossible luxury.Every one of these Jews considersthe cigarette as a somewhat pieceof luxury which they can notpossibly afford.7. Still, a white skin is always fairly conspicuous.However, a white-skinnedEuropean is easy to notice in a fairway.8. In a tropical landscape one’s eye takes in everything except the human being. Against the background of atropical landscape, people couldnotice everything but they cannotsee local people.9. No one would think of running cheap trips to the Distressed Areas No one would propose the cheaptrips to the slums．10．...for nine-tenths of the people the reality of life is an endless, back-breaking struggle to wring a little food out of an eroded soil.The real life of nine-tenths of thepeople is that there is no end totheir extremely hard work in orderto get a little food from an erodedsoilsoil．．11. She accepted her status as an old woman, that is to say as a beast of burden. She took it for granted that as anold woman she should work like ananimalanimal．．12.People with brown skins are next door to invisible. People who have brown skins arealmost invisible．13. Their splendid bodies were hidden in reach-me-down khaki uniforms... The soldiers wore second—handkhaki uniforms which covered theirbeautiful well—built bodies．14. How long before they turn their guns in the other direction? How long will it take for them toattack us?15. Every white man there had this thought stowed somewhere or other in his mind. It is certain that every white manrealized this.Lesson3 1.And yet the same revolutionary belief for which our forebears fought is still at issue around the globe... And yet the same revolutionarybelief which is the aim of ourancestors is still in dispute aroundthe world.2. This much we pledge--and more. This much we promise to do andwe promise to do more.3. United, there is little we cannot do in a host of cooperative ventures. If we are united, there is almostnothing we can not do through alot of cooperation.4. But this peaceful revolution of hope cannot become the prey of hostile powers. But this peaceful revolution whichcan bring hope in a peaceful waycan not fall victims to enemycountry.5. .... Our last best hope in an age where the instruments of war have far outpaced the instruments of pace... The United Nations is our last andbest hope in the era where meansof launching war have farsurpassed means of keeping peace.6. ...to enlarge the area in which its writ may run... to increase the area where the UN’s written documents may beeffective.7....before the dark powers of destruction unleashed by science engulf all humanity in planned or accidental self-destruction... before the evil atom weapon made possible by science destroy all human beings in a planned way or by accident.8...yet both racing to alter that uncertain balance of terror that stays the hand of mankind’s final war...However both trying to change that unstable balance of weapons and this balance of weapons could prevent human beings from launching their final war.9. So let us begin anew, remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness.. So let us begin once again to realize that politeness does not mean weakness.10. Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. I suggest both sides try to use science to make wonders for human beings rather than terrors. 11. ...each generation of Americans has been summoned to give testimony to its national loyalty. There are Americans from every generation who answer the call of the country to prove their loyaltyto the country.12. With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love... Our certain reward is our good conscience and history will judge our deeds, therefore, let us try to be pioneers in building our beloved country.Unit5 1.The slighted mention of the decade brings nostalgic recollections to the middle-aged... At the very mention of this postwar period ,middle-aged people begin to think about it longingly.2.The rejection of Victorian gentility was , in any case ,inevitable . In any case,an American could not avoid casting aside middle-class respectability and affected refinement.3.The war acted merely as a catalytic agent in this breakdown of the Victorian social structure... The war only helped to speed up the breakdown of the Victorian social structure.4...it was tempted ,in America at least, to escape its responsibilities and retreat behind an air of naughty alcoholic sophistication...In America at least,the youngpeople were strongly inclined toshirk their responsibilities. Theypretended to be worldly-wise,drinking and behaving naughtily.5.Prohibition afforded the young the additional opportunity of making their pleasures illicit... The young found greater pleasurein drinking because Prohibition, bymaking drinking unlawful,added asense of adventure.6...our young men began to enlist under foreign flags. Our young men joined the armiesof foreign countries to fight in thewar.7....they “wanted to get into the fun before the whole thing turned belly up.”The young wanted to take part inthe glorious adventure before thewhole ended.8...they had outgrown towns and families...These young people could nolonger adapt themselves to lives intheir hometowns or their families.9..the returning veteran also had to face the sodden,Napoleonic cynicism of Versailles,the hypocritical do-goodism of Prohibition... The returning veteran also had toface the stupid cynicism of thevictorious allies in Versailles whoacted as cynically as Napoleondid,and to face Prohibition whichthe lawmakers hypocriticallyassumed would do good to thepeople.10.Something in the tension-ridden youth of America had to “give”... (Under all this force andpressure)something in the youth ofAmerica,who were already verytense ,had to break down.11....it was only natural that hopeful young writers , their minds and pens inflamed against war, Babbittry, and “Puritanical”gentility, should flock to the traditional artistic center... It was only natural that hopefulyoung writers ,whose minds andwritings were full of violent angeragainst war, Babbittry,and“PuritanicalPuritanical””gentility,shouldcome in largen numbers to live inGreenwich Village, the traditionalartistic center.12.Each town had its “fast”set which prided itself on itself on its unconventionality... Each town was proud that it had agroup of wild ,reckless people,wholived unconventional lives.U n i t71.With a clamor of bells that set the swallows soaring, the Festival of Summer came to the city Omelas.The loud ringing of the bells, which sent the frightened swallows flying high, marked the beginning of the Festival of Summer in Omelas.2. ..Their high calls rising like the swallows’ crossing flights over the music and singsing.The shouting of the children couldbe heard clearly above the music and singing like the calls of the swallows flying by overhead.3. ..Exercised their restive horses before the race. The riders were putting the horsesthrough some exercises because the horses were eager to startand stubbornly resisting the control of the riders.4. Given a description such as this one tends to make certain assumptions. After reading the above description the reader is likely to assume certain things.5. This is the treason of artist: a refusal to admit the banality of evil and the terrible boredom of pain.An artist betrays his trust when hedoes not admit that evil is nothingfresh nor novel and pain is very dull and uninteresting.6. They were nature, intelligent, passionate adults whose lives were not wretched. They were fully developed and intelligent grown-up people full of intense feelings and they were not miserable people.7. Perhaps it would be best if you imagined it as your own fancy bids, assuming it will rise to the occasion. Perhaps it would be best if the reader pictures Omelas to himself ashis imagination tells him, assuminghis imagination will be equal to the task.8. The faint insistent sweetness of drooz may perfume the way of the city. The faint but compelling sweet scent of the drug drooz may fill the streets of the city.9. Perhaps it was born defective, or perhaps it has become imbecile through fear, malnutrition and neglect. Perhaps the child was mentally retarded because it was born so or perhaps it has become very foolish and stupid because of fear, poor no urishment and neglect.10. Its habits are too uncouth for it to respond to humane treatm ent. The habits of the child are so crud e and uncultured that it will show no sign of improvement even if it i s treated kindly and tenderly.11. Their tears at the bitter injust ice dry when they begin to perce ive the terrible justice of reality, and to accept it. They shed tears when they see ho w terribly unjust they have been to the child, but these tearsdry up w hen they realize how just and fair t hough terrible reality was.Unit8 1.....below the noisy arguments , the abuse and the quarrels , there is a reservoir of instinctive fellow-feeling... The English people may hotly argue and abuse and quarrel with each other , but there still exists a lot of natural sympathetic feelings for each other in their hearts. 2....at heart they would like to take a whip to the whole idle troublesome mob of them. What the wealthy employers would really like to do is to whip all the workers whom they regard as lazy and troublesome.3...there are not many of these men , either on the board or the shop floor... There are not many snarling shop stewards in the workshop,nor are there many cruel wealthy employers on the board of directors.4.It demands bigness ,and they are suspicious of bigness. The contemporary world demands that everything should be done on a big scale and the English do not trust bigness.5.Against this , at least superficially ,Englishness seems a poor shadowy show... At least on the surface ,when Englishness is put against the power and success of Admass , Englishness seems to put up a rather poor performance. 6....while Englishness is not hostile to change,it is deeply suspicious of change for change’s sake... Englishness is not against change, but it believes that changing just for change’s sake and not other useful purposes is very wrong and harmful.7.To put cars and motorways before houses seems to Englishness a communal imbecility. To regard cars and motorways asmore important than housesseems to Englishness a publicstupidity.8.I must add that while Englishness can still fight on ,Admass could be winning. I must further say that whileEnglishness can go on fighting,there is a great possibility forAdmass to win.9.It must have some moral capital to draw upon,and soon it may be asking for an overdraft. Englishness draws its strength froma reservoir of strong moral andethical principles ,and soon it maybe asking for strength which thisreservoir of principles cannotprovide.10.They probably believe ,as I do , that the Admass”Good Life”is a fraud on all counts. There people probably believe ,as Ithedo,that the ““Good Life”promisedby Admass is false and dishonest inall respects.11...he will not even find much satisfaction in this scrounging messy existence, which does nothing for a man’s self-respect. He will not even find muchsatisfaction in this untidy anddisordered life where he managesto live as a parasite by sponging onpeople. This kind of life does nothelp a person to build up anyself-respect.12.To them the House of Commons is a remote squabbling-shop. These people consider the Houseof Commons as a place rather faraway from them where somepeople are always quarreling andarguing over some small matters.13...heavy hands can fall on the shoulders that have been shrugging away politics. They were very wrong to ignorepolitics for they can now suddenlyand for no reason be arrested andthrown into prison.U n i t101. It is a complex fate to be an American. The fate of an American is complicated and hard to understand.2...they were no more at home in Europe than I was. They were uneasy and uncomfortable in Europe as I was.3...we were both searching for our separate identities. They were all trying to find their own special individualities.4. I do not think that could have made this reconciliation here.I don't think I could have acceptedin America my Negro status without feeling ashamed.5...it is easier to cut across social and occupational lines there than it is here. It is easier in Europe for people ofdifferent social groups and occupations to intermingle and have social intercourse.6. A man can be as proud of being a good waiter as of being a good actor, and in neither case feel threatened. In Europe a good waiter and a good actor are equally proud of their social status and position. They are not jealous of each other and do not live in fear of losing their position.7. I was born in New York, but have lived only in pockets of it. I was born in New York but have lived only in some small areas of thecity.8. This reassessment, which can be very painful, is also very valuable. The reconsideration of the significance and importance of many things that one had taken for granted in the past can be very painful, though very valuable.9. On this acceptance, literally, the life of a writer depends. The life of a writer really depends on his accepting the fact that no matter where he goes or what he does he will always carry the marks ofhis origins.10. American writers do not have a fixed society to describe. American writers live in a mobile society where nothing is fixed, so they do not have a fixed society to describe.11..Every society is really governed by hidden laws, by unspoken but profound assumptions on the part of the people. Every societysociety is influenced and directed byby hiddenhidden laws, and b ybymany things deeply felt andtaken for granted by the people, though not openly spoken about.。
高级英语2第三版课后答案
高级英语2第三版课后答案【篇一：高级英语第三版第二册课后翻译】in which animals communicate with each other, they do not indulge in anything that deserves the name of conversation.不管动物之间的交流方式多么复杂，它们不能参与到称得上是交谈的任何活动中。
2. argument may often be a part of it, but the purpose of the argument is not to convince. there is no winning in conversation.争论会经常出现于交谈中，但争论的目的不是为了说服。
交谈中没有胜负之说。
3. perhaps it is because of my upbringing in english pubs thati think bar conversation has a charm of its own.或许我从小就混迹于英国酒吧缘故，我认为酒吧里的闲聊别有韵味。
4. i do not remember what made one of our companions say it ---she clearly had not come into the bar to say it , it was not something that was pressing on her mind---but her remark fell quite naturally into the talk.我不记得是什么使得我的一个同伴说起它来的---她显然不是来酒吧说这个的，这不是她事先想好的话题----但她的话相当自然地插入到了交谈中。
5. there is always resistance in the lower classes to anyattempt by an upper class to lay down rules for “english as it should be spoken .”下层社会总会抵制上层社会企图给“标准英语”制定得规则。
高级英语2第三版课后paraphrase原文与答案清晰版
高级英语2第三版课后paraphrase原文与答案清晰版conversation．Lesson 1 Lesson 21 ．And it is an activity only of 1. The burying--ground is merelyhumans. a huge waste of hummocky earth,And it is a human unique activity ．like a derelict building-lot.2 ．Conversation is not for making The burying-ground is just a hugeapoint . piece of wasteland full of moundsConversation is not to convince of earth, looking like a desertedothers ．construction land.3 ．In fact, the best 2. All colonial empires are inconversationalists are those who reality founded upon that fact.are prepared to be lose. All colonial empires are built byIn fact, the best conversationalists exploiting the local people.are those who are willing to be 3. They rise out of the earth, theylose. sweat and starve for a few years,4.Bar friends are not deeply and then they sink back into theinvolved in each other ’ slives. nameless mounds of theBar friends are notdeeply graveyard.concerned with eachother ’s They are born. Then they work hardprivate lives. without enough food for a few5....it could still go ignorantly years. Finally they die and areon... buried in the hills graves withoutThe conversationcould go on any mark to identify them.without anybody knowing who was 4. A carpenter sits crosslegged atright or wrong ．a prehistoric lathe, turning6. There are cattle in the field, chair-legs at lighting speed.but we sit down to beef. A carpenter sits crossing his legs at These animals are called cattle in an old-fashioned lathe, makingEnglish, when they are alive and round chair-legs very fast.feeding in thefields ；but when we 5. Instantly, from thedark holessit down at the table toeat, we callalfrtheir meat beef inFrench ．ru7. The new ruling class hadbuilt aImoucultural barrieragainst him bythnebuilding their French against hisinmaownlanguage .6.onThe new ruling class had causedcilethe cultural contradictionsimlubetween the ruling class and nativeEvcoEnglish by regarding Frenchthsosuperior toEnglish.of8.English had come royally intopoafitsown.7.alEnglish had gained recognition byfacotheKing ．Ho9 ． The phrase has always beenEuinused a little pejoratively and even wa facetiously by the lower classes.8.onThe phrase, theking’s Englishhaseyalways been used disrespectfullythbeand made fun by the lower classes.Aga10. The rebellionagainst atrcocultural dominance is still there.nocaThere is still oppositionto culturalsepemonopoly.9.ru11.There is always agreatchDidanger“words willharden Arinto things forus ”NochWe tend to make the mistakethattrslwe regard the thingsas they10threpresent. people the reality of life is an12. Even with the most educated endless, back-breaking struggleand the mostliterate, the King ’ s to wring a little food out of anEnglish slips andslides in eroded soil.conversati on. The real life of nine-tenths of theEven the most educated and people is that there is no end toliterated people will not always use their extremely hard work in orderthe formal English in their to get a little food froman erodedsoil ．11.She accepted her status as an old woman, that is to say as abeast of burden.She took it for granted that as an old woman she should work like an animal ．12.People with brown skins are next door to invisible.People who have brown skins are almost invisible ．13.Their splendid bodies were hidden in reach-me-down khaki uniforms...The soldiers wore second—handkhaki uniforms which covered theirbeautiful well —built bodies ．14.How long before they turn their guns in the other direction? How long will it takefor them to attack us?15.Every white manthere had this thoughtstowed somewhereor other in his mind.It is certain thatevery white manrealized this.Lesson31.And yet the samerevolutionary belieffor which our forebearsfought is still atissue around theglobe...And yet the samerevolutionary beliefwhich is the aim of ourancestors is still indispute around the world.2.This much wepledge--and more.This much we promise todo and we promise to domore.3.United, there is little we cannot do in a host of cooperative ventures.If we are united, there is almostnothing we can not do through a lot of cooperation.4. But this peaceful revolution ofhope cannot become the prey ofhostile powers.But this peaceful revolution whichcan bring hope in a peaceful way can not fall victims to enemycountry.5. .... Our last best hope in an agewhere the instruments of war have far outpaced the instruments of pace...The United Nations is our last andbest hope in the era where means of launching war have far surpassed means of keeping peace.6. ...to enlarge the area in whichits writ may run...to increase the area where the UN ’s written documents may be effective.7....before the dark powers ofdestruction unleashed by science engulf all humanity in planned oraccidental self-destruction... before the evil atomweapon made possible by science destroy allhuman beings in aplanned way or byaccident.8...yet both racing toalter that uncertainbalance of terror thatstays the hand of mankind ’s final war... However both trying to change thatunstable balance of weapons and this balance of weaponscould prevent humanbeings from launchingtheir final war.9.So let us begin anew, remembering on bothsides thatcivility is not a sign of weakness.. . So let us begin onceagain to realize that politeness does notmean weakness.10.Let both sidesseek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors.I suggest both sides tryto use science to make wonders for human beingsrather than terrors.11. ...each generationof Americans has been summoned to givetestimony to itsnational loyalty.There are Americans fromevery generation whoanswer the call of thecountry to prove theirloyalty to the country.12.With a goodconscience our only sure reward, with history thefinal judge of our deeds, let us go forth tolead the land welove...Our certain reward isour good conscienceand history will judgeour deeds, therefore, let us try to be pioneers in building our beloved country. Unit51.The slighted mention of the decade brings nostalgic recollections tothe middle-aged...At the very mention of this postwarperiod ,middle-aged people begin to think about it longingly.2.The rejectionof Victoriangentility was ,in anycase ,inevitable .In any case,an American could not avoid casting aside middle-class respectability and affected refinement. 3.The war acted merely as a catalytic agentin this breakdown of the Victorian socialstructure...The war only helped to speed up the breakdown of the Victoriansocial structure. 4...it wastempted ,in Americaat least, to escapeits responsibilitiesand retreatbehind an air of naughty alcoholic sophistication...In America atleast,the young people were strongly inclinedto shirk their responsibilities. They pretended to be worldly-wise, drinking and behaving naughtily.5.Prohibitionafforded the youngthe additional opportunity of making their pleasures illicit...The young found greater pleasure in drinking because Prohibition, bymaking drinking unlawful,added a senseof adventure.6...our young men began to enlist under foreign flags.Our young men joined the armies of foreign countries to fight inthe war.7....they “wanted to get into thefun before the whole thing turned belly up. ”The young wanted to take part in theglorious adventure before the whole ended.8...they had outgrown towns and families.. . These young people could no longer adapt themselves to lives in their hometowns ortheir families.9..the returningveteran also had toface thesodden,Napoleonic cynicism ofVersailles,thehypocritical do-goodismof Prohibition...The returning veteranalso had to face thestupid cynicism of thevictorious allies inVersailles who acted ascynically as Napoleondid,and to faceProhibition which thelawmakers hypocritically assumed would do good to the people.10.Something in thetension-ridden youth ofAmerica had to“give ”...(Under all this force and pressure)something in the youth of America,who were already very tense ,had to break down.11....it was only naturalthat hopeful young writers , their minds andpens inflamed againstwar, Babbittry, and“Puritanical”gentility, shouldflock to thetraditional artistic center...It was only natural thathopeful youngwriters ,whose minds andwritings were full ofviolent anger against war, Babbittry,and“ Puritanical ”gentility,should come inlargen numbers to live in Greenwich Village, the traditional artisticcenter.12.Each town had its “fast ”set which prided itself on itself on its unconventionality... Each town was proud that it had a group ofwild ,recklesspeople,wholived unconventional lives.Unit71.With a clamor ofbells that set theswallows soaring, theFestiva l of Summercame to the city Omelas.The loud ringing of thebells, whic h sent thefrightened swallows flying high, marked thebeginning of t heFestival of Summer inOmelas.2...Their high callsrising like the swallows ’crossing flights over the music and singsing. The shouting of the children could be heard clearly above the music a nd singing like the calls of the swal lows flying by overhead.3. ..Exercised their restive horses before the race.The riders were putting the horses through some exercises because t he horses were eager to start and stubbornly resisting the contr olof the riders.4.Given a description such as thi s one tends to make certain assu mptions.After reading the above descriptio n the reader is likely to assume cer tain things.5.This is the treasonof artist: a r efusalto admit the banalityof evil and the terribleboredom of pai n.An artist betrays his trust when he does not admit that evil is nothing fresh nor novel and pain is very du ll and uninteresting.6.They were nature, intelligent, passionate adults whose lives we renot wretched.They were fully developed and intelligent grown-up people full of inte nse feelings and they were not mis erable people.7. Perhaps it would be best if you imagined it as your own fancy bi ds, assuming it will rise to the oc casion.Perhaps it would be best if the rea der pictures Omelas to himself as hisimagination tells him, assuming his imaginationwill be equal to th e task.8.The faint insistent sweetness o f drooz may perfume the way ofthe city.The faint but compelling sweet sce nt of the drug drooz may fill the st reets of the city.9.Perhaps it was born defective, or perhaps it has become imbecile through fear,malnutrition and neglect. Perhaps the child was mentally ret arded becauseit was born so or pe rhapsit has become very foolish and stupid because offear, poor no urishmentand neglect.10. Its habits are too uncouth for it to respond to humane treatm ent.The habits of the childare so crud e anduncultured that it willshow no sign ofimprovement even if it is treated kindly and tenderly.11.Their tears atthe bitter injust icedry when they begin to perce ive the terrible justice of reality, andto accept it.They shed tears when they see ho w terribly unjust they have been tothe child, but these tearsdry up w hen they realize how just andfair t hough terrible reality was.Unit81.....below the noisy arguments ,the abuse and thequarrels , there is a reservoir of instinctive fellow-feeling...The English people may hotly argue and abuse and quarrel with each other ,but there still exists alot of natural sympathetic feelings for each other in their hearts.2....at heart they would like totake a whip to thewhole idletroublesome mob of them. What the wealthy employers would really like to do is to whipall the workers whom they regard as lazy and troublesome.3...there are notmany of these men , either on the boardor the shop floor... There are not many snarling shop stewards in the workshop,nor are there many cruel wealthy employers on the board of directors.4.It demandsbigness ,and theyare suspicious of bigness.The contemporary world demands that everything should be done on a big scale and the English do not trust bigness.5.Against this , atleastsuperficially ,Englishness seems a poorshadowy show...At least on thesurface ,whenEnglishness is putagainst the powerand success ofAdmass , Englishnessseems to put up arather poorperformance.6....while Englishness isnothostile to change,itis deeply suspiciousof change for changes sake...Englishness is not againstchange,but it believes thatchanging justfor chan ge ’ s sake andnot otheruseful purposes is verywrong andharmful.7.To put cars and motorwaysbefore houses seems to Englishness a communal imbecility. To regard cars andmotorways as moreimportant than housesseems to Englishness apublic stupidity.8.I must add that while Englishness can still fighton ,Admass could bewinning. I must furthersay that whileEnglishness can go onfighting, there is agreat possibility forAdmass to win.9.It must have some moral capital to draw upon,andsoon it may be asking foran overdraft. Englishness draws its strength from a reservoir of strong moraland ethical principles ,and soon it may be asking for strength which thisreservoir of principlescannot provide.10 .They probably believe ,as I do ,that the Admass ”Good Life ”is a fraud on all counts.There people probablybelieve ,as I do,that the“ Good Life ”promised by Admass is false and dishonestin all respects.11...he will not evenfind much satisfactionin this scrounging messy existence, which doesnothing for a man ’s self-respect.He will not even find much satisfaction in this untidyand disordered life wherehe manages to live as a parasite by sponging on people. This kind of life does not help a person to build up any self-respect.12.To them the House of Commons is a remote squabbling-shop.These people considerthe House of Commons asa place rather far away from them where some people are always quarreling and arguing over some small matters.13...heavy hands canfall on the shouldersthat have been shrugging away politics.They were very wrong to ignore politics for they can now suddenly and for no reason be arrestedand thrown into prison. Unit101. It is a complex fateto be an A merican.The fate of an American is complic’ated and hard to understand.2...they were no moreat home in Europe thanI was.They were uneasy anduncomforta ble in Europeas I was.3...we were bothsearching for o urseparate identities.They were all trying to findtheir o wn special individualities.4.I do not thinkthat could have madethis reconciliationhere.I don't think I could have accepted in America my Negro status witho ut feeling ashamed.5...it is easier to cut across social and occupational lines there than it is here.It is easier in Europe for people of different social groups and occupa tions to intermingle and have soci al intercourse.6. A man can be asproud of bein g a good waiter as of being a good actor, and in neither case feelthreatened. In Europe a good wait er and a good actor are equally pr oudof their social status and posit ion. They are not jealous of each o ther and do not live in fear oflosing their position.7. I was born in NewYork, but ha ve livedonly in pockets of it.I was born in New York but have liv ed only in some small areas of the city.8.This reassessment, which can be very painful, is also very valua ble.The reconsideration of the signific ance and importance of many thin gs that one had taken for granted in the past can be very painful, tho ugh very valuable.9.On this acceptance, literally, th e life of a writer depends.The life of a writer really depends o n his accepting the fact that no ma tter where he goes or what he doe s he will always carry the marks of his origins.10.American writers do nothavea fixed society todescribe. American writerslive in a mobile society where nothing is fixed, so they do not have a fixed society to describe.11..Every society is really governed by hidden laws, byunspoken b ut profound assumptions on thepart of the people.Every society is influenced and directed by hidden laws, and b y many things deeply felt and taken for granted by the people, th ough not openly spoken about.。
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第二课参考译文
广岛——日本“最有活力”的城市
(节选)
雅各·丹瓦
“广岛到了!大家请下车!”当世界上最快的高速列车减速驶进广岛车站并渐渐停稳时，那位身着日本火车站站长制服的男人口中喊出的一定是这样的话。
我其实并没有听懂他在说些什么，一是因为他是用日语喊的，其次，则是因为我当时心情沉重，喉咙哽噎，忧思万缕，几乎顾不上去管那日本铁路官员说些什么。
踏上这块土地，呼吸着广岛的空气，对我来说这行动本身已是一次令人激动的经历，其意义远远超过我以往所进行的任何一次旅行或采访活动。
难道我不就是在犯罪现场吗?
这儿的日本人看来倒没有我这样的忧伤情绪。
从车站外的人行道上看去，这儿的一切似乎都与日本其他城市没什么两样。
身着和服的小姑娘和上了年纪的太太与西装打扮的少年和妇女摩肩接踵；神情严肃的男人们对周围的人群似乎视而不见，只顾着相互交谈，并不停地点头弯腰，互致问候：“多么阿里伽多戈扎伊马嘶。
”还有些人在使用杂货铺和烟草店门前挂着的小巧的红色电话通话。
“嗨!嗨!”出租汽车司机一看见旅客，就砰地打开车门，这样打着招呼。
“嗨”，或者某个发音近似“嗨”的什么词，意思是“对”或“是”。
“能送我到市政厅吗?”司机对着后视镜冲我一笑，又连声“嗨!”“嗨!”出租车穿过广岛市区狭窄的街巷全速奔驰，我们的身子随着司机手中方向盘的一次次急转而前俯后仰，东倒西歪。
与此同时，这座曾惨遭劫难的城市的高楼大厦则一座座地从我们身边飞掠而过。
正当我开始觉得路程太长时，汽车嘎地一声停了下来，司机下车去向警察问路。
就像东京的情形一样，广岛的出租车司机对他们所在的城市往往不太熟悉，但因为怕在外国人面前丢脸，却又从不肯承认这一点。
无论乘客指定的目的地在哪里，他们都毫不犹豫地应承下来，根本不考虑自己要花多长时间才能找到目的地。
这段小插曲后来终于结束了，我也就不知不觉地突然来到了宏伟的市政厅大楼前。
当我出示了市长应我的采访要求而发送的请柬后，市政厅接待人员向我深深地鞠了一躬，然后声调悠扬地长叹了一口气。
“不是这儿，先生，”他用英语说道。
“市长邀请您今天晚上同其他外宾一起在水上餐厅赴宴。
您看，就是这儿。
”他边说边为我在请柬背面勾划出了一张简略的示意图。
幸亏有了他画的图，我才找到一辆出租车把我直接送到了运河堤岸，那儿停泊着一艘顶篷颇像一般日本房屋屋顶的大游艇。
由于地价过于昂贵，日本人便把传统日本式房屋建到了船上。
漂浮在水面上的旧式日本小屋夹在一座座灰黄色摩天大楼之间，这一引人注目的景观正象征着和服与超短裙之间持续不断的斗争。
在水上餐厅的门口，一位身着和服、面色如玉、风姿绰约的迎宾女郎告诉我要脱鞋进屋。
于是我便脱下鞋子，走进这座水上小屋里的一个低矮的房间，蹑手蹑脚地踏在柔软的榻榻米地席上，因想到要这样穿着袜子去见广岛市长而感到十分困窘不安。
市长是位瘦高个儿的男人，目光忧郁，神情严肃。
出人意料的是，刚到广岛车站时袭扰着我的那种异样的忧伤情绪竟在这时重新袭上心头，我的心情又难受起来，因为我又一次意识到自己置身于曾遭受第一颗原子弹轰击的现场。
这儿曾有成千上万的生命顷刻之间即遭毁灭，还有成千上万的人在痛苦的煎熬中慢慢死去。
到场的宾客们被互相介绍了一番。
他们大多数都是日本人，我也不好开口去问为什么要请我们来这儿聚会。
在场的少数几位美国人和德国人看来也同我一样有些局促不安。
“先生们，”市长开言道，“我很高兴欢迎你们到广岛来。
”
大家都开始弯腰鞠躬，连在场的西方人也不例外。
只要在日本呆上三天，人的脊椎骨就会变得特别地柔韧灵活。
“先生们，你们光临广岛是我们的极大荣幸。
”
大家又开始鞠躬。
随着广岛这一名字的一次次重复，大家的面容变得越来越严肃起来。
“广岛，大家知道，是一座大家都很熟悉的城市，”市长接着说道。
“对，对，当然是这样，”在场的人们低声议论着，脸上的神色越来越不安起来。
“难得有个城市像广岛这样闻名遐迩。
我既高兴而又自豪地欢迎诸位来到广岛。
令广岛
如此举世闻名的乃是它的——牡蛎。
”
我正准备点头对市长的话表示赞同，可就在这时，我突然听明白了刚才这句话末尾几个字的意义，我的头脑也就随之从忧愁伤感中清醒过来。
“广岛——牡蛎?怎么没提原子弹和这个城市所遭受的灾难以及人类有史以来犯下的最大的罪恶呢?”
市长还在继续演讲，一个劲儿赞美着日本南方的海味。
我蹑手蹑脚地退到屋子的后边，那儿有几个人在开小会，没怎么理睬市长的演讲。
“您看上去像是心中有什么疑惑未解似的，”一个身材矮小、戴着一副特大眼镜的日本人对我说道。
“不错，我得承认我真的没有料到在这儿会听到一番关于牡蛎的演说。
我原以为广岛仍未摆脱原子弹灾祸的阴影。
”
“没有人再去谈它了，谁都不愿再提了，尤其是在这儿出生的或是亲身经历了那场灾难的人。
”
“你也是这种态度吗?”
“我当时就在这个城市，不过没在市中心。
我之所以对您讲起这些，是因为我已差不多步人老年了。
在这个以牡蛎闻名的城市里有两种截然不同的意见，一种主张保存原子弹爆炸留下的痕迹，另一种则主张销毁一切痕迹，甚至要拆除立于爆炸中心的纪念碑。
这一派人还要求拆掉原子博物馆。
”
“你们为什么要这样做呢?”
“因为那些东西使人伤感，因为时代毕竟在前进。
”小个子日本人面带微笑，一双眼睛在厚厚的镜片后面眯成了一条缝。
“假如您要描写这座城市的话，千万别忘记告诉人们这是日本最快乐的城市，尽管这里的市民许多人身上还带着暗伤和明显的灼伤。
”
和其他任何一家医院一样，这家医院里也弥漫着甲醛和乙醚的气味。
长得看不到尽头的走廊墙边排列着无数的担架和轮椅，穿廊而过的护士手中都端着镀镍的医疗器械，使得来这儿的健康人一看便脊背发凉。
所谓原子病区设在三楼，共有十七个病床。
“我是以打鱼为生的，在这儿已呆了好久了，二十多年了。
”一个身穿日本式睡衣的老人这样对我说。
“你是受的什么伤?”“内伤。
那场灾难降临时我正在广岛。
我看到了原子弹爆炸时的火球，但无论脸上身上都没有灼伤。
我当时满街奔跑着寻找失踪的亲友。
我以为自己总算是幸免于难了，但到后来，我的头发开始脱落，腹内开始出水，并感觉恶心呕吐。
打那时起，他们就一直不断地对我进行体检和治疗。
”
站在我身边的大夫对老人的话作了补充说明：“我们这儿还有一些病人是靠不断的护理医治才得以维持生命的。
另有一些病人因伤重不治而死，还有一些自杀身亡。
”
“他们干吗要自杀呢?”
“因为在这座城市里苟延残喘是一种耻辱。
假如你身上有着明显的原子伤痕，你的孩子就会受到那些没有伤痕的人的歧视。
男人们谁也不愿娶一个原子弹受害者的女儿或侄女为妻。
他们害怕核辐射会造成遗传基因病变。
”
那位老渔民彬彬有礼、兴致勃勃地定睛望着我。
他的病床上方悬挂着一个由许多叠成小鸟形状的五颜六色的纸片结成的大纸团。
“那是什么?”我问道。
“那是我的吉祥鸟。
每当我从死神那儿挣脱出来的那一天，每当病痛将我从尘世烦恼中解放出来的那一天，我都要叠一只新的小纸鸟，加到原有的纸鸟群里去。
我就这样看着这些纸鸟，庆幸病痛给自己带来的好运。
因为正是我的病痛使我有了怡养性情的机会。
”
从医院出来，我又一次地撕碎了一个小笔记本，那上面记着我预先想好准备在采访原子病区的病人时提问的一些问题，其中有一个问题就是：你是否真的认为广岛是日本最充满活力的城市?我一直没问这问题，但我已能从每个人的眼神中体会出这个问题的答案。
(选自埃德·凯编播的美国广播节目)。