新发展大学英语阅读与写作3课文翻译What Is a Scientific Theory 什么是科学理论
What Is a Scientific Theory?In order to talk the mature of the universe and to discuss questions such as whether it has a beginning or an end, you have to be clear about what a scientific theory is. I shall take the simple-minded view that a a theory is just a model of the universe, of a restricted part of it, and a set of rules that relate quantities in the model to observations that we make, It exists only in our minds an does not have any other reality (whatever that night mean). A theory is a good theory if it satisfies two requirements: It must accurately describe a large class of observations on the basis of a model that contains only a few arbitrary elements, and it must make definite predictions about the results of future observations. For exampl e, Aristotle’s theory that everything was made out of four elements, earth, air, fire, and water, was simple enough to qualify, but it did not make any definite predictions. On the other hand, Newton’s theory was proportional to a quantity called their mass and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. Yet it predicts the motions of the sun, the moon, and the planets to a high degree of accuracy.Any physical theory is always provisional, in the sense that it is only a hypothesis: you can never prove it. No matter how many times the results of experiments, agree with some theory, you can never be sure that the next time the result will not contradict the theory. On the other hand, you can disprove a theory by finding even a single observation that disagrees with the predictions of the theory. As philosopher of science Karl Popper has emphasized, a good theory is characterized by the fact that it makes a number of predictions that could in principle be disproved or falsified by observation. Each time new experiments are observed to agree with the predictions the theory survives, and our confidence in it is increased; but if ever a new observation is found to disagree, we have to abandon or modify the theory. At least that is what is supposed to happen, but you can always question the competence of the person who carried out the observation.In practice, what often happens is that a new theory is devised that is really an extension of the previous theory. For example, very accurate observations of the planet Mercury revealed a small difference between its motion and the predictions of Newton’s theory of gravity. Einstein’s general theory of relativity predicted a slightly different motion from Newton’s theory. The fact that Einstein’s predictions matched what was seen, while Newton’s did not, was one of the crucial confirmations of the new theory. However, we still use Newton’s theory for all practical purposes because the difference between its predictions and those of general relativity is very small in the situations that we normally deal with. (Newton’s theory also has the great advantage that it is much simpler to work with than Einstein’s!)The eventual goal of science is to provide a single theory that describes the whole universe. However, the approach most scientists actually follow is to separate the problem into two parts. First, there are the laws that tell us how the universe changes with time. (If we know what the universe is like at any one time, these physical laws tell us how it will look at any later time.) Second, there is the question of the initial state of the universe. Some people feel that science should be concerned with only the first part; they regard the question of the initial situation as a matter for meta-physics of religion. They would say that God, being omnipotent, could have made it develop in a company way he wanted. That may be so, but in that case he also could have made it develop in a completely arbitrary way. Yet it appears that he chose to make it evolve in a very regular way according to certain laws. It therefore seems equally reasonable to suppose that there are also laws governing the initial state.It turns out to be very difficult to device a theory to describe the universe all in one go. Instead, we break the problem up into bits and invent a number of partial theories. Each of these partial theories describes and predicts a certain limited class of observations, neglecting the effects of other quantities, or representing them by simple sets of numbers. It may be that this approach is completely wrong. If everything in the universe depends on everything else in a fundamental way, it might be impossible to get close to a full solution by investigating parts of the past. The classic example again is the Newtonian theory of gravity, which tells us that the gravitational force between two bodies depends only on one number associated with each body, its mass, but is otherwise independent of what the bodies are made of. Thus one does not need to have a theory of the structure and constitution of the sun and the planets in order to calculate their orbits.Today scientists describe the universe in terms of two basic partial theories –the general theory of relativity and quantum mechanics. They are the great intellectual achievements of the first half of this century. The general theory of relativity describes the force of gravity and the large-scale structure of the universe, that is , the structure on scales from only a few miles to as large as a million million million (1 with zeros after it) miles, the size of the observable universe. Quantum mechanics, on the other hand, deals with phenomena ion extremely small scales, such as a millionth of a millionth of an inch. Unfortunately, however, these two theories are known to be inconsistent with each other – they cannot both be correct. One of the major endeavors in physics today, is the search for a new theory, and we may still be a long way from having one, but we do already know many of the properties that it must have.o什么是科学理论?为了谈宇宙的成熟和讨论这样的问题是否有一个开始或结束,你必须清楚科学理论是什么。
新发展大学英语阅读与写作3课文翻译VAGUETHOUGHTSONART模糊思考艺术
新发展大学英语阅读与写作3课文翻译VAGUE THOUGHTSON ART模糊思考艺术VAGUE THOUGHTS ON ARTArt is that imaginative expression of human energy, which, through technical concretion of feeling and perception, tends to reconcile the individual with the universal, by exciting in him impersonal emotion. And the greatest Art is thatwhich excites the greatest impersonal emotion in an hypothecated perfect human being.Impersonal emotion! And what--I thought do I mean by that? Surely I mean: That is not Art, which, while I, am contemplating it, inspires me with any active or directive impulse; that is Art, when, for however brief a moment, it replaceswithin me interest in myself by interest in itself. For, let me suppose myself in the presence of a carved marble bath. If my thoughts be "What could I buy that for?" Impulse of acquisition; or: "From what quarry did it come?" Impulse of inquiry; or: "Which would be the right end for my head?" Mixed impulse of inquiry and acquisition--I am at that moment insensible to it as a work of Art. But, if I stand before it vibratingat sight of its colour and forms, if ever so little and for ever soshort a time, unhaunted by any definite practical thought or impulse--to that extent and for that moment it has stolen me away out of myself and put itself there instead; has linked me to theuniversal by making me forget the individual in me. And for that moment, and only while that moment lasts, it is to me a work of Art. The word "impersonal," then, isbut used in this my definition to signify momentary forgetfulness of one's own personality and its active wants.So Art--I thought--is that which, heard, read, or looked on, while producing no directive impulse, warms one with unconscious vibration. Nor can I imagine any means of defining what is the greatest Art, without hypothecating a perfect human being. But since we shall never see, or know if we do see, that desirable creature--dogmatism is banished, "Academy" is dead to the discussion, deader than even Tolstoy left it after his famous treatise "What is Art?" For, having destroyed all the old Judges and Academies, Tolstoy, by saying that the greatest Art was that which appealed to the greatest number of living human beings, raised up the masses of mankind to be a definite new Judge orAcademy, as tyrannical and narrow as ever were those whom he had destroyed.This, at all events--I thought is as far as I dare go in defining what Art is. But let me try to make plain to myself what is the essential quality that gives to Art the power of exciting this unconscious vibration, this impersonal emotion. It has been called Beauty! An awkward word--a perpetual begging of the question; too current in use, too ambiguous altogether; now too narrow, now too wide--a word, in fact, too glib to know at all what it means. And how dangerous a word--often misleading us into slabbing with extraneous floridities what would otherwise, on its own plane, be Art! To be decorative where decoration is not suitable, to be lyrical wherelyricism is out of place, is assuredly to spoil Art, not to achieve it. But this essential quality of Art has also, and more happily, beencalled Rhythm. And, what is Rhythm if not that mysterious harmony between part and part, and part and whole, which gives what is called life; thatexact proportion, the mystery of which is best grasped in observing how life leaves an animate creature when the essentialrelation of part to whole has been sufficiently disturbed. And I agree that this rhythmic relation of part to part, and part to whole--in short, vitality--is the one quality inseparable from a work of Art. For nothing which does not seem to a man possessed of this rhythmic vitality, can ever steal him out of himself.And having got thus far in my thoughts, I paused, watching the swallows; for they seemed to me the symbol, in their swift, sure curvetting, all daring and balance and surprise, of the delicate poise and motion of Art, that visits no two men alike, in a world where no two things of all the things there be, are quite the same.Yes--I thought--and this Art is the one form of human energy in the whole world, which really works for union, and destroys the barriers between man and man. It is the continual, unconscious replacement, however fleeting, of oneself by another; the real cement of human life; the everlasting refreshment and renewal. For, what is grievous, dompting, grim, about our lives is that we are shut up within ourselves, with an itch to get outside ourselves. And to be stolen away from ourselves by Art is a momentary relaxation from that itching, a minute's profound,and as it were secret, enfranchisement. The active amusements and relaxations of life can only rest certain of our faculties, by indulging others; the whole self is never rested save through that unconsciousness of self, which comes through rapt contemplation of Nature or of Art.Yes, Art is the great and universal refreshment. For Art is never dogmatic; holds no brief for itself you may take it or you may leave it. It does not force itself rudely where it is not wanted. It is reverent to all tempers, to all points of view. But it is wilful-- the very wind in the comings and goings of its influence, an uncapturable fugitive, visiting our hearts at vagrant, sweet moments; since we often stand even before the greatest works of Art without being able quite to lose ourselves! That restful oblivion comes, we never quite know when--and it is gone! But when it comes, it is a spirit hovering with cool wings, blessing us from least to greatest, according to our powers; a spirit deathless and varied as human life itself.模糊思考艺术艺术是富有想象力的表达人类的能源,通过感觉和知觉的技术结核,趋向于协调个人与宇宙,在他没有人情味的情感通过刺激。
新标准大学英语综合教程3课文翻译(完整版)..
新标准大学英语综合教程3课文翻译(完整版)Unit 1Active 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。
全新版大学英语综合教程3课文原文及翻译
unit 4Was Einstein a Space Alien?1Albert Einstein was exhausted. For the third night in a row, his babyson Hans, crying, kept the household awake until dawn. When Albertfinally dozed off ... it was time to get up and go to work. He couldn't skip a day. He needed the job to support his young family.1.阿尔伯特 .爱因斯坦精疲力竭。
他幼小的儿子汉斯连续三个晚上哭闹不停，弄得全家人直到天亮都无法入睡。
阿尔伯特总算可以打个瞌睡时，已是他起床上班的时候了。
他不能一天不上班，他需要这份工作来养活组建不久的家庭。
2Walking briskly to the Patent Office, where he was a "Technical Expert,Third Class," Albert w orried about his mother. She was getting older andfrail, and she didn't approve of his marriage to Mileva. Relations were strained. Albert glanced at a passing shop window. His hair was a mess;he had forgotten to comb it again.2.阿尔伯特是专利局三等技术专家。
在快步去专利局上班的路上，他为母亲忧心忡忡。
母亲年纪越来越大，身体虚弱。
她不同意儿子与迈尔娃的婚事，婆媳关系紧张。
新发展大学英语阅读与写作4课文翻译Nine_Years_for_A_and_B_(九年遂成AB部)
Nine Years for A and B九年遂成AB部（1）克利斯朵夫·里克斯[1]著敏译塞缪尔·约翰逊博士[2]是最伟大的词典编纂人。
詹姆斯·默雷则是编写了最伟大词典的人：从1879年直到1915年去世，他把大半生都献给了《牛津英语大词典》的编纂工作。
约翰逊博士比谁都更有资格说词典编纂者是个“无害的苦工”[3]。
他知道词典编纂包含的远远不只是苦工，而且其单调乏味程度简直难以想象，即使词典编纂者也有幸无法事先清楚预估。
所以词典编纂者——即使深思熟虑、经验丰富如詹姆斯·默雷，都想当然以为以A开头的词数有代表性，那么只要编完所有A开头的词，就可以推算还要多久能完成整部词典。
可很快他就得认清A开头的词不典型（很明显其中包括很多源于希腊语或拉丁语的派生词，这些词的意思不多），而且典型首字母这整个想法就不切实际。
另外，词典编纂者估计寻找罕见词或科学术语要耗费时间精力，结果却发现最难的词反而是看来最简单的词。
《牛津英语大词典》最长的词条是简单却难以捉摸的小词set，默雷也曾因编写“那可怕的词Black（黑）和它的派生词”而陷入深深绝望。
词典编纂者还得争分夺秒。
不这样不行，因为不抓紧，落下的就越来越多，而新出现的语言现象得经过一定时间才能收录进词典之中。
另外，像《牛津英语大词典》这样浩瀚的工程得分部出版，才能保持所有参与人员的士气。
但如果读者觉得有生之年无望看到词典编完出版，他们就不会买了。
订购的人是这样，出版商也一样。
他们当然希望自己的投资能有点回报，至少是金钱上的回报。
所以在这场和时间的赛跑中就得有进度表，也就有了焦虑、不满和催促，因为时间从来不等人。
“三重梦魇：空间、时间、金钱”——这是詹姆斯·默雷的孙女伊丽莎白·默雷为她祖父写的传记中主要章节的标题。
这本传记动人、诚挚、谦恭，记录许多轶事，生动地再现了默雷的生平。
他相信是天意给了他这个重大的机遇。
新发展大学英语阅读与写作3课文翻译A house isn't a home without clutter(房子是不是没有杂乱的家)
A house isn't a home without clutter（房子是不是没有杂乱的家）Suddenly everybody is worried about clutter. There are books, magazine articles, TV shows, and even PTA discussion groups about how to get rid of clutter.Well, I think people should calm down, because if you stop to think about clutter, you realize that a house without clutter is absolutely boring.Take, for example, the showcase house I toured recently. Every year, our local interior decorators work for months painting and papering and creating glamorous rooms in a beautiful big house. But when they finish, the house seems as stiff and artificial as a museum. No one would ever want to live there, in my opinion, because it's totally unhomey. It's a perfect example of a house without clutter.So after I got home from viewing the latest effort, I began to think about what could be done to make that lovely house feel like a nice cozy home. To help the decorators of the future, I've madea list of suggestions:1. I think they should put a big stack of newspapers and magazines beside the overstuffed chair in the living room – old ones, worn and dog-eared.At our house, old papers and magazines I can't bear to throw away can always be found in the living room because I'm absolutely certain they contain things I'll need to know. Someday.2. All those big, green, healthy plants in various corners around that decorator house aren't homey. To be honest, I think they are showoffish. They make me feel uncomfortable. It would help if some of those plants were wilted and scraggly – as though someone had forgotten to water them. They would be much more realistic that way.3. The dining room table shouldn't be too bare. At our house, we eat mostly in the kitchen, so the dining room table is where everybody puts things they don't know what else to do with and where everybody looks when they're searching for something they can't find – such as an overdue library book or the invitation to Cousin Karen's wedding or the recipe for Martha Stewart's six-layer Crimson Christmas Cake that I'd planned to bake last December before time ran out.And where would the extra set of car keys be if it wasn't on the dining room table? To make a house look like a home, the decorators should clutter up the dining room table with a few odds and ends.4. There is something about a refrigerator door without magnets, notes, photos, clippings, and invitations that is downright depressing. It gives you the feeling that life is dull for the folks who live there. Refrigerator doors should definitely be covered with things that make you feel that life is stimulating and exciting.5. The desk in the den is too tidy. The decorators should scatter a few bills on it, some letters waiting to be answered, a report card, and maybe even a few motivational mottoes such as "Snap out of it" and "Don't whine."6. If I were an interior decorator, I'd really work on that teenager's room. It's much too neat and clean. I'd toss a few candy wrappers around on the floor, rumple up the bedclothes, and throw some dirty gym shoes in the corner. A teenager's room without clutter is definitely not homey.7. In the laundry room, I would set up the ironing board and leave it. I realize there are some women who fold up their ironing boards each time they finish using them, but I don't believe in folding up ironing boards; I think it's a waste of time. You know you're going to be using it again soon.And I'd suggest they add a clothes basket heaped with clean laundry waiting to be folded. Laundry rooms look peculiar without clothes that need to be folded.8. I'd also scatter a few empty soda cans here and there around the house in unexpected places. I'm always finding empty soda cans on the mantel or behind the sofa or even in the shower. I suspect other people do, too.Thoreau said (I'm almost certain it was Thoreau): "You should decorate a house by living in it." All of us could definitely learn a thing or two from Thoreau (or whoever) about making housesfeel homey – with clutter.突然，大家都担心杂乱。
全新版大学英语综合教程-1-Unit3-课文正文电子书及翻译
Professor Hawking thinks it important to keep everybody in touch with what science is about. In this article he explains why.霍金教授认为使每个人都了解科学是干什么的非常重要。
在这篇文章中，他对其中的缘由作了解释。
Public Attitudes Toward ScienceStephen Hawking1 Whether we like it or not, the world we live in has changed a great deal in the last hundred years, and it is likely to change even more in the next hundred. Some people would like to stop these changes and go back to what they see as a purer and simpler age. But as history shows, the past was not that wonderful. It was not so bad for a privileged minority, though even they had to do without modern medicine, and childbirth was highly risky for women. But for the vast majority of the population, life was nasty, brutish, and short.公众科学观斯蒂芬·霍金无论我们是否愿意，我们生活的世界在过去一百年间已经变化了许多，而且在未来的一百年里可能变化更多。
大学英语教材第3单元课文翻译
大学英语教材第3单元课文翻译课文翻译（Translation of Unit 3 Reading Text in College English Textbook）The Power of Positive ThinkingUnit 3 of the college English textbook introduces a fascinating topic, "The Power of Positive Thinking." This unit explores the concept of positive thinking and its impact on our daily lives. In this translation, we will delve into the main ideas presented in the reading text, highlighting the significance of positive thinking and providing examples to support its efficacy.Positive thinking is a mindset that focuses on the bright side of life and emphasizes optimism in one's thoughts and actions. It is a powerful tool that can bring about significant changes in both personal and professional aspects of life. By maintaining a positive outlook, individuals can overcome obstacles, achieve success, and lead a happier and more fulfilling life.The reading text begins by discussing the importance of positive thinking in overcoming challenges and setbacks. It emphasizes that when faced with adversity, having a positive mindset enables individuals to find solutions and make progress. The power of positive thinking lies in its ability to transform obstacles into opportunities for growth and development.Furthermore, the text highlights the correlation between positive thinking and mental well-being. It suggests that maintaining positive thoughts can enhance mental resilience and reduce stress levels. Theoptimism cultivated through positive thinking promotes better emotional health and offers a sense of control over one's life.The reading text also emphasizes the impact of positive thinking on success. It argues that by embracing a positive attitude, individuals can enhance their performance and increase their chances of achieving their goals. Positive thinking enhances motivation and perseverance, allowing individuals to overcome obstacles and reach their desired outcomes.Real-life examples support the claims made in the reading text. The story of Thomas Edison serves as an illustration of the power of positive thinking. Despite facing numerous failures in his quest to invent the electric light bulb, Edison maintained his optimism and believed in his abilities. His unwavering positive mindset eventually led to his success, demonstrating the transformative power of positive thinking.In conclusion, the reading text in the third unit of the college English textbook emphasizes the significance of positive thinking in our lives. It suggests that by cultivating a positive mindset, individuals can overcome challenges, enhance their mental well-being, and increase their chances of success. The power of positive thinking lies in its ability to shape our thoughts and actions, enabling us to lead more fulfilling lives. Let us embrace the power of positive thinking and make a difference in our own lives and the lives of those around us.(Note: The above translation is an example and may not be an actual translation of the Unit 3 reading text in a college English textbook. The provided content is solely for illustrative purposes.)。
新标准大学英语综合教程第三册重点文章及翻译范文
Unit 1 Catching Crabs1 In the fall of our final year, our mood changed. The relaxed atmosphere of the preceding summer semester, the impromptu ball games, the boating on the Charles River, the late-night parties had disappeared, and we all started to get our heads down, studying late, and attendance at classes rose steeply again. We all sensed we were coming to the end of our stay here, that we would never get a chance like this again, and we became determined not to waste it. Most important of course were the final exams in April and May in the following year. No one wanted the humiliation of finishing last in class, so the peer group pressure to work hard was strong. Libraries which were once empty after five o'clock in the afternoon were standing room only until the early hours of the morning, and guys wore the bags under their eyes and their pale, sleepy faces with pride, like medals proving their diligence.2 But there was something else. At the back of everyone's mind was what we would do next, when we left university in a few months' time. It wasn't always the high flyers with the top grades who knew what they were going to do. Quite often it was the quieter, less impressive students who had the next stages of their life mapped out. One had landed a job in his brother's advertising firm in Madison Avenue, another had got a script under provisional acceptance in Hollywood. The most ambitious student among us was going to work as a party activist at a local level. We all saw him ending up in the Senate or in Congress one day. But most people were either looking to continue their studies, or to make a living with a white-collar job in a bank, local government, or anything which would pay them enough to have a comfortable time in their early twenties, and then settle down with a family, a mortgage and some hope of promotion.3 I went home at Thanksgiving, and inevitably, my brothers and sisters kept asking me what I was planning to do. I didn't know what to say. Actually, I did know what to say, but I thought they'd probably criticize me, so I told them what everyone else was thinking of doing.4 My father was watching me but saying nothing. Late in the evening, he invited me to his study. We sat down and he poured us a drink.5 "So?" he said.6 "Er … so what?"7 "So what do you really want to do?" he asked.8 My father was a lawyer, and I had always assumed he wanted me to go to law school, and follow his path through life. So I hesitated.9 Then I replied, “I want to travel, and I w ant to be a writer.”10 This was not the answer I thought he would expect. Travel? Where? A writer? About what? I braced myself for some resistance to the idea.11 There was a long silence.12 "Interesting idea," he said finally.13 There was another long silence.14 "I kind of wish I'd done that when I was your age."15 I waited.16 "You have plenty of time. You don't need to go into a career which pays well just at the moment. You need to find out what you really enjoy now, because if you don't, you won't besuccessful later."17 "So how do I do this?“18 He thought for a moment. Then he said, "Look, it's late. Let's take the boat out tomorrow morning, just you and me. Maybe we can catch some crabs for dinner, and we can talk more."19 It was a small motor boat, moored ten minutes away, and my father had owned it for years. Early next morning we set off along the estuary. We didn't talk much, but enjoyed the sound of the seagulls and the sight of the estuary coastline and the sea beyond.20 There was no surf on the coastal waters at that time of day, so it was a smooth half-hour ride until my father switched off the motor. "Let's see if we get lucky," he said, picked up a rusty, mesh basket with a rope attached and threw it into the sea.21 We waited a while, then my father stood up and said, "Give me a hand with this," and we hauled up the crab cage onto the deck.22 Crabs fascinated me. They were so easy to catch. It wasn't just that they crawled into such an obvious trap, through a small hole in the lid of the basket, but it seemed as if they couldn't be bothered to crawl out again even when you took the lid off. They just sat there, waving their claws at you.23 The cage was brimming with dozens of soft shell crabs, piled high on top of each other. "Why don't they try to escape?" I wondered aloud to my father.24 "Just watch them for a moment. Look at that one, there! He's trying to climb out, but every time the other crabs pull him back in," said my father.25 And we watched. The crab climbed up the mesh towards the lid, and sure enough, just as it reached the top, one of its fellow crabs reached out, clamped its claw onto any available leg, and pulled it back. Several times the crab tried to defy his fellow captives, without luck.26 "Now watch!" said my father. "He's starting to get bored with this game."27 Not only did the crab give up its lengthy struggle to escape, but it actually began to help stop other crabs trying to escape. He'd finally chosen an easy way of life.28 Suddenly I understood why my father had suggested catching crabs that morning. He looked at me. "Don't get pulled back by the others," he said. "Spend some time figuring out who you are and what you want in life. Look back at the classes you're taking, and think about which ones were most productive for you personally. Then think about what's really important to you, what really interests you, what skills you have. Try to figure out where you want to live, where you want to go, what you want to earn, how you want to work. And if you can't answer these questions now, then take some time to find out. Because if you don't, you'll never be happy."29 He paused.30 "So you want to travel?" he asked.31 "Yes," I replied.32 "Better get you a passport. And you want to be a writer?"33 "I think so."34 "Interesting choice. We've never had a writer in the family," he said.35 My father started the motor and we set off back home.抓螃蟹1 大学最后一年的秋天，我们的心情变了。
新标准大学英语3课文翻译(中文)
Unit 1Active 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。
新发展大学英语阅读与写作3 unit2的课文翻译
The debate over spanking goes back many years, but the essential question often evades discussion: does spanking actually work? In the short term, yes. You can correct immediate misbehavior with a slap or two on the rear-end or hand. But what about the long-term impact? Can spanking lead to permanent, hidden scars on children years later?关于打孩子的讨论可以追溯到好多年前，但最本质的问题往往为讨论所回避：打孩子实际上奏效吗？短期来看，是的。
你能拍打一两下屁股或者手掌来立即更正孩子们的不守规矩。
但长期影响呢？打孩子会在多年后给他们留下永久性的心结么？On Friday, a sociologist from the University of New Hampshire, Murray Straus, presented a paper at the International Conference on Violence, Abuse and Trauma, in San Diego, suggesting that corporal punishment does leave a long-lasting mark — in the form of lower IQ. Straus, who is 83 and has been studying corporal punishment since 1969, found that kids who were physically punished had up to a five-point lower IQ score than kids who weren't — the more children were spanked, the lower their IQ — and that the effect could be seen not only in individual children, but across entire nations. Among 32 countries Straus studied, in those where spanking was accepted, the average IQ of the survey population was lower than in nations where spanking was rare, the researcher says.在周五，一位来自新罕普什尔大学的社会学家默里•施特劳斯在圣地亚哥的国际会议上就暴力，虐待和精神创伤发表了一篇论文演说，表示提法确实会留下长久的烙印—表现为低下的智商。