(完整版)多视角研究生英语课后翻译Unit7-11(武汉理工大学用书)

Unit Seven Education and employment Passage one 1.Fourteen years of higher education and a handful of Ivy League degrees, and there I was, stiff and stupid, struck dumb by my own dumbness. “Ivy retardation, ”a friend of mine calls this. 1.我十四年的大学教育和在几所常春藤大学工作的经历使得我傻乎乎站在那边，蠢笨不看，难堪不已。有个朋友称这类现象为“常春藤错位”。

2. To consider that while some opportunities are being created, others are being canceled and that while some abilities are being developed, others are being crippled is, within this context, not only outrageous, but inconceivable. 2.可是再这个背景下，假如认为它创建了一些时机，却丧失了其余时机，培育了有些能力，却其消弱了其余能力，不单是犯上作乱的并且是不行思议的。

3. There is nothing wrong with taking pride in one ’ s intellect or knowledge. There is something wrong with the smugness and self-congratulation that elite schools connive at. 3.对自己的智慧或许不过感觉骄傲没有任何不对的地方， 问题出此刻名牌大学录取通知书进入家门的时辰起，是名牌大学所纵容的洋洋得意和自我吹嘘。

4.Not the most abject academic failure, not the most heinous act of plagiarism, not even threatening a fellow student with bodily harm — I ’ ve heard of all three — will get you expelled.

4.不论是最无望的课程不及格，仍是最可恶的剽窃恶行，甚至对其余同学的身体伤害的威迫 等都不会被开除，这三种状况我都听闻过。

5.Long before they got to college, they turned themselves into world-class hoop-jumpers and teacher-pleasers, getting A ’ s in every class no matter how boring they found the teacher or how pointless the subject, racking up eight or ten extracurricular activities no matter what else they wanted to do with their time. 5.在他们进入大学以前好久就已经把自己变为世界一流的俯首帖耳，讨好老师的小爬虫，在 每门课上都得优异成绩， 不论他们感觉这个老师多么无聊， 不论他感觉这门课多么没存心义。

他们也全力累积八到十个课外活动，不论多么想用这些时间做其余事情。

Passage two 1.Certainly many neurotic boomer parents-and their stressed-out ,resume-building teenagers— assume that it is always better to choose Harvard over Big State U. because of Harvard ’ s presumably superior educational environment, better alumni connections, and more lucrative on-campus recruiting opportunities. 关于那些在生育顶峰期出生， 已为人父亲母亲的人和他们忧虑不安， 整天忙于增添经历， 以使简

历内容更为丰富的十几岁的孩子来说， 选择哈佛大学自然比要点州立大学更好。 由于哈佛可能会有优胜的教育环境，更好的校友圈子，以及更为诱人的校园招聘时机。

2.It ’ s true that big law firms, major teaching hospitals, and investment banks — heck, even the offices of FORTUNE — are stuffed with Ivy Leaguers. It ’ s also true that if you want a career at what passes for the American establishment — Sullivan&Cromwell, McKinsey, Goldman Sachs — a gilt-edged diploma is a distinct advantage. 事实上，大型法律公司， 主要示教医院和投资银行，甚至是财产杂志的办公室，尽是常春藤 学生。 这也是事实， 假如你想在被当成美国经济基石的公司谋得一份职业， 如苏利文＊克伦

威尔律师事务所，麦肯锡，高盛等，那么一份镶金的学位证书无疑是一个独到的优势。 3.The advantages of Harvard, in other words, confer few benefits on the class slacker. Robert Zemsky. An education professor at the University of Pennsylvania, who believes a prestigious undergraduate degree does pay off, puts it this way: “ It ’s like the brass ring on a merry-go-round. If you go to a high-prices, highly selective school, you have a better shot at the brass ring. But you have to grab it. ”

换句话说，哈佛的优势在于不会给偷懒者带来太多的利处。宾夕法尼亚大学的教育学教授 Robert Zemsky 认为读闻名的大学是划算的，他这样说：“这就好似是旋转木立刻的铜环。 假如你选择一个昂贵的高选性的学校， 你就有更好的时机能够击中铜环。 可是你一定得抓住它。” 4.So listen up, high school seniors: Your life is not over if you end up at the University of Oklahoma. In fact, if you want to be governor of Oklahoma when you grow up, you ’ re probably better off graduating a sooner. 请高校的高年级学生注意听好了： 假如你不过不过毕业于俄克拉马荷马州立大学你的人生并无完蛋。而事实上，假如你想长大后成为俄克拉荷马州的州长，你还可以近水楼台先得月。

5.Most studies use future income, the favorite yardstick of those dead souls called economists. But knowing the cost-benefit ratio of a purchase is not the same as knowing it value. 好多研究运用未来收入， 由于这是那些被称为经济学家的老家伙们最喜爱的计算标准。

知道一件所购之物的成本效益率其实不等于知道了它的价值。 可是，

Unit Eight Travel Passage one 1. As darkness fell on the olive trees and the grazing deer, I slipped into the jacuzzi in my tree house and listened to the Pacific breakers roll in. 当夜幕落在橄榄树和吃草的鹿上，我滑进我树屋中的浴缸，听着太平洋的波浪滔滔的声音。 2. Kaikoura is not a name that trips off the tongue when you list those lucky places that offer encounters with nature and a touch of luxury. 与那些让游人接触到大自然和获取豪侈享受的有名景点对比， 凯库拉其实不是人民耳熟能详的名字

3. There’ s a shock of cold water and a heave of ocean swell, even though we ’ re within sight of the mountains ,not half a mile from the shore. 只管我们的视野还可以看到山脉， 离海岸不超出半英里， 却感觉一股冰凉的水袭和湍急的海涌。 4. Today, the hunt is for thrills not kills. 今日，追踪鲸鱼不过为了刺激而不是杀戮。 5. It ’s a view that the modern world is starting to share .And here in Kaikoura, you can experience it for real. 这一点在世界渐达共鸣。在卡库拉，你能够真真实切领会到它。

Passage two 1.It often puts a strain on water resources and it can force local populations to compete for the use of critical resources. 1.它常常造成的水资源紧张的场面，迫使当地居民为了抢夺紧缺资源。 2.Because of the hot climate and the tendency of tourists to consume more water when on holiday than they do at home, the amount used can run up to 440 liters a day. 2.由于酷热的天气和愈来愈多旅行者的趋向， 比起平常待在家里， 水耗费在假期会变得更多，总使用量高达 440 公升 /天。