gegeri全新版大学英语综合教程2课文翻译

2021年1月19日发(作者：ripley)
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一单元


One
way
of
summarizing
the
American
position
is
to
state
that
we
value
originality
and
independence
more
than
the
Chinese
do.
The
contrast
between
our
two
cultures
can
also
be
seen
in
terms
of
the
fears
we
both
harbor.
Chinese
teachers are
fearful that
if
skills are
not acquired
early
, they
may
never be
acquired;
there
is,
on
the
other
hand,
no
comparable
hurry
to
promote
creativity.
American
educators
fear that
unless creativity
has been acquired early,
it
may
never emerge; on
the other hand, skills can be picked up later.



However,
I do
not want
to overstate
my case. There
is enormous
creativity
to be
found
in
Chinese
scientific,
technological
and
artistic
innovations
past
and
present.
And there
is
a danger of exaggerating
creative breakthroughs
in
the West. When any
innovation
is
examined
closely
,
its
reliance
on
previous
achievements
is
all
too
apparent (the


But assuming
that the contrast I
have developed
is
valid, and
that
the
fostering of
skills and creativity are both worthwhile
goals,
the
important question becomes
this:
Can we gather,
from the Chinese and American extremes, a superior way to approach
education, perhaps striking a better balance between the poles of creativity and basic
skills?

美国人的立场可以 概括起来这么说，
我们比中国人更重视创新和自立。
我们
两种文化的差异也可以从我们 各自所怀的忧虑中显示出来。
中国老师担心，
如果
年轻人不及早掌握技艺，
就 有可能一辈子掌握不了；
另一方面，
他们并不同样地
急于促进创造力的发展。美国教育 工作者则担心，除非从一开始就发展创造力，
不然创造力就有可能永不再现；而另一方面，技艺可于日后 获得。




但我并不想夸大其辞。无论在过去还是在当今，中国 在科学、技术和艺术革
新方面都展示了巨大的创造力。
而西方的创新突破则有被夸大的危险。< br>如果仔细
审视任何一项创新，其对以往成就的依赖则都显而易见（
“站在巨人肩膀之上”
的现象）
。




然而，假定我这里所说的反差 是成立的，而培养技艺与创造力两者都是值得
追求的目标，
那么重要的问题就在于：
我 们能否从中美两个极端中寻求一种更好
的教育方式，它或许能在创造力与基本技能这两极之间获得某种较 好的平衡？



三单元

SEAN:
If that sort of thing
happened only
once
in a
while,
it
wouldn't be so
bad. Overall, I wouldn't want to trade
my dad
for anyone else's. He
loves
us kids and
Mom
too.
But
I
think
that's
sometimes
the
problem.
He
wants
to
do
things
for
us,
things he thinks are good. But he needs to give them more thought because:

SEAN, HEIDI and DIANE: (In unison) Father knows better!





DIANE:
Can
you
imagine
how
humiliated
I
was?
An
honor
student,
class
president. And Father was out asking people to have their sons call and ask
me to the
prom! But that's dear old dad. Actually, he is a dear. He just doesn't stop to think. And
it's not just one of us who've felt the heavy hand of interference. Oh, no, all three of us
live in constant dread knowing that at any time disaster can strike because:
肖恩：

这
类事要是偶尔发生一两次，
那倒也没什么。
总的来说，
我是不肯把自己老爸跟 别
人的老爸换的。
他爱我们当子女的，
也爱老妈。
不过我想，
有时问 题就出在这儿。
他一心想帮助我们，他自以为在为我们做好事呢。可他应该多想想才对，因为：



2

黛安：

你们能想象我觉得自己有多么 丢人现眼吗？堂堂的优秀生，班主席。父
亲竟然去求别人叫他们的儿子打电话来邀我跳舞！
可这 就是我那可爱的老爸。
他
其实挺可爱的。他就是不好好想一想。不止我一个人深受他横加干预之 苦。哦
,
绝非我一个人，
我们兄妹三个整天提心吊胆，
知道倒霉的事随时可能 来临，
因为：


第四单元
I'd
never
realized
how
important
daily
routine
is:
dressing
for
work,
sleeping normal hours. I'd never thought I relied so much on co-workers for company
.
I
began
to
understand
why
long-term
unemployment
can
be
so
damaging,
why
life
without
an
externally
supported
daily
plan
can
lead
to
higher
rates
of
drug
abuse,
crime, suicide.



To restore balance to
my
life, I
force
myself back
into the real world. I call people,
arrange to
meet with the
few remaining
friends who haven't
fled New Y
ork City
. I try
to at
least
get to
the
gym, so
as to set apart the weekend
from the rest of
my week. I
arrange
interviews
for stories, doctor's appointments -- anything
to
get
me out of
the
house and connected with others.




But
sometimes
being
face
to
face
is
too
much.
I
see
a
friend
and
her
ringing
laughter
is
intolerable
--
the
noise
of
conversation
in
the
restaurant,
unbearable.
I
make my excuses and flee. I re-enter my apartment and run to the computer as though
it were a place of safety
.




I click on the modem, the once-annoying sound of the connection now as pleasant
as my favorite tune. I enter my password. The real world disappears.






以前我从未意识到日常的生活起居是多么重要，
如 穿戴整齐去上班，
按时
就寝。
以前我从未想过自己会那么依赖同事做伴。
我开 始理解为什么长时间的失
业会那么伤人，为什么一个人的生活缺少了外部支持的日常计划就会导致吸毒、
犯罪、自杀率的增长。








为了恢复生活的平衡，我强迫自己回到真实世界中去。我给别人打电话，
与所剩无几 的仍然住在纽约城的几个朋友安排见面。
我至少设法去去健身房，
以
便使周末与工作日 有所不同。
我安排采访好写报道，
预约看医生——安排任何需
要我出门与他人接触的活 动。









但有时面对面地与人相处实在难以忍受。
我与一位朋友见面，
她那种响亮
的笑声让人 忍无可忍——饭店里的噪杂谈话声也让人受不了。
我找了个藉口逃之
夭夭。我重新回到我的公寓 ，冲向电脑，似乎那儿才是一个安全的地方。







我点击鼠标，
打开调制解调器，
曾经听了就烦的连接声此刻听起来就如同< br>最心爱的曲子那么悦耳。我键入密码。真实世界转瞬便消逝了。








第五单元

The
runway
felt
different
this
time.
It
startled
him
for
a
brief
moment.
Then
it
all
hit
him
like
a
wet
bale
of
hay
.
The
bar
was
set
at
nine
inches
higher than his personal best. That's only one inch off the National record, he thought.
The
intensity
of
the
moment
filled
his
mind
with
anxiety
.
He
began
shaking
the
tension.
It
wasn't
working.
He
became
more
tense.
Why
was
this
happening
to
him
now,
he
thought.
He
began
to
get
nervous.
Afraid
would
be
a
more
accurate
description. What was he going to do? He had never experienced these feelings. Then
out of
nowhere, and
from
the deepest depths of his soul,
he pictured
his
mother. Why
now? What was his mother doing in his thoughts at a time like this? It was simple. His