2021年1月23日发(作者：greatwall)

新视野大学英语

第二册

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Unit 1

Text A

An impressive

Engli

lsesson
标题
:



一堂难忘的英语课

1.
如果我是唯一一个还在纠正小孩英语的家长，那么我儿子也许是对的。对他

而言，我 是一个乏味的怪物：一个他不得不听其教诲的父亲，一个还沉湎于语
法规则的人，对此我儿子似乎颇为反 感。


2.
我觉得我是在最近偶遇我以前的一位学生时，才开始对这个问题认真起来

的。这个学 生刚从欧洲旅游回来。我满怀着诚挚期待问她：
“
欧洲之行如何？
”

3.
她点了三四下头，绞尽脑汁，苦苦寻找恰当的词语，然后惊呼：
“
真是 ，哇！
”

4.
没了。所有希腊文明和罗马建筑的辉煌居然囊括于一个浓缩的、不完整的语

句之中！ 我的学生以
“
哇！
”
来表示她的惊叹，我只能以摇头表达比之更强

烈的忧虑。


5.
关于正确使用英语能力下降的问题，有许多不同的故事。学生的确本应该能

够区分诸如

their/there/they're
之间的不同，或区别

complimentary
跟
complementary
之间显而易见的差异。由于这些知识缺陷，他们承受 着大部分不该承受的批评
和指责，因为舆论认为他们应该学得更好。


6.
学生并不笨，他们只是被周围所看到和听到的语言误导了。举例来说，杂货

店的指示牌会把他们引向

stationary
（静止处），虽然便笺本、相册、和笔记本等真正的

stationery
（文具用品）并没有被钉在那儿。朋友和亲人常宣

称

They've
just
ate
。实际上，他们应该说

They've
just
eaten
。因此，批评学生不合乎清理。


7.
对这种缺乏语言功底而引起的负面指责应归咎于我们的学校。学校应对英语

熟练程度 制定出更高的标准。可相反，学校只教零星的语法，高级词汇更是少
之又少。还有就是，学校的年轻教师 显然缺乏这些重要的语言结构方面的知识
，因为他们过去也没接触过。学校有责任教会年轻人进行有效的 语言沟通，可
他们并没把语言的基本框架一一准确的语法和恰当的词汇一一充分地传授给学
生。


8.
因为语法对大多数年轻学生而言枯燥且乏味，所以我觉得讲授语法得一步一

步、注重技巧地进行。有一天机会来了。我跟儿子开车外出。我们出发时，

他看到一 只小鸟飞得很不稳，就说：
“
它飞的不稳。

（
It's
flying
so
unsteady.)
我小心翼翼地问：
“< br>儿子，鸟怎么飞
?”“
有问题吗？我说得不对吗？（
Did I say anything incorrectly?
）
”
他一头雾水。
“
太好了，你说的是
incorrectly
而不是

incorrect
。我们用副词来描述动词。所以，要用

unsteadily
来描述鸟飞，而不是
unsteady
。
”

9.
他对我的纠正很好奇，就问我什么是副词。我慢慢解释道：
“
副词是用来修

饰动词的词。
”
这又导致了他询问我什么是动词。我解释说：
“
动词 是表示行为
的词，例如：爸爸开卡车。
‘
开
’
是动词，因为它是爸爸 在做的事。
”

10.
他开始对表示行为的词产生兴趣，所以我们又罗列 了几个动词：
“
飞行
”
、


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“
游泳
”
、
“
跳水
”
、
“
跑步
”
。然后，他又好奇地问我，其他的词有没有说明它们
的 用法和功能的名称。这就引发了我们对名词、形容词和冠词的讨论。在短短
十分钟的驾驶时间内，他从对 语法一无所知到学会了句子中主要词语的词性。
这是一次毫无痛苦而又非常有趣的学习经历。


11.
也许，语言应该被看成是一张路线图和一件珍品：我们要常常查看路线图（ 核
对语法）和调整汽车的引擎（调节词汇）。学好语法和掌握大量的词汇就好

比拿着路线图在车况良好的车里驾驶。


12.
路线图为你的旅 行提供所需的基本路线和路途指南，可是它不会告诉你一路上
你究竟会看见什么树或什么花，你会遇见什 么样的人，或会有什么样的感

受。这里，词汇会使你的旅途变得五彩缤纷、栩栩如生。大量的 词汇让你享受
到开车途中所见的点点滴滴。借助语法和丰富的词汇，你就有了灵活性，掌控
自如 。路线图会把你带到目的地，而一台好车却能让你完全陶醉于旅途

的所有景色、声音及经历之中。


13.
对学生来说，有效、准 确且富有成效的沟通技能取决于语法和词汇这两大有利
条件，可是学校并没有教他们这些。


14.
就在今天早上，我跟儿子吃早饭时，我想把牛奶加入我的茶里。
“
爸爸，
”

他说，
“
如果我是你的话，我不会这样做。牛奶会变酸。（
If
I
were
you,
I
wouldn't do that. It's sour.
）


15.
“
哦，上帝！
”
我满怀着无比的骄傲说道，
“
这是一个语法完全正确的句子。你用
了
were
而不是
was
。
”

16. “
我 知道，我知道，
”
他愉悦地舒了口气，
“
这是虚拟语气！
”

17.
这下轮到我
“
哇！
”
了。


Unit 2


Section A


The humanities: Out of date?
人文学科：过时了吗？


1 When the going gets tough, the tough take accounting. When the job market worsens,
many
students
calculate
they
can't
major
in
English
or
history.
They
have
to
study
something that boosts their prospects of landing a job.

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当形势变得困难时，强者会去选学会计。

当就业市场恶化时，许多学生估算着他们不能

再主修英语或历史。他们得学一些能改善他们就业前景的东西。



2 The data show that as students have increasingly shouldered the ever-rising cost of
tuition, they have defected from the study of the humanities and toward applied science
and

skills
that
they
bet
will
lead
to
employment.
In
other
words,
a
college
education is more and more seen as a means for economic betterment
rather than a
means for human betterment. This is a trend that is likely to persist and even accelerate.

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数据显示，随着学生肩负的学费不断增加，他们已从学习人文学科转向他们相
信有益于

将来就业的应用科学和
“
硬
”
技能。

换言之，大学教育越来越被看成是改善经济而不是提升人

类自身的手段。

这种趋势可能会持续，甚至有加快之势。


3
Over
the
next
few
years,
as
labor
markets
struggle,
the
humanities
will
probably
continue
their
long
slide
in
succession.
There
already
has
been
a
nearly
50
percent
decline in the portion of liberal arts majors over the past generation, and it is logical to
think that the trend is bound to continue or even accelerate. Once the dominant pillars
of university life, the humanities now play little roles when students take their college
tours. These days, labs are more vivid and compelling than libraries.

3
在未来几年内，由于劳动力市场的不景气，人文学科可能会继续其长期低迷的
态势。

在

上一代大学生中，主修文科的学生数跌幅已近

50%
。这种趋势会持续、甚至加速的想法是

合情合理的。

人文学科曾是大学生活的重要支柱，而今在学生们的大学游中却只是一个小

点缀。现在，实验室要比图书馆更栩栩如生、受人青睐。


4 Here, please allow me to stand up for and promote the true value that the humanities
add to people's lives. Since ancient times, people have speculated about the mystery of
those inner forces that drive some people to greatness and others to self- destruction.
This
inner
drive
has
been
called
many
things
over
the
centuries.
The
famous
psychologist,
Sigmund
Freud,
called
it
the

mind
or,
more
familiarly,


4
在这儿，请允许我为人文学科给人们的生活所增添的真实价值进行支持和宣传。

自古以

来，人们一直在思索人类自身具有什么神奇的内力使一些人变得崇高伟大，而
使另一些人走

向自我毁灭。

几个世纪以来，这股内力被称作很多东西。

著名的心理学家西格蒙德
·
弗洛伊

德称之为
“
潜 意识
”
，或更为人熟知的
“
本能
”
。




5 From the beginning of time, this
inner aspect
of our being, this drive
that can be
constructive or destructive, has captured our imagination. The stories of this amazing
struggle have formed the basis of cultures the world over. Historians, architects, authors,
philosophers and artists have captured the words, images and meanings of this inner
struggle in the form of story, music, myth, painting, architecture, sculpture, landscape
and
traditions.
These
men
and
women
developed
artistic

that
help
us
understand these aspirations and also educate generations. This fertile body of work
from ancient times, the very foundation of civilization, forms the basis of study of the
humanities.

5
从一开始，人类这股可以是建设性也可以是毁灭性的内在驱动力，就令我们心
驰神往。

这

些惊人的、充满内心挣扎的故事形成了世界文化的基础。


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历史学家、建筑师、作家、哲学

家和艺术家们以故事、音乐、 神话、绘画、建筑、雕刻、风景画和传统的形式
，捕捉到了这

些撞击心灵的文字、形象及内涵。

这些男男女女创造出了具有艺术性的
“
语言
”
，帮助我们了

解人类的这些强烈愿望，并用以教育一代又一代人。

从古时起开始的这些充满想象的大量

作品，正是文明的底蕴，它奠定了人文研究的基础。



6 Studying the humanities improves our ability to read and write. No matter what we do
in life, we will have a huge advantage if we can read complex ideas and understand
their meaning. We will have a bright career if we are the person in the office who can
write a clear and elegant analysis of those ideas!

6
学习人文学科会提高我们的阅读和写作能力。

无论我们这一生中从事什么职业，如果我

们能读懂复杂的思想并理解它们的内涵，我们都会受益匪浅。

如果我们是在办公室里能对

这些思想写出既明确又简洁的分析的人，我们会有光明的职业前景。



7
Studying
the
humanities
makes
us
familiar
with
the
language
of
emotion
and
the
creative process. In an information economy, many people have the ability to produce a
useful product
such
as a new MP3 player.
Yet,
very few people have the ability to
create a spectacular brand: the iPod. Most importantly, studying the humanities invests
us
with
great
insight
and
self-awareness,
thereby
releasing
our
creative
energy
and
talent in a positive and constructive manner.


7
学习人文学科会让我们熟悉表达情感的语言及进行创造的过程。

在信息经济中，很多人

都有能力创造出一个如新的

MP3
播放器那样的有用产品。

然而，仅有很少的人具有能力创

造出一个如

iPod
那样的精彩品牌。

最重要的是，学习人文学科使我们具有伟大的洞察力和

自我意识，从而以积极和建设性的方式来发挥我们的创造力和才艺。



8 Perhaps the best argument in favor of the humanities is the scope of possibilities that
are widely open to us. Did you know that James Cameron, world-famous director of the
movie, Titanic, graduated with a degree in the humanities? So did Sally Ride, the first
woman in space. So did actors Bruce Lee, Gwyneth Paltrow, Renee Zellweger and Matt
Damon.
Dr.
Harold
Varmus,
who
won
a
Nobel
Prize
for
Medicine,
studied
the
humanities. Even Michael Eisner, Chairman of the Disney Company, majored in the
humanities. Famous people who studied the humanities make a long list indeed. It's
easy to see that the humanities can prepare us for many different careers and jobs we
can undertake, whether medicine, business, science or entertainment. If we study only
mathematics, it's likely we will be a candidate only for jobs as a mathematician. If we
include studying the humanities, we can make breakthroughs on many barriers and are
limited only by our effort and imagination.

8
也许，支持人文学科的最好论点是，人文学科为我们提供了广阔的机会。

你知道世界闻


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名的电影《泰坦尼克号》 的导演詹姆斯
·
卡梅隆拿的是人文学科的学位吗？第一
个登上太空

的女宇航员萨利
·
赖德拿的也是人文学科的学位。

还有电影演员李小龙、格温妮丝
·
帕特洛、

蕾妮
·
齐薇格及马特
·
达蒙，也都如此。

获诺贝尔医学奖的哈罗德
·
瓦慕斯博士也学过人文学

科。

甚至迪士尼公司的总裁迈克尔
·
艾斯纳也主修人文学科。

学习人文学科的有名人士确实

可以列出一长串。

显而易见，人文学能为我们从事许多不同的职业做准备，不管是医学、

商务、科学或娱乐。

如果我们仅学习数学，我们很可能只能申请数学家之类的工作。

如果

我们还学了人文学科，那我们就能突破许多障碍，只要我们愿意付出努力，敢
于想象。


9 Of course, nowadays, if we study the humanities alone, we are liable to miss many
opportunities. Each one of us needs to become as technically and professionally skilled
as possible to
help
meet the needs of modern life.
In fact,
increasingly
a pairing of
technical
knowledge and inner insight
is
seen as the ideal
in
the establishment of a
career. If I were the Dean of Admissions at a medical school and two people applied to
our school, both having the required basic scientific courses, one a philosophy major
and the other solely a pre- med student, the philosophy applicant would be chosen.

9
当然，在当下，如果我们单学人文学科，可能会失去很多机会。

我们每个人都需要尽可

能变得技能化、职业化，以满足现代生活的需要。

事实上，技术知识和内在洞察力的结合

越来越被看成是建立职业生涯的理想搭配。

如果我是某个医学院的招生部主任，有两个人

同时申请我们学校，这两个人都学过基 础的科学课程，一个主修哲学，另一个
仅是医学院的

预科生，我会选择那位哲学专业的申请者。



10 In summary, the humanities help to create well- rounded human beings with insight
and understanding of the passions, hopes and dreams common to all humanity. The
humanities,
the
ancient
timeless
reservoir
of
knowledge,
teach
us
to
see
things
differently and broaden our horizons. They are as useful and

relevant in our modern
age as they have always been. Doesn't it make sense to spend some time in the company
of the humanities, our outstanding and remarkable treasure of knowledge? Who knows
how famous YOU might become!

10
总 之，人文学科帮助造就全面发展的人，这些人具有洞察力，并理解全人类共
有的激情、

希望和理想。

人文学科，这个古老、永恒的知识储蓄库，教我们如何以不同的方式看待事

物，同时也拓宽我们的视野。

在现代社会中，人文学科一如既往地同生活息息相关，也发

挥着重要作用。

我们在学习中花一些时间与人文学科
——
我们杰出、非凡的知识宝藏
——
相伴，这难道不是明智的吗？

谁知道你将来会变得多有名气呢！





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Unit 3


section A





Journey through the odyssey years

奥德赛岁月之旅


1 Most of us know about the phases of life which we label to parallel different age
groups and life stages: childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and old age. We think of
infancy
before
childhood
and
middle
age
before
old
age,
with
each
unique
phase
bringing
its
own
peculiar
set
of
challenges.
These
challenges
can
be
overcome
by
acquainting ourselves with them, such as the child's need to learn, the adult's need to
find the right
career and build a family, and the senior's need for support and good
health care.

1
我们大多数人都知道，根据不同的年龄和生活阶段，人生可与此平行划分为童
年、青春

期、成年和老年这四个阶段。

我们把这些阶段想象为婴儿在童年之前，中年在老年之前，

每个阶段都会面临一系列 特有的挑战，如孩子对学习的需要，成人对找到合适
的职业生涯和建立一个家庭的需要，以及年长者对得 到帮助和良好医疗保健的
需要。通过对它们的充分了

解，我们就可以战胜这些挑战。



2 Interestingly, ideas about the stages of life are changing.

2
有趣的是，关于人生阶段的观念正在发生变化。








3 In previous times, people didn't have a solid idea of childhood as being separate from
adulthood. A hundred years ago, no one thought of adolescence. Until recently it was
understood as a norm that their induction to adulthood was completed as soon as they
graduated from college. They would now find a sensible job which would lead to a
career. Then during this career they would start a family, ideally before they turned 30.

3
在先前的年代，人们并没有一种固有的把童年和成年分开的想法。

一百年前，谁也没有

想到过青春期。

直到最近，人们还很自然地认为：只要他们一从大学毕业，他们的成人入

门阶段就结束了。

他们就会找到一份把他们引入职业生涯的合适的工作。

然后在此职业生

涯期间，他们会成家，三十岁之前成家更为理想。



4 Today we have an equivalent need to recognize a new phase of life that comes after
high school graduation, continues through college, and then leads to starting a family
and having a career, the so-called odyssey years. Recent trends show radical changes as
young people are following a different agenda. They take breaks from school, live with
friends and often return to living with their parents. Similarly, they fall in and out of
love, quit one job and try another or even shift to a new career. So, we need to recognize
this new stage, the odyssey years, which many now consider to be an unavoidable stage
in reaching adulthood.

4
今天，我们同样需要认识一个新的 人生阶段：从高中毕业到上大学，然后到成
家立业，即所谓的奥德赛岁月。由于年轻人正按照一种不同的 模式生活，最近

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的趋势出现了根本性

的变化 。他们从学校休学，与朋友同住，也常回去与父母同住。同样，他们恋
爱又失恋，辞掉一份工作又去寻找 新的，甚至改行。

因此，我们需要认识这个新阶段
——
奥德赛岁月。

现在许多人认为这是步入成年之前的一个难以回避的阶段。



5 People who were born prior to the 60s or 70s in the last century tended to frame their
concept
of
adulthood
based
upon
achieving
certain
accomplishments:
moving
away
from home, becoming financially independent, finding the right spouse and starting a
family. But that emphasis on stability did not remain static. Today, young people are
unlikely to do the same. During the odyssey years, a high proportion of young people
are delaying marriage, child bearing, and even employment.

5
出生于上个世纪

60
年代或

70
年代之前的人们往往会将成年的概念基于是否取得了某些

成就：从父母家搬走，经济上独立，找到合适的配偶并组织家庭。

但是，对稳定的强调并

没能保持不变。今天，年轻人不太可能仿效他们的父母。

在奥德赛岁月中，相当比例的年

轻人都推迟结婚、生子，甚至推迟就业。



6 The odyssey years can saddle young people with enormous pressure to move forward
quickly. As the sole heir and focus of their parents' expectations, hopes and dreams,
some
react
with
rebellious
and
prideful
attitudes
and
behavior
toward
their
parents.
They often resent the pressure they're feeling and keep a distance from their parents or
even run away from home. Their confusion comes from the difficulties to make parents
understand them and the fluid journey of discovery they need in this phase of their lives.
To get
away
from
this
confusion and upset,
many
young people resort to
computer
games, iPods, iPhones, or iPads, to help distract them from their pain and stress.

6
奥德赛岁月使年轻人承受了巨大的压力，迫使他们快速往前冲。

作为他们父母唯一的继

承人和所有期望、希望和梦想的聚焦，有些年轻人以叛逆和桀 骜不驯的行为和
态度对待父

母。他们往往憎恨他们所感到的压力，并同他们的父母保 持距离，甚至离家出
走。他们的困惑源于很难让家长了解他们，也源于这段需要进行自我探索的、
不确定的人生之旅。

为

了逃避困惑和不安，许多年轻人诉诸电脑游戏，
iPod
，
iPhone
或

iPad
，以帮助分散他们的

痛苦和压力。



7 Likewise, their parents are feeling more anxious. They may make allowances for a
transition phase from student life to adult life, but they get upset when they see the
transition
of
their
grown
children's
lives
moving
away
from
their
expectations
and
stretching five years to seven years, and beyond. The parents don't even detect a clear
sense of direction in their children's lives. They look at them and see the things that are
being delayed.




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同样，他们的父母更是着急。虽然他们理解从学生到成年需要一个过渡阶段，
但看到他

们已成年子女的过渡阶段的生活与他们的期望渐行渐远，过渡阶段延至五年，
七年，甚至更
长时，他们感到生气。父母甚至不能清楚地觉察到他们孩子未来生活的方向，
只能看着他

们，看着要做的事被拖延着。



8
It's
hard
to
predict
what's
next.
New
guidelines
haven't
been
established
yet,
and
everything seems to give way to a less permanent version of itself. There's been a shift
in the status and balance of power between the genders, too. More women are getting
degrees
than
men.
Male
wages
have
remained
stable
over
the
past
decades,
while
female wages have boomed.

8
接下来会如何发展很难预测。新的准则还没有建立，一切似乎都被一个不确定
的版本所

取代。两性之间地位和权力的平衡也有了转变。

取得学位的女性比男性更多。男性的工资

在过去的几十年里一直停滞不前，而女性的工资却出现激增。



9
Apart
from
anything
else,
this
has
had
an
implicit
effect
on
courtship.
Educated
women can get many of the things they want, such as security, accomplishment, and
identity
without
marriage.
However,
both
genders
are
having
a
harder
time
finding
suitable mates to build their lives with.

Considering all of this, it's beneficial to know that even though graduates are delaying
many things after college, surveys show they still hold highly traditional aspirations.
For
example,
this
contemporary
generation
rates
parenthood
even
more
highly
than
previous generations did!

9
别的不说，这对择偶产生了不言而喻的影响。即使未婚，受过教育的妇女仍可
以得到很

多她们想要的东西，如安全感，成就感，和认同感。不过，不论男女都更难找
到合适的伴

侣来一同建立他们的生活。在讨论这一切时，有助于让大家知道，即使毕业生
离开大学后< br>
推迟了做很多事，调查结果显示，他们仍持有很传统的愿望。例如，当今的一
代比以前 的几

代对如何扮演好父母的角色有着更高的要求。




10 This new phase will likely
grow more pronounced in
the coming
years. Nations
around the world have witnessed similar trends toward delaying marriage and spending
more years than ever shifting between higher education and settling down with a career
and family.

10
这一新阶段在未来几年可能更明显。

世界各国都目睹了相似的趋势，人们推迟结婚，花

更多年的时间徘徊在接受高等教育和建立职业生涯及家庭之间。



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11 Nevertheless, graduates shouldn't be deceived into thinking they can back off simply
because
things
have
become
more
difficult.
A
large
number
of
people
chasing
relatively
fewer
opportunities
can
create
strong
competitive
pressure.
So,
from
the
outset, keep your ré
sumé
professional and up-to- date.

11
然而，毕业生不应误认为因情况已变得更困难，他们就可以放弃。

大批的人努力角逐相

对较少的机会，这会导致强大的竞争压力。

所以，从一开始你就要将个人简历写得很专业，并做到随时更新。



12 To reinforce this essential message, success moving through the odyssey years will
come to those who don't expect to achieve their goals right away but know that they
must have the strength, capacity and confidence to endure over the long term. If you're
a little late with your goals, don't feel like a failure! Stay strong, be positive, and keep
focused! Someday you will look back and wonder at the vast changes as you passed
through the odyssey years.

12
要强化这一重要信息：顺利度过奥德赛岁月的将是那些不急于 即刻实现目标的
人
——
但

这些人知道他们必须保持实力、能力、信心去度过这段较长的岁月。

如果你的目标起步稍

晚了点，不要认为自己是个失败者！

意志坚定，态度积极，并集中精力！

有一天，你会回

头审视，并对奥德赛岁月给你带来的巨大改变感到惊叹。




Unit 4 Section A







College sweethearts


1 I smile at my two lovely daughters and they seem so much more mature than we,
their parents, when we were college sweethearts. Linda, who's 21, had a boyfriend in
her
freshman
year
she
thought
she
would
marry,
but
they're
not
together
anymore.
Melissa, who's 19, hasn't had a steady boyfriend yet. My daughters wonder when they
will
meet

One
their
great
love.
They
think
their
father
and
I
had
a
classic
fairy-tale romance heading for marriage from the outset. Perhaps, they're right but it
didn't seem so at the time. In a way, love just happens when you least expect it. Who
would have thought that Butch and I would end up getting married to each other? He
became my boyfriend because of my shallow agenda: I wanted a cute boyfriend!

1
我微笑着看着我那两个可爱的女儿，她们似乎比她们的父母还是大学情侣那会
儿更为成

熟。

琳达，
21
岁，在大学一年级交过一个男友，她曾以为会跟那个男孩结婚，但他们已不

再来往了。

梅丽莎，
19
岁，还没有一个固定的男友。

我的女儿不知何时才能遇到她们的那

个
“
唯一
”
，她们伟大的爱。

她们认为她们的父亲和我有着一段经典的、童话般的浪漫史，从

一开始就直奔婚姻的殿堂。

也许，她们是正确的，但在那时似乎并不是那么回事。

在某种


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程度上，爱神恰恰在你最没准备时来临。

谁曾想到，布奇和我最终会结婚呢？

他之所以成

为我男友，只是因为当时我那肤浅的打算：我要找一个可爱的男友！



2 We met through my college roommate at the university cafeteria. That fateful night, I
was merely curious, but for him I think it was love at first sight.
eyes
that interested for two reasons. First, he looked like he was a really wild boy, maybe
even dangerous. Second, although he was very cute, he seemed a little weird.

2
我们通过我的大学室友介绍在大学食堂相识。

在那个命中注定的夜晚，我只是好奇，但

对他而言，我认为是一见钟情。

他凝视着我的脸，说：
“
你有一双美丽的眼睛。
”
他整个晚

上一直盯着我。

我真的对他没那么感兴趣，其原因有二。

首先，他看起来就像是一个野小

子，甚至还有些危险。

其次，虽然他很可爱，却似乎有点怪异。



3 Riding on his bicycle, he'd ride past my dorm as if
surprised
to
see
me.
I
liked
the
attention
but
was
cautious
about
his
wild,
dynamic
personality.
He
had
a
charming
way
with
words
which
would
charm
any
girl.
Fear
came over me when I started to fall in love. His exciting
tempting to resist. What was it that attracted me? I always had an excellent reputation.
My
concentration
was
solely
on
my
studies
to
get
superior
grades.
But
for
what?
College
is
supposed
to
be
a
time
of
great
learning
and
also
some
fun.
I
had
nearly
achieved a great education, and graduation was just one semester away. But I hadn't had
any fun; my life was stale with no component of fun! I needed a just any
boyfriend. He had to be cute. My goal that semester became: Be ambitious and grab the
cutest boyfriend I can find.

3
他骑 着自行车经过我的宿舍，装作与我
“
偶遇
”
，看到我时还假装惊讶。

我喜欢被重视的感

觉，但对他的野性和充满活力的个性却小心谨慎。

他很会说话，这会迷倒任何女孩。

当我

开始爱上他时，恐惧向我袭来。

他那令人激动的
“
坏小子形象
”
简直太诱人了。

究竟是什么

吸引了我？

我，一直口碑极好。

为了获得优异的成绩，我的注意力只专注在自己的学习

上。

但又怎么样呢？大学应该是学习的好时间，可也应该有一些乐趣。

我已几乎达成了伟

大的教育目标，离毕业只有一学期之遥了。

但我却还没有享受过任何乐趣，我的生活乏味，

没有一点新鲜感！

我需要一个男朋友，当然不是任何男朋友。

他必须很可爱。

于是我那个

学期的目标就成为：雄心勃勃，抓住一个我能找到的最可爱的男友。



4 I worried what he'd think of me. True, we lived in a time when a dramatic shift in
sexual attitudes was taking place, but I was a traditional girl who wasn't ready for the
new ways that seemed common on campus. Butch looked superb! I was not immune to
his personality, but I was scared. The night when he announced to the world that I was
his girlfriend, I went along with him. And then I suddenly thought:
his girlfriend? How did that happen?
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我担心他会怎么看我。

不错，我们生活在一个性观念正在发生戏剧性转变的时代，但我

是一个传统的女孩，对在校园里似乎常见的新方式还没有心理准备。

布奇看上去很出色！

我

对他的个性毫无免疫力，但我对此很害怕。

那天晚上当他向大家宣布我是他女友时，我是

同意的。

但我随后突然清醒：
“
噢，我的天哪！我是他女友吗？这是怎么回事？
”
紧接着，

他在我耳边低声地甜言蜜语：
“
有一天我要娶你，我会成 为一名律师。你会看到
这一天的。
”


5
I
was
laughing
inside
and
said
to
myself,

never
marry
this
guy.
He's
a
rebel
without a good future. He's my boyfriend because I hate my boring student life. I just
want to have fun.

5
我笑着对自己说：

“
我绝不会嫁给这个家伙。他是一个没有前途的叛逆者。他是我男朋友，

只因为我恨枯燥的学生生活。我只想得到乐趣而已。
”


6
Sure
enough,
the
following
month,
I
found
out
he
had
failed
all
his
courses.
Consequently,
he
was
going
to
be
expelled
from
the
university.
To
my
disgust,
he
seemed resigned to his fate. I knew there was hope, so I led him to the college secretary
for reconsideration.

6
果然，一个月后，我发现他所有的课程都不及格。

因而，他将被大学除名。

令我厌恶的是，他似乎屈从了自己的命运。

我知道还有希望，所以我让他去学院的秘书那儿进行复议。



7
the College of Law,
Butch was granted reconsideration. And, once we became steadies, he coordinated his
studies and social life, passing all of his classes. He eventually studied law.

7
我告诉他：
“
你要先从宾夕法尼亚大学拿到政治学 学士学位，然后进入法律学院
。
”
我以他

的名义递交了呈请书，结果被批准了。

校方同意复议布奇的情况。

我们的男女朋友关系一

经确定，他就协调了他的学习和社交生活，结果各门课都通过了。

他最终学了法律。



8
Despite
Butch's
somewhat
wild
character,
at
his
core,
he
is
always
a
perfect
gentleman and deserves a lot of credit for that. True, he'd sometimes take the liberty of
displaying his love by planting a kiss on my lips right in front of my astonished friends
who
watched
and
disapproved.
But
the
truth
is
we
had
a
pure
and
responsible
relationship for seven full years. Sitting by the palm trees, hand in hand, we would
listen to romantic songs, watch the sunset, and weave dreams of being together with
children of our own, forever.


8
尽管布奇的性格有点野，但他在骨子里却是一个完美的绅士，这值得高度赞扬

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。的确，

他有时会在我朋友 面前亲吻我的嘴，擅自表达他的爱。我的朋友看到了很惊讶
，也很不以为

然。

但事实上，我们在整整七年的恋爱关系中一直是纯洁和负责的。我们坐在棕榈< br>树下，手牵着手，听着浪漫的歌曲，观赏着日落，编织着和我们自己的孩子在
一起的美梦，一直到

永远。



9 Two years passed in a blur. One day, Butch took me by surprise as he knelt down and
proposed marriage holding a dozen red roses! Filled with deep emotion, I confessed my
love for him,
cried
out,

heavens.
No!
We're
too
young
to
tie
the
knot.
We
haven't
even
graduated from college yet!
for success.

9
两年糊里糊涂地过去了。

一天，布奇出其不意地手捧着一打红玫瑰跪下向我求婚。

我心

中充满了深情，也坦诚了对他的爱：
“
太太太太太浪漫了！！
”
可我随即从幻想中惊醒。

我

大喊出来：
“
天哪 。不！我们现在结婚还太早了。我们甚至还没有大学毕业呢！
”
我真的很喜

欢他，但我对我们感情修成正果的机率却持悲观态度。



10 We married five years later.

10
五年后，我们结了婚。



11 Our faithful journey of love and learning took us down rocky roads of hardship and
on smooth easy-going highways. It is a long, romantic, sometimes crazy, love story that
sums up a 29-year long honeymoon together as a couple who are still madly in love
with
each
other.
Our
love
commenced
with
a
casual
attraction
but
bloomed
into
a
mature love and rich life.

11
我们忠实的爱和学习之旅带我们走过艰难崎岖的岩石路，走上平坦易行的公路。

它是一

个永久、浪漫，有时又疯狂的爱情故事。它诠释了一对仍在疯狂地爱着对方的
夫妇如何一起

度过了

29
年之久的蜜月。

我们的爱从漫不经心的互相吸引开始，但最终却发展出成熟的爱

情和富足的生活。






Unit 5 Section A


Spend or save
—
The student's dilemma

花钱还是存钱，学生进退维谷

1 Do you feel as confused and manipulated as I do with this question,
or should I save?

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common sense and contradict each other. The government tells us to spend or we'll
never get out of the recession. At the same time, they tell us that unless we save more,
our country is in grave danger. Banks offer higher interest rates so we increase savings.
Then the same banks send us credit card offers so we can spend more.

1
你 是不是跟我一样对
“
我应该花钱还是存钱
”
这个问题感到困惑，且有被操纵的
感觉？

我觉

得我们从生活的环境里所获得的信息似乎是有违常识、互相矛盾的。

政府告诉我们要花钱，

否则我们将永远走不出衰退；与此同时，他们又告诉我们，除 非我们节省更多
的钱，否则我

们的国家会处于严重危险之中。

银行提供较高的利率以增加储蓄。

然后，同样是这些银行

又提供信用卡让我们可以花更多的钱。



2 Here's another familiar example: If we don't pay our credit card bill on time, we get
demanding, nasty emails from the credit card company saying something like:
failure to pay is unacceptable. Pay immediately or you'll be in trouble!
as
we
pay,
we
get
a
follow-up
email
in
a
charming
tone
telling
us
how
valuable
a
customer we are and encouraging us to resume depiction is correct: a
failing consumer in trouble or a valued customer? The gap between these two messages
is enormous.

2
这里还有一个大家熟悉的例子：如果我们不按时支付信用卡账单，我们会收到
从信用卡

公司发来的类似这样的令人讨厌的催缴账单的电子邮件：不还款是不可接受的
。请立即缴付，< br>
否则后果自负！

之后，一旦还款，我们就会收到一封跟进的电子邮件，语气和蔼可亲，说

我们是多么宝贵的客户，并鼓励我们继续花钱。

到底哪一个描述是正确的？有麻烦的失败

消费者还是宝贵的客户？

这两者之间可是天壤之别！



3 The paradox is that every day we get two sets of messages at odds with each other.
One is the
we could call an
your desires. Avoid luxuries. Control your appetite for more than you truly need.
message
comes
to
us
from
many
sources:
from
school,
from
parents,
even
from
political figures referring to
capacity
to
postpone
desires
are
core
American
values
that
have
made
our
country
great.

3
自相矛盾的情况还有，我们每天都收到彼此相左的两种信息。

一种从
“
纵容
”
的角度，让我

们
“
买东西，花钱，现在就得到它。你需要这个！
”
另外一种，我们可称之为
“
正直
”
的信息，

它力 劝我们：
“
努力工作，把钱存起来。控制你的欲望，不要买奢侈品，不要垂
涎那些你并

不真正需要的东西。
”
这类信息来源甚多，有学校方面的，有家长方面的，甚至还来自提及

传统价值观的政治人物。


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