66高中英语选修7课文逐句翻译(人教版)

7.

选修七

Unit4 A LETTER HOME

一封家信

Dear Rosemary,

亲爱的罗斯玛丽：

Thanks for your letter, which took a fortnight to arrive.

谢谢你的来信，这封信两星期才到。

It was wonderful to hear from you.

收到你的信真是太高兴了。

I know you're dying to hear all

about my life here, so I've included some photos which will

about.

我知道你急于了解我在这儿的生活情况。

想象出我所谈到的地方。

help you picture the places I talk

因此，我在信中附有几张照片，

能够帮助你

You asked about my high school.

你问起我的中学情况。

Well, it's a bush school

–

the

classrooms are made of bamboo and the roofs of grass.

噢，它是一所丛林学校

子搭起来的，屋顶是用茅草盖的。

——

教室是用竹

It takes me only a few minutes to walk to school down a

When I reach the school

muddy track.

我只要沿着一条泥泞的小路步行几分钟就到学校了。

grounds there are lots of

每当我走到学校操场的时候，

迎接我的是男孩子们一片

―早上好

‖的声音。

Many of them have walked a long way, sometimes

up to two hours, to get to school.

他们中许多人走了很长的路，有时候要走两个小时才能到学

校。

There's no electricity or water and even no textbooks either!

这里没有电，也没有水，甚至

连课本也没有！

I'm still trying to adapt to these conditions.

我还在努力适应这儿的生活条件。

但是有一点是肯

However, one thing is for sure, I've become more imaginative in my teaching.

定的，我在教学中变得更富有想象力了。

Science is my most challenging subject as my students

have no concept of doing experiments.

理科对我来说是最富挑战性的课，

因为我的学生对做实验

没有概念。

In fact there is no equipment, and if I need water I have to carry it from my house in

a bucket!

实际上，根本 没有设备。如果需要水，我还得从家里用水桶提过来！

The other day I was

showing the boys the weekly chemistry experiment when, before I knew it, the mixture was

bubbling over everywhere!

有一天，

我正给孩子们做每周一次的化学实验的演示，

白怎么回事，混合剂就到处冒气泡了！

我还没有明

The boys who had never come across anything like this

before started jumping out of the windows.

男孩们 以前从来没有见过这种情况，吓得都往窗外

跳去。

Sometimes I wonder how relevant chemistry is to these students, most of whom will be

going back to their villages after Year 8 anyway.

有时候，

我真想知道，

化学对这些孩子究竟有

To be honest, I

doubt whether I'm making any difference to these boys' lives at all.

说实在的，

我真的不知道我教

的课是否会让这些孩子的生活有所改变。

You asked whether I'm getting to know any local people.

你问我是否了解当地的老百姓。

这实在

Well, that's actually quite difficult as I don't speak much of the local English dialect yet.

是太难了，

因为我还说不了几句当地人说的英语。

But last weekend another teacher, Jenny, and

1 did visit a village which is the home of one of the boys, Tombe.

不过，上周末我和另外一位叫

詹妮的教师真的去访问了一个村庄，

那是我的学生汤贝的家。

It was my first visit to a remote

village.

这是我第一次到偏僻的村子里去。

We walked for two and a half hours to get there - first up

a mountain to a ridge from where we had fantastic views and then down a steep path to the

valley

below.

我们步行了两个半小时才到达那里

——

先是爬山，爬到山脊能看到奇妙的景

When we arrived at the village, Tombe's mother,

色，然后下一个陡坡，一直走到下面的山谷。

Kiak, who had been pulling

weeds in her garden, started crying

当我们到村庄的时

候，汤贝的母亲齐亚克本来在园子里拔草，看到我们就

―嗳矣，嗳矣

‖地叫了起来。

We shook

hands with all the villagers.

我们同所有的村民都握了手。

Everyone seemed to be a relative of

Tombe's.

每个人看上去 都是汤贝家的亲戚。

Tombe's father, Mukap, led us to his house, a low bamboo hut with grass sticking out of the

roof - this shows it is a man's house.

汤贝的父亲叫莫卡普，

他把我们带到他的家里。

这是一个

低矮的竹屋，

屋顶上伸出一簇茅草

——

它代表这间竹屋是男人住的。

The huts were round, not

There were no

rectangular like the school buildings.

屋子是圆的，不像学校那样是长方形的。

windows and the doorway was just big enough to get through.

这里没有窗户，房门只够一个人

进出。

The hut was dark inside so it took time for our eyes to adjust.

小屋内很黑，

因此眼睛要过好

一阵子才能适应过来。

Fresh grass had been laid on the floor and there was a newly made platform

for Jenny and me to sleep on.

地上摆放着一堆新鲜的草，

还新做了一个平台，

是供詹

妮和我睡觉用的。

Usually Kiak would sleep in her own hut, but that night she was going to share

the platform with us.

通常齐亚克是睡在她自己的小屋里的，

而那天晚上她要同我们一起睡在

莫卡普和汤

平台上。

Mukap and Tombe were to sleep on small beds in another part of the hut.

贝则睡在竹屋另一边的小床上。

There was a fireplace in the centre of the hut near the doorway.

The only possessions I could see were one broom, a

在竹屋中间靠近房门的地方有一个火炉。

few tin plates and cups and a couple of jars.

我所看到的仅有的家具是一把扫帚，几个锡盘和锡

杯，还有两个罐子。

Outside Mukap was building a fire.

莫卡普在屋子外边生火。

Once the fire was going, he

laid stones on it.

火着起来后，他往火里扔了几块石头。

When hot, he placed them in an empty

oil drum with kau kau (sweet potato), corn and greens.

烧热以后，

他把石头放在一个空油桶里，

加上一些考考

（红薯）、玉米和青菜，

He then covered the vegetables with banana leaves and left

等着它们蒸熟。

I sniffed the food; it smelled

them to steam.

然后他用香蕉叶把这些蔬菜盖上，

delicious.

我用鼻子嗅，

食物闻起来很香。

We ate inside the hut sitting round the fire.

我们在房

里围着火炉坐下来吃东西。

I loved listening to the family

softly

talking

to each other in their

他们家里人轻声细语地用自己

language, even though I could not participate the conversation.

的语言在交谈。

我很喜欢听他们谈话，

尽管我不能加入他们的谈话。

Luckily, Tombe could be

our interpreter.

幸好，汤贝能给我们当翻译。

Later, I noticed a tin can standing upside down on the grill over the fire.

后来，

我发现有一个

锡罐子倒放在火炉的烤架上。

After a short time Tombe threw it out of the doorway.

过了一会儿，

汤贝把它从门道里扔了出去。

I was puzzled.

我不懂为什么这么做。

Tombe told me that the can

was heated to dry out the leftover food.

汤贝告诉我说，罐子加热是为了把里面的残菜剩饭烧

干。

They believe that any leftovers attract evil spirits in the night, so the food is dried up in the can

and the can is then thrown out of the hut.

他们相信剩饭在夜晚会引来邪灵，所以要把食物放在

罐子里烧干，再把罐子一起扔到屋外去。

Otherwise they don't waste anything.

否则的话，他们

是不会浪费任何东西的。

We left the village the next morning after many goodbyes and firm handshakes.

第二天早晨，

经过一番紧紧握手和道别之后，我们就离开了村庄。

My muscles were aching and my knees

shaking as we climbed down the mountain towards home.

我们爬下山回家，往回走的时候，我的

< br>腿部肌肉发痛，膝盖发抖。

That evening I fell happily into bed.

那天晚上我很开心，倒在床上就睡

了。

It was such a privilege to have spent a day with Tombe's family.

跟汤贝一家度过了一

天，真是一种殊荣。

It's getting late and I have to prepare tomorrow's lessons and do some paperwork. Please

write soon.

天色很晚了，我还得准备明天的功课呢。请早日来信。

Love

Jo

爱你的，乔

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Unit 4 THE WORLD'S MOST USEFUL GIFT CATALOGUE

世界上最有用的礼物清单

Would you like to donate an unusual gift?

你是否想要赠送一份特殊的礼物？

Then this is the

catalogue for you.

那么下面这份礼单供你参考吧。

The gift you give is not something your loved

你送的礼物

one keeps but a voluntary contribution towards the lives of people who really need it.

不 是给你所爱的人留念的，而是给那些确有需要的人的一项生活上的无偿捐助。

Choose from this catalogue a really useful gift for some of the world's poorest and bring hope

for a better future to a community in need.

从这份清单中选择一份确实有用的礼物，

最穷苦的人吧。给急需帮助的社区带去一份改善未来的希望吧。

送给世界上

When you purchase an item, we will

send you an attractive card for you to send to your

让你送给你的某个特

special person.

你选购一项礼物时，

我们都会给你提供一张精美的卡片，

殊的人。

You can use the cards for any special occasion-weddings ,births, birthdays, Christmas or

anniversaries, etc.

这种卡片可以用在任何一种特殊的场合

——

结婚、出生、生日、圣诞节、

周年纪念等。

Gifts

礼物

Cost(AUD)

价值（澳元）

A 20tree seedlings 20

株树苗

$$5

B A loan to set up women

’

-helpsselfgroup

组建妇女自助会的贷款

$$8

$$10

$$15

C Water supply for one person

一个人的用水

DTraining in vegetable gardening

蔬菜园艺培训

E Child vaccinations against 6 killer diseases

预防六种儿童致命疾病的疫苗

$$20

F School books

学校用书

$$20

G Basic adult education

成人基础教育

$$25

H Basic health-care services

基本保健服务

$$30

I One year of primary schooling

小学一年的学费

J A goat for a poor family

资助困难户一头羊

K A family toilet

家用厕具

$$50

$$35

$$40

L Water for a family

一个家庭的用水

$$65

M A loan to set up a small business

建一家小型企业的贷款

$$85

N A sewing machine

一台缝纫机

$$100

O Family nutritional supplements

家用营养补品

$$130

P Oxen for ploughing

耕牛

$$180

$$200

Q A trunk library

箱式图书馆

R Assistance for families headed by children

对遗孤家庭的扶助金

$$300

S A community primary school

社区小学经费

$$500

T Village tractor

村庄拖拉机

$$1000

U A well and water pump

水井和水泵

$$1350

To

致

_______

To let you know that I am thinking

of you, I have purchased a gift from the World

’

Most

Useful Gift Catalogue

for you to give to some of the world

为’了

s

让

poorest

你知道

.

我在想着

你

们，特从

―世界上最有用的礼物清单

‖中购得一份礼物，请你转送给世界上最穷苦的人。

This gift will train a whole village of around 40 families in India, Kenya, or Bangladesh in

new agricultural methods, and provide seeds and simple agricultural equipment.

这份礼物给印度、

肯尼亚或孟加拉国约

40

户人口的村庄，

对他们进行新的农业生产方法的培训，

并提供种子和

简单的农业机械。

Just 20% more produce will mean the difference between sickness and health,

between families going hungry and families providing for themselves.

仅仅提高

20%

的产量就意

味着会对人的患病与健康、家庭饥饿与自足产生影响。

From

来自

______

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Unit 5 Keep it up, Xie Lei

再接再厉，谢蕾

Chinese student fitting in well

中国学生适应能力强

Six months ago Xie Lei said goodbye to her family and friends in China and boarded a plane

for London.

六个月前，谢蕾告别了她在中国的家人和朋友，

登

上了前往伦敦的飞机。

It was the

first time she had ever left her motherland.

这是她第一次离开自己的祖国。

was very excited because I had dreamed of this day for so long.

―拿到签证后我很激动，

因为我很< /p>

久以前就梦想着能有这么一天，

But I was also very nervous as I didn't know what to expect,

但是我又非常紧张，

因为我不知道我所期望的是什么。

‖

Xie Lei told me when I saw her waiting

in a queue at the student cafeteria between lectures.

课间休息时我在学生餐厅碰到正排队的谢

蕾，她告诉我说

.

Xie Lei, who is 21 years old, has come to our university to study for a business qualification.

谢蕾今年

21

岁，来我们大学上学，希望获得工商管理资格证书。

She is halfway through the