新一代大学英语综合教程英语课文翻译

新一代大学英语综合教程

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课后翻译

UNIT 1

2

、

Indeed, we might feel as if we are suddenly

awash

in friends. Yet right

before

our

eyes,

we're

also

changing

the

way

we

conduct

relationships.

Face-to-face

chatting

is

giving

way

to

texting

and

messaging;

people

even

prefer

these

electronic exchanges

to, for instance, simply talking on a r

circles

of

friends

are

being

partially

eclipsed

by

Facebook

acquaintances

routinely

numbered in

the hundreds. Amid

these smaller trends, growing research

suggests we could be entering a period of crisis for the entire concept of

friendship.

Where

is

all

this

leading

modern-day

society?

Perhaps

to

a

dark

place,

one where electronic stimuli slowly replace the joys of human contact.< /p>

确实如

此，我们似乎感到突然之间好友数量井喷。不过，我们眼前 也正在改变为人处世的方式。

面对面的聊天正在被短信取代；相比打个电话，人们甚至更 愿意使用这些电子交流方式。

脸谱网上的熟人圈儿动辄数百人，相比之下，现实生活中规 模较小的朋友圈则显得黯淡

少光。在这些较细微的趋势中，越来越多的研究表明友谊的整 个概念正在遭受危机，而

我们也许正在一步步地迈向这个危机时代。所有这一切要把现代 社会引向何方？也许现

代社会就此陷入黑暗深渊，在这个深渊里，人与人之间交往的乐趣 慢慢地被电子诱惑所

取代。

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、

No single person is at fault, of course. The pressures on friendship today

are broad. They arise from the demands of work, say, or a general busyness that

means we have less quality time for others. How many individuals would say that

friendship is the most important thing in their lives, only to move thousands

of miles across the continent to take up a better-paid job?

当然，这并不是某个

人的错。如今，交友压力来自方方面面。比如来自工作压力，或是整天瞎忙，无法和他

人享有高质量的沟通时间。有人嘴上说友谊是生命中最重要的东西，却为了一份收入颇

丰的工作远赴千里之外。这样的人还少吗？

9

、

Of course, we learn how to make friends

—

or not

—

in our most formative

years, as children. Recent studies on childhood, and how the contemporary life

of the child affects friendships, are illuminating. Again, the general mood is

one

of concern,

and a

central conclusion

often

reached

relates

to

a lack of

what

is called

当然，我们是在性格成型的最重要的孩提时期学会如

何结交朋友或是如何断交。最近， 关于儿童期和儿时生活对交友的影响的研究很有启发

性。这些研究再一次关注了风气这个 问题，其主要结论都与孩子缺少“计划外时间”有

关。

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、

Structured time

results from the way an average day is parceled up for our

kids

—

time for school, time for homework, time for music practice, even time

for play. Yet too often today, no period is left unstructured. After all, who

these

days lets

his child

just wander

off

down

the street? But

that is

precisely

the

kind

of

fallow

time

so

vital

for

deeper

friendships.

It's

then

that

we

simply

hang

out

,

with

no

tasks,

no

deadlines

and

no

pressures.

It

is

in

those

moments

that

children

and

adults

alike

can

get

to

know

others

for

who

they

are

in

themselves.

“计划内时间”源自每一天的时间安 排方式，何时上学，何时完成家庭作业，何时进行

音乐训练，甚至何时玩耍，一股脑儿的 塞给孩子。然而，再寻常不过的是，没有任何一

个时段是没有安排的。毕竟，现在谁还会 让自己的孩子在街上闲逛呢？但是，恰恰就是

这种“无所事事”的时间对于深厚的交情至 关重要。在这个时间段，我们只是闲逛，没

有任务，没有最后期限，没有任何压力。就在 这些时候，孩子也罢，成人也罢，才能真

正了解同行之人。

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、

Aristotle

had

an

attractive

expression

to

capture

the

thought:

close

friends,

he

observed,

salt

together.

It's

not

just

that

they

sit

together,

passing

the salt across the meal table.

It's that they sit with one another across the

course of

their lives

,

sharing its

savor

—

its moments, bitter and sweet.

The

desire

for

friendship

comes

quickly;

friendship

does

not,

Aristotle

also

remarked. It's a key insight for an age of instant social connectivity, though

one in which we paradoxically have an apparently growing need to be more deeply

connected.

亚里士多德曾经这样表达此意，妙不可言 。他说，亲密的朋友，是“一起吃

盐的朋友”。他并不是说朋友们坐在一起，在饭桌上把 盐传来传去。他的意思是朋友们

共享人生经历，分享各种滋味，苦的，甜的。亚里士多德 还说过“交友的想法常常匆匆

而至，但是真正的友情往往姗姗来迟。”这对于当今这个时 代来说是一种重要的真知灼

见。因为，在这个时代里，虽然人们能迅速建立关系，不过我 们反倒越发觉得需要更深

一步结识他人。

UNIT 2

6

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With persistence and practice, such a process can lead to lasting results. I know one Wall

Street executive who sought to improve his empathy

–

specifically his ability to read people’s

reactions and their perspectives. Before beginning his quest, the executive’s subordinates were

terrified of working with him. People even went so far as to hide bad news from him. Naturally,

he was shocked when finally confronted with these facts. He went home and told his family

–

but they only confirmed what he had heard at work. When their opinions on any given subject

did not mesh with his, they, too, were frightened of him.< /p>

只要坚持并不断实践，

这样的过程能

够带 来持久的结果。我认识一位华尔街的主管，他想方设法提高自己的同理心。具体一

点就是 读懂对方的反应，了解对方的看法。在开始努力寻求改变之前，这位主管的下属

惧怕与其 一起工作。人们甚至对他隐瞒坏消息。最终面对这些情况时，他自己自然大吃

一惊。回家 后，他告诉家人

——

但家人更肯定了他在单位听到的一切。无论 什么话题，

如果家人的观点未能与之吻合，他们也会害怕他。

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、

Enlisting

the

help

of

a

coach,

the

executive

went

to

work

to

heighten

his

empathy

through

practice

and

feedback.

His

first

step

was

to

take

a

vacation

to

a

foreign

country where he did not speak the language. While there, he monitored his

reactions to the unfamiliar and his openness to people who were different from

him. When he returned home, humbled by his week abroad, the executive asked his

coach

to

shadow

him

for

parts

of

the

day,

Several

times

a

week,

in

order

to

critique

how he treated people with new or different perspectives. At the same time, he

consciously

used

on-the-job

interactions

as

opportunities

to

practice

“hearing” ideas that differed from his. Finally, the executive had himself

videotaped in meetings and asked those who worked for and with him to critique

his

ability

to

acknowledge

and

understand

the

feelings

of

others.

It

took

several

months,

but

the

executive’s

emotional

intelligence

did

ultimately

rise,

and

the

improvement was reflected in his overall performance on the job.

这位主管向私

人教师寻求帮助，他回到工作岗位，通过实践和别人的反馈来提高自己的同理心。首先，

他到一个语言不通的国家去度假。在异国他乡，他审视自己面对不熟悉事物的反应以及

对异族人群的开放性。返回家乡时，一周的国外生活已使他丢掉了所有的高傲，这位主