新视野大学英语读写教程(第二版)第一册unit6_passage翻译

新视野大学英语读写教程

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unit6_passage

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Unit6_passage_ a.

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Saturday, April 7

Steve and I <2>hauled <3>trash for four solid hours <5>continuously, except

for about five minutes when we stopped to talk.

My shoulder hurt <7>wickedly each time I put another full <8>barrel on it, and my

legs

occasionally

<9>trembled

as

I

was

heading

to

the

street, but

the

rest

of

me

said,

I could not have imagined there would be joy in this.

<10>Dump. Lift. Walk. Lift. Walk. The hours flew by.

Saturday meant most adults were at home on the <11>route.

So were school-age children.

I thought this might mean more exchanges as I made the rounds today.

Many people were <13>outdoors working in their gardens or <14>greenhouses.

Most looked approachable enough.

There wasn't time for <15>lengthy talks but enough to exchange greetings that go with

<17>civilized ways.

I was shocked to find that this wasn't the case.

I said hello in quite a few yards before the message <18>registered that this wasn't

normally done.

Occasionally,

I

got

a

direct

reply

from

someone

who

looked

me

in

the

eye,

smiled,

and

asked,

I felt human then.

But

most

often

the

response

was

either

nothing

at

all,

or

a

surprised

stare

because

I

had

spoken.

One woman in a housecoat was startled as I came around the corner of her house.

At

the

sound

of

my

greeting,

she

gathered

her

housecoat

tightly

about

her

and

<19>retreated quickly <20>indoors.

I heard the lock click.

Another woman had a huge, <21>peculiar animal in her yard.

I asked what it was.

She stared at me.

I thought she was deaf and spoke louder.

She seemed frightened as she turned coldly away.

Steve <22>raged <24>spontaneously about these things on the long ride to the

dump.

Say 'hello' and they stare at you in surprise.

They don't realize we're human.

I said we couldn't take them.

She said, 'Who are you to say what goes?

You're nothing but a trashman.'

I told her, 'Listen, lady, I've got an IQ of 137, and I <26>graduated near the top of my

high school class.

I do this for the money, not because it's the only work I can do.'

I don't tell anyone I'm a <27>garbageman.

I say I'm a truck driver.

My family knows, but my wife's <28>folks don't.

If someone comes right out and asks, 'Do you drive for a garbage company?' I say yes.

I believe we're doing a service people need, like being a police officer or a fire fighter.

I'm not ashamed of it, but I don't go around <29>boasting about it either.

'Stay away from those trashmen. They're dirty.'

I was angry with her.

'They're as good as we are,' I told her.

'You seem to have a lot of sympathy for them,' she said.

'Yes, I do.'

But I never told her why.

I had <32>originally planned to stay at this <33>employment for only two days

but now I'm going to continue.

The

exercise

is

great;

the

lifting

gets

easier

with

every

load,

even

if

my

shoulder

<34>muscles are <35>sore.

I become faster and neater each day.

I'm outdoors in clean air.

And, <36>contrary to what people think, I don't get dirty on the job.

I have decided, too, to keep saying hello in people's yards.

It doesn't do any <37>harm, and it still feels right.

<39>Frankly, I'm proud. I'm doing an essential task.

I left this country a little cleaner than I found it this morning.

Not many people can say that each night.

John

Gardner

wrote

that

a

society,

which

praises

its

<40>philosophers

and

looks

down on its <41>plumbers, is in for trouble.

He might have gone a step further and called for respect for both our <43>economists

and our trashmen; otherwise, they'll both leave garbage behind.

4

月

7

日，星期六

我和史蒂夫已拖运垃圾整整四个小时了，中间只停下来 说了约五分钟的话。

每次我将满满的一桶垃圾扛上肩，肩膀就 痛得厉害，有时候扛着垃圾朝街上走，腿都打颤，

可我心里却对自己说：

“挺住，垃圾工，要挺住。

”

我原本就没有想过这工作会有什么快乐可言。

倒、扛、走、扛、走。时间过得飞快。

星期六意味着一路上大多数成年人会呆在家里。

上学的孩子也一样。

我心里琢磨，这 可能意味着我挨家挨户收垃圾时可以和人们多搭上几句话了。

很多人在花园里或花房里干活儿。

多数人看上去是可以说说话的。

虽没有工夫聊很久，但问候几句以示礼貌还是有时间的。

但我吃惊地发现并不是这么回事。

直到我在几家院子里问候了几次以后，才意识到这么做是不常 见的。

偶尔，有人也会看着我，微笑一下，对我说一声“你好 ”

，或者“今天天气真好”

。

这时，我还是感到有人情味儿。

可多 数情况下，

人们的反应要么是不理我，

要么是因为我这个垃圾工 竟然也和他们说话而惊

讶地盯着我看。

一个身着家常便服的妇女见我绕过她家的拐角，脸上露出惊讶 之色。

听到我向她打招呼，她就赶紧用衣服把自己严严实实地 遮了起来，并匆忙退回屋里。

我还听到咔嗒一声门被锁上了。

另一个妇女，院子里养了一只巨大古怪的动物。

我问她那是什么动物，

她两眼盯着我。

我以为她耳背，所以提高了声音。

她好像给吓着了似的，冷冷地转身走了。

这儿离垃圾场有很长一段路，在驾车去垃圾场的路上，史蒂夫 气愤地叙说着这些事情。

“从多数人看你的那种眼光，就知道在他们眼里垃圾工是怪物。

如果你对他们问声好，他们就惊奇地看着你。

他们根本没想到我们也是人。

”

“有个女人往垃圾箱里倒烟灰。

我说，我们这样没法装运。

她说，< /p>

‘我倒什么你管得着吗，你算什么东西

?

你不过是个垃圾工罢了。

’