6月天津高考英语卷子 阅读c、d翻译

2017 6

月

D

I

read

somewhere

that

we

spend

a

full

third

of

our

lives

w

aiting.

But

where

are

we

doing

all

of

this

waiting,

and

what

doe

s

it

mean

to

an

impatient

society

like

ours?

To

understand

the

i

ssue,

let

?

s

take

a

look

at

three

types

of

“waits”.

The

very

purest

form

of

waiting

is

the

Watched-Pot

Wait.

It

i

s

without

doubt

the

most

annoying

of

all.

Take

filling

up

the

ki

tchen

sink (

洗碗池

)

as

an

example.

There

is

absolutely

nothing

you

can

do

while

this

is

going

on

but

keep

both

eyes

fixed

on

the

sink

until

it

?

s

f

ull.

During

these

waits,

the

brain

slips

away

from

the

body

and

wanders

about

until

the

water

runs

over

the

edge

of

the

counter

and

onto

your

socks.

This

kind

of

wait

makes

the

waiter

helpless

and

mindless.

A

cousin

to

the

Watched-Pot

Wait

is

the

Forced

Wait.

This

o

ne

requires

a

bit

of

discipline.

Properly

preparing

packaged

noodle

soup

requires

a

Forced

Wait.

Directions

are

very

specific.

“Brin

g

three

cups

of

water

to

boil,

add

mix,

simmer

three

minutes,

re

move

from

heat,

let

stand

five

minute

s.”

I

have

my

doubts

that

anyone

has

actually

followed

the

procedures

strictly.

After

all,

Fo

rced

Waiting

requires

patience.

Perhaps

the

most

powerful

type

of

waiting

is

the

Lucky-Break

Wait.

This

type

of

wait

is

unusual

in

that

it

is

for

the

most

part

voluntary.

Unlike

the

Forced

Wait,

which

is

also

voluntary,

waiting

for

your

lucky

break

does

not

necessarily

mean

that

it

will

happen.

Turning

one

?

s

life

into

a

waiting

game

requires

faith

and

hope

,

and

is

strictly

for

the

optimists

among

us.

On

the

surface

it

seems

as

ridiculous

as

following

the

directions

on

soup

mixes,

b

ut

the

Lucky-Break

Wait

well

serves

those

who

are

willing

to

do

it.

As

long

as

one

doesn

?

t

come

to

rely

on

it,

wishing

for

a

f

ew

good

things

to

happen

never

hurts

anybody.

We

certainly

do

spend

a

good

deal

of

our

time

waiting.

The

n

ext

time

you

?

rstanding

at

the

sink

waiting

for

it

to

fill

while

cooking

noodle

soup

that

you

?

ll

have

to

eat

until

a

large

bag

of

cash

falls

out

of

the

sky,

don

?

t

be

desperate.

You

?

re

probably

just

as

busy

as

the

next

guy.

我在某个地方读到过，我们花了整整三分之一的时间在等待。但是，我们在哪里做

这些等待呢

?

对于像我们这样一个没有耐心的社会来说，这 意味着什么呢

?

为了理解这个

问题，让 我们来看看三种类型的“等待”

。

等 待是最纯粹的等待。毫无疑问，这是最令人讨厌的。以厨房洗涤槽为例。当这一

切发生的 时候，你绝对不能做任何事情，但要让双眼紧盯着水槽，直到它满了为止。在

等待的过程 中，大脑会从身体上滑出，四处游荡，直到水从柜台边缘流到你的袜子上。

这种等待使侍 者变得无助和没有头脑。