高级英语第三版第二册答案

高级英语第三版第二册答案

【篇一：高级英语第三版第二册paraphrase】

of humans.

and conversation is an activity found only among human beings.

2.conversation is not for making a point.

conversation is not for persuading others to accept our ideas or points of views.

3.in fact, the best conversationalists are those who are prepared to lose.

in fact , people who are good at conversation will not argue to win or force others to accept his ideas.

4.bar friends are not deeply involved in each other?s lives.

people who meet each other for a drink in a pub are not close friends for they are not deeply absorbed in each other’s private lives.

5.....it could still go ignorantly on ...

the conversation could go on without anybody knowing who was right or

wrong.

6.there are cattle in the fields ,but we sit down to beef.

these animals are called cattle when they are alive and feed in the fields , but when we sit down at the table to eat, we call their meet beef.

7.the new ruling class had built a cultural barrier against him by building their french against his own language.

the new ruling class by using french instead of english made it hard for the english to accept or absorb the culture of the rulers.

8.english had come royally into its own.

english received proper recognition and was used by the king once more.

9.the phrase has always been used a little pejoratively and even facetiously by the lower classes.

the phrase , the king’s english ,has always been used disrespectfully and jokingly by the lower classes.(the working people often mock the proper and formal language of the educated people.)

10.the rebellion against a cultural dominance is still there.

as the early saxon peasants , the working people still have a spirit of opposition to the cultural authority of the ruling class.

11.there is always a great danger that “ words will harden into things for us. ” there is always a great danger , as carlyle put it , that we might forget that words are only symbols and take them for things they are supposed to represent.

1. the burying-ground is merely a huge waste of hummocky earth, like a derelict building-lot.

1.the buring-ground is nothing more than a huge piece of wasteland full of mounds of earth looking like a deserted and abandoned piece of land on which a building was going to be put up.

2. all colonial empires are in reality founded upon that fact.

2. all the imperialists build up their empires by treating the people in the colonies like animals (by not treating the people in the colonies as human beings).

3. they rise out of the earth, they sweat and starve for a few years, and then they sink back into the nameless mounds of the graveyard.

3. they are born. then for a few years they work, toil and starve. finally they die and are buried in graves without a name.

4. a carpenter sits cross-legged at a prehistoric lathe, turning chair-legs at

lightning speed.

4. sitting with his legs crossed and using a very old-fashioned lathe, a carpenter quickly gives a round shape to the chair-legs he is making.

5. instantly, from the dark holes all round, there was a frenzied rush of jews .

5. immediately from their dark hole-like cells everywhere a great number of jews rushed out wildly excited.

6. every one of them looks on a cigarette as a more or less impossible luxury

6. every one of these poor jews looked on the cigarette as a piece of luxury which they could not possibly afford.

7. still, a white skin is always fairly conspicuous.

7. however, a white-skinned european is always quite noticeable.

8. in a tropical landscape ones eye takes in everything except the human beings.

8. if you take a look at the natural scenery in a tropical region, you see everything but the human beings.

9. no one would think of running cheap trips to the distressed areas.

9. no one would think of organizing cheap trips for the tourists to visit the poor slum areas

10. for nine-tenths of the people the reality of life is an endless, backbreaking struggle to wring a little food out of an eroded soil.

10. life is very hard for ninety percent of the people．with hard backbreaking toil they can produce a little food on the poor soil．

11. she accepted her status as an old woman, that is to say as a beast of burden.

11.she took it for granted that as an old woman she was the lowest in the community，that。she was only fit for doing heavy work like an animal．

12. people with brown skins are next door to invisible.

12．people with brown skins are almost invisible．

13. their splendid bodies were hidden in reach-me-down khaki uniforms.

13．the senegales soldiers were wearing ready—made khaki uniforms which hid their beautiful well—built bodies．

14. how long before they turn their guns in the other direction?

14．how much longer before they turn their guns around and attack us?。

15. every white man there had this thought stowed somewhere or other in his mind.

15．every white man there had this thought hidden somewhere or other in his mind．

1.and yet the same revolutionary belief for which our forebears fought is still at issue around the globe....

our ancestors fought a revolutionary war to claim all men were created equal and god had endowed them with certain unalienable rights which no state or ruler could take away from them. however ,today this issue has not yet been settled in many countries around the world .

2.this much we pledge--- and more.

this much we promise to do and we promise to do more.

3.united, there is little we cannot do in a host of cooperative ventures.

united and working together we can accomplish a lot of things in a large number of joint undertakings.

4.....our last best hope in an age where the instruments of war have far

outpaced the instruments of peace...

the united nations is our last and best hope of survival in an age where the instruments of war have far surpassed the instruments of peace.

5....to enlarge the area in which its writ may run.

we pledge to help the united nations enlarge the area in which its authority and mandate would continue to be in force.

6.....before the dark powers of destruction unleashed by science engulf all humanity in planned or accidental self-destruction.

before the terrible forces of destruction, which atomic bombs can now release,overwhelm mankind, which may be planned or brought about by an accident

7.....yet both racing to alter that uncertain balance of terror that stays the band of mankind?s final war.

yet both groups of nations are attempting to change as quickly as possible this uncertain balance of terrible military power that restrains each group from launching mankind;s final war.

8.so let us begin anew, remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness...

so let us start once again , bearing in mind that being polite is not a sign of weakness.

9.let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors.

let both sides try to call forth the wonderful things that science can do for mankind instead of the frightful things it can do.

10.....each generation of americans has been summoned to give testimony to its national loyalty.

americans of every generation have been called upon to prove their loyalty to their country by frighting and dying for their country’s cause.

11.with a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love...

let us lead the country we love , knowing our sure reward will be a good conscience and history will finally judge whether we have done our task well or not.

1.a nice enough young fellow, you understand ,but nothing upstairs.

he is a nice enough young fellow,you know , but he is empty-headed.

2.fads, i submit, are the very negation of reason.

a passing fashion or craze ,in my opinion, shows a complete lack of reason.

3.i should have known they?d come back when the charleston came back.

i should have known that raccoon coats would come back to fashion when the charleston dance, which was popular in the 1920s,came back.

4.“all the big men on campus are wearing them. where ?ve you been?”

all the important and fashionable men on campus are wearing them. how come you don’t know?

5.my brain , that precision instrument, slipped into high gear.

my brain, which is precision instrument, began to work at high speed.

6.with one omission, polly fitted these specifications perfectly.

except for one thing(intelligence)polly had all the other requirements.

7.she was not yet of pin-up proportions, but i felt sure that time would supply the lack.

she was not as beautiful as those girls in posters but i felt sure she would become beautiful enough after some time.

8.in fact, she veered in the opposite direction.

in fact, she went in the opposite direction,that is , she was not intelligent but rather stupid.

9.“ in other words ,if you were out of the picture,the field would be open. is that right?”

if you were no longer involved with her, others would be free to compete to get her as a girlfriend.

10.back and forth his head swiveled , desire waxing, resolution waning.

his head turned back and forth (looking at the coat and then looking away from the coat). every time he looked his desire for the coat grew stronger and his resolution not to abandon polly became weaker.

11.this loomed as a project of no small dimensions...

to teach her to think seemed to be a rather big task.

12.admittedly it was not a prospect fraught with hope ,but i decided to give it one more try.

one must admit the outcome did not look very hopeful, but i decided to try one more time.

13.there is a limit to what flesh and blood can bear.

there is a limit to what any human being can bear .

14.i was not pygmalion; i was frankenstein , and my monster had me by the throat.

i planned to be pygmalion, to fashion an ideal wife for myself, but i turned out to be frankenstein because polly ultimately rejected me and ruined my plan.

15.frantically i fought back the tide of panic surging through me .

desperately i tried to stop the feeling of panic which was overwhelming me.

1.…with a face that seemed totally unfamiliar with laughter.

with a face that never laughed

2.sometimes old jules, or his son lazarus, would get mixed up in a saturday-night brawl…

sometimes, ole jules, or his son lazarus, would get involved in a noisy fight for being drunk on a saturday night.

3.…her attendance had always been sporadic and her interest in schoolwork negligible.

she often missed classes and had little interest in schoolwork.

4.she existed for me only as a vaguely embarrassing presence.

she always made me feel embarrassed

5.she dwelt and moved somewhere within my scope of vision.

she lived and moved somewhere i could see.

6.if it came to a choice between grandmother macleod and piquette, piquette would win hands down, nits or not.

if my mother had to make choices between my grandmother and piquette, she would rather choose piquette, no matter she had nits or not.

7.my acquaintance with indians was not extensive.

i didn’t know many indians.

8....she remained both a reproach and a mystery to me.

i blamed myself(for being unable to make piquette’s response warmer) and at the same time found her mysterious.

9.her defiant face, momentarily, became unguarded and unmasked, and in her

eyes there was a terrifying hope.

at that moment, her face was unguarded and unmasked with a determination of challenge, and she had an intense hope for life.

10....she looked a mess, to tell you the truth, a real slattern, dressed any old how. she looked unclean, to tell you the truth, she was a dirty, untidy woman, dressed in a careless way.

11.she was up in court a couple of times — drunk and disorderly, of course. she was caught up in court for several times, because she had too much alcohol and was disordered in life.

12.the one store had become several dozen, and the settlement had all the attributes of a flourishing resort---hotels,a dance-hall,cafes with neon signs,the penetrating odours of potato chips and hot dogs.

there had been only one store in the past, but now there were several dozen stores. the settlement had all the characteristics of a flourishing resort such as hotels,a dance-hall,cafes lighted by neon signs, the strong smells of potato chips and hot dogs.

13.perhaps they had been unable to find such a place, and had simply died out, having ceased to care any longer whether they lived or not.

perhaps they had failed to find a suitable habitat where they could belong and had simply died out, having lost any interest in life and ceased to care any longer whether they lived or not.

【篇二：高级英语2第三版课后习题paraphrase原文及答案】

inst his own language. the new ruling class had caused the cultural contradictions between the ruling class and native english by regarding french superior to english. 8.english had come royally into its own.english had gained recognition by the king． 9． the phrase has always been used a little pejoratively and even facetiously by the lower classes. the phrase, the king’s english has always been used disrespectfully and made fun by the lower classes. 10. the rebellion against a cultural dominance is still there. there is still opposition to cultural monopoly. 11.there is always a great danger that “words will harden into things for us” we tend to make the mistake that we regard the things as they represent. 12. even with the most educated and the most literate, the king’s english slips and slides in conversation. even the most educated and literated people will not always use the formal english in their conversation． lesson 2 1. the burying--ground is merely a huge waste of hummocky earth, like a derelict building-lot. the burying-ground is just a huge piece of wasteland full of mounds of earth, looking like a deserted construction land. 2. all colonial empires are in reality founded upon that fact. all colonial empires are built by exploiting the local people. 3. they rise out of the earth, they sweat and starve for a few years, and then they sink back into the nameless mounds of the graveyard. they are born. then they work hard without enough food for a few years. finally they die and are

buried in the hills graves without any mark to identify them. 4. a carpenter sits crosslegged at a prehistoric lathe, turning chair-legs at lighting speed. a carpenter sits crossing his legs at an old-fashioned lathe, making round chair-legs very fast. 5. instantly, from the dark holes all round, there was a frenzied rush of jews. immediately, jews rushed out of their dark hole-like rooms nearby in a frenzy madness. 6.every one of them looks on a cigarette as a more or less impossible luxury. every one of these jews considers the cigarette as a somewhat piece of luxury which they can not possibly afford. 7. still, a white skin is always fairly conspicuous. however, a white-skinned european is easy to notice in a fair way. 8. in a tropical landscape one’s eye takes in everything except the human being. against the background of a tropical landscape, people could notice everything but they cannot see local people. 9. no one would think of running cheap trips to the distressed areas no one would propose the cheap trips to the slums． 10．...for nine-tenths of the people the reality of life is an endless, back-breaking struggle to wring a little food out of an eroded soil. the real life of nine-tenths of the people is that there is no end to their extremely hard work in order to get a little food from an eroded soil． 11. she accepted her status as an old woman, that is to say as a beast of burden. she took it for granted that as an old woman she should work like an animal． 12.people with brown skins are next door to invisible. people who have brown skins are almost invisible． 13. their splendid bodies were hidden in reach-me-down khaki uniforms... the soldiers wore second—hand khaki uniforms which covered their beautiful well—built bodies． 14. how long before they turn their guns in the other direction? how long will it take for them to attack us? 15. every white man there had this thought stowed somewhere or other in his mind. it is certain that every white man realized

this. lesson3 1.and yet the same revolutionary belief for which our forebears fought is still at issue around the globe... and yet the same revolutionary belief which is the aim of our ancestors is still in dispute around the world. 2. this much we pledge--and more.

this much we promise to do and we promise to do more. 3. united, there is little we cannot do in a host of cooperative ventures. if we are united, there is almost nothing we can not do through a lot of cooperation. 4. but this peaceful revolution of hope cannot become the prey of hostile powers. but this peaceful revolution which can bring hope in a peaceful way can not fall victims to enemy country. 5. .... our last best hope in an age where the instruments of war have far outpaced the instruments of pace... the united nations is our last and best hope in the era where means of launching war have far surpassed means of keeping peace. 6. ...to enlarge the area in which its writ may run... to increase the area where the un’s written documents may be effective. 7....before the dark powers of destruction unleashed by science engulf all humanity in planned or accidental self-destruction... before the evil atom weapon made possible by science destroy all human beings in a planned way or by accident. 8...yet both racing to alter that uncertain balance of terror that stays the hand of mankind’s final war... however both trying to change that unstable balance of weapons and this balance of weapons could prevent human beings from launching their final war. 9. so let us begin anew, remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness... so let us begin once again to realize that politeness does not mean weakness. 10. let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. i suggest both sides try to use science to make wonders for human beings rather than

terrors. 11. ...each generation of americans has been summoned to give testimony to its national loyalty. there are americans from every generation who answer the call of the country to prove their loyalty to the country. 12. with a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love... our certain reward is our good conscience and history will judge our deeds, therefore, let us try to be pioneers in building our beloved country. unit4 1.a nice enough young fellow, you understand ,but nothing upstairs. he is a nice enough young fellow,you know , but he is empty-headed. 2.fads, i submit, are the very negation of reason. a passing fashion or craze ,in my opinion, shows a complete lack of reason. 3.i should have known they?d come back when the charleston came back. i should have known that raccoon coats would come back to fashion when the charleston dance, which was popular in the 1920s,came back. 4.“all the big men on campus are wearing them. where ?ve you been?” all the important and fashionable men on campus are wearing them. how come you don’t know? 5.my brain , that precision instrument, slipped into high gear. my brain, which is precision instrument, began to work at high speed. 6.with one omission, polly fitted these specifications perfectly. except for one thing(intelligence)polly had all the other requirements. 7.she was not yet of pin-up proportions, but i felt sure that time would supply the lack. she was not as beautiful as those girls in posters but i felt sure she would become beautiful enough after some time. 8.in fact, she veered in the opposite direction. in fact, she went in the opposite direction,that is , she was not intelligent but rather stupid. 9.“ in other words ,if you were out of the picture,the field would be open. is that right?” if you were no longer involved with her, others would be free to compete to get her as a girlfriend. 10.back and forth his head swiveled , desire waxing,

resolution waning.his head turned back and forth (looking at the coat and then looking away from the coat). every time he looked his desire for the coat grew stronger and his resolution not to abandon polly became weaker. 11.this loomed as a project of no small dimensions...to teach her to think seemed to be a rather big task. 12.admittedly it was not a prospect fraught with hope ,but i decided to give it one more try. one must admit the outcome did not look very hopeful, but i decided to try one more time. 13.there is a limit to what flesh and blood can bear. there is a limit to what any human being can bear . 14.i was not pygmalion; i was frankenstein , and my monster had me by the throat. i planned to be pygmalion, to fashion an ideal wife for myself, but i turned out to be frankenstein because polly ultimately rejected me and ruined my plan. 15.frantically i fought back the tide of panic surging through me . desperately i tried to stop the feeling of panic which was overwhelming me. unit5 1.the slighted mention of the decade brings nostalgic recollections to the middle-aged... at the very mention of this postwar period ,middle-aged people begin to think about it longingly. 2.the rejection of victorian gentility was , in any case ,inevitable . in any case,an american could not avoid casting aside middle-class respectability and affected refinement. 3.the war acted merely as a catalytic agent in this breakdown of the victorian social structure... the war only helped to speed up the breakdown of the victorian social structure. 4...it was tempted ,in america at least, to escape its responsibilities and retreat behind an air of naughty

alcoholic sophistication... in america at least,the young people were strongly inclined to shirk their responsibilities. they pretended to be worldly-wise, drinking and behaving naughtily. 5.prohibition afforded the young the additional

opportunity of making their pleasures illicit... the young found greater pleasure in drinking because prohibition, by making drinking unlawful,added a sense of adventure. 6...our young men began to enlist under foreign flags. our young men joined the armies of foreign countries to fight in the war. 7....they “wanted to get into the fun before the whole thing turned belly up.” the young wanted to take part in the glorious adventure before the whole ended. 8...they had outgrown towns and families... these young people could no longer adapt themselves to lives in their hometowns or their families. 9..the returning veteran also had to face the sodden,napoleonic cynicism of versailles,the hypocritical do-goodism of prohibition... the returning veteran also had to face the stupid cynicism of the victorious allies in versailles who acted as cynically as napoleon did,and to face prohibition which the lawmakers hypocritically assumed would do good to the people. 10.something in the tension-ridden youth of america had to “give”... (under all this force and pressure)something in the youth of america,who were already very tense ,had to break down. 11....it was only natural that hopeful young writers , their minds and pens inflamed against war, babbittry, and “puritanical” gentility, should flock to the traditional artistic center... it was only natural that hopeful young writers ,whose minds and writings were full of violent anger against war, babbittry,and “puritanical” gentility,should come in largen numbers to live in greenwich village, the traditional artistic center. 12.each town had its “fast”set which prided itself on itself on its unconventionality... each town was proud that it had a group of wild ,reckless people,who lived unconventional lives. unit6 1. nowadays new york is out of phase with american taste... nowadays new yorkers can?t understand nor follow the taste of the american people and often disagree with american politics. 2. new york even prides itself on being a holdout

from prevailing american trends... new york is proud that it is a city that resists the prevailing fashion or styles of america and that it remains to be a place where people can escape uniformity.3. ...sitcoms cloned and canned in hollywood, and the johnny carson show live, preempt the airways from california... situation comedies made in hollywood and the live talk show of johnny carson now dominate the radio and tv programs in california.4. ... it is making something of a comeback as a tourist attraction... new york is making attempts to regain its status as a city that attracts tourists . 5. to win in new york is to be uneasy... even when a person whins in new york ,he may well be anxious and fearful, for he is afraid of losing what he has gained in the coming fierce competition. 6. nature? pleasures are much qualified in new york. since new york is a large and crowed city with a lot of tall buildings ,the chance to enjoy the pleasures of nature is very limited here. 7. ...the city?s bright glow arrogantly obscures the heavens. at night, the lights of new york are so proudly bright that the sky seems to be darkened. 8. but the purity of a bohemian dedication can be exaggerated. but the pure and wholehearted devotion to a bohemian lifestyle can be overstated. 9. in both these roles it ratifies more than it creates. in both these roles of banking and communications headquarters, new york creates very few things but approves many things started by people in other parts of the country. 10. the television generation grew up in the insistent presence of hype... the television generation was continually and strongly affected by extravagant promotional advertising. 11. ...those who are writing ambitious novels sustain themselves on the magazines. writers producing long serious novels also earn their living by writing articles for popular magazines. 12. boardway, which seemed to be succumbing to the tawdriness of its environment, is astir again. boardway,which seemed to be giving

up to the cheap ,gaudy shows put on in the surrounding areas,now becomes flourishing and busy again. 13. the defeated are not hidden away somewhere else on the wrong side of town. those who failed in the struggle of life ,the down-and-outs ,do no hide themselves away in slums where other people cannot see them.14. the place constantly exasperates,at times exhilarates. new york constantly irritates and annoys very much but sometimes it also stimulates. unit7 1. with a clamor of bells that set the swallows soaring, the festival of summer came to the city omelas. the loud ringing of the bells, which sent the frightened swallows flying high, marked the beginning of the festival of summer in omelas.

2. ..their high calls rising like the swallows’ crossing flights over the music and singsing. the shouting of the children could be heard clearly above the music and singing like the calls of the swallows flying by overhead. 3. ..exercised their restive horses before the race. the riders were putting the horses through some exercises because the horses were eager to start and stubbornly resisting the control of the riders. 4. given a description such as this one tends to make certain assumptions. after reading the above description the reader is likely to assume certain things. 5. this is the treason of artist: a refusal to admit the banality of evil and the terrible boredom of pain. an artist betrays his trust when he does not admit that evil is nothing fresh nor novel and pain is very dull and uninteresting. 6. they were nature, intelligent, passionate adults whose lives were not wretched. they were fully developed and intelligent grown-up people full of intense feelings and they were not miserable people. 7. perhaps it would be best if you imagined it as your own fancy bids, assuming it will rise to the occasion. perhaps it would be best if the reader pictures omelas to himself as his imagination tells him, assuming

his imagination will be equal to the task. 8. the faint insistent sweetness of drooz may perfume the way of the city. the faint but compelling sweet scent of the drug drooz may fill the streets of the city.9. perhaps it was born defective, or perhaps it has become imbecile through fear, malnutrition and neglect. perhaps the child was mentally retarded because it was born so or perhaps it has become very foolish and stupid because of fear, poor nourishment and neglect.10. its habits are too uncouth for it to respond to humane treatment. the habits of the child are so crude and uncultured that it will show no sign of improvement even if it is treated kindly and tenderly.11. their tears at the bitter injustice dry when they begin to perceive the terrible justice of reality, and to accept it. they shed tears when they see how terribly unjust they have been to the child, but these tearsdry up when they realize how just and fair though terrible reality was. unit10 1. it is a complex fate to be an american. the fate of an american is complicated and hard to understand.2...they were no more at home in europe than i was. they were uneasy and uncomfortable in europe as i was. 3...we were both searching for our separate identities. they were all trying to find their own special individualities.4. i do not think that could have made this reconciliation here.i dont think i could have accepted in america my negro status without feeling ashamed.5...it is easier to cut across social and occupational lines there than it is here. it is easier in europe for people of different social groups and occupations to intermingle and have social intercourse. 6. a man can be as proud of being a good waiter as of being a good actor, and in neither case feel threatened. in europe a good waiter and a good actor are equally proud of their social status and position. they are not jealous of each other and do not live in fear of losing their position.7. i was born in new york, but have lived only in pockets of it. i was born in new york but have lived only in

some small areas of the city. 8. this reassessment, which can be very painful, is also very valuable. the reconsideration of the significance and importance of many things that one had taken for granted in the past can be very painful, though very valuable.9. on this acceptance, literally, the life of a writer depends. the life of a writer really depends on his accepting the fact that no matter where he goes or what he does he will always carry the marks of his origins.10. american writers do not have a fixed society to describe. american writers live in a mobile society where nothing is fixed, so they do not have a fixed society to describe. 11..every society is really governed by hidden laws, by unspoken but profound assumptions on the part of the people. every society is influenced and directed by hidden laws, and by many things deeply felt and taken for granted by the people, though not openly spoken about.

【篇三：高级英语第三版第二册课后翻译】

in which animals communicate with each other, they do not indulge in anything that deserves the name of conversation.

不管动物之间的交流方式多么复杂，它们不能参与到称得上是交谈的任何活动中。

2. argument may often be a part of it, but the purpose of the argument is not to convince. there is no winning in conversation.

争论会经常出现于交谈中，但争论的目的不是为了说服。交谈中没有胜负之说。

3. perhaps it is because of my upbringing in english pubs that i think bar conversation has a charm of its own.

或许我从小就混迹于英国酒吧缘故，我认为酒吧里的闲聊别有韵味。

4. i do not remember what made one of our companions say it ---she clearly had not come into the bar to say it , it was not something that was pressing on her mind---but her remark fell quite naturally into the talk.

我不记得是什么使得我的一个同伴说起它来的---她显然不是来酒吧说这个的，这不是她事先想好的话题----但她的话相当自然地插入到了交谈中。

5. there is always resistance in the lower classes to any attempt by an upper class to lay down rules for “english as it should be spoken .”

下层社会总会抵制上层社会企图给“标准英语”制定得规则。

6. words are not themselves a reality ,but only representations of it ,and the king’s english ,like the anglo-french of the normans , is a class representation of reality.

词语本身并不是现实。正如诺曼底人讲的英格鲁--法语一样，标准英语是一个阶层用来表达现实的形式。

7. perhaps it is worth trying to speak it, but it should not be laid down as an edict , and made immune to change from below.

或许试着去说它还是值得的，但是它不能被制定成法令，从而拒绝来自下层的变化。

8. there is no worse conversationalist than the one who punctuates his words as he speaks as if he were writing , or even who tries to use words as if he were composing a piece of prose for print. 如果一个人说出的话就像写出来的文字，或者试图使用那些创作书面散文的文字，那么没有比这样的交谈者更糟糕的了。

9. when e.m. forster writes of “ the sinister corridor of our age,” we sit up at the vividness of the phrase , the force and even terror in the image.

当e.m.福斯特写到“我们这个时代的险恶长廊”时，其用语之生动及由其所产生的生动有力，甚至可怖的形象苦令我们拍案叫绝。

10. there would have been no conversation the other evening if we had been able to settle at once the meeting of “ the king’s english.”

那天晚上如果我们立刻解决了“标准英语”的含义，就不会有第二天晚上的谈话了。

1.当你穿行于这样的城镇中—20万居民中至少有2万人除了一身勉强蔽体的破衣烂衫外，一无所有——当你看到这些人是如何生活，又如何轻易死亡时，你总是很难相信自己是行走在人类之中。

2.当你穿过犹太人聚居区时，你就会了解中世纪的贫民区大概是个什么样子。

3.很多街道远远不足6英尺宽，房屋根本没有窗户，眼睛肿痛的孩子成群结队 ，随处可见，像成群的苍蝇，数也数不清。

4.甚至在后面的窝棚里的一个盲人听到要烟的吵嚷声也爬了出来，伸手在空中乱摸。

5.噢！那只不过是装样子罢了。实际上他们都是些放贷获利的人。

6.颇为相似的是，几百年前，有些可怜的老妇人常常被当成巫婆活活烧死，但事实上她们连为自己变出一顿像样的饭菜的巫术都没有。

7.那干巴巴的土地，仙人掌，棕榈树和远方的山岭被尽收眼底，但在地里耕作的农民却往往没人看见。

8.摩洛哥大部分土地都很荒凉，以至于那里生存的最大的野生动物就是野兔。

9.除了难得的暴雨之后的一两天之外，这里总是缺水。

10.在原始社会里，妇女超过了一定的年纪身材便会萎缩得如孩子般大小，这似乎是一个普遍现象。

1. we observe today not a victory of party but a celebration of freedom, symbolizing an end as well as a beginning , signifying renewal as well as change.

我们今天庆祝的不是一个政党的胜利，而是一个自由的盛会，它代表这一个时代的结束和另一个时代的开端，它代表着重生和改变。

2. let the word go forth from this time and place , to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of americans, born in this century,tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our

ancient heritage, and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of these human rights to which this nation has always been committed , and to which we are committed today at home and around the world.

此时此地我向朋友和敌人宣布：火炬已经传递给了新一代的美国人，他们出生于本世纪，经受过战争的洗礼，受过冷峻而苦涩的和平的考验，以我们的古代遗产为傲，不愿意见到或者允许这些人权被逐渐取消。这个国家一直致力于维护这些人权，如今我们在国内和全世界也在维护这些人权。

3. let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price , bear any burden, meet any hardship , support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.

让世界上每一个希望我们成功或窘迫的国家知道：我们将不惜任何代价，承担任何责任，应对任何艰难，支持一切朋友，反对一切敌人，以确保自由的幸存和成功。

4. united, there is little we cannot do in a host of cooperative ventures.

只要我们团结起来，我们将在大量的合作型事业中战无不胜。

5. divided, there is little we can do ,for we dare not meet a powerful challenge at odds and split asunder.

如果分裂开来，我们将一事无成，因为我们不能在争执中去应对巨大的挑战，我们的关系会崩裂。

6. if a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich. 如果自由的社会不能帮助多数穷人，它就不能拯救少数的富人。

7. we dare not tempt them with weakness. for only when our arms are sufficient beyond doubt can we be certain beyond doubt that they will never be employed.

我们不敢以软弱来诱惑它们。因为只有当我们的军备力量无疑是非常充足的时候，我们才能确保不会使用武力。

8. in your hands, my fellow citizens, more than mine,will rest the final success or failure of our course.

我们的同胞们，我们事业成败的关键与其说掌握在我的手中，不如说掌握在你们的手中。

9. now the trumpet summons us again----not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need; not as a call to battle , though embattled we are; but a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle ,

year in and year out , “rejoicing in hope , patient in tribulation,” a struggle against the common enemies of man: tyranny , poverty disease and war itself.

现在号角再次向我们吹响----不是号召我们扛起武器，虽然我们需要武器；不是号召我们去参加战斗，虽然我们严阵以待；而是号召我们为迎接黎明而肩负起漫长斗争的责任，年复一年，”从希望中得到欢乐，在苦难中保持坚韧“， 去反对人类共同的敌人：专制、贫困、疾病

和战争本身

10. with a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds,let us go forth to lead the land we love , asking his blessing and his help, but knowing that here on earth god’s work must truly be our own.

良心是我们唯一可靠的报酬，历史是我们行为的最终裁判，让我们出发去领导我们所热爱的国家，祈求上帝的祝福和帮助，但是要明白上帝在人间的工作毕竟就是我们自己的工作。

1. my brain was as powerful as a dynamo, as precise as chemist’s scales. as penetrating as a scalpel.

我的大脑如发电机一样强大，像化学家的平一样精确，像手术刀一样锋利。

2. to be swept up in every new craze that comes along, to surrender yourself to idiocy just because everybody else is doing it---this , to me , is the acme od mindlessness.

被卷入每一股新来的时尚之中，因为其他人都是这样做，自己也进去傻干---这对于我而言，简直就是愚蠢至极。

3. let me emphasize that my desire for this young woman was not emotional in nature. 我强调一下我渴望得到这个妙龄少女不是情感的驱动使然。

4. it is , after all, easier to make a beautiful dumb girl smart than to make an ugly smart girl

beautiful.

毕竟，与使这个丑陋而聪明的女孩变漂亮相比，使一个美丽的愚笨的女孩变得聪明要容易得多。

5. he was a torn man, first he looked at the coat with the expression of a waif at a bakery

window. then he turned away and set his jaw resolutely.

他神情不安。先是带着面包店橱窗旁边的流浪儿的那种神情盯着大衣。然后转过头，坚定地咬紧牙关。

6. maybe somewhere is the extinct crater of her mind , a few embers still smoldered.

说不定她头脑中死火山口某处还有闷燃的余烬。

7. after all, surgeons have x-rays to guide them during an operation, lawyers have briefs, to

guide them during a trial, carpenters have blueprints to guide them when they are building a house.

毕竟，外科医生在做手术时有x 光线作为指导，律师在审判时有辩护状作为指导，木匠在建造房子的时候有蓝图作为指导。

8. if madame curie had not happened to leave a photographic plate in a drawer with a chunk of

pitch blend,the world today would not know about radium.

如果居里夫人没有把一张相片底片放在装有沥青铀矿的抽屉了，今天的世人就不会知道镭了。

9. suddenly, a glimmer of intelligence ----the first i had seen--- came into her eyes.

突然，一道智慧的灵光----第一次看见---在她的眼中闪现。

10. heartened by the knowledge that polly was not altogether a cretin,i begin a long, patient

review of all i had told her.

知道波利并不完全是个白痴，我感到很振奋，于是我开始把给她讲过的一切时间、耐心地复习了一遍。

1.就在马纳瓦卡山下，瓦恰科瓦河浑浊的河水哗哗地流过布满鹅卵石的河床，河边的胭脂栎，灰绿色的柳树和野樱桃树形成一片茂密的丛林。

2.“她的病不传染，”我父亲说，“而且瓦妮莎还会有个伴。”

3.我几乎忍不住要哈哈大笑了，因为我看到我母亲突然面露喜色但又马上极力掩饰。

4.从别墅的窗户往外看，透过层层云杉树叶织成的丝帘，可以看到碧绿的湖水在阳光的映照下波光粼粼。

5.在我看来，从某种意义上说，皮格特是森林的女儿，是蛮荒世界的小预言家。只要我采取的方法得当，她或许可以对我透露一些她必然知道的自然奥秘。

6.她说这些话的那一瞬间，我看清了皮格特。虽然多年来我们住在同一个小镇上，但这还是第一次，也是唯一的一次，我真正看清她。

7.我父亲修筑的那个小凸形码头不见了，取而代之的是政府修建的一个大而坚固的码头。这是因为跑马山现在已经是一个国家公园，钻石湖也已更名为瓦帕卡塔湖，因为政府认为一个印第安名称对游客会有更大的吸引力。

8.我倾听了许久，以印证我的这种想法，但终究没有再听到那划过静寂的湖面，拖着长长的尾音，凄厉而带有冷嘲意味的叫声。

9.现在我倒觉得，通过一种无意识的，别人完全不理解的方式，皮格特或许终究是唯一一个真正听懂了潜鸟叫声的人。