全新版大學(xué)英語(yǔ)綜合教程正確的課后翻譯

1、我認(rèn)為總結(jié)一下英語(yǔ)學(xué)習(xí)的經(jīng)驗(yàn)是值得一試的。這里，我想談?wù)勅齻€(gè)相關(guān)的問(wèn)題。首先，大量閱讀應(yīng)被視作學(xué)習(xí)過(guò)程中的重點(diǎn)，因?yàn)槲覀兪峭ㄟ^(guò)閱讀獲取最大量語(yǔ)言輸入(languageinput)的。其次，盡可能多背一些好文章也十分重要。一方面，死記硬背(rotelearning)確實(shí)無(wú)甚裨益，但另一方面，在真正理解基礎(chǔ)上的熟記肯定對(duì)我們有好處。大腦中存儲(chǔ)了大量很好的文章，我們?cè)谟糜⒄Z(yǔ)表達(dá)自己思想的時(shí)候，就會(huì)覺(jué)得容易多了。最后，我們應(yīng)該把所學(xué)到的東西用到實(shí)踐中去，這是至關(guān)重要的。通過(guò)多讀、多寫(xiě)、多聽(tīng)、多說(shuō)，我們就能完成提高英語(yǔ)水平的任務(wù)。Iconsideritworthwhiletryingtosummariz

2、eourexperienceinlearningEnglish.HereIwouldliketomakethreerelevantpoints.First,widereadingshouldbetakenasapriorityinthelearningprogress,becauseitisthroughreadingthatwegetthemostlanguageinput.Next,learningbyheartasmanywell-writtenessaysaspossibleisalsoveryimportant.Ontheonehand,rotelearning/learningby

3、roteisindeedoflittlehelp,butontheotherhand,memorization/learningbyheartwithagoodunderstandingwillcertainlybeofbenefit/dogoodtous.Withanenormousstoreofexcellentessaysinourheads,wewillfinditmucheasiertoexpressusinEnglish.Finally,it'scriticalthatweshouldputwhatwehavelearnedintopractice.Bydoingmorer

4、eading,writing,listeningandspeaking,wewillbeabletothetaskofperfectingourEnglish.自從他加盟以來(lái)，喬治從早忙到晚。他總是樂(lè)呵呵的，一直全身心地?fù)湓诠ぷ魃?。由于表現(xiàn)出色，他被提升為執(zhí)行總裁(CEO=CHIEFEXECUTIVEOFFICER.從那以后，他盡力和工人打成一片，從不盛氣凌人。另外，他制定了一些獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)制度，鼓勵(lì)工人們努力工作。他相信忠誠(chéng)和勤勞會(huì)大大促使公司獲得成功。人們都說(shuō)他是位出色的執(zhí)行總裁。Georgewasontherunsincethemomenthecameaboard.Hewasalwayschee

5、rfulanddevotedhimselfheartandsoultohiswork.BecauseofhisexcellentperformancehewaspromotedtoCEO.Fromthenonhetriedhardtoblendinwithotherworkersandneverthrewhisweightaround.Healsolaiddown/introducedarewardsystemtoencouragetheworkerstoworkhard.Hebelievedthatloyaltyandhardworkwouldgreatlycontributetothesu

6、ccessofthecompany.Byallaccountshewasanoutstandingchiefexecutiveofficer.也許你羨慕我，因?yàn)槲铱梢越柚?jì)算機(jī)在家里工作。我也這么想，互聯(lián)網(wǎng)使我的工作方便多了。我可以通過(guò)電子郵件撰寫(xiě)、編輯并交出我的文章，在網(wǎng)上與我的同事聊天，與老板討論工作。我用鼠標(biāo)一擊，馬上就能拿到我要的一切資料，獲得最新的消息?？墒牵硪环矫?，用網(wǎng)絡(luò)通信有時(shí)也令人沮喪。系統(tǒng)有可能癱瘓，更糟的是，因?yàn)闆](méi)有面對(duì)面交談的情感提示，鍵出的詞有時(shí)候似乎很難理解。Perhapsyouenvymeforbeingabletoworkfromhomeonthecompute

7、r.IagreethattheInternethasmademyjobaloteasier.Icanwrite,writeandeditarticlesviaemail,chatwithmycolleaguesonlineanddiscussworkwithmyboss.Withaclickofthemouse,IcangetallthedataIneedandkeepupwiththelatestnews.Butthen,communicatingthroughtheNetcanbefrustratingattimes.Thesystemmaycrash.Worsestill,without

8、theemotionalcuesofface-to-facecommunication,thetypedwordssometimesseemsdifficulttointerpret.眾多事實(shí)證明這一說(shuō)法：要想讓自己很快從低落的情緒中解脫出來(lái)，你得讓自己哭。你不必為“哭”而感到羞愧。憂慮和悲傷能隨同眼淚一起流出身體?？匆豢刺颇鹊睦影伞Ｋ膬鹤釉谝淮诬嚨溨胁恍覇噬?。這次打擊之大使她欲哭無(wú)淚。她說(shuō)：“直到兩個(gè)星期后的一天，我才開(kāi)始放聲痛哭。然后，我便覺(jué)得一塊石頭從我的肩上抬走了。是眼淚將我?guī)Щ氐搅爽F(xiàn)實(shí)之中，幫助我度過(guò)危機(jī)?！盢umerousfactsbearouttheargument/stat

9、ement/claimthatinordertorecoverspeedilyfromnegativeemotion,youshouldallowyourselftocry.Youneedn't/donh'avfetobeashamedofcrying.Anxietyandsorrowcanflowoutofthebodyalongwithtears.Considerthecaseof/TakeDonna,Hersonunfortunatelydiedinacaraccident.Theintensityoftheblowmadeherunabletocry.Shesaid,“

10、ItwasnotuntiltwoweekslaterthatIbegantocry.AndthenIfeltasifabigstonehadbeenliftedfrommyshoulders.Itwasthetearsthatbroughtmebacktoearthandhelpedmesurvivethecrisis.”芭芭拉夢(mèng)想當(dāng)一名執(zhí)行總裁已有好長(zhǎng)時(shí)間了。為了達(dá)到心中渴望的這一目的，她向多家跨國(guó)(multi-national)公司申請(qǐng)工作，但都失敗。然而，似乎任何東西都不能使她氣餒。不久前她利用當(dāng)?shù)匾患毅y行的貸款，開(kāi)了一家餐館。她邊做生意邊照料兩個(gè)年幼的孩子。同時(shí)，她還攻讀工商管理碩士(

11、MBA)學(xué)位。盡管如此，她努力做到將自己的事情安排得井井有條。不過(guò)，即便對(duì)她來(lái)說(shuō)，爭(zhēng)分奪秒地工作也絕非易事。這是件累人的活兒。BarbarahasdreamedofbecomingaCEOforalongtime.Toachieveherheart'sdesire,sheappliedforajobinmanymulti-nationalcorporation,butfailtogetit.However,nothingseemstobeabletoundoher.Withaloanfromalocalbanksheopenedarestaurantnolongago.Whiledoi

12、ngbusinesssheishavingtwoyoungchildrentocarefor.Also,sheisstudyingforanMBAdegree.Despiteallthisshemanagestogetheracttogether.Nevertheless,eventoher,racingtheclockisbynomeansapieceofcake.It'saveryexhaustingjob.雖然英語(yǔ)是如何產(chǎn)生的還是個(gè)謎，語(yǔ)言學(xué)家傾向于認(rèn)為它和很多歐洲語(yǔ)言來(lái)自一個(gè)源頭，即印歐語(yǔ)系。英語(yǔ)最初是在公元五世紀(jì)入侵英格蘭的盎格魯一撒克遜人使用的。他們將英語(yǔ)的基本詞匯傳給了我

13、們。在十五個(gè)多世紀(jì)的發(fā)展中，英語(yǔ)大量借用了其他語(yǔ)言，這種借用大大豐富了英語(yǔ)的詞匯。隨著移民來(lái)到美洲建立了獨(dú)立的美利堅(jiān)合眾國(guó)，英語(yǔ)又增添了一個(gè)新的變種：美語(yǔ)。雖然有人擔(dān)憂英語(yǔ)的發(fā)展失控了，但大多數(shù)以英語(yǔ)為母語(yǔ)的人對(duì)他們語(yǔ)言的寬容性感到自豪。ThoughhowtheEnglishlanguagecameintoexistenceremainsmystery,linguistsnowtendtobelievethatEnglishandmostotherEuropeanlanguageshavedescendedfromacommonsource:theIndo-Europeanparentlang

14、uage.EnglishwasfirstspokenbytheAnglo-SaxonswhoinvadedEnglandinthefifthcentury.TheypassedontousthebasicvocabularyofEnglish.Initsover15centuriesofdevelopment,Englishhasborrowedfromotherlanguagesmassively,andsuchborrowinghasgreatlyenricheditsvocabulary.AssettlerslandedinAmericaandestablishedtheUnitedSt

15、atesasanindependentnation,anewvarietywasaddedtotheEnglishlanguage:AmericanEnglish.Thoughsomepeopleworrythatthelanguageisrunningoutofcontrol,manynativespeakersofEnglishtakeprideinthetoleranceoftheirlanguage.一十年之前，南希做了許許多多美國(guó)人夢(mèng)寐以求的事。她辭去了經(jīng)理職位，在鄰近地區(qū)開(kāi)了一家家用器材商店。像南希這樣的人作出這種決定主要是出于改善生活質(zhì)量的愿望。然而，經(jīng)營(yíng)小本生意絕非易事。在失去

16、穩(wěn)定的收入后，南希不得不削減日常開(kāi)支。有時(shí)候她甚至沒(méi)有錢支付她所需要的種種保險(xiǎn)的費(fèi)用。有一次她連電話費(fèi)也付不起，只得向她的父母親借錢。幸運(yùn)的是，通過(guò)自己的努力，她已經(jīng)度過(guò)了最困難的時(shí)期。她決心繼續(xù)追求她所向往的更加美好的生活。Adecadeago,NancydidwhatsomanyAmericansdreamabout.Shequitanexecutivepositionandopen/setupahouseholdequipmentstoreinherneighborhood.PeoplelikeNancymadethedecisionprimarilybecauseoftheirdesi

17、retoimprovethequalityoftheirlives.But,torunasmallbusinessisbyonmeansaneasyjob.Withouthersteadyincome,Nancyhadtocutbackonherdailyexpenses.Sometimesshedidnothavethemoneytopaythepremiumsforvariouskindsofinsurancesheneeded.Onceshecouldnotevenpickupthephonebillandhadtoaskherparentstoloanhersomemoney.Fort

18、unately,throughherownhardwork,shehadnowgotthroughthemostdifficulttime.Sheisdeterminedtocontinuepursinghervisionofabetterlife.亨森獲得自由后不久就一心幫助逃跑奴隸。他幾次偷偷地從加拿大回到美國(guó)幫助其他奴隸通過(guò)地下鐵路獲得自由。有一次在逃跑時(shí)亨森和幾個(gè)逃跑的奴隸被捕捉奴隸的人包圍。他將逃跑的奴隸喬裝打扮一番，成功地躲避了追捕。另外，他后來(lái)在加拿大的得累斯頓為逃跑的奴隸建造了一個(gè)居住小區(qū)，并建了教堂和學(xué)校。他堅(jiān)信奴隸制將被廢除，所有奴隸終將獲得解放，種族歧視消失的那天一定會(huì)到

19、來(lái)。ShortlyafterheachievedfreedomHensonbecameintentonassistingfugitiveslaves.HesecretlyreturnedtotheUnitedStatesfromCanadaseveraltimestohelpotherstotraveltheUndergroundRailroadtofreedom.OncesomeslavecatchersclosedinontheescapingslavesandHensonwhentheywereontherun.Hedisguisedthemandsuccessfullyavoidedc

20、apture.LaterhebuiltasmallsettlementinDresden,Canadaforescapedslaves,settingupachapelandaschool.Heheldtotheconvictionthatslaverywouldbeabolished,andthedaywasboundtocomewhenracialdiscriminationnolongerexisted.人們幾乎無(wú)法將蓄意行竊的盜賊拒之門外。所能做的只是設(shè)法阻攔他片刻，從而使其暴露在巡警面前。常識(shí)告訴我們光照是犯罪行為的障礙物。家門口必須安裝一盞燈，并在晚間開(kāi)著。如果你碰巧是最晚一個(gè)回家

21、，別只關(guān)門而不上鎖。如果你決定購(gòu)買精密的電子報(bào)警系統(tǒng)，別忘了索要報(bào)警器的標(biāo)志，并把它們張貼在窗戶和門上。此外，你還可以將報(bào)警系統(tǒng)連接到警署。Itisalmostimpossibletokeepadeterminedburglarout.Allyoucandoisdiscouragehimforafewminutes,thusexposinghimtopolicepatrols.Commonsensetellsusthatlightingisabarriertocriminalactivity.Alightshouldbefixedinthedoorwayandswitchedonatnight

22、.Makesure/Assureyourselfthatyoudon'tleavethedooronthelatchifyouhappentobethelasttocomein.Ifyoudecidetobuyasophisticatedelectronicalarmsystem,besuretoaskforitssignsandputthemuponbothwindowsanddoors.Inadditionyoumayhaveithookeduptoapolicestation.2005年最不尋常的事也許是聯(lián)合國(guó)宣布這一年為世界物理學(xué)年。這一年是愛(ài)因斯坦發(fā)表相對(duì)論100周年，也是他

23、去世50周年，1905年，愛(ài)因斯坦發(fā)表了五篇科學(xué)史上非常重要的了論文，從而使物理學(xué)發(fā)生了突破性進(jìn)展。他的偉大成就可歸之于他令人驚嘆的想象力，不斷地質(zhì)疑和對(duì)權(quán)威的漠視。毫無(wú)疑問(wèn)，愛(ài)因斯坦是20實(shí)際最偉大的科學(xué)家。Whatwasremarkableabout2005wasperhapsthattheUNdeclaredit"TheWorldYearofPhysics".Itwasthe100thanniversaryofEinstein'stheoryofrelativityandthe50thanniversaryofhisdeath.In1905Einsteinpu

24、blishedfivehighlyimportantessaysinthehistoryofscience,thusrevolutionizingphysics.Hisgreatachievementscanbecreditedtohisimpressivepowersofimagination,constantquestioning,andnotgivingafigforauthority.ItisbeyonddoubtthatEinsteinwasthegreatestscientistinthe20thcentury.在感恩節(jié)的氣氛中，喬治并沒(méi)有跟朋友們一起慶祝節(jié)日，卻沉浸于閱讀他父親留

25、給他的日記。他的父親在連續(xù)再次完成環(huán)球旅行后在海上去世。這份日記使他回憶起自己與父親一起度過(guò)的每一刻以及父親為他所做的許多具體事情。喬治的父親過(guò)去經(jīng)常向他強(qiáng)調(diào)必須經(jīng)歷各種艱難困苦去追求卓越(EXCELLENCE他還教導(dǎo)他世界上沒(méi)有理所當(dāng)然的東西。即使今天，他依然記得父親如何引用“懂得感激是高尚者的標(biāo)志”這句伊索(AESOP名言來(lái)教導(dǎo)他要把懂得感激放在最重要的位置。AmidtheatmosphereofThanksgiving,ratherthanjoininghisfriendsincelebrationoftheholiday,Georgewasimmersedinthediaryleftt

26、ohimbyhisfather,whodiedatseaafterhecompletedtwosuccessivetripsaroundtheworld.ThediarybroughtbackeverymomentGeorgehadspentwithhisfatherandmanyofthespecificthingshisfatherdidonhisbehalf.George'sfatherusedtoimpressonhimtheneedstoundergoallkindsofhardshipinquestofexcellence.Healsotaughthimthatnothin

27、gintheworldcouldbetakenforgranted.Eventoday,GeorgestillremembershowhisfatherwouldquoteAesop'sfamoussaying"Gratitudeisthesignofnoblesouls"andtellhimtoaccordthegreatestimportancetoit.我們到處都能看到“搶眼”的青年藝術(shù)家。他們要么一年四季都穿著破舊的牛仔褲；要么大冬天也打著赤腳；要么飲酒過(guò)度；要么就是抱著創(chuàng)作一部杰作的幻想，實(shí)際上并不做任何創(chuàng)作的事。其實(shí)，他們中的很多人只不過(guò)是為了看上去像名

28、藝術(shù)家，或是為了同其他藝術(shù)家“保持一致”才這么做的。他們忘了，只有通過(guò)不懈的努力才能獲得成功。Hereandthereweseeyoungartistswhostandoutfromotherpeople.Theymaybeinworn-outjeansalltheyearround,orwalkinbarefeeteveninwinter,ordrinktoexcess,orclingtothefancyofcreatingamasterpiecewithoutactuallydoinganycreativework.Infact,manyofthemactlikethisjusttoloo

29、kthepart,ortobe"intuneswith"otherartists.Theyhaveforgottenthatonlythroughpersistenteffortcanoneachievesuccess.湯姆生來(lái)跛足，有一條腿不管用。他很小的時(shí)候起就懂得，除非他努力擺脫(RISEABOVE)自身的局限，他是無(wú)力謀生的；而除非他能獨(dú)立謀生，他就不可能得到他人的尊敬。這是他要贏得做人的尊嚴(yán)必須付出的代價(jià)。湯姆申請(qǐng)過(guò)許多工作，都遭到拒絕，最后他找到一份為必勝客(PIZZAHUT送比薩餅的工作。后來(lái)他又到一個(gè)沒(méi)有人想去的推銷區(qū)做一家運(yùn)動(dòng)服裝(SPORTSWEAR公司

30、的銷售代表?，F(xiàn)在，他在他的家鄉(xiāng)擁有一家頗為盈利的零售商店，還雇用了好幾個(gè)人為他工作，這些人都不拿薪水，只拿傭金。Tomwasbornacripple,withoneofhislowerlimbsuseless.Earlyinhischildhood,helearnedthatunlesshesoexertedhimselfastoriseabovehislimitations,hecouldnotearnaliving,andunlesshesucceededinmakingalivingonhisown,hecouldnotwin/gaintherespectofothers.Thatwas

31、thepricehehadtopayforhisdignityasahumanbeing.Tomappliedfornumerousjobs,onlytobeturneddown,beforehefinallygotoneasadeliveryboyforaPizzaHut.Hethenworkedasasalesrepresentativeforasportswearcompanyinaterritorynooneelsewouldwant.Todayheownsafairlyprofitableretailshopinhishometown,andhiresseveralpeopletow

32、orkforhimonstraightcommission.1997年，蘇格蘭一組科學(xué)家的克隆實(shí)驗(yàn)使多利羊得以誕生。自那時(shí)以來(lái)，有關(guān)克隆人的激烈爭(zhēng)論一直進(jìn)行著。這一有爭(zhēng)議的問(wèn)題的焦點(diǎn)聚集在此項(xiàng)技術(shù)的倫理與社會(huì)含義上：此項(xiàng)技術(shù)會(huì)對(duì)人類生育，撫養(yǎng)孩子以及人的個(gè)性等的真正意義帶來(lái)什么影響。大多數(shù)人學(xué)家堅(jiān)決反對(duì)繁殖性克隆，支持旨在治療疾病的治療性克隆。其理由是，治療性的克隆技術(shù)不涉及任何對(duì)人的生命的威脅，實(shí)際上還能為人們提供極大的緩解痛苦的可能。他們相信有適當(dāng)?shù)恼吆捅O(jiān)管以確保治療性克隆被安全地使用，我們都能從這一過(guò)程中收益。Dollythesheepresultedfromacloningexper

33、imentbyagroupofScottishscientistsin1997.Afiercedebateonhumancloninghaseversincebeengoingon.Thiscontentiousissuehadfocusedonethicalandsocialimplicationsofthetechnology:whatthetechnologymightdototheverymeaningofhumanreproduction,childrearing,individuality,etcetera.Themajorityofscientistsareadamantlyop

34、posedtoreproductivecloningandsupporttherapeuticcloningfortreatingdiseases.Thereasonisthattherapeuticcloningdoesnotinvolveanytypeofrisktohumanlifeandactuallyprovidestremendouspotentialforthereliefofsufferinginhumanbeings.Scientistsbelievethatwithpoliciesandmonitoringinplacetoensurethattherapeuticclon

35、ingisusedsafely,wecanalbenefitfromthisprocedure.三攻勢(shì)已經(jīng)持續(xù)了三天，但我們并沒(méi)有取得多少進(jìn)展。師長(zhǎng)(divisioncommander)命令我們營(yíng)(battalion)繞到敵人后方發(fā)起突然襲擊。然而，要繞到敵人后方，我們必須越過(guò)一片沼澤地(marshland)。我們很多人擔(dān)心會(huì)陷入泥潭之中。我們營(yíng)長(zhǎng)決定冒一下險(xiǎn)。所幸由于寒冷天氣早則地都結(jié)上了冰。我們于天亮前到達(dá)目的地并從敵人后方發(fā)起進(jìn)攻，這一下扭轉(zhuǎn)了戰(zhàn)局。敵人沒(méi)有戒備，不久便投降了。Theoffensivehadlastedthreedays,butwehadnotgainedmuchgrou

36、nd.Thedivisioncommanderinstructedourbattaliontogetaroundtotherearoftheenemyatnightandlaunchasurpriseattack.Todothiswehavetocrossamarshland,andmanyofuswereafraidwemightgetboggeddowninthemud.Ourbattalioncommanderdecidedtotakeagamble.Luckilyenough,thankstotheseverelycoldweatherwhichhadmadethemarshlandf

37、reezeover,wearrivedourdestinationbeforedawnandbeganattackingtheenemyfromtherear.Thishadturnedthetideofthebattle.Theenemy,caughtoffguard,soonsurrendered.汽車自從發(fā)明以來(lái)使交通運(yùn)輸發(fā)生了革命性的變化，永遠(yuǎn)的改變了人們的生活，旅行和辦事的方式。但另一方面，也帶來(lái)了一些危害，尤其是公路死亡事故。然而，現(xiàn)今由于計(jì)算機(jī)技術(shù)和電子傳感器的使用，有可能消除發(fā)生的大多數(shù)交通事故。例如裝在你汽車上的電子傳感器能檢測(cè)到空氣中的酒精霧氣并拒絕啟動(dòng)引擎。同樣，傳感器還

38、能通過(guò)接收在軌道上運(yùn)行的衛(wèi)星發(fā)出的信號(hào)檢測(cè)路況并大大減少你陷入交通擁堵的可能性。Automobileshave,sincetheirinvention,revolutionizedtransportation,changingforeverthewaypeopletravel,anddobusiness.Ontheotherhand,theyhavebroughthazards,especiallyhighwayfatalities.However,todaytheapplicationofcomputertechnologyandelectronicsensorsindesigningand

39、manufacturingcarsmakesitpossibletoeliminatemostoftrafficaccidents.Forexample,electronicsensorsmountedinyourcarcandetectalcoholvaporintheairandrefusetostartuptheengine.Theycanalsomonitorroadconditionsbyreceivingradiosignalssentoutfromorbitingsatellitesandgreatlyreduceyourchancesofgettingstuckintraffi

40、cjams.常言道，好的開(kāi)端是成功的一半。在求職時(shí)，求職者事先做好充分的準(zhǔn)備是非常重要的。我認(rèn)為，事先作不作準(zhǔn)備常常會(huì)影響求職者的成功機(jī)會(huì)。我的一位朋友在一家計(jì)算機(jī)軟件公司供職，年薪十萬(wàn)美元左右。他根據(jù)自己的經(jīng)歷告訴我說(shuō)，那些對(duì)未來(lái)的雇員具有錄用決定權(quán)的人喜歡有充分準(zhǔn)備的人。那些沒(méi)有在了解未來(lái)的雇主方面盡全力的人很難有成功的希望。Wellbegun,halfdone,asthesayinggoes.Itisextremelyimportantforajobapplicanttodohishomeworkwhileseekingemployment.Frommystandpoint,whethe

41、rornotonehasdonehishomeworkclearlymakesadifferenceinhischanceofsuccess.Ihaveafriendwhoisearningsomewhereintheneighborhoodof100thousanddollarsayearinalargecomputersoftwarecompany.Hetoldmethatfromhisownexperiencethedecisionmakerswhointerviewprospectiveemployeeslikepeoplewhoarewellprepared.Thosewhomake

42、noendeavortolearnasmuchabouthisprospectiveemployeraspossibledon'thavemuchofachanceofsuccess.全球化對(duì)中國(guó)年輕人具有重大影響。例如，年輕的農(nóng)民正在大規(guī)模流向城市尋找工作。而對(duì)那些想出國(guó)深造或進(jìn)外企工作的年輕人來(lái)說(shuō)，英語(yǔ)變得越來(lái)越重要。另一方面，許多海外學(xué)子近年來(lái)回歸祖國(guó)，因?yàn)樗麄兛春弥袊?guó)經(jīng)濟(jì)的長(zhǎng)期增長(zhǎng)前景。因特網(wǎng)加強(qiáng)了中國(guó)年輕人和其他地方年輕人的聯(lián)系。他們跟蹤最新的潮流，模仿外國(guó)的時(shí)尚。他們中一些人似乎不在乎中國(guó)的傳統(tǒng)美德，更不要說(shuō)發(fā)揚(yáng)光大，這使得有人擔(dān)憂中國(guó)傳統(tǒng)文化會(huì)不會(huì)有一天終將消失。Glob

43、alizationhasgreatimplicationsforyoungChinese.Forexample,youngfarmersaremovingonalargescaletourbanareasforjobs.Andforthoseyoungpeoplewhoaspiretostudyabroadorworkinforeign-investedenterprises,Englishhasbecomeincreasinglyimportant.Atthesametime,aconsiderablenumberofoverseasChinesehavereturnedhomeinrece

44、ntyears,fortheyholdanoptimisticoutlookforthelong-termgrowthoftheChineseeconomy.TheInternethasstrengthenedthelinksbetweenChineseyoungpeopleandthoseelsewhere.Theyfollowthelatesttrendscancopyforeignfashions.Someofthemdon'tseemtocarefortraditionalChinesevirtues,letalonecarrythemforward,whichhasgiven

45、risetoworriesthatthetraditionalChineseculturemightonedayvanish.就我來(lái)說(shuō)，我發(fā)現(xiàn)外表往往是靠不住的。比如說(shuō)吧，要是你憑外表去判斷諸如毛姆筆下的愛(ài)德華海德伯頓這樣的人，你就錯(cuò)了。從外表和舉止來(lái)看，伯頓好像是個(gè)渾然一體的人。他個(gè)子很小，滿頭白發(fā)，有著一雙溫和、蔚藍(lán)的眼睛。他文雅坦率，和藹可親，許多人都說(shuō)他是個(gè)世上最令人尊敬的人。然而，他對(duì)需要他幫助的朋友卻很殘忍。他侮辱和愚弄山窮水盡的倫尼，讓他去做那樣的蠢事。更讓人吃驚的是，他對(duì)倫尼的死全然冷漠無(wú)情。毫無(wú)疑問(wèn)，他是個(gè)鐵石心腸的家伙。Formyownpart,Ifindthatappea

46、rancesarealltoooftendeceptive.Forinstance,youmightbewrongifyoujudgedbyappearancesonlypeoplelikeEdwardHydeBurton.Inappearance,heseemedamanallofapiece.Hewasatinylittlefellowwithwhitehairandmildblueeyes,gentleandcandid.Nevertheless,heturnedouttobeverycruelheinsultedandfooledLennywhowasdownandoutandmade

47、himcommithimselftoaninsaneventure.WhatwasstillmoresurprisingwasthathewascompletelyindifferenttoLennyWithdutsddebth.Burtonwasamanwithaheartofstone.當(dāng)今我們現(xiàn)在處于持續(xù)的壓力之下，要工作更長(zhǎng)時(shí)間，要生產(chǎn)更多，擁有更多。許多人有種錯(cuò)誤的認(rèn)識(shí)：幸福就在于拼命地干，使勁地賺。許多婦女今天感到同樣的壓力，要?jiǎng)?chuàng)造，要出人頭地，而與此同時(shí)，又要養(yǎng)育子女，承擔(dān)起各種家庭責(zé)任。研究表明，工作狂workaaholism往往使我們與家人的關(guān)系疏遠(yuǎn)。它會(huì)迫使我們長(zhǎng)時(shí)間地勞作

48、，僅留微乎其微的時(shí)間與我們所愛(ài)的人聚在一起、交流感情。家庭成員間的親密關(guān)系在此過(guò)程中注定要消亡。Todayweareunderconstantpressuretoworklongerhours,toproducemore,andtopossessmore.Lotsofpeopleholdthewrongperceptionthathappinessliesinworkinghardandearningwell/goodmoney.Manywomentodayfeelthesamestresstoworkandgetaheadand,atthesametime,tonurturetheiroffspringandshouldertheburdenofdomesticresponsibilities.Researchshowsthatworkaholismtendstodistanceusfromourimmediatefamilies.Itforcesustotoillongerandlongerhours,leavingaminutefractionofourtimetobephysicallyandemotionallyavaila