合肥工業(yè)大學(xué)研究生英語復(fù)習(xí)課本重點(diǎn)句

1、1I have never cultivated a mustache though Im sure one would enhance my distinguished looks and cause women to giggle as I passed along the boulevard. 盡管我確信蓄胡子會(huì)使我更加氣度不凡，走在大街上會(huì)使女性發(fā)笑，但我從不留胡子。2I might be thrown into such a panic that Id blurt out . 我可能會(huì)驚慌得脫口而出. 3It is one of the paradoxes of social int

2、ercourse that a compliment is harder to respond to than an insult. Here is an area of small talk that most of us act awkwardly.在社會(huì)交往中，應(yīng)對恭維比對付辱罵要艱難得多，這話聽起來有點(diǎn)矛盾，卻有一定的道理。閑聊時(shí)來句恭維話，往往讓我們大多數(shù)人不知所措。5Someone utters a pleasing, praiseful remark in our direction and we grow inarticulate and our kneecaps begin

3、to vibrate. 有人對我們說上一句動(dòng)聽、贊美的話，我們就慌得說不出話來，膝蓋開始瑟瑟發(fā)抖。 6I cant accept with grace a compliment bestowed upon me for a thing that isnt really mine.如果別人稱贊不是真正屬于我自己的東西時(shí)，我根本無法欣然接受. 7The nearest I ever came to downright acceptance of this particular compliment was the time I said, “Well, we like it.”我在接受這種特定的恭

4、維時(shí)，表示最能完全接受的說法就是“嗯，我們喜歡。” 8. carried away by the vastness of his complimentary remark . 被他的這種極度夸張的恭維話所吸引的9I think we make a mistake when we react to a compliment with denial and derogation. 我認(rèn)為，對待恭維采取否定和貶低的態(tài)度是錯(cuò)誤的。 10The situation here is much the same as the one regarding my view.這種情景，與我上述提出的觀點(diǎn)非常相似。

5、 11I know a man who has put his mind to this problem and come up with a technique for brushing off praise. 我認(rèn)識(shí)一個(gè)潛心研究這種問題的人，他想出了一個(gè)辦法來避開別人的表揚(yáng)。12He employs a sort of unreasonable realism. 他采取了一種不近情理的現(xiàn)實(shí)態(tài)度。 13I dont think this fellow is on the right track. 我想這個(gè)家伙回答的方式有問題。 14This sort of thing, the witty

6、reply, ought to be placed under government regulation. 這種俏皮機(jī)智的應(yīng)答，應(yīng)該置于政府的規(guī)定之中。 15That one, I thought, was more than passable. 我想，這個(gè)回答相當(dāng)不錯(cuò)。 16But for every genuinely clever retort there are a thousand that fall flat. 但是，在千百次的應(yīng)對中才會(huì)有一句真正巧妙的應(yīng)答。 17It takes a Dorothy Parker or a George S. Kaufman to handle

7、 the quip comeback with skill. 只有像多蘿西帕克或喬治考夫曼這樣的人才能應(yīng)對自如。18 swell out their chests挺著胸脯19I worked like a dog to get it written. 我當(dāng)時(shí)寫得好苦啊。 20. the unwritten code of authorhood . 著書人的一條不成文的規(guī)定.21. with immeasurably lovely egg on your face . 一臉尷尬 22There is no point in trying to play the game back at them

8、 theyll top you in the end, no matter what. 要想回敬他們是沒有用的不管說什么，最后他們總會(huì)占上風(fēng)。23. at the bottom of all graceful social intercourse lies poise . 在所有得體的社交場合，最根本的就是保持鎮(zhèn)定 24Given the same circumstances I would have quietly asked for a coil of rope. 要是我遇到這種情況，我會(huì)感到極為窘迫，恨不得悄悄地找根繩子去上吊。 .25If we could all comport ou

9、rselves with that kind of dignity, and quit jittering, our social life would be much more enjoyable.要是我們的行為舉止都能保持這種風(fēng)度，擺脫局促不安，那我們的社交生活就會(huì)有趣得多。 26. the chances hes just making conversation . 他可能只是想和你說說話。 Unit 2 1. I date a woman for a whileliterary type, well-read, lots of books in her placewhom I admi

10、red a bit too extravagantly (unusually unreasonably high; exorbitant), and one Christmas I decided to give her something nice and, Im afraid, unusually expensive.我曾與一位女子約會(huì)過一段時(shí)間她屬于文學(xué)愛好者之類，博覽群書，其寓所藏書甚豐我對她的傾慕有點(diǎn)過分。有一次圣誕節(jié)，我決定送她一樣非同一般的好東西，其價(jià)格也是貴得嚇人。2She insisted that I take the books back or sell them or

11、keep them for myself. When I protested she just got more upset, and finally she asked me to leave and to take the books with me. Hurt and perplexed, I did.她堅(jiān)持認(rèn)為我把書拿走，要么賣掉，要么自己留著。見我不肯罷休，她越發(fā)不安。最后，她請我?guī)е鴷x開。我傷心困惑地離開了。3But I have it in me, obviously, to be, as my ex-girlfriend said, totally out of propor

12、tion: to give people things I cant afford, or things that betoken an intimacy that doesnt exist, or things that bear no relation to the interests or desires of the person Im giving them to.但我的毛病也是明擺著的，正如我的前女友所言，送的禮物根本就不合適。比如說：送給人家的禮物自己難以支付， 或者把象征親密關(guān)系的禮物送給與自己沒有那層關(guān)系的人，或者送的禮物與所送之人的興趣或渴望的東西毫不相干。4In most

13、 cultures, most of them more sensible than our own, the giving of gifts is highly ritualisticthat is, it is governed by rules and regulations; it is under strict social control. It is also, more or less explicitly, an exchange.在大多數(shù)文化中（其中多數(shù)文化都比 我們的文化更明智）， 送禮是很講究規(guī)矩的也就是說，受到條條框框的限制和嚴(yán)格的社會(huì)制約。送禮多少有點(diǎn)明顯地也是一種

14、交換 。5Gift-giving involves the expectations of reciprocity therefore, but we wise men of the western world avoid this fact; we paper it over with rhetoric about selflessness, about how much better it is to give than to receive.因此，送禮涉及到對互惠的期待，但我們西方世界的智者卻回避這個(gè)事實(shí)：我們高談無私之道，闊談給予如何勝于接受，以遮掩這一點(diǎn)。6Ive given som

15、e thought to my own proclivities in this matter and have concluded that even at my most ridiculously generous, my most spontaneously giving, I expect something in turn as much as the next man does.我曾反省過自己在這方面的習(xí)性，并得出這樣的結(jié)論：即使在我慷慨的最最荒唐，送禮完全是發(fā)自內(nèi)心時(shí)，我也和別人一樣期待著回報(bào)。.7We want those clichs. We want what everyb

16、ody wants: the timeless, unchangeable gestures; the rituals; the beautiful wrapping paper; the ribbonsironed, no less, and chosen to go with the color of the paper.我們需要那些老一套的東西。我們需要人人需要的東西：亙古不變的姿態(tài)、各種儀式、漂亮的包裝紙、緞帶而且必須是熨過的、精選的、與包裝紙顏色相配的緞帶。8There are professional altruists, its truenurses, social worker

17、s, all these so-called “helping professions”but they get paid to dispense their services; as for governmental largess, ask any welfare recipient whether its given freely or grudgingly.職業(yè)利他主義者的存在確實(shí)是事實(shí)如護(hù)理人員、社會(huì)工作者以及所有那些所謂的“助人行業(yè)”但他們提供的是有償服務(wù)；至于政府的賞賜之物，出手大方還是給的勉強(qiáng)，去問任何一位領(lǐng)受福利的人便知。9None of the above, however

18、, caught my interest; that belonged to Cesar Chavez, whom I met on the ninth day of his famous fast as he lay in his austere room in the farm workers center in Delano, California, watching the sunlight fade.然而，上述之事全然沒有引起我的興趣，我的興趣在于塞扎夏維茲。我們見面的那天，正值他著名的絕食第九日。當(dāng)時(shí)他躺在德拉洛農(nóng)場工人中心自己那間陋室里觀賞日落余輝。10We want to gi

19、ve; beneath the neuroses, the compulsions, the fears, anxieties, desires, the self-pity, we harbor generous impulses, spontaneous warmth.我們愿意奉獻(xiàn)；在神經(jīng)官能癥、不自主的沖動(dòng)、恐懼、焦慮、欲望以及自憐的背后，我們也懷有慷慨的沖動(dòng)和自發(fā)的熱誠。11Whitman gave himself to the world and made the bold, massively egoistic assumption that the gift measured u

20、p. This is spiritual theory: you pass on the gifts God has given you, and the more you give, the more you will receive.惠特曼把自己奉獻(xiàn)給世人，并且大膽地、毫不謙遜地臆斷：他的禮物是合格的。這是一種崇高純潔的理論： 你把上帝賜予你的禮物傳送下去，你送出的越多， 得到的也越多。12As long as we dont deceive ourselves and imagine we dont want anything backwhen we all dotheres no da

21、nger of feeling the kind of unacknowledged disappointment over unacknowledged expectations that does turn people cynical.只要我們不欺騙自己，在期待回報(bào)時(shí)想象我們不“圖”回報(bào)，就不必顧慮期待落空造成的莫名失望會(huì)令人玩世不恭。Unit 51I was troubled by skepticism and unwillingly forced to the conclusion that most of what passes for knowledge open to reas

22、onable doubt. 我被懷疑主義所困擾，極不情愿地得出這樣的結(jié)論：所傳授的大部分知識(shí)都可以合理地公開質(zhì)疑。2But I discovered that many mathematical demonstrations, which my teachers expected me to accept, were full of fallacies, and that, if certainty were indeed discoverable in mathematics,it would be in a new kind of mathematics, with more solid

23、foundations than those that had hitherto been thought secure.然而我卻發(fā)現(xiàn)：老師希望我所接受的許多數(shù)學(xué)演算卻充滿了謬論；假如確定性果真能從數(shù)學(xué)中發(fā)現(xiàn)的話，那么它一定隱藏在一種新型的數(shù)學(xué)中，其基本原理比迄今為止人們認(rèn)為無懈可擊的數(shù)學(xué)原理更為可靠。 3Im convinced that intelligence, patience, and eloquence can, sooner or later, lead the human race out of its self-imposed tortures provided it doe

24、s not exterminate itself.我相信：只要人類不自我毀滅，智慧、忍耐和雄辯終究會(huì)指引人類走出自己強(qiáng)加于自己的苦難。4And there have been morbid miseries fostered by gloomy creeds, which have led men into profound inner discords that made all outward prosperity of no avail.悲觀的信念滋生了病態(tài)的痛苦，致使人類內(nèi)部極不和諧，從而造成外部的繁榮毫無成果。5They think hope is irrational and th

25、at, in sitting down to lazy despair, they are merely facing facts. 他們認(rèn)為：希望是缺乏理性的，而專注于懶散絕望才是面對現(xiàn)實(shí)。6To preserve hope in our world makes calls upon our intelligence and our energy.在我們所處的世界，心存希望需要智慧和力量。.7Hardly anyone was haunted by the fear of great wars. Hardly anyone thought of the nineteenth century

26、as a brief interlude between past and future barbarism. 幾乎沒有任何人因擔(dān)心大規(guī)模的戰(zhàn)爭而提心吊膽。幾乎沒有任何人把十九世紀(jì)看作是野蠻過去和野蠻未來之間的小小插曲。8It is comparatively easy to have an immense effect by means of a dogmatic and precise gospel. . 運(yùn)用教條主義的簡明信條去產(chǎn)生巨大的效應(yīng)，相對說來是不難的。 9Nor can I believe with any wholeheartedness in any partial doc

27、trine which deals only with some part or aspect of human life.我也不能真誠相信只涉及人類生活某一部分或某一方面的任何片面的學(xué)說。10There are those who believe that what is needed is a change of heart, and that, in comparison,institutions are of little account。有人認(rèn)為需要轉(zhuǎn)變心態(tài)，而制度相比之下則無關(guān)緊要。11And if individuals are to retain that measure of

28、 initiative and flexibility which they ought to have, they must not be all forced into one rigid mould; or to change the metaphor, all drilled into one army。如果個(gè)人要保持他們應(yīng)有的那種程度的首創(chuàng)性和靈活性，就萬萬不可將他們?nèi)急迫胪环N刻板的模式；換言之，不可把他們訓(xùn)練成一支軍隊(duì)。 12They were to be crowned by a synthesis, combining pure theory with a practica

29、l social philosophy。這兩套叢書綜合了純理論與實(shí)用社會(huì)哲學(xué)的觀點(diǎn)，演繹得非常成功。13I set out with a more or less religious belief in a Platonic eternal world, in which mathematics shone with a beauty like that of the last Cantos of the Paradiso.我開始有點(diǎn)兒虔誠地相信柏拉圖的永恒世界，在這個(gè)永恒的世界里，數(shù)學(xué)就像理想國的最后詩篇一樣燦爛美麗。14I may have conceived theoretical tr

30、uth wrongly, but I was not wrong in thinking that there is such a thing, and that it deserves our allegiance.我對理論真理的構(gòu)想或許是錯(cuò)誤的，但我堅(jiān)信這樣的真理是存在的，并值得我們?nèi)バе摇?5Personal: to care for what is noble, for what is beautiful, for what is gentle; to allow moments of insight to give wisdom at more mundane times.我個(gè)人的希

31、望是： 關(guān)注崇高之事，關(guān)注美好之事，關(guān)注高雅之事；讓片刻的頓悟在更平凡的歲月中生出智慧。Uint 6 1. I mention this incident because it illustrates the neurotic gabbiness that afflicts parents when it comes time to send their children to college.我之所以提起這件事，是因?yàn)樗f明談到送孩子上大學(xué)這件事，父母們就不由自主地神經(jīng)兮兮，羅里啰嗦。2. The most infuriating conversation is the one where

32、the parent clearly seeks a decisive, career- validating moment of emotional closure.最令人怒不可遏的談話就是參與探討的父母明顯是為炫耀自己感情，肯定自己教育的成功找個(gè)確定的場合。 3. A second, far more numerous class of obsessives consists of people who suddenly realize that their Brand X children arent going to make the cut.另一種偏執(zhí)狂父母數(shù)量更多，他們突然意識(shí)到孩

33、子們不可能走那條他們規(guī)定好的路。4.Reality has a way of upsetting the worst-laid plans of mice and Mensa.人算不如天算5. Every dark cloud has a silver lining.黑暗中總有光明。6Those grandiose delivery-room dreams of Amherst, Bard and Duke are suddenly going up in smoke.想當(dāng)年孩子出生的時(shí)候，夢想著他們有朝一日進(jìn)入名牌大學(xué)的希望如今灰飛煙滅。7Invariably, they are colle

34、ges you never heard of, in towns no one wants to visit ,in states whose capitals only repeat winners on “Jeopardy” can name.這些?？茖W(xué)院名字總是你聞所未聞的，所在的小鎮(zhèn)也是誰都不想去的，所處的州首府只有記憶力大賽的優(yōu)勝者才說的出。8Pressed for biographical data, I explained that I was a freelance writer, ticked off a list of my credentials and said I w

35、as pretty happy with the way my career had turned out. 他急于知道我的詳細(xì)經(jīng)歷，我解釋說自己是作家，向他列舉了我的教育和工作背景，告訴他我對于自己在事業(yè)上的發(fā)展感到非常高興9Parents such as these upwardly mobile automobile chuckleheads exude an almost Prussian belligerence when announcing their childrens destinations, congratulating themselves on a job well

36、done, while issuing a sotto voce taunt to parents of the less gifted. 這些只知道往上爬的愚蠢父母得意地宣稱自己的子女要去哪里念書，陶醉在自己的成功之中，殊不知這種近乎普魯士的挑釁做法，卻是對那些兒女并不出色的父母的侮辱和嘲諷Unit 1 B An important step in becoming an effective flatterer is to understand why flattery helps you establish better relationships with others. The roo

37、t cause of the power of flattery gets at a basic principle of human behavior： People crave being appreciated. The vast majority of people are of the similar idea despite different cultures. In Asian cultures the desire for group recognition is generally stronger than the desire for individual recogn

38、ition. Nevertheless, the need for recognition is present. Many people hold that the joy of work itself is more important than external recognition, including flattery. The joy of work may be a powerful motivator, but even those who get the biggest joy from their work such as scientists, artists, and

39、 photographers crave flattery and recognition. Otherwisethey wouldnt compete for Nobel Prizes or enter their work in important exhibitions. Another reason flattery is so effective relates to the normal need to be recognized. Although some articles and books have been written and preached zealously a

40、bout flattery, most people receive less recognition than they deserve. Many people hardly ever receive compliments either on the job or at home, thus intensifying their demand for flattery.Unit 2 BFlowers are among the most frequently given gifts. Theres a traditional floral language, and a carefull

41、y selected bouquet or plant can convey a wide range of emotions and sentiments. Red roses symbolize love as well as the hopeful beginning of a new enterprise; violets beseech the recipient not to forget the donor; orchids and other exquisite blooms indicate that the recipient regards you as exotic,

42、precious and rare. A floral gift that evokes warm recollections will be prized more than one that is simply showy and extravagant. Heres an example： Once a customer asked a florist to deliver a bouquet of a certain variety of rose yellow tinged with red to a hospital where her mother lay seriously i

43、ll. “Theyve been my mothers favorite flowers since she carried them at her wedding many years ago,” she said. The florist found the flowers she wanted after a week of searching. The customers mother was delighted at the sight of the flowers she had long cherished. A floral gift can also strengthen t

44、he emotional ties between husband and wife. Heres a brief story of that nature： A doctor, on his 57th birthday, received an ambitious floral gift. What was it? Well, he returned home from work that day, much to his joyful surprise, he found his front lawn turned into a rose garden containing 57 bush

45、es. “It was a wonderful, self-renewing gift from my wife a constant reminder of her and her love,” he said.Unit 5 BPsychologically there are two dangers to be guarded against in old age. One of these is undue absorption in the past. It does not do to live in memories, in regrets for the good old day

46、s, or in sadness about friends who are dead. Ones thoughts must be directed to the future, and to things about which there is something to be done. This is not always easy; ones own past is a gradually increasing weight. It is easy to think to oneself that ones emotions used to be more vivid than th

47、ey are, and ones mind more keen. If this is true it should be forgotten, and if it is forgotten it will probably not be true. The other thing to be avoided is clinging to youth in the hope of sucking vigor from its vitality. When your children are grown up they want to live their own lives, and if you continue to be as interested in them as you were when they were young, you are likely to become a burden to them, unless they are unusually callous. This does not mean that one should be without interest in them, but ones interest should be contemplative and, if possible, philanthropic, but not