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Unit1Mr.DohertyBuildsHisDreamLife12Isuspectnoteveryonewholovesthecountrywouldbehappylivingthewaywedo.Ittakesacoupleofspecialqualities.Oneisatoleranceforsolitude.Becausewearesobusyandonsuchatightbudget,wedon'tentertainmuch.Duringthegrowingseasonthereisnotimeforsocializinganyway.JimandEmilyareinvolvedinschoolactivities,buttheytoospendmostoftheirtimeathome.我想,不是所有熱愛(ài)鄉(xiāng)村的人都會(huì)樂(lè)意過(guò)我們這種生活的。這種生活需要一些特殊的素質(zhì)。其一是耐得住寂寞。由于我們?nèi)绱嗣β?手頭又緊,我們很少請(qǐng)客。在作物生長(zhǎng)季節(jié),根本就沒(méi)工夫參加社交活動(dòng)。吉米和埃米莉雖然參加學(xué)校的各種活動(dòng),但他倆大多數(shù)時(shí)間也呆在家里。13Theotherrequirementisenergy--alotofit.Thewaytomakeself-sufficiencyworkonasmallscaleistoresistthetemptationtobuyatractorandotherexpensivelaborsavingdevices.Instead,youdotheworkyourself.Theonlymachineryweown(notcountingthelawnmowerisalittlethree-horsepowerrotarycultivatoranda16-inchchainsaw.另一項(xiàng)要求是體力――相當(dāng)大的體力。小范圍里實(shí)現(xiàn)自給自足的途徑是抵制誘惑,不去購(gòu)置拖拉機(jī)和其他昂貴的節(jié)省勞力的機(jī)械。相反,你要自己動(dòng)手。我們僅有的機(jī)器(不包括割草機(jī)是一臺(tái)3馬力的小型旋轉(zhuǎn)式耕耘機(jī)以及一架16英寸的鏈鋸。14Howmuchlongerwe'llhaveenoughenergytostayonhereisanybody'sguess--perhapsforquiteawhile,perhapsnot.Whenthetimecomes,we'llleavewithafeelingofsorrowbutalsowithasenseofprideatwhatwe'vebeenabletoaccomplish.Weshouldmakeafairprofitonthesaleoftheplace,too.We'veinvestedabout$35,000ofourownmoneyinit,andwecouldjustaboutdoublethatifwesoldtoday.Butthisisnotagoodtimetosell.Onceeconomicconditionsimprove,however,demandforfarmslikeoursshouldbestrongagain.沒(méi)人知道我們還能有精力在這里再呆多久--也許呆很長(zhǎng)一陣子,也許不是。到走的時(shí)候,我們會(huì)愴然離去,但也會(huì)為自己所做的一切深感自豪。我們把農(nóng)場(chǎng)出售也會(huì)賺相當(dāng)大一筆錢。我們自己在農(nóng)場(chǎng)投入了約35,000美金的資金,要是現(xiàn)在售出的話價(jià)格差不多可以翻一倍。不過(guò)現(xiàn)在不是出售的好時(shí)機(jī)。但是一旦經(jīng)濟(jì)形勢(shì)好轉(zhuǎn),對(duì)我們這種農(nóng)場(chǎng)的需求又會(huì)增多。15Wedidn'tmovehereprimarilytoearnmoneythough.Wecamebecausewewantedtoimprovethequalityofourlives.WhenIwatchEmilycollectingeggsintheevening,fishingwithJimontheriverorenjoyinganold-fashionedpicnicintheorchardwiththeentirefamily,Iknowwe'vefoundjustwhatwewerelookingfor.但我們主要不是為了賺錢而移居至此的。我們來(lái)此居住是因?yàn)橄胩岣呱钯|(zhì)量。當(dāng)我看著埃米莉傍晚去收雞蛋,跟吉米一起在河上釣魚(yú),或和全家人一起在果園里享用老式的野餐,我知道,我們找到了自己一直在尋求的生活方式。Unit2TheFreedomGivers4Yetthisstopwasonlypartofamuchlargermissionforme.JosiahHensonisbutonenameonalonglistofcourageousmenandwomenwhotogetherforgedtheUndergroundRailroad,asecretwebofescaperoutesandsafehousesthattheyusedtoliberateslavesfromtheAmericanSouth.Between1820and1860,asmanyas100,000slavestraveledtheRailroadtofreedom.但此地只是我所承擔(dān)的繁重使命的一處停留地。喬賽亞·亨森只是一長(zhǎng)串無(wú)所畏懼的男女名單中的一個(gè)名字,這些人共同創(chuàng)建了這條“地下鐵路”,一條由逃亡線路和可靠的人家組成的用以解放美國(guó)南方黑奴的秘密網(wǎng)絡(luò)。在1820年至1860年期間,多達(dá)十萬(wàn)名黑奴經(jīng)由此路走向自由。5.InOctober2000,PresidentClintonauthorized$16millionfortheNationalUndergroundRailroadFreedomCentertohonorthisfirstgreatcivil-rightsstruggleintheU.S.Thecenterisscheduledtoopenin2004inCincinnati.Andit'sabouttime.FortheheroesoftheUndergroundRailroadremaintoolittleremembered,theirexploitsstilllargelyunsung.Iwasintentontellingtheirstories.2000年10月,克林頓總統(tǒng)批準(zhǔn)撥款1600萬(wàn)美元建造全國(guó)“地下鐵路”自由中心,以此紀(jì)念美國(guó)歷史上第一次偉大的民權(quán)斗爭(zhēng)。中心計(jì)劃于2004年在辛辛那提州建成。真是該建立這樣一個(gè)中心的時(shí)候了。因?yàn)榈叵妈F路的英雄們依然默默無(wú)聞,他們的業(yè)績(jī)依然少人頌揚(yáng)。我要講述他們的故事。Unit4WasEinsteinaspaceAlien19.Einstein’sparentssometimestookAlberttoparties.Nobabysitterwasrequired:Albertsatonthecouch,totallyabsorbed,quietlydoingmathproblemswhileothersdancedaroundhim.PencilandpaperwereAlbert’sGameBoy!愛(ài)因斯坦的父母有時(shí)帶兒子去參加聚會(huì)。他們不需請(qǐng)人看孩子:阿爾伯特坐在長(zhǎng)沙發(fā)上,全神貫注,靜靜地做著數(shù)學(xué)題目,此時(shí)別人正在他周圍跳舞。筆和紙是阿爾伯特的玩伴!20.Hehadimpressivepowersofconcentration.Einstein’ssister,Maja,recalled“...evenwhentherewasalotofnoise,hecouldliedownonthesofa,pickupapenandpaper,precariouslybalanceaninkwellonthebackrestandengrosshimselfinaproblemsomuchthatthebackgroundnoisestimulatedratherthandisturbedhim.”他有極強(qiáng)的集中思想的能力。愛(ài)因斯坦的妹妹瑪雅回憶說(shuō),“......即使周圍非常吵鬧,他也能躺在沙發(fā)上,拿起筆和紙,抖抖忽忽地把墨水池放在靠背上,專心致致地解題,背景聲音不但沒(méi)有打擾他,反而激勵(lì)他?！?1.Einsteinwasclearlyintelligent,butnotoutlandishlymoresothanhispeers.“Ihavenospecialtalents,”heclaimed,“Iamonlypassionatelycurious.”Andagain:“Thecontrastbetweenthepopularassessmentofmypowers...andtherealityissimplygrotesque.”Einsteincreditedhisdiscoveriestoimaginationandendlessquestioningmoresothanorthodoxintelligence.愛(ài)因斯坦顯然很聰明,但并不比他的同齡人超出多少?！拔覜](méi)有特別的才能,”他聲稱,“只是我的好奇心非常強(qiáng)烈?！边€有:“大眾對(duì)我能力的評(píng)估......和現(xiàn)實(shí)之間的差異簡(jiǎn)直是大得荒唐?！睈?ài)因斯坦把他的發(fā)現(xiàn)更多地歸因于想象力和不斷地提出問(wèn)題,而不是通常所謂的智慧。Unit8HumanCloning:AScientist’sStory9.I’mapurescientistinsomeways,andIknowthatmanydifferentstudiesorfindingscouldbeusedforevil.Ourjobasscientistsistomakethemostofthistechnologyandmakeitavailabletothegreatestnumberofotherscientistswhocanhelpusdogoodthingswithit.There’sreallynoeffectivewayforanindividualscientisttostopsomeoneelsefromusingtheknowledgeforsomethingtheyshouldn’t.在某種程度上,我是一個(gè)純粹的科學(xué)家,可我知道種種研究或發(fā)現(xiàn)可能被用來(lái)做邪惡之事。作為科學(xué)家,我們的工作是充分利用這一技術(shù),并且使之被盡可能多的其他科學(xué)家掌握,幫助我們做好事。對(duì)于科學(xué)家個(gè)人而言,其實(shí)沒(méi)有什么行之有效的方法可以阻止他們將知識(shí)用在他們不該用的地方。10.Weneedtobehonestaboutthetechniquesthatweused.Theyneedtobeabletobereplicatedbyotherpeople,andso,weareprovidingaroadmap.Iwouldhopethatthelegislationthat’sinplaceandthegreatpublicdisapprovalthatwouldresultfromanyattempttocloneahumanwoulddissuadeanyonefromgoingdownthatpath.我們必須誠(chéng)實(shí)地說(shuō)明我們所使用的技術(shù)。這些技術(shù)必須能夠被他人復(fù)制,這樣,我們等于提供了一張路線圖。我希望適當(dāng)?shù)姆ㄒ?guī)以及公眾對(duì)于試圖克隆人的極力反對(duì)能夠勸阻任何有此企圖的人走那條路。11.Whatisittheysay?Thereisnotechnologythathasn’tbeen