綜合英語四-Unit-3B-A-Mortal-Flower翻譯

綜合英語四-Unit-3B-A-Mortal-Flower翻譯綜合英語四-Unit-3B-A-Mortal-Flower翻譯綜合英語四-Unit-3B-A-Mortal-Flower翻譯資料僅供參考文件編號：2022年4月綜合英語四-Unit-3B-A-Mortal-Flower翻譯版本號：A修改號：1頁次：1.0審核：批準:發(fā)布日期：HanSuyinwasborninBeijingin1917.HerfatherwasaChineserailwayengineerandhermotheraDutchlady.Sheisaphysicianandtheauthorofmanyworks,includingAMortalFlower,whichtellsoftheexperiencesoftheauthorandherfamily,bothinandoutofChina.Thisexcerptdescribestheauthor'sexperienceoflookingforherfirstjobintheearly1930s.韓素音1917年生于北京。她父親是中國鐵路工程師，母親是位荷蘭女子。她是醫(yī)生，也是作家，著述頗豐，其中包括《塵世的花》。此書講述了作者及其家庭在國內(nèi)外的經(jīng)歷。下述節(jié)錄描寫了作者在上世紀30年代初第一次找工作的經(jīng)歷。AMortalFlower塵世的花HanSuyin韓素音ThedayaftermeetingHildaIwrotealettertotheRockefellerFoundation,applyingforajob.遇見希爾達的第二天，我就給洛克菲勒基金會寫信申請工作。2FatherorMotherthoughtIwouldgetin."Youhavetohavepull.It'sanAmericanthing,RockefellerFoundation.Youmusthavepull."父母親都覺得我不會被錄用?！澳阋泻笈_才行。那可是一家美國機構(gòu)，洛克菲勒基金會。你一定要有后臺。”3Mothersaid:"That'swheretheydoallthoseexperimentsondogsandpeople.AlltheBigShotsoftheNankinggovernmentalsocameheretohavemedicaltreatment,andsometimestookawayanursetobecomeanewwife."母親說：“那里，他們在狗和人身上做各種試驗。南京政府所有的頭面人物也都來這里看病，有時還帶走個護士做姨太太?！?Itmadesensetome,typinginahospital.Iwouldlearnaboutmedicine,sinceIwantedtostudymedicine.Andastherewasnomoneyathomeformetostudy,Iwouldearnmoney,andpreparemyselftoentermedicalschool.Ihadalreadydiscoveredthataconvent-schooleducationwasnotatalladequate,andthatitwouldtakemeatleastthreemoreyearsofhardstudybeforebeingabletoenteranycollegeatall.Science,mathematics,Chineseliteratureandtheclassics...withthepoorschoolinggiventome,itwouldtakemeyearstogetreadyforauniversity.在醫(yī)院里當打字員，對我挺合適。那樣我就能了解一些醫(yī)學知識，這很重要，因為我想學醫(yī)。家里沒錢供我上學，所以我得掙錢，自己想辦法上醫(yī)學院。我已經(jīng)發(fā)現(xiàn)在女隱修會學校的教育遠遠不夠，要想上大學，自己至少得再努力三年才行?？茖W、物理、數(shù)學、中國文學、古典文學……就憑我學的那么點兒功課，要上大學還得準備好多年。5"Iwilldoit,"Butclenchedteeth,decisiontearingmybowels,werenotenough;therewasnomoney,nomoney,mymothersaidit,saidituntilIfeltasifeveryscrapoffoodIatewaswrenchedoffmyfather'sbody.“我要上大學，”可是，咬牙切齒痛下決心是無濟于事的；家里沒錢，根本沒錢，母親說的，整天這么說，讓我覺得自己吃的每一小口東西仿佛都是從父親身上撕下來的。6"Nooneisgoingtofeedyoudoingnothingathome."(2)Ofcourse,onewhodoesnotworkmustnoteatunlessonecangetmarried,whichiscalled:"beingsettledatlast."ButwithmylooksIwouldnevergetmarried;Iwastoothin,toosharp(notfullorroundinshape瘦削的；不豐滿的),toougly.Mothersaidit,ElderBrotherhadsaidit.EveryoneagreedthatIshouldwork,becausemarriagewouldbedifficultforme.“你在家里閑著不做事，誰來供養(yǎng)你?！碑斎唬还ぷ骶蜎]飯吃，除非嫁人，那叫做“終于有了歸宿。”可論我的長相一輩子也嫁不出去；我太瘦小丑陋。母親這么說，大哥也這么說過。人人都覺得我該找事干，因為嫁人我是沒指望了。7Withinaweekareplycame.Themorningpostmanbroughtit,andIchokedovermymilkandcoffee."I'mtogoforaninterview.AtthePekingUnionMedicalCollege.TotheComptroller'soffice."不到一個星期，回信就來了。早上送信的郵差送來的，我正喝著加奶咖啡，一下子給嗆著了?！拔乙ッ嬖嚒Ｔ诒本﹨f(xié)和醫(yī)學院。審計主任的辦公室。”8FatherandMotherwerepleased.Motherputthecoffeepotdownandtooktheletter."Whatgoodpaper,sothick."ButhowcouldwedisguisethefactthatIwasnot[even]fifteenyearsold

Ihadclaimedtobesixteenintheletter.Infact,saidPapa,itwasnotaliesinceChineseareayearoldwhenborn,andifoneaddedtheNewYearasanextrayear,asdotheCantoneseandtheHakkas,whobecametwoyearsoldwhentheyreachtheirfirstNewYear(sothatababybornonDecember31stwouldbereckonedtwoyearsoldonthefollowingJanuary2nd),Icouldclaimtobeingsixteen.父母親都挺高興。母親放下咖啡壺，取過信?！岸嗪玫募?，這么厚實?！笨晌覀冊趺床拍苎陲椢疫€不到15足歲的事實呢？我在信里說自己16歲。其實，爸爸說，這也不是撒謊，因為中國人生下來就是1歲，要是到了新年再加1歲，就像廣東人和客家人那樣，他們第一次過新年就2歲了（所以說12月31日生的孩子到了1月2日就已經(jīng)2歲了），那么我可以說自己16歲了。

9"Youlooksixteen,"saidMama;"allyouhavetodoistostophoppingandpickingyourpimples.Andlengthenyourskirt."“你看上去有16歲，”媽媽說。“你只要別再蹦蹦跳跳的、別再掐臉上的粉刺就行了。還有就是把裙子放放長?！?0WhatdressshouldIwearIhadtwoschooluniforms,agreendress,abrowndress,andonedresswiththreerowsoffrillsforSunday,toodressyforaninterview.Ihadnoshoesexceptflat-heeledschoolshoes,andtennisshoes.Therewasnotimetomakeadressandinthoseyearsnoready-madeclothesexisted,soMotherlengthenedthegreendress.Isqueezedtwopimplesonmyforehead,thenwenttotheEastmarketandboughtsomefacepowder,Butterflybrand,pink,madeinShanghaibyaJapanesefirm.我該穿哪件衣服呢？我有兩套校服，一套綠的和一套褐色的女服，還有一條綴著三排花邊的女服，是過節(jié)穿的，穿著去面試太花哨了。我也沒什么鞋，只有學校發(fā)的平跟鞋，還有球鞋?，F(xiàn)做是來不及了，那時又沒成衣出售，所以母親就把那套綠顏色的服裝放放長。我掐了額頭上的兩粒粉刺，接著去東單買了些蝴蝶牌香粉，粉紅色的，是一家日本公司在上海生產(chǎn)的。

11Thenextmorning,straw-hatted,withpowderonmynose,Iwentwithmyfathertothegatesofthehospital.第二天上午，我?guī)е弊?，鼻子上搽了粉，跟父親來到醫(yī)院門口。12"It'snotthisgate,thisisforthesick.It'stheothergate,roundthecorner,"saidtheporter.“不是這個門，這是病人走的。走另外一扇門，拐彎就是，”看門的說。13TheYuWangFuPalaceoccupiedawholecityblock.Wewalkedalongitshighgreyouterwall,hearingthedogsscreaminthekennels,andcametoitsothergate,whichwastheAdministrationbuildinggate.Ithadtwolargestonelions,onemale,onefemale.Wecrossedthemarblecourtyard,walkedupthestepswiththeircarveddragonscoilinginthemiddle,intoanentrancehall,withpaintedbeamsandintricatepaintedceiling,redlacqueredpillars,hugelamps.Therewascorkmattingonthestonefloor.御王府占了整整一個街區(qū)。我們繞青灰高墻走，一路聽見狗在窩里尖叫，走著走著到了另一扇大門，是行政樓的門。門前是一公一母兩個大石獅子。我們穿過大理石庭院，走上正中雕有蟠龍的臺階，來到前廳，看見精致的雕梁畫棟，丹漆柱子，還有高高大大的燈臺。青石地面上鋪著軟木墊。14"I'llleaveyou,"saidPapa."Trytomakeagoodimpression."Andhewasgone.“我走了，”爸爸說?！白⒁饨o人留個好印象?！闭f著他就走了。15IfoundtheComptroller'sofficeeasily;therewasamessengerinthehalldirectingvisitors.Anopendoor,aroom,twotypewritersclatteringandtwowomenmakingthemclatter.我沒費周折就找到了審計主任的辦公室；廳里有個當差的給來訪者作指點。一扇開著的門，一間屋子，屋里兩臺咔嗒作響的打字機，兩位女士咔嗒咔嗒在打字。16Istoodatthedoorandoneofthewomencametome.Shehadthenewstyleofhair,allupstandingcurls,whichIadmired,adresswithaprintroundthehem;shewasverypregnant,sothatherbellyseemedtobecomingatmefirst.Shesmiled."Hello,whatcanIdoforyou"我站在門口，其中一位女士走上前來。她留著新式的發(fā)型，是我所喜歡的那種滿頭卷發(fā)豎立著的式樣，穿著沿褶邊印有花紋的裙子。由于她懷孕已快足月，所以她向我走過來時似乎是她的肚子最先到達我面前。她微微一笑。“你好，有事兒嗎”17"Ihaveaninterview."“我是來面試的?！?8Shetooktheletterfrommyhand."Gladyoucouldcome.Now,justsityoudown.No,sitdownthere.I'lltellMr.Harnedyou'vecome."她從我手里接過信?！罢娓吲d你來了。這樣吧，你先坐下。不，坐那兒。我去跟哈內(nèi)德先生說你來了?！?9Theofficehadtwootherdoorsbesidestheonetothecorridor,ononewas"Comptroller."Thatwastheoneshewentthroughandreturnedfrom.除了通走廊的門，辦公室另外還有兩扇門，一扇門上寫著“審計主任”。她從這扇門走了進去，一會兒又走出來。20"Mr.Harnedwillseeyounow."“哈內(nèi)德先生這就見你?！?1Mr.Harnedwasverytall,thin,withasmallbaldhead,alongchin,enormousglasses.Iimmediatelybegantoquiverwithfright.Hisheadwaslikeatempleontopofamountain,likethewhitepagodaonthehillintheNorthSeaPark.Icouldnothearawordofwhathesaid.Apaperandapencilwereinmyhand,however,andHarnedwasdictatingtome,givingmeaspeedtestinshorthand.哈內(nèi)德先生高高瘦瘦，小小的禿腦袋，尖尖的下巴，那副眼鏡奇大無比。我一下子害怕得哆嗦起來。他的腦袋就像是山頂上的廟宇，就像北海公園山上的白塔。他說了些什么我一句也沒聽進?？晌沂掷锬弥埡凸P，我怎么辦呢。哈內(nèi)德在給我口授著什么，讓我做速記的速度測試。22Iwentoutofhisofficeandthepregnantsecretarysatmeinfrontofherowntypewriter.Iturnedastrickenfacetoher,"Icouldn'thear.Icouldn'thearwhathesaid..."我走出他的辦公室，那個懷孕的秘書讓我在她的打字機前坐下。我愁眉苦臉地對她說：“我沒聽清。他說的我沒聽清……”23"Wait,I'lltellhim."Shebustledoff.Attheotherdeskwasablonde,thingirl,whohadthrownonelookatmeandthengonebacktoclattering.Thepregnantonereappeared,apinksheetinhand:"Nowjustcopythisonthetypewriter,bestyoucan."“別急，我去跟他說?！彼掖易唛_去。另一張桌子前坐著的是一個苗條的金發(fā)姑娘，她看了我一眼，接著又咔嗒咔嗒打字了。懷孕的那位回來了，手里拿著一張粉紅色的紙：“你就把這個打一份，盡你最大努力吧?！?4Ihitthekeys,swiftly;thetypewriterwasthesamemakeasmine,aRoyal.我快速擊打著字鍵；打字機的牌子跟我自己的那臺一樣，是皇家牌的。25"My,youarefast.I'lltellMr.Harned."“喲，你打得真夠快的。我要去跟哈內(nèi)德先生說。”26AndMr.Harnedcameout,benignbehindthoseenormousgoggleglasses."Well,MissChou,we'vedecidedtotakeyouonasatypist,atthirty-fivedollarsamonth.TostartMonday.Isthatallright"哈內(nèi)德先生走了出來，他戴著那副奇大的有色眼鏡，看上去和顏悅色。“行，周小姐，我們決定聘用你當打字員，一個月35美元。星期一開始上班。行嗎”27Inodded,unabletospeak.HadhesaidtendollarsIwouldhaveaccepted.我點了點頭，話都說不出來。他即使說10美元我也會答應(yīng)。28Thekindsecretarysaid:"Nowtakeyourtime,andwipeyourface.Howoldareyou,bytheway"那位好心的秘書說：“好了，別著急，擦擦臉。對了，你多大了”29"Sixteen,nearly."“16，快16了?！?0"IsthatallWhymyeldestisbiggerthanyou,andsheisn'tthroughschoolyet.ItoldMr.Harnedyouwereshyandupset,andthat'swhyyoucouldn'ttakedictation.He'sallright,justtakesgettingusedto,that'sall."“才16？瞧，我的大閨女都比你大，她還沒畢業(yè)哪。我跟哈內(nèi)德先生說了，你剛才是因害羞不安而沒法做記錄的。他是對的，只要慢慢習慣起來就行了。”31"Icou