21世纪大学英语读写教程第三册TextA原文

2021年1月22日发(作者：闵桂荣)

第一单元

学的孩子们中
A
common
misconception
among youngsters
attending
school
is
that
their
teachers
were
child
prodigies.
Who
else
but
a
bookworm,
with
none
of
the
normal
kid's
tendency
to
play
rather
than
study,
would
grow
up to
be
a
teacher anyway?
第二单元


的确，为什么
Why,
indeed?
Part
of
the
charm
of
the
successful movie Titanic are the period costumes, the period
extravagance,
and
the
period
prejudices.
An
audience
can
enjoy
these
at
a distance. Oddly,
however,
of
all
the
period
attitudes
in
the
film,
the
old
maritime
tradition
of

第三单元


孩子的世界
A
child's
world
is
fresh
and
new
and
beautiful,
full of wonder and excitement. It is our misfortune that, for
most
of
us,
that
clear-eyed
vision
—

that
true
instinct
for
what
is
beautiful
and
awe- inspiring
—

is
dimmed
and
even
lost
before
we
reach
adulthood.
If
I
had
influence
with
the
ask yourself,
knew I would never see it again?
What is the value of preserving and strengthening this sense
of awe and wonder, this recognition of something beyond the
boundaries
of
human
existence?
Is
the
exploration
of
the
natural world just a pleasant way to pass the golden hours of
我竭力
I've tried desperately to explain to my students that
the
image
they
have
of
me
as
an
enthusiastic
devotee
of
books and homework during my adolescence was a bit out of
focus. On the contrary, I hated compulsory education with a
passion. I could never quite accept the notion of having to go
to school while the fish were biting.
偶尔，
Occasionally,
Debbie
would
catch
me
staring
at
her,
and
she
would
flash
a
smile
that
radiated
intelligence
and
quickened
my
heartbeat.
It
was
a
smile
that
signaled
hope
and
made
me
temporarily
forget
the
intellectual
gulf
that
separated us.
消防演习
The fire drill was over and we began to file into the
building,
so
I
had
to
step
it
up
to
get
the
natives
in.

Aleuts are short and sturdy and have dark skin and black hair.
They live on fish, and they trap blue foxes and seals for their
valuable fur.










and
children
first
enjoys
total
acceptance
by
modern
audiences.
Listen
to
the
audience
boo at
the
bad guys
who
try to sneak on the lifeboats with
—
or ahead of
—
the ladies.
But
is
not
grouping
women
with
children
a
raging
anachronism? Should not any self-respecting modern person,
let alone feminist, object to it as insulting to women?
孩子们
Children are entitled to special consideration for two
reasons:
helplessness
and
innocence.
They
have
not
yet
acquired
either
the
faculty
of
reason
or
the
wisdom
of
experience. Consequently, they are defenseless (incapable of
fending for themselves) and blameless (incapable of real sin).
That's
why
we
grant
them
special
protection.
In
an
emergency,
it
is
our
duty
to
save
them
first
because
they,
helpless,
have
put
their
lives
in
our
hands.
And in
wartime,
they
are
supposed
to
be
protected
by
special
immunity
because they can have threatened or offended no one.









angels who are supposed to preside over all children, I would
ask
that
their
gift
to
each
child
in
the
world
be
a
sense
of
wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life.
我真诚的相信
I
sincerely
believe
that
for
children,
and
for
parents seeking to guide them, it is not half so important to
know as it is to feel. If facts are the seeds that later produce
knowledge
and
wisdom,
then
the
emotions
and
the
impressions
of
the
senses
are
the
fertile
soil
in
which
the
seeds must grow. The years of early childhood are the time to
prepare the soil. Once the emotions have been aroused
—
a
sense
of
the
beautiful,
the
excitement
of
the
new
and
the
unknown,
a feeling
of
sympathy,
pity, admiration
or
love
—

then
we
wish
for
knowledge
about
the
object
of
our
emotional
response.
Once
found,
such
knowledge
has
far
more
lasting
meaning
than
mere
information.
It
is
more
important to pave the way for children's desire to know than
to
put
them
on
a
diet
of
facts
they
are
not
ready
to
assimilate.
同你的孩子
Exploring
nature
with
your
child
is
largely
a
matter
of
being
open
to
what
lies
all
around
you.
It
is
learning
again
to
use
your
eyes,
ears,
nose
and
fingertips,
opening up the disused channels of your senses. For most of
us, knowledge of our world comes largely through sight, yet
we look about with such unseeing eyes that we are partially
blind. One way to open your eyes to unnoticed beauty is to
childhood or is there something deeper?
我确信
I am sure there is something much deeper, something
lasting
and
significant.
Those
who
dwell,
as
scientists
or
laypeople, among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are
never
alone
or
weary
of
life.
Whatever
the
problems
or
concerns of their personal lives, their thoughts can find paths
that lead to inner satisfaction and to renewed excitement in
living.
Those who
contemplate
the
beauty
of
the
earth
find
reserves
of
strength
that
will
endure
as
long
as
life
lasts.
There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of
the birds, the ebb and flow of the tides, the folded bud ready
for
the
spring.
There
is
something
infinitely
healing
in
the
repeated
refrains
of
nature
—

the
assurance
that
dawn
comes after night, and spring after the winter.