9305大学英语精读3 Reading Aloud 翻译

2021年1月26日发(作者：裂痕)

Unit 1

Reading aloud

“
Very hesitantly I selected a tube of blue paint , and with infinite precaution made a mark
about as big as a bean on the snow-white field . At that moment I heard the sound of a
motorcar
in
the
drive
and
threw
down
my
brush
in
a
panic .
I
was
even
more
alarmed
when I saw who stepped from the car: the wife of Sir John Lavery , the celebrated painter
who lived nearby.

“’
Painting!
’
she declared,
’
What fun. But what are you waiting for? Let me have the
brush---the big one.
’
She plunged into the paints and before I knew it , she had swept
several fierce stokes and slashes of blue on the absolutely terrified canvas. Anyone could
see it could not hit back. I hesitated no more. I seized the largest brush and fell upon my
wretched victim with wild fury. I have never felt any fear of a canvas since.
”

“我犹豫 不决地选了一管蓝色颜料，
然后小心翼翼地画了一笔，
就像雪白的田野上的一粒蚕豆那
么大。就在这时，我听到车道上传来汽车的声音，于是惊恐的丢下画笔。当我看清从汽车里走出
来的人时 ，更是惊慌失措。来者正是住在附近的著名画家约翰，莱佛利爵士的妻子”
。

“

‘在画画呢！
’她大声说道。

‘真有趣，可你还在等 什么呢？把画笔给我
--
大的那支。
’
她立即全神贯注地投入作画，
还没等我缓过神来，
她已经挥笔泼墨在惊恐不已的画布上画下了有
力的几道蓝色。谁都看得出画 布无法回击。我不再迟疑。我抓起那支最大的画笔，迅猛异常的向
我可怜的牺牲品扑了过去。自那以后， 我再也不曾害怕过画布。
”



Unit 2




This
belief
in
hard
work
is
the
first
of
three
main
factors
contributing
to
Asian
students
’

outstanding
performance.
It
springs
from
Asians
’

common
heritage
of
Confucianism, the philosophy of the 5 th- century-BC Chinese sage whose teachings have
had a profound influence on Chinese societh. One of Confucius
’
s primary teachings is
that through effort, people can perfect themselves.

Confucianism provides another important
ingredient
in
the Asians
’
success
as
well.
In
Confucian philosophy, the family plays a central role
—
an orientation that leads people to
work
for
the
honor
of
the
family,
not
just
for
themselves.
One
can
never
repay
one
’
s
parents, and there
’
s a sense of obligation or even guilt that is as strong a force among
Asians as Protestant philosophy is among those in the West.

这种对于勤奋的信念是成亚洲学生成绩突出的三大要素中的第一个。
它来 源于亚洲人共同的儒教
传统，
即公元前
5
世纪那位中国圣人的哲学思想，他的教义对中国社会产生了深远的影响。
孔夫
子的主要教义之一是，人们通过努力能够完善 自我。




儒教也为亚洲人的成功提供了另一要素。
在 孔夫子的哲学中，
家庭起着最重要的作用
---
这种定
向引导人们为家庭的荣 誉而学习工作，
而不仅仅是为了自己。
一个人永远无法报答父母，
而且在
亚洲 人中间还有一种责任感，乃至负罪感，这是一种如同新教哲学在西方一样的强大力量。



Unit 3


The first cultural translator I ever met was an installation engineer, George by
name,
who
worked
for
an
American
company
where
I
was
the
director
of
international
operations.
The
company
had
just
started
a
joint
venture
with
a
Japanese
firm,
and
the
American
management
needed
someone
to
train
the
Japanese employees in its unique technology. George
’
s solid understanding of the
equipment, its installation and use made him the best-qualified employee for the
job,
so
everyone
was
happy
when
George
accepted
a
two-year
contract
for