高级英语第二册第十四课课文翻译

第十四课

亦爱亦恨话纽约

那些赞美“大苹果”的广告活动，还有那些印着带有“我爱纽约”字样的心形图案的T 恤衫，只不过是它们在绝望中发出悲哀的迹象，只不过是纽约这个非凡的城市日趋衰落的象征。纽约过去从不自我炫耀，而只让别的城市去这样做，因为自我炫耀显得“小家子气”。纽约既然是独一无二的、最大的而且是最好的城市，也就没有必要宣称自己是如何与众不同了。

然而，今日的纽约再不是头号城市了。至少，在开创时尚、领导潮流方面，纽约是再也配不_卜这个称号了。今日的纽约非但常常跟不上美国政治前进的步伐，而且往往也合不上美国人生活情趣变化的节拍。过去有一个时期，它曾是全国流行服装款式方面无可争议的权威，但由于长期抵制越来越流行的休闲服装款式而丧失了，其垄断地位。纽约已不再是众望所归、纷起仿效的对象了，如今它甚至以成为风行美国的时装潮流的抵制者，以成为摆脱全国清一色的单调局面的一隅逃遁之地而自鸣得意。

纽约无力保持排头兵的地位这一点已是越来越明显了。有十多座其他城市都已经有了一些在建筑艺术上很富有创造性的建筑物，而纽约最近二十年来所造的任何一幢建筑物都不能与之相比。曾是托斯卡尼尼全国广播公司交响乐团演出场所的巨人般的曼哈顿电视演播厅，现在经常是空无一人，而好莱坞大量生产出的情景喜剧和约翰尼?卡森节目的实况转播却占满了加利福尼亚的广播电视发送频道。美国流行歌曲创作发行中心从纽约的廷潘胡同转移到了纳什维尔和好莱坞。拉斯韦加斯的赌场经常出高薪聘请曼哈顿没有哪一家夜总会请得起的歌手和艺员。而体育运动方面，那些规模较大的体育馆、比较激动人心的球队以及热情最高的球迷们，往往都出现在纽约以外的地方。

纽约从来都不是召集会议的好场所——因为那儿少友情．不安全，人口拥挤，消费高昂——但现在它似乎正在一定程度上争回其作为旅游胜地的地位。即便如此，大多数美国人对新奥尔良、旧金山、华盛顿或迪斯尼乐园等地的评价可能还是高于纽约。人们普遍认为，还有十几座其他城市，包括我的家乡西雅图，都比纽约更适于居住。

那么，为什么有许多欧洲人称纽约是他们最喜爱的城市呢?他们比大多数美国人更欣赏纽约这个国际大都市的五彩缤纷的生活，它那残存的、独此一家的欧洲社会准则以及它那众多外来民族混杂而居的社会。这些欧洲人中有些人也许是因为在麦迪逊大街和第五大街这两条双胞胎似的繁华大街上看到那些熟悉的国际名牌商号——那些专为迎合并蒙骗那些轻浮浅薄的有钱人而存在的珠宝店、鞋店和服装设计店…而感到心头踏实。然而事实并非如此，最令欧洲人激动不已的是这个城市的那种精神饱满的紧张气氛和它那种野性的活力。

纽约充满着活力、竞争和奋斗。同时，由于存在着一批能说会道的失意者，它也充满着嘲笑、轻侮和失意者的心灰意冷(“你说该咋办?”)。它充满着无休无止的斗争一一为了地铁上的座位，为了引起一个的士司机、一个办事员或一个侍者的注意，为了有一个立足之地，为了一次成功的机会。为了一个较好的居住地方，为了让自己名字出现在一张大一点的海报上。在纽约，一个人若成功了，他会感到惶惶不安；如果失败了，他就得和那灰心丧气的大多数人一起苦熬岁月。

纽约从来都不是我心目中的麦加圣地。尽管我在那儿生活了大半辈子，你却休想看到我穿上一件印着“我爱纽约”的文化衫。但总的说来，我倒还想不出这世界上有多少个地方我更愿意去居住。至于为什么，就很难说得清。

在纽约所能欣赏到的自然美景非常有限。你从来看不到一片繁星点点的夜空，城里的万家灯火交相辉映使得天空黯然失色。唯有日落时分的景色尚可谓壮观：泽西市草地上的天空染上了一块块深浅不一的橙红色，在曼哈顿那些高高矮矮、大大小小的建筑物上的万千扇玻璃窗的反射下，更显得绚丽多彩。大自然对纽约人总是低头服输。只须看看人行道上那些脆

弱的树木迎着四面进逼的水泥路面和阵阵袭来的石油烟气拚命挣扎的样子，就足以说明问题了。由弗雷德里克?劳?奥姆斯特德设计的纽约中央公园本应是城市贫民休养身体、呼吸新鲜空气的场所，但如今园内有些地方已寸草不生，垃圾遍地，无复当年的清新质朴之气，然而依旧人声嘈杂，生意盎然，许多人一一多数为年轻人、黑人和波多黎各人，仍在其间自得其乐。公园中的长条椅上则坐着一些上了年纪的人，其中以白人居多，看样子都是一些流离失所的人。这里已经不是什么静造的公园了，倒更像是一个乱哄哄的狂欢场所。

吸引着我来到纽约的不是这个城市的魅力——它从没有在远方向我遥遥招手呼唤，而是它给我提供了一个从事我梦寐以求的新闻事业的机会。我当时甚至拿不准自己的能力如何能比得上那些在东北部一些名牌大学受过更好教育的人，又怎能竞争得过纽约那些意志坚强的本地人，那些才华横溢的移民子弟．他们是那样的目标明确，用心专一，比如那个艾尔弗雷德?卡津，他作为业余消遣(真是不可思议j)竞能用小提琴演奏巴赫的无伴奏组曲。

今天仍有许多青年被吸引到纽约来，因为他们想考验一下自己，怕让自己的才能沦为极其平庸而易于上市的商品。除此之外，还有另外一些为逃避家乡某种束缚的年轻同伴，也总是被吸引到纽约来。这些青年们在一起共享自由，同处于一个消费低廉的娱乐区，一起过着自由自在的生活，也共同度过了一些艰难时刻。吸引他们的不可能是纽约的生活条件，因为只有不合实际的乐观回忆才会忘记他们在那儿的生活中所遇到的不便、危险和贫困。商业性的百老汇剧院可能不会向他们开门，但还有那些外百老汇剧院和外外百老汇剧院。倘若画家们对麦迪逊大街上那些奢侈豪华的画廊不屑一顾，那些画廊老板们便会在索荷区陋巷之内开设小分店。可是?也许是波希米亚式艺术献身的纯洁性被人渲染过甚，这些年轻艺术家们也住进了格林威治村及其外围地区。那是大萧条时期由于面对一个敌对的世界而团结在一起的一批艺术实验主义者住过的地方。但今天的这一代青年艺术家已经形成了一个显著的亚文化群，以至于他们成了一些精品时装和咖啡馆的赚钱对象。他们已不再是那么与世隔绝了。

曼哈顿是一个在许多方面与美国大陆隔绝的孤岛，但在两个领域内它仍处于支配地位。它是美国金融和通讯的中枢。在这两个方面，它所起的审批作用大于其创造作用。华尔街只有在确信某种畅销书或是某位影星的大名准保一部影片的成功时才会为制作一部好莱坞影片投放百万巨资。美国广播电视网的新闻中心、最大的图书出版商和最大的期刊杂志都在这里，因而最庞大的一支评论家队伍也在这里，他们可以对别人创作出的电影、戏剧、音乐、图书和其他作品评头论足。纽约是一个裁判城市，经常炮制出一些全国其他地方的人不是为之感到遗憾就是完全不予理睬的规范标准。在纽约这地方真正的知识学问没有市场，狡黠伶俐却颇有市场。

商业广告公司也全集中在这里。这些广告公司窥测着市场动向，挖空心思地炮制出一些琅琅上口、易于记诵的广告词，把千千万万的顾客从“麦克唐纳”拉到“伯格?金”，因而广告公司的“创作主任”便可以坐在曼哈顿那些记帐报销的高级法国餐馆里吃午餐了。实际上，就是那些银行家、广告商、市场营销专家以及那数以千计的为他们工作的高薪雇员们为纽约这个城市定下了尖锐生硬的调子——对广大的美国公众要投其所好，对他们人数的多寡必须予以重视，但对他们的兴趣爱好却不必加以认同。从摩天大楼的五十层楼上屈尊俯就地光顾楼下的芸芸众生。这些富人们就会感觉到他们与这些芸芸众生仿佛不是同类；还有他们那种就像他们的办公高楼下面地铁入口处卡嗒作响的转门一样，丝毫不带任何感情地视广大人民群众如一大堆可以任意排列组合的数字的态度，也同样使他们产生不属于人类的感觉。

我对这些行业的从业人员，尤其是其中较为年轻的一些人那种缺乏愤世嫉俗情绪的态度感到惊讶。电视的一代是在强烈的广告刺激的环境中成长起来的一代。他们也很欣赏这种广告刺激，并且毫不犹豫地去亲身实践。许多男男女女都以职业性的态度对待自己的工作，就像那些从高空向河内投掷炸弹的飞行员一样，对于其工作本身的意义似乎毫不在意。他们真正的生活寄托在别的地方。在格林威治村的酒吧间里，他们的衣着打扮、言谈举止都与那些

预备艺术家、演员和作家毫无二致。“为艺术而艺术”的界限已不再那么难以突破了，艺术本身的定义也不像以前那样明晰了。艺术家的画作卖不出去便转而画插图；演员找不到拍戏的机会就去拍广告；作家在创作鸿篇巨著的同时还得为通俗杂志撰文以维持生计。此外，这些年来严肃艺术往往要靠通俗艺术来提供养料，这倒使通俗艺术发生了一些可喜的讽刺性变化。

那些初来纽约的人早晚有一天会找到或形成他们自己的小圈子。曼哈顿有许多这类小圈子，密密麻麻地挤在一起，但彼此之间却极少往来。我想正是这种情况给纽约一种自由感。不管你属于哪类人，与你同样的人都多的是。对于同住一座公寓的邻居，你不必去了解他的任何情况，也不必在意他对你的看法如何，只有住在乡下的屋院相连的邻居才有此必要。在纽约，人以群分，人们对于自己圈子以外的人一律视同路人，以免浪费精力。人们在日常交往中的这种保持距离、冷漠无情的态度还有一种影响：那些有孤独感的人在纽约比在其他任何美国城市都更觉孤独。

要说的情况还有很多。总之，纽约是一个受了创伤的城市，它重税压身，不堪负担，好景不再，江河日下。但纽约并不是一个就要死的城市；与五年前相比较，如今纽约的街道更安全了，曾一度似乎是在繁华旖旎的环境包围之下一蹶不振的百老汇大街如今又呈现出勃勃的生机。

街道上布满垃圾，学校里毫无秩序，市民们个个惶惶不安，到处噪声不绝于耳，人人讲话粗声大气——这一切都会使局外人更加坚定决心：就算把纽约送给他们，他们也不愿意在这里居住。然而，你如果让一个纽约人去看达拉斯市的一所富丽堂皇的住宅，或是贝弗利希尔斯市的一个带小屋的游泳池，他一定会表示赞赏，但却不会眼红。现在有许多美国有钱人在安静、豪华、与世隔绝的小天地里过着世外桃源式的生活。纽约人会说，这太沉闷了。可是，你如果对他讲起户外游山玩水的劲头，他又会说他更欣赏都市生活那种虽有害于健康但却热热闹闹的活泼气氛。他有着无可改变的乡土观念。对他来说，纽约——就算连他自己也无可奈何地承认有一些缺点(“还有什么新的吗?”)——使他对所有其他美国城市都不屑一顾。

人们有可能在二十个其他的美国城市里参观到第一流的艺术博物馆，听到美妙的音乐，看到生动活泼的实验戏剧，遇到懂得怎样生活、吃饭和谈话，而且是在舒适宽敞的环境中去享受这一切聪明而又世故的人物。然而，纽约人还是不愿意居住在那里。他所恋恋不舍的正是纽约的那些在许多外地人看来难以忍受、令人讨厌的地方…它的粗俗、紧张、急迫感，它那剑拔弩张的竞争，它那严厉苛刻的评判，以及那么多封闭在各自的小圈子里、不分尊卑贵贱地挤作一团的纽约人。那些在竞争中吃了败仗的人并非躲在城里某个看不见的地方。在地铁里，在公共汽车上，在大街上，到处都会不可避免地遇见一些生活过得比你艰难的人。对于那些悲观绝望、疾病缠身、精疲力竭、不知所措的人，最好不要与之交谈(他们并不希望交谈)．只需用同情的目光稍稍接触一下，表示把他们视同人类就行了。这虽没什么了不起，但对于最忌在大庭广众之中暴露隐私的纽约人来说，这就是他们那种一闪即逝的友好表示。即使是一种帮助，纽约人往往也要用嘲骂来表示：一个人闯红灯，冲到一辆开过来的汽车前，他身后的那个人便会大声喊叫：“当心点，老弟，你难道想让一辆带着泽西牌照的汽车撞倒吗?”——“泽西”一词具有很强的讽刺意味，指的是所有的外地司机的家乡。

按照阿道夫希特勒的定义，纽约是一个杂种城市。事实上，它是第一个真正的国际大都市。没有别的大城市——无论是伦敦、巴黎、罗马还是东京——能接纳(或是收容)这么多的民族。现在比当时各种各样的欧洲人吵吵嚷嚷登上埃利斯岛的时候更为混杂一一又有了亚洲人、非洲人和拉丁系人。新来者永远不会被完全同化。只是不稳定地加入到未被消化的多数中去。

纽约太大了，无法为任何一个集团所控制，不论是盎格鲁撤克逊新教的白人还是犹太人、

黑人或来源不同的天主教徒——爱尔兰人、意大利人、西班牙血统的人。所有这些集团都有他们小小的天地，人数相当多，不容忽视；在维护他们的要求方面都很坚韧，但没有一个强大到足以制服其他集团。这个城市很典型地把联合国加以吞没，不把它当一回事，把它看作一个空想、不切实际、虚伪、无法运转的混合体。但是纽约人却在训练自己如何在一个多民族的社会里共同生活——这是迈向未来必要的开端。

多样化使这个城市色彩无穷。漫步此城，可以不断受到情景与风味方面的教育。有众多的各有特色的地方可以去吃饭或购买物品。虽然其中最成功的似乎是那些为招引游客而把各种：民族特色混在一起的地方，但是他们也都有真正的根基。在其他的美国城市，不同的民族各有自己的地盘，并小心翼翼地加以保护，但是我认为那里没有这种不和谐地把不同的集团搁在一起的大杂烩。f司样地，在纽约拥有多层高楼的豪华大街与它近邻的穷街陋巷相映成趣。对纽约的忧伤和刚毅要与其艺术和音乐的财富一起加以赞美。这种结合是不稳定的，它产生摩擦或是一种不稳定的克制。这种克制有时变成一种真正的容忍。

对纽约的爱与恨成了一个不断交替变化着的情绪问题。这种情绪的变化常常发生在同一天。这个地方经常使人恼怒，有时也让人振奋。对我来说，这是一个取得不可或缺的经验的城市。住在这儿，人们可以放心，一定能持续地面向生活。

(选自《大西洋》，1978年9月)

山东自考英语二课文翻译

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Unit 1 1.她连水都不愿喝一口，更别提留下来吃饭了。(much less) She wouldn't take a drink, much less would she stay for dinner. 2.他认为我在对他说谎，但实际上我讲的是实话。(whereas) He thought I was lying to him, whereas I was telling the truth. 3.这个星期你每天都迟到，对此你怎么解释？(account for) How do you account for the fact that you have been late every day this week? 4.他们利润增长的部分原因是采用了新的市场策略。(due to) The increase in their profits is due partly to their new market strategy. 5.这样的措施很可能会带来工作效率的提高。(result in) Such measures are likely to result in the improvement of work efficiency. 6.我们已经在这个项目上投入了大量时间和精力，所以我们只能继续。(pour into) We have already poured a lot of time and energy into the project, so we have to carry on. Unit 2 1.尽管她是家里的独生女，她父母也从不溺爱她。(despite) Despite the fact that she is the only child in her family, she is never babied by her parents. 2.迈克没来参加昨晚的聚会，也没给我打电话作任何解释。(nor) Mike didn't come to the party last night, nor did he call me to give an explanation. 3.坐在他旁边的那个人确实发表过一些小说，但决不是什么大作家。(next to; by no means) The person sitting next to him did publish some novels, but he is by no means a great writer. 4.他对足球不感兴趣，也从不关心谁输谁赢。(be indifferent to) He has no interest in football and is indifferent to who wins or loses. 5.经理需要一个可以信赖的助手，在他外出时，由助手负责处理问题。(count on) The manager needs an assistant that he can count on to take care of problems in his absence. 6.这是他第一次当着那么多观众演讲。(in the presence of sb.) This is the first time that he has made a speech in the presence of so large an audience. Unit 3 1.你再怎么有经验，也得学习新技术。(never too... to...) You are never too experienced to learn new techniques. 2.还存在一个问题，那就是派谁去带领那里的研究工作。(Use an appositional structure) There remains one problem, namely, who should be sent to head the research there. 3.由于文化的不同，他们的关系在开始确实遇到了一些困难。(meet with) Their relationship did meet with some difficulty at the beginning because of cultural differences. 4.虽然他历经沉浮，但我始终相信他总有一天会成功的。(ups and downs; all along) Though he has had ups and downs, I believed all along that he would succeed someday. 5.我对你的说法的真实性有些保留看法。(have reservations about) I have some reservations about the truth of your claim.

(完整版)高级英语2第三版_张汉熙_课文翻译

Unit 1 Pub Talk and the King’s English 人类的一切活动中，只有闲谈最宜于增进友谊，而且是人类特有的一种活动。动物之间的信息交流，不论其方式何等复杂，也是称不上交谈的。 闲谈的引人人胜之处就在于它没有一个事先定好的话题。它时而迂回流淌，时而奔腾起伏，时而火花四射，时而热情洋溢，话题最终会扯到什么地方去谁也拿不准。要是有人觉得“有些话要说”，那定会大煞风景，使闲聊无趣。闲聊不是为了进行争论。闲聊中常常会有争论，不过其目的并不是为了说服对方。闲聊之中是不存在什么输赢胜负的。事实上，真正善于闲聊的人往往是随时准备让步的。也许他们偶然间会觉得该把自己最得意的奇闻轶事选出一件插进来讲一讲，但一转眼大家已谈到别处去了，插话的机会随之而失，他们也就听之任之。 或许是由于我从小混迹于英国小酒馆的缘故吧，我觉得酒瞎里的闲聊别有韵味。酒馆里的朋友对别人的生活毫无了解，他们只是临时凑到一起来的，彼此并无深交。他们之中也许有人面临婚因破裂，或恋爱失败，或碰到别的什么不顺心的事儿，但别人根本不管这些。他们就像大仲马笔下的三个火枪手一样，虽然日夕相处，却从不过问彼此的私事，也不去揣摸别人内心的秘密。 有一天晚上的情形正是这样。人们正漫无边际地东扯西拉，从最普通的凡人俗事谈到有关木星的科学趣闻。谈了半天也没有一个中心话题，事实上也不需要有一个中心话题。可突然间大伙儿的话题都集中到了一处，中心话题奇迹般地出现了。我记不起她那句话是在什么情况下说出来的——她显然不是预先想好把那句话带到酒馆里来说的，那也不是什么非说不可的要紧话——我只知道她那句话是随着大伙儿的话题十分自然地脱口而出的。 “几天前，我听到一个人说‘标准英语’这个词语是带贬义的批评用语，指的是人们应该尽量避免使用的英语。” 此语一出，谈话立即热烈起来。有人赞成，也有人怒斥，还有人则不以为然。最后，当然少不了要像处理所有这种场合下的意见分歧一样，由大家说定次日一早去查证一下。于是，问题便解决了。不过，酒馆闲聊并不需要解决什么问题，大伙儿仍旧可以糊里糊涂地继续闲扯下去。 告诉她“标准英语”应作那种解释的原来是个澳大利亚人。得悉此情，有些人便说起刻薄话来了，说什么囚犯的子孙这样说倒也不足为怪。这样，在五分钟内，大家便像到澳大利亚游览了一趟。在那样的社会里，“标准英语”自然是不受欢迎的。每当上流社会想给“规范英语”制订一些条条框框时，总会遭到下层人民的抵制。 看看撒克逊农民与征服他们的诺曼底统治者之间的语言隔阂吧。于是话题又从19世纪的澳大利亚囚犯转到12世纪的英国农民。谁对谁错，并没有关系。闲聊依旧热火朝天。 有人举出了一个人所共知，但仍值得提出来发人深思的例子。我们谈到饭桌上的肉食时用法语词，而谈到提供这些肉食的牲畜时则用盎格鲁一撒克逊词。猪圈里的活猪叫pig，饭桌上吃的猪肉便成了pork(来自法语pore)；地里放牧着的牛叫cattle，席上吃的牛肉则叫beef(来自法语boeuf)；Chicken用作肉食时变成poultry(来自法语poulet)；calf加工成肉则变成veal(来自法语vcau)。即便我们的菜单没有为了装洋耍派头而写成法语，我们所用的英语仍然是诺曼底式的英语。这一切向我们昭示了诺曼底人征服之后英国文化上所存在的深刻的阶级裂痕。 撒克逊农民种地养畜，自己出产的肉自己却吃不起，全都送上了诺曼底人的餐桌。农民们只能吃到在地里乱窜的兔子。兔子肉因为便宜，诺曼底贵族自然不屑去吃它。因此，活兔子和吃的兔子肉共用rabbit 这个词表示，而没有换成由法语lapin转化而来的某个词。 当我们今天听着有关双语教育问题的争论时，我们应该设身处地替当时的撒克逊农民想一想，新的统治阶级把法语用来对抗撒克逊农民自己的语言，从而在农民周围筑起一道文化障碍。当英国人在像觉醒者赫里沃德这样的撒克逊领袖领导下起来造反时，他们一定深深地感受到了文化上的屈辱。“标准英语”——如果那时候有这个名词的话——已经变成法语。而九百年后我们在美国这儿仍然继承了这种影响。 那晚闲聊过后，第二天一早便有人去查阅了资料。这个名词在16世纪已有人使用过。纳什作于1593年的《截获信函奇闻》中就有过“标准英语”(Queen’s English)的提法。1602年德克写到某人时有句话说：