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新一代大学英语综合教程提高篇（一） 整理：COLLAPSAR

Unit-1 College life: Challenges and opportunities

一、Reading课文&翻译

Some thoughts from a professor

1 As both a college professor and parent of a college student, this time of year always seems to raise a

variety of thoughts as freshly minted high school graduates head off to their new adventures. In a

couple of weeks, green first-year students will be wandering around campuses everywhere, looking

young and confused.

作为一名大学教授和一名大学生的家长，每年的这个时候，当刚毕业的高中毕业生开始他们的新冒险时，各种各样的想法似乎总是会出现。再过几个星期，绿色的新生们就会在校园里到处游荡，看起来年轻而迷茫。

2 "Where do I find Burdine Hall?" asks the first year looking impossibly young.

“我在哪里可以找到伯丁会堂?”一个看上去年轻得不可思议的新生问道。

3 "It's that building right behind you," I answer with a smile, knowing that I will have this conversation

several times over the next few days.

“就是你身后的那座大楼，”我微笑着回答，因为我知道在接下来的几天里我会有好几次这样的对话。

4 Parents and students are nervous, excited, worried about paying bills, and so on. It's a big transition.

So what do professors think about all of this? I can't speak for all of my colleagues, but I do have a few

suggestions for parents and students heading off to college. First a few thoughts for students:

家长和学生们紧张、兴奋、担心支付账单等等。这是一个巨大的转变。那么教授们是怎么看待这些的呢?我不能代表所有的同事，但我确实有一些建议给即将上大学的家长和学生。首先是给学生的一些想法:

5 Don't get too stressed out, particularly about grades. The first semester may be a little rough as the

transition to college evolves. AP students, in particular, need to be careful about stressing over grades.

You've been sold a bill of goods if your teachers told you AP classes are just like college classes. They

aren't. College classes are more difficult and much more thorough. If you attend a research university,

you will be studying with the people who write the books and articles and they will be teaching based

upon both their own and others' research. It will be challenging.

不要太紧张，尤其是关于分数。随着向大学的过渡，第一学期可能会有点艰难。AP课程的学生尤其需要小心对待分数带来的压力。如果你的老师告诉你AP课程就像大学课程一样，那么你就被骗了。他们不是。大学课程更困难，也更全面。如果你上的是研究型大学，你将和写书和文章的人一起学习，他们将根据自己和他人的研究进行教学。这将是一个挑战。

6 Don't be frightened by the faculty. Yes, we all have PhD degrees, but we are there to help you learn.

Professors can be busy people. Teaching is only part of our job. At a research university, professors are

expected to have ongoing research programs that require supervision of graduate students and

postdoctoral fellows and we spend a lot of time writing and collecting data. Take advantage of that.

Visit your professors during office hours and find out how you can get involved in their research. Faculty

usually welcome help and want undergraduates to become involved in research. They also really like

talking about their work.

不要被老师吓倒。是的，我们都有博士学位，但我们是来帮助你学习的。教授可能是很忙的人。教书只是我们工作的一部分。在研究型大学里，教授们需要有一些正在进行的研究项目，这些项目需要研究生和博士后的指导，我们需要花费大量的时间来撰写和收集数据。好好利用这一点。在办公时间拜访你的教授，看看你如何能参与到他们的研究中去。教师通常欢迎帮助，并希望本科生参与研究。他们也很喜欢谈论自己的工作。

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7 Take advantage of the educational opportunity in front of you. You should have fun in college, but

you are there to study and to learn. Use the libraries, faculty, and other resources to get every ounce

you can out of your college.

利用你面前的教育机会。你应该在大学里过得很开心，但你的目的是学习和学习。充分利用图书馆、教师和其他资源，充分利用你大学里的每一分钱。

8 Don't be dominated by anyone, including your parents, in choosing your major. Every year I have one

or two students telling me that Mom and Dad are forcing them to do premed, but they hate it. It's your

life, make of it what you want and find something to study that fascinates you. Besides, if you don't

really want to be a doctor, you probably won't be very good at it and you certainly won't be happy.

在选择专业时，不要被任何人，包括你的父母主宰。每年都有一两个学生跟我说爸妈逼着他们上医学预科，但他们不喜欢。这是你的生活，让它成为你想要的，并找到让你着迷的东西去研究。此外，如果你真的不想成为一名医生，你可能不会很擅长它，你肯定不会快乐。

9 Don't call your professors by their first names unless they invite you to do so. Write emails with proper

grammar, spelling, and capitalization. First impressions matter and your professors will likely be people

who write your reference letters in the future. Get to know them, but be polite.

不要直呼教授的名字，除非他们邀请你这么做。用正确的语法、拼写和大写字母写电子邮件。第一印象很重要，你的教授很可能是将来给你写推荐信的人。去了解他们，但是要有礼貌。

10 For parents, here are some things to keep in mind:

对于父母来说，以下是一些需要牢记的事情:

11 Leave your kids alone. Let them explore college and let them make mistakes. They will learn from

those mistakes and grow up in the process. Don't hover over them and don't constantly check to make

sure they are doing laundry or that they are studying. Encourage them to do well, but don't stress them

out. Once a student told me his father warned him that anything less than a 3.5 GPA would mean he'd

be financially cut off. This is not a way to support your child as he or she gets accustomed to a new and

different lifestyle and a complicated set of demands.

离你的孩子远点。让他们探索大学，让他们犯错误。他们会从这些错误中学习，并在这个过程中成长。不要在他们身边转来转去，也不要经常检查他们是否在洗衣服或是否在学习。鼓励他们做好，但不要给他们压力。有个学生告诉我，他的父亲警告他说，任何成绩低于3.5分的成绩都意味着他的经济来源将被切断。这不是一种方式来支持你的孩子，因为他或她已经习惯了新的和不同的生活方式和一套复杂的要求。

12 Don't call or email professors if your kid gets a bad grade – most likely he or she deserved the bad

grade and, if not, you need to let your kid work it out with the professor him or herself. Also, just because

your kid got As in high school does not mean the same will happen in college. College is much more

demanding than high school.

如果你的孩子得到了一个很差的成绩，不要打电话给教授或发邮件给他/她——很可能他/她应该得到这么差的成绩，如果不是，你需要让你的孩子和教授自己解决这个问题。另外，仅仅因为你的孩子在高中得了a并不意味着在大学也会这样。大学比高中要求高得多。

13 Finally, both parents and students need to recognize that college is a tremendous opportunity to

spend four years at a place where knowledge is created. Students are exposed to new ideas and their

preconceptions about the world are often challenged deeply. This is good; it is what makes you grow

as a person and more able to deal with the complex world in which we live.

最后，父母和学生都需要认识到，大学是一个巨大的机会，在一个创造知识的地方度过四年。学生们接触到新的思想，他们对世界的先入之见往往受到深刻的挑战。这是好的;它使你成长为一个人，更有能力处理我们生活的复杂世界。

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二、Translation

Collapsar:

1. Translate the paragraph into Chinese.

Far from being an obstacle to entrepreneurial success, a college education arms a person with the

set of skills necessary to take advantage of a great idea. At their best, colleges and universities are

themselves hothouses of innovation, a natural site and climate for translating ideas into application. It

is no coincidence that some of the practical ideas that have most changed our world, such as the

lnternet, came directly out of universities and colleges. Nor is it a coincidence that communities of

entrepreneurs, Silicon Valley included, grow up around great universities.

Chinese:

翻译-1： 大学教育远不是创业成功的障碍，而是为一个人提供了利用好创意所需的一系列技能。在最好的情况下，学院和大学本身就是创新的温室，是将想法转化为应用的自然场所和气候。一些最改变了我们世界的实用思想，比如互联网，直接出自大学和学院，这并非巧合。包括硅谷在内的企业家群体在一流大学周围成长，这并非巧合。

翻译-2： 大学教育绝不是创业成功的障碍，它赋予人们汲取伟大思想所必备的一系列技能。从其最佳状态来说，大学自身就是创新的温床，有着将想法付诸实践的天然场所和环境。一些已经极大地改变世界的实用的想法，如因特网，直接来自大学，这不是巧合。企业家社区，包括硅谷，以知名大学为中心成长起来，这也不是巧合

2. Translate the paragraph into English, using the words and expressions below.

transition increasingly Campus semester

pursue undergraduate Innovative get involved in

中国的高等教育发展迅猛。这为更多的平民百姓提供机会，让他们追求上大学的梦想，并对他们的职业生涯起着越来越重要的作用。根据最新报道，2017年约有372万新生被录取进入大学学习。为了帮助新生适应校园生活，上海的一些高校想出了创新的迎新方法。这些方法包括:在社交网站如微博和微信上张贴信息指南、使用智能手机app简化入学手续等。同时，学校还举办迎新情况介绍会，帮助学生尽快投入学习，完成从中学向大学的过渡。

Translation-1:

Higher education in China is developing rapidly. This provides more ordinary people with the

opportunity to pursue their dream of going to college and plays an increasingly important role in their

career. According to the latest report, about 3.72 million freshmen were enrolled in universities in

2017. To help freshmen adjust to campus life, some universities in Shanghai have come up with

innovative ways to welcome freshmen. These include Posting information guides on social

networking sites such as Weibo and WeChat, and using smartphone apps to streamline admission

procedures. At the same time, the school also holds orientation sessions to help students get

involved in their studies and complete the transition from secondary school to university.

Translation-2:

The fast development of higher education in China has offered more ordinary people the opportunity

to pursue their dream of attending college. It is also playing increasingly important roles in their career

development. According to the latest report, in 2017, about 3.72 million freshmen were enrolled in college.

To help freshmen adjust themselves to campus life, some universities in Shanghai have come up with

innovative ways of Welcoming freshmen. The new methods included posting information guides on social

networks like Weibo and Wechat, using smartphone apps to simplify admission procedures, etc. At the

same time , some orientation programs were organized for freshmen to help them get involved in learning

as soon as possible and accomplish the transition from high school to college.

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三、Vocabulary

1. New words

mint

stressed

evolve

thorough

frighten

ongoing

supervision

postdoctoral

involved

vt. (usu. passive) 授予…学位；传授…技能 n. [U] 薄荷

a. (also ~ out) 焦虑的；紧张的；无法放松的

v.（使）逐步发展；（使）逐步演变

a. 彻底的；全面的；详尽的

vt. 使害怕；使受到惊吓

a. (usu. before noun) 继续进行的；不断发展中的

n. [U] 监督；指导

a. (only before noun) 博士后的

a. (be / get ~ in) 与…有关

undergraduate

n. [C]（尚未取得学位的）大学（本科）生

a. 教育的

educational

ounce

dominate

premed

capitalization

reference

hover

accustomed

complicated

deserve

tremendous

v. 支配；控制；占重要地位

n. [U] 医学预科学位；医学预科班

n. [U] 大写

n. 1 [C] (also letter of ~) 推荐信；介绍信 2 [C, U] 提及；谈到

vi. 徘徊；走来走去

a. (be / get ~ to sth.) 习惯于某事

a. 复杂难懂的；难处理的

vt. 应得，应受到（奖赏或惩罚）

a. 1 极好的；特棒的 2 巨大的；极快的；强有力的

n. [sing.] 少量；一点

preconception

n. [C] 先入之见

2. Phrases and expressions

代表…讲话；充当…的代言人

cut off speak for sb. / sth.

sell sb. a bill of goods

欺骗某人

stress sb. out

take advantage of

make (sth.) of sb. / sth.

利用某物（做某事）

隔断；停止供应

使非常紧张；使压力大

设法弄懂某事物

work (sth.) out

（利用机会等）获得（好结果）

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Unit-2 Be yourself, be happy

一、Reading课文及翻译

Stopping "should" shaming— Ending the self-imposed guilt game

1 Unless you are already aware of the damage it causes, you probably say "should" at least a few times

a day. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, the word "should" expresses obligation or

expectation. The internal message, however, when we say "I should" do something, is inherently negative.

For example, saying "I should go to the gym" means I know I would benefit from going to the gym. What

is implied in the "should" statement is, "but I really don't want to right now" and "I feel guilty about it." If

there wasn't an underlying discord, you would simply say either "I'm going to the gym" (because you

should and you are) or "I'm not going to the gym today" (you're not going and you're OK with that choice).

1除非你已经知道它造成的损害，否则你可能一天至少会说几次“应该”。根据韦氏词典，“should”这个词表示义务或期望。然而，内部信息是，当我们说“我应该”做某事时，本质上是消极的。例如，说“我应该去健身房”意味着我知道去健身房会对我有好处。“应该”陈述中隐含的意思是“但我现在真的不想去”和“我对此感到内疚。”如果没有潜在的不和谐，你可以简单地说“我要去健身房”(因为你应该去，而且你正在去)或者“我今天不去健身房”(你不去，你觉得这个选择很好)。

2 The word "should" indicates that you aren't doing what you would benefit from, and you're not entirely

resolute in your choice, either. Enter regret. Cue the reinforcement of existing negative messages you

already hold about yourself. "This is why I'm still fat," "this is why I don't have the body I want," "I'm not

good enough." Now you feel bad about yourself for not going to the gym, so you pour a glass of drink,

have a comforting snack and turn on the TV to take your mind off feeling bad about yourself. And tomorrow

you will do it again, if not about going to the gym, about something else. Possibly many things.

“应该”这个词表明你并没有在做你会从中受益的事情，而且你的选择也不完全坚定。输入的遗憾。强化你已经掌握的关于自己的负面信息。"这就是为什么我还是这么胖" "这就是为什么我没有我想要的身材" "我不够好"现在你为自己没有去健身房而感到内疚，所以你倒了一杯饮料，吃了一顿舒适的小吃，然后打开电视来转移你对自己不好的感觉。明天你还会这样做，如果不是为了去健身房，而是为了其他的事情。可能很多事情。

3 "Should" goes hand in hand with self-reproach. The problem with guilt is that it's largely worthless in

terms of getting you to do anything. You may have been raised in a house where guilt and shame was

used to get you to do all kinds of everyday things, like be nice to your sister, clean your room and go to

church on Sundays. Guilt may feel familiar to you, and humans seek what we know, even if it's bad. But

guilt doesn't get you to do the big things like find a job that makes you happy, leave a relationship that

sucks the life out of you, or manifest your dreams in love, life and the pursuit of happiness.

“应该”与自我责备相伴而生。罪恶感的问题在于，它对你做任何事情都毫无价值。你可能成长在这样一个家庭，在那里内疚和羞耻会让你做各种各样的日常事情，比如善待你的妹妹，打扫你的房间，周日去教堂。你可能觉得内疚很熟悉，人类会寻找我们知道的东西，即使它是坏事。但是内疚不会让你去做一些重要的事情，比如找一份让你快乐的工作，离开一段让你生活一团糟的关系，或者在爱情、生活和对幸福的追求中实现你的梦想。

4 How do you free yourself from "should"?

如何将自己从“应该”中解放出来?

5 When you hear yourself say "should":

当你听到自己说“应该”的时候:

6 Evaluate what you really mean. Do you really mean that you are addressing an obligation or expectation

that is worthwhile for you to do right now? Or is this some old mental model you have in your head about

you, who you "should" be and what you "should" be doing, that maybe isn't worth clinging to?

评估你真正的意思。你的意思真的是说你正在处理一项义务或期望，这是值得你现在就去做的吗?或者这是你脑海中关于你“应该”成为谁、你“应该”做什么、也许不值得坚持的旧思维模式?

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7 Do it or drop it. If you evaluate the "should" and decide it's worth keeping, then get up and get going.

Drop the "should" and the guilt and just do it. If you evaluate the “should” and you need to let go of the

expectation or obligation, then let it go! Really. Stop feeling bad about yourself over it, which, as you know,

isn't getting you closer to fulfilling it.

要么做，要么放弃。如果你评估了“应该”，并认为它值得坚持，那就行动起来。放下“应该”和“内疚”，去做吧。如果你评估了“应该”，你需要放弃期望或义务，那么就让它去吧!真的。别再为这件事而自责了，你也知道，这并不能让你更接近实现目标。

8 Find and replace. Now that you've chosen to do it or drop it, replace "should" permanently with more

decisive, positive reinforcers — words that will serve you better than "should." Try "I accomplished," "I

decided," or just simply "I did" or "I didn't." All of those authorize an action, whether you do the task or

not. Statements like "I will" or "I won't" show you have made a decision and agree with it. This ends the

disconnect between where you are and mental images in your head that don't matter.

查找和替换。既然你已经选择了去做或者放弃它，那就把“应该”永久地替换为更果断、更积极的强化物——那些比“应该”对你更好的词。试试“我完成了”，“我决定了”，或者仅仅是“我做了”或“我没有”。所有这些都授权了一个操作，无论您是否执行该任务。像“我会”或“我不会”这样的语句表明你已经做出了决定并同意它。这就结束了你所处位置和头脑中无关紧要的图像之间的脱节。

9 You control your thoughts. Your thoughts create your emotional state. Your emotions direct your

actions. Your actions seek thoughts that reinforce them. It's a circuitous relationship that can be either

very positive or very negative and extremely humbling. The important part is you choose it. You have

chosen to hold every thought you've ever had, even the ones based on what was role modeled for you.

And so you can choose every thought from now on. Negative self-talk and "should" might show up,

baggage in hand, but you can show them the mental exit door. Solidifying your decisions and dealing with

"should" takes practice, but it's work worth doing. You really should stop saying "should." Better yet, just

do it.

你控制你的思想。你的思想创造了你的情绪状态。你的情绪指导你的行动。你的行动在寻找能强化它们的想法。这是一种迂回的关系，可以是非常积极的，也可以是非常消极的，而且极其卑微。重要的是你的选择。你选择了保留你曾经有过的每一个想法，甚至那些基于你的榜样的想法。所以从现在开始你可以选择每一个想法。消极的自言自语和“应该”可能会出现，但你可以向他们展示精神出口。巩固你的决定和处理“应该”需要练习，但这是值得做的工作。你真的应该停止说"应该"。更好的是，去做。

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二、Translation

1. Translate the paragraph into Chinese

It became increasingly clear that my characters weren’t lying in a book somewhere; they

were here, ready for me to see and feel and experience. And they talked too, with high

pitches and low ones, with resonance and tonality. Some had quiet voices, others had loud

ones. It was here I learned the second form of the English language: the vocal kind.

翻译-1：

越来越明显的是，我的角色不是躺在某本书里;他们就在这里，等着我去看，去感受，去体验。他们也会说话，有高音有低音，有共鸣，有调性。有些人的声音很小，有些人的声音很大。就是在这里，我学会了英语的第二种形式:有声音的那种。

翻译-2：

越来越清楚的是，我的人物们不是躺在某处的一本书中；他们就在这里，等着我去看，去感受，去经历。他们会说话，声音或高亢或低沉，伴有共鸣和音调。有些人声音轻柔，有些人声音洪亮。正是在这里，我学会了英语语言的第二种形式，有声的语言。

2. Translate the paragraph into English, using the words and expressions below.

go hand in hand introvert socialize

fierce possess observe

很多人提到“中国人”就会想到“内向的人”，认为我内向是因为我是中国人。确实，中国的教育体系鼓励学生在考试中取得高分，学生对于课堂讨论和辩论不如美国的学生那么习以为常。然而，我接触到的中国学生，有的很善于交际，有的敢于提出问题，这些人自信、刚毅，他们所拥有的这些特质正是成为律师、记者、政治家所需要的。因此，我不觉得我内向的原因在于我是中国人。我只是一个喜欢读书、喜欢观察并把我的观察融入我的写作的人。我内向，因为我是我。

翻译-1：

A lot of people think "introverted" when they say "Chinese" and think that I'm introverted because I'm

Chinese. It's true that China's education system encourages students to score high on tests, and students

are less accustomed to classroom discussion and debate than their American counterparts. However,

some of the Chinese students I have worked with are very sociable, some are not afraid to ask questions,

these people are confident and resolute, they possess the very qualities needed to become lawyers,

journalists, politicians. So I don't think the reason I'm introverted is because I'm Chinese. I'm just someone

who likes to read and observe and incorporate my observations into my writing. I am introverted because

I am me.

翻译-2：Reference:

Many people see "introverts" and "Chinese" going hand in hand. They think that I am introverted

because I am Chinese. It's true that the Chinese education system encourages students to score high in

exams, and the students are less used to classroom discussion and debate compared to American

students. However, among the Chinese students I studied with, some are good at socializing. some are

brave enough to raise questions. These people are confident and fierce, and these qualities that they

possess are needed to become lawyers, journalists and politicians. So. I don't think I'm introverted

because I'm Chinese. I am a person who enjoys reading and prefers to observe and put those

observations into my writing. I’m introverted because I am me

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三、Vocabulary

1. New words

self-imposed

manifest

cling

underlying

fulfill

resolute

cue

decisive

reinforce

snack

humbling

worthless

baggage

self-reproach

discord

comforting

suck

permanently

reinforcer

solidify

a.（规则、条件等）自愿接受的；（责任）自己主动承担的

vt. 表露（感情、态度、病情等）；显示；表明

vi. (clung, clung) (~ to) 坚信；忠于

a. (only before noun) 根本的；内在的；潜在的

vt. (BrE fulfil) 实现（希望）；履行（诺言）；使应验

a. (~ in sth.) 坚决的；坚定的

vt.（尤指在表演中）提示 n. [C] 提示；暗示

a. 1 决定性的 2 果断的

vt. 增强，加强（观点、看法、感觉等）

n. [C]（正餐以外的）小吃，点心

a. 使感到卑贱的；使自惭的

a. 无价值的；不重要的；没用处的

n. [U] 1 (infml.)（思想上的）包袱 2 (mainly AmE) 行李

n. [U] 自责

n. [U] 不和谐；不一致

a. 安慰的

vt. 吸纳；吸收；吸取

ad. 总是；持久地

n. [C] 强化剂；刺激物

v. 巩固；（使）变牢固

in terms of

show up

在...方面

显露；显现出来

reinforcement

guilt

inherently

evaluate

authorize

circuitous

n. [U] 加强；加固

n. [U] 内疚；自责

ad. 内在地；固有地

vt. 评估；评价

vt. 授权；许可

a. 曲折的；间接的

2. Phrases and expressions

密切相关

go hand in hand

now that

be aware of

let go (of)

既然；由于

注意到；意识到 （担忧）某事

take one's mind off sth.

使某人不再去想放手；松手；放开（某人或某物）

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Unit-3 A journey of discovery

一、Reading课文及翻译

Tales of a second grade traveler

1 My mom recently announced she wanted one thing from her three daughters: two hours alone in her

basement, clearing out boxes of childhood detritus that had been there for too long. We rolled our eyes,

but gave in for an afternoon, stuffing high school homecoming dresses into trash bags headed for

Goodwill.

我妈妈最近宣布，她想让她的三个女儿做一件事:在地下室单独待上两个小时，清理放了太长时间的童年垃圾。我们翻了个白眼，但还是放弃了，用了一个下午的时间，把高中返校节的礼服塞进垃圾袋，准备运往Goodwill。

2 My youngest sister faced down a hat box filled with notes from old boyfriends going back to sixth grade

— two kids, a mortgage, and a lifetime ago. Me, I unearthed something far more enlightening: my first

piece of creative writing, penned for Mrs. Miller in the fall of second grade.

我最小的妹妹面对着一个帽盒，里面装满了六年级时的前男友们写的便条——两个孩子，一笔抵押贷款，还有很久以前的事。至于我，我发现了一些更有启发性的东西:我的第一篇创造性文章，是在二年级秋季为米勒夫人写的。

3 I knew my mom had the story tucked away somewhere, but hadn't read it in years, and as I unfolded

the single sheet of crumpled notebook paper, I laughed at how little I'd changed. My first literary effort,

"Me and the Puddle Adventure," is a travel tale, written from the point of view of a single raindrop who

longs to leave the confines of suburban Detroit, where my family resided at the time.

我知道妈妈把这个故事藏在了什么地方，但我已经很多年没有读过了。当我打开那张皱巴巴的笔记本纸时，我笑着说我几乎没有改变什么。我的第一部文学作品《我和水坑历险记》(Me and the Puddle Adventure)是一个旅行故事，是从一个渴望离开底特律郊区的雨滴的视角写的，我的家人当时住在那里。

4 An economical 188 words, it goes like this:

一个简洁的188个单词，它是这样的:

One day it rained and smack! There I was right at the side of the road. I started out at one drop, then I

got bigger and bigger, and I got so big that I went flowing down the street. I felt filthy but I went on going.

有一天下雨了!我当时就在路边。我从一滴开始，然后我越来越大，我越来越大，以至于我沿着街道流动。我觉得很脏，但我还是继续走。

It rained all night and it rained all the next day, and I got so big that I went right out of Michigan and into

Ohio. In Ohio it rained for five days and the next day I went right into Kentucky. I got run over by many

cars in Kentucky. It rained for three days and I went into Tennessee. And I kept on going, thru states and

states and finally I went right into the Atlantic Ocean. It was fun floating on the Atlantic Ocean. At least

I didn't get run over by cars. I stayed in there for three weeks and I landed in England. I was on a dead

end street. I went right to the end of the street and I went down the other side. And right back into the

ocean and I sank.

下了一整夜的雨，第二天又下了一整天，我的肚子越来越大，我离开了密歇根，来到了俄亥俄州。俄亥俄州下了五天的雨，第二天我就直接去了肯塔基州。我在肯塔基州被很多车碾过。雨下了三天，我去了田纳西州。我继续前进，穿过许多州，最后我进入了大西洋。漂浮在大西洋上很有趣。至少我没被车碾过。我在那里待了三个星期，然后到了英国。我当时在一条死胡同里。我径直走到街的尽头，然后从另一边走下去。然后又回到海里，我沉了下去。

5 Admittedly, my grasp of narrative was in its formative stages and the ending was a bit of a letdown, but

what's interesting is what drove me to write it.

诚然，我对叙事的理解还处于形成阶段，结尾也有点让人失望，但有趣的是驱使我去写它的原因。

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6 The previous summer, my grandparents had retired to Tennessee, and we'd taken our first family road

trip to visit them. Apparently, I kept careful track of our route and it rained a lot on the way. As for England,

I knew exactly why it was there. Mary Poppins, the film, had been re-released that year; my parents had

taken me and my sister to see it. Like masses of other kids, including my nieces and nephews today, we

were attracted by a coal-blackened Dick Van Dyke high-stepping across rooftops and the eccentric old

British naval officer firing a cannon, on the hour, next door to the Bankses' lovely home, thundering, "Ship-shape and Bristol fashion."

去年夏天，我的祖父母退休去了田纳西州，我们第一次开车去看望他们。显然，我一直在仔细跟踪我们的路线，一路上下了很多雨。至于英格兰，我知道它为什么在那里。那年，电影《欢乐满人间》(Mary Poppins)再次上映;我的父母带我和我的妹妹去看它。和其他孩子一样，包括我今天的侄子侄女们，我们也被一个叫迪克·范·戴克(Dick Van Dyke)的人吸引住了，他被一个被炭黑熏得焦黑的人高步穿过屋顶，还有一个古怪的老英国海军军官，在班克斯家可爱的房子隔壁，他在整点鸣炮，雷鸣般的“船形和布里斯托尔式”。

7 I remember wanting to fly kites in Hyde Park and hang out with chimney sweeps. Who wouldn't? They

had attitude and used words like "Guv'nor" and "mate."

我记得我想去海德公园放风筝，和扫烟囱的人一起玩。谁不想呢?他们有自己的态度，还会用"先生"和"伴侣"这样的词

8 Back then, in 1970s middle America, it would have been hard to predict I'd live in China one day and

travel with relative ease to places like West Africa, Hungary and Vietnam. Certainly, my parents wouldn't

have believed it. But re-reading my seven-year-old self as an adult, it's clear a sense of wonder had been

tapped, one that motivated me, decades later, to strike out for new ground.

回到上世纪70年代的美国中部，很难预测有一天我会住在中国，然后相对轻松地去西非、匈牙利和越南等地旅行。当然，我的父母不会相信的。但当我长大成人，重新审视七岁时的自己时，很明显，一种奇妙的感觉被挖掘了出来，这种感觉在几十年后激励着我去开拓新的领域。

9 Now I have a better understanding of where my travel bug began: a road trip, a movie, an encouraging

teacher. Despite all of our 21st-century bells and whistles, the same ingredients just might fire a kid's

curiosity today.

现在我对我的旅行迷从何而来有了更好的理解:一次公路旅行，一部电影，一位鼓励我的老师。尽管我们拥有21世纪的所有花哨的东西，但同样的成分在今天可能会激发孩子的好奇心。

10 I did get to London, during my college years, and a couple of times since. There were no chimney

sweeps, alas, but my first view of Hyde Park was glorious. Perhaps a "Puddle Adventure: The

Globalization Years" is in order.

我上大学的时候去过伦敦，之后还去过几次。唉，没有烟囱清洁工，但我第一次看到海德公园时，还是觉得很壮丽。也许《水坑历险记:全球化年代》(Puddle Adventure: The Globalization Years)是合适的。

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二、Translate

Translation

1. Translate the paragraph into Chinese.

Ultimately, I walked away with this metaphor: A home is like a backpack. Throughout the trials and

tribulations that uncertainty threw my way, I held onto the things that gave me comfort and stability. It saw

me through my wildest adventures, my toughest challenges, and my most rewarding moments, acting as

the prevailing source of security. lt recorded the steps l took throughout my travels and displayed the

things I held closest to my heart. Which is why it was important for me to understand that what l retained

had to be of the utmost value. After all, a backpack can only carry so much.

翻译-1：

最后，我带着这个比喻离开了:家就像一个背包。在不确定性给我带来的考验和磨难中，我紧紧抓住那些给我带来舒适和稳定的东西。它见证了我最疯狂的冒险、最艰难的挑战和最值得的时刻，它是我最大的安全感来源。它记录了我在旅途中走过的脚步，展示了我最亲近的东西。这就是为什么我必须明白我所保留的东西必须具有最大的价值。毕竟，一个背包只能装这么多东西。

翻译-2：最后，在旅行结束时我得出这样的结论：家就像旅行背包见证了我那些最疯狂的冒险经历，见证了面临的最艰难的挑战，见证了最令我满足的时刻，它是我安全感的主要源泉。旅行背包记录了我旅行的每一步，凸显了我最珍视的东西。就是这个缘故，有一点很重要，我得明白，我收纳的东西必须是最珍贵的。毕竟，旅行背包的空间有限。

2. Translate the paragraph into English, using the words below.

realm surge stability distraction

sustain utmost handful glorious

近年来，到中国旅游的外国游客人数激增。他们中大多数是被中国壮观的自然风光吸引，有些人是想领略中国灿烂的文化遗产，少部分人是为了寻求冒险、刺激的娱乐活动。经济学家认为外国游客的迅速增长主要是中国政府努力的结果。在过去十年中，中国政府尽最大努力保证旅游业的持续发展，采取了诸如加强旅游宣传、改造娱乐设施和减少空气污染等一系列措施。此外，中国政府还加强与各国交流，以增进相互了解，保持稳定的合作关系，为开辟旅游业新领域铺平道路。

翻译-1：

The number of foreign tourists visiting China has soared in recent years. Most of them are attracted by

China's spectacular natural scenery, some want to appreciate the country's splendid cultural heritage,

and a few are seeking adventure and exciting entertainment. Economists attribute the rapid growth in

foreign visitors largely to the efforts of the Chinese government. In the past decade, the Chinese

government has done its utmost to ensure the sustainable development of tourism by adopting a series

of measures such as strengthening tourism publicity, upgrading entertainment facilities and reducing air

pollution. In addition, the Chinese government has also strengthened exchanges with other countries to

enhance mutual understanding, maintain stable cooperative relations and pave the way for opening up

new areas of tourism.

翻译-2：

In recent years, there has been a surge in the number of foreign tourists in China. Most of them are

attracted by China's glorious natural beauty: some want to have a taste of its splendid cultural heritage

and a handful come to search for exciting and adventurous distractions. Some economists attribute the

rapid growth of foreign tourists to the great efforts of Chinese government. In the past 10 years, the

Chinese government has done their utmost to ensure the sustainable development of tourism industry,

taking a series of measures, including stepping up tourism promotion, developing more leisure facilities,

and reducing air pollution. Besides, the government has enhanced communication with other countries

to promote mutual understanding and sustain a stable cooperative relationship, paving the way for the

new realm of tourism.

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三、Vocabulary

1. New words

basement

mortgage

tuck

detritus

homecoming

unearth

puddle

raindrop

smack

float

narrative

chimney sweep

glorious

ingredient

economical

formative

letdown

eccentric

naval

cannon

tap

confine

2. Phrases and expressions

清理；整理

clear out

tuck away

把...藏在（某处）

Bell sand whistles

闲逛；厮混

hang out (with)

（开车）撞倒并碾过某人/某物

run over

roll sb.'s eyes

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n. [C] 地下室；地下层

n. [C] 抵押借款；按揭

vt. 把...收藏起来

trash bag

enlightening

n. [C] 垃圾袋

a. 启发的；指导的

n. [C] 视角；角度

point of view

n. [U] (fml.)（某物被打碎或使用后留下的）碎屑

n. [C, U]（每年的）返回母校的聚会，校友日

vt. 发掘，掘出（尤指埋藏于地下的东西）

n. [C]（小径、道路上的）水坑（尤指雨水坑）

n. [C] 雨点；雨滴

ad. 猛烈地；砰然作响地

vi. 浮；漂

n. [U] 叙事手法；叙述

n. [C] 烟囱清扫工

a. 美丽的；壮丽的

reside

filthy

admittedly

rooftop

motivate

globalization

v. (fml.) 居住

a. 十分肮脏的；污秽的

ad. 诚然；确实地

n. [C] 屋顶

vt. 激发；激励；促动

n. [U] 全球化

n. [sing., U] 好奇心；求知欲 n. [C]（完成某事的）要素，因素

curiosity

a. 经济的；省钱的；节约的

a. 影响（事物或性格）形成的；塑造性的

n. [sing.] (infml.) 失望；令人失望的事

a.（行为或装束）怪异的，古怪的

a. (only before noun) 海军的

n. [C]（旧时的双轮）大炮，加农炮

vt. (also ~ into) 利用，采用（思想、经验、知识等）

n. (~s)（尤指某个地方限制行动自由的）界限，边界，范围 vt. 把...局限于；把...限制于

（尤指经过长时间的争论而）让步

give in

华而不实的东西

start out (as)

（从...）开始

strike out

（尤指坚定地）向某方向行进

了解...的动态；掌握...的线索

keep track of

（尤表示不快而）骨碌碌地转动眼睛，翻白眼

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Unit-4 The art of living

一、 Reading课文及翻译

Sharing the millennial way

1 While the classic American Dream is to own everything – cars, homes, luxury items and such,

millennials are creating their own version of the American Dream: sharing with access, without

owning.

虽然经典的美国梦是拥有一切——汽车、房屋、奢侈品等，但千禧一代正在创造他们自己的美国梦:分享与获取，但不拥有。

2 "For some of these millennials, access is more important than ownership – and that's why the 'No

Strings Economy,' also referred to as the Sharing Economy, holds so much appeal. It gives them

access to things they may not have the financial resources to afford otherwise, alternatively it

alleviates them of the burden and responsibility of owning something completely," exclaims Sheryl

Connelly, Global Trends and Futuring Manager at Ford Motor Company.

“对于一些千禧一代来说，接触比拥有更重要——这就是为什么‘无附带经济’，也被称为共享经济，具有如此大的吸引力。”福特汽车公司全球趋势和未来经理谢丽尔·康纳利(Sheryl Connelly)说。

3 Millennials, born 1980-2000, are a generation 92 million strong. They stand to inherit large amounts

of wealth and will control the spending power in the US for quite some time. This generation has

grown up with immense uncertainty, being witness to the 2008-2009 stock market catastrophe and

partners-in-crime that has wrapped students in debt. These have left lasting reminders for millennials

that owning things might not be the smartest financial decision.

出生于1980-2000年的千禧一代拥有9200万人口。他们将继承大量财富，并将在相当长一段时间内控制美国的消费能力。这一代人是在巨大的不确定性中成长起来的，他们见证了2008-2009年的股市灾难和让学生背负债务的犯罪伙伴。这些给千禧一代留下了持久的提醒:拥有东西可能不是最明智的财务决定。

4 According to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, in 2013 60% of all

millennials were interested in renting vs. owning all types of goods and services. With the surge of

non-traditional renting options for millennials, everything from cars, to clothing, to music, to vacations,

companies have been working enthusiastically to provide a continuing source of new products and

innovations to meet the millennial needs.

根据经济合作与发展组织(oecd)的数据，2013年60%的千禧一代对租赁而不是拥有各种商品和服务感兴趣。随着千禧一代非传统租赁选择的激增，从汽车、服装、音乐到度假，公司一直在热情地工作，提供源源不断的新产品和创新，以满足千禧一代的需求。

5 Penn Schoen Berland (PSB), an independent research company, conducted a poll on behalf of

Ford Motor Company among 1,000 Generation Z and Generation Y respondents in the US. There

were some surprising results regarding the millennial sharing generation:

独立调查公司Penn Schoen Berland (PSB)代表福特汽车公司在1000名美国Z世代和Y世代的受访者中开展了这项调查。关于千禧一代，有一些令人惊讶的结果:

· For Gen Y and Gen Z, the sharing economy is above all an opportunity to save money (more than

half say saving money is an advantage to sharing goods and services).

· 1 in 3 millennials are interested in renting out their own stuff as a way to earn extra money.

· Respondents share because it gives them the opportunity to try out new products (40%) and have

access to more options (33%).

· "Rides in a Car" takes No. 2 spot in list of items young Americans are most open to sharing following

books.

·对于Y世代和Z世代来说，分享经济首先是一个省钱的机会(超过一半的人表示，省钱是分享商品和服务的一个优势)。

·三分之一的千禧一代有兴趣出租自己的东西来赚外快。

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·受访者分享是因为这让他们有机会尝试新产品(40%)，并有更多选择(33%)。

·《乘汽车》(Rides in a Car)在美国年轻人最愿意分享的书籍列表中排名第二。

6 What does this mean for corporations like Ford? While millennials are certainly still buying cars,

the when and how they use their car is what is changing for this demographic. Between Ford's

GoDrive car-sharing service in London, to their Car Swap and City Driving on-demand service, they

plan to stay current and relevant with the millennial generation offering them exactly what they want

– ownership, access and the ability to share.

这对福特这样的公司意味着什么?虽然千禧一代当然还在买车，但他们使用汽车的时间和方式正在发生变化。从伦敦福特的GoDrive汽车共享服务，到Car Swap和City Driving按需服务，他们计划与千禧一代保持联系，为他们提供他们想要的东西——所有权、使用权和分享能力。

7 GoDrive is an on-demand, public car-sharing pilot. The service offers customers flexible, practical

and affordable access to a fleet of cars for one-way journeys with easy parking throughout London.

GoDrive是一个按需服务的公共汽车共享试点公司。该服务为客户提供灵活、实用和经济的车队，为单程旅行提供方便的停车位遍布伦敦。

8 Companies like Uber, Spotify and Airbnb are all recent success stories that also speak to the new

sharing economy. In years past the idea of renting someone's apartment for a vacation stay was

nothing short of a foreign concept to millennials. Airbnb has created an entirely new way of traveling

for millennials, providing access to properties ranging from intimate to exotic all around the world

with competitive pricing that most major hotel chains can't compete against.

优步(Uber)、Spotify和Airbnb等公司近期都取得了成功，也说明了新的共享经济。在过去的几年里，租房度假对千禧一代来说简直就是一个陌生的概念。Airbnb为千禧一代创造了一种全新的旅行方式，以具有竞争力的价格提供全球各地从私密到异国情调的房产，这是大多数大型连锁酒店无法比拟的。

9 Millennials have broadened their idea of sharing beyond luxuries like cars and vacations. Rent the

Runway, a popular online retailer offering designer dresses and accessories for rent, has surged to

success among millennial women where luxury designers might have normally been out of their

financial reach.

千禧一代已经把共享的概念拓展到了汽车和度假等奢侈品之外。Rent the Runway是一家很受欢迎的在线零售商，提供设计师设计的服装和配饰出租服务。该公司在千禧一代女性中取得了迅速的成功，在这些女性中，奢侈品设计师通常是她们财力所不能及的。

10 "Not only is Rent the Runway the smart choice of women who value experiences over

possessions, it's also the modern one. In today's sharing economy, our customer gets around the

city via Uber, she listens to her music on Spotify and she uses Airbnb when she travels. We are the

first company to allow her to approach fashion in the same way," states Welington Fonseca, SVP of

Marketing.

“对于那些看重经历甚于财产的女性来说，Rent the Runway不仅是一个明智的选择，也是一个现代的选择。在今天的分享经济中，我们的客户通过优步(Uber)在城市中穿梭，她在Spotify上听音乐，旅行时使用Airbnb。我们是第一家允许她以同样的方式接触时尚的公司，”市场高级副总裁惠灵顿·丰塞卡说。

11 Millennials' need for sharing is not just about finances, but rather their insatiable desire to refresh

a product or service as fast as they do their social media feeds. Fonseca persists in the belief that

"Rent the Runway's unlimited service is the cure for fast fashion. It offers women a subscription to

fashion, giving them access to designer statement pieces on a rotating basis, so they can augment

their closet staples with quality, desirable pieces."

千禧一代对分享的需求不只是财务方面的，而是他们对产品或服务的更新欲望，就像他们在社交媒体上更新信息一样快。Fonseca坚信“Rent the Runway的无限服务是快速时尚的解药。”它为女性提供了一种对时尚的订阅，让她们可以轮流接触到设计师的宣言单品，这样她们就可以用高质量、令人满意的单品来充实自己的衣橱。”

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12 Being 92 million strong, the sharing economy that millennials have created is a trend that is sure

to be long-lasting. With companies like Ford and Rent the Runway already recognizing the

significance of the millennial sharing economy, this proves to be a feasible space for future innovation

and product creation for years to come.

千禧一代创造的分享经济拥有9200万人口，这一趋势必将持续下去。随着福特(Ford)和Rent the Runway等公司已经认识到千禧一代共享经济的重要性，这被证明是未来几年创新和产品创造的可行空间。

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二、Translation

1. Translate the paragraphs into Chinese

The famous 19th century phrase, "less is more," first noted in an 1855 poem by Robert Browning, is

part of a greater context of ideas we see in society today. Through its interpretation, this phrase has

also made its way to being associated with modern architecture and design, focusing on the

simplicity of style. While the meaning and origins of the phrase are rooted in history, it's the phrase

we are seeing permeate vast arenas of young peoples' lives today. As more young people choose

to call large-scale cities home and brush the ideas of saving for the future to the back burner for the

time being, a series of patterns have emerged.

翻译-1：

19世纪著名的短语“少即是多”(less is more)最早出现在罗伯特·布朗宁(Robert Browning) 1855年的一首诗中，它是我们今天社会中看到的更大思想背景的一部分。通过它的诠释，这个短语也与现代建筑和设计联系在一起，注重风格的简约。尽管这个短语的含义和起源有着悠久的历史渊源，但如今我们在年轻人生活的各个领域都看到了这个短语。随着越来越多的年轻人选择以大城市为家，暂时把为未来储蓄的想法抛到一边，一系列的模式出现了。

翻译-2： “少多”这旬19日纪的名言最早出现在罗伯特·布朗宁1855年的一首诗中。它已是我们当今社会各种思想的一部分了。经诠释，这一名言已与现代建筑和设计理念相结合，力求风格简约。

尽管这句名言的意义及出处由来已久，我们却是现今才日睹它充斥于年轻人生活的方方面面。随着越来越多的年轻人决定以大城市为家，暂时摒弃存钱以备将来之用的观念，一系列新的生活模式已开始显现。

2. Translate the paragraph into English, using the words below.

affordable burden economical millennial

mortgage stability witness unique

到2020年，中国的千禧一代预计将达三亿之多。他们是真正独特的一代。他们生活在一个稳定的时期，见证了中国的快速发展，这是他们勤俭节约的祖辈们无法想象的和美国的千禧一代不同，中国的千禧一代没有学生债务。作为独生子女，他们长大后由父母供养去上大学。很多中国家庭拥有自己的住房，而且很多自有房屋没有房贷。中国的千禧一代并不都那么富有，但他们确实买得起奢侈品。这就是中国千禧一代喜欢消费的原因。

翻译-1：

By 2020, the number of Chinese millennials is expected to reach 300 million. They are a truly unique

generation. They are living in a period of stability and have witnessed China's rapid development, which

their thrifty grandparents could not have imagined. Unlike millennials in the US, Chinese millennials have

no student debt. As the only child, they grow up and are supported by their parents to go to college. Many

Chinese families own their own homes, and many do not have mortgages. China's millennials aren't all

that rich, but they can afford luxury goods. That's why Chinese millennials like to spend.

翻译-2：

By 2020, Chinese millennials are expected to reach 300 million strong. They are members of a truly

unique generation. They are living in a period of stability，and have witnessed the rapid development

of China that their economical grandparents might have never imagined. Unlike American millennials,

Chinese millennials do not have the burden of student debts. Having grown up as the only child of

their family, they went to college with their parents' support. Many Chinese households own their

homes, and many of these homes are owned without mortgages. Chinese millennials are not all

wealthy, but they do find many luxuries affordable now. That is why Chinese millennials are spenders.

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三、Vocabulary

1. New words

a. 一千年的 n. [C] 千禧一代 n. [U] 创造；创建

millennial creation

a. (only after number) 多达...的；计有...的

strong

n. [C, usu. pl.] 装饰物，小配件（如手袋、皮带、珠宝等）

accessory

n. [U] 所有权 ad. 或；或者；要不

ownership alternatively

ad. 激情地 n. [C] 民意测验；民意调查

enthusiastically poll

n. [sing.] 特定群体

swap

n. [C, usu. sing.] 交换；交易

demographic

vt.（用纸、布等）包，裹 n. [C] 提醒记忆之物

wrap reminder

n. [C] 公司；企业

respondent

n. [C] (fml.) 回答者；答复者

corporation

v. 继承（遗产）；成为...的继承人

catastrophe

n. [C, U] 大灾祸；大灾难

inherit

vt. 减轻，缓和（痛苦或困难）

exclaim

v.（因惊讶、兴奋或气愤而）呼喊，惊叫

alleviate

a.（人、计划等）灵活的，可变通的

affordable

a. 不太贵的；买得起的

flexible

n. [C] (a ~ of) 车队 a. 怡人的；幽静亲切的

fleet intimate

a. 异国风情的；外国情调的 vt. 使扩大

exotic broaden

n. [C]（时装表演的）T形台 a. 贪得无厌的；永不知足的

runway insatiable

vt. 更新 vi. (~ in / with) 坚持；执意

refresh persist

a. 无界限的；无限制的

unlimited subscription

n. [C] 订阅费；会员费

v.（使）轮流；（使）轮换 vt. (fml.) 提高；增大；加强

rotate augment

n. [C] (mainly AmE) 壁橱 n. [C] 重要部分

closet staple

a. 令人向往的 a. 可行的；可能的

desirable feasible

2. Phrases and expressions

（因为没有足够的技能、权力或金钱而）难以实现（得到）

out of reach

(spoken) 以及诸如此类的人（物） 轮流地

... and such on a rotating basis

hold appeal / interest

(fml.) 有吸引力/能吸引兴趣

很可能做某事 是...的目击者

stand to do sth. be witness to sth.

代表某人 试用；试验；检验

on behalf of try out

对...开放；愿意接受...

compete against

竞争；对抗；比赛

be open to sth.

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