「unit1Ta自考英语(一)00012最新教材课文翻译」.doc

Text A一个文本 Pre-reading Questions课前阅读问题 1.1。 Do you ever feel ashamed?你曾经感到羞耻吗? 你曾经感到过羞愧吗？你曾经感到过羞愧吗? 2.2。 What suggestions have you got from your teachers or anybody else about how to gain confidence?关于如何增强自信，你从老师或者其他人那里得到过什么建议？你有什么建议从你的老师或其他人如何获得信心?关于如何增强自信,你从老师或者其他人那里得到过什么建议吗? Cracked or Perfect: We Can Make a Difference!破碎或完美:我们可以改变! A water bearer in India had two large pots.印度的一个挑水工有两个大罐子。 Each hung on each end of a pole which he carried across his neck.每个人都挂在他脖子上的一根杆子上。 One of the pots had a crack in it, while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water at the end of the long walk from the stream to the masters house.的一锅有裂纹,而另一锅是完美的,总是交付水部分全部结束时长的从小溪走到主人家里。 The cracked pot arrived only half full.那只有裂缝的罐子到达只有半满的。 For fully two years this went on every day, with the bearer delivering only one and a half pots full of water to his masters house.整整两年，每天都有这样的事情发生，来人往他主人的家里只送了一罐半的水。 Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments, while the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its imperfection and miserable that it was able to accomplish only half of what it had been made to do.当然，完美的罐子为它的成就而骄傲，而可怜的有裂缝的罐子为它的不完美和痛苦感到羞愧，它只能完成它所做的一半。 After two years of what it perceived to be a bitter failure, it spoke to the water bearer one day by the stream.在经历了两年的惨痛失败后，有一天，它在小溪边对挑水工说。 I am ashamed of myself, and want to apologize to you.“我为自己感到羞愧，想向你道歉。” Why? asked the bearer, What are you ashamed of?“为什么?”来人问道，“你为什么感到羞耻?” For these past two years I have been able to deliver only half my load because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your masters house.“在过去的两年里，我只能装一半的东西，因为我这边的裂缝会让水漏到你主人的房子里。” Because of my flaws, you dont get full value from your efforts, the pot said.由于我的缺点,你不从你的努力获得全部价值,”锅说。 The water bearer felt sorry for the old cracked pot, and out of compassion he said, As we return to the masters house, I want you to notice the beautiful flowers along the path.拿水的人对这个破罐子感到遗憾，出于同情，他说:“当我们回到主人的家时，我希望你能注意到路旁美丽的花朵。” And so as they went up the hill, the old cracked pot took notice of the sun warming the beautiful wild flowers on the side of the path, and this cheered it up.于是，当他们上山时，那只破罐子就注意到，太阳把路边美丽的野花晒暖了，这使它振奋起来。 But at the end of the trail, it still felt bad because half its load had leaked out, and so again he expressed his feelings to the water bearer.在小道尽头,它仍然感到难过因为一半的负载有泄露,所以水瓶他表达他的感情。 The water bearer replied by saying, Did you notice that there were flowers only on your side of the path, and not on the other pots side?水来人回答说:“你有没有注意到，在小路的一边有花，而不是在另一边?” Thats because I have always known about your flaw, and I took advantage of it.那是因为我总是知道你的缺点，我就利用了它。 I planted seeds on your side of the path and every day,while weve been walking back from the stream, youve watered them.我路径的种子种植在你身边,每一天,尽管我们一直从小溪散步,你浇水。 For two years Ive been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate my masters table.两年来我已经能够选择这些美丽的花朵来装饰我的主人的桌子。 Without you being just the way you are, he would not have such beauty to grace his house.如果没有你，他就不会有这样的美丽来装饰他的房子。 The moral of this story is that we a