广西学位英语课文翻译 移民的挑战2.doc

广西学位英语课文翻译：Unit Two移民的挑战01 Para. 1 There are many reasons why someone leaves his or her homeland to live in another country. =人们远离家乡，侨居国外的原因很多。02 For some, the decision is economic; they believe that they may have better opportunities to make more money in another place. =对一些人来说，是出于经济上的考虑。他们觉得，在别的地方会有更多赚钱机会。03 For others, the motivation is adventure, wanting to try something very different in life. =对另一些人来说，是出于冒险，想尝试别样的生活。04 Still others immigrate to a new country because they think that the values of that country might better suit their own ideals. =还有一些人移居国外是因为他们认为，那里的价值观与他们的理想比较吻合。05 Para. 2 People who emigrate for financial reasons are often misguided. =那些出于经济原因移民的人常被误导。06 They may have heard fanciful stories of untold riches, but it is seldom so easy. =他们可能听说过无数发财致富的故事，但情况绝非如此简单。07 If it were, the people in the country to which they wanted to move would all be earning multimillions. =要果真如此，他们要去的那个国家的人早就赚了几百万了。08 People who immigrate to a new country should expect to work hard, probably much harder than they would have had to work in their home country. =移民到国外的人通常要辛苦工作，可能要比在国内辛苦得多。09 Para.3 Insome cases, people have had little or no choice of whether or not to emigrate. =有时候，人们对该不该移民基本没有多少主动权。10 During the Irish potato famine, for example, millions of impoverished and destitute Irish saw emigration as an option or staying on the brink of starvation and death at home. =例如，在爱尔兰饥荒期间，数百万爱尔兰人把移民看成是去国外（生存）还是在家里等死的选择。11 Most made difficult and dangerous boat trips to America, where they were generally hired to do dirty work at rates much lower than other Americans. =大部分人一路艰辛，冒着危险来到美国，干着最脏的活，拿着比其他美国人低得多的工资。12 Such discrimination and poor treatment of immigrants is an all too common story throughout history. =移民遭受的此类歧视和不公正，在历史上早已司空见惯。13 Para. 4 Also, many immigrants may find that their skills are not appreciated. =而且，许多移民发现他们的技艺得不到认可。14 Many doctors, lawyers, and engineers from countries such as Vietnam or Pakistan have found that once they leave their homeland, their credentials are worthless. =许多越南或巴基斯坦的医生、律师、工程师发现，一旦离开祖国，他们的资历就一钱不值。15 They simply did not meet the standards of the new country. =他们达不到移民国家设定的标准。16 Subsequently, they wind up sweeping floors or working as night watchmen at the same kinds of offices they might once have filled. =于是，他们不得不以打扫办公室或值夜班为生，而他们在移民前就可能在这样的办公室工作。17 The feeling of being a second-class citizen is both insulting and depressing. =这种二等公民的感觉既屈辱又让人压抑。18 Para. 5 Others may find that their language skills (or lack of it) stop them from being accepted both in the workplace and socially. =还有一些人可能发现，语言能力使得他们既不好找工作又不被社会认可。19 People who move to another country as a sense of adventure might not care about this, but time spent learning a new language to become bilingual will probably take away time they could spend earning enough to live a decent life. =那些出于冒险移居国外的人对此不以为然，但学一门新的语言要占用他们为过上好生活挣钱的时间。20 Too often, immigrants to a multicultural country may feel out of place and end up in a small community of their fellow immigrants and fail to embrace the opportunities and advantages of their new homeland.=我们常常见到，移居到多元文化国家里的移民们找不到自己的位置，最终总是在自己老乡圈里活动，并未充分抓住新的机会和有利条件。21 Para. 6 People may not like conditions in their own country and decide to leave. =人们可能因为不喜欢自己国家的条件而决定离开。22 During the Vietnam War, thousands of young American men left their country to move to Canada, hoping to avoid serving in what they viewed as a senseless conflict. =美国越战期间，数以万计的年轻人离开美国去加拿大，以逃避去为一场毫无意义的战争当炮灰。23 These men cut themselves off from friends and family, unable to return to their homeland. =这些人与朋友、家人中断联系，不能回归祖国。24 Para. 7 People who immigrate often do so in the hope of a better future for their children and a higher standard of living. =人们移民总是期望为孩子们营造更好的将来，过上更好的生活。25 But, too often,the sacrifices of the parents are not really appreciated by the children who grow up pampered in a new society. =然而新环境中的孩子们在父母的娇宠中长大，结果往往是父母做出的牺牲并没有得到子女的感恩。26 Para. 8 Still, despite all the obstacles, people do immigrate, especiaily to growing nations such as Australia, Canada, and the United States. =但是，人们仍然克服重重困难移民国外，尤其是去那些经济增长快的国家，如澳大利亚、加拿大和美国。27 Throughout their short histories, these countries have been built by waves of immigration of farmers, factory workers, and trades people who escaped starvation or war in their respective homelands. =这些国家历史不长，但正是靠那些为逃避祖国的灾荒或战乱而背井离乡的一批批农民、工人和商人建设起来的。28 Afew, within a generation or two, became prosperous beyond their wildest dreams. =其中少数移民，通过一两代人的努力，实现了自己梦寐以求的飞黄腾达。29 Many countries continue to depend on immigrant labor to bring in workers not just for menial jobs, but also for new ideas and high-tech skills. =许多国家仍然依靠移民从事体力劳动，同时需要移民带来新的观念和高科技。30 Indian computer programmers, for example, are in great demand around the world. =例如印度软件编程员在世界各地颇受欢迎。31 Para. 9 Immigration often raises concerns in the country that immigrants hope to make their new homes. =移民满怀希望在落户地开创新家园常常引起人们的担忧。32 There are often insecure feelings over jobs, with some thinking so that each new immigrant encroaches on the wealth shared by those already there. =本地人担心新移民会抢走一部分工作，瓜分已有的财产。33 But immigrants often bring great wealth into a country, making it more productive and acting as consumers for goods and services. =但移民通常会创造新的财富，促进生产力，刺激消费。34 Para 10 Similarly, people may find a new wave of immigrants too foreign, not sharing in the same societal values, ideals, and customs as others in the new homeland. =同时，人们会因为彼此的价值观、理想和习俗不同而觉得陌生。35 But these things quickly change with compromise and discoveries of delight on both sides. =但随着双方的调和和理解的加深，这种情形很快得到了改观。36 At the beginning of the Indian immigration in England, people found their food shockingly odd; it was so different from the traditional bland British diet. =在大量印度人移民到英格兰的初期，英国人觉得印度人的食物口味是那样的独特，与清淡的英国口味有天壤之别。37 But today, Indian food has surpassed even the tradition