短文翻译新视野五六册A篇.doc

第一单元 互联网的速度、巨大的资源和与他人直接交流的能力是其最大的优点。因为互联网利用计算机的快速性传输数据，所以信息能够以巨大的速度传播。但速度并不是其惟一的优点。互联网运用数百万相互连接的计算机存储数量巨大的信息。最后，由于互联网容许每个人拥有特定的邮件地址，所以人们能够便利地交流。 The Internets speed, vast resources, and its ability to directly communicate with others are its greatest benefits. Because the Internet uses the quickness of computers to transmit its data, information can travel at tremendous speeds. Speed is not the only benefit. The Internet uses hundreds of thousands of computers all connected to each other to store vast amounts of information. And finally, because the Internet allows individuals to have specific electronic mail addresses, people can easily communicate with one another.第二单元随着21世纪的到来，人们更加意识到快速便捷地获取信息的重要性。如果一个国家能够有效地利用所有的信息，那么将会在科学研究、教育、经济发展等领域受益。该国所需要的是建立一个全国性的“信息网络”，从而把科学家、商人、教育家等联系起来。如果能建成这样一个网络，就将促成该国的第二次信息革命。With the 21st century coming, people have increasingly realized the importance of acquiring fast and easy information. If a nation can make effective use of all the information it will benefit in the fields of scientific research, education, economic development, etc. What the nation needs to do is to establish a nation-wide “information network”, so as to link up scientists, businessmen, educators, etc. If such a network is set up, it will promote the second information revolution in the country.第三单元随着我国市场经济的发展，商品促销手段的使用越来越普及。越来越受人青睐的打折、馈赠、促销晚会等内容丰富、形式多样的促销活动日益增加。这些活动不仅能够使厂家和商家更多更快地赚取利润，而且有助于消费者更好地了解产品并获得实惠。但如果用这些促销手段销售劣质产品，则无论是厂家还是商家，都将自食其果。 With the development of a market economy in China, techniques of sales promotion have been more and more widely employed. The popularity of varied and numerous promotional activities such as discounts, bonuses, and promotional parties has grown steadily. The reason is that they not only help manufacturers and businesses earn higher and quicker profits, but also help consumers become acquainted with the products involved and get some practical benefits. However, if these techniques are used to promote products of inferior quality, both the manufacturers and the businessmen will be made to pay for that.第四单元 劳动不仅仅是谋生的手段，更重要的是，它是人们施展才华、实现抱负、建立社会关系、获得社会地位的途径。理解了劳动的这种内在本质，那么无论所做的事情多么乏味、多么劳累，只要它能有助于自己在社会上或个人的小圈子里树立声誉，那也足以让人忍受。从长远来看，不断地树立新的目标，是个人自我实现的一个基本要素。对于多数人来说，这主要依靠劳动。从这个意义上说，无论对于个人还是整个文明社会，劳动都是生活最有力、最生动的体现。 Work is not only a means of sustaining life. More importantly, it is the way through which people display their talent, realize their ambitions, build relationships and establish social status. If you understand this intrinsic value of work, then however dull or hard work may be, it becomes bearable if it helps build up a reputation, whether in the world at large or only in ones own circle. Updating ones aim is one of the most essential elements of self-fulfillment in the long run, and for most people this comes chiefly through their work. In that sense, work is the most vigorous, vivid sign of lifein individuals and in civilizations.第五单元美国曾因就业危机而受到困扰。如今在这片土地上既有就业者，也有失业者，还有永远找不到工作的人。数十年来，政府忽视了经济基础的变革，以及它对就业和生活方式的影响，结果，许多人失去了工作的机会。关于如何解决失业问题，有很多专家提出了不同的看法，而目前的首要工作是刺激消费。America was once troubled by employment crisis. Now in this land, there are employees, those who have lost their jobs and those who will never find a job. For decades, the government took no notice of the changes in its economic base and their effect on employment and lifestyle. As a result, many people lost job opportunities. Many experts came up with various ideas to address unemployment. However, what is most important now is to stimulate consumption.第六单元盗用他人身份的犯罪正在日益上升。最近的调查显示，现在每年有大约1,000万人成为其受害者，大大超出了早先的估计。罪犯们利用各种手段窃取社会安全号、驾照号、信用卡号以及诸如生日之类的其他个人信息。他们利用这些信息以受害人的名义在尽可能短的时间里购买尽可能多的东西。盗用他人身份是一种严重的罪行。身份被盗的人可能要花几个月甚至几年的时间为被窃贼们损坏的信用记录正名。The crime of identity theft is on the rise. Recent surveys show there are currently 10 million victims each year, greatly exceeding our earlier estimates. Using a variety of methods, criminals steal Social Security numbers, drivers license numbers, credit card numbers, and other pieces of an individuals information such as date of birth. They use this information to buy as many things as they can in their victims name in as short a time as possible. Identity theft is a serious crime. People whose identities have been stolen can spend months or even years cleaning up the mess the thieves have made of their credit record.第七单元假设你是一个体育运动迷，那你在看到邮件中有名为 “安娜库尔尼克娃.jpg.vbs”(Anna Kournikova.jpg.vbs)的图片文件时，你的第一反应会是什么呢？好奇心引诱你打开文件一睹这位俄罗斯网球明星的芳容。 但是如果你打开附件，病毒就被激活，还会在你的 “Outlook Express”上把该附件复制给电子邮件通讯录上的每一个地址，从而更广泛地传播病毒。电脑病毒通过带有花哨诱饵的可疑电子邮件在网上泛滥成灾，因此，防毒程序的开发也成为一项有利可图的生意。 Lets assume you are a sports fan. What is your first reaction when you find in your e-mail an attachment called “Anna Kournikova.jpg.vbs”? Curiosity tempts you to open the document to have a look at the Russian tennis star. But if you open it, the virus will be activated and will copy the attachment to every e-mail address in your “Outlook Express”, spreading the virus even farther. E-viruses, which flood the Internet through dubious e-mails with fancy bait, make production of anti-virus programs a profitable business.第八单元美国家庭结构的改变可由升高了的分居率和离婚率得到证明。在美国的某些地区，这些趋向导致了单亲家庭和再婚父母的日益增多。然而，这并不表明婚姻体制正在土崩瓦解。据估计，五分之四的离婚夫妇将最终和别人重新结合。家庭关系的这些变动可以解释为家庭关系的破裂，也可以解释为美国家庭对不断变化的角色、态度和价值的一种适应。以较为传统的观点来看，这些变化代表着家庭结构的破裂、价值观的解体和道德的沦丧。Changes in the American family structure are evidenced by increased rates of separation and divorce. In certain areas of the country these trends have resulted in a growing number of single-parent families and remarried parents. This does not indicate, however, that the institution of marriage is crumbling. It is estimated that four out of five divorced couples eventually remarry other people. These shifts in family relationships may be interpreted as a breakdown or as an adaptation of the American family to changing roles, attitudes, and values. The changes, according to the more traditional viewpoint, represent a breakdown in the family structure, a disintegration of values, and a decline of morality.第六册 第一单元虽然对于战争的恐怖，他和他的同代人颇有同感，而且一度被称为绥靖主义的“精神之父”，然而事实上凯恩斯(Keynes)从来不抱绥靖希特勒的错觉。他恨纳粹政权，1933年后从来没有访问过德国。相反，为了反对希特勒，作为英国与盟国的首席谈判代表，他积极寻求伦敦和华盛顿的共同利益。While he shared his generations horror of war and was once called the spiritual father of appeasement, Keynes never, in fact, entertained the delusion that Hitler could be pacified. He hated the Nazi regime, never visited Germany after 1933. Instead, as Britains chief negotiator in contact with the Allies against Hitler, he pursued vigorously the common interest between London and Washington.第二单元有些人错误地认为，美国是个充满机会的国度，而且人人都享有平等的机会。带着种种梦想，很多国家受过良好教育的专业人员络绎不绝地流入美国，去寻求美好的生活，有的甚至认为在那里过什么样的生活都可以。他们宁愿到美国去过穷日子，也不愿意在国内过相对富裕的生活。因此，在迈阿密，人们可以看到来自中美洲国家的律师和医生在给人洗汽车，或在餐馆端盘子。Some people wrongly believe that the United States is a land of opportunity, and that everybody enjoys equal opportunities. With various dreams in mind, many well-trained professionals steadily migrate to the United States in search of a good life. Some of them are even willing to live any life there. They would rather live in poverty there than enjoy a relative prosperity at home. Therefore, lawyers and doctors from Central America may be found washing cars or waiting on tables in Miami.第三单元在一个日益需要成为多国地球村的世界里，21 世纪需要一个更广泛的、更安全的利益平衡。而在欧洲共同体内存在着经济、制度和政治权利集权化的危险，新一轮经济帝国大厦的建设可能会出现。Just as the 2lst century requires a more diffused and safer balance of interests in what needs to be an increasingly multilateral global village, there is a risk of economic, institutional and political power being centralized in the European Community, and that a new bout of economic empire building may occur.第四单元小道的前面横躺着一条小河，河面很宽。这一次她无论如何不能再冒着迷失方向的风险绕过障碍兜圈子了。她脱下衣服，把它们通通塞进尼龙袋，用手把袋子托在头顶上，跨入齐脖子深的冷水里。几分钟后，她从水里爬出来，浑身不由自主地直打冷战。可是当她点起一堆小火，暖了暖身子，把衣服穿好后，又信心倍增地上了路。她的体能承受极限正在扩大。The path led straight through a wide stream. She could no longer risk disorientation by circling such obstacles. She took off her clothes and, with her belongings in a nylon bag held above her head, she stepped into the chilling, neck-deep water. Minutes later she emerged, shaking uncontrollably. But after warming herself by a small fire and re-dressing, she set off with increased confidence. The limits of her physical capacity were expanding.第五单元 科学家近日在老鼠体内发现一种化学变化，这一发现有朝一日也许能够帮助人们开发出控制肥胖的药品。科学家们发现老鼠的细胞中有一种感受体，负责调度分配体内的脂肪。当老鼠因为生活舒适而增加体重时，这一感受体也能发挥相应的作用。如果人类体内也能有这样一种调节器，或者利用药物来达到调节的目的，也许就能解决全球范围内愈演愈烈的肥胖问题了。Scientists have recently discovered a chemical change occurring in mice, which might help in developing new drugs to control obesity someday. Scientists have identified a receptor in mouse cells that controls how fat is used in the body. When a mouse lives an easy life and puts on weight, the receptor functions accordingly. If a similar regulator exists in human beings, or drugs functioning in this way were to be used for regulating, it would be a promising way to tackle the worlds growing obesity epidemic.第六单元 蓝色牛仔裤在我们的消费文化中历史悠久、寓意丰富，这是其他任何物品所不能比拟的。一条普通的裤子就把19世纪的淘金者、20世纪50年代不遵循社会常规的青年和今天最时髦的模特联系在一起。牛仔裤：从劳工服到时装一文的内涵比文章标题更丰富，它审视了这个全美象征的发展过程及其与大众、性别、自我形象和社会叛逆诸事物的丰富联系。No other item from our consumer culture has been infused with so much history and meaning as blue j