Unit 05 Quick fix society 原文译文

文本a渴望成功的社会Quick Fix Society珍妮曼德尔戈德斯坦Janet Mendell Goldstein我和丈夫在西弗吉尼亚州度假了一周，刚回来。my husband I just got back from a weeks vacation in west Virginia。不用说，我们等不及想那个地方了，就走了宾夕法尼亚收费高速公路和几条州际高速公路。Of course，we couldnt wait to get there，so we took the Pennsylvania turn pike and a couple of interstates。“看，那些美丽的农场！”丈夫以每小时55英里的速度在我们周围滑动，大喊大叫。Look at those gorgeous farms！my husb and exchlated as pastoral scenariy slid by us at 55 mph。“你看到那些牛了吗？但是如果以每小时55英里的速度，什么都很难看到。美丽的农场就像移动的绿色棋盘，奶牛群从后视镜里缩小到了几个小黑点。“Did you see those cows？”But at 55 mph，its difficult to see anythingthe gorgeous farms look like moving green checker boards and the herd of cows is reduced to a few dots in the rear-view mirror .在四个小时里，我们唯一真正的乐趣是数出口的标志，再想停车的时候是什么感觉。For four hours，our only real amusement conisted of county exit signs and wondring what it would feel like to hold still again .I can feel how cold the water is。你能看出这水有多冷。The water feels warm。水感到温暖。This wallet feels to me like leather。我想这个钱包是皮革的。Feels like rain。好像要下雨了。How does it feel to be alone all day？一天一个人过得怎么样？事实上，去那里看起来不太高兴。其实一点都不幸福。getting there cerainly didnt seem like half the fun；In fact，getting there want any fun at all。所以当我不得不回到费城外的家时，我坚持要改变路线。So，when it was time to return to our home outside of Philadelphia，I insisted that we take a different route。我建议：“我们来看看农村吧。结果，我们回来的两天里充满了新鲜的经验。“lets explore that countryide”I suggested。the two days it took us to make the return trip were filled with new experieences。我们访问了内战时期的一个战场，站在一座小山上。25年前，同样在7月的炎热下午，15000名南部联军士兵努力攻克它，不想他们中一半人因徒劳的尝试而死亡。we toured a civil war battlefield and stood On the little hill that fifteen thousand confederate soldiers had tried to take On another hot July after no我们在宾夕法尼亚安静的德国城的主要街道上慢慢地开车，把速度降低到每小时20英里，以免赶集的马和马车挤在一起。we drove slowly through main streets of sleery Pennsylvania Dutch tows，slowing to twenty miles an hour so as not to crowd the horses and horse carrs在县城的博物馆里，我们欣赏了玩具火车和老式汽车；工厂直销店省下了70%的钱。we admired toy trains and antique cars in county museums and saved 70 percent in factory outlets。在农家自助餐厅饱餐一顿香料沙拉和自制面包后，在外面闲逛享受阳光，欣赏躺在阳光下的奶牛群并不是小黑点。we stuffed ourselves with spicy salads and home made breakd in an all-you-can-eat farm house restaurant，Then wandered我们回到家，恢复了能源，恢复了活力，再次接受了教育。回到那里真的很幸福。Wereturned home refreshed，revitalized，and re educated.thistime，getting there had been the fun。没有什么特色的收费高速公路和州际公路为什么成为我们很多人的特别选择？why is it that the featureless turn pike s and interstates are the routes of choice for so many of us？大家为什么不放慢速度回农村呢？why does snt every try slowing down and exploring the country ide？但是高速车道似乎是我们唯一要走的路，情况越来越多了。But more and more，the fast lane seems to be the only way for us to go。事实上，大部分美国人总是赶，不仅仅是从甲地到达乙地。In fact，most Americans are constantly in a hurryand not just to get from point a to point b我国是速战速决的追求国，已转变为一种以上。our country has become a nation in search of the quick fixin more ways than one。不追求未来，只追求现在：以前的美国人理解了“霍萨达米尔”的道理。我们每次从收入中取出一部分，以备不时之需。now instead of later : once upon a time，Americans understand the principle of deferred gratification(推迟的满意度)。we put a little of each paycheck away for a rainy day 。如果我们想要一个新沙发，或者在湖边的小房子里呆一周，我们会存起来的。银行提供特殊的圣诞节购物储蓄账户和假期储蓄账户，以便我们度过难关。if we wanted a new sofa or a week at a lakeside cabin，we saved up for it，and the banks helper by providing special Christmas club and vacation club and vacationChristmas club: 美国(为圣诞节买东西)圣诞节储蓄金Vacation club: 美国(假期准备)零存款储蓄如果我们住在乡下，只要地方合适，就种玉米和大豆，耐心等待收获。if welived in the right part of the country，we planted corn and beans and waited patienty for the harvest。如果我们想变瘦一点，我们就少吃喜欢的食物，耐心地等秤一次下降一磅。If we wanted to be thinner，we simply ate less of our favorite foods and waited patienty for the scale to drop，a pound at a time。但是现在没有这样的耐心。我们不存钱而是贷款。我们用信用卡买家具，假期旅行现在需要放松，以后再付钱。But today we arent so patient。we take out loans instead of making deposits，or we use our credit card to get that furniture or vacation trip-relaxanow，pay later .我们买食品和买衣服一样，都已经装备好了，是现成的。We buy our food，like our clothing，ready-made and off the rack。如果急于减肥，请尝试一下最新的神奇套餐，确保在10天内减掉10磅.如果钱不多，可以做吸脂术。If were in a hurry to lose weight，wetry the latest miracle diet，guaranteed to take away ten pounds in ten days.unless were rich enough to afford liposuction。不要放慢速度，要加快速度。我们现在不仅要做，而且不想被动地等待。faster instead of slower : not only do we want it now；web dont even want to be kept waiting for it。这种急躁、“讨厌等待”的通俗态度已经影响了我们生活的方方面面。This general impatience，the i-hate-to-wait attitude，has infected every level of our lives。我们去银行不排队，从提款机提取了20元。instead of standing in line at the bank，we withdraw twenty dollars in as many seconds from an automatic teller machine。As many:he made six mistakes in as many paragraphs。他在第6段中错了6个。我们三天看了三部电影。I waited for seven minutesThey seemed to me as many hours.我等了7分钟，但对我来说好像等了7个小时。然后我们带着快拿出来的钱去了快便利店(为什么在超市排队呢？)，可以放在微波炉里的完全包装的冷冻晚餐购买.如果我们等了那么久，不能买快餐代替的话。then we take our fast money to a fast conventience store？where we buy a frozen dinner all wrapped up and ready to be put into the microwave.unless web dont care to wait even that long and pick up some fast food i