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1、by:英语听力网|人人论坛|人人听力网00:00.00喜欢，就把复制到QQ个人资料中！Unit 25 taxt A00:04.70Ameriacan Men Don't Cry00:06.99美国男人不哭00:09.27American men don't cry because it is considered not characteristic of men to do so.00:13.74美国男人不哭，因为人们认为哭不是男人的特征。00:18.21Only women cry.00:20.43只是女人才哭。00:22.65Cry is a "weakness

2、"characteristic of the female and00:25.73哭泣是女人特有的“软弱”的表现。00:28.81no American male wants to be identified with anything in the least weak or feminine.00:32.78没有一个美国男人愿意被人认为有一点儿软弱或女人气的东西。00:36.75Crying, in our culture, is identified with childishness00:40.44在我们的文化中，哭被看成幼稚，00:44.12with weakness an

3、d dependence.00:46.60被看成软弱和依赖性。00:49.08No one likes a cry baby,00:51.30没有人喜欢爱哭的孩子。00:53.52and we disapprove of crying even in children00:56.20即使孩子们我们也不赞成他们哭，00:58.88is encouraging it in them as early as possible.01:01.66我们尽量早地鼓励他们不哭。01:04.44In a land so devoted to the pursuit of happiness as ours01:

4、08.23在我们这样一个如此专注于追求幸福的国家里，01:12.02crying really is rather un-American.01:14.54哭实在十分不合美国传统。01:17.06Adults must learn not to cry in situations in which it is permissible for a child to cry.01:21.68有的场合孩子要以哭，成年人应当学会在这些场合不哭。01:26.31Women being the "weaker" and "dependent" sex it01:29

5、.55女人是“软弱的”和“依赖的”性别，01:32.79is only natural that they should cry in certain emotional易激动的感动的情绪的 situations.01:36.26因此很自然，她们在某些感情场合下就会哭起来。01:39.74In women, crying is excusable可原谅的，可辩解的可免除的.01:42.01女人哭是可以原谅的。01:44.28But in men, crying is a mark of weakness.01:47.10但男人哭就是软弱的标志。01:49.92So goes the Ameri

6、can belief with regard to crying.01:52.81这就是美国人有关哭的信念。01:55.70"A little man,"we impress on our male children,"never cries.01:59.97我们使我们的男孩子们铭记在心“小男子汉从来不哭。02:04.24Only girls and crybabies do.02:06.58只有女孩和爱哭的孩子才哭。”02:08.91And so we condition males in America not to cry whenever they fee

7、l like doing so.02:12.64我们也是这样调教美国男人，使他们想哭的时候做到不哭。02:16.36It is not that American males are unable to cry because of some02:19.60美国男人不会哭，02:22.84biological time clock within them which causes them to run down in that capacity as they older,02:27.27不是因为他们随着年龄的增长体内的某个生物钟使其哭的能力消耗殆尽，02:31.69but that the

8、y are trained not to cry.02:34.27而是因为他们被训练得不哭。02:36.84And so the "little man" controls his desire to cry02:40.17于是这位“小男子汉”控制自己哭析愿望，02:43.50and goes on doing so until he is unable to cry even when he wants to.02:46.78并一直这样继续下去，直到后来甚至想哭的时候也不会哭了。02:50.06Thus do we produce a trained incapacity

9、 in the American male to cry.02:53.99结果我们就在美国男人身上造成了一种被训练得不会哭的能力。02:57.92And this is bad.02:59.96然而这并不好。03:02.00Why is it bad?03:03.88为什么不好？03:05.76Because crying is a natural function of the human organism生物体有机体03:09.18因为哭是人的机体的一种自然功能，03:12.60which is designed to restore恢复还原 the emotionally disequi

10、librated person03:16.23用于使感情失衡的人03:19.86to a state of equilibrium均衡平静.03:22.34恢复到平衡状态。03:24.83The return of the disequilibrated organ systems of the body03:28.14人体器官系统从不平衡状态回到稳定状态03:31.46to steady states or dynamic stability稳定性坚定 is known as homeostasis体内平衡.03:35.78或动态稳定状态叫做体内平衡。03:40.11Crying serve

11、s a homeostasis function for the organism as a whole.03:43.79哭为整个机体起着体内平衡的功能。03:47.47Any interference干扰冲突干涉 with homeostasis03:50.36任何对体内平衡的妨碍03:53.25is likely to可能 be damaging to the organism03:55.98都可能损害机体。03:58.71And there is good reason to believe that the American male's04:02.18有充分理由相信，美国男人

12、被训练得不会哭，04:05.66trained incapacity to cry is seriously damaging to him.04:09.14这对他们是个严重损害。04:12.63It is unnecessary to cry whenever one wants to cry,04:15.96一个人不是什么时候想哭就有必要哭，04:19.29but one should be able to cry when one ought to cry-04:22.32但该哭的时候，也就是当他需要哭的时候，04:25.35when one needs to cry.04:27.57应

13、能哭得出来。04:29.79For to cry under certain emotionally disequilibrating conditions is necessary for the maintenance of health.04:35.23因为在某些情感失衡的情况下，哭对维护身体健康是必要的。04:40.66To be human is to weep哭泣，眼泪.04:43.30会哭是人的一种天性。04:45.94The human species is the only one in the whole of animated nature that sheds tear

14、s.04:50.96人类是生物界中唯一能流泪的物种。04:55.99The trained inability of any human being to weep04:59.68把人训练得不会哭05:03.36is a lessening of his capacity to be human05:06.53乃是减少他做人的能力05:09.71a defect which usually goes deeper than the mere inability to cry.05:13.53这是一种通常比单纯不能哭更深刻的缺陷。05:17.36And this,among other thin

15、gs,is what American parents05:21.04而这，以及还有其它一些东西，05:24.73with the best intentions in the world have achieved for the American male.05:28.56正是美国的父母们以他们世上最良好的心愿给美国男性所造就的。05:32.38It is very sad.If we feel like it,let us all have a good cry05:37.41这是很可悲的。假如我们想哭，05:42.44-and clear our minds of those cobw

16、ebs of confusion05:45.70就让我们痛痛快快地哭一场，05:48.97which have for so long prevented us from understanding05:52.20把那些长期妨碍我们认识哭泣这一自然需要的那些陈旧混乱观念05:55.42the natural necessity需要，必需品 of crying.05:58.31从我们的头脑中清除出去。06:01.20Text B06:04.54Stop Worrying Now!06:06.32从现在起别再忧虑！06:08.09Worry is one of the most common fo

17、rms of emotional distress危难不幸痛苦 in our culture.06:11.28忧虑是我们文化中最常见的情绪苦恼的表现形式之一。06:14.47Almost everyone spends a considerable amount of Present moments worrying about the future.06:17.94几乎每个人都把现在相当多的时间用于为将来忧虑。06:21.41And virtually事实上，几乎 all of it is for nothing.06:23.29这实际是徒自伤神。06:25.18Obsessive强迫的分神

18、的着迷的 worry will never make things any better.06:27.60过分的忧虑完全于事无补。06:30.03In fact, such worry will very likely help you to be less effective06:33.06事实上，这种忧虑很可能让你06:36.09in dealing with the present.06:37.83在处理当前事务时成效更小。06:39.57In order to reduce worry,06:41.40为了减少忧虑，06:43.23it is necessary to understa

19、nd the subconscious psychological "payoffs"06:47.11有必要弄明白人们当初爱忧虑所能得到的潜意识心理“补偿”06:50.98for choosing to worry in the first place.06:53.06是怎么回事。06:55.14"I can't do a thing. I'm,too worried about ."06:57.96“我什么事都干不了。太让我发愁。”07:00.78This is a common lament挽歌痛哭哀叹,07:02.70这是很常听到的

20、诉苦声。07:04.62and one with a payoff that keeps you standing still07:07.28种诉苦的回报会使你安之若素，07:09.95and avoiding the risk of action.07:12.03避免贸然行动。07:14.10Clearly, it is easier; if less rewarding,07:17.04很明显，和做一个积极的，全身投入的人相比，07:19.98to worry than to be an active involved person.07:22.62有所忧虑较容易做到，只不过成事较少。07

21、:25.26By worrying about someone else,07:27.48你为别人操心，07:29.70you can label yourself as a caring person07:32.07这样你可以把自己列为关心别人的人。07:34.45Worry proves that you are a good parent or spouse配偶，结婚07:37.23为别人操心证明你是个好父亲或好母亲，或者是个好丈夫或好妻子07:40.02("I can't help worrying-it's because I love you."

22、).07:42.80（我无法不为你操心因为我爱你。）07:45.58A handsome dividend股息被除数奖金,although lacking in logical, healthy thinking07:48.91这是个相当不错的回报，只是缺乏合乎逻辑的，正常的思维。07:52.24If you weigh too much, you may eat more when you worry;07:54.97如果你太胖，你忧虑的时候可能吃得更多，07:57.70hence, you have a good reason for hanging on to the worry beh

23、avior08:01.08因此你就有正当的理由坚持忧虑不止。08:04.47Similarly, you may find yourself smoking more in troublesome situations08:08.15同样，你可能发现你在烦恼的情况下烟抽得更多，08:11.83and can use the worry to avoid giving up smoking.08:14.56你可以以忧虑为由而不戒烟。08:17.29The same neurotic reward system also applies to health.08:20.68同样的神经质的补偿系统也

24、适用于身体健康。08:24.06It may be easier for you to worry about chest pains08:26.84为胸痛而担忧比冒风险08:29.62than to risk finding out the truth,08:31.75找出真正病因要容易，08:33.88and then having to deal directly with yourself.08:36.31然后不得不自己直接处理自己的问题更容易做到。08:38.74Worry can bring a lot of diseases such as tension headaches a

25、nd backaches.08:42.53忧虑能产生很多疾病，如神经紧张性头痛、腰酸背痛等。08:46.31While these may not seem to be payoffs,08:48.54尽管这不能算是回报，08:50.76they do result in considerable attention from others08:53.39但它能引起别人相当大的关心08:56.03and justify much self-pity as well.08:58.36并且能证明自怜是有道理的。09:00.68And some People would rather be piti

26、ed than fulfilled实现履行发挥.09:03.36有些人宁愿被人怜悯而不肯发挥自己的潜能。09:06.04Now that you understand the psychological support system for neurotic worry09:09.62既然你懂得了神经质忧虑的心理支持系统，09:13.19you can begin to devise设计发明遗赠 some measures09:15.62你就能够开始想出一些措施来减少09:18.05 for reducing the number of troublesome worry bugs that

27、breed in this erroneous错误的.09:22.02那些孳生繁衍在这一误区中的讨厌的忧虑虫。09:25.99Begin to view your present moments as times to live,09:28.93你要开始把你现在的时间看成生活的时光09:31.87rather than times to worry about the future.09:34.21而不是为未来忧虑的时光。09:36.55When you catch yourself worrying, ask yourself,09:39.42当你发现自己在忧虑时，你要问问自己09:42.3

28、0"What am I avoiding now by using up this moment with worry?"09:45.23“我把现在的时间用于忧虑，目的是想回避什么？”09:48.17Then begin to attack whatever it is you're avoiding.09:51.29然后你就着手解决你正回避的任何事。09:54.42A friend of mine spent a week on an island off the Connecticut cast.09:58.15我的一个朋友在康涅狄格州海岸边的一个岛子上呆了一个

29、星期。10:01.89She enjoys taking long walks,10:04.25她散步时喜欢走得很远，10:06.62 but soon discovered that there were a number of dogs on the island10:09.44但她很快发现，岛上有些狗，可以到处乱跑。10:12.26which were allowed to run free.10:14.23她担心狗可能会咬她，10:16.20She decided to fight her worry that they might attack her.10:19.34决心战胜自己的

30、忧虑。10:22.47She carried a rock in her hand and10:24.80她手里拿了一块石头，10:27.12resolved决定决心分解解决 to show no fear as the dogs mine running toward her.10:30.10下定决心，当狗冲她跑来时，决不示弱。10:33.08Seeing someone who refused to hack down,they turned and ran away.10:36.56这些狗看见有人并不畏缩，转身就跑掉了。10:40.05While I am not encouraging

31、 dangerous behavior,10:42.98虽然我不鼓励危险行为，10:45.90I do believe that a sensibly effective challenge10:48.48但我确信，对忧虑的明智的有效挑战是最大限度地减少忧虑10:51.05to worry is the most productive生产的，有用的 way to minimize its role in your life.10:54.33在你生活中起作用的最有成效的办法。10:57.61Ask yourself over and over.10:59.98你要反复地问自己，11:02.36"Will the future change as a result of my worrying about it?"11:05.14“我对未来感到忧虑，未来会因此而改变吗？”11:07.92Try to remember how many of the things you once,worried about11:11.05你努力回忆一下，有多少