英语学习——一些英语语段及翻译

1、将下列英语语段翻译成汉语：1. but your own books belong to you; you treat them with that affectionate intimacy that annihilates formality. books arc for use, not for show; you should own no book that you arc afraid to mark up, or afraid to place on the table, wide open and face down. a good reason for marking fav

2、orite passages in books is that this practice enables you to remember more easily the significant sayings, to refer to them quickly, and then in laier years, it is like visiting a forest where you once blazed a trail you have the pleasure of going over the old ground, and recalling both the intellec

3、tual scenery and your own earlier self.2. wc hear it said frequently that what present-day men most desire is sccurity if that is so, then they have a wrong notion of what the real, the ultimate, security is. no one who is dependent on anything outside himself, upon money, power, fame or what-not, i

4、s or ever can be secure only he who possesses himself and is content with himself is actually secure too much is being said about the importance of adjustment and participation in the group.h even cooperation, to give this thing its most favorable designation, is no more important than the ability t

5、o stand alone when the choice must be made between the sacrifice of one's own integrity and adjustment to or participation in group activity3. but we nephews did not pass him by. we were strangely drawn to him. especially when some of our specialist uncles wore us down with their crankiness and

6、difference i spent some of the quietest sundays of my life in uncle amos's yard, lying under apple trees and listening to bees and not listening to uncle amos who was bumbling away at something he did not expect me to listen to at all. and caterpillars came suddenly down on fine wires shining li

7、ke gold, and hit uncle amos on his bald spot, and he brushed them off and went on bumbling. the heat was a burden, and the apple blossoms fell to pieces and drifted down on me、and 1 could see the roof of the world over lhe black twigs they came from. these were my solidest hours of pure being i did

8、nol have to do anything to live up to this quiet, friendly man. he did not expect me to stand on my head and show off, or go after his pipe, or keep the flics from lighting on his bald spot. and he always had lemon drops somewhere deep in his roomy pockets, fore or aft, and he liked to give them to

9、me.4. the lives of most men are determined by their environmenl. they accept the circumstances amid which fate has thrown them not only with resignation but even with good will. they are like streetcars running contentedly on their rails and they despise the sprightly flivver that dashes in and out

10、of the traffic and speeds so jauntily across the opcn countiy. i respect them; they arc good citizens, good husbands, and good fathers, and of course somebody has to pay the taxes; but i do not find them exciting. i am fascinated by the men, few enough in all conscience, who take life in their own h

11、ands and seem to mould it to their own liking. it may be that we have no such thing as free will, but at all events we have the illusion of it. a( a cross-road it does seem to us that we might go either to the right or the left and, the choice once made, it is difficult to see that the whole course

12、of the world's history obliged us to take the turning wc did.三、将下列英语篇章节选翻译成汉语：l why measure life in heartbeats?hemingway once wrote that courage is grace under pressure but i would rather think with the 18th-century italian dramatist, vittorio altieri, that ''often the test of courage is

13、 not to die but to live.” for living with cancer engenders more than pressure; it begets terror. to live with it, to face up to it that's couragehope is our most effective ”drug” in treating cancer. there is almost no cancer (at any stage) that cannot be treated. by instilling hope in a patient,

14、 we can help develop a positive, combative attitude to his disease. illogical, unproven? perhaps but many doctors believe that this must become a part of cancer therapy if the therapy is to be effective i have had the joy of two beautiful and wonderful wives, the happiness of parenthood and the love

15、 of eight children. my work was constantly challenging and fulfill ing. i have always loved music and books, ballet and the theater. i was addicted to fitness, tennis, golf, curling, hunting and fishing good food and wine graced my table my home was a warm and happy placebut when i became aware of m

16、y imminent mortality, my attitudes changed there was real meaning to the words, "this is the first day of the rest of your life.” there was a heightened awareness of each sunny day, the beauty of flowers, the song of a bird. how often do wc reflect on the joy of breathing easily, of swallowing

17、without effort and discomfort, of walking without pain, of a complete and peaceful nighfs sleep?after i became ilk i embarked upon many things i had been putting off before 1 read the books i had set aside for retirement and wrote one myself, entitled the art of surgery my wife madeleine and i took

18、more holidays we played tennis regularly and curled avidly; we took the boys fishing. when i review these past few years, it seems in many ways that i have lived a lifetime since i acquired cancer. on my last holiday in the bahamas, as i walked along the beach feeling the gentle waves wash over my f

19、eet, 1 felt part of the universe, even if only a minuscule one, like a grain of sand on lhe beach.although i had to restrict lhe size of my practice, i felt a closer empathy with my patients when i walked into the intensive care unit there was an awesome feeling knowing i, too, had been a patient th

20、ere it was a special satisfaction to comfort my patients with cancer, knowing that it is possible to enjoy life after the anguish of that diagnosis. it gave me a warm feeling to see the sparkle in one patients eyes - a man with a total laryngotomy - when i asked if he would enjoy a cold beer and wen

21、t to get him oneif one realizes that our time on this earth is but a tiny fraction of that within the cosmos, then life calculated in years may not be as important as we think. why measure life in heartbeats? when life is so dependent on such an unreliable function as the beating of the heart, the n

22、 it is fragile in deed the only thing that one can depend upon with absolute certainty is death.1 believe that death may be the most important part of life 1 believe that life is infinitesimally brief in relation (o the immensity of etemily. i believe, because of my religious faith, that i shall ret

23、urn to the father" in an afterlife that is beyond description. i believe that though my life was short in years, it was full in experience, joy, love and accomplishment; that my own immortality will reside in the memories of my loved ones left behind, mother, brother, wife, children, dear frien

24、ds i believe that i will die with loved ones close by and, one hopes, achieve that great gift of god - death in peace, and with dignity.from reader's digest2.1 have a dreamaugust 2& 1963martin luther kingi am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demons

25、tration for freedom in the history of our nationfive score years ago, a great american, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the emancipation proclamation. this momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of negro slaves, who had been scared in the flames of witherin

26、g injustice it came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity but one hundred years later, the negro is still not free one hundred years later, the life of the negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. one hundred years later,

27、the negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity one hundred years later, the negro is still languished in the corners of american society and finds himself an exile in his own land so wc have come here today to dramatize an appalling conditionin a se

28、nse, we've come to our nation s capital to cash a check. when the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the constitution and the declaration of in dependence, they were signing a promissoiy note to which every american was to fall heir this note was a promise that all men - y

29、es, black men as well as white men - would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happinessit is obvious today (hat america has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. instcad of honoring this sacred obligation, america has

30、 given the negro people a bad check; a check which has conic back marked h insufficient fun ds." but wc refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. wc refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opport unity of this nation. so we've come to cash th

31、is check - a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice we have also come to this hallowed spot to remind america of (he fierce urgency of now. this is no lime to engage in the luxury of cooling off to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. now is the t

32、ime to make real the promises of democracy. now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlight of racial justice. now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksand of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood now is the time to make justice a reality

33、 for all of god's children参考译文参考译文1. 但是你自己的书是屈于你的。你可以无拘无束地与它们亲密相处。书是让人读的，不是用来做摆设的。 你所拥有的书不应使你害怕在上边做记号，或是害怕把它摊开来面朝下地放在桌子上。在书中你喜欢的段 落做上标记的一个主要原因就是，这样你可以更容易地记住那些重要的话语，可以毫不费力地找到它们， 在以后的岁月里，如果你再读这木书时，就会彖是再次拜访一个你在树干上做过记号的树林。你会冇故土 重游的快乐，可以回忆你当年的思想和当年的自我。2. 我们常听人说，当代人最渴望的是安全感。如果真是这样，那他们就不懂得什么是真正的、最大限度的

34、安全。一个人如果依赖的是身外之物，是金钱、权力、名誉之类的东西，那他就不会感到安全，永远也不 会。只有做到自制、自足的人，才会真正感到安全。现在，人们在过多地强调进行调整、“融入集体“的重 要性。即使给此事冠以最动听的名称“团结协作”，而当一个人必须在牺牲口己的人格耳适应或加入集体活 动之间作出抉择的时候，他却能特立独行，那这种能力也比团结协作來得更为重耍。3. 但我们这些侄子们却没有忽略他，反而被他紧紧地吸引住，特别是在我们那些当专家的叔叔们用他们的 古怪脾气和意见分歧搞得我们不耐烦的时候。我的-生中，有许多宇静的星期天都是在艾默大叔的果园里 度过的。躺在苹果树下，耳边响着蜜蜂的嗡嗡声，无须

35、用心去听艾默大叔永无休止的唠叨。他也完全没有 要我听的意思。毛毛虫拖着金光闪闪的细丝掉卜-來，打在艾默大叔的禿顶上。他挥挥手把虫子弹掉，又继 续唠叨下去。暑热难当，苹果花纷纷扬扬落在我的身上。花儿落了，透过黑乎乎的枝条可以看见高总的苍 穹。这是我生活中最充实的时刻，我无须着意做什么来取悦这位安祥的老人。他也不指望我拿人顶炫耀自 己，或跑腿为他取烟斗，或为他赶走禿顶上的苍蝇。他的宽大的前后衣袋里总是装着柠檬糖，而且十分乐 意送给我吃。4. 人多数人的生活是由环境决定的。他们接受命运的安排，不只是无可奈何，而且是心甘情愿。这些人就 彖大街上的电车一样，满足于在自己的轨道上行进。对于街上不吋出没于车

36、流间和在旷野上欢快飞驰的廉 价小汽车，他们不屑一顾。我尊重他们；他们是好公民、好丈夫、好父亲，规规矩矩的纳税人。但是，这 些人并不能使我兴奋。另冇一些人将生活掌握在自己手中，似乎可以使生活一如他们自己所愿，尽管这样 的人曝若晨星，但我却深深地被他们所吸引。也许根木不存在口由意志这样的东西，但无论如何我们拥冇 这样的梦想。在两条路相交的地方，我们确实能自由选择是向左拐还是向右走，但做出选择后，我们乂很 难认识到我们的选择实际上是受了世界历史的整个进程的左右的。三、1何必以心跳定生死？海明威曾经写过，勇气就是临危不惧。不过，我更赞同十八世纪意大利戏剧家维多利奥阿尔菲利的观点， ”对勇气的考验往往不

37、是去死，而是要活。”身患癌症，不仅带来痛苦，而且引起恐惧。抱病生活，并敢于 正视这一现实，这就是勇气。希與是我们治疗癌症故有效的“药物“。儿乎没有任何癌症（无论发展到哪一期）不能页治的。把希與灌输 到病人心里，我们就可以帮助他树立起积极与疾病作斗争的观念。也许此话不合逻辑，言z无据，是吗？ 然而，许多医生认为，要想使疗法冇效，这必须成为癌症治疗的一部分。我有幸先后拥有两位美丽贤惠的妻子所带来的欢欣，体验过为人z父的乐趣，并得到八个子女的爱。过去, 我的工作一直富有挑战性，令人有成就感。我一向喜欢听音乐和读书，酷爱芭蕾舞和戏剧。我曾经醉心于 健身运动、网球、高尔夫球、冰上溜石、打猎和垂钓。我的餐

38、桌摆满美酒佳肴。我的家温馨而又幸福。 可是，当我知道自己大限将至时，生活态度就变了。"这是您余生的开始。“这句话对我冇了实实在在的含 义。对每一个晴夭丽日，对鸟语花香，我的感触倍加强烈。平日呼吸轻松，吞食口如，点路毫不费劲，一 夜安寝到天明，我们几时曾回味过其中的乐趣？患病之后，我若手做以前搁置f來的许多事情。我阅读了木來留到退体后才读的书，而口还写了-木题为 外科术的书。我与夫人马徳琳度假更加频繁。我们经常去打网球，劲头十足地在冰上溜石，还带儿了 们去钓鱼。回顾过去几年，从许多方面來看，自从得了癌症以后，我似乎已经活了一辈子。上次到巴哈马 度假期间，我沿着海滩漫步，海浪轻轻抚揉着我的双脚，此时此刻我蓦然觉