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1.Moral and Intellect
    Some people think only intellect counts: knowing how to solve problems, knowing how to get by, knowing how to identify a chance and seize it, but the many funcions of intellcet are insufficient without courage, love, friendship, compassion and morality.
    We care. It is our curse. It is our blessing. I often hear people say" I have to find myself." What he really means is "I have to make myself." Life is an endlessly creative experience, and we are making ourselves every moment by every decision we make.

词汇
intellect  n.  智力
insufficient  a.  不够的
compassion  n.  同情;怜悯
curse  n.  祸因;祸根

注释
get by: 侥幸过关
make oneself: 塑造自我

译文
道德与智力
    有人认为只有智力最有价值：知道如何解决问题，如何侥幸过关，如何识别机遇并抓住它。但如果没有勇气、爱、友谊、同情和道德，智力的功能再多也是不够的。
    我们很在意这一点。既是我们的祸因，也是我们的福祉。我经常听人说“我要找到自己”。他真正的意思是“我要塑造我自己”。生活是个无止境的创造性的经历，我们每一刻都在用我们做出的每个决定塑造我们自己。

[ 本帖最后由 zhenru 于 2008-10-7 21:26 编辑 ]

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U2-2.Preserve Your Own Purity(洁身自好)

    Attitude is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than what other people think or say or do. it is more important than appearance, gift or skill. It will make or break a company, a church, a home.
    The remarkable thing is, we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past. We cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is to play on the string we have, and that is our attitude.

词汇
purity  n.  纯洁;纯净
past  n.  往事;经历
regarding  prep.  关于
embrace  v.  拥抱
inevitable  n.  不可避免的;必然的
string  n.  (乐器上的)弦

注释
in a certain way: 以某种方式
play on: 继续演奏

译文
    态度比经历、教育、金钱、环境更重要，比他人想什么、说什么或做什么更重要，也比外表、天赋或技能更重要。它会成就或毁掉一个公司、一个教会或者一个家庭。
    值得注意的是，我们每天都要为那一天我们即将采取的态度做出选择。我们无法改变我们的过去；我们无法改变日呢么会以某种方式行事的事实；我们无法改变不可避免的事。我们唯一能做到的事就是在我们拥有的唯一的琴弦上弹奏，而这就是我们的态度。

[ 本帖最后由 zhenru 于 2008-10-7 21:27 编辑 ]

zhenru

U2-5.Bravery(勇敢)
   Bravery does not require us to hurt and kill. If it requires us to hurt and kill it would be a terrible thing. Is it brave to try to save life? Thousands of brave men are risking their lives every day to help men and to save them all from harm. Brave doctors and nurses go where deadly diease is and are not afraid to help save the sick. Brave students are trying perilous experiments so as to find out better knowledge for human race.
    Brave engineers on thousands of locomotives are not afraid of sudden death if they can save their passengers from harmful accidents. Brave sailors are always facing the sea and the storm. Brave firemen stand ready to die to bring little children safely out of burning buildings. Brave boys every summer risk their lives to save their classmates from drowning. Brave fellows hold in check maddened horses and prevent them from running into any child. Brave women risk their own lives daily for the sake of others. Indeed, all these are brave actions and it is bravery to try to sabe life.

词汇
deadly  a.  致命的
perilous  a.  危险的
locomotive  n.  机车;火车头
drowning  n.  溺死
maddened  a.  发狂的

注释
risk one's life: 冒生命危险
hold in check: 制止;控制
for the sake of: 为了

译文
    勇敢并不需要我们伤害和杀死什么生命。如果它需要我们伤害和杀死什么生命，那么它就是一个可怕的东西。设法拯救生命是勇敢吗？数以千计的人们每天冒着生命危险救人，使他们免于受到伤害。勇敢的医生和护士到有致命疾病的地方，勇于抢救病人。勇敢的学生正在做危险的实验，以便为人类获取更多的知识。
    在机车上的数以千计的勇敢的机械师们，如果他们能够把乘客从恶性事故中抢救出来，他们就不怕突然的死亡。勇敢的水手总是面对着大海和风暴；勇敢的消防员为了把小孩儿从着火的大楼里抢救到安全的地方，时刻准备着牺牲自己；勇敢的男孩儿每年夏天冒着生命危险抢救溺水的同学；勇敢的小伙子控制住狂奔的野马，阻止它们冲向任何孩子；勇敢的妇女为了别人每天自己冒着生命危险。的确，所有这些都是勇敢的行为。设法拯救人的生命就是勇敢。

[ 本帖最后由 zhenru 于 2008-10-7 21:27 编辑 ]

zhenru

    U3-3.No Pains, No Gains（不劳无获）

The height which great men reach and keep is not attained by a sudden flight.
    Most of us feel envious of the famous and successful man. We do not understand why they are so popular and honored while we are mere simple common folks. In our misconception, we think that people are prosperous because they are especially gifted or that they are "just lucky".
    All these have taken root in our stubborn minds, and we refuse to believe that most great men have a mind which is the same as, or even simpler and duller than that of ours.
    Yet, their triumphs are great. Why? Because they are apt to fight difficulties with perseverance and without fatigue, undergo suffering without minding the wouds; they realize that hardship form the road which they pass through before reaching their destination. Their endurance is more powerful than that of ours for the simple reason that they submit without complaint to each storm in life.

词汇
flight  n.  飞跃；飞快的动作
envious  a.  忌妒的；羡慕的
misconception  n.  误解
prosperous  a.  成功的；富有的
fatigue  n.  疲劳
undergo  v.  经历；遭受
endurance  n.  忍耐（力）；持久（力）
submit  v.  甘受

注释
feel envious of : 忌妒……；羡慕……
take root in: 扎根
be apt to: 易于；倾向于
pass through: 经过；通过

译文
    伟人们所取得的巨大成就并不是一蹴而就的。
    我们大多数人都羡慕有名望、有成就的人。我们不明白为什么他们这么著名、获得这么高的荣誉，而我们只是平平凡凡的普通人。我们错误地认为，他们成功是因为他们有天生的特殊才能或仅仅是“交了好运”。
    这些错误的观念在我们头脑中根深蒂固，我们决不相信大多数伟人的头脑跟我们自己的完全一样，或者比我们自己的还要简单、还要愚笨。
    然而，他们的成就是巨大的。原因何在？因为他们愿与困难做不屈不挠的斗争而不知疲倦，经得起磨难而不在乎伤痛；他们知道苦难是到达目的地的必经之路。他们的承受力比我们的要强得多，原因很简单，他们毫无怨言地承受着生活中每次风暴的打击。


[ 本帖最后由 zhenru 于 2008-10-7 21:28 编辑 ]

zhenru

U6-1.On Books
        Books are of various kinds and have different contents. We have history books recording past events, geography books dealing with the earth, mathematics books focousing on space and numbers, language books studying the means of communication, and literary books reflecting social problems. In a word, we have various books dealing with different things in the world.
    Reading books can enrich our knowledge. A famous critic once said,"A good book is a present the writer left to us." With the present, we can learn lots of things we did not previously know, be aware of what has happened in the past as well as what is going to happen in the future, or gain selfunderstanding. Because "art is long and life is short", it's impossible for a man to learn everything through his own experience, while books can help him to achieve his purpose.
    However, some books can be harmful, namely, the unhealthy books (pornographic books, etc.). In those unhealthy books, there might be much description about violence, superstition and sex. People who are taken up by such books will be dispirited and they may commit crimes. So it is said that a critical point of view is important in reading a book.

词汇
content  n.  内容；容量；目录
enrich  v.  使富足；使丰富
previously  ad.  先前；以前
pornographic  a.  色情的；色情作品的
description  n.  描写
superstition  n.  迷信
dispirited  a.  沮丧的；气馁的
commit  v.  犯（错误）；干（坏事）

注释
1.deal with:涉及；关于
2.be aware of:意识到；知道
3.take up:（时间，注意等）被……占用
4.commit a crime:犯罪
5.point of view:观点

译文
                                                                            论书籍
        书籍种类繁多，内容各异。我们有记录过去事件的历史方面的书、探索地球的地理方面的书、研究空间和数目的有关数学的书、研究交际手段的语言方面的书和反映社会问题的文学方面的书。总之，我们有研究世界不同事物的各种各样的书。
        读书可以丰富我们的知识。一位著名的评论家曾说：“一本好书就是作家送给我们的一件礼物。”这个礼物可以使我们学会许多以前不懂的知识，使我们不仅可以知道以前发生过什么事情，还可以知道将来会发生什么事情，或者使我们了解自己。因为“艺术是长久的，而生命是短暂的”，所以一个人想通过自己的亲生经历学会各种知识是不可能的，而书籍可以帮助人达到目的。
        不过，有些书籍可能对人有害，即那些不健康的书（黄色书籍等）。那些不健康的书里可能包含许多关于暴力和色情的描写。沉迷于这种书的人可能会精神颓废，也许还会犯罪。所以说，在读书的时候持批判的观点很重要。

[ 本帖最后由 zhenru 于 2008-10-8 20:08 编辑 ]

angella_wff

不错~~~适合小作文~~~