新世纪英语高一课文

第一篇：新世纪英语高一课文

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高一第一学期

1.People from all walks of life When a person grows up, he will take up different occupations in various work places.A society is thus made up of all walks of life.What kind of person do you want to be in the future? The following introductions may give you some idea.TEACHER Teachers are professionals.They work in schools, colleges, universities and other educational institutions.They try their best to help students gain new knowledge and become useful people in society.Teachers are involved in many tasks, such as explaining lessons, giving homework and correcting papers.At the end of every term, they mark test papers and give grades to their students.Actually teachers do more.Often their impact on students stays all through their lives.SURGEON Surgeons, like teachers, are also professionals.As a special group of doctors, surgeons operate on sick people and repair the organs that no longer work properly.Hospitals are their work places.After an operation, a surgeon takes care of the patient’s medical treatment until he gets well.The skills of a surgeon sometimes mean the differences between life and death.SECRETARY A secretary works in an office.The job of a secretary often involves writing letters, answering telephone calls, and receiving people.A secretary stores information on a computer and puts papers in good order in file cabinets.As a link between the boss and the visitors, a secretary also helps the boss work out plans and timetables.Traditionally, more girls than boys work as secretaries.In some countries parents often decide what careers their children will follow---especially their sons.Tchaikovsky, the composer of Swan Lake, was asked to study law.He, however, didn’t take an interest in it.Tchaikovsky made a great decision on his own.He gave up his government service later and started to study music.Some people think the young are probably going to be successful because they are doing the things they most want to do in life.Many people, however, disagree with them.3.Michelangelo Michelangelo was an Italian artist about 500 years ago.Today he is still remembered as a great sculptor, painter, and architect.Michelangelo came from a poor family.He was trained at an early age like any other craftsman in Italy.At thirteen, he started to work and learn in a workshop.The workshop belonged to one of the leading masters at that time.In the workshop Michelangelo was able to learn all the skills of sculpture.However, he wasn’t satisfied, and went on to study the work of the great masters of the past.Michelangelo worked hard and he mastered one problem after another.By the time he was 30, he was generally regarded as one of the outstanding sculptors of the age.In 1508, Michelangelo was given a task---to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.At first, he tried to turn down this job, saying that he was not really a painter, but a sculptor.Finally, he agreed to do it.He then shut himself up in the chapel, let no one come near him, and got ready to work alone.It took him four years to complete the paintings on the ceiling.Any ordinary person would find it hard to imagine what Michelangelo had gone through in those four years of hard and

edges.“I have a system,” explains Jim, “so that I can find things easily in the darkroom.It’s a simple system.I just keep my materials in order and put them back in the same place after I use them.I don’t have to search for anything.”

“Jim is quite capable and can be trusted,” says his boss, “I wouldn’t have him working here if he weren’t.And that brings me to the question of handicapped people.You can’t let yourself get upset about them.They want to be treated just like anybody else---and they should be.They don’t want you to fell sorry for them.”

No one has to feel sorry for Jim Corrigan.5.Starting a conversation with a foreigner in English As you rode on the bus one day, a foreigner sat down beside you.Finally, here was a perfect opportunity for you to practice speaking English with a foreigner, you thought to yourself.But no words came into your head.You were tongue-tied!After 15 minutes, the foreigner got off the bus and you didn’t utter a word!“What a shame!” you said to yourself.If you have had such an experience, don’t feel bad.You’re not alone.What you need is a lesson in small talk.Here are some tips that will show you how to get started.“HELLO”---A STARTER First, exchange a “Hello” or “Hi” with the foreigner, but at the same time, pay close attention and see if he feels like chatting.Watch his facial expression and body language for cues.Having said his “Hello” or “Hi” in return, does he just stare out of the window or keep reading the book in his hand? That’s the cue for you to stop moving on.Don’t force a conversation on someone who wants to be left alone.But what if the person stops whatever he is doing and looks back or smiles at you?

If guests don’t answer the invitations on time, the host cannot possibly plan for the correct amount of food and drink.This may lead to hundreds or even thousands of dollars of waste.“Everybody has a busy schedule now,” Boone says.If you know you are forgetful when it comes to making phone calls, try emailing your RSVPs as soon as the invitation arrives.RSVP is the short form of the French phrase “répondez s’il vous plaît”, meaning “Reply, if you please”.The following are some commonly used terms in invitation letters and their meanings.Be sure to know these and answer invitations properly.RSVP, REGRETS ONLY Only guests who can’t attend need reply.You need to give a proper reason why you can’t attend.RSVP BY… Guests should respond with yes or no by the date indicated on the invitation.Setting a date gives guests a deadline.It is also a deadline for the host to connect guests who haven’t reply.RSVP BY E-MAIL Guests can respond by e-mail.Unlike phone calls, e-mails can be sent without regard to time of day or location.7.Holidays and festivals in the United Kingdom There are many national holidays in the United Kingdom.Among them, Easter, and Christmas are two of the most famous.EASTER The date of Easter varies each year.It usually falls in March or April.During the Easter holiday, people give each other chocolate Easter eggs.The eggs are opened and eaten on Easter Sunday.On Good Friday(the day before Easter, when Christians observe

observe the coming of New Year on January 1.Cultures in Asia and Middle East use other calendars, such as the more ancient lunar calendar.They celebrate the New Year at other times.Events and ceremonies vary from country to country.But in each places, New Year celebrations are a big meal.Most world cultures have been celebrating the New Year for centuries.The earliest New Year celebrations took place during spring or harvest time.With better weather ahead, or plenty of food to eat in winter, people naturally felt like having a party!As the days became longer and as nature renewed itself, people also felt like they could have a new start.Past disappointments could be forgotten.The New Year could bring better fortune, more opportunities and new challenges.Such universal themes remain the same today.Some cultures have unusual New Year traditions.Italians throw old things out of their windows at midnight, symbolizing the departure of the old.Mexicans fire guns into the air to keep away misfortunes.New Year celebrations also involve having fun.Some cultures view the New Year as an opportunity to let off fireworks.In New York City’s Times Square, thousands gather on December 31 to count down the last seconds of the year.A giant silver ball is lowered at the stroke of midnight.London, England, hosts an annual New Year’s Day parade that draws nearly a million spectators.The largest parade in Europe, it features bands and enormous balloons.These balloons are so huge that they tower over nearby buildings!

in the depths of winter.Dogs are indeed man’s best friends.Yet sometimes even the friendliest dog can bring death with its bite!This is not because it has changed in character, but because it has been infected with a terrible disease---rabies.The disease is passed on by a bite from an infected dog at any stage.When an infected person shows symptoms, death is certain to follow shortly after.So, in order to prevent the disease, a person should go to a doctor at once if he has been bitten by a dog.Dogs remain man’s best friends, but we should also try our best to guard against the horrible disease that can be carried by these friends.10.Well done, Spotty!We were walking alone when we saw the Wilkins’ children playing in their yard.The three girls were taking turns pushing a cart.Their one-year-old twin brothers and a big doll were in it.Just as we walked by them, a wheel came off.Freckles, my friend, fixed it for them.Then they all went upstairs to play some games.After a while Mrs Wilkins went out, and left the twins with the girls.Well, it wasn’t much fun for me, and soon I went to sleep.I must have slept pretty hard and pretty long.All of a sudden I woke up and could hardly breathe.Everybody was gone.The room was full of smoke!The house was on fire!I started down the stairs and stumbled over a gray bunch.“That belongs to Freckles,” I thought.“It’s the gray sweater that he likes so much.I might as well take it down to him.”

I took the sweater in my mouth and started down again.It weighed so much.So I dropped it on one of the stairs.Then I went back up to look out of a window.I wanted to see why there was so much noise.1picture in the reader’s mind by showing one or two aspects of an event.There is a cartoon that shows a father and his son.The boy is showing his father his school report, which, unfortunately, gives a very poor grade---2 out of 5.So he does it in a quite unusual way: the report is fastened to one end of a pole while the boy is holding the other and.With the long pole between them, any punishment from the father is out of the question.For the moment, at least, the son is safe.Readers can’t help laughing at the cartoon.But they may also find some food for thought in addition to being amused.Reading cartoons and comic strips had long been a favourite pastime for adults until the beginning of the 20th century.Then some business-minded people found that there might be a good market for children, too.With the improvement of printing and drawing techniques, modern cartoons and comic strips had become children’s favourites by the early 20th(around the 1920s).Since then they have become popular reading materials for people of all ages.Today the characters in cartoons and comic strips range from children to adults, pets to fancy animals, and ordinary people to superheroes.Micky Mouse and Garfield the Cat make children think and imagine actively.Superman and Batman bring villains of all sorts to justice.Father and Son expresses human love and sympathy in lively comic strips.Their names have become household words.They are only a few outstanding products in the field.Today the digital revolution has brought new life to the making of cartoons and comic strips.Therefore many people think that computer-made comics will in the end replace hand-drawn ones.However, just as the human mind will never give way completely to the computer, hand-drawn comics will never die, but will remain a special means of expressing human

3cover story perhaps describes the artist’s own life experience.With this experience, Rockwell could make every detail come alive in this painting.13.A brief look at two metropolises NEW YORK In the 19th century, a businessman predicated that New York was going to become the centre of the world.His prediction has partly come true.Today, New York is often regarded as one of the financial and cultural capitals of the Western World.The United Nations has its headquarters in the city as well.New York, where the world-famous twin towers of the World Trade Center were once located, is known as a city of skyscrapers.There are parks, great museums, art galleries, grand theatres and cinemas for visitors as well.However, like many other cities in the world, New York also has its own problems---noise, air pollution, crimes, traffic jams, and slums.Still, the fast, exciting pace of life in New York City is fascinating and this may be a reason why the city continues to fascinate more and more people.LONDON London was once known as a city of fog.At that time, many Londoners did not expect that their city would change for the better.However, heavy fog is now rarely seen in London.As a city with a long history, London has also gone through many changes.The days are gone when horse-drawn carriages were a common sight in the street.Now London is famous for its excellent underground service and the red double-deckers have become a symbol of the city.The second half of the 20th century saw great changes in the city.Skyscrapers have sprung up;business centres for the 21st century are also growing fast.However, London has kept its heart.People can still enjoy themselves with a cup of tea

515.The growth of the Internet The Internet began as a tool to connect universities and government research centres through a nationwide network.It would allow a large number of computers to exchange information and share resources.Its development was pushed forward by ARPA---the Advanced Research Projects Agency, which was established in the United States in 1958.In 1969 ARPA began to focus on communications technology.Then in the early 1970s, the ARPA net came into being.This network laid the foundation for the Internet.In 1972, electronic mail was introduced.At the same time in Europe, researchers were struggling with their own computer networking problems.In 1989, a scientist proposed the World Wide Web project.Over the next year or two, the proposal was discussed and revised, which resulted in the programme called the World Wide Web.In 1992, its browser software was introduced to the public.The early browsers functioned well but were not “user-friendly”.In 1993, a group of graduated students in the USA created Mosaic---a “browser” programme.Mosaic was pleasing to the eye and easy to use---just point and click.Netscape and then Microsoft followed with browsers that greatly simplified the process of surfing the Internet in search of information.Today, the Internet is changing our life style, cultural patterns, business practices, and ways of learning and doing research.It helps people keep up to date on world events, find a cheap flight, play games, and discuss everything from apples to space technology.An increasing number of people shop and bank on the Internet;many do business online.It enables people to browse online hundreds of thousands of magazines and books in libraries

7read all the data in Prince Philip’s electronic mailbox before the police discovered the hacking.The possibility for hackers to commit crimes is great.In the 1980s some experts pointed out that American banks were losing up to $5,000 million a year to computer crimes.Once a hacker gained entry to a bank’s system, he could order it to move large sums of money to another bank in a foreign country---just what a traditional robber would do.Today computers are making life easier and far more comfortable.The evils, however, are also growing with the development of computer knowledge and techniques.It seems that the struggle against computer crimes will continue into the future.高一第二学期

17.Travelling around China Travelling around China can be tiring but fun as well.However, how you travel often determines whether your travel will be a success or a failure.Here is some information about how it can be done.Most parts of China can now be reached by rail.Generally speaking, the train service is efficient.However, the trains are sometimes overcrowded, especially on national holidays.The kind of ticket you need depends on the distance of your journey.A hard or soft seat is fine for a short journey.For long journeys, a sleeper ticket is a better choice.number of sea routes exist that can take you from one seaport to another along the coast of China.There are also a few inland waterways.The most attractive one is that from Chongqing to Shanghai.Along this route ships pass through the famous Three Gorges and

9and Jia Jia, can now be sighted at their permanent habitat in Ocean Park.SHARK AQUARIUM Through the underwater viewing tunnel, you seem to enter the mysterious deep ocean, surrounded by countless sharks and rays of over 30 species, all swimming within arm’s reach.OCEAN THEATRE With a panoramic background and hosted by a marvelous master of ceremonies, the Ocean Theatre stages entertaining performances by its great and small marine stars.When time permits, visit a jewelry factory workshop to observe the art of handicraft.NOTE This is a half day guided tour.However, passengers may stay behind to explore more features in the Ocean Park.Return trips on our afternoon coach can be arranged with your tour guide.19.The Sydney Harbour Bridge There’s no feeling quite like seeing Sydney from the top of the Harbour Bridge.There I stood, looking up at Sydney’s Harbour Bridge---one of the most famous bridges in the world.Located near the magnificent Sydney Opera House, the 40-storey bridge towers over Australia’s largest city.The bridge was certainly beautiful to look at.But who in their right mind would want to climb it? Me, of course!Climbing the bridge is not such a crazy thing to do, in fact.Tourists started climbing the bridge in 1998.Now it’s one of Sydney’s most popular attractions.To prepare for the climb, our group of 12 climbers had to take a special class.First, we stored all our personal belongings and changed into special bridge climbing clothes.Then, the climb organizers showed us how to use the safety belts and climb the steep ladders.1Thailand’s tourist bureau says that it is “in the nature of the people.” The Thais are naturally happy, he says with a smile, and they are glad to share that happiness with others.This attitude seems to be very much appreciated by the more than five million tourists who visit Thailand each year.The country ranks high on the list of places to which visitors want to return.The reason most often stated is that the people are friendly and polite.Some other Asian destinations are not as well received.Bali in Indonesia ranks high on the list, with Japan somewhere in the middle.These reports raise the question of whether certain nationalities are naturally more courteous than others.People may experience more friendliness in Thailand than in other countries.This may have more to do with the place than the people.Travel writers point out that cities are always stressful, hurried places, with little to offer in the way of smiles and welcome.Bangkok is not as friendly as other places in the surrounding Thai countryside.Remote towns and villages in China, for example, offer visitors a warm welcome, with smiles(and giggles)from children.Perhaps it should also be pointed out that polite, patient, smiling visitors will most often be greeted similarly, no matter which country they are in.21.Using English properly If you don’t want to offend someone, you’d better know which English words to use---and which to avoid.Imagine that you’re in a restaurant in America.You want some water, so you called out “Waitress!” A waitress comes to your table, but she’s clearly unhappy.What did you do wrong? You may have offended her by calling her a “waitress.” Today, many people prefer the word “server” to “waitress.”

3people do change with the times.22.Tips for English learning Language letter-boxes in quite a few English newspapers are often filled with letters complaining about such problems as “I don’t know to improve my pronunciation and intonation.The English vocabulary is too large to handle.” Or “I find my spoken English most worrying.Please tell me how to improve my communication skills!”

At the same time, in some newspapers, there are ads for “Shortcuts in Mastering English,” “A 24-hour Programme of Success in Spoken English” or “Recipe for English Fluency,” and so on.A lot of teachers of English try to help fight learners’ worries by saying that the road to successful communication is clearly signposted---practise, practice and practice.If there are few such opportunities in your day-to-day life, make them up: form clubs or learning groups, and practise talking to each other.Expose yourselves to an English radio broadcast, a tape recording, a film or a video: let it be a topic or a context for discussion.Even when you are alone, try to have some practice.You can never lay too much emphasis on the importance of “input” for language learning, so reading newspapers and listening to the radio are good habits to cultivate.One thing, however, is very important: the “input” must be appropriate for your level.Something too difficult is useless, while spending time on something too easy will be pointless.And remember this: there isn’t a cure-all for all of you.One shortcut may work for some of you, and another probably has a positive effect on others.Only one method works for everybody---and that is, to use English!

5the ship.Silent clues, however, may also communicate good news.Smiling, leaning forward, watching attentively---all tell you that the track is clear of obstacles;the signals are green---so go ahead.24.Understanding body language Have you ever met someone and found that you instantly liked them? You just couldn’t put your finger on it as to why.Deep down inside yourself they gave you a strange feeling.I’m not going to call myself a body language expert, but I think I can hive you my advice on how to read the most complicated language of all: body language.YOUR MOVES SELL YOU OUT.So for starters, think about yourself.Have you ever stopped for a moment to watch the way that you move your body? Well, believe it or not, the people you are talking to are watching your every move.They watch your eyes, your facial expressions, the way you hold your posture.In fact, the way you move can tell a lot about what kind of person you are … or what kind of person you appear to be.WHAT CAN BODY LANGUAGE TELL? In most Western countries, making eye contact with anyone you talk to is very important.If you don’t make eye contact, you might be judged as dishonest or even rude.Then there’s posture.If your actions are very confident, you will appear to be confident to others.And, the rate that you speak can also tell others something.If you talk too fast, you’re nervous, while too slow probably indicates that you are unsure of yourself, and that maybe you are shy.I’M CONFUSED WITH “SPACE” IN CHINA.As a traveler, I have been confused time and time again with every place I visit.This is mainly because I misunderstood the body language

7During rehearsals, to get what he wanted from his orchestra, he would sometimes stamp his feet, snap his baton and tear his store to pieces.He tried to make use of every means to interpret music.Once he found himself at a loss when trying to describe to an American orchestra a very light effect in a passage(his English was poor).After thinking hard for a while, he drew a white silk handkerchief from his pocket and threw it into the air, watching with the orchestra as it floated to the floor.“There!” he said.“Play like that!”

Toscanini drove himself as hard as he did his orchestra.If the orchestra met his demands, he would weep for joy.Otherwise, he would not spare them from punishment.If he himself made a rare mistake, he would slap his own face in front of the orchestra.He would not spare even himself from punishment.Toscanini would shout at anyone who dared talk during the performance or, even worse, arrived late.All through his life, Toscanini was anti-fascist.In1931, he was physically attacked for refusing to play the fascist anthem and for protesting against Hitler’s ban on Jewish musicians.He dropped his baton in 1954, and died in 1957 at the age of 90.26.An interview with a pop pianist Robin Gordon(RG), a journalist, interviews a very rich and famous pianist, James Newman(JN), who has a way of playing classical music in a wildly romantic manner.He is well known for his strange clothes as well.RG: Actually, you don’t let the chance slip through your fingers when you chose music as your career.JN: No, the entertainment world is full of opportunities.When any of them turns up and comes

9JN: Yes.I decided to play Bach and Chopin in a very unusual style.Meanwhile I started wearing fancy clothes.RG: I guess your father didn’t approve of all this.JN: Right.Dad’s a bit old.He wanted to make a classical musician of me!He didn’t understand me.RG: Even though you are so successful? JN: No.Many people don’t.RG: Perhaps it takes time.Thank you, Mr.Newman.27.Stunts in movies On the screen, the US actor Tom Cruise is throwing himself through a glass window as a large car explodes behind him;the actress Helen Hunt is running from hurricanes as homes and cows are swept up.And, of course, there is Stallone doing…everything.It seems to be popular these days for actors and actresses to do their own stunts in action movies, and the fact is that the big names are indeed doing more stunts.According to a director, some actors do as much as ninety per cent of their own stunts, while the last ten per sent are generally left to stunt professionals.These are the men and women who make a living risking their lives on behalf of the big names in action movies.However, there is an exception.The only actor who does any allow anyone else to do his stunts is Jackie Chan, the Hong Kong phenomenon.He takes pride in doing all the stunts in his action movies.Jackie Chan has been doing his individual brand of dramatic martial arts for fifteen years.He is no doubt a walking miracle of physical endurance.Of course, along

1released in 2004, showed the potential and limitations of digital actors.The movie’s digital characters looked and acted surprisingly lifelike.But somehow they still reminded audiences of cartoons, and their “acting” was less than inspiring.Final Fantasy’s digital magic also cost moviemakers a fortune.Just creating human-looking hair cost about $20 million.And despite people’s initial excited reaction, it performed poorly at the box office.The film, which cost $137 million to make, lost about $80 million.Moviemakers have been much more successful at creating non-human characters.The Lord of the Rings trilogy features a digital creature named Gollum.Though not human, Gollum gives a very moving performance.Surprisingly, this collection of pixels manages to effectively show a wide range of human emotions.The Matrix: Reloaded features the most perfect digital humans so far.These lifelike digital creations appear widely throughout the movie.In fact, audiences can never be sure which actors are real and which are digital.So should Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman and all their Hollywood friends start looking for another line of work? Not necessarily.Many popular movie directors say digital actors will never “act” as well as humans.Digital actors must also rely on gifted human actors for their voices.29.Front page news Millions of newspapers are sold every day throughout the world.What section of the newspapers on a newsstand catches your eye? Without doubt, it is the front page.Its contents are usually about the most important happenings of the day.Besides that, it is common practice that the front page carries an index to help the reader quickly locate certain sections of the paper.A front page carries a

3GREAT VICTORY ENDS YEARS OF WAITING Moscow: It was Beijing’s night yesterday in Moscow.As Juan Antonio Samaranch, president of the International Olympic Committee(IOC), announced that Beijing would be the host for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, cheering, applauding and waving of flags broke out to celebrate the victory.“Now the results of the voting---the Games of the 29th Olympiad in 2008 is awarded to the city of…Beijing,” declared Samaranch, the most famous sports figure in the world.Beijing won in the second round ballot with 56 votes from the 105 voting IOC members, while Toronto got a distant 22, Paris 18 and Istanbul 9.Osaka, which received 6 votes, was eliminated in the first round.A contract to host the Games followed after the vote.BEIJING WAS SLEEPLESS LAST NIGHT Thousands upon thousands of people gathered in squares, shopping malls, streets and millions of homes to applaud the city’s success in its bid to host the 2008 Olympic Games.Buildings and streets were brightly lit, and heartfelt cheers and laughter filled the air.Fireworks lit up the night sky, and flags formed a sea of flowing colour.As International Olympic Committee(IOC)President Juan Antonio Samaranch announced that Beijing had won the IOC vote at 10:15 last night, the ancient capital burst into cheers and tears.The China Millennium Monument in western Beijing, the centre of the celebration, was alive with cheerful crowds.Senior Chinese leaders joined university students and local citizens in celebrating the success in the bid with the whole nation.5your cheque or money order for $10.if not completely satisfied, you may keep the atlas and cancel your subscription.In that case, you can get your money back.”

“That sounds amusing,” said Anne.“In fact, it would be really handy to have an atlas, particularly when I need to locate places I plan to visit or read about in the news.”

They sent a letter of subscription and two weeks later a small package arrived in the mail.They got the atlas.“Is this our atlas?” said Joe in disbelief.“It looks like a big postage stamp.” “It looked tremendous on television,” said Anne.“It’ll be impossible to find anything in such an atlas,” said Joe.“To find anything, we’ll need a microscope.” 32.The history of magazines It was during the mid-nineteenth century that the magazine developed into the main source of popular entertainment for the general public.Instead of speaking mainly to the well-educated upper classes as in the past, the illustrated magazine addressed the general public.The first magazine that was born in 1665 in France was a dry and dull publication.Most publishers did not realize the significance of visuals as tools to educate, shape opinions and entertain.Nor did they know the importance of selling as many copies of their magazines as possible.It was not until the early decades of the 20th century that the magazine industry started to flourish.The main centres of the magazine industry were in America, France, Germany, and Great Britain.Many fancy and unique publications were produced there.Some publishers, such as William R.Hearst, built empires: he employed no fewer than 31,000 people by 1935.7

第二篇：新世纪高一英语下 课文参考译文

Unit 1

在中国旅行

在中国旅行可能很累，但也很有趣。然而，选择什么样的旅行方式却常常意味着行程的成功与否。这里有一些关于如何在中国旅游的信息。

乘火车

乘火车可以去中国的大部分地方。一般来说，铁路服务效率高。但有时候火车上过分拥挤，尤其是在节假日期间更是如此。买什么样的火车票取决于行程的远近。短途旅行，硬座、软座都可以；但要长途旅行的话，最好买一张卧铺票。

乘船

有许多海上航线可以把您从中国沿海的一个港口城市带往另一个城市。也有一些内河航线，其中最迷人的一条是重庆至上海的航线。轮船沿途经由著名的三峡风景区，游客们可以驻足于许多的风景名城和历史古迹。

乘飞机

对于那些旅行时间有限的旅客而言，飞机通常是他们的首选。当然，您也要为这一便利付出代价——那就是机票会更贵。中国民航以前曾是中国唯一的一家航空公司，现在则有若干地方航空公司。在过去的几十年里，飞机的安全记录也有了很大的提高。人们通过中国国际旅行社、宾馆的旅游服务台或者航空售票处都可以买到机票。许多大城市和有名的旅游胜地都有飞机场。

乘公共汽车

中国的高速公路发展得很快。现在市内和城市之间都有汽车运营线路。它们的管理很完善，价钱也很便宜。国营公共汽车按时刻表准点发车，票价便宜。另外还有私营公共汽车。它们主要在地方线路上运营，经常要等位子全部坐满之后才出发。

骑自行车

除了以上提到的旅游方式外，骑自行车也是环城游的最好方式之一，只要您不是去重庆（那里的街道很陡，是中国唯一自行车特别少的城市）。如果您打算在中国待上一段时间，不妨学学本地人，自己买一辆自行车。

希望这些信息对您在中国逗留期间会有所帮助。

Unit 2

悉尼海港大桥

从悉尼海港大桥顶部鸟瞰悉尼市，感觉奇妙无比。

我站在悉尼海港大桥底下，仰望这座世界上最著名的大桥之一。这座高达40层的海港大桥矗立在壮观的悉尼歌剧院附近，鸟瞰澳大利亚最大的城市。这座大桥看上去自是壮观，但谁会心想去攀爬它呢？

当然是我了！攀爬大桥实际是并不是很疯狂的事。游客于1998年开始攀爬大桥，现在这已经成为悉尼最受欢迎的一个景点了。为了攀爬大桥，我们一行12人必须先上一堂特殊的课。首先我们把所有的个人财物都存放好，再换好专用攀爬服，接着组织者向我们演示如何使用安全带和如何攀爬陡峭的阶梯。

我们甚至还带着小的个人无线电接收设备，以便在攀爬时接收到导游的提示。

我们心中的期望越来越高，整个攀爬小组都激动了起来。一小时以后，我们准备完毕。我们首先经过路桥下面的狭窄通道。值得庆幸的是我不恐高。从通道上往下望，可以看到下面50米（164英尺）处的地面。

接下来，我们沿着一直通往桥拱的阶梯往上爬。汽车在下面的马路上飞驰而过。我们爬得越高，风越大，城市也越来越多地映入我们的眼帘。一会儿，我们渐渐地靠近大桥的顶部。从顶上看，真是别有一番风光！在这里可以清楚地从各个方向鸟瞰悉尼市。向南看，可以看到城市的天际线、著名的悉尼歌剧院和大海。那简直是在欣赏一幅明信片，不同的是我们都在画中。每个人都为来到悉尼这个景点而自豪。

到了下桥的时候，大家谁都不愿离开。桥上的两小时似是瞬间即逝，但曾经见到过如此独特画面的记忆将永远留在我们心中。

Unit 3

恰当地使用英语

如果你不想冒犯别人，你最好要知道哪些英文词可以用，哪些不能用。设想你现在在美国的一家饭店里，你想要点水，你就叫“女服务员”。一个女服务员来到你桌旁，但明显地很不高兴。你做错什么了吗？你实际上可能是因为叫她“女服务员”而冒犯了她。现在，很多人愿意使用“服务员”一词，而不是“女服务员”。

为什么会出现这种情况呢？随着社会的变化，我们的语言也在变化。现在使用“服务员”一词更合适，因为这个词使人感到受尊重。恰当地使用英语是人们所做出的一种尝试，目的是为了让语言听上去对所有人都表示尊重。

对于性别色彩太强的词要慎重，避免使用。这包括以-ess和-man结尾的一些词。例如：飞机上的服务员现在被称作“航空服务员”而不是“女服务员”。在过去，只有女性才能做航空服务员，现在许多男性也进入了这一服务业。“航空服务员”一词更合适是因为它既可指男性，也可指女性。很多女性现在也进入了以前只有男性从事的职业，因此，像“policeman（警察）”和“chairman（主席）”等词现在已经被替代了。现在人们更愿使用“police officer（警察）”和“chairperson（主席）”。

遗憾的是英语中没有（中性）单数代词可以用来代替“he（他）”或“she（她）”。这就产生了一些问题。没有这样一个代词，我们如何才能公正地称呼男女两性呢？一种办法就是使用复数形式。因此，人们不说“如果一个人想学习英语，他必须每天学”，取而代之的是，很多人或说“如果人们想学习英语，他们必须每天学。”

恰当地使用英语的范围不仅仅限于性别方面，还包括种族和残疾方面。例如，有人喜欢使用“某方面能力缺陷的人”，而不是说“残疾人”。“残疾”一词可能被认为是对人不尊重，因为它暗指一个人是不能自立的。

但是，有些人在用词方面不喜欢听别人的。他们坚持不改变自己说法用词的方式，认为自己没有义务在用词方面使别人感觉更好。但大部分人都认为使用尊重所有人的语言是公平的。因此，人们确实是在与时俱进。

Unit 4

目光交流

午餐结束后，我主动提出送詹姆斯回宾馆。他说他是步行来我这里的，但还是很礼貌地接受了我的提议。我们驶过几个街区，来到他的宾馆，把车停在车道上。我下车赶快来到他的那一侧，打开车门，身体前倾，伸出一只手。这时，我的目光和他的目光相触。虽然他没说话，但我得到的信息却很明确，“你难道还敢想扶我下车吗？”

我向后推开，詹姆斯走下车，对我笑了笑，以这种方式表示，“没问题，一切正常。” 如果我们注意观察我们的观众的话，我们就会发现他们常常和我们进行非言语的交流。读懂这些人们眼中无声的信号是很重要的。如果你引入一个话题，它能使观众们活跃起来，你知道你已经引起了他们的注意，他们在位子上移动或与相邻观众进行目光交流。你下一步的行动应该以他们的反应为指导。当你继续进行你的演讲时，你根据自己对观众目光的理解，就知道应该放弃什么、修正什么和补充什么了。如果你讲的笑话或故事效果不佳，观众可能会告诉你他们想听什么，不想听什么。这些信息应该能够使你对将要说的内容、使用的幽默和演讲的风格做一些调整。

观众最明显的非言语反应就是对你所讲的内容不加以注意。打哈欠、看节目单、小声聊天，或是最糟糕的反应——打盹等，都是对你所讲的内容不感兴趣的警告。通过目光交流，你会第一个知道你是否仍吸引着观众的注意力。如果不是，你就要及时调整你的态度。不能及时改变态度并控制住局面的演讲者是不会受到尊重的。

但有些无声的信息也能传递好消息，例如观众们微笑、向前倾斜身体和聚精会神地观看等，都在告诉你道路畅通无阻，一路绿灯，所以你接着往下讲就可以了。

Unit 5

阿尔图罗·托斯卡尼尼

阿尔图罗·托斯卡尼尼被誉为20世纪上半叶最伟大的指挥家。他指挥了许多世界著名歌剧（如《奥赛罗》和《波西米亚人》）的首次公开演出。

1867年3月25日托斯卡尼尼出生在意大利。他9岁时进入一家音乐学校学习，1885年毕业，并在大提琴和作曲两门课中获得了优异成绩。

19岁时，托斯卡尼尼加入一个意大利乐队去巴西做巡回演出。在那次巡回演出期间，乐队指挥突然辞职。于是托斯卡尼尼被临时召来担任指挥。因此，当托斯卡尼尼跳上指挥台时，观众们嘲笑他也就不足为奇了。然而他对《阿依达》充满激情的指挥，激起了观众潮水般的欢呼声。

托斯卡尼尼最与众不同的地方就是指挥时不看乐谱。他读过一篇乐谱后，即使过了许多年，仍还能回忆起其中的每一个音符。但仅仅有出色的记忆力还不足以使他成为一位伟大的指挥家。使他成为杰出指挥家的，是他所表现出的活力、对演出的严格态度以及他对作曲家本意的忠实。

在排练中，为了让乐队达到他所要的效果，托斯卡尼尼有时会跺脚，折断指挥棒，或把乐谱撕得粉碎。他试图用各种方式来阐释音乐。有一次，在试图给一个美国乐队描述乐章中的一种轻柔的效果时，他感到自己手足无措，因为他的英语很差。苦苦思索一会儿后，他从口袋里拿出一条丝质手帕抛向空中，和乐队一起看着它飘落到地板上，然后他说，“瞧，就那样演奏！”

托斯卡尼尼要求自己就像要求乐队一样严格。若是乐队符合了他的要求，他会高兴得流泪。否则，乐队就免不了要受他惩罚。若是他自己很难得犯了一个错误，他会在乐队面前扇自己耳光。他甚至连自己也不宽恕。

在演出过程中，如果有人敢讲话，或迟到——这更糟糕，托斯卡尼尼会对他们大声斥责。

托斯卡尼尼一生都是反法西斯主义的。由于他拒绝指挥演奏法西斯颂歌和反对希特勒对犹太音乐家的禁令，他于1931年受到了身体上的伤害。

托斯卡尼尼1954年结束了指挥生涯，1957年去世，享年90岁。

Unit 6

电影特技

在银幕上，美国演员汤姆·克鲁斯穿过一块窗玻璃扑出去，一辆汽车在他身后爆炸；当飓风把房子和牛群席地卷走时，女演员海伦·亨特在飞奔着以躲开飓风。

当然，还有史泰龙正在做各种动作„„

近来在动作片里男女演员自己表演特技好像是很时髦的了，而大牌明星们的确是在亲自表演更多的特技。据一位导演说，有些男演员表演90%的特技，而最难以胜任的10%的惊险动作，一般都留给专业特技演员了。这些男女特技演员冒着生命危险来为动作片里的大牌明星们做替身，以此来谋生。

不过，也有一位例外。这位唯一不愿他人来完成其特技动作的男演员就是香港巨星成龙。他以自己完成动作电影里全部的特技而自豪。成龙表演他个人品牌的惊人武术已长达15年之久。就体力上的承受能力而言，他无疑是个活生生的奇迹。当然，这种英雄行为同时也造成他身上的许多骨折，而且脑袋上还有硬币大的一个洞。

美国动作片制片商并不想让明星们受到伤害，所以特技专家常常被召来完成一些需要特殊的才能方可完成的危险特技部分。与此同时，他们又尽力让观众相信每一个特技动作都是由那些著名演员在完成。

男女演员也想让观众相信并非特技演员在替他们演特技，所以他们中有许多人坚持要亲自表演自己戏里的特技。于是事故不可避免。例如海伦·亨特在表演一个场景时被撞昏了——她打开一扇车门，在车子驰过一块玉米田时跳车。后来海伦承认说，“我有特技表演者的勇气，可是我并不具备他们的全部才能。”

对观众来说，当那些自己所喜爱的演员在电视谈话节目里吹嘘特技表演时，完全没有必要为他们担心。完全有可能是由他人代为受罪。正如海伦所说，特技演员要做的特技表演仍然还很多。

Unit 7

头版新闻

全世界每天有数以百万计的报纸售出。那么报摊上报纸的哪一部分最吸引你的眼球呢？

毫无疑问，那就是头版，其内容通常是关于当天发生的最重要的事件。另外，头版通常还包括索引，帮助读者快速找到某一特定的部分。头版还简要刊登当天的天气预报。

人们更多考虑是人头版的标题，它就像是文章的题目。人们认为标题应该信息量大而且能吸引人，应该能抓住读者的注意力。头版头条新闻的标题当然应该是最重要的。毕竟，它决定着人们能否被吸引而去买某一份报纸。

尽管头版的重要性是显而易见的，但对于头版内容的侧重面还是有两种看法。一种看法认为头版是报纸的“橱窗”，因此强调“橱窗布置”的重要性。这种看法的问题在于它过分强调“橱窗”的重要性，从而降低室内陈列商品的价值。另一种看法认为报纸就像有很多橱窗的商店，每个橱窗都应该按同样高的标准来布置。报纸应该有一种整体感。

一旦一份报纸确定了其头版的标题应该采取什么样的风格，编排内容就相当容易了。主要内容通常被称作头条新闻，它占据主要位置，即头版的左上角。一幅能真正体现头条内容的大照片占据中间正上方的位置。接下来就是按重要性排列的一些次要新闻，它们标题字体的大小以其重要性而定。

每当有重大新闻时，报纸标题通常使用黑体字，从左至右占据整版的宽度。但是，报纸必须要注意引人注目和耸人听闻的区别。过分使用耸人听闻的手段来吸引人的报纸可能会失去自己的声誉。

Unit 8

一份额外酬宾礼物？

在舒适的起居室，安妮和乔·金坐靠在安乐椅中看着电视。安妮按动遥控器搜索他们感兴趣的节目。

“我们为什么不看《家庭纠纷》？”安妮问道。“我讨厌看肥皂剧，”乔说，“尤其是这部夫妻俩为了钱而争吵的肥皂剧。” “好吧，”安妮说着，将节目调到12频道。电视屏幕上出现的一个长相不错的播音员说道：“现在，全球性杂志《环球》自豪地公告它数量有限的礼品。你只要付比报摊价低一半的价钱，即低廉的10美元，就可以订阅全年12期的《环球》。请想象一下，你可以阅读让你惊奇的配着彩色插图的奇特故事。而且，如果你在6月1日午夜前订阅的话，我们会提供我们的《世界地图册》作为额外礼品，不增加任何费用。记住，这是限额礼品。这份地图册店里是买不到的。它里面除了有各国大城市和首都外，还有世界各大旅游景点。大千世界一手掌握，这是多么奇妙啊！要获得这份精美的礼品，请写信到‘内华达州雷诺市666信箱，《环球杂志》礼品处，邮编87870’。务必在信中附上10美元的支票或汇票。如果不尽满意，你仍可留下地图册，取消订阅。我们会很乐意退款。”

安妮说：“听起来挺有趣，实际上有本地图册很方便，尤其是当我想要去某个地方，或在报上看到某个地方，想要找一找它的具体位置时，尤其方便。”

于是他们寄出一封订阅信，两周后邮件便到，有一个小包裹。那是地图册。乔简直不能相信地问道：“这是送给我们的地图册吗？它看上去像是一张大邮票。” “在电视上看它似乎特别大。”安妮说道。乔说：“这地图册什么也不能查找——得有个显微镜才行。”

第三篇：新世纪 高一英语 unit 2课文文本

UNIT 2 TEXT

Michelangelo Michelangelo(米开朗琪罗，1475-1564，意大利文艺复兴时期成就卓著的科学家、艺术家)was an Italian artist about 500 years ago.Today he is still remembered as a great sculptor, painter, and architect.Michelangelo came from a poor family.He was trained at an early age like any other craftsman in Italy.At thirteen, he started to work and learn in a workshop.The workshop belonged to one of the leading masters at that time.In the workshop Michelangelo was able to learn all the skills of sculpture.However, he wasn’t satisfied, and went on to study the work of the great masters of the past.Michelangelo worked hard and he mastered one problem after another.By the time he was 30, he was generally regarded as one of the outstanding sculptors of the age.In 1508, Michelangelo was given a task---to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel(位于罗马梵蒂冈的西斯廷教堂).At first, he tried to turn down this job, saying that he was not really a painter, but a sculptor.Finally, he agreed to do it.He then shut himself up in the chapel, let no one come near him, and got ready to work alone.It took him four years to complete the paintings on the ceiling.Any ordinary person would find it hard to imagine what Michelangelo had gone through in those four years of hard and lonely work.Michelangelo, while working, had to lie on his back and paint.As a result, he became so used to looking upward that when he received a letter during that period, he had to hold it over his head to read it.Finally, the paintings were completed.The great and huge paintings on the ceiling and walls of the chapel have ever since become a fascination to people in Italy and all over the world.Michelangelo left us with a great number of sculptures and paintings.Today his works are still examples for art students to study and follow.Home and overseas visitors can’t help but admire these masterpieces.

第四篇：高一英语课文

My first Day at Senior High

My name is Li Kang.I live in Shijia zhuang, a city not far from Beijing.it is the capital city of Hebei Province.Today is my first day at Senior High school

and I'm writing down my thoughts about it.My new school is very good and I can see why.The teachers are very enthusiastic and friendly

and the classrooms are amazing.Every room has a computer with a special screen,almost as big as a cinema screen.The teachers write on the computer,and their words appear on the screen behind them.The screens also show photographs, text and information from websites.They're brilliant!The English class is really interesting.The teacher is a very enthusiastic 20 woman called Ms Shen.We're using a new textbook

and Ms Shen's method of teaching is nothing like

that of the teachers at my Junior High school.She thinks that READING 25 com-prehension is important,but we speak a lot in class, too.And we have fun.I don't think I will be bored in Ms Shen's class!

Today we introduced ourselves to each other.We did this in groups.Some students were embarrassed at first

but everyone was very friendly and it was really nice.Ms Shen gave us instructions and then we worked by ourselves.Ms Shen wants to help us improve our spelling and handwriting.We do this in a fun way, with spelling games and other activities.I like her attitude very much,and the behaviour of the 40 other students shows that they like her,too.There are sixty-five students in my class—more than my previous class in Junior High.Forty-nine of them are girls.in other words, there are three times as many girls as boys.They say that girls are usually more hardworking than boys,but in this class, everyone is hard-working.For our homework tonight,we have to write a description of the street where we live.I'm looking forward to doing it!

第五篇：新世纪大学英语课文翻译--1-

新世纪大学英语课文翻译

第一册

Unit 1 A Language Teacher’s Personal Opinion

Will Pidcroft 一名语言教师的个人看法

Every day I see advertisements in the newspaper and on the buses claiming that it is easy to learn English.According to these advertisements, with very little effort on the student’s part, he will be able to speak the language fluently in three months or even ten days.There is often a reference to Shakespeare or Charles Dickens to encourage him even more.When I see advertisements like this, I don’t know whether to laugh or cry.If it were as easy to learn English as they say, I would have to look for another job, because very few qualified teachers would be needed.But a large number of people must believe these ridiculous claims, or else the advertisements would not appear.我每天都会在报纸上、公共汽车上看到各种广告，声称轻轻松松就能学好英语。这些广告号称，学生不必费什么力气，要说一口流利的英语只需短短3个月，甚至10天就行。广告还常常提到威廉·莎士比亚和查尔斯·狄更斯等英语文学大师的名号来增强吸引力。每当看到诸如此类的广告时，我真是哭笑不得：如果学英语真像这些广告所说的那么轻松，我恐怕得另谋出路了，因为不需要那么多合格的英语教师了。但是肯定有许多人相信这些可笑的噱头，不然的话这些广告也不可能出现。

It is natural for students to be attracted to methods that will teach them as quickly and efficiently and cheaply as possible.But it is difficult for anyone to explain in simple language why one method is better than another, and it is no use pretending that anyone has discovered a perfect way of teaching English in every possible situation.Some experts even argue that there are many good methods of teaching a language as there are good teachers, because every teacher is an individual with his own personality.No doubt this is true to a certain extent, but it is not very helpful to students.学生们喜欢实惠的速成学习方法也在情理之中，但要用浅显易懂的语言去解释为什么某一方法比另一方法更有效并不是一件简单的事，而且也无需装模作样地声称有什么人已经找到了一个万能的适合所有学习环境的教学方法。一些专家甚至认为，有多少个好老师就有多少种好的教学方法，因为每一个老师都有其自身的特点。这种说法无疑是有几分道理的，但对学生来说不是很有帮助。

For a long time people believed that the only way to learn a language was to spend a great deal of time in a country where it was spoken.Of course it is clear that students who go to England to learn English have a great advantage over others, but a larger number of students cannot afford to do so.Some students go to the opposite extreme and think they can teach themselves at home with dictionaries.But it is wrong to assume that each word in English has a precise equivalent in another language and vice versa, and it is impossible for any translation method to provide students with the natural forms of a language in speech, let alone produce good pronunciation and intonation.有很长一段时间，人们认为要学好一门语言，只有去使用那种语言的国家待上一段时间。当然去英国、美国、或者澳大利亚等国家学英语的学生肯定比那些不能去的学生具有很大优势，但是很多学生支付不起那笔费用。有些学生走向另一极端：他们认为可以借助词典在家自学。如果你认为英语中的每一个词在另一语言中都有完全对等的词（或反之亦然），那就错了。通过翻译法来给学生讲解口语的自然形式是不可能的，更不要说做到语音、语调地道了。

A great deal of teaching is still based on behaviourist psychology.Behaviourists are fond of making students repeat phrases and making them do exercises where they continually have to change one word in a sentence.If we were parrots or chimpanzees, these methods might be successful.A large number of theorists seem to think it is a pity we aren’t, because it would make it easier to use their methods.现在大量的教学活动还是建立在行为主义心理学的基础之上。行为主义者热衷于让学生复述短语，不断做一些只需更换句中某个词的练习。假如我们是鹦鹉或黑猩猩，那这些方法或许能奏效，可惜我们不是，这似乎让很多理论家引以为憾，否则他们提出的那些方法用起来就会容易得多了。

In my personal opinion, no one can ever learn to speak English or any other language unless he is interested in it.Human beings, unlike parrots and chimpanzees, do not like making noises unless they understand what the noises mean and can relate them to their own lives.It is worth remembering that language is a means of communication.What people want to say and write in another language is probably very similar to what they want to say and write in their own.What they listen to and read cannot be a formula.It must be real.我个人认为，假如没有兴趣，任何人都不可能学好英语或其他任何语言。与鹦鹉或黑猩猩不同，人类不会无缘无故地发出噪音，除非他们明白这些声音是什么意思，并且能将其与自己的生活联系起来。值得牢记的是：语言是一种交际手段，人们在母语中怎么说怎么写，用另一种语言表达时也大同小异。因此，人们所听所读的不应该是程式化的东西，听的读的材料必须真实自然。

There is another relevant point worth mentioning here.We need other people to talk to and listen to when we communicate.If what we are learning is strange to us, it will be helpful if there are other students around us who can work with us and practise the unfamiliar forms with us in real situations, talking to each other about real life in real language.还有一个相关的问题值得一提：在交际时我们需要有交谈或倾听的对象。在学习较生疏的内容时，如果有其他学生和我们在实战中一起学习和练习那些陌生的语言形式，用真实的语言去谈论真实的生活，那一定会受益匪浅。

Unit 2 The Doctor's Son Harold EppleywithRochelle Melander My parents moved toVermontwhen I was still aninfant.Asoft-spokenman, my fathersettled quietly intohis medical practice in a small town calledEnosburg.Soon thelocalpeople accepted him as one of their own.Word passes quickly in smallVermonttowns.They know good people when they meet them.Around town the neighbors greeted my father as “Doc Eppley.” And I soon learned that as long as I lived in Enosburg I would always be known as “Doctor Eppley's son”.On the first day of school, my classmates crowded around me because I was the doctor's son.“If you're anything like your father, you'll be a smart boy,” my first-grade teacher said.I couldn't stop Beaming.Somewherein themidstofmy teenage years, however, something changed.I was sixteen years old and the neighbors still called me “Doctor Eppley's son.” They said that I was growing up to be an honorableandindustriousyoung man, living an honest life just like my father.I groaned whenever I heard their compliments.I wondered how I would everfit in withmy teenage friends.I hated being followed by my father's good name.And so when strangers asked me if I was Doctor Eppley's son, I replied emphatically, “My name is Harold.And I can manage quite wellon my own.” As an act of rebellion, I began to call my father by his first name,Sam.“Why are you acting sostubbornlately?” my father asked me one day in the midst of anargument.“Well, Sam,” I replied, “I suppose that bothers you.”

“You know it hurts me when you call me Sam,” my father shouted.“Well, it hurts me when everybody expects me to be just like you.I don't want to be perfect.I want to be myself.”

I survivedmy last years of high school until finally I turned eighteen.The next fall Ienrolledin college.I chose toattenda school far from Enosburg, a place where nobody called me “Doctor Eppley's son.” One night at college I sat with a group of students in thedormitoryas we shared stories about our lives.We began to talk about the things we hated most about ourchildhoods.“That's easy,” I said.“I couldn't stand growing up in a town where everybody alwayscompared me with my father.”

The girl sitting next to mefrowned.“I don't understand,” she said.“I'd be proud to have a father who's so well respected.” Her eyes filled with tears as she continued,“I'd give anything tobe called my father's child.But I don't know where he is.He left my mother when I was only four.”

There was anawkwardsilence, and then I changed the subject.I wasn't ready to hear her words.I returned home for winter break that year, feeling proud of myself.In four months at college, I had made a number of new friends.I had become popularin my own right, without my father's help.For two weeks I enjoyed being back in Enosburg.The maintopicof interest at home was my father's new car.“Let me take it out for a drive,” I said.My father agreed, but not without his usual warning,“Be careful.”

I glaredat him.“Sam, I'm sick ofbeing treated like a child.I'm in college now.Don't you think I know how to drive?”

I could see the hurt in my father's face, and I remembered how much he hated it whenever I called him “Sam.” “All right then,” he replied.Ihoppedinto the car and headed down the road,savoringthe beauty of the Vermont countryside.My mind waswandering.At a busyintersection, I hit the car right in front of mine before I knew it.The woman in the car jumped out screaming: “Youidiot!Why didn't you look where you were going?”

I surveyedthe damage.Both cars hadsustainedseriousdents.I sat there like aguiltychild as the woman continuedcomplaining.“It's your fault,” she shouted.I couldn'tprotest.My knees began to shake.Ichokedbackmy tears.“Do you haveinsurance? Can you pay for this? Who are you?” she kept asking.“Who are you?”

I panickedand, without thinking, shouted, “I'm Doctor Eppley's son.”

I sat t here stunned.I couldn't believe what I had just said.Almost immediately, the woman's frown became a smile ofrecognition.“I'm sorry,” she replied, “I didn't realize who you were.” An hour later, I drove my father'sbatterednew car back home.With my head down and my knees still shaking, Itrudgedinto the house.I explained what had happened.“Are you hurt?” he asked.“No,” I replied.“Good,” he answered.Then he turned and headed toward the door.“Harold,” he said as he was leaving, “Hold your head up.”

That night wasNew Year'sEve, and my family attended a small party with friends to celebrate the beginning of another year.When midnight arrived, people cheered and greeted each other.Across the room I saw my father.I stepped toward him.My father and Irarelyhug.But recalling the day's events, I wrappedmy arms around his shoulders.And I spoke his real name for the first time in years.I said, “Thank you, Dad.Happy New Year.”

医生的儿子

我还是个婴儿的时候，我的父母亲搬到了佛蒙特州。我那温文尔雅的父亲在一个名叫伊诺斯堡的小镇上毫不张扬地开业行医了。很快，当地人就把他当成了自己人。在佛蒙特州的小镇上，消息传播得很快。人们分得清谁是好人。邻居们都称我的父亲为埃普利医生。我很快意识到，只要我住在伊诺斯堡镇，我就永远只是“埃普利医生的儿子”。

入学的第一天，同学们就簇拥着我，因为我是医生的儿子。“要是你多少有点像你父亲的话，你就会是个聪明的孩子。”我的一年级老师这么说。我忍不住眉开眼笑。

•可是在我十几岁的时候，事情起了变化。•我都十六岁了，邻居们还是称呼我“埃普利医生的儿子”。他们说我长大了一定会是一个可敬又勤劳的年轻人，会像我父亲那样过着体面的生活。每当我听到这些赞美，我都很不以为然地哼哼几声。

我不知道自己怎样才能融入我那些少年朋友的圈子。我讨厌父亲的好名声像影子一样跟着我。所以当陌生人问起我是不是埃普利医生的儿子时，我会带着强调的口气说：“我叫哈罗德。我自己能管好自己的事。”出于反叛，我开始对父亲直呼其名，不叫他“爸爸”，而叫他“萨姆”。

“你最近为什么这么犟？”有次争吵时，我父亲这样问我。

“哼，萨姆。我想你难过了吧！”

“你知道的，你叫我萨姆让我很伤心。”我父亲大声地说。

“哦，那人人都指望我像你一样，也很让我伤心呢。我不要完美，我只想做我自己。”

我好不容易挨完高中，总算满了十八岁。第二年秋天我上了大学。我选中了一所远离伊诺斯堡的学校，一个没人管我叫“埃普利医生的儿子”的地方。

在大学里，有天晚上我和一帮学生在宿舍聊起我们的生活。我们开始谈起我们童年最讨厌的事情。“想都不用想，”我说，“我受不了在一个每个人都拿我跟我父亲比的地方生活。”

坐在我身边的女孩皱起眉头说：“这我就不理解了。要是有这么个令人尊敬的父亲我一定会很骄傲的。”她的眼里噙着泪继续说，“要是有人把我叫做我父亲的孩子，那我会不惜一切地珍重这荣誉！但我不知道他在哪里。他抛弃了我的母亲,那时我才四岁。”

大家陷入了尴尬的沉默，然后我转开了话题。她的话我当时还听不进去。

那年寒假我回了家，心中充满了自豪感。在大学的四个月中，我交了好些朋友。我没有靠父亲，而是靠自己的本事赢得了众人的欢心。

回到伊诺斯堡的两个星期里，我一直都很高兴。父亲的新车成了家里人感兴趣的话题。

“让我开出去转转。”我说。

父亲同意了，但跟往常一样提醒我，“小心点。”

我瞪了他一眼，“萨姆，我讨厌你老把我当成个孩子。我都上大学了。你以为我不会开车啊？”

从父亲的脸上看得出我伤了他的心，也想起每次直呼“萨姆”时他是多么不高兴。

“那去吧。”他说。

我跳进车里，•沿路开去，•享受着佛蒙特乡间的美丽风景。我有点心神不定。在一个繁忙的十字路口，不知怎么地就跟我前面的车撞了个正着。

车里的妇人跳出来尖叫，“你这个白痴！你开车难道不看路吗？”

我看了一眼，两辆车都被撞蹩了。

我像个犯了错的孩子一样，坐在那儿听着那妇人不停地抱怨。“全怪你！”她尖叫道。我无法反驳，双腿发抖，泪水在眼眶里转。她不停地问，“你是谁？”

我害怕起来，•想也没想就叫道，•“我是埃普利医生的儿子。”

我坐在那里惊呆了。我简直不相信我自己会这么说。几乎同时，•妇人皱起的眉头变成了似曾相识的笑容。“对不起。•”她答道，“我刚才不知道你是谁。”

一小时后，我开着被撞破了的车回了家。我低着头，迈着发颤的双腿，•拖着步子走进家门。•我解释了所发生的一切。

“受伤了吗？”他问。

“没有。”我回答。

“那就好。”他答道，然后转身向门口走去。“哈罗德，抬起头来。”他边走边说。

那晚是除夕之夜，我们全家与朋友参加了一个小型晚会庆祝新年。午夜来临，每个人都欢呼并互相祝福。我看到父亲在房间的另一头，我向他走去。父亲与我很少拥抱，但我想起了白天的事，我用双臂搂着他的肩膀，很多年来第一次用他“真实的”名字来称呼他。我说，“谢谢你，爸爸。新年快乐！”