大學(xué)體驗(yàn)英語3綜合教程課文翻譯unit1-2

1、Unit1CaringfOurEarthPassageAFrogSty蛙的故事蛙的故事Acoupleofoddthingshavehappenedlately.最近發(fā)生了幾樁怪事兒。IhavealogcabininthosewoodsofNthernWisconsin.Ibuiltitbyhalsoaddedagreenhousetothefrontofit.Itisajoytolivein.InfactIwkoutofmyhomedo

2、ingaudioproductionenvironmentalwk.AsatoolofthattradeIhaveacomputerastudio.我在北威斯康星州的樹林中有一座小木屋。是我親手搭建的，前面還有一間花房。住在里面相當(dāng)愜意。實(shí)際上我是在戶外做音頻制作和環(huán)境方面的工作——作為干這一行的工具，我還裝備了一間帶電腦的工作室。Ialsohaveatreefrogthathastakenupresidenceinmystudio.還

3、有一只樹蛙也在我的工作室中住了下來。HowoddIthoughtlastNovemberwhenIfirstnoticedhimsittingatopmysoundboardovermycomputer.Ifiguredthathe(IsayhethoughIreallydon’thaveaclueifsheisaheviceversa)wouldbemecomftableinthegreenhouse.SoIputhiminthegr

4、eenhouse.Backhecame.stayed.AfterawhileIgotquiteusedtothefactthatasIwouldcheckmymningemailonlinenewshewouldbetherewithmesurveyingthewld.去年十一月，我第一次驚訝地發(fā)現(xiàn)他（只是這樣稱呼罷了，事實(shí)上我并不知道該稱“他”還是“她”）坐在電腦的音箱上。我把他放到花房里去，認(rèn)為他待在那兒會(huì)更舒服一些?？伤峙芑貋泶?/p>

5、在原地。很快我就習(xí)慣了有他做伴，清晨我上網(wǎng)查收郵件和閱讀新聞的時(shí)候，他也在一旁關(guān)注這個(gè)世界。ThenlastweekashewasclimbingaroundlookinglikeasmallgraygreenhumanIstartedtowonderabouthim.可上周，我突然對(duì)這個(gè)爬上爬下的“小綠人或小灰人”產(chǎn)生了好奇心。SothereIwaswkinginmystudiomycomputerwashummingalong.Ih

6、adtostopwhenTreeFrogwentacrossmyview.Hestoppedturnedaroundjustsattherelookingatme.WellIsatbacklookedathim.FfivemonthsnowhehadbeenridingtherewithmeIwassuddenlyovertakenbyanurgetoknowwhyhewastherenotinthegreenhousewhereIfi

7、guredhe’dliveahappierfroglife.于是有一天，我正在工作室里干活，電腦嗡嗡作響。當(dāng)樹蛙從我面前爬過時(shí)，我不得不停止工作。他停下了并轉(zhuǎn)過身來，坐在那兒看著我。好吧，我也干脆停下來望著他。五個(gè)月了，他一直這樣陪著我。我突然有一股強(qiáng)烈的欲望想了解他：為什么他要待在這兒而不樂意待在花房里？我認(rèn)為對(duì)樹蛙來說，花房顯然要舒適得多?！癢hyareyouhere”Ifoundmyselfaskinghim.“你為什么待在這兒？

8、”我情不自禁地問他。AsIlookedathimdeadonhiseyeslookeddirectlyatmeIheardatone.Thetoneseemedtohitmerightinthecenterofmymind.Itsoundedverynearlylikethesameoneasmycomputer.InthattoneIcouldhearhim“say”tome“BecauseIwantyoutounderst.”Yo.

9、Thatwasweird.“Understwhat”mymindjumpedin.ThenafteramomentoffeelingthiscommunicationIfeltIunderstoodwhyhewasthere.Icametounderstthatfrogssimplywanttohearotherfrogstocommunicate.Possiblythetoneofmycomputersoundedtohimliket

10、henIunderstoodnotonlywhythefrogwastherebutalsowhyIamhere.于是我明白了這只青蛙此行的目的，也知道自己在這兒該做些什么。(736wds)PassageBMissionZero歸零使命歸零使命RayC.erson(July281934August82011)wasfounderchairmanofInterfaceInc.oneofthewld’slargestmanufacturer

11、sofmodularcarpetfcommercialresidentialapplications.Hewas“knowninenvironmentalcirclesfhisadvancedprogressivestanceonindustrialecologysustainability.”雷C安德森（1934年7月28日—2011年8月8日）——是全球最大的商業(yè)和住宅用拼塊式地毯制造商之一——英特飛有限公司的創(chuàng)始人和董事長(zhǎng)。他因在

12、“工業(yè)生態(tài)和可持續(xù)發(fā)展方面表現(xiàn)出的先進(jìn)和發(fā)展的立場(chǎng)而聞名于環(huán)保界”。“Ifitexistsitmustbepossible”assertsAmyLovins1cofounderchiefscientistoftheRockyMountainInstitute2thinktank.Heistalkingaboutmycompany.FellowindustrialistsIdaresaythoughtmyambitionimpossibl

13、etorealizewhenfourteenyearsagoIdescribedmyaspirationsfInterfaceInc.toturnintowhatitactuallyisbecomingtoday.IndeedaroundthentheCEOofamajcompetitlookedatmeintheeyesaid“Rayyouareadreamer.”YetasAmysays“Ifitexists…”“如果有其存在，就必

14、然有其可能，”落基山研究所智囊團(tuán)的聯(lián)合創(chuàng)始人和首席科學(xué)家艾默里洛文斯如此斷言道。他說的正是我的公司。我敢說，當(dāng)十四年前我描述我的志向，要把英特飛公司變成它今天正在呈現(xiàn)的模樣時(shí)，各位實(shí)業(yè)家同人都認(rèn)為我的雄心壯志根本不可能實(shí)現(xiàn)。事實(shí)上，一個(gè)主要競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手的總裁當(dāng)時(shí)就瞪著我說：“雷，你是一個(gè)夢(mèng)想家?！比欢?，正如艾默里所說，“如果有其存在......”The“impossible”thatexiststodayisapetroleumintens

15、ivecarpetmanufacturer(fbothenergyrawmaterial)thathasreducedgreenhousegas(GHG)emissionsby88percentinabsolutetonsitswaterusageby79percentsince1996evenassaleshavegrownbytwothirdsearningshavedoubled.In1994Interfacesetoutonam

16、ission“tobethefirstindustrialcompanythatbyitsdeedsshowstheentireindustrialwldwhatsustainabilityisinallitsdimensions:peopleprocessproductprofitplace.”O(jiān)urdefinitionofsustainabilityistooperateourpetrointensivecompanysoastot

17、akefromtheEarthonlythatwhichisnaturallyrapidlyrenewabletodonoharmtothebiosphere.今天存在的這個(gè)“不可能”是一家（在能源和原材料方面）高度依賴石油的地毯制造商，從1996年至今將溫室氣體凈排放量減少了88%（以實(shí)打?qū)嵉膰崝?shù)計(jì)），用水量減少了79%，而銷售額卻反而增加了三分之二，收益翻了一番。英特飛于1994年開始完成一項(xiàng)使命，力爭(zhēng)“成為首家生態(tài)實(shí)業(yè)公司，通過自