大學(xué)英語精讀4 （第三版）課文中英文對照

1、Text Book 4Unit 1TextTwo college-age boys, unaware that making money usually involves hard work, are tempted by an advertisement that promises them an easy way to earn a lot of money. The boys soon learn that if somethin

2、g seems too good to be true, it probably is. 一個大學(xué)男孩，不清楚賺錢需要付出艱苦的勞動，被一份許諾輕松賺大錢的廣告吸引了。男孩們很快 就明白，如果事情看起來好得不像真的，那多半確實(shí)不是真的。BIG BUCKS THE EASY WAY輕輕松松賺大錢 輕輕松松賺大錢John G. Hubbell“You ought to look into this,“ I suggested to our

3、 two college-age sons. “It might be a way to avoid the indignity of having to ask for money all the time.“ I handed them some magazines in a plastic bag someone had hung on our doorknob. “你們該看看這個， ”我向我們的兩個讀大學(xué)的兒子建議道。 “你們?nèi)?/p>

4、想避免因?yàn)槔鲜窍蛉擞戝X而有失尊 嚴(yán)的話，這興許是一種辦法。 ”我將掛在我們門把手上的、裝在一個塑料袋里的幾本雜志拿給他們。 A message printed on the bag offered leisurely, lucrative work (“Big Bucks the Easy Way!“) of delivering more such bags. 塑料袋上印著一條信息說，需要招聘人投遞這樣的袋子，這活兒既輕松又賺錢。(

5、“輕輕松松賺大錢!”)“I don't mind the indignity,“ the older one answered. “我不在乎失不失尊嚴(yán)， ”大兒子回答說?！癐 can live with it,“ his brother agreed. “我可以忍受， ”他的弟弟附和道。“But it pains me,“ I said，“to find that you both have been panhandling s

6、o long that it no longer embarrasses you.“ “看到你們倆伸手討錢討慣了一點(diǎn)也不感到尷尬的樣子，真使我痛心， ”我說。The boys said they would look into the magazine-delivery thing. Pleased, I left town on a business trip. By midnight I was comfortably settle

7、d in a hotel room far from home. The phone rang. It was my wife. She wanted to know how my day had gone. 孩子們說他們可以考慮考慮投遞雜志的事。我聽了很高興，便離城出差去了。午夜時分，我已遠(yuǎn)離家門，在一家旅館的房間里舒舒服服住了下來。電話鈴響了，是妻子打來的。她想知道我這一天過得可好。“Great!“ I enthused. “How

8、 was your day?“ I inquired. “好極了!”我興高采烈地說。 “你過得怎么樣”我問道。“Super!“ She snapped. “Just super! And it's only getting started. Another truck just pulled up out front.“ “棒極了!”她大聲挖苦道。 “真棒!而且這還僅僅是個開始。又一輛卡車剛在門前停下。 ”“Another tr

9、uck?“ “又一輛卡車”?“The third one this evening. The first delivered four thousand Montgomery Wards. The second brought four thousand Sears, Roebucks. I don't know what this one has, but I'm sure it will be four thousa

10、nd of something. Since you are responsible, I thought you might like to know what's happening. “今晚第三輛了。第一輛運(yùn)來了四千份蒙哥馬利-沃德百貨公司的廣告；第二輛運(yùn)來四千份西爾斯-羅伯 克百貨公司的廣告。我不知道這一輛裝的啥，但我肯定又是四千份什么的。既然這事是你促成的，我想你或許想了解事情的進(jìn)展。 ”What I was bein

11、g blamed for, it turned out, was a newspaper strike which made it necessary to hand-deliver the advertising inserts that normally are included with the Sunday paper. The company had promised our boys $600 for delivering

12、these inserts to 4,000 houses by Sunday morning. 我之所以受到指責(zé)，事情原來是這樣：由于發(fā)生了一起報(bào)業(yè)工人罷工，通常夾在星期日報(bào)紙里“No, it's not,“ she corrected. “It's very discouraging. They're been as it for hours. Plastic bags have been filled an

13、d piled to the ceiling, but all this hasn't made a dent, not a dent, in the situation! It's almost as if the inserts keep reproducing themselves!“ “不，并非如此， ”她糾正說。“相反，非常叫人泄氣。他們干了好幾個小時了。裝好的塑料袋，一直堆到天花板，但一切努力收效很小。這些廣

14、告宣傳品簡直就像是不停地自行生產(chǎn)出來一樣!”“Another thing,“ she continued. “Your college sons must learn that one does not get the best out of employees by threatening them with bodily harm. “還有一件事， ”她接著說， “你那上大學(xué)的兒子必須明白，威脅雇員，說要揍他們，是不可能使他們賣力的

15、。 ”O(jiān)btaining an audience with son NO. 1, I snarled, “I'll kill you if threaten one of those kids again! Idiot! You should be offering a bonus of a dollar every hour to the worker who fills the most bags. 我跟大兒子一通上話，便

16、咆哮道， “你如果再威脅那些孩子，我就對你不客氣了!白癡!你應(yīng)該給獎金，對裝袋最多的工人每小時獎勵一塊。 ”“But that would cut into our profit,“ he suggested. “可那要減少我們的利潤啦， ”他提醒道?！癟here won't be any profit unless those kids enable you to make all the deliveries on time

17、. If they don't, you two will have to remove all that paper by yourselves. And there will be no eating or sleeping until it is removed.“ “那些孩子不幫你按時將所有的廣告投送出去，你就什么利潤也得不到。如果他們不干，你們倆就得親手搬走所有的廣告。而在把它們搬掉之前，你們吃不成，也睡不成。 ”Th

18、ere was a short, thoughtful silence. Then he said, “Dad, you have just worked a profound change in my personality.“ 電話里出現(xiàn)了短暫的沉默，他在思考。接著，他說， “爸爸，你剛才使我深受啟迪，令我恍然大悟。 ”“Do it!“ “那就干吧!”“Yes, sir!“ “是，閣下!”By the following eveni

19、ng, there was much for my wife to report. The bonus program had worked until someone demanded to see the color of cash. 到第二天傍晚，我妻子就有許多事報(bào)告了。獎金計(jì)劃行之有效，可后來有人對能否兌現(xiàn)表示懷疑，提出把錢拿出來給大家看看。Then some activist on the work force claimed

20、 that the workers had no business settling for $5 and a few competitive bonuses while the bosses collected hundreds of dollars each. The organizer had declared that all the workers were entitled to $5 per hour! They woul

21、d not work another minute until the bosses agreed. 接著工人隊(duì)伍里的一位活動家聲稱，老板每人拿幾百塊錢，工人們決沒有理由滿足于每人五塊外加一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)競爭性的獎金。勞工組織人宣布，所有工人的工資都應(yīng)該達(dá)到每小時五塊錢! 在老板答應(yīng)之前，他們不再干活兒，一分鐘也不干。The strike lasted less than two hours. In mediation, the parties

22、agreed on $2 per hour. Gradually, the huge stacks began to shrink. 罷工持續(xù)了不到兩小時。通過調(diào)解，雙方達(dá)成協(xié)議，每小時兩塊。漸漸地，大堆的廣告開始減少。As it turned out, the job was completed three hours before Sunday's 7 a.m. deadline. By the time I arrived

23、 home, the boys had already settled their accounts: $150 in labor costs, $40 for gasoline, and a like amount for gifts - boxes of candy for saintly neighbors who had volunteered station wagons and help in delivery and do

24、zen roses for their mother. 結(jié)果，全部工作比最后限期星期日早晨七點(diǎn)提前三個小時完成。等我回到家里，孩子們已經(jīng)結(jié)了賬。 勞務(wù)支出 150 元，汽油費(fèi) 40 元，還有 40 元買禮品——幾盒糖果，送給樂于助人的鄰居，他們主動開出 自家的車幫助投遞，還有一打玫瑰送給他們的母親。This left them with $185 each - about two-thirds the minimum wage for