综合英语(二)下册课文翻译及详解.doc

Lesson One Courtesy: Key to a Happier World礼貌：一个更加愉快的世界的秘诀 　 Dr. Norman Vincent Peale Learning Guide 　　人生活在群体之中，为了解决自己的衣食住行，处处都要与他人打交道。即使是在英国人称之为“自己的城堡”的家里，人们也必须和睦相处，才能相安无事。风烟四起，舌战连绵，轻者使团体和家庭面和心不和，重者会导致团体瓦解，家庭破裂。处理好人际关系的秘诀是什么？本文作者在多年心理咨询工作中得出结论：以礼待人。他认为，不可小看如何对待他人一事，礼貌不仅仅是个人举止问题，而且也反映一个人的人生观。他还提出了一些化解矛盾和冲突的具体建议，你不妨试试。 　　1 Many years ago trying to help people with every kind of trouble left me with one sure conviction: in case after case the difficulty could have been overcome — or might never have arisen — if the people involved had just treated one another with common courtesy. 多年以前，帮助人们解决各种各样的问题的过程使我深信：在一个个事例中，如人们相互以礼相待，问题完全可能会得到解决，或许根本不会出现。 　　① Many years ago trying to help people with every kind of trouble left me with one sure conviction... 　　　多年以前，帮助人们解决各种各样问题的过程使我深信 　　　Trying to help people with every kind of trouble caused me to believe one thing firmly… 　　2 Courtesy, politeness, good manners — call it what you will, the supply never seems to equal the demand. 礼貌也好，客气，或文明举止也好，无论你如何称呼它，其供应似乎总是小于需求。 Its not so much what my husband says, a tearful wife confides, as the way he says it. Why does he have to yell at me?一位泪流满面的妻子向我吐露说，“使我伤心的倒不是我丈夫说的那些话，而是他说话时的态度，他凭什么要对我大声嚷嚷？ I hate my boss, a grim-faced office worker mutters. He never shows appreciation for anything. “我讨厌我的上司。”一位面色铁青的职员嘟哝说：“不管干什么，就没有听到他一句赞扬的话。” All we get from our teenagers, a worried parent says, is a moody sullenness. 一对忧虑的父母说：“青少年给我们的印象，都是闷闷不乐，情绪消沉。” 　　 Courtesy, politeness, good manners － call it what you will, the supply never seems to equal the demand.　　　礼貌也好，客气，或文明举止也好，无论你称它什么，其供应似乎总是小于需求。 　　　Whether you call it courtesy, or politeness, or good manner, peoples need for it always far greater than they show. (people practice less courtesy than they should.)　　 Its not so much what my husband says,“a tearful wife confides,”as the way he says it….　　　一位泪流满面的妻子向我透露说，“（使我伤心的）倒不是我丈夫说的那些话，而是他说话时的态度 　　　A wife in tears told me ,“What made me so sad was not what he said, but th