高级英语第一单元翻译要点.docVIP

Unit1???? The?Fourth?of?July???? ?The?first?time?I?went?to?Washington?D.C.?was?on?the?edge?of?the?summer?when?I?was?supposed?to??stop?being?a?child.?At?least?that‘s?what?they?said?to?us?all?at?graduation?from?the?eighth?grade.?My??sister?Phyllis?graduated?at?the?same?time?from?high?school.?I?don‘t?know?what?she?was?supposed?to??stop?being.?But?as?graduation?presents?for?us?both,?the?whole?family?took?a?Forth?of?July?trip?to??Washington?D.C.,?the?fabled?and?famous?capital?of?our?country.?? 我第一次到华盛顿的时候是初夏那时我想我不应该再当一个孩子。至少这是他们在八年级?的毕业典礼上对我们说的。我的姐姐菲利斯在同一时间从高中毕业。我不知道她应该不再当?一个什么。但当作是送给我们俩的毕业礼物,我们全家在国庆日前往华盛顿旅游,那是传奇而?著名的我国首都。??? ?It?was?the?first?time?I‘d?ever?been?on?a?railroad?train?during?the?day.?When?I?was?little,?and?we?used?to?go?to?the?Connecticut?shore,?we?always?went?at?night?on?the?milk?train,?because?it?was?cheaper.? 这是我第一次真正意义上在白天时乘坐火车。当我还小的时候我们总是在夜晚乘坐运奶火?车去康涅狄格海岸,因为它更便宜。??? ?Preparations?were?in?the?air?around?our?house?before?school?was?over.?We?packed?for?two?weeks.??There?were?two?large?suitcases?that?my?father?carried,?and?a?box?filled?with?food.?In?fact,?my?first??trip?to?Washington?was?a?mobile?feast;?I?started?eating?as?soon?as?we?were?ensconced?in?our?seats,??and?did?not?stop?until?somewhere?after?Philadelphia.?I?remember?it?was?Philadelphia?because?I?was??disappointed?not?to?have?passed?by?the?Liberty?Bell.???学期还没结束前家里就开始忙着准备旅行的事。我们准备了两个星期。父亲拿了两个大箱子?和一个装满食物的盒子。事实上,我第一次到华盛顿的旅途可以说是一个移动盛宴一在位?子上安顿下来我就开始吃东西直到我们到了费城往后的某个地方才停下来。我记得那是费?城,是因为我们没有经过自由之钟对此我很失望。??? ?My?mother?had?roasted?two?chickens?and?cut?them?into?dainty?bite-size?pieces.?She?packed?slices??of?brown?bread?and?butter,?and?green?pepper?and?carrot?sticks.?There?were?little?violently?yellow??iced?cakes?with?scalloped?edges?called?―marigolds,‖?that?came?from?Cushman‘s?Bakery.?There?was??a?spice?bun?and?rock-?cakes?from?Newton‘s,?the?West?Indian?bakery?across?Lenox?Avenue?from?St.??Mark‘s?school,?and?iced?tea?in?a?wrapped?mayonnaise?jar.?There?were?sweet?peaches?for?us?and?dill??pickles?for?my