新标准大学英语第四册第二单元第一篇课文.docVIP

危险！书可能会改变你的人生 Unit 2 Active reading (1) Danger! Books May Change Your Life 刘易斯·卡罗尔书中的爱丽丝不小心掉进了兔子洞里，但她在那里发现了一个神奇的仙境。当我们打开一本书时，我们也会像爱丽丝那样走进一个全新的世界。我们能从一个年长者的角度，或通过一个孩子的眼睛来观察生活；我们可以周游世界，遍访现实生活中从没想过要访问的国家和文化； 我们可以体验未曾经历过的事情，这些事情也许令人困惑，也许引人入胜；可能是不愉快的，也可能是令人痛苦的，但无论如何都至少能把我们从现实世界中解放出来。 Like Lewis Carroli’s Alice, who falls into a rabbit hole, and discovers a mysterious wonderland, when we pick up a book we are about to enter a new world. We become observers of life from the point of view of a person older than ourselves, or through the eyes of a child. We may travel around the globe to countries or cultures we would never dream of visiting in real life. We’ll have experiences which are new, sometimes disconcerting, maybe deeply attractive, possibly unpleasant or painful, but never less than liberating from the real world we come from. How can reading be a painful experience? It depends on the book and the readers’ personal experience or personality. If you have the similar experience like being bullied, it is easy to remind you of that experience when reading such a story Mysterious: strange, not understood, not known 房屋里亮起了神秘的灯光a ~light came from the deserted house. Wonderland: an imaginary world that exists in fairy tales仙境 Disconcerting: make you feel anxious, confused, embarrassed Unpleasant: feel upset, uncomfortable The smell was unpleasant. 这味道很难闻Painful: make you feel sad and upset. Liberating: help people escape from something In what senses does reading liberate us from the real world? In books we can do all sorts of wonderful or interesting things which would be impossible in the real world. 英国诗人威廉·柯珀（1731–1800）说：“变化是生活的调味品，它让生活变得有滋有味。”虽 然他没有说在什么地方以及怎样才能找到变化，但我们知道他说得对。我们知道我们生活在一个充满变化与差异的世界里，我们知道人们的生活各不相同，过日子的方式也不尽不同，人们做不同的工作，有不同的信仰，持不同的观点，有不同的风俗习惯，操不同的语言。通常，我们不知道这些差异的大小，但一旦发生了不平常的事情并引起了我们的注意，这种变化或差异与其说是机会，毋宁说是威胁。 The English poet William Cowper (1731-1800) said “Variety’s the very spice of life, /That gives it all its flavor” although he