Unit13-5 (课文及译文).pptVIP

Unit 1 Text Translation: One of the good things for men in women’s liberation is that men no longer have to pay women the old-fashioned courtesies. 对男士们而言，妇女解放运动的好处之一是他们可以省去那些在女士们面前的旧式礼节。 Translation: According to an article on the changes in manners, a perfectly able woman no longer has to act helplessly in public as if she were a model. 有一篇反映礼仪演变的文章说道，一个很能干的女人在公共场合不必再表现得个模特似的不能自己照顾自己。 Translation: For example, she doesn’t need help getting in and out of cars. 比如说，她上下汽车并不需要帮忙。 Translation: “Women get in and out of cars twenty times a day with babies and dogs. Surely they can get out by themselves at night just as easily,” says the author. 文章的作者说“女人抱着婴儿或是狗，每天上下汽车二十次，即使在夜晚她们也可以轻松自如地自己走出汽车 Translation: The author of the article also says there is no reason why a man should walk on the outside of a woman on the sidewalk. 该文作者还说， 在人行道上，男士不一定要走在女士的外侧。 Translation: “Historically, the man walked on the inside so he caught the garbage thrown out of a window. Today a man is supposed to walk on the outside. A man should walk where he wants to. So should a woman. “过去，男人总是走在内侧，从窗户里扔出来垃圾，就由他来接。而今天，人们认为男人应该走在外侧。男人应该想走哪边就走哪边，女人也是一样。 Translation: If, out of love and respect, he actually wants to take the blows, he should walk on the inside -- because that’s where attackers are all hiding these days.” 如果他出于对女士的尊重和关爱真正敢冒风险，应该走在内侧 —— 因为那才是现在袭击者们通常藏匿的地方。 Translation: As far as manners are concerned, I suppose I have always been a supporter of women’s liberation. Over the years, out of a sense of respect, I imagine, I have refused to trouble women with outdated courtesies. 从礼仪的角度来说，我认为自己一直是妇女解放的支持者。多年来，我猜想自己是出于尊重吧，对女士们一直不肯用过时的礼节去麻烦她们。 Translation: It is usually easier to follow rules of social behavior than to depend on one’s own taste. 在通常情况下，遵从社会行为规则要比坚持个人的喜好容易些。 Translation: But rules may be safely broken, of course, by those of us now. For example, a woman is usually expected to sit down before a man does. Yet I have always done it the other 但是，今天我们可以平安无事地打破这些