英语三篇课文翻译和课后exercise讲述.doc

2 The Roots Of My Ambition “If theres one thing I cant stand, Russell, its a quitter.” 罗素，假如有一件事我不能容忍的话，那就是做轻易放弃的人。 My mother,dead now to this world but still roaring free in my mind, wakes me some mornings before day-break. “If theres one thing I cant stand, Russell, its a quitter.” 虽然她已离天人世，我母亲却依旧在我的脑子里大声嚷嚷，有时天还未破晓她就催我起床，罗素，假如有一件事情我不能容忍的话，那就是轻易放弃的人。 I have heard her say that all my life. Now, Lying in bed, coming awake in the dark, I feel the fury of her energy fighting the good-for-nothing idler within me who wants to go back to sleep instead of tackling the brave new day. 我一辈子都在听她讲这句话。而今