综合英语6课文翻译(1-7).doc

Unit?1?Technology?in?Reverse? Let?me?introduce?you?retarded?technology.?It’s?the?opposite?of?advanced?technology.?Advanced?technology?enables?us?to?do?useful?new?things?or?to?do?old?things?more?efficiently.?By?contrast,?retarded?technology?creates?new?and?expensive?ways?of?doing?things?that?were?once?done?simply?and?inexpensively.?Worse,?it?encourages?us?to?do?things?that?don’t?need?doing?at?all.?It?has?made?waste?respectable,?elaborate?alluring?and?even?fun.? 1.让我给你介绍落后科技。它是先进科技的对立面。先进的科技让我们更有效地利用新事物或是旧事物。相反，落后科技则会使那些本来简单快捷的做事方式变成新和浪费。更糟糕的是，它会鼓励我们做那些不需要的事，使浪费变得可敬，值得做，诱人，甚至是有趣。??Just?the?other?week,?NEWSWEEK?reported?a?boom?in?electronic?books.?The?idea?is?to?put?books?onto?discs?that?you?can?plug?into?your?customized?book-displaying?computer.?Heres?a?swell?idea?of?retarded?technology.?On?the?one?hand,?you?can?buy?a?$900?or?$9,000?book-reading?computer?that?you?can?feed?with?$20?discs?of?your?favorite?books.?Its?cumbersome.?If?you?take?it?to?the?beach,?it?gets?clogged?with?sand.?You?cant?use?it?as?a?pillow.?If?it?slips?off?the?kitchen?counter,?it?smashes.? 2.几个星期前，新闻周刊报道了电子书的一个爆炸新闻。这个创意是你可以把书装在可以接通你电子书电脑的光盘上。这是落后科技的极佳创意。一方面，你得买个价值900美元或900美元的，可以装满20本你最喜欢阅读书的书本阅读电脑。这很繁琐。如果你带它去沙滩，它可能会摔在地上。你不能把当做枕头去用。如果在厨房柜台上滑倒，还会打碎。??On?the?other?hand,?you?can?buy?an?old-fashioned?book.?Its?cheaper,?more?mobile,?less?fragile?and?more?durable.?You?can?lend?it,?even?to?casual?friends.?If?you?dont?like?it,?you?can?stop?reading?without?hating?yourself?for?ever?buying?it.?Losing?it?is?not?a?traumatizing?event.??? 3.另一方面，你可以买本旧书。它会便宜，更方便，不容易碎，还很耐用。你可以借出去，甚至是陌生人。如果你不喜欢它，可以不去考虑你曾经买了它而恨自己去不读。弄丢了，也不是件多么伤心的事。??? The?pro-technology?comeback?is?that?computers?will?someday?compress?entire?libraries?onto?chips?or?discs?and,?thereby,?open?vast?vistas?of?information?to?almost?anyone.?The?trouble?with?this?is?arithmetic?and?common?sense.?A?school?library?with?2,000?books?can?theoretically?serve?2,000?readers?simultaneously.?A?school?library?with?one?computer?terminal?that?can?call?up?200,000?books?can?