中英课后中--英翻译.doc

Unit 1 三、段落翻译 They tell us that we are weak, unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed? Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance, by lying supinely on our backs, and hugging the delusive phantom of hope until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot? Sir, we are not weak, if we make a proper use of means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us. The battle is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Sir, we have no selection. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat, but in submission and slavery! The war is inevitable — and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come! 他们告诉我们，， In some cultures a significant aspect of spatial perception is shown by the amount ofpersonal spacepeople need between themselves and others to feel comfortable and not crowed.North Americans,for instance,seem to require about four feet of space between themselves and the people near them to feel comfortable.On the other hand ,people from Arab countries and Latin America feel comfortable when they are close to each other.People from different cultures,therefore,may unconsciously infringe on each other sense of space.Thus just as different perceptions of time may create cultural conflicts,so too many different perceptions of space. 在一些文化中， 空间感觉的重要方面体现于人们所需要的彼此感觉舒适却又不觉得拥挤的“私人空间”。例如，在北美人彼此感觉舒适所需的空间距离大约是4英尺。而阿拉伯人和拉美人反而是彼此靠近才会感觉舒服。因此， 不同文化的人可能会无意间侵犯彼此的空间感。正如不同的时间观可能会造成文化冲突，不同的空间观也会引发同样的问题。 Unit 3 三、段落翻译 The Internet has launched us into a true information age and is enabling people around the world to interact with each other on a scale pre