安徽大学 研究生读写译教程课文总结翻译答案上册(全).doc

Unit One Text A How to Read A Book Introductory Remarks “Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.” Francis Bacon warned readers several hundred years ago. However, what are the criteria for those books to be “chewed and digested?” How to tell good literature from bad literature? On these issues, people don’t seem to have reached an agreement. In the article, Nobel laureate Joseph Brodsky first states that people’s life is generally much shorter than books, and that it is important for people to select good books to read. Yet, the author further argues that selecting good books from the ocean of literary works is no easy job; even book reviewers can’t help much. In the end, the author suggests that reading poetry is the way to develop good taste in literature, because it is the supreme form of human locution, the most concise way of conveying the human experience, and offers the highest possible standards for any linguistic operation. Text-related Information 1. The Last Judgment The last judgment (sometime referred to as universal judgment) is a firmly held belief of Roman Catholicism. Immediately upon death each soul undergoes a particular judgment, and, depending upon the state of that persons soul, goes to heaven, purgatory, or hell. The last judgment will occur after the resurrection of the dead and the reuniting of a persons soul with his or her own physical body. At the time of the last judgment Christ will come in his glory, and all the angels with him, and in his presence the truth of each mans relationship with God will be laid bare, and each person who has ever lived will be judged with perfect justice. Those already in heaven will remain in heaven; those already in hell will remain in hell; and those in purgatory will be released into heaven. The Roman Catholic Church holds no doctrinal position on the fate of those in Limbo. Following the last judgment, the bliss of heaven and the pains of hell will