新世纪大学英语3综合教程 U1 TEXT A 详解概要1.docVIP

Unit 1 Book 3 Friendship I. Difficult Sentences 1. When we approach the notion of friendship, our first problem is that there is a lack of socially acknowledged criteria for what makes a person a friend. (1) What are “socially acknowledged criteria”? (=“Socially acknowledged criteria” are established standards that are accepted by all the people in the society.) (2) Translate this sentence. (=我们探讨友谊这个概念时，遇到的第一个问题是，没有社会公认的择友标准。) 2. In one setting, we may describe someone as a friend; in another, the label may seem less appropriate. What does this sentence imply? (=The criteria for friendship vary from setting to setting.) 3. They take pleasure in each other’s company only in so far as they have hopes of advantage from it. (1) Do they enjoy being together purely because they like each other? (= No, they are together just because they expect to benefit from their relationship.) (2) Translate this sentence. (=只有当他们认为彼此有希望相互利用的时候，才会乐于呆在一起。) 4. Friendship between the young is thought to be grounded on pleasure, because the lives of the young are regulated by their feelings, and their chief interests are in their own pleasure and the opportunity of the moment. (1) What do young people care most when making friends? (=They care most about their own feelings, their own pleasure and whether there is an important opportunity at the present time.) (2) Translate this sentence. (=年轻人之间的友谊常被看作是建立在愉悦基础之上的，因为年轻人的生活受感情支配，他们感兴趣的主要是自己的快乐和眼前的重要机会。) 5. That is why they fall in and out of friendship quickly, changing their attitude often, even within the same day. What can we infer from this sentence? (=Young people’s friendship is temporary, because the attitude they hold to friendship is always changing.) 6. Only the friendship of those who are good, and similar in their goodness, is perfect. (1) What does this sentence imply? (=Perfect friendship exists only between people who are equally good.) (2) Translate this sentence. (=只有那些品德高尚而且拥有相似美德的人之间的友谊才是完美的