大学英语UNIT1-5课后题及翻译选读.doc

UNIT 1 Explain the italicized part in each sentence in your own words. It implies, first a just conception of the ends of human life; secondly, a complete devotion to these ends; and thirdly, the attainment of these ends? goals Others, like Nietzsche, take the bull by the horns, and refuse to assume that life must have a meaning and believe that progress is in a circle, and human achievements are a savage dance, instead of a trip to the market... confront the question fearlessly The Chinese ideal of life is drunk through with this sentiment. overwhelmed by It is, I must say, a brilliantly simple ideal, so brilliantly simple that only the matter-of-fact Chinese mind could have conceived it, and yet one often wonders how the West could have failed to see that the meaning of life lies in the sane and healthy enjoyment of it. realistic; pragmatic Humanism occupies, for instance, a mean position between the other-worldliness of religion and the materialism of the modern world. midway Translation Translate the following paragraph into English. 林语堂在论人性时，详述了人的尊严。他说，人类之所以优于其他一切生物，因为人类具有由几个要素构成的尊严。首先，人有带有游戏意味的好奇心，这种好奇心可看做是人类发展智慧的最早迹象。第二，人类有梦幻。人生活在一个真实的世界里，却有着梦想另一个世界的能力和倾向。他说，世界就像一个点菜餐馆，每个人都认为邻座点的菜肴总比自己点的菜肴更加诱人、更加可口。第三，人类有幽默感。他给幽默感很高的评价。他认为，幽默与敏锐的感觉、合乎情理的精神以及头脑探知矛盾、愚蠢和糟糕逻辑的微妙能力联系在一起。幽默是人类智能的最高形式。林语堂还细致讨论了个性主义的理念。他认为，就文化而言，对某一文化的最后判断是看它产生怎样的男人和女人。他还用儒家的观点来阐明自己的看法：身修而后家齐，家齐而后国治，国治而后天下平。 Hints 详述 elaborate on 优于 be superior to 点菜餐馆 a la carte restaurant 给幽默感很高的评价 eulogize humor immensely 个性主义 the doctrine of the individual 儒家 Confucianism 身修而后家齐 when personal life is cultivated, then home life is regulated Key When he talks about being human, Lin Yutang elaborates on human dignity. He says that human beings are superior to any other living creatures thanks to human dignity which consists of several elements. First of all, human beings have playful curiosity, which could be the