研究生英语教材翻译Beauty_and_the_Beast.doc

Beauty and the Beast Phil Donahue Compared to the animals around us, there’s no doubt we are a remarkable phenomenon. Someone referred to us the “superdeluxe model”: we walk, we talk, we smile, we taste, we touch, we think. All this is in a relatively small and attractive package. We’re also very good with our hands. In the comparatively brief time we’ve been available in the current form - about 50,000 years – we’ve invented the wheel, the alphabet, the clock, the reciprocating machine, the cyclotron, and everything in between. When we weren’t busy making progress, we invented more playful things like music, art, baseball, and bridge. Over the years, we’ve demonstrated an admirable willingness to cooperate with each other. We assemble in big groups to form towns and cities; we get together in twos to discover love. We’ve also shown a lot of individual spunk. The wheel wasn’t invented by a committee, and Albert Einstein, by himself, revolutionized our understanding of the universe. 和身边的动物相比，毫无疑问我们是不寻常的现象。有人把我们称作高级动物：我们可以步行，可以谈论，可以微笑，我们有味觉，有触觉，我们还能思考。所有的这些只是相对较小并且有吸引力的组合。我们也能很好地使用我们的双手。在相对较短的时间里，大约5000年，我们已经能应付现在所面临的情况（适应了环境），我们发明了车轮，发明了字母表（发明文字），发明了时钟，发明了往复式发动机和粒子加速器，还有类似的一切。当我们休闲娱乐时，我们发明了更多有趣的东西，像音乐，艺术，棒球和桥牌。这些年来，我们表露出相互合作的意愿。我们聚集在一起，形成了城镇。男女为了追寻真爱而相互结合。同时，我们也在很多时候展现个性。车轮并不是由委员会发明的，与此类似的，爱因斯坦自己一个人革命性地改变了人们对宇宙的看法。 ?????? Of course, most of our uniquely human accomplishments are the result of a combination of a cooperation and individual achievement. Even Charles Lindbergh had a ground crew. Beethoven composed the Ninth Symphony in the solitude of deafness, but scores of musicians are needed to bring it to life. Neil Armstrong had to have personal courage to step out on the surface of the moon, knowing that he might sink into 15 feet of “moondust,” but he had an army of people to help him there and bring him back. ?????? 当然，人类大部分屈指可数的伟大创作是协作和个人成就的结晶。甚至连Charles Lindbergh也有一组地勤人员。贝多芬在耳聋的孤寂中创作了第九交响曲，但需要众多音乐家给其赋予生命和活力。Neil Armstrong知道可能会在月球上陷入15英尺厚的尘埃，但他依然充满勇气，踏上了月球表面，他背