新世纪大学英语第三册Unit1课文翻译.docVIP

Translation of the Text (课文翻译) Unit 1 What is Friendship? Introduction 1.Friendship is an eternal theme in human history. =友谊是人类历史上一个永恒的主题。 2.A life without friendship is hard to imagine. =没有友谊的生活是难以想象的。 3.But what is friendship? =但是，什么是友谊呢？ 4.Read the following text and see if you can gain some new insights into the true meaning of friendship. =阅读下文，看看是否你能对友谊的真正含义获得某些新颖而深刻的见解。 Paragraph 1 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. =当我们开始探讨友谊这个概念时，我们所遇到的第一个问题是，缺乏一个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. =在某一情境下，我们会把某个人称作朋友；然而，情境一旦变迁，朋友这个称呼似乎就没那么贴切了。 3.Therefore, people tend to have a very thin understanding of what friendship really means. =因此，人们对于友谊的真谛的理解往往是非常肤浅的。 4.To help us understand what friendship really means, we need to review some classical views of friendship. =为了帮助我们理解友谊的真谛，我们需要回顾有关友谊的几种传统的看法。 Paragraph 2 1.One classical view of friendship is provided by Aristotle, the famous ancient Greek philosopher. =一种传统的友谊观是由著名的古希腊哲学家亚里斯多德提出来的。 2.Aristotle distinguishes between (what he believes to be) genuine friendships and two other forms: one based on mutual usefulness, the other on pleasure. =亚里斯多德将他心目中真正的友谊同另外两种形式的友谊截然分开。这两种友谊分别是：基于互利的友谊；基于愉悦的友谊。 3.So, according to Aristotle, we may find three kinds of friendship. =所以，根据亚里斯多德的观点，我们可以将友谊分为三类。 Paragraph 3 1.Friendship (based on utility). =建立在功利之上的友谊 2.Utility is an impermanent thing: it changes according to circumstances. =功利是非永恒的事情：它会依照环境而变化。 3.When the ground for friendship disappears, the friendship also breaks up. =当友谊的根基消失时，友谊也随之破灭。 4.Friendship (of this kind) seem to occur most frequently between the elderly, because at their age what they want is not pleasure but utility. =这种类型的友谊似乎在老人之间最为常见，因为上了年纪的人所需要的不是愉悦而是实用。 5.Friendships (based on utility) are also frequently found among those (in middle or early life) (who ar