大学英语新课标第三册英语U2B3课文.doc

Whereas You Were an Insensitive Fool... The simple truth is that if you want to be heard by your husband, you must speak a language he understands. 如果你想你丈夫听你的，你就必须说他能听懂的语言，这是一个简单的事实。 An example: A friend of mine is married to a wealthy money waster (spendthrift) who used to drive like a maniac （madman）— tailgating, speeding, weaving between lanes. My friend repeatedly expressed her fear about his dangerous habits but he didn’t modify his behavior; money was the language he spoke. She gave him one final warning: slow down or else. He didn’t, so without any fanfare, she withdrew $40,000 from their bank accounts and bought herself a luxury convertible. I hear he’s a pretty safe driver now. 举个例子：我的一个朋友，她的丈夫很有钱，爱挥霍，开起车子来像个疯子：追逼前车、超速、随意变道。我的朋友不止一次对她丈夫表示这种危险的驾车习惯让人害怕，但他不曾有任何改变；钱是他能听懂的语言。我朋友给了最后通牒：开慢点，否则……他当然没有听进去，于是我朋友从他们的银行账户里取了40000美元给自己买了辆豪华敞篷跑车，当然这样做并不是为了炫耀。我听说她丈夫现在开车非常小心。 My husband is a lawyer, so naturally the language he best understands is that of the legal profession. For more than two decades we have enjoyed a peaceful relationship of love, respect and decency. 我的丈夫是一名律师，自然法律行业的语言是他最能理解的。在过去的20多年里我们一直互敬互爱，相处融洽。 Until six weeks ago, that is, when I stumbled off a curb on the first day of a long-awaited vacation abroad, breaking my foot and thus ending the trip before it really began. That’s when my mild-mannered, gentle husband, with whom I’ve raised two children, the man I truly love and rely on, became someone I didn’t know: resentful, insensitive, uncaring. And his hideous behavior lasted long beyond the accident and its immediate aftermath; indeed, it continued until I figured out how to get his attention. 6周前，在我们期待已久的境外游的第一天，我被台阶绊倒，摔下来伤了脚，因此不得不结束还未真正开始的假期。就是那时，那个温和的、绅士的、与我共同抚育了两个孩子的丈夫，我真心爱着和依赖的爱人变得陌生起来：愤怒、麻木、没有同情心。他糟糕的表现一直持续着，直到我想出法子引起他的注意。 Neither my silent seething nor my open anger would reach him. So I, Lisa K. Friedman, being of sound mind and broken foot, turned to the language he spoke: I served him with a mock complaint, claiming Breach of Contra