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Help-Yourself-through-the-Hard-Times- 新视 角研究生英语读说写课文翻译以及课后习题答 案 三、 Help Yourself through the Hard Times 1、Some years ago I had what most would call the American Dream: a thriving construction business,a comfortable home, two new cars and a sailboat. Moreover, I was happpily married. I had it all. 几年 前，我拥有大多数人称之为美国梦想的东西： 一份蒸蒸日上的建筑生 意，一个舒适的家，两辆新车和一艘帆船，此外，我婚姻幸福。我拥 有这一切。 2、Then the stock market crashed, and suddenly no one was looking at the houses I ’dbuilt.Months of murderous interest payment gobbled up my savings. I couldn ’maket ends meet and lay awake nights in a cold sweat. Just when I though things couldn ’ my wife announced that she wanted a divorce.接着，股市垮了，突然 间再没人看我修的那些房子。 连续几个月支付要命的利息， 耗尽了我 的积蓄。我入不敷出，经常彻夜无眠，一身冷汗。就在我认为事情不 可能变得更糟的时候，我太太宣布她想离婚。 3、With no i dea what to do next, I resolved literally to “sail off into the sunset, ” following the coastline from Connecticut to Florida. But somewhereoff New Jersey I turned due east, straight out to sea. Hours later, I climbed up on the stern rail and watched the dark Atlantic slip beneath the hull. How easy it would be to let the water take me, I thought.无所适从的我决心真正驾船 “向夕阳行驶 ”，沿着海 岸线从康涅狄格州驶向佛罗里达州。 但是在离新泽西巷的地方， 我转 向正东方，直接驶往大海。几小时后，我爬上船尾的栏杆，注视着从 船体下面滑过的黑沉沉的大西洋海水。 我想让海水淹死是多么容易的 一件事。 4、Suddenly the boat plummeted between two swells, knocking me off balance. I grabbed the rail, my feet dragging in icy brine, and just managed to haul myself back on board. Shaken, I thought, what ’s happening to me? Idon ’wantt to die.From that moment, I knew I had to see things through. My old life was gone. Somehow I ’d have to build a new one.突然，帆船笔直地落在两个巨浪之间， 使我失去了平 衡。我手抓住 栏杆，脚浸在冰冷的海水里，勉强把自己拉回船上。 震惊之余，我想，我这是怎么了？我不想死。从那一刻起，我知道我 必须看穿万物。 我从前的生活一去不复返了，