大学英语精读第三版第四册课文及课文翻译.pdf

Unit 1 Two college-age boys, unaware that making money usually involves hard work, are tempted by an advertisement that promises them an easy way to earn a lot of money. The boys soon learn that if something seems to good to be true, it probably is. 一个大学男孩，不清楚赚钱需要付出艰苦的劳动，被一份许诺轻松赚大钱的广告吸引了。男 孩们很快就明白，如果事情看起来好得不像真的，那多半确实不是真的。 BIG BUCKS THE EASY WA 轻轻松松赚大钱 You ought to look into this, I suggested to our two college-age sons. It might be a way to avoid the indignity of having to ask for money all the time. I handed them some magazines in a plastic bag someone bad hung on our doorknob. A message printed on the bag offered leisurely, lucrative work (Big Bucks the Easy Way!) of delivering more such bags. “你们该看看这个，”我向我们的两个读大学的儿子建议道。“你们若想避免因为老是向人讨 钱而有失尊严的话，这兴许是一种办法。”我将挂在我们门把手上的、装在一个塑料袋里的 几本杂志拿给他们。塑料袋上印着一条信息说，需要招聘人投递这样的袋子，这活儿既轻松 又赚钱。（“轻轻松松赚大钱!”） I dont mind the indignity, the older one answered.“我不在乎失不失尊严，”大儿子回答说。 I can live with it, his brother agreed. “我可以忍受，”他的弟弟附和道。 But it pains me, I said ，to find that you both have been panhandling so long that it no longer embarrasses you. “看到你们俩伸手讨钱讨惯了一点也不感到尴尬的样子，真使我痛心，”我 说。 The boys said they would look into the magazine-delivery thing. Pleased, I left town on a business trip. By midnight I was comfortably settled in a hotel room far from home. The phone rang. It was my wife. She wanted to know how my day had gone. 孩子们说他们可以考虑考虑 投递杂志的事。我听了很高兴，便离城出差去了。午夜时分，我已远离家门，在一家旅馆的 房间里舒舒服服住了下来。电话铃响了，是妻子打来的。她想知道我这一天过得可好。 Great! I enthused. How was your day? I inquired. “好极了!”我兴高采烈地说。“你过得怎么 样?”我问道。 Super! She snapped. Just super! And its only getting started. Another truck just pulled up out front. “棒极了!”她大声挖苦道。“真棒!而且这还仅仅是个开始。又一辆卡车刚在门前停下。” Another truck? “又一辆卡车?” The third one this evening. The first delivered four thousand Montgomery Wards. The second brought four thousand Sears, Roebucks. I dont know what this one has, but Im sure it will be four thousand of something. Since you ar