版大学英语综合教程_第四册_Unit 5 Never Judge by Appearances――A Friend in Need.docx

PAGE PAGE 1 / 20 Some people seem easy to understand: their character appears obvious on first meeting. Appearances, however, canbe deceptive. 有些人似乎容易了解： 他们的个性在初次交往时就表露无遗。然而，外表可能具有欺骗性。 A Friend in Need Somerset Maugham 1ForthirtyyearsnowIhavebeen studyingmyfellowmen.Idonotknowverymuchaboutthem.I shrugmyshoulders when people tell me that their first impressions of a person are always right. I think they must have smallinsight or great vanity. For my own part I find that the longer I know people the more they puzzle me. 患难之交 萨默塞特·毛姆 三十年来，我一直研究我的人类同胞，但至今了解不多。每当有人跟我说他对一个人的第一次印象向来不错的时候，我就耸耸肩。我想这种人不是无 知，就是自大。拿我自己来说，我发现，认识一个人的时间越长，我就越感到困惑。 2 These reflections have occurred to me because I read in this mornings paper that Edward Hyde Burton had died atKobe. He was a merchant and he had been in business in Japan for many years. I knew him very little, but he interestedmebecauseoncehegavemeagreat surprise.UnlessIhadheardthestory fromhisownlips,I shouldneverhavebelievedthathewascapableofsuchanaction.Itwasmorestartlingbecau sebothinappearanceandmannerhesuggested a very definite type. Hereif ever was a man all of a piece. He was a tiny little fellow, not much more thanfive feet four in height, and very slender, with white hair, a red face much wrinkled, and blue eyes. I suppose he wasabout sixty when I knew him. He was always neatly andquietly dressed in accordance with his age and station. 我产生这些想法，是因为我在今天早上的报纸上看到爱德华·海德·伯顿在神户去世的消息。他是个商人，在日本经商多年。我跟他并不熟，但是对他挺有兴趣，因为有一次他让我大吃一惊。要不是听他亲口讲述这个故事，我根本不会相信他能做出这种事来。这件事之所以特别令人惊讶，是因为无论是外表还是风度，他都让人想到一种非常明确的类型。要说真有表里如一的人的话，那就是此公了。他个子很小，身高不过 5 英尺 4 英寸，身材纤细，白头发、蓝眼睛，红红的脸上布满皱纹。我估计自己认识他时，他大约有60 岁光景。他向来衣着整洁素雅，合乎他的年龄和身份。 3 ThoughhisofficeswereinKobe,BurtonoftencamedowntoYokohama.Ihappenedoneocca siontobespendingafewdaysthere, waitingforaship,and I wasintroducedtohimattheBritishClub.Weplayedbridgetogether. He played a good game and agenerous one. He did not talk very much, either then or later when we werehaving drinks, but what he said was sensible.