21世纪大学英语读写教程2 reading aloud 课文及翻译.pdfVIP

Very hesitantly I selected a tube of blue paint, and with infinite precaution made a mark abou as big as a bean on the snow-white field. At that moment I heard the sound of a motorcar in the drive and threw down my brush ina panic. Iwas even more alarmed when I saw who stepped from the car: the wife of Sir John Lavery, the celebrated painter who lived nearby. “我迟疑不决地选了一管蓝色颜 料，然后小心翼翼地在雪白的底子上的画上蚕 豆般大小的一笔。就在这时，我听到车道上传来 一辆汽车的声音，于是 一份耕耘，一份收获 答 案只是参考，请大家努力自学 惊恐地丢下我的 画笔。当我看清是谁从汽车里走出来时，更是惊 慌失措。 来者正是住在附近的著名画家约翰莱 佛利爵士的妻子。 1 Painting! she declared. What fun. But what are you waiting fo Let me have the brush — the big one. She plunged intothe paints and before I knew it, she had swept several fierce strokes and slashes of blue on the absolutely te ified canvas. Anyone could see itcould not hit back. Ihesitated no more. I seized the largest brush and fell upon my wretched victim with wild fury. I have neve felt any fear of a canvas since. ‘在画画 呢!’她大声说道。 ‘多么有趣。可你还在等什 么呢 把画 笔给我大的那支。 ’她猛地用笔 蘸起颜料，还没等我缓过神来，她已经 挥笔泼 墨在惊恐不已的画布上画下了有力的几道蓝色。 谁都看得出画布 无法回击。我不再迟疑。我抓 起那支最大的画笔，迅猛异常地向我可怜 的牺 2 牲品扑了过去。自那以后，我再也不曾害怕过画 布。 ” This belief inhard work isthe firs of three main factors contributing to Asian students outstanding performance. It springs from Asians common heritage of Confucianism, the philosophy of the 5th-century-BC Chinese sage whose teachings have had a profound influence on Chinese society. One of Confuciuss primary teachings is tha through effort, people can perfec themselves. 这种对于勤奋的信念是促成亚洲学生成绩突出 的三大要素中的第一个。它来源于亚洲人共同的 3 v1.0 可编辑可修改 儒教传统 即公元前5世纪那位中国圣人的哲学 思想 他的教义对中国社会产生了深远的影响。 孔夫子的主要教义之一是 人们通过努力能够 完善自我。 Confucianism provides another important ingredient in the Asians succe as well. In Confucian philosophy, the family play a central role — an orientation that lead people to work for the honor of the family, not just for themselve