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新编英语教程第三版李观仪Unit课⽂及译⽂参考

Unit1恰到好处

Haveyoueverwatchedaclumsymanhammeringanailintoabox?Hehitsitfirsttooneside,thentoanother,perhaps

knockingitovercompletely,sothatintheendheonlygetshalfofitintothewood.Askillfulcarpenter,ontheotherhand,will

drivethenailwithafewfirm,deftblows,hittingiteachtimesquarelyonthehead.Sowithlanguage;thegoodcraftsmanwill

choosewordsthatdrivehomehispointfirmlyandexactly.Awordthatismoreorlessright,aloosephrase,anambiguous

expression,avagueadjective（模糊的形容词）,willnotsatisfyawriterwhoaimsatcleanEnglish.Hewilltryalwaystoget

thewordthatiscompletelyrightforhispurpose.

你见过⼀个笨⼿笨脚的男⼈往箱⼦上钉钉⼦吗？只见他左敲敲，右敲敲，说不准还会将整个钉⼦锤翻，结果敲来敲去到头来只

敲进了半截。⽽娴熟的⽊匠就不这么⼲。他每敲⼀下都会坚实巧妙地正对着钉头落下去，⼀钉到底。语⾔也是如此。⼀位优秀

的艺术家谴词造句上⼒求准确⽽有⼒地表达⾃⼰的观点。差不多的词，不准确的短语，摸棱两可的表达，含糊不清的修饰，都

⽆法使⼀位追求纯真英语的作家满意。他会⼀直思考，直⾄找到那个能准确表达他的意思的词。

TheFrenchhaveanapt（贴切的）phraseforthis.Theyspeakof“lemotjuste,”(theexactword)thewordthatisjustright.

Storiesaretoldofscrupulous（⼀丝不苟的）writers,likeFlaubert,whospentdaystryingtogetoneortwosentencesexactly

right.Wordsaremanyandvarious;theyaresubtle（微妙的）anddelicate（细腻的）intheirdifferentshades（⾊调）of

meaning,anditisnoteasytofindtheonesthatexpressprecisely（正是，恰恰）whatwewanttosay.Itisnotonlyamatter

ofhavingagoodcommandoflanguageandafairlywidevocabulary;itisalsonecessarytothinkhardandtoobserve

accurately.Choosingwordsispartoftheprocessofrealization,ofdefiningourthoughtsandfeelingsforourselves,aswell

asforthosewhohearorreadourwords.Someoneonceremarked:“HowcanIknowwhatIthinktillIseewhatIsay?”this

soundsstupid,butthereisagreatdealoftruthinit.

法国⼈有⼀个很贴切的短语来表达这样⼀个意思，即“lemotjuste”,恰到好处的词。有很多关于精益求精的作家的名⼈轶事，

⽐如福楼拜常花⼏天的时间⼒求使⼀两个句⼦在表达上准确⽆误。在浩瀚的词海中，词与词之间有着微妙的区别，要找到能恰

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