研究生英语综合教程课后翻译-熊海虹(完整版)(2)

I mention these events merely to show that New York is peculiarly constructed to absorb almost anything that comes along (whether 1000-foot liner out of the East of a 20000-man convention out of the West) without inflicting the event on its inhabitants; so that every event is, in a sense, optional, and the inhabitant is in the happy position of being able to choose his spectacle and so conserve his soul.

我提到这些，只是想表明，纽约就像是一座用特殊材料建造的城市，它几乎能够把发生的任何事情(无论是一架一千英尺的班机飞离东区，还是两万个人在西区集会)吸收掉，而不对它的居民们产生任何影响。因此，从这个意义来说，每一件事情都是可以任意选择的。纽约人能够在愉快的心情下随意选择他的关注对象，因此也就保持了他心灵的安宁。

In most metropolises, small and large, the choice is often not with the individual at all. He is thrown to the Lions. The Lions are overwhelming; the event is unavoidable. A cornice falls, that it hits every citizen on the head, every last man in town. I sometimes think that the only event that hits every New Yorker on the head is the annual St. Patrick s Day parade, which is fairly penetrating—the Irish are a hard race to tune out, there are 500,000 of them in residence, and they have the police force right in the family.

在大多数或大或小的都会城市里，个人经常是根本没有这种选择权的。他被迫生活在名流的喧嚣中，名流的信息和各种事件铺天盖地、无孔不入，简直是避无可避。一块瓦片坠落，会砸到每个市民的头上，是的，砸到城里的每一个人，无人幸免。我有时想，能使每个纽约人都关注的唯一的一件事，大概要算每年一次的圣.帕特里克游行。它的影响是相当有穿透力的——其发起者爱尔兰人是个顽固的民族，他们中有500，000人定居在纽约，这其中包括许多警察，你想置之不理可太难了。

The constancy of human nature is proverbial, as no one believes that a man can fundamentally change his nature. This is why it is so difficult for one who acquired an unsavory reputation to re-establish himself in public confidence. People know from experience that an individual who in one year displays knavish characteristics seldom in the next becomes any different. Nor does a thief become a trustworthy employee, or a miser a philanthropist. Nor does a man change and become a liar, coward or traitor at fifty or sixty; if he is one then, he has been one ever since his

character was formed. Big criminals are first little criminals, just as giant oaks are first little acorns. 人性的恒定性是众所周知的，因为没有人相信一个人能够从根本上改变他的本性。这就是为什么一个恶名远扬的人很难重建公众对他的信心。人们凭经验知道某一年中表现出无赖性格的人不太可能在第二年有任何改观。小偷也不会变成值得信赖的员工。吝啬鬼也不可能变成慈善家。一个人也不会在五六十岁的时候变成谎话精、懦夫或叛徒，如果那时候他是，那么早在他性格形成的时候他就已经是了。大罪犯最初都是小罪犯，正如大橡树最初都是小橡果。 I recalled his high spirits, his vitality, his confidence in the future, and his disinterestedness. It was impossible that it was the same man, and yet I was sure of it. I stood up, paid for my drink, and went out into the plaza to find him. My thoughts were in a turmoil. I was aghast. I could never have imagined that he was reduced to his frightful misery. I asked myself what had happened. What hopes deferred had broken his spirit, what disappointments shattered him, and what lost illusions ground him to the dust? I asked myself if nothing could be done. I walked round the plaza. 我回想起他那时高涨的情绪、他的活力、他对未来的信心，还有他的冷漠。这两个人不可能是同一个人，然而我确信就是他。我起身付了账，走进广场去找他。我的思绪一片混乱。我感到惊恐。我绝不会想到他已经沦落到这般可怕的悲惨境地。我问自己发生了什么事，是什么样的希望迟迟不能实现令他伤心，是什么样的失意将他击垮，是什么样的幻想破灭将他逼向屈辱？我问自己是否已经无计可施。我绕着广场走着。

Sometimes, psychographic profiles can be quite detailed. Take the Accord. Honda Motor reports that their car s owners like to vacuum their garages. you can t say they re not clean.

有时候，心理剖析可以非常详细。以“雅阁”为例，本田汽车报告称，“雅阁”汽车的主人喜欢用吸尘器打扫他们的车库。你不能说他们不干净。

We also found that sometimes messages sent out by seemingly similar cars can be quite different. Consider two premier British luxury sedans: Bentley s Arnage and Rolls Phantom. Both are stately and fast, but each attracts a different kind of customer. 我们还发现，有时看上去类似的汽车可能传达了完全不同的信息，比如英国最好的两种豪华轿车：宾利公司的“雅致”和劳斯莱斯公司的“幻影”，两者都高贵而快捷，但它们却各自吸引了不同类型的客户。

The Bentley buyer wants an understated heirloom that he or she can pass down through the generations; over 80% of all Bentleys ever made are still on the road today. The Phantom buyer, on the other hand, is looking for instant recognition. The car has a presence that really demands attention wherever it goes.

宾利的买主想要的是低调的，但是可以在几代人之间世代相传的传家宝；有史以来所生产的宾利，80%以上至今仍跑在路上。然而，“幻影”的买家却期盼一夜成名，该车的外表使得它所到之处无不引人注目。

Opened in 1980, the House of the Future was designed to be a showcase for state-of-the-art electronic innovations. The structure itself is a 3100 square foot, copper-trimmed prism rising out of the Arizona desert. Computer-controlled solar collectors on the south face of the house provide 75% of the heating and 95% of the domestic hot water needs. Inside, the house is as startling as it is outside. For the moment, the only permanent resident of the House of the Future is the computer. That monotone voice which greets visitors belongs to a unique, Motorola-designed five-unit computer network which serves as the nerve center of the building.

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