新编大学英语第四版四Unit 6 7 9背诵部分翻译加原文

新编大学英语第四版四Unit 6 7 9背诵部分

Unit 6

[4] All of this is another way of saying that nothing we do is completely safe. There are risks, often potentially serious ones, associated with every hobby we have, every job we take, every food we eat—in other words, with every action. But the fact that there are risks associated with everything we are going to do does not, or should not, reduce us to trembling neurotics. Some actions are riskier than others. The point is to inform ourselves about the relevant risks and then act accordingly[N].

4 上面说的这一切，只是从另一角度说明我们所做的事没有一件是百分之百安全的。有些风险——常常是潜在的重大风险——与我们的每个业余爱好、所做的每项工作、所吃的每种食物有关，换句话说，与所进行的任何活动有关。但我们又不能，也不该因危险存在于我们将要做的每件事，而变成战战兢兢的神经症患者。有些活动是比其它活动更危险。关键在于要让自己了解相应的风险，然后相机行事。

8] Once we understand that risk can never be totally eliminated from any situation and that, therefore, nothing is completely safe, we will then see that the issue is not one of avoiding risks altogether but rather one of managing risks in a sensible way[N]. Risk management requires two things: common sense and information about the character and degree of the risks we may be running.

8 我们一旦明白了风险是永远无法从任何情况中完全去除的，因而就没有绝对安全的事，我们也就会明白问题的关键不是要彻底避免风险，而是要理智地管理风险。风险管理需要两大要素：常识以及与我们可能要承担的风险的性质和程度相关的信息。

Unit 7

[1] We the faculty take no pride in our educational achievement with you. We have prepared you for a world that does not exist, indeed, that cannot exist.You have spent four years supposing that failure leaves no record[N]. You have learned at Brown that when your work goes poorly, the painless solution is to drop out. But starting now, in the world to which you go, failure marks[N] you. Confronting difficulty by quitting leaves you changed[N]. Outside Brown, quitters are no heroes.

1 我们这些教师对于在你们身上取得的教育成就一点都不感到自豪。我们培养你们去适应的是一个根本不存在的世界——事实上也是不可能存在的。在这里度过的四年时间里，你们一直以为失败是不会留下任何记录的。要是学得不好，一个最省事的办法就是中途退出（不修这门课），在布朗大学你们学会了这一点。但是，从现在开始，在你们要涉足的世界里，失败是要给你留下疤痕的。知难而退也会使你变成另一个人。走出布朗，知难而退的人绝不是英雄。

新编大学英语第四版四Unit 6 7 9背诵部分

[2] With us you could argue about why your errors were not errors, why mediocre work really was excellent, why you could take pride in routine[N] and slipshod presentation. Most of you, after all, can look back on honor grades[N] for most of what you have done. So, here grades can have meant little in distinguishing the excellent from the ordinary. But tomorrow, in the world to which you go, you had better not defend errors but learn from them[N]. You will be ill-advised[N] to demand praise for what does not deserve it, and abuse[N] those who do not give it.

2 你们可以跟我们争辩，说服我们为什么你们的错误不是错误，为什么平庸的作业是优秀的，为什么你们会对普普通通并不出色的课堂报告感到骄傲。回想一下，毕竟你们中的大多数人在你们所学的大部分课程中都得了高分。因此，在这里分数并不能作为区分优秀学生与学业平平的学生的依据。但是，今后，在你们所要去的世界里，你们最好不要为自己的错误辩护，而应该从中吸取教训。假如你们要求得到你们不该得到的表扬，诋毁那些不给你们表扬的人，这是不明智的做法。

Unit 9

[4] It is certain that technology, especially computer technology, will rule our lives to a greater and greater degree[N]. This situation will not necessarily prove positive or negative in effect. Many people would be more comfortable if change came more slowly, but on the other hand, there are many for whom every innovation is like a new toy. They can't wait for the next invention to be available[N]. When scientists talk about the remarkably adaptable nature of people, they probably have these people in mind[N].

4 有一点是肯定的，那就是技术，特别是计算机技术，将在越来越大的程度上控制我们的生活。这种情况并非一定是有利的或者是不利的。如果变化来得慢一点，许多人可能会觉得更适应一些；但另一方面，对不少人来说，每一项新发明都像是一个新玩具。他们迫不及待地期待着下一个新发明的出现。在科学家们谈论人的非凡的适应性时，他们想到的可能就是这群人。

[10] In the nineteenth century, people believed in progress. They believed that science would lead them to a new era of endless prosperity and happiness. Well, it didn't work out that way. Two disastrous world wars convinced people of that. Yet, in our disappointment and in our fears that science was a monster that would one day destroy us, we forgot that science was not the monster; we were the monster. Science was merely a servant, and like fire, a good servant when treated properly.[N]

10 在19世纪，人们信仰进步。他们相信科学将带领他们进入一个无限繁荣无限幸福的新时代。

然而，事情并没有如他们所想象的那样发展。两次灾难性的世界大战使人们确信了这一点。 但是，我们在失望时，在担心科学是一头将来某一天会毁灭我们的巨兽时，却忘记了科学并不是巨兽，我们自己才是巨兽。科学只是一个仆人，像火一样，如果使用得当，它将是个好仆人。