大学英语3翻译背诵.doc
文本预览下载声明
Unit 1
When we approach the notion of friendship, our first problem is that there is a lack of socially acknowledged criteria for what makes a person a friend. In one setting, we may describe someone as a friend; in another, the label may seem less appropriate. Therefore, people tend to have a very thin understanding of what friendship really means. To help us understand what friendship really means, we need to review some classical views of friendship.
One classical view of friendship is provided by Aristotle, the famous ancient Greek philosopher. Aristotle distinguishes between what he believes to be genuine friendships and two other forms: one based on mutual usefulness, the other on pleasure. So, according to Aristotle, we may find three kinds of friendship:
Friendship based on utility. Utility is an impermanent thing: it changes according to circumstances. When the ground for friendship disappears, the friendship also breaks up. Friendships of this kind seem to occur most frequently between the elderly, because at their age what they want is not pleasure but utility. Friendships based on utility are also frequently found among those in middle or early life who are pursuing their own advantage. Such persons do not spend much time together, because sometimes they do not even like one another, and therefore feel no need of such an association unless they are mutually useful. They take pleasure in each others company only in so far as they have hopes of advantage from it.
翻译
1.以共同兴趣为基础的友谊是不容易破裂的。(Ground; break up)
2.孩子们必须学会将电脑游戏中的暴力与勇敢区分开来。(Distinguish between; violence)
3. 当今世界每天涌现如此多新鲜事物,要求一个人什么都知晓是不合情理的。(Sensible)
4. 诸如背弃朋友 (betrayal to friends) 这类事并不受法律制约,所以才有了我们称作的“道德法庭”。 (Regulate)
5. 有人把今天的文化描述为“快餐文化”。无论做什么事,人们只是追求用最短时间达到最大的满足。 (Describe as; pursue)
6. 常言说,天下没有免费的午餐。如果你想要什么,就得去挣。(As the saying goes)
1. The friendship grounded on common / shared interest does not break up easily. / It is not easy for the friendship grounded on common / share
显示全部