大学体验英语综合教程1 课文翻译及重点词汇解析 Unit 1 ~ Unit 8
Students have many different majors to choose from. 有多种专业可供学生选择。
Drivers have many different brands of cars to choose from. 可供司机选择的汽车有多种品牌。
10. cover: to include (sth.); deal with; travel (a certain distance) 包括，处理，走过（一段距离）
Examples:
The class covered only half of what the teacher intended 这堂课只完成了老师想干的工作的一半。
Our trip covered only half of what the tour guide intended. 我们这趟旅游只去了一半导游想去的地方。
11. Most of my coworkers were British so I feel like I really got to know and learn the British culture through such a huge aspect of a British person's daily life.
Most of the people I worked with in Britain were British people, through working with them and knowing their daily life I seemed to have come to know British culture.
我的大多数同事都是英国人，因此通过大量接触英国人的日常生活，我确实觉得自己学习了解了英国文化。
12. get to learn / know:
become familiar with 得知，了解，熟悉
Examples:
After you get to know him, you will find that he's really quite nice. 你熟悉他以后，你就会发现他是个很不错的人。
You'll get to know and like the city more after you're lived here for a while. 在这住一段时间以后，你就会更了解并且更喜欢这个城市。
13. I would not hesitate for a second to recommend it to anyone: I'd readily and enthusiastically recommend it to anyone. 我毫不犹豫地把它推荐给大家。
Examples:
I would not hesitate for a second to go back to London if I have another chance. 如果还有机会，我会毫不犹豫再去伦敦。
I would not hesitate for a second to send my best students to your college. 我会毫不犹豫地把我最好的学生选送到你的学校。
Unit 5
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Passage A
Information, Please
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When I was quite young, I discovered that somewhere inside the telephone lived an amazing person - \
My first personal experience with this person came one day while my mother was out. Amusing myself at the tool bench, I hit my finger with a hammer. The pain was terrible, but there was no one home to give me any sympathy. I walked around the house sucking my pounding finger, finally arriving at the telephone!
Quickly, I unhooked the receiver and held it to my ear. ―Information Please,\mouthpiece. After a click or two, a small clear voice spoke into my ear.
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\hurt my finger. . .\I wept loudly. The tears came readily enough, now that I had an audience.
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After that, I called \Please\for everything. I asked her for help with my geography or with my math.
When my pet canary died. I told \But, I was not consoled. I asked her, \to all families, only to end up as a heap of feathers on the bottom of a cage?\She must have sensed my deep concern, for she said quietly, \to sing in.\Somehow I felt better. Another day I was on the telephone, ―How do you spell ?grateful‘? \
All this took place in a small town in the Pacific Northwest. When I was 9, we moved to Boston.
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As I grew into my teens, the memories of those childhood conversations never really left me. I appreciated now how patient, understanding, and kind she was to have spent her time on a little boy.
A few years later, on my way to college, my plane put down in Seattle. I had about half an hour or so between planes. Without thinking, I dialed my hometown operator and said, \
Miraculously, I heard the small, clear voice I knew so well, \I hadn't planned on this but I heard myself saying, \
There was a long pause. Then came the soft-spoken answer, \have healed by now.\
I laughed. \meant to me during that time.\
I told her how often I had thought of her over the years and I asked if I could call her again.\
Three months later I was back in Seattle. A different voice answered, \for Sally. \es, a very old friend,\
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Before I could hang up she said, \
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\to sing in. He'll know what I mean.‘\
I thanked her and hung up. I knew what Sally meant
Never underestimate the impression you may make on others. Whose life have you touched today?
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Passage A
Translation
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A 篇 信息台
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大学体验英语综合教程1 课文翻译及重点词汇解析 Unit 1 ~ Unit 8
很小的时候我就发现，在电话里什么地方住着一个神奇的人——―信息台‖，她无所不知。 初次与这个人邂逅是妈妈不在家的一天。我在工具凳旁玩耍，锤子砸伤了我的手指。痛得不得了，但没有人来安慰我。我在屋里走来走去，不住地吮着阵阵作痛的手指，最后走到了电话机旁！
我飞快摘下了听筒，贴在耳朵上。―信息台吗？‖我冲着话筒说道。咔嗒两声后，耳边响起了一个细小清晰的声音。 ―信息台。‖
―我弄伤了手指……‖我哭喊着。因为有个人听我倾诉，泪水一下子就涌了出来。 ―妈妈不在家吗？‖
―家里除了我没有外人，‖我抽泣着说。 ―流血了吗？‖
―没有，我用锤子砸伤了手指，好痛。‖ ―你会开冰箱吗？‖她问。我说，会。 ―那你铲一小块冰下来，敷在手指上。‖
从此以后，凡事我都打电话找―信息台‖。我向她请教地理作业或数学题。
我的小鸟金丝雀死时，我告诉了―信息台‖这个痛苦的消息。她试图安慰我，但我还是很伤心。我问她，―为什么鸟儿歌唱得那么好听，让所有家庭都开心，到头来还是变成了笼底的一堆羽毛呢？‖她一定体会到了我深深的痛楚，因为她平静地说，―保罗，永远记住另外的世界也可以唱歌。‖不知怎的，我感到好受些了。
又一天，我拿起电话问，―你怎么拼写 ?感激‘呢？‖
所有这一切都发生在太平洋西北岸的一个小镇子里。我九岁时，全家搬到了波士顿。 十来岁时，那些童年的谈话从未真正从记忆中消退。这时，我体会到了她肯把时间花在小孩子身上是多么的有耐心，多么体贴，多么善良。
几年后，我去念大学途中，飞机中途在西雅图降落。我有半小时左右的转机时间。想都没想我就拨通了家乡的接线员，说―我要信息台‖。
奇迹发生了，我听到了那个熟悉的细小而清晰的声音，―这里是信息台。‖事先我并没想好，却分明听到自己在说，―你能告诉我怎么拼写?感激‘吗？‖
好一阵子没人说话。而后有人轻轻地答道，―我想你的手指现在一定不疼了。‖ 我笑了。―真的还是你，‖我说，―你知道那时候你对我有多重要吗？‖ 我告诉她这些年我常常念起她。我问她可不可以再给她打电话。
―当然可以，‖她说，―说找莎丽就行了。‖
三个月后我回到西雅图。一个不同的声音答道，―这里是信息台。‖我说要莎丽接电话。―你是她的朋友吗？‖她说。―是的，是她的老朋友，‖我答道。 ―很抱歉告诉你，‖她说，―五个星期前莎丽去世了。‖ 正准备挂电话，她说，―等一等。你说你叫保罗是吗？‖ ―是的。‖
―哦，莎丽留了口信给你。‖她说，―告诉他我还是认为另外的世界也可以唱歌。他会明白我的意思的。‖
我说了声谢谢，挂断了电话。我明白莎丽的意思。
Passage A Notes to the Text
1. My first personal experience with this person came one day while my mother was out.
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