人教版高中英語選修4第一單元課文翻譯

1、人教版高中英語選修4第一單元課文翻譯SATISFACTION GUARANTEED包你滿意Larry Belmont worked for a company that made robots. Recently it had begun experimenting with a household robot. It was going to be tested out by Larrys wife. Claire拉里貝爾蒙特在一家機器人制造公司工作。該公司最近開始試 驗家用機器人。機器人將由拉里的妻子克菜爾進行試用。Claire didnt want the robot in her ho

2、use, especially as her husband would be away on a business trip for three weeks, but Larry persuaded her that the robot wouldnt harm her or allow her to be harmed. It would be a bonus. However when she first saw the robot, she felt alarmed. His name was Tony. He seemed more like a human than a machi

3、ne. He was tall and handsome with smooth hair and a deep voice, although his facial expression never changed克萊爾并不想家里有個機器人,尤其是在她丈夫要出差三周的時 候，但是拉里勸她說機器人不會傷害她,也不會讓她受到傷害。還會是 個意外收獲。然而,第一次看到機器人時，克萊爾還是有點驚慌。這個 機器人名叫托尼,看著不太像機器,而更像個真人。托尼高大英俊,頭 發(fā)順滑，嗓音消沉,不過他的面部表情始終不變。On the second morning, Tony brought her break

4、fast andthen asked her whether she needed help dressing. She felt embarrassed and quickly told him to go. Now she was being looked after by a robot that looked so human, and it was disturbing.第二天早晨,托尼給克萊爾端來了早餐,還問她是否需要幫助穿 衣打扮。克萊爾感到非常尷尬，立刻讓托尼走開。現(xiàn)在,她正由一個看 起來這么像人類的機器人照料著,這很令人不安。One day, Claire mentioned

5、 that she didn，t think she was clever. Tony said that she must feel very unhappy to say that Claire thought it was ridiculous that she was being offered sympathy by a robot, but she gradually admired his wisdom and integrity and began to trust him. He always treated her with dignity. She told him ho

6、w she was unhappy that her home wasnt elegant enough for Larry, who wanted to improve his social position with a bigger salary. She wasnt like Gladys Claffern, one of the richest and most powerful women around.有一天,克萊爾說她覺得自己并不聰明。托尼說她肯定是感到很 不開心才會這么說?？巳R爾覺得一個機器人對她表示同情十分荒謬, 但她逐漸欣賞托尼的智慧和正直,并且開始信任他。托尼對她彬彬有

7、 禮?？巳R爾告訴托尼自己多么的不開心，因為拉里覺得家里不夠雅致: 拉里想通過漲工資來提高自己的社會地位。克萊爾與格拉迪絲克拉 芬不同,后者是當(dāng)?shù)刈钣绣X有勢的女性之一。As a favour, Tony promised to help Claire make herself more beautiful and her home more elegant. So Claire borrowed some library books for him to read, or rather, scan. She looked at his fingers with wonder as they tu

8、rned each page. How absurd, she thought He was just a machine.作為一項恩惠,托尼容許幫助克菜爾，把她變得更漂亮些,也把她 的家變得更雅致些。于是,克菜爾從圖書館借來了一些書讓托尼閱讀, 應(yīng)該說是讓他掃視。她驚奇地看著托尼的手指翻動書頁的樣子，心想 這太荒唐了。他只不過是一臺機器罷了。Tony gave Claire a new hairstyle and improved her makeup. As he was not allowed to accompany her to the shops, he wrote out a l

9、ist of things that he would need for his work on the house. Claire went downtown and bought these things. She had an appointment to paint her nails, then she went into an expensive clothes shop. The saleswoman there was rude to her, so she rang Tony and told him she was being treated badly. He spoke

10、 to the woman, who immediately changed her attitude. Claire thanked Tony, telling him that he was adear，As she turned around, there stood Gladys Claffern. How awful to be discovered by her, Claire thought. By the look on her face,Claire knew that Gladys thought they were in a relationship.After all,

11、 she knew Claires husbands name was Larry, not Tony. Although it was completely innocent,Claire felt guilty.托尼給克萊爾做了一個新發(fā)型,還改善了她的妝容。但是，由于托 尼被禁止陪同克萊爾去商店，所以他開具了一張裝修房子所需材料的 清單。克萊爾去市中心購買了這些東西。她按預(yù)約去美甲后,走進了 一家高檔時裝店。女店員對她很粗魯,于是她打 給托尼,告訴他說 自己受到了不禮貌的對待。托尼同店員交談之后,店員立刻改變了態(tài) 度?？巳R爾向托尼道謝，稱托尼為“親愛的”。當(dāng)她轉(zhuǎn)過身來，卻看到 格拉迪絲克拉

12、芬正站在那里。被她發(fā)現(xiàn)了，這多么難堪啊,克萊爾心 想。從她臉上的表情判斷，克萊爾知道格拉迪絲認(rèn)為自己出軌了。畢 竟她知道克萊爾丈夫的名字是拉里,而不是托尼。雖然完全無事,克菜 爾還是感到內(nèi)疚。When Claire got home, she wept. Gladys was everything Claire wished to be. Tony told her she was being sensitive and was just as good as Gladys. He suggested that she invite Gladys and her friends to the

13、house the night before he was to leave and Larry was to return. By that time, Tony expected that the house, which was being completely transformed, would be ready.到家后，克萊爾啜泣不止。格拉迪絲是她竭力模仿的對象。托尼 對克萊爾說,她這樣想有點敏感,其實她像格拉迪絲一樣優(yōu)秀。托尼還 建議在他離開，也就是拉里回家的前一天晚上，克萊爾邀請格拉迪絲 和她的朋友們到家里來。到那個時候，托尼預(yù)計這棟正在徹底改造的 房子將大功告成。Tony w

14、orked steadily on the improvements. Claire tried to help by working on a light suspended from the ceiling, but she fell off the ladder. Even though Tony had been in the next room he managed to catch her in time. As he held her. she felt the warmth of his body. She screamed, pushed him away, and ran

15、to her room.托尼的裝修工作穩(wěn)步進展?？巳R爾試圖幫助安裝天花板上的吊燈, 但從梯子上摔了下來。盡管托尼當(dāng)時在隔壁房間，但他還是及時接住 了她。托尼抱著她的時候，她感受到了他身體的熱度。她尖叫了一聲， 一把推開他,然后跑回了自己的房間。The night of the party arrived. The clock struck eight. The guests would be arriving soon, so Claire dismissed Tony for the rest of the night. At that moment, Tony took her in his arms, bringing his face close to hers. She heard him declare that he did not want to leave