現(xiàn)代大學(xué)英語(yǔ)精讀1unit6課文翻譯

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TheGreenBananal.Althoughitmighthavehappenedanywhere,myencounterwiththegreenbananastartedonasteepmountainroadinthecentralareaofBrazil.Myancientjeepwasstrainingupthroughbeautifulcountrysidewhentheradiatorbegantoleak,andIwastenmilesfromthenearestmechanic.Theover-heatedengineforcedmetostopatthenextvillage,whichconsistedofasmallstoreandafewhousesthatwearescatteredhereandthere.Peoplecameovertolook.Theycouldseethreefinestreamsofhotwaterspoutingfromholesinthejacketoftheradiator."That'seasytofix,?amansaid.Hesentaboyrunningforsomegreenbananas.Hepattedmeontheshoulder,assuringmethateverythingwouldworkout."Greenbananas,"hesmiled.Everyoneagreed.盡管這種事情在任何地方都可能發(fā)生，但我與青香蕉的邂逅卻源自于巴西腹地一條險(xiǎn)峻的山路上。我那老式吉普車(chē)正吃力地穿過(guò)景色優(yōu)美的鄉(xiāng)村，這時(shí)，水箱突然漏水了，而離我最近的汽車(chē)修理站也還要十英里。發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)過(guò)熱迫使我在臨近的村莊停了下來(lái)。村里有一個(gè)小商店和分布在四處的幾座房子。有村民圍過(guò)來(lái)看，三股細(xì)細(xì)的熱水柱從水箱外殼上的小孔噴出來(lái)“這容易解決，〃一個(gè)人說(shuō)到。他讓一個(gè)小男孩跑去拿些青香蕉來(lái)。這個(gè)人還拍了拍我的肩膀，安慰我問(wèn)題會(huì)解決的?！ㄇ嘞憬丁！ㄋα耍溆嗟娜硕歼@么說(shuō)著。2.WechatteredcasuallywhileallthetimeIwaswonderingwhattheycouldpossiblydotomyradiatorwiththeirgreenbananas.Ididnotaskthem,though,asthatwouldshowmyignorance,soItalkedaboutthebeautyofthelandthatlaybeforeoureyes.Hugerockformations,likeSugarLoafinRio,roseupallaroundus."Doyouseethattallonerightoverthere?"askedtheman,pointingtoaparticularlytall,slenderpinnacleofdarkrock,"Thatrockmarksthecenteroftheworld."我和他們閑聊起來(lái)，心里卻一直在想他們用這青香蕉怎么能修補(bǔ)好水箱。毫無(wú)疑問(wèn)，提問(wèn)會(huì)暴露我的無(wú)知，因此我開(kāi)始贊嘆眼前美麗的鄉(xiāng)村景色。聳立在我們周?chē)薮蟮膸r石群，很像里約熱內(nèi)盧著名的糖面包山。〃看見(jiàn)那邊那塊高高的巖石了嗎？〃那人指著一塊特別高而且細(xì)長(zhǎng)的黑色石柱問(wèn)我，〃那塊巖石標(biāo)志著世界的中心」3.Ilookedtoseeifhewasteasingme,buthisfacewasserious.He,inturn,inspectedmecarefully,asiftomakesureIgraspedthesignificanceofhisstatement.Theoccasioncalledforsomeshowofrecognitiononmypart."Thecenteroftheworld?"Irepeated,tryingtoshowinterestifnotcompleteacceptance.Henodded."Theabsolutecenter.Everyonearoundhereknowsit."我看著他，想知道他是否在和我開(kāi)玩笑，但他卻表情嚴(yán)肅，反過(guò)來(lái)認(rèn)真地審視著我，似乎想確定我是否領(lǐng)會(huì)了他那句話的深刻含義。這種情況要求我必須表現(xiàn)出認(rèn)同。他點(diǎn)頭說(shuō)：〃絕對(duì)是中心。這兒的人都知道」.Atthatmomenttheboyreturnedwithanarmfulofgreenbananas.Themancutoneinhalfandpressedthecutendagainsttheradiatorjacket.Thebananameltedintoaglueagainstthehotmetal,stoppingtheleaksinstantly.IwassoastonishedatthisthatImusthavelookedratherfoolishandeveryonelaughed.Theythenrefilledmyradiatorandgavemeextrabananastotakealongincasemyradiatorshouldgivemetroubleagain.Anhourlater,afterusingthegreenbananaoncemore,myradiatorandIreachedourdestination.Thelocalmechanicsmiled."Whotaughtyouaboutthegreenbanana?"Igavehimthenameofthevillage."Didtheyshowyoutherockmarkingthecenteroftheworld?"heasked.Iassuredhimtheyhad."Mygrandfathercamefromthere,";hesaid."Theexactcenter.Everyonearoundherehasalwaysknownaboutit."這時(shí)，小男孩抱著青香蕉回來(lái)了。那個(gè)男子把其中一根掰成兩半，將其斷口處按在水箱的外殼上。香蕉遇到炙熱的金屬融成了膠，立刻就堵住了漏洞。面對(duì)如此情景，我驚呆了，我當(dāng)時(shí)的表情一定是傻傻的，所有的人都笑了起來(lái)。他們把我的水箱裝滿(mǎn)水，又讓我?guī)弦恍┫憬?，以防沿途中水箱再出?wèn)題。路上，我又用了一次青香蕉，一個(gè)小時(shí)后，我開(kāi)著車(chē)到達(dá)了目的地。當(dāng)?shù)氐囊恍蘩砉ばχ鴨?wèn)我："誰(shuí)教你用青香蕉的？〃我告訴了他那個(gè)村子的名字?！ㄋ麄冇袥](méi)有指給你看標(biāo)志世界中心的那塊巖石?〃他問(wèn)道。我告訴他，他們指給我看了。〃我祖父就是那兒的人;他說(shuō)，〃那的確是中心。一直以來(lái)這兒的人都知道」.AsaproductofAmericaneducation,Ihadneverpaidtheslightestattentiontothegreenbanana,excepttoregarditasafruitwhosetimehadnotyetcome.Suddenly,onthatmountainroad,itstimehadcometomeetmyneed.ButasIreflectedonitfurther,Irealizedthatthegreenbananahadbeenthereallalong.Itstimereachedbacktotheveryoriginsofthebanana.Thepeopleinthatvillagehadknownaboutitforyears.Itwasmyowntimethathadcome,allinrelationtoit.Icametoappreciatethespecialgeniusofthosepeople,andthespecialpotentialofthegreenbanana.Ihadbeenwonderingforsometimeaboutwhateducatorsliketocall"learningmoments"andInowknewIhadjustexperiencedtwoofthematonce.作為美國(guó)教育的產(chǎn)物，除了把青香蕉當(dāng)作還沒(méi)長(zhǎng)熟的水果，我從來(lái)就沒(méi)注意過(guò)它。但突然在那條山路上，當(dāng)我需要它時(shí)，它正巧出現(xiàn)了?？墒亲屑?xì)想一想，其實(shí)青香蕉一直在那兒存在著。時(shí)間可以追溯到香蕉的最初的起源。那個(gè)村子里的人都知道它已經(jīng)很多年了，我現(xiàn)在也因此認(rèn)識(shí)它了。我開(kāi)始珍視村民們的聰明才智和青香蕉的特殊潛能。曾有一段時(shí)間，我一直困惑于教育家們提出的〃領(lǐng)悟的瞬間〃，而現(xiàn)在我知道自己剛剛同時(shí)經(jīng)歷了兩個(gè)這樣的瞬間。.Ittookmealittlelongertofullygrasptheimportanceoftherockwhichthevillagersbelievedmarkedthecenteroftheworld.Ihadatfirstdoubtedtheirclaim,asIknewforafactthatthecenterwaslocatedsomewhereelseinNewEngland.Afterall,mygrandfatherhadcomefromthere.ButgraduallyIrealizedthevillagepeoplehadaveryreasonablebeliefandIagreedwiththem.Wealltendtoregardasthecenterthatspecialplacewhereweareknown,whereweknowothers,wherethingsmeanmuchtous,andwhereweourselveshavebothidentityandmeaning:family,school,townandlocalregioncouldallbeourcenteroftheworld.我又用了一些時(shí)間來(lái)領(lǐng)會(huì)村民們認(rèn)為那塊標(biāo)志著世界中心的巖石的重要性。開(kāi)始時(shí)我懷疑他們的說(shuō)法，因?yàn)槲抑缹?shí)際上世界的中心是位于新英格蘭的某個(gè)地方，畢竟，我的祖父就是那兒的人。但我逐漸意識(shí)到他們的想法是很有道理的，我贊同了他們的看法。我們都傾向于把一個(gè)特殊的地方理解為〃中心”：在那兒為人所知，我們也認(rèn)識(shí)其他人；那兒的事物對(duì)我們來(lái)說(shuō)都別有意義；那兒有我們的根，有我們存在的價(jià)值所在：家庭、學(xué)校、城鎮(zhèn)以及當(dāng)?shù)氐囊磺卸伎赡艹蔀槲覀冄壑惺澜绲闹行摹?Thelessonwhichgraduallydawnedonmewasactuallyverysimple.Everyplacehasspecialmeaningsforthepeopleinit,andinacertainsenseeveryplacerepresentsthecenteroftheworld.Theworldhasnumeroussuchcenters,andnoonestudentortravelercanexperienceallofthem.Butonceaconsciousbreakthroughtoasecondcenterismade,alife-longperspectiveandcollectioncanbegi