unit1b自考英语00012最新教材课文翻译

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Are you interested in English?

你对英语感兴趣吗?

? Why do you think English has become the international language of the modern world?

为什么你认为英语已经成为现代世界的国际语言?

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? What reasons do you expect the author to give for learning a foreign language?

你期望作者学习一门外语的原因是什么?

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Five Good Reasons to Learn a Foreign Language

学习外语的五个好理由。

? Still don't understand learning a foreign language is a good idea?

还是不明白学习外语是个好主意?

? Read the following and you will get the idea!

阅读下面的内容，你就会明白了!

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? Improve your native language

提高你的母语

? I know this might not make sense at first but hear me out.

我知道这可能不太有道理，但听我说完。

? ⑴ As a person who speaks only one language, you have no basis for comparison;

⑴作为一个人,只会说一种语言,你没有比较的基础;

? all you know is your native language.

你只知道你的母语。

? In different languages the same idea is often expressed in different ways.

在不同的语言中，同样的思想往往以不同的方式表达。

? Knowing another language gives you a great measuring stick.

了解另一种语言会给你一个很大的衡量标准。

? It will help you better understand tenses, prepositions and all the other parts of speech

we normally take for granted.

它将帮助你更好地理解时态、介词以及我们通常认为理所当然的其他部分。

? ⑵ You will find yourself speaking and writing more precise and creative sentences.

⑵你会发现自己口语和写作更精确的和创造性的句子。

? There is a reason why most great writers and poets are students of many languages.

大多数伟大的作家和诗人都是许多语言的学生，这是有原因的。

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? Enhance your experience of travel

提升你的旅行体验。

? Traveling is one of the great joys of life and also one of the most expensive.

旅行是人生最大的乐趣之一，也是最昂贵的之一。

? Why not get the most out of it?

为什么不充分利用它呢?

? If you don't know the language of the places you visit, you are completely excluded from

the culture.

如果你不知道你访问的地方的语言，你完全被排除在文化之外。

? ⑷ The locals shun you and you are relegated to sightseeing and taking cheesy photos.

⑷当地人避开你,观光,潇洒的照片。

? ⑸ Knowing even a few phrases of the language will make a huge difference.

⑸了解甚至几个短语的语言会产生巨大的差异。

? You will meet many more people and find it much easier to get around.

你会遇到更多的人，你会发现你更容易相处。

? People are much more receptive if you make an effort to speak their language.

如果你努力说他们的语言，人们会更容易接受。

? ⑹ This can turn a frustrating experience into the trip of a lifetime.

⑹这可以让一个令人沮丧的经历变成你终身难忘的旅程。

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? Languages are beautiful

语言是美丽的

? Language is what makes us human.

语言使我们成为人类。

? It is the medium we use to share our thoughts with the rest of the world.

它是我们用来与世界其他地方分享我们思想的媒介。

? Can you imagine thought without language?

你能想象没有语言的思想吗?

? Great language also has a wonderful musical quality.

伟大的语言也有美妙的音乐品质。

? Learning a new language is like learning a new way to think and a new way to sing.

学习一门新语言就像学习一种新的思维方式和一种新的歌唱方式。

? I am often struck by new phrases that are profoundly meaningful and melodic.

我经常被那些深刻的、有意义的、有旋律的新词所打动。

? ⑺ At those moments I feel grateful to be alive.

⑺在那一刻,我无比感激活着。

? Don't sell yourself short by stubbornly ignoring every language but one.

不要固执地忽视每一种语言，但不要低估自己。

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? Join the global community

加入国际社会

? Believe it or not, the majority of the world does not speak our mother tongue.

信不信由你，世界上大多数人都不会说我们的母语。

? We are so isolated that we hardly realize this.

我们是如此的孤立以至于我们几乎没有意识到这一点。

? ⑼ The truth is that new thoughts and ideas are appearing everywhere and they are not

being immediately translated.

⑼事实是,到处都是出现的新思想和观点,他们并没有被立即翻译。

? ⑽ The world is getting smaller and we are coming into contact with more non-Chinese

speakers all the time.

⑽世界正变得越来越小,我们接触更多外国扬声器。

? Gain an advantage for yourself in business and personal relationships by being able to

communicate with people in their language.

通过能用自己的语言与人交流，在商务和人际关系中获得优势。

? ⑾ This will set you apart and gain you immediate respect and credibility.

⑾这将立刻使你脱颖而出,并获得尊重和信誉。

? Last, but not least:

最后,但并非最不重要的是:

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? It's just plain cool

它只是普通的酷

? I'm not saying you should learn a few corny French pick-up lines and go saying them to

everyone you meet, but knowing a foreign tongue and applying it tastefully is undeniably attractive.

我并不是说你应该学习一些法国的搭讪用语，并向你遇到的每一个人说这些话，但你知道一种外国的语言，并且很有品味地运用它，这无疑是很吸引人的。

? ⑿ It implies education, good taste and refinement, and it will certainly make you stand

out against the competition.

⑿这意味着教育、品味和细化,它肯定会让你在激烈的竞争中脱颖而出。

? ⒀ Imagine saying a beautiful phrase with perfect pronunciation to a lovely coed.

⒀想象,用美丽的辞藻,完美的发音和一个可爱的女生。

? You will immediately have her attention;

你会立刻引起她的注意;

? she will be dying to know what it means.

她很想知道这意味着什么。

? I know this from experience.

我从经验中知道这一点。