全新版大学英语综合教程B4U6文本.docx
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全新版大学英语综合教程B4U6文本
IntegratedCourseBook4Unit6
Listentotherecordingtwoorthreetimesandthenthinkoverthefollowingquestions:
1.Doyoukeepadiary?
Whatsortofthingsdoyouwriteabout?
2.Howdoesthesingertreathisdiary?
Why?
3.Whatdoesthesingerthinkabouthowotherpeoplespendtheirtime?
4.Canweinferwhatattitudethesingertakestowardsthepaceoflifetoday?
Inthesongyouareabouttolistentowehearwhatthesingeristhinkingashewriteshisdiary.Likemanypeoplewhokeepadiary,hetreatsitlikeafriendtowhomhecanpourouthisinmostfeelings.Fromtheconfidencesheentruststohisdiarywelearnofwhathethinksofthewaymostpeoplelive.Hethinkstheyspendtheirdaysinarush,somuchsothattheyhavenotimeforhim.Ashesays:
Somanypeoplebythescore.
Rushingaroundsosenselessly.
Theydon'tnoticethere'speoplelikeme.
Perhapshe'sright,perhapspeoplearetoomuchinarushtospareenoughtimeforoneanother.Thoughonesuspectstheymayhaveotherreasonsfornotsparingthesingertime.Hesoundsaltogetherself-centred,lookingattheworldonlyfromhisownnarrowpointofview.Wehearthisattheendofthesong,whenhepasseslightlyoveranH-bombexplosionassomethingofnoconcerntohimasnobodyheknewwasinvolved.Givenhisoutlook,itisprobablyjustaswellhehashisdiaryasafriend,asothersmightfinditabithardtoputupwithhim.
DearDiary
TheMoodyBlues
Deardiary,whatadayit'sbeen
Deardiary,it'sbeenjustlikeadream
Wokeuptoolate.Wasn'twhereIshouldhavebeen
Forgoodnesssakewhat'shappeningtome
Writelightly,yourstruly,deardiary
Itwascoldoutsidemydoor
Somanypeoplebythescore
Rushingaroundsosenselessly
Theydon'tnoticethere'speoplelikeme
Writelightly,yourstruly,deardiary
Theydon'tknowwhatthey'replaying
They'venowayofknowingwhatthegameis
Stilltheycarryondoingwhattheycan
Outsideme,yourspolitely,deardiary
It'sover.Willtomorrowbethesame
Iknowthatthey'rereallynottoblame
Iftheyweren'tsoblindthensurelythey'dsee
There'samuchbetterwayforthemtobe
Insideme,yourstruly,deardiary
SomebodyexplodedanH-bombtoday
Butitwasn'tanyoneIknew
TextA
Asthepaceoflifeintoday'sworldgrowseverfaster,weseem
foreveronthego.Withsomuchtodoandsolittletimetodoitin,how
arewetocope?
RichardTomkinssetsaboutuntanglingtheproblemand
comesupwithananswer.
随着当今世界生活节奏日益加快,我们似乎一直在不停奔忙。
事情那么多,时间却那么少,我们该怎么办?
里查德·汤姆金斯着手解决这一问题,并提出了建议。
OldFatherTimeBecomesaTerror
RichardTomkins
1Onceuponatime,technology,wethought,wouldmakeourlives
easier.Machineswereexpectedtodoourworkforus,leavinguswith
ever-increasingquantitiesoftimetowasteawayonidlenessandpleasure.
时间老人成了可怕的老人
理查德·汤姆金斯
从前,我们以为技术发展会使我们的生活变得更安逸。
那时我们觉得机器会替代我们工作,我们则有越来越多的时间休闲娱乐。
2Butinsteadofliberatingus,technologyhasenslavedus.Innovations
areoccurringatabewilderingrate:
asmanynowarriveinayearasonce
arrivedinamillennium.Andaseachinventionarrives,iteatsfurther
intoourtime.
但技术发展没有把我们解放出来,而是使我们成为奴隶。
新技术纷至沓来,令人目不暇接:
一年涌现的技术创新相当于以前一千年。
而每一项新发明问世,就进一步吞噬我们的光阴。
3Themotorcar,forexample,promisedunimaginablelevelsofpersonal
mobility.Butnow,trafficincitiesmovesmoreslowlythanitdidinthe
daysofthehorse-drawncarriage,andwewasteourlivesstuckintraffic
jams.
比如,汽车曾使我们希望个人出行会方便得让人难以想象。
可如今,城市车辆运行得比马车时代还要慢,我们因交通堵塞而困在车,徒然浪费生命。
4Theaircraftpromisednewhorizons,too.Thetroubleis,itdelivered
them.Itsveryexistencecreatedademandfortime-consumingjourneysthat
wewouldneverpreviouslyhavedreamedofundertaking--thetransatlantic
shoppingexpedition,forexample,orthetriptoaconventionontheother
sideoftheworld.
飞机也曾有可能为我们拓展新天地。
问题是,飞机提供了新的天地。
其存在本身产生了对耗时的长途旅行的需求,这种旅行,如越洋购物,或远道前往地球的另一半参加会议,以前我们是根本无法想象的。
5Inmostcases,technologyhasnotsavedtime,butenabledustodo
morethings.Inthehome,washingmachinespromisedtofreewomenfrom
havingtotoiloverthelaundry.Inreality,theyencouragedustochange
ourclothesdailyinsteadofweekly,creatingseventimesasmuchwashing
andironing.Similarly,theweeklybathhasbeenreplacedbythedaily
shower,multiplyingthehoursspentonpersonalgrooming.
在大多数情况下,技术发展并未节省时间,而是使我们得以做更多的事。
在家里,洗衣机可望使妇女摆脱繁重的洗衣劳作。
但事实上,它们促使我们每天,而不是每星期换一次衣服,这就使熨洗衣物的工作量变成原来的7倍。
同样地,每周一次的沐浴为每日一次的淋浴所代替,使得用于个人穿着打扮的时间大大增加。
6Meanwhile,technologyhasnotonlyallowedworktospreadintoour
leisuretime--thelaptop-on-the-beachsyndrome--butaddedthenew
burdenofdealingwithfaxes,sandvoicemails.Ithasalsoprovided
uswiththeopportunitytospe
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