新概念英语4翻译

This is a sceptical age,这是一个怀疑一切的时代，but although our faith in many of the things in which our forefathers fervently believed has weakened,可是虽然我们对我们祖先笃信的许多事物已不太相信，our confidence in the curative properties of the bottle of medicine remains the same a theirs.我们对瓶装药品疗效的信心仍与祖辈一样坚定。This modern faith in medicines is proved the fact that the annualdrug bill of the Health Services is mounting to astronomical figures and showsno signs at present of ceasing to rise. 卫生部门的处度药费上升到了天文数字，并且目前尚无停止上升的迹象，这个事实证实了现代人对药物的依赖。The majority of the patients attending the medical out-patients departments of our hospitals feel在医院门诊部看病的大多数人觉得，that they have not received adequate treatment unless they are ableto carry home with them some tangible remedy in the shape of a bottle ofmedicine, 如果不能带回一些看得见、摸得着的药物，如一瓶药水，一盒药丸、一小瓶药膏回家的话，就没算得到了充分的治疗。a box of pills, or a small jar of ointment,and the doctor in chargeof the department is only too ready to provide them with these requirements. 负责门诊的医生也非常乐意为前来看病的人提供他们想要得到的药物，There is no quicker method of disposing of patients then by giving them what they are asking for,病人要什么就给什么，没有比这样处理病人更快的方法了。and since most medical men in the Health Services are overworked因为卫生部门的大多数医生超负荷工作，and have little time for offering time-consuming and little-appreciated advice on such subjects as所以没有多少时间提出一些既费时而又不受人欢迎的忠告，比如diet, right living, and the need for abandoning bad habits etc., the bottle, the box, and the jar are almost always granted them.注意饮食、生活有规律，需要克服坏习惯等等，结果就是把瓶药、盒药、罐药开给看病的人而完事大吉。Nor is it only the ignorant and ill-educated person who was such faith in the bottle of medicine.并不只是那些无知和没受过良好教育的人才迷信药瓶子。It is recounted of Thomas Carlyle that when him in his pocket whatremained of a bottle of medicine formerly prescribed for an indisposition ofMrs. Carlyle's. 据说托马斯.卡莱尔有过这么一件事：他听说朋友亨利.泰勒病了，就立刻跑去看他，衣袋里装上了他妻子不舒服时吃剩下的一瓶药。Carlyle was entirely ignorant of what the bottle in his pocket contained,卡莱尔不知道药瓶子里装的是什么药，of the nature of the illness from which his friend was suffering,不知道他的朋友得的是什么病，and of what had previously been wrong with his wife,也不知道妻子以前得的是什么病，but a medicine that had worked so well in one form of illness would surely be of equal benefit in another,只知道一种药对一种病有好处，肯定对另一种病也会有好处。and comforted by the thought of the help he was bringing to his friend, he hastened to Henry Taylor's house.想到能对朋友有所帮助，他感到很欣慰，于是急急忙忙来到了亨利.泰勒的家里，History does not relate whether his friend accepted his medical help, but in all probability he did.他的朋友是否接受了他的药物治疗，历史没有记载，但很可能接受了。The great advantage of taking medicine is that it makes no demandson the taker beyond that of putting up for a moment with a disgusting taste, 服药的最大优点是：除了暂时忍受一下令人作呕的味道外，对服药人别无其他要求。and that is what all patients demand of their doctors -- to be cured at no inconvenience to themselves.这也正是病人对医生的要求 -- 病要治好，但不要太麻烦。

另一个病人也许也同样会抱怨她的邻居恶意诽谤并且迫害她。但是人们得谨慎对待这种说法。be cautious about 这里可以翻成谨慎对待，或不要轻易相信。（即不要轻易相信前一句的抱怨。）

Lesson 4 An exciting trip 激动人心的旅行课文内容：I have just received a letter from my brother, Tim. He is in Australia. He has been there for six months. Tim is an engineer. He is working for a big firm and he has already visited a great number of different places in Australia. He has just bought an Australian car and has gone to Alice Springs, a small town in the centre of Australia. He will soon visit Darwin From there, he will fly to Perth. My brother has never been abroad before, so he is finding this trip very exciting.Notes on the text 课文注释1 He has been there for six months. 他在那儿已经住了6个月了。关于动词的现在完成时，可以参看第1册第83至87课。2 a great number of…, 许多…，用于修饰复数可数名词。3 in the centre of…, 在……中部。参考译文我刚刚收到弟弟蒂姆的来信，他正在澳大利亚。他在那儿已经住了6个月了。蒂姆是个工程师，正在为一家大公司工作，并且已经去过澳大利亚的不少地方了。他刚买了一辆澳大利亚小汽车，现在去了澳大利亚中部的小镇艾利斯斯普林斯。他不久还将到达尔文去，从那里，他再飞往珀斯。我弟弟以前从未出过国，因此，他觉得这次旅行非常激动人心。

I have just received a letter from my brother, Tim. He is in Australia. He has been there for six months. Tim is an engineer. He is working for a big firm and he has already visited a great number of different places in Australia. He has just bought an Australian car and has gone to Alice springs, a small town in the centre of Australia. He will soon visit Darwin. From there, he will fly to Perth. My brother has never been abroad before, so he is fending this trip very exciting.参考译文 我刚刚收到弟弟蒂姆的来信，他正在澳大利亚。他在那儿已经住了6个月了。蒂姆是个工程师，正在一家大公司工作，并且已经去过澳大利亚的不少地方了。他刚买了一辆澳大利亚小汽车，现在去了澳大利亚中部的小镇艾利斯斯普林斯。他不久还将到达达尔文去，从那里，他再飞往珀斯。我弟弟以前从未出过国，因此，他觉得这次旅行非常激动人心。