閱讀理解Part C 翻譯

　　原文選自一本非常著名的書Fifty Self-help Classics(見圖)，主要選自這本書的第11頁和12頁，經(jīng)過命題專家改寫，有些變了模樣。該書是一本勵志類的讀物，是一部書評，所以翻譯起來并不輕松，甚至還有一些哲理性的語言，頗費(fèi)思量。

　　With its theme that “Mind is the master weaver,” creating our inner character and outer circumstances, the book As a Man Thinking by James Allen is an in-depth exploration of the central idea of self-help writing。

　　(46) Allen’s contribution was to take an assumption we all share--that because we are not robots we therefore control our thoughts-and reveal its erroneous nature. 我們每個人都認(rèn)為：自己不是機(jī)器人，因此能夠控制自己的思想;愛倫的貢獻(xiàn)在于他研究了這一假說，并揭示其錯誤的本質(zhì)。Because most of us believe that mind is separate from matter, we think that thoughts can be hidden and made powerless; this allows us to think one way and act another. However, Allen believed that the unconscious mind generates as much action as the conscious mind, and (47) while we may be able to sustain the illusion of control through the conscious mind alone, in reality we are continually faced with a question: “Why cannot I make myself do this or achieve that? ”

　　我們或許只通過意識就能維持這種控制的幻覺，但事實(shí)上，我們卻總是面臨一個問題：我們?yōu)槭裁床荒茏屪约喝プ鲞@件事情，實(shí)現(xiàn)那個目標(biāo)呢?

　　Since desire and will are damaged by the presence of thoughts that do not accord with desire, Allen concluded : “ We do not attract what we want, but what we are�！� Achievement happens because you as a person embody the external achievement; you don’t “ get” success but become it. There is no gap between mind and matter。

　　Part of the fame of Allen’s book is its contention that “Circumstances do not make a person, they reveal him�！� (48) This seems a justification for neglect of those in need, and a rationalization of exploitation, of the superiority of those at the top and the inferiority of those at the bottom。

　　這種說法似乎為忽視需要幫助的人找到了借口，使剝削合理化，令上層人優(yōu)越，底層人卑微。

　　This, however, would be a knee-jerk reaction to a subtle argument. Each set of circumstances, however bad, offers a unique opportunity for growth. If circumstances always determined the life and prospects of people, then humanity would never have progressed. In fat, (49)circumstances seem to be designed to bring out the best in us and if we feel that we have been “wronged” then we are unlikely to begin a conscious effort to escape from our situation. 環(huán)境似乎旨在激發(fā)我們的最大潛能，如果我們總感覺“上天不公”，那么不太可能會自覺地努力脫離現(xiàn)狀。Nevertheless, as any biographer knows, a person’s early life and its conditions are often the greatest gift to an individual。

　　The sobering aspect of Allen’s book is that we have no one else to blame for our present condition except ourselves. (50) The upside is the possibilities contained in knowing that everything is up to us; where before we were experts in the array of limitations, now we become authorities of what is possible。

　　積極的一面是，既然萬事都取決于我們，那么就有無限可能。以前，我們能夠熟練應(yīng)對種種局限;現(xiàn)在，我們把握著未來的可能。

　　寫作

　　2011年考研英語已經(jīng)塵埃落定，寫作部分比起2010年超綱的“告示”和“變態(tài)”的火鍋，難度大為降低，現(xiàn)解析如下。

　　Part A: 小作文

　　Directions:

　　Write a letter to a friend of yours to

　　1) recommend one of your favorite movies and

　　2) give reasons for your recommendation。

　　You should write about 100 words on ANSWER SHEET 2.

　　Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter. Use”Li Ming”instead。

　　Do not write the address。(10 points)

　　題目譯文

　　給你的一位朋友寫一封信

　　1)推薦你最喜歡的一部電影并

　　2)給出推薦的原因。

　　真題詳解

　　令廣大考生欣慰的是，2011年小作文并未考察大綱中已提到六年但并未考察過的摘要題型，也未考察2010年剛剛考察過的告示題型，而是考察了廣大考生最為熟悉、從2005到2009已經(jīng)連續(xù)五年考察的書信。

　　回顧剛剛過去的2010年，中國內(nèi)地電影票房成功突破100億元，成為旭日初升的朝陽產(chǎn)業(yè)。從年中的《唐山大地震》、《盜夢空間》、《山楂樹之戀》到年底的三大賀歲片《趙氏孤兒》、《讓子彈飛》、《非誠勿擾2》，電影已經(jīng)重新成為全民關(guān)注的話題。今年的考研小作文即考察了“電影”這一熱點(diǎn)話題。

　　本題屬于推薦信，在拙著《2011考研英語高分寫作》第64-65頁詳細(xì)講解了推薦信的注意事項、寫作方法，提供了經(jīng)典范文及十大萬能句型。同時，該書76頁提供的關(guān)于《八十天環(huán)游地球》的讀書報告范文完全可以用于本文寫作，下面的參考范文即由該文改寫而成。

　　需要注意的是，寫給朋友的稱呼應(yīng)該直呼其名，不應(yīng)寫某某先生或女士。本題屬于半正式文體中的私人書信，文中最好使用3-5次縮寫、省略句或口語表達(dá)。兩點(diǎn)提綱可以各寫一段，第三段進(jìn)行結(jié)尾。首段無需進(jìn)行自我介紹，開門見山表明寫作目的即可;第二段應(yīng)該分析兩到三點(diǎn)原因。