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4、 正如英国诗人埃德蒙 斯宾塞在一首诗里描写的那样。大自然不仅是位母亲,而且是位法官,管辖并公正对待人类和所有的生物。
As depicted in a poem (written) by the English poet Edmund Spenser, nature is not only a mother but also a judge, having jurisdiction over and doing justice to all creatures.
5、 政府的一项调查研究得出的结论是:除了过分拥挤和公共交通很差外,该市面临的最大问题是噪音和污染。
A government study concludes that besides overcrowding and poor public transport, the biggest problems the city is up against are noise and pollution.
6、 与所有其他动物不一样,人类具有根据自己的判断而行事的能力。
Unlike all other creatures, humans have the ability to act on their judgment/ understanding.
7、 难道你不同意健康而无财富比有财富而不健康要好的多的这种说法吗?
Don’t you agree with the statement that health without wealth is preferable to wealth without health?
8、 即使那些工业经济的拥护者也不得不公开承认:人类与大自然之间发生的任何冲突往往对双方都不利。
Even those defenders of industrial economy have to acknowledge openly that any conflict between humans and nature often occurs at the expense of both.
9、 如果你的朋友善意的指出你的一个缺点,你不仅要欣然接受,而且应当感谢。
If your friend kindly points out a fault you have, take what is said not merely pleasantly, but thankfully.
10、 人与野生动物之间的差别之一就在于,前者能就他们改变自然的种类及规模做出明智的选择。
One of the differences between humans and wild animals is that/ lies in that the former can make a wise choice as to the kind and scale of the change they make to nature.
第七章
1、 尽管她在最近的选举中成功了,但她主要仍是位作家而不是政治家。
In spite of her recent election success, she remains first and foremost a writer, not a politician.
2、 讲到抱负,人们往往把它与地位、名誉和权利连在一起,因此,长期以来许多人不愿意谈论自己的梦想。
Ambition is always identified with rank, fame and power. Therefore many people have been unwilling to talk about their dreams for a long time.
3、 毫无疑问,如果一个人想成名,就需要有理想。因为理想是走向成功的基础。但是理想并不是野心。
Surely, if you want to be famous, it is necessary for you to have ideals, because it is behind the accomplishment, but different from ambition.
4、 野心常被人认为带有贬义的。这是因为有些一心追求自己利益的人不择手段的要达到目的,损害了他人。
Ambition is often regarded as being commensurate with bad sense because the single-minded have tried to achieve their goals by fair means or foul and often harm others.
5、 真正有野心的人常常表现的很谦虚,事实上只考虑自己。
Truly ambitious people seem to be modest but actually they are in their own.
6、 毫无疑问,有的人对名誉和地位看的很重,然而他们却不公开承认。
Certainly some people are very interested in their rank and fame. But what has happened is that they do not own up to it.
7、 有些人想方设法出人头地,但又不表露出来,我们必须看到其中虚伪的一面。
Some people try to go on in life at all costs but refrain from appearing ambitious. We should be aware that there is a note of hypocrisy.
8、 虽然人们攻击他,认为他有野心,但没有一种攻击足以使他放弃自己的追求。
Although he has come under attack and has been considered ambitious, none of them are strong enough to make him give up on his dreams.
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