第一篇：研究生綜合英語(yǔ)答案 unit1

UNIT 1

I．Comprehension check

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II． Vocabulary study

1.permanent2.has assembled3.discharging4.meekly

5.apprentice6.partiality7.obscure8.exalted9.intruding

10.cordially11.ambition12.gallantly

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VI.Translation

1.His dream of becoming a football star faded out as time went by.2.A Boeing 747 aircraft didn’t gain enough height to clear the mountain.In a twinkling it crashed the mountain and blew up.No one survived the accident.3.Students facilitate the share of(have easy access to the)resources in the library, so they are supposed to make the best of it.4.Titanic, the most luxurious ship in the world at that time, hit an iceberg when she was under way to the US.Consequently, the ship sank into the Atlantic Ocean and thousands of people died in this shipwreck.5.Every summer, all the tourists pour into this famous beach.They lie packed like sardines on the beach to enjoy the sunbathing.6.They have been to St.Louis once and have a vague general knowledge of its wonder, but the day of their glory is over now.they lapsed into a humble silence, and learned to disappear when the ruthless “cub”-engineer approaches.

第二篇：研究生綜合英語(yǔ)答案unit5

UNIT5

I.Comprehension check

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iv.Translation

1.It is generally accepted that upbringing of the child within the home is closely related to theeducation of the child in school

2.Jennifer is the chief of personnel for the New York Herald Tribune, where she is also responsible for special editorial work in the field of the public relations.3.Jeff met Rose at his sister’s birthday’s party two years ago.They have been

communicating each other by e-mail since then.The more Jeff knows Rose, the more helikes her

4.This new measure is effective not only in providing job opportunities for the

laid-off workers, but in limiting price increases

5.Similarly /likewise, they insufficiently treated /they did not sufficiently treat the political and economic background of the conspiracy.6.Tremendous capital input has met the needs of rapid economic growth on the one

hand, and has caused the inflation on the other.

第三篇：研究生綜合英語(yǔ)選擇題

Unit 1 1.My husband, because of his own professional（）, goes to Cambridge every week.A.judgments C.personalities B.criteria D.commitments 2.While looking for the address book, Mr.Hailey（）some of his old love letters in his wife’s drawer.A.came about C.came across B.came up with D.came out with 3.Mrs.Bush, head of the intelligence department, is（）talent and boundless energy.A.capable of C.associated with B.blessed with D.recognized as 4.The audience are deeply impressed by the leading character of the feature film that looks()at social problems.A.squarely C.accurately B.obviously D.Deliberately 5.The Prime Minister has decided to take advantage of his popularity in the opinion polls, and called（）a election for next month.A.snap C.magnetic B.clean-cut D.Convincing 6.The singer is very popular with the general public ,but she is often regarded as being too（）on stage.A.instinctual B.refreshing C.flamboyant D eloquent 7.Mr.Potter was not only quick at turning a phrase, but also ready with（）promises.A.concrete C.glib B.individual D.greasy

8.Malaysia and Indonesia rely on open markets for forest and fishery products.,（）some Asian countries are highly protectionist.A.Deliberately C.Evidently B.Conversely D.Naturally 9.According to legal provisions, the properties will either（）the original owners or else be sold at auction.A.commit to C.proceed to B.take to D.revert to

10.The measures are little more than（）that will fade fast once investors take a hard look at them.A.blind faith C.good impression B.window dressing D.winning image

1.The number of people who consult psychiatrists today is not, as is sometimes felt, a（）of increasing mental illness.A.revelation B.syndrome C.symptom D.Repugnance 2.That snake in not poisonous.It’s a completely（）little garden snake.A.inoffensive B.innocuous C.ingenious D.Incompatible 3.Evidence（）to the trial must be submitted to the police.A.prevalent B.subsequent C.subordinate D.Pertinent

4.University teaching may be（）if the government increases the number of students without providing additional funding.A.jeopardized B.patched C.improvised D.Generalized 5.The child’s parents were（）into accepting the demand of the kidnappers’.A.pleaded B.intoxicated C.intimidated D.Besieged 6.The detectives（）on the terrorists’ conversations by using secrete microphones.A.overheard B.eavesdropped C.reflected D.Mused 7.The two sides are so（）to each other that there is no way to work out a compromise.A.inimical B.reconcilable C.magnetic D.Conducive 8.They tried to keep it quiet but eventually everyone learned about the()meeting.A.clandestine B.intangible C.sedate D.Squalid 9.Although Jack had moved away before the baseball season ended, the most valuable player award was（）his.A.dubiously B.duly C.excessively D.Transiently 10.Many citizens appealed to the city government for enacting（）laws to protect the consumers.A.lavish B.equivocal C.stringent D.Flabby

Unit 2 1.Probably the physics of the mid-nineteenth century was not as spectacular as that of the()and following periods, but its theoretical advances were nevertheless very impressive.A.posterior C.preceding B.overwhelming D.potential 2.We will encourage every school to()its character, ethos and areas of special interest within a more flexible National Curriculum framework.A.facilitate C.acquaint B.enhance D.Install 3.()her dreams, Lynne traveled the world, leaving her 2-year-old son Stephen in the care of babysitters.A.In spite of C.In place of B.In case of D.In pursuit of 4.His deep(), subtle approach, sharp analytical capacities and broad clinical knowledge made him a brilliant clinician.A.intuition C.hypothesis B.revelation D.Thrill 5.Western medicine,()science and practiced by people with internationally accepted medical degrees, is only one of many systems of healing.A.rooted in C.trapped in B.originated from D.indulged in 6.The computer acts as a substitute for human friends, perhaps, but the human-computer()may also bring about the end of existing human-human relationships.A.apathy C.concept B.intensity D.Infatuation

7.She had something to tell him, something so important that even this unexpected opportunity for()of their desire must take second place.A.appetite C.intimacy B.consummation D.potentiality 8.Such an approach forces managers to communicate with one another and helps()rigid departmental boundaries.A.break down C.set off B.stand for D.pass over 9.He knew that he had one more duty to perform before he allowed himself to succumb to his()for rest.A.orientation C.craving B.disgust D.objection 10.To be honest, I felt rather embarrassed by Jane’s（）and flirting during her interview A.spontaneousness C.coyness B.anticipation D.Sensation

1.It is（）upon all users of this equipment to familiarize themselves with the safety procedure A.necessary B.indispensable C.incumbent D.Requisite 2.The kidnappers specified that the（）money should be left at the bus station by 12 o’clock the next day, otherwise they would kill the boy.A.ransom B.prize C.conscience D.Revenue 3.According to the economic forecast, some people are hopeful of a drop in the inflation figures, but others are less（）.A.fastidious B.sanguine C.lenient D.Prudent

4.Her rise to fame was quite（）— in less than two years she was a household name.A.phenomenal B.bleak C.blank D.Vacant 5.I looked for her through the window, but the curtains were drawn and I could only see her in（）.A.feature B.profile C.silhouette D.Reverse 6.I tried to persuade her to take the job but she was quite（）that she did not want it.A.desperate B.paranoid C.absolute D.Adamant 7.We are not compatible — he likes nearly all the things that（）me.A.repulse B.surpass C.banish D.Repatriate 8.In his will, the millionaire（）nearly all his fortunes to the housemaid who took care of him in his last days.A.inherited B.bequeathed C.owed D.Remitted 9.When the only witness finally came to tell the（）from all responsibility for the accident.A.pardoned B.derived C.exonerated D.Charged 10.The negotiation had reached an（）, with both sides refusing to compromise.A.eclipse B.impasse C.ultimatum D.Abyss

Unit3 1.Hard training will（）you richly when it comes to the actual competition.A.bring C.serve B.pay D.make 2.At the news conference, the foreign minister（）a confident smile and answered all the questions raised by the journalists.A.wore C.settled B.expressed D.Cultivated 3.After years of research, scholars have finally（）this anonymous play Christopher Marlowe.A.taken...for C.ascribed...to B.obliged...with D.reconciled...to 4.Most parents have occasional（）about whether they’re doing the best thing for their children.A.burdens C.necessities B.qualms D.Securities 5.It（）me to thank you for all you have done for the association in the last few years.A.falls to C.falls on B.falls into D.falls in with 6.I never heard anyone in my village mention my uncle Tony — I think he was a bit of a（）.A.white elephant C.guinea pig B.dark horse D.black sheep 7.The（）that she suggested for discussion were based on the most recent medical research.A.contributions C.expostulations B.occupations D.amendments 8.Rosa used to be quiet and introverted, but now she is（）being sociable.A.looking forward to C.making a point of B.going back on D.standing up to

9.Mary broke off her engagement to John when she found him often（）the pretty girls in his office.A.putting up with C.making fun of B.seeing through D.philandering with 10.Instead of ending up in jail or（）, she was remarkably successful and became one of the wealthiest people in Britain today.A.in the raw C.in the extreme B.in the gutter D.in the flesh

1.As one of the youngest branch manager in the IT company, Mr.Yang is certainly on the（）of a brilliant career.A.track B.margin C.course D.Threshold 2.In（）times, human beings did not travel for pleasure, but to find a more favorable climate.A.prime B.primary C.primitive D.Preliminary 3.While it’s true that techniques of active listening can（）the value of lecture, few students possess such skills at the beginning of their college careers.A.enhance B.enlarge C.access D.Exaggerate 4.In the library, I found Dabbie was frowning, apparently（）a Word.A.tumbled to B.collided with C.coincided with D.stumped on 5.Fierce storms have been（）rescue efforts and there’s now little chance of finding more survivors.A.hampering B.bewildering C.tangling D.Blundering

6.They didn’t even give him any sick-pay when he was off ill, which is a fairly（）way to treat an employee.A.vulnerable B.makeshift C.shoddy D.Backhanded 7.It must be realized that large price increase can only（）demands for even larger wage increase.A.call off B.trigger off C.make off D.carry off 8.When the old lady was back from shopping, she was shocked to find that her house had been（）.A.pawned B.leased C.ransacked D.Mortgaged 9.Since this was my first job interview, I asked（）about the Salary.A.discouragingly B.diffidently C.differentially D.Diffusely 10.The lost car of the Lees was found（）in the woods off the Highway.A.vanished B.abandoned C.scattered D.Disregarded

Unit 6 1.Dissatisfaction with the Labour government now seems to have（）every section of society.A.Heralded

B.permeated C.Conceived

D.Scrutinized 2.We know these chemicals are dangerous, but their benefits far（）any risk to the environment.A.overtake

B.manipulate C.Stock

D.Outweigh 3.All previous attempts to（）the fighting have failed so why should these proposals be any more successful? A.compromise

B.halt C.Withstand

D.Sustain 4.The president and his supporters are almost certain to read this vote as a（）for continued economic reform.A.Mandate

B.assertion C.discourse

D.determinism 5.She is not satisfied with her job because it provides no（）for her energies and talents.A.conception

B.outreach C.Outlet

D.Essentialism 6.The audience are deeply impressed by the leading character of the feature film that looks()

at social problems.A.shifting

B.offering C.Plying

D.Crushing 7.My second and more（）reason for going to Dearborn was to see the Henry Ford Museum.A.compelling

B.weary C.Perplexing

D.Worthy 8.Scotland’s（）on Wales in the second half of the match earned them a 4-1 victory.A.imposition

B.onslaught C.push

D.Edge 9.By the time I left his house he had become pretty hostile;I felt I（）better than that.A.pursued

B.fostered C.Entitled

D.Deserved 10.Today almost every household has radios, TVs and a whole（）of gadgets by electricity.A.Endeavor

B.host C.Supply

D.Faculty

1.Taking more than the recommended dose of tablets is quite()

.A.hilarious B.perilous C.surreptitious D.hideous 2.Even the best medical treatment can not cure all the ills that（）men and women.A.beseech B.B.bestow C.bewitch D.Beset 3.The field of medicine has always attracted its share of quacks — that is ,（）women and men with little or no medical knowledge.A.disreputable B.disguised C.distinguished D.Dissoluble 4.The reason why change has not come more quickly to Black Americans is that there is a sharp difference in appearance between them and their white()

.A.consultants B.counterparts C.culprits D.conservatives 5.All the questions（）around what she had been doing on the night of the robbery.A.resolved B.revoked C.revolved D.revived 6.We tried to drive our horse into the river, but he simply could not mother rats()

.A.trudge B.surge C.budge D.Dredge 7.The experiments（）that in overpopulated communities,do not behave normally.A.defied B.verified C.purified D.intensified 8.The aim of the president’s speech was to convince still reluctant countries of the great necessity of imposing sanctions against the countries that（）terrorists.A.kidnapped B.harassed C.heckled D.harbored

9.In other words, we discovered a（）of effects from the power failure, each becoming the cause of the next.A.succession B.recession C.procession D.Secession 10.In establishing or（）a causal relation, it is usually necessary to show the process by which the alleged cause produces the effect.A.reframing B.redeeming C.refuting D.redressing

Unit 7 1.We looked out across a river valley to the broad snow-white ridge of Mount Ararat, its peak()

against the blue sky.A.galvanizing B.exhilarating

C.incandescent D.Unreachable 2.Would you care for some tea, or even a light meal, to（）yourself before setting off for a new adventure? A.color B.forego C.boost D.Fortify 3.The company she was working for was failing so she decided to（）and set up her own business with a friend.A.deal out B.bail out C.hold out D.fall out 4.Fisher was given a（）in the marketing section before a decision was made about his future.A.tryout B.momentum C.conviction D.Permissiveness 5.This is one of the few jobs you can do in this place and（）being completely drunk.A.contribute to B.get away with C.make for D.try on 6.The lieutenant general has got such an enormous（）— I’ve never known anyone so full of themselves!A.humility B.illusion C.altruism D.Ego 7.Before becoming a（）director, Jason had worked as a film critic for a magazine for a number of years.A.full blown B.lovelorn C.grown up D.Rootless

8.According to a survey of 250 high schools, the（）rate among students is currently one in five.A.alteration B.dropout C.impulse D.denial 9.Please don’t be so depressed;I’m sure things will start to（）for the motor trade in the coming year.A.look up B.dredge up C.take hold D.sell out 10.After a heated debate, the Parliament voted to impose a two-year（）on nuclear weapons testing.A.curfew B.strain C.settlement D.moratorium

1.Even in those schools, which have tried to enforce no smoking by（）punishment, there’s as much smoking as in other schools.A.cordial B.contingent C.convertible D.corporal 2.People who have such an addiction are（）;i.e., they have a very powerful psychological need that they feel they must Satisfy.A.compulsory B.compulsive C.comprehensive D.consistent 3.Those living in countries with long dark winters are apt to be less talkative and less sociable than inhabitants of countries where the climate is more()

.A.excessive B.equivalent C.equable D.exquisite 4.Jill was seriously injured and for days he（）between life and death.A.hovered B.hewed C.hobbled D.huddled

5.Professor Smith has already retired, but his teachings still（）strong influence on his students.A.execute B.forsake C.exert D.forge 6.This is but a（）of the total amount of information which the teenager has stored.A.friction B.fraction C.faction D.fracture 7.The country has been faced with a（）problem of unemployment since the newly-elected President came into power.A.sagging B.jogging C.logging D.nagging 8.The English language is capable of expressing many subtle（）of meanings.A.shallows B.sermons C.shades D.shadows 9.It’s established that everyone has over a thousand dreams a year, however few of these()

productions are remembered during waking hours.A.tacit B.stringent C.nocturnal D.mawkish 10.The belief that you should own your house is deeply（）in British society.A.ingrained B.inflicted C.afflicted D.enraged

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第四篇：研究生英語(yǔ)unit 3

Unit 3

I am a journalist, not a historian, and while this book is an effort to describe a moment in the past, it is less a work of history than of personal reminiscence and reflection.Essentially, it is an account of my own observations and experiences in wartime Washington, supplemented by material drawn from interviews and other sources.I have tried to create out of it all a portrait of the pain and struggle of a city and a government suddenly called upon to fight, and to lead other nations in fighting, the greatest war in history, but pathetically and sometimes hilariously unprepared to do so.我是新聞工作者，不是歷史學(xué)家，所以本書描寫的雖然是過(guò)往歲月中的一刻，卻稱不上是一部史學(xué)著作，而僅是個(gè)人的追思。書中所寫的主要是戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)期間我本人在華盛頓的觀察和經(jīng)歷，輔以采訪等材料。我試圖刻畫一個(gè)城市和一個(gè)政府的痛苦與掙扎，這個(gè)城市和政府突然被要求參加戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)，還要在戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)中領(lǐng)導(dǎo)別的國(guó)家，參與的又是有史以來(lái)最偉大的戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)，實(shí)在是有些措手不及，因此表現(xiàn)得很糟糕，有時(shí)甚至很可笑。

This is bound to be somewhere close to the last reporting from that period based on firsthand sources.One after another, with unsettling rapidity, those in positions of power and responsibility during World War II are passing from the scene.Several who agreed to recall and describe their experiences in the war years died before I could get to them.這幾乎肯定是以第一手資料寫成的、有關(guān)那個(gè)時(shí)期的最后一場(chǎng)報(bào)道。二戰(zhàn)中位高權(quán)重的人物一個(gè)接一個(gè)很快去世，實(shí)在令人不安。有幾位原本已經(jīng)答應(yīng)回憶并講述一下他們?cè)诙?zhàn)中的經(jīng)歷，可我還沒(méi)來(lái)得及拜訪，他們就離開了人世。

I have not dealt here in any detail with the grand strategy of the war in Europe and the Pacific.Instead, I have tried to report mainly on what I saw and heard and learned in Washington during years now fading into a misty past, the wartime experience of a country two-thirds of whose people are now too young to remember any of it.The result is a sort of Our Town at war, the story of a city astonished and often confused to find itself at the center of a worldwide conflict without ever hearing a shot fired.A strange city, set up in the first place to be the center of government and, like government itself at that time, a city moving slowly and doing little.我在本書中沒(méi)有對(duì)歐洲及太平洋戰(zhàn)區(qū)中的宏大戰(zhàn)略做詳盡的描述。相反，我主要報(bào)道了那些年我在華盛頓的所見所聞。這些往事已經(jīng)在人們的記憶中變得越來(lái)越模糊，對(duì)于那場(chǎng)戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)，這個(gè)國(guó)家中有三分之二的人都太年輕，對(duì)它并無(wú)記憶。結(jié)果，本書描寫的就是一個(gè)以戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)為背景的“我們的小鎮(zhèn)”，講的是一個(gè)城市在根本沒(méi)有聽到一聲槍響的情況下，就卷入了一場(chǎng)全球性沖突，因而變得很驚愕，常常也很困惑。這是一個(gè)不同尋常的城市，設(shè)立時(shí)主要是想將它建成政府的中心，因此這個(gè)城市便和當(dāng)時(shí)的政府一樣，行動(dòng)十分緩慢，所做相當(dāng)有限。

第五篇：研究生英語(yǔ)課文翻譯Unit 12

Thanksgiving Soon they will be together again, all the people who travel between their own lives and each other’s.The package tour of the season will lure them this week to the family table.很快所有那些在我們和他人生活中穿梭的人們都會(huì)再次聚集到一起。這個(gè)團(tuán)體旅游季會(huì)引誘他們這個(gè)星期回到家庭的餐桌上。

By Thursday, feast day, family day, Thanksgiving day, Americans who value individualism like no other people will collect around a million tables in a ritual of belonging.到周四，盛宴之日，家庭的節(jié)日，感恩節(jié)，比任何人都重視個(gè)人主義的美國(guó)人會(huì)為了一個(gè)歸屬感的儀式聚集在百萬(wàn)張桌子周圍。

They will assemble their families the way they assemble dinner: each other bearing a personality as different as cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie.For one dinner they will cook for each other, fuss for each other, feed each other and argue with each other.他們會(huì)像在一起吃晚餐一樣把家人聚在一起，每個(gè)人都有不同的的個(gè)性，就像他們做的蔓越橘沙司和難過(guò)餡餅一樣。這頓晚餐他們會(huì)互相為對(duì)方下廚，為對(duì)方忙亂，給對(duì)方喂吃的，互相爭(zhēng)辯。

They will nod at their common heritage, the craziness and caring of other generations.They will measure their common legacy??children.他們會(huì)對(duì)他們共同的傳統(tǒng)產(chǎn)生共鳴，對(duì)別代人的狂熱和關(guān)心。他們會(huì)估量他們共同的財(cái)產(chǎn)-孩子。

All these complex cells, these men and women, old and young, with different dreams and disappointments will give homage again to the group they are a part of and apart from: their family.所有這些復(fù)雜的環(huán)節(jié)，這些有著不同夢(mèng)想和失望的男女老少會(huì)再一次給家庭這個(gè)集體敬意，他們既是家庭的一部分，又生活于其外。

Families and individuals.The “we” and the “I”.As good Americans we all travel between these two ideals.家庭和個(gè)體，“我們”和“我”。作為一個(gè)虔誠(chéng)的美國(guó)人我們都往來(lái)于這兩個(gè)理想之間。We take value trips from the great American notion of individualism to the great American vision of family.We wear our tires driving back and forth, using speed to shorten the distance between these two principles.我們?cè)趥ゴ竺绹?guó)的個(gè)人主義意識(shí)和偉大美國(guó)的家庭觀念之間進(jìn)行價(jià)值選擇。我們就像一輛往返于這兩個(gè)原則之間的車，通過(guò)速度來(lái)減少兩者之間的舉例。

There has always been some pavement between a person and a family.From the first moment we recognize that we are separate we begin to wrestle with aloneness and togetherness.一個(gè)人和他的家庭總是會(huì)存在一些舉例。從我們發(fā)現(xiàn)我們和家庭分開的那一刻起，我們就開始努力克服獨(dú)居和團(tuán)聚的沖突。

Here and now these conflicts are especially acute.We are after all, raised in families...to be individuals.This double message follows us through life.此時(shí)此刻這些沖突越發(fā)的突出。畢竟我們是被家庭養(yǎng)育長(zhǎng)大，但我們最終是成為了一個(gè)個(gè)體。這個(gè)雙重信息會(huì)伴隨我們醫(yī)生。

We are taught about the freedom of the “I” and the safety of the “we”.The loneliness of the “I” and the intrusiveness of the “we”.The selfishness of the “I” and the burdens of the “we”.我們總是被教育作為個(gè)人的自由和來(lái)自家庭的安全感，作為個(gè)人的孤獨(dú)，融入家庭可能會(huì)被過(guò)多干涉，作為個(gè)人的自私，和來(lái)自家庭的負(fù)擔(dān)。We are taught what Andre Malraux said:”Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.”

馬爾羅的話教育我們：“離開家庭，一個(gè)孤零零生活在這個(gè)世界上的人會(huì)凍得瑟瑟發(fā)抖。” And taught what he said another day:”The denial of the supreme importance of the mind’s development accounts for many revolts against the family.” 但是同樣是他說(shuō)的話又教育我們：“對(duì)思想發(fā)展的至高重要性的否認(rèn)，很大程度上解釋了對(duì)家庭的反對(duì)。”

In theory, the world rewards “the supreme importance” of the individual, the ego.We think alone, inside our heads.We write music and literature with an enlarged sense of self.We are graded and paid, hired and fired, on our own merit.理論上這個(gè)世界認(rèn)為個(gè)人和自我意識(shí)是最為重要的。我們?cè)陬^腦中獨(dú)立的思考。我們創(chuàng)作的音樂(lè)和文學(xué)作品是對(duì)自身感官的放大。我們被評(píng)定的等級(jí)，所受到的報(bào)酬，我們被雇用或是解雇都是基于我們自己的功過(guò)。

The rank individualism is both exciting and cruel.Here is where the fittest survive.有等級(jí)劃分的個(gè)人主義即使令人興奮的又是殘酷的。在這之下適者生存。

The family, on the other hand, at its best, works very differently.We don’t have to achieve to be accepted by our families.We just have to be.Our membership is not based on credentials but on birth.另一方面，處于最好狀態(tài)下的家庭運(yùn)作方式非常不同。我們不用去爭(zhēng)取被家庭接受。我們只要存在就一定會(huì)被接受。參與到一個(gè)家庭中不是憑借我們的證書而是基于出身。

As Malraux put it,”A friend loves you for your intelligence, a mistress for your charm, but your family’s love is unreasoning.You were born into it and of its flesh and blood.” 就是馬爾羅說(shuō)的：“朋友因?yàn)槟愕牟胖嵌鴲?ài)你，情婦因?yàn)槟愕镊攘Χ鴲?ài)你，但是你的家人對(duì)你的愛(ài)是沒(méi)有原因的，你在家庭的愛(ài)中出生并且有著她的血肉。”

The family is formed not for the survival of the fittest but for the weakest.It is not an economic unit but an emotional one.This is not the place where people ruthlessly compete with each other but where they work for each other.家庭并不是由最適合的人組成，而是由最脆弱的人組成。這不是一個(gè)經(jīng)濟(jì)集合體而是一個(gè)情感集合體。這里沒(méi)有人們相互之間無(wú)情的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)而只有人們互相為對(duì)方服務(wù)。Its business is taking care, and when it works, it is not callous but kind.家庭的業(yè)務(wù)是關(guān)懷，當(dāng)家庭運(yùn)作時(shí)，沒(méi)有冷漠只會(huì)關(guān)懷備至。

There are fewer heroes, fewer stars in family life.While the world may glorify the self, the family asks us, at one time or another, to submerge it.While the world may abandon us, the family promises, at one time or another, to protect us.家庭生活中沒(méi)有那么多英雄和明星。當(dāng)世界贊美個(gè)人的時(shí)候，家庭總會(huì)讓我們淹沒(méi)了自我。當(dāng)世界拋棄了我們，家庭總會(huì)承諾保護(hù)我們。

So we commute daily, weekly, yearly between one world and another.Between a life as a family member that can be nurturing or smothering.Between life as an individual that can free us or flatten us.We vacillate between two separate sets of demands and possibilities.所以我們每天，每周，每年地往返于這兩個(gè)世界。是在一個(gè)養(yǎng)育我們，但同時(shí)可能會(huì)令人窒息的家庭中生活，還是作為一個(gè)可能會(huì)自由但卻被磨去銳氣的個(gè)人。我們?cè)谶@兩個(gè)完全不同的需求和可能性中躊躇。

The people who will gather around this table Thursday live in both of these worlds, a part of and apart from each other.With any luck the territory they travel from one to another can be a fertile one, rich with care and space.It can be a place where the “I” and the “we” interact.在這周四會(huì)聚集在桌子周圍的人們同時(shí)生活在這兩個(gè)世界里，他們既是互相的一部分，又獨(dú)立存在。運(yùn)氣好的話，他們?cè)趦蓚€(gè)世界間來(lái)回的領(lǐng)土可以非常富饒，充滿了關(guān)心和空間。這里可以是個(gè)人和家庭相互作用的空間。

On this day at least, they will bring each other something both special and something to be shared: these separate selves.至少在這一天，他們給對(duì)方帶去了既特殊又可以被分享的東西——這些被分開的自我。