新视野大学英语第四册课文翻译（New horizon, College English, fourth text translation）

新视野大学英语第四册课文翻译（New horizon, College English, fourth text translation） 新视野大学英语第四册课文翻译(New horizon, College English, fourth text translation) UNIT 1 An artist's pursuit of fame is like a dog chasing its tail. Once he reaches for it, he knows what he can do except keep on chasing. The cruelty of success is that it often seeks destruction for those who seek success. In a pursuit of success and budding artists, their friends often suggest decent jobs cannot be lost!" Their fears are reasonable. The pursuit of success, most optimistic, is also difficult, many people even in the end is not down and out, but also almost mental collapse. Still, the less pure motives of wanting to win chase and peer praise are encouraging them to move forward. Enjoy the crowning glory of success; the temptation is not easily resisted. Most famous people are famous for their special abilities in singing, dancing, painting or writing, and can form their own style In order to get popular quickly, agents will tout their style. They let people see clearly the float upon the clouds. How on earth did they succeed? Most people couldn't say. Even so, the artist still can't sit idle. If performers, painters, or writers are bored, their work will be difficult to maintain and attract public attention. When the public's enthusiasm is passed away, they will go after the next popular man. Some artists will change their style of writing, dancing or singing in order not to fall behind, but it will be in great danger of falling out of favor. The public will disdain any form other than the artistic style in which they are famous. The style of a famous writer can be seen at a glance, such as the drama of Tennessee Williams, the plot of Ernest Hemingway, the poetry of Robert Frost or T.S., Eliot, etc.. Similarly, painters such as Monet, Renoir, and Daly are the same with filmmakers such as Hitchcock, Fellini, Spielberg, Kaige Chen, or Zhang Yimou. Their distinct styles marked a significant change with others of different art form, which makes them fame and fortune, But they also pay the price, that is, the freedom to express themselves in other styles or forms. The spotlight of fame is hotter than a tropical jungle. The scam will soon be exposed, and the pressure from too much attention will be unbearable for most people. It makes you lose yourself. You must be the one you are recognized by, not who you are or who you are. The artist, like the politician, must often say something against one or even do not believe it to please the audience A drop of fame may contaminate the whole well of the human mind, so an artist who is able to remain true to himself is particularly amazing. You may not answer who won't compromise, but still win in this game of fame and fortune. One example is the famous Irish writer, Oscar Wilde, who is famous for his social and sexual behavior. Although his behavior public objected, but I am still my old self, He also paid a terrible price. At a dinner, the mother of one of his closest friends accused him of sexually influencing her son in the face of his friends and admirers. He listened to her words after furious, sued the young man's mother, said she ruined his "good" name. But he should have asked for a better lawyer. As a result, the judge not only did not support his claim that the woman should compensate him for the loss of reputation, but fined him himself. He refused to pay the fines eventually sent to prison. To make matters worse, he could no longer receive more public favors. At worst, he found no one willing to risk his fame to speak for him. To keep true himself, he paid the price of being in the most need of worship, who ignored him. Strangely enough, the biggest losers are the losers. They have gained freedom! They can freely express herself, don't worry, not to follow the beaten track, losing the support of fans. When a failed artist seeks comfort, it is possible to think that many great artists have died years before they become famous, or that they have not betrayed themselves. They can also justify their failure: their talent is too high, not contemporary audience or audience understand. The die hards who still fail to give up may be happy to know how many famous men have been braver until they succeed. American novelist Thomas Wolf's first novel, "look home.", "Angel rejected 39 times before it was finally published. Beethoven beat his father's prejudice that he had no musician potential and became the greatest musician in the world. In nineteenth Century, Pestalozzi, a famous Swiss educator, did not succeed in his work until he thought of teaching children and developed a basic theory of a new type of educational model. Thomas Edison was kicked out of school when he was in grade four, because the teacher seemed to him to be too slow. Unfortunately for most people, failure is the end of the struggle, not the beginning. For those who throw the helve after the hatchet seek fame and fortune, I want to say: I wish you good luck. But unfortunately, you will find that this is not what you want. A dog's tail is nothing but a tail. Successful people often find that success does more harm than good to him. So be happy with who you are and what you are doing, not what you are trying to achieve. Do what you are proud of. You may be unknown in your lifetime, but you may have created better art. UNIT 2 He was born in a poor part of the south of london. His socks were clipped from his mother's red stockings. His mother was once diagnosed with mental disorder. Dickens may have created Charlie Chaplin's childhood story, But only Charlie Chaplin could make a great comic character, the tramp, a ragged little man who made his creator famous forever. As far as Chaplin is concerned, other countries, France, Italy, Spain, and even Japan gave him more applause (and more benefits) than his birthplace. In 1913, Chaplin left England permanently and started off with some of the actors in the United States for stage comedy performances. There, he recruited him to the king of Hollywood comedy Mike Cernat's work. Unfortunately, many Britons in the two and twentieth Century 30s thought Chaplin's tramp was somewhat vulgar". The middle class certainly thinks so. The working class but are more likely to cheer for such a resistance to the powerful role: he clapped to obstruct to wicked little cane, or boot heel alignment pow kick. Still, Chaplin's funny beggar looks less like the British, not even the working class. British tramps don't wear beards or wear baggy pants or tails: European leaders and Italy waiters wear them. What's more, the tramp looks so pretty in the eyes of a pretty girl that is not considered decent by the British audience - only foreign talent, isn't it? In most of Chaplin's screen career, he was silent on the screen, and there was no way to prove he was british. In fact, when Chaplin could no longer resist a sound movie and had to find the right voice for his Tramp, he did have a headache. He tried to postpone the day as much as possible: in the modern age of 1936, he sang and sang in the film for the first time. In the film, He acted as a waiter, full of drivel, and did not sound like the language of any country. Later, he said, his imaginary tramp was a college educated but declining gentleman. But if he had an educated accent in the early short comedy films, it would be hard to tell whether he would be famous, And the British are sure to think it's weird". No one knew whether Chaplin was doing it on purpose, but it made him a great success. He was a man of extraordinary talent, and his determination was so great that it was rare even among Hollywood stars. His great fame brought him freedom and, more importantly, wealth, he was thus master of himself. At the beginning of his career, he felt an urge to discover and expand his talents. When he first saw himself on the screen as a "Tramp", he said, "it can't be me.". Is that possible? Look, what a strange character it is!" The shock awakened his imagination. Chaplin did not write his jokes in advance. He is the comedian who creates art by acting while feeling. Inanimate objects especially helped Chaplin develop his artistic talents. He imagines these objects as something else. So in the pawnbroker, a bad alarm clock turns into an operating patient; in the gold rush, the boots are boiled in pots and the bottom is eaten with salt and pepper, Like the fish (the nails being removed like fish bones). This transformation of things, and the skills he has made again and again, are the mysteries of Chaplin's great comedy. He too deeply wanted to be loved, and afraid of being betrayed. The two are difficult to combine, and sometimes this conflict leads to disaster, just as he did in his early marriages. Yet even this self-knowledge, which was paid for at a price, was shown in his comedies. The tramp never loses faith in the flower girl that she was waiting to walk into the sunset with him; while the other side of Chaplin makes his Mr. Verdu, a French wife killed, has become a symbol of hatred for women. It was a relief that life finally gave him the stability and happiness that Chaplin had not previously achieved. He found Wana ONeil Chaplin's companion. Her poise and affection spanned the 37 year old gap between them. Their age difference is too large, so that when they get married in 1942 when the bride announced the date of their wedding, ask the beautiful 17 year old girl as they go through the formalities of officials: "wher