最新版现代大学英语精读2-unit-2课文翻译say yes

1. They were doing the dishes, his wife washing while he dried. Unlike

most men he knew,he really pitched（用力扔;投;抛;搭帐篷；沥青漆黑；） in on the housework. A few months earlier he'd overheard a friend of his wife's congratulating her on having such a considerate husband. 他们在洗盘子，妻子，他擦干。与他认识的大多数男人不同，他确实主动到帮助做家务。几个月前他无意听到他妻子的一个朋友祝贺她有这样一个体贴的丈夫。 2. They talked about different things and somehow got onto the subject

of whether white people should marry black people. He said that all things considered, he thought it was a bad idea. 他们闲聊着不同的事情，不知不觉就谈到了白人是否应该和黑人结婚这一话题。他说综合各方面考虑，这不是一一个好主意。 3. “Why?\" she asked. “为什么?”她问。

4. Sometimes his wife got this look where she pinched（拧;捏;掐;捏住）

her brows（ [braʊ]额头;山脊;坡顶） together and bit her lower lip. When he saw her like this he knew he should keep his mouth shut, but he never did.Actually it made him talk more. She had that look now. 有时他妻子会做出这样的表情;紧锁双眉，咬住下唇。当他看到妻子这种表情的时候，他知道他应该闭嘴了，但他从来都做不到;相反他说地更多了,现在她就是那种表情。

5. “Why?\" she asked again, and stood there with her hand inside a

bowl（ [boʊl]）, just holding it above the water. 她站在那儿，一只手拿着碗，还没放进水里，又问道: “为什么?

6. “Listen,\" he said, “I went to school with blacks, and I've worked with

blacks and we've always gotten along just fine. I don't need you coming along now and implying that I'm a racist.” “听着，”他说，“我和黑人一起上学，-起工作，我们一直都相处得很好，我不需要你现在出来暗示我是个种族主义者。” 7. “I didn't imply anything,\" she said, “I just don't see what's wrong

with a white person marrying a black person, that's all.\" 我没有暗示什么。”她说，“ 我只是不理解白人和黑人结婚有什么不对，仅此而已。

8. “They don't come from the same culture. Why, they even have their

own language. That's okay with me. I like hearing them talk.”

“他们文化不同，甚至语言也不同。但这对我来说无所谓，我喜欢听他们说话。” 9. “But you wouldn't like to marry a black person, is that it?\" she asked. “但是你不愿意娶一个黑人，对吗”她问

10. “But that's different. A person from their culture and a person of our

culture could never really know each other.\" “但结婚就不同了，有着黑人文化背景的人和有我们文化背景的人是永远不可能真正了解对方的。” 11. “Like you know me?\" his wife asked.“ “就像你了解我那样，对吗?”妻子问。 12. “Yes. Like I know you.” “是的，就像我了解你一样。”

13. “But if they love each other,\" she said.“ 但是如果他们彼此相爱呢?”她说。

14. Oh boy, he thought. He said, “Don't take my word for it. Look at the

statistics（ [stəˈtɪstɪks] ）. Most of those marriages break up. \"哦，天哪，他想。他说，“你可以不相信我的话。看看数据吧，那样的婚姻大多数都不能长久。” 15. “Statistics.\" She was piling（ [paɪl] 堆放;摞起;叠放;） dishes on the

draining（ [dreɪn]排空;(使)流光;放干;） board at a terrific rate. Many of them were still greasy（多油的;油污的;沾油脂的;）. “All right,\" she said,“what about foreigners（ [ˈfɔːrənər]）? I suppose you think the same thing about two foreigners getting married.\" “ 数据。”她以极快的速度将盘子摴在滴水板上，许多盘子上还有游渍。“好吧”，她说，“如果是外国人呢?我猜你对于两个来自不同国家的人结婚也有相同的看法吧。” 16. “Yes,”he said, “as a matter of fact I do. How can you understand

someone who comes from a completely different background?\" “你猜对了。”他说，“我就是这么看的。你怎么能理解一一个来自和你背景完全不同的人呢?”

17. “Different,\" said his wife.“Not the same, like us.” “不同。”他妻子说，“不一样，不像我们这样?

18. “Yes, different,\" he snapped（厉声说;怒气冲冲地说;不耐烦地说）, 主语

补足语angry with her for resorting（求助，诉诸;常去;采取某手段或方法） to this trick of 同位语repeating his words so that they sounded

hypocritical（ [ˌhɪpəˈkrɪtɪkl快]虚伪的;伪善的）. “These are dirty,\" he said, and threw all the silverware back into the sink.

“是的，不同，”他厉声说。她采用这样的方式重复他说的话，显得他非常虛伪，他对此感到非常生气。“这些还没洗干净， ”他说着，把所有的银制餐具都扔回水池里。

19. She stared down at it, her lips pressed tight together, then plunged

（猛的一下放） her hands under the surface.“Oh!\" she cried, and jumped back. She took her right hand by the wrist and held it up. Her thumb was bleeding. 她盯着水槽，双唇紧闭，然后把双手猛地伸进水里，“啊!”她尖叫起来，向后跳了一下。她抓住右手腕并把它举了起来，大拇指在流血。

20. “Don't move,\" he said.“Stay right there.\" He ran upstairs to the

bathroom and rummaged（翻寻;乱翻;搜寻） in the medicine chest for alcohol, cotton, and a Band-Aid. When he came back down she was leaning against the refrigerator with her eyes closed, still holding her hand. He took her hand and dabbed（轻触，轻拍，轻拭） at her thumb with the cotton. The bleeding had stopped. He squeezed it to see how deep the wound 双pun关was. “ 别动，”他说，“就呆在那儿。”他跑到浴室，在药柜箱里翻找酒精，药棉和邦迪牌创可贴。他从楼上下来的时候，她正闭眼倚在冰箱上，仍然举着那只受伤的右手。他拿过她的手，用药棉轻轻蘸了蘸大拇指受伤的地方。已经不在流血了。他挤了挤伤口，看看伤有多深。

21. “It's shallow,\" he said.“Tomorrow you won't even know it's there.\" He

hoped that she appreciated how quickly he had come to her aid. He'd acted out of concern for her, he thought that it would be a nice gesture on her part not to start up that conversation again, as he was tired of 厌倦it. “不深， ”他说，“明天就长好了，”他希望她会感激他这么迅速地来帮忙。他这么做是处于对她的关心，他想对于她来说这是个很好的暗示，让她别再继续刚才的话题，因为他不想再说什么了。

22. \"I'll finish up here,\" he said.“You go and relax.\" “ 我来洗碗，”他说，“你去休息吧!” 23. \"That's okay,\" she said.“I'll dry.\" “不碍事。”她说，“ 我来擦吧。

24. He began to wash the silverware again. 他开始重洗这些餐具。

25. “So,\" she said,“you wouldn't have married me if I'd been black.\" “所以，”她说，“如果我是黑人，你就不会娶我了。” 26. \"For Christ's sake, Ann!\"

“看在的面子上， 别再说了，安!”

27. “Well, that's what you said, didn't you?\" “ 你刚才就是这样说的，对吧?”

28. “No, I did not. The whole question is ridiculous. If you had been

black we probably wouldn't even have met. The only black girl I ever knew was my partner in the debating club.\" “不，我没说。这个问题太可笑了，如果你是黑人，我们几乎不可能相遇。我真正了解的黑人女孩只有一个，她是我在辩论俱乐部中的搭档。” 29. “But if we had met, and I'd been black?” ”但假如我是黑人， 我们又相遇了呢?”

30. “Then you probably would have been going out with a black guy.\"

He picked up the rinsing（冲洗，洗涮;） nozzle（ [ˈnɑːzl） and sprayed（ [spreɪ]） the silverware. “那你很可能会跟一个黑人小伙子谈恋爱。”他拿起喷头冲洗餐具。

31. \"Let's say I am black and unattached单身,\" she said,“and we meet and

fall in love.\" “ 假如说我是黑人，没有结婚，”她说，“ 我们相遇并且相爱了。”

32. He glanced over at her. She was watching him and her eyes were

bright. \"Look,\" he said,taking a reasonable tone,“this is stupid. If you were black you wouldn't be you.\" As he said this he realized it was absolutely true. There was no possible way of arguing with the fact that she would not be herself if she were black. 他看了一眼妻子，她正看着他，双眼亮晶晶的。“你看，”他以一种立志的语调说，“这很愚蠢，如果你是黑人，你就不是你了，这是一个事实，事实胜于雄辩。 33. “I know,\" she said,“but let's just say.\"“ 我知道， ”她说，“但是我们只是假设。”

34. He took a deep breath. He had won the argument but he still felt

cornered.逼入陷阱“Say what?\" he asked. 他深深地吸了一口气。他已经争赢了，但还觉得不舒服。“假设什么?”他问道。 35. “That I'm black, but still me, and we fall in love. Will you marry me?\" “ 假设我是黑人，但仍然是我，而且我们相爱了。你会娶我吗?” 36. He thought about it. 他想了想。

37. “Well?\" she said. Her eyes were even brighter.“Will you marry me?\" “说呀?”她说，她的眼睛更亮了。“你会娶我吗?” 38. “I'm thinking,\" he said.

“ 我正想着呢。”他说。 39. “You won't, I can tell.\" “我能看出你不会的。

40. \"Let's not move too fast on this,\" he said. “There are lots of things to

consider. We don't want to do something we would regret for the rest of our lives.\" “不要这么快下结论。”他说，“许多事情 都需要考虑。谁也不想做会让自己抱憾终生的事。” 41. “No more considering. Yes or no?\" “别再考虑了，会还是不会?” 42. “Since you put it that way-” 你要这么说的... 43. “Yes or no.” “会还是不会?”

44. “Jesus, Ann. All right, No.\" “天哪，安，好吧，不会。

45. She said,“Thank you，” and walked from the kitchen into the living

room. A moment later he heard her turning the pages of a magazine. He knew that she was too angry to be actually reading it, but she didn't snap through the pages the way he would have done. She turned them slowly, as if she were studying every word. She was

demonstrating（[ˈdemənstreɪt]证明;证实;论证;说） her indifference to him, and it had the effect he knew she wanted it to have. It hurt him. 她说，“谢谢你! ”说完，离开厨房进了客厅。过了一会儿，他听见了她翻在杂志的声音。他知道她太生气了，根本读不进杂志，但她不像他生气时那样把杂志翻得哗哗响。她慢慢地翻动书页，好像在研读里面的每一一个字。她在对他表示冷漠。

46. He had no choice but to demonstrate his indifference to her. Quietly,

thoroughly（彻底地）, he washed the rest of the dishes. Then he dried them and put them away. He wiped the counters and the stove. 他静静地，彻底地洗完了剩下的盘子，然后把它们擦干，放好。他还擦了擦台面和灶台。

47. While he was at it, he decided, he might as well mop the floor. When

he was done the kitchen looked new, the way it looked when they were first shown the house. 擦洗的时候，他决定把地也拖一拖。所有活都干完了，厨房里焕然一新，看起来和当初他们来看房子时一样。

48. He picked up the garbage pail（peil） and went outside. The night was

clear and he could see a few stars to the west, where the lights of the town didn't blur（ [blɜːr]变得模糊不清;(使)视线模糊;） them out. On EI Camino the traffic was steady and light, peaceful as a river. He felt ashamed that he had let his wife get him into a fight. In another

thirty years or so they would both be dead. What would all that stuff matter then? He thought of the years they had spent together, and how close they were, and how well they knew each other, and his throat tightened so that he could hardly breathe. 他拿起垃圾桶走了出去。夜空清朗，他可以看到西边有几颗星星，城市的灯火并没有掩盖他们的光芒。在厄卡米诺大街上，车辆不多，宁静得像条河。.他觉得很羞愧，他居然和妻子吵了一架。再过30年，他们可能都不在人世了。那这些问题还有什么重要的呢?他想起了他们共同走过的日子，想起了那时的他们是多么亲密，多么了解对方啊!想到这儿，他感到喉咙发紧，几乎不能呼吸了。 49. The house was dark when he came back inside. She was in the

bathroom. He stood outside the door and called her name.“Ann, I'm really sorry,\" he said.“I'll make it up to you. I promise.\" 当他回来时，家里一片漆黑。妻子在浴室里。他站在门口，叫了她的名字。“安，真对不起。”他说，“我会补偿你的，我保证。” 50. “How?\" she said. “怎么补偿?”她说。

51. He knew that he had to come up with the right answer. He leaned

against the door.“I'll marry you,\" he whispered. 他知道他得给出正确的答案。他倚在门上。“ 我愿意娶你的，”他低声说。 52. “We'll see,\" she said.“Go on to bed. I'll be out in a minute.\" “一会儿就知道了。”她说。“你上床吧， 我一会儿就出来。

53. He undressed and got under the covers. Finally he heard the

bathroom door open and close. 他脱了衣服，钻进被窝里。终于他听见浴室门开了又关了的声音。 . “Turn off the light,\" she said from the hallway. “关灯。”门厅传来她的声音。 55. “What?\" “什么? ”

56. “Turn off the light.\" “关灯。”

57. He reached over and pulled the chain on the bedside lamp. The room

went dark.“All right,”he said. He lay there, but nothing happened.

“All right,\" he said again. Then he heard a movement across the room. He sat up, but he couldn't see a thing. The room was silent. His heart pounded（反复击打;连续砰砰地猛击） the way it had on their first night together, the way it still did when he woke at a noise in the darkness and waited to hear again- -the sound of someone moving through the house, a stranger.

他伸手拉了一下床边的灯绳，房间里伸手不见五指。“好了，”他说，他躺在那儿，但什么也没发生。“好了。 ”他又说了一遍。然后听到有人穿过了房间。他坐了起来，但什么都看不见。房间里很安静。他的心怦怦直跳，那种心跳的感觉如同他们一起，等着再次听到它一样——有人在房间走动的声音，一个陌生人的声音。