基本信息出版社：湖北长江出版集团，湖北人民出版社
页码：267 页
出版日期：2009年03月
ISBN：721605430X/9787216054300
条形码：9787216054300
版本：第1版
装帧：平装
开本：32
正文语种：中文/英语
丛书名：美国短文英汉比读
内容简介 本套丛书的内容精彩，是一道不可多得的靓丽风景，然而，别忘了，这些最新的美国短文佳句不断、美词迭出——一道迷人之风景也！英语毕竟不是我们的母语，大量阅读乃强化英语语感、提高英语实践能力的唯一途径。精彩的内容，激发对其表，达的关注，而文采斐然，又反过来深化我们对原文的品味！——这就是笔者，作为读者和译者的真切感受！
作者简介 毛荣贵，上海交通大学教授，翻译博导。曾任《科技英语学习》（月刊）主编10年。1 996年应美国驻华大使James R Sasser（詹姆士?尚
慕杰）之邀，伊leading citIzerl（杰出公民）的身份遍访美国并讲学；Rosemary Adang，英语语言文学研究专家。中美教授携手，精选美国
当代短文，介绍给中国读者。这些短文反映了美国社会的方方面面，美国人的价值观、人生观、生活观，以及美国人的日常生活，同日寸，也
折射了美国当代文学的某些特点。
毛荣贵约请李树德教授、张琦教授等七位学者将这套丛书翻译成汉语，并约请旅美学者倪俊先生具体审校了译稿、指导翻译了工作。
Rosemary教授对书中的社会生活及语言表达的疑难之处，作了详细的解释，保证了译文的质量。
一篇篇精美短文，富含妙词佳句，采用中英文对照，并辅以画龙点睛的“导读”，是我们中国英语学习者不可多得的原材料、好教材。阅
读这套丛书，能解美国社会和文化，学地道现代英语，记时尚英语新词，育厂泛阅读兴趣，养英语表达语感，练撼词造句诀窍，习美伦英语写
作，品英汉表达差异，磨犀利翻译文笔。
目录
前言之
前言之二
电话铃声响起的时候
一位母亲的警告
寻找振奋之路
音乐是他的护照
兽医坦尼的绝活
和海豚交谈的男孩
戈氏孪生兄弟的秘密生活
“你是我的词典
最伟大的爱
摆满鲜花的教室
此爱永驻我心
永驻我心的情人节
超越一切的爱
真冷
宽松的黄衬衫
白色的尖桩篱笆
“你好，年轻的情人!
好好打一场高尔夫球
失而复得的圣诞节
难以忘怀的“动物女神
父亲给我两次生命
一个胜者的秘诀
困难重重永不退缩
……
序言 人生自古谁无死，留取丹心照汗青。
——这是南宋文天祥在其《过零丁洋》中的名句。
我曾想，略知民族英雄文天祥之坎坷命途者，自然会作如此联想：他能写“人生自古谁无死”这样的千古绝句，也一定会仰天慨叹：人生自古谁无苦！
后来，留学英伦，读Noel Grove的Mark twain——Mirlror ofAmerica（《马克吐温——美国的镜子》）一文，深为其动，尤其是以下这句，让我思绪袅袅：
Bitterness fed on the man who had made the world laugh．
（这位令全世界的人发出笑声的人自己却饱尝辛酸。）
马克吐温，一代美国文学巨匠，幽默大师，他的作品让美国人欢笑，让西方人欢笑，让全世界的读者欢笑。他本人却在“苦水”中泡大！
我本以为，他应该是这样一个人：
I tappiness and pleasure fed on the man who had made the world 1augh．
（这位令全世界的人发出笑声的人，生活充满了幸福和快乐！）
由此，我更坚信：人生自古谁无苦！
而大多数幸福快乐的人，难以体验命运坎坷的煎熬。殊不知，天有不测，人生无常。当不测风云突然降临，却常常措手不及。难能可贵的是，书中23个真实故事的主人公面临种种苦难——骤失至亲、痛苦童年、命途多舛、天有不测……没有屈服，而是勇敢地挑战命运，展现出的品质、意志和风采强烈地震撼着我。
文摘 1. For as far back as I can remember, my son Ryan could notwait to get behind the wheel of a car. He applied for his driver'spermit at 9 a.m. on his 16th birthday, booked his Australian li-cense test for precisely one year later, December 14, 1993, andgot a near-perfect score. That was the day my husband Gary and Igave Ryan an "old but good" Ford Laser hatchback. The carseemed ideal for him
a gasoline miser and reasonably cheap torepair.
2. Ryan was a typical 17-year-old with a teen-ager's enthusi-asm for life. He played tennis and cricket and enjoyed any sport onTV. Tall and lanky with an ever-present grin, he had a wonderfulsense of humor and was gaining an appreciation of girls. He lovedfiddling with computers and often fixed problems with our town-planning consultancys computer system.
3. Ryan was mature for his age, as single children often are, and took his studies seriously. He had set his mind on doing well in the Higher School Certificate in 1994 and had taken coaching in math over the Christmas break. On Australia Day 1994, about a week before school was due to resume, he wanted to spend a few days with a friend who had moved from a nearby suburb to north- west Sydney. We agreed, but urged him to drive carefully. "Don't worry, Morn. "he said, smiling, as he packed a bag and grabbed the car keys.
4. At 3:20 p.m. Ryan lost control of the car on a bend near his destination and slid onto the gravel shoulder. Trying to avoid a pole, he spun the wheel furiously, and the car somersaulted. Police believe he was speeding.
5. Ryan was rushed to a Sydney hospital by helicopter. We ar- rived lust as he was being wheeled, unconscious, into the emergencyroom with bandages around his head. We were ushered to a waitingroom. Then the nightmare began.
6. The first doctor's words were a blur. I heard somethingabout head injury, pressure on the brain and the need for an imme-diate operation. In the hours that followed, I half expected Ryan towalk through th
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