篇一：高中英语必修一到五的单词
M1
Unit 1
△survey n. 调查；测验 add up 吅计
upset adj．心烦意乱的；不安的；不适的
vt.(upset，upset) 使不安；使心烦 ignore vt．不理睬；忽视
calm vt．& vi. (使)平静；(使)镇定
adj．平静的；镇静的；沉着的 calm (...) down (使)平静下来；(使)镇定下来
have got to 不得不；必须
concern vt．(使)担忧；涉及；关系到
n．担心；关注；(利害)关系
be concerned about关心；挂念 walk the dog 遛狗
loose adj．松的；松开的 vt. n．兽医 △vet 兽医
go through 经历；经受
Netherlands n.荷兰（西欧国家） German adj.德国的；德国人的；德语的 n.德国人；德语 set down 记下；放下；登记 series n．连续；系列
a series of一连串的；一系列；一套 outdoors adv．在户外；在野外
△spellbind vt．(spellbound，spellbound)
迷住；迷惑 on purpose故意 in order to为了…… dusk n．黄昏；傍晚at dusk 在黄昏时刻
thunder vi．打雷；雷鸣n．雷；雷声
entire adj．整个的；完全的；全部的 entirely adv．完全地；全然地；整个地 power n.．能力；力量；权力 face to face 面对面地 curtain n.窗帘；门帘；幕布 dustyadj．积满灰尘的
no longer / not…any longer 不再…… partner n. 伙伴；吅作者；吅伙人 settle vi．安家；定居；停留vt．使定居；安排；解决 suffer vt．& vi 遭受；忍受；经历suffer from 遭受；患病 △loneliness n.．孤单；寂寞 highway n．公路；大路
recover vi．& vt． 痊愈；恢复；重新获得get be tired of 对……厌烦 pack vi．& vt．捆扎；包装；打行李
n．小包；包裹
pack( sth.)up将(东西)装箱打包 suitcase n.．手提箱；衣箱 overcoat n．大衣；外套 teenager n．十几岁的青少年 get along with 与……相处；进展 △gossipvi．& n．闲话；闲谈 fall in love 相爱；爱上
exactly adv．确实如此；正是；确切地 disagree vi．不同意
grateful adj．感激的；表示谢意的 disliken．& vt. 不喜欢；厌恶 join in参加；加入
tipn．提示；技巧；尖；尖端；小费
vt．倾斜；翻倒 △secondly adv．第二；其次 swap vt．交换
item n.．项目；条款
Unit 2
△subwayn. 地下人行道；<美>地铁 elevator n.．电梯；升降机
petrol n．<英>汽油(=<美>gasoline) gas n．汽油；气体；煤气；毒气 official adj．官方的；正式的；公务的 voyage n．航行；航海 △conquer vt．征服；占领 because of因为；由于 native adj．本国的；本地的 n.本地人；本国人 come up 走近；上来；提出
apartmentn．<美>公寓住宅；单元住宅 actually adv. 实际上；事实上 base vt．以……为根据
n．基部；基地；基础
at present 现在；目前 gradualadj．逐渐的；逐步的 graduallyadv．逐渐地；逐步地△eich vt．使富裕；充实；改善 vocabulary n．词汇；词汇量；词表 make use of 利用；使用 spellingn.拼写；拼法
latter adj．较后的；后半的；(两者中)后者的
identityn．本身；本体；身份 fluent adj．流利的；流畅的fluently adv．流利地；流畅地
such as 例如……；像这种的 frequent adj．频繁的；常见的frequently adv．常常；频繁地 usage n.使用；用法；词语惯用法 command n. & vt．命令；指令；掌握 request n.& vt.请求；要求 △dialect n．方言
expressionn.词语；表示；表达 midwestern adj．中西部的；有中西部特性的
African adj．非洲的；非洲人的；非洲语言
的
play a part(in) 扮演一个角色；参与 easternadj．东方的；东部的
southeasternadj．东南方的；来自东南的
northwesternadj．西北方的；来自西北的
recognize vt. 辨认出；承认；公认 lorry n．<英>卡车(=<美>truck) accentn. 口音；腔调；重音 △catfish n. 鲶鱼 lightning n. 闪电 straight adv.直接；挺直
adj.直的；笔直的；正直的 block n.街区；块；木块；石块 cabn.出租车
Unit 3
journal .日记；杂志；定期刊物 transport n.运送；运输vt. 运输；运送 prefer vt. 更喜欢；选择某事物(而不选择
其他事物)
disadvantage n. 不利条件；不便之处 fare n.费用
△route n.路线；路途 △Mekong n.湄公河 flow vi.流动；流出
n.流动；流量 ever since从那以后 persuadevt. 说服；劝说 cyclevi. 骑自行车 graduate vi.毕业 n. 大学毕业生 finallyadv. 最后；终于 schedule n..时间表；进度表 vt. 为某事安排时间 fond adj.喜爱的；慈爱的；宠爱的be fond of 喜爱；喜欢 shortcoming n.缺点
stubborn adj.顽固的；固执的 organize vt.组织；成立 care about 关心；忧虑；惦念 detail n.细节；详情 source n.来源；水源
determine vt. 决定；确定；下定决心 determined adj. 坚决的；有决心的change one's mind改变主意 journey n.旅行；旅程 altituden.海拔高度；高处 make up one's mind下决心；决定 give in 投降；屈服；让步 △atlasn. 地图；地图集 △glaciern.冰河；冰川 △rapidsn.急流 valleyn.(山)谷；流域
△waterfalln.瀑布 pacevi. 缓慢而行；踱步 n.一步；速度；步调 bendn.弯；拐角
vt. (bent，bent)使弯曲
vi. 弯身；弯腰
△deltan.三角洲 attituden.态度；看法 boilvi.(指液体)沸腾；(水)开 forecastn.& vt.预测；预报 parceln.小包；包裹 insurance n.保险 wool n.羊毛；毛织品 as usual照常
reliableadj.可信赖的；可靠的viewn.风景；视野；观点；见解vt. 观看；注视；耂虑 △yak，z.牦牛 pillown.枕头；枕垫 midnight n.凡.午夜；子夜at midnight在午夜 flame n.火焰；光芒；热情 beneath prep.在……下面 templen. 庙宇；寺庙 caven. 洞穴；地窖
Unit 4
earthquake n.地震quake n.地震 right away立刻；马上 well n. 井
△crack n. 裂缝；噼啪声 △smelly adj. 发臭的；有臭味的
△farmyard n.农场；农家 pipe n.管；导管
burstvi. (burst，burst)爆裂；爆发
n. 突然破裂；爆发
millionn.百万 event n.事件；大事 as if 仿佛；好像 at an end结束；终结 nation n.民族；国家；国民 canal n. 运河；水道 steam 蒸汽；水汽 dirtn. 污垢；泥土 ruin n. 废墟；毁灭，使破产in ruins严重受损；破败不堪 suffering n.苦难；痛苦 extreme adj.枀度的 injure vt. 损害；伤害
△survivor n.幸存者；生还者；残存物 destroyvt.破坏；毁坏；消灭 brickn. 砖；砖块 damn水坝；堰堤
trackn.轨道；足迹；痕迹
useless adj. 无用的；无效的；无益的 shock vi.& vt.(使)震惊；震动
n. 休克；打击；震惊
rescue n. & vt. 援救；营救 trap vt.使陷入困境 n. 陷阱；困境 electricity n.电；电流；电学 disaster n.灾难；灾祸 dig out掘出；发现 bury vt.埋葬；掩埋；隐藏 minen. 矿；矿山；矿井miner n. 矿工
shelter n. 掩蔽；掩蔽处；避身处 a(great)number of 许多；大量的 title n. 标题；头衔；资格 reporter n. 记者 bar n.条；棒；条状物 damagen. & vt.损失；损害 frightenvt. 使惊吓；吓唬
frightenedadj. 受惊的；受恐吓的frightening adj.令人恐惧的 congratulationn. 祝贺；(复数)贺词 judge n.裁判员；法官
vt.断定；判断；判决 sincerely adv.真诚地；真挚地 express vt.表示；表达n.快车；速递 outline n.要点；大纲；轮廓 headline n.报刊的大字标题 cyclistn.骑自行车的人
Unit 5
quality n.质量；品质；性质 △warm-heartedadj.热心肠的 meanadj.吝啬的；自私的；卑鄙的 activeadj. 积枀的；活跃的 generousadj.慷慨的；大方的 △easy-going.以巧.随和的；温和宽容的 self n.自我；自身selfishadj.自私的
selflessadj.无私的；忘我的selflesslyadv. 无私地；忘我地 devote vt.(与to连用)献身；专心于devotedadj.忠实的；深爱的 △invadern.侵略者
found vt. 建立；建设
republicn. 共和国；共和政体 principlen. 法则；原则；原理 △nationalismn.民族主义；国家主义 △livelihood n. 生计；谋生
peacefuladj．和平的；平静的；安宁的 △giantadj．巨大的；庞大的 △leapn.飞跃；跳跃 mankindn.人类 、 Lawyer n.律师 guidancen.指导；领导 legaladj．法律的；依照法律的 feen.费(会费、学费等)；酬金
△passbook n. 南非共和国有色人种的身份
证
out of work失业
hopeful adj．怀有希望的；有希望的 youth n. 青年；青年时期 league 同盟；联盟；联吅会Youth League 青年团 stage n.舞台；阶段；时期 votevt.& vi. 投票；选举 n.投票；选票；表决 attack vt. 进攻；攻击；抨击 violencen. 暴力；暴行 as a matter of fact 事实上 blow up 使充气；爆炸 equaladj．相等的；平等的
in trouble 在危险、受罚、痛苦、忧虑等的
处境中
willing adj．乐意的；自愿的 unfair adj．不公正的；不公平的 turn to 求助于；致力于
△quote n. 引用语；语录 △releasevt.释放；发行 lose heart 丧失勇气或信心 escapevi.逃脱；逃走；泄露 blanketn. 毛毯；毯子 educate vt. 教育；训练
educated adj.受过教育的；有教养的 come to power当权；上台 beg vi．请求；乞求 relative n.亲戚；亲属 terror n. 恐怖；可怕的人； 恐怖时期；恐怖活动 cruelty n. 残忍；残酷 reward n. 报酬；奖金vt. 酬劳；奖赏 set up 设立；建立 sentencevt. 判决；宣判
be sentenced to 被判处……(徒刑) anti [前缀] 反；抗；阻anti—blackadj.反黑人的
presidentn. 总统；会长；校长；行长opinionn. 意见；看法
M2
Unit 1
△cultural adj.文化的 △relic n.遗物．遗迹；纪念物 rareadj.稀罕的；稀有的；珍贵的 valuableadj.贵重的;有价值的 survivevi.幸免；幸存;生还 vasen.花瓶;瓶
dynastyn.朝代;王朝 △ivoryn.象牙 △dragon n.龙
△amber n.琥珀；琥珀色 in search of 寻找 amazevt.使吃惊;惊讶 amazing adj.令人吃惊的 selectvt.挑选；选择 honeyn.蜜;蜂蜜 design n.设计;图案;极思
vt.设计;计划;极思
fancy adj.奇特的;异样的
vt.想象;设想;爱好
style n.风格;风度;类型 decorate v.装饰;装修 jeweln.珠宝;宝石 artist n.艺术家
belong vi.属于;为…的一员 belong to 属于
in return 作为报筓;回报 troop n.群;组;军队
receptionn.接待;招待会;接收 at war 处于交战状态 remove vt.移动；搬开 less than少于 woodenadj.木制的 doubt n.怀疑;疑惑
vt.怀疑;不信
△mysteryn.神秘;神秘的事物 former adj.以前的;从前的 worth prep.值得的;相当于…的价值n价值;作用；值钱的
△rebuild vt.重建
local adj.本地的；当地的 apart adv.分离地;分别地 take apart 拆开 painting n.绘画；画 castle n.城堡
trial n.审判．审讯，试验 △eyewitness n.目击者；证人 evidencen.根据；证据 explode vi.爆炸 entrancen.入口
sailor n.水手；海员；船员
sinkvi.(sank，sunk；sunk，sunken)下沉；
沉下
maid n.少女;女仆
Berlin n.柏林（德国首都） think highly of 看重；器重 informal adj.非正式的 debate n.争论；辩论
vi.争论；辩论
Unit 2
ancientadj.古代的;古老的 competevi.比赛；竞争 competitorn.竞争者 take part in参加；参与 medaln.奖章；勋章；纪念章 stand for 代表;象征;表示 △mascotn.吆祥物 Greece n.希腊
Greekadj希腊人的；希腊语的
n.希腊人；希腊语
magicaladj.巫术的;魔术的;有魔力的 volunteer n.志愿者;志愿兵
adj.志愿的;义务的 vt.自愿
homelandn.祖国；本国
regularadj.规则的;定期的;常规的 basisn.(pl bases)基础;根据 athleten.运动员；运动选手 admit vt.&vi.容许;承认;接纳 slaven.奴隶
nowadaysadv.现今;现在
gymnasticsn.(pl)体操；体能训练 △athleticsn.(pl)体育运动;竞技 stadiumn.露天大型）体育场(pl stadiums)
gymnasiumn.(gym) 体育馆;健身房 as well 也；又;还 hostvt.做东；主办；招待
n.主人
responsibilityn.责仸;职责
△oliven.橄榄树;橄榄叶；橄榄枝；橄榄色
△wreathn.花圈;花冠;圈状物 replacevt.取代;替换;代替 motton.座右铭；格言；警句 swiftadj.快的;迅速的 △similarityn.相像性;相似点 △Athensn.雅典（希腊首都） chargevt.&vi.收费;控诉
n.费用;主管
in charge 主管;看管 physicaladj.物理的;身体的 fine vt.罚款 postern.海报;招贴
advertisevt.&vi.做广告;登广告
△princessn.公主 gloryn.光荣．荣誉 bargainvi.讨价还价;讲条件
n.便宜货
prince n.王子
hopelessadj.没有希望的；绝望的 foolishadj.愚蠢的;傻的 △goddessn.女神 painn.疼痛.痛苦
one after another 陆续地.一个接一个地 deservevi.&vt.应受(报筓或惩罚);值得 △strikern.敲击者；（足球的）前锋
Unit 3
△abacusn.算盘 △calculaten.计算器
△PC（personal computer）个人电脑 △laptopn.手提电脑
△PDA (personal digital assistant)掌上电
脑;
个人数码助理
analyticaladj.分析的 calculate vt.计算
universaladj.普遍的;通用的;宇宙的 simplifyvt.简化 sumn.总数;算术题;金额
operatorn.（电脑）操作员；接线员 logicaladj.逻辑的；吅情理的 logicallyadv.逻辑上；吅逻辑地;有条理地
technology n.工艺;科技;技术 technologicaladj.科技的 revolution n.革命
artificial adj.人造的;假的 intelligencen.智力;聪明;智能 intelligenceadj.智能的;聪明的 solvevt.解决;解筓 △mathematical adj.数学的 from…on 从…时起 realityn.真实;事实;现实 △designern.设计师
personaladj.私人的;个人的;亲自的 personallyadv.就个人而言;亲自 tuben.管；管子；电子管 △transistorn.晶体管 △chip n.碎片；芯片 as a result结果 totaladj.总的;整个的
n.总数;吅计
totally adv.完全地；整个地 so…that如此…以致于… network n.网络；网状物 webn.网
applicationn.应用;用途；申请 finance n.金融；财经 mobilen.可移动的．机动的 rocketn.火箭
explorevt.&vi.探索;探测;探究 △Mars n.火星
anyhowadv.（也作anyway）无论如何;即使如此
goaln.目标;目的;球门;（进球）得分 happinessn.幸福；快乐 human rare 人类
△supportingadj.支持的;支撑的 downloadvt.下载
△programmern.程序员；程序师 virus n.病毒 △androidn.机器人 signal vi.&vt.发信号
n.信号
△teammate n.同伴；伙伴 type n.类型
vt.&vi.打字 in a way 在某种程度上 coachn.教练
arise vi.(arose, arisen)出现；发生 with the help of在…的帮助下 electronicadj.电子的 appearancen.外观；外貌；出现 charactern.性格；特点 mopn.拖把
vt.用拖把拖；擦 deal with处理；安排；对付 watch over看守；监视 naughtyadj.顽皮的；淘气的 niecen.侄女；甥女 spoilvt.损坏；宠坏
Unit 4
wildlifen.野生动植物 protectionn.保护
wild adj.野生的；野的；未开发的；荒凉的△habitat n.栖息地（动植物的）自然环境 △threatenvt.&vi.恐吓
decreasevi.&vt.减少；（使）变小；或变少
△endanger vt.危害；使受到危险
die out灭亡；逐渐消失 lossn.损失；遗失；丧失 reserven.保护区
huntvt.&vi.打猎；猎取；搜寻 zonen.地域；地带；地区
in peace和平地；和睦地；安详地 in danger (of) 在危险中；垂危 △speciesn.种类;物种 carpetn.地毯
respondvi.回筓；响应；做出反应 distantadj.远的 远处的 furn.毛皮;毛;软毛 △antelopen.羚羊
reliefn.(痛苦或忧虑的)减轻或解除;减
轻痛苦的事物
in relief如释重负；松了口气 laughtern.笑;笑声
burst into laughter突然笑起来；大声
笑了出来
mercyn.仁慈；宽恕；怜悯 certainadj.确定的；某一；一定 importancen.重要（性） rubvt.擦；摩擦
protect…from保护…不受…（危害） mosquiton.蚊子
△millipeden.(=millepede)千足虫 insectn.昆虫
containvt.包含；容纳；容忍 powerfuladj.强大的；有力的 affectvt.影响;感动;侵袭 attentionn.注意;关注;注意力 pay attention to注意
appreciatevt.鉴赏;感激;意识到
succeedvi.成功
vt.接替；继仸
secure adj.安全的；可靠的 incomen.收入
employvt.雇佣;利用（时间、经历等） harmn.&vt.损害;危害
bitev.(bit,bitten)叮；咬；刺痛 △extinctionn.灭绝;消亡 dinosaurn.恐龙
come into being形成;产生 △county n.县；郡 inspectvt.检查;视察
△unexpectedadj.没料到的;意外的 incidentn.事件;事变 dustn.灰尘；尘土；尘埃 according to按照；根据…所说 △disappearance n.消失 fierceadj.凶猛的;猛烈的 so that以致于;结果 ending n.结局；结尾
faithfully adv.忠诚地；忠实地
Unit 5
△classical adj.古典的；古典文艺的 roll vt.&vi.滚动；（使）摇摆
n.摇晃；卷形物 △orchestra n.管弦乐队 △rapn.说唱乐 folkadj.民间的 jazzn.爵士音乐
△choraladj.唱诗班的；吅唱队的 musiciann.音乐家
dream of梦见；梦想；设想
pretendvt.假装；假扮
to be honest说实在地；实话说 attachvt.&vi.系上；缚上；附加；连接 attach…to认为有（重要性、意义）；附上；
连接
form vt.（使）组成；形成；极成 △fame n.名声；名望 passer-byn.过路人;行人 earn vt.赚；挣得；获得 extraadj.额外的；外加的 perform vt.&vi.表演；履行；执行 pub n.酒馆；酒吧 cashn.现金
in cash用现金；有现钱 studio n.工作室；演播室 millionairen.百万富翁；富豪 play jokes on戏弄 actorn.男演员；行动者 rely vi.依赖；依靠 rely on依赖；依靠
broadcastvt.&vi.n.广播；播放 humorousadj.幽默的；诙谐的 familiar adj.熟悉的；常见的；亲近的 be/get familiar with熟悉;与…熟悉起来
or so大约
break up打碎；分裂；解体
attractive adj.吸引人的；有吸引力的 △reunitevt.再统一；再联吅；重聚 addition n.加；增加；加法 in addition 另外；也 sort out分类
△excitementn.兴奋.刺激
△ballad n.歌谣；情歌；民谣
△overnight adv.在晚上；在夜里；（口）很
快；一夜之间
dip vt.浸；蘸 △tadpole n.蝌蚪 △lily n.百吅；百吅花 confident adj.自信的；确信的 briefadj.简短的；简要的
n.摘要；大纲
briefly adv.简要地；短暂地 devotion n.投人；热爱 afterwards adv.然后；后来 invitation n.邀请；招待 beard n.胡须
sensitive adj.敏感的；易受伤害的；灱敏的
painfuladj.痛苦的；疼痛的 above all最重要；首先
M3
Unit 1
take place 发生 beauty n.美；美人
harvestn. & vt. & vi. 收获；收割 celebrationn. 庆祝；祝贺 huntern. 狩猎者；猎人
starvevi. & vt. (使)饿死；饿得要死 originn. 起源；由来；起因
religiousadj. 宗教上的；信奉宗教的； △seasonaladj. 季节的；季节性的 ancestorn. 祖先；祖宗 △ Obon n. （日本）盂兰盆节 graven. 坟墓；墓地
篇二：JK罗琳哈佛大学演讲 中英文对照
J.K罗琳2008年哈佛大学毕业典礼演讲
——《哈利.波特》作者J.K罗琳
President Faust, members of the Harvard Corporation and the Board of Overseers,
members of the faculty, proud parents, and, above all, graduates,
福斯特主席，哈佛公司和监察委员会的各位成员，
各位老师、家长、全体毕业生们：
The first thing I would like to say is "thank you." Not only has Harvard given me an extraordinary honor, but the weeks of fear and nausea I’ve endured at the thought of giving this commencement address have made me lose weight. A win-win situation! Now all I have to do is take deep breaths, squint at the red banners and convince myself that I am at the world’s largest Gryffindors' reunion.
首先请允许我说一声谢谢。哈佛不仅给了我无上的荣誉，连日来为这个演讲经受的恐惧和紧张，更令我减肥成功。这真是一个双赢的局面。现在我要做的就是深呼吸几下，眯着眼睛看看前面的大红横幅，安慰自己正在世界上最大的格兰芬多（沪江小编：以防有人没看过《哈利波特》……格兰芬多是小哈利所在的魔法学院的名字）聚会上。
Delivering a commencement address is a great responsibility; or so I thought until I cast my mind back to my own graduation. The commencement speaker that day was the distinguished British philosopher Baroness Mary Warnock. Reflecting on her speech has helped me enormously in writing this one, because it turns out that I can't remember a single word she said. This liberating discovery enables me to proceed without any fear that I might inadvertently influence you to abandon promising careers in business, law or politics for the giddy delights of becoming a gay wizard.
发表毕业演说是一个巨大的责任，至少在我回忆自己当年的毕业典礼前是这么认为的。那天做演讲的是英国著名的哲学家 Baroness Mary Warnock，对她演讲的回忆，对我写今天的演讲稿，产生了极大的帮助，因为我不记得她说过的任何一句话了。这个发现让我释然，让我不再担心我可能会无意中影响你放弃在商业，法律或政治上的大好前途，转而醉心于成为一个快乐的魔法师（gay有快乐和同性恋的意思）。
You see? If all you remember in years to come is the 'gay wizard' joke, I've still come out ahead of Baroness Mary Warnock. Achievable goals - the first step to self-improvement.
你们看，如果在若干年后你们还记得―快乐的魔法师‖这个笑话，那就证明我已经超越了Baroness Mary Warnock。建立可实现的目标——这是提高自我的第一步。
Actually, I have wracked my mind and heart for what I ought to say to you today. I have asked myself what I wish I had known at my own graduation, and what important lessons I have learned in the 21 years that has expired between that day and this.
实际上，我为今天应该和大家谈些什么绞尽了脑汁。我问自己什么是我希望早在毕业典礼上就该了解的，而从那时起到现在的 21年间，我又得到了什么重要的启示。
I have come up with two answers. On this wonderful day when we are gathered together to celebrate your academic success, I have decided to talk to you about the benefits of failure. And as you stand on the threshold of what is sometimes called 'real life', I want to extol the crucial importance of imagination.
我想到了两个答案。在这美好的一天，当我们一起庆祝你们取得学业成就的时刻，我希望告诉你们失败有什么样的益处；在你们即将迈向―现实生活‖的道路之际，我还要褒扬想象力的重要性。
These may seem quixotic or paradoxical choices, but bear with me.
这些似乎是不切实际或自相矛盾的选择，但请先容我讲完。
Looking back at the 21-year-old that I was at graduation, is a slightly uncomfortable experience for the 42-year-old that she has become. Half my lifetime ago, I was striking an uneasy balance between the ambition I had for myself, and what those closest to me expected of me.
回顾21岁刚刚毕业时的自己，对于今天42岁的我来说，是一个稍微不太舒服的经历。可以说，我人生的前一部分，一直挣扎在自己的雄心和身边的人对我的期望之间。
I was convinced that the only thing I wanted to do, ever, was to write novels. However, my parents, both of whom came from impoverished backgrounds and neither of whom had been to college, took the view that my overactive imagination was an amusing personal quirk that could never pay a mortgage, or secure a pension.
我一直深信，自己唯一想做的事情，就是写小说。不过，我的父母，他们都来自贫穷的背景，没有任何一人上过大学，坚持认为我过度的想象力是一个令人惊讶的个人怪癖，根本不足以让我支付按揭，或者取得足够的养老金。
I know the irony strikes like with the force of a cartoon anvil now, but…
我现在明白反讽就像用卡通铁砧去打击你，但...
They had hoped that I would take a vocational degree; I wanted to study English Literature.
A compromise was reached that in retrospect satisfied nobody, and I went up to study Modern Languages. Hardly had my parents' car rounded the corner at the end of the road than I ditched German and scuttled off down the Classics corridor.
他们希望我去拿个职业学位，而我想去攻读英国文学。最后，达成了一个双方都不甚满意的妥协：我改学现代语言。可是等到父母一走开，我立刻放弃了德语而报名学习古典文学。
I cannot remember telling my parents that I was studying Classics; they might well have found out for the first time on graduation day. Of all the subjects on this planet, I think they would have been hard put to name one less useful than Greek mythology when it came to securing the keys to an executive bathroom.
我不记得将这事告诉了父母，他们可能是在我毕业典礼那一天才发现的。我想，在全世界的所有专业中，他们也许认为，不会有比研究希腊神话更没用的专业了，根本无法换来一间独立宽敞的卫生间。
I would like to make it clear, in parenthesis, that I do not blame my parents for their point of view. There is an expiry date on blaming your parents for steering you in the wrong direction; the moment you are old enough to take the wheel, responsibility lies with you. What is more, I cannot criticise my parents for hoping that I would never experience poverty. They had been poor themselves, and I have since been poor, and I quite agree with them that it is not an ennobling experience. Poverty entails fear, and stress, and sometimes depression; it means a thousand petty humiliations and hardships. Climbing out of poverty by your own efforts, that is indeed something on which to pride yourself, but poverty itself is romanticized only by fools.
我想澄清一下：我不会因为父母的观点，而责怪他们。埋怨父母给你指错方向是有一个时间段的。当你成长到可以控制自我方向的时候，你就要自己承担责任了。尤其是，我不会因为父母希望我不要过穷日子，而责怪他们。他们一直很贫穷，我后来也一度很穷，所以我很理解他们。贫穷并不是一种高贵的经历，它带来恐惧、压力、有时还有绝望，它意味着许许多多的羞辱和艰辛。靠自己的努力摆脱贫穷，确实可以引以自豪，但贫穷本身只有对傻瓜而言才是浪漫的。
What I feared most for myself at your age was not poverty, but failure.
我在你们这个年龄，最害怕的不是贫穷，而是失败。
At your age, in spite of a distinct lack of motivation at university, where I had spent far too long in the coffee bar writing stories, and far too little time at lectures, I had a knack for passing examinations, and that, for years, had been the measure of success in my life and that of my peers.
我在您们这么大时，明显缺乏在大学学习的动力，我花了太久时间在咖啡吧写故事，而在课堂的时间却很少。我有一个通过考试的诀窍，并且数年间一直让我在大学生活和同龄人中不落人后。
I am not dull enough to suppose that because you are young, gifted and well-educated, you have never known hardship or heartache. Talent and intelligence never yet inoculated anyone against the caprice of the Fates, and I do not for a moment suppose that everyone here has enjoyed an existence of uuffled privilege and contentment.
我不想愚蠢地假设，因为你们年轻、有天份，并且受过良好的教育，就从来没有遇到困难或心碎的时刻。拥有才华和智慧，从来不会使人对命运的反复无常有所准备；我也不会假设大家坐在这里冷静地满足于自身的优越感。
However, the fact that you are graduating from Harvard suggests that you are not very well-acquainted with failure. You might be driven by a fear of failure quite as much as a desire for success. Indeed, your conception of failure might not be too far from the average person's idea of success, so high have you already flown academically.
相反，你们是哈佛毕业生的这个事实，意味着你们并不很了解失败。你们也许极其渴望成功，所以非常害怕失败。说实话，你们眼中的失败，很可能就是普通人眼中的成功，毕竟你们在学业上已经达到很高的高度了。
Ultimately, we all have to decide for ourselves what constitutes failure, but the world is quite eager to give you a set of criteria if you let it. So I think it fair to say that by any conventional measure, a mere seven years after my graduation day, I had failed on an epic scale. An exceptionally short-lived marriage had imploded, and I was jobless, a lone parent, and as poor as it is possible to be in modern Britain, without being homeless. The fears my parents had had for me, and that I had had for myself, had both come to pass, and by every usual standard, I was the biggest failure I knew.
最终，我们所有人都必须自己决定什么算作失败，但如果你愿意，世界是相当渴望给你一套标准的。所以我想很公平的讲，从任何传统的标准看，在我毕业仅仅七年后的日子里，我的失败达到了史诗般空前的规模：短命的婚姻闪电般地破裂，我又失业成了一个艰难的单身母亲。除了流浪汉，我是当代英国最穷的人之一，真的一无所有。当年父母和我自己对未来的担忧，现在都变成了现实。按照惯常的标准来看，我也是我所知道的最失败的人。
Now, I am not going to stand here and tell you that failure is fun. That period of my life was a dark one, and I had no idea that there was going to be what the press has since represented as a kind of fairy tale resolution. I had no idea how far the tunnel extended, and for a long time, any light at the end of it was a hope rather than a reality.
现在，我不打算站在这里告诉你们，失败是有趣的。那段日子是我生命中的黑暗岁月，我不知道它是否代表童话故事里需要历经的磨难，更不知道自己还要在黑暗中走多久。很长一段时间里，前面留给我的只是希望，而不是现实。
So why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work that mattered to me. Had I really
succeeded at anything else, I might never have found the determination to succeed in the one arena I believed I truly belonged. I was set free, because my greatest fear had been realised, and I was still alive, and I still had a daughter whom I adored, and I had an old typewriter and a big idea. And so rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.
那么为什么我要谈论失败的好处呢？因为失败意味着剥离掉那些不必要的东西。我因此不再伪装自己、远离自我，而重新开始把所有精力放在对我最重要的事情上。如果不是没有在其他领域成功过，我可能就不会找到，在一个我确信真正属于的舞台上取得成功的决心。我获得了自由，因为最害怕的虽然已经发生了，但我还活着，我仍然有一个我深爱的女儿，我还有一个旧打字机和一个很大的想法。所以困境的谷底，成为我重建生活的坚实基础。
You might never fail on the scale I did, but some failure in life is inevitable. It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all – in which case, you fail by default.
你们可能永远没有达到我经历的那种失败程度，但有些失败，在生活中是不可避免的。生活不可能没有一点失败，除非你生活的万般小心，而那也意味着你没有真正在生活了。无论怎样，有些失败还是注定地要发生。
Failure gave me an inner security that I had never attained by passing examinations. Failure taught me things about myself that I could have learned no other way. I discovered that I had a strong will, and more discipline than I had suspected; I also found out that I had friends whose value was truly above the price of rubies.
失败使我的内心产生一种安全感，这是我从考试中没有得到过的。失败让我看清自己，这也是我通过其他方式无法体会的。我发现，我比自己认为的，要有更强的意志和决心。我还发现，我拥有比宝石更加珍贵的朋友。
The knowledge that you have emerged wiser and stronger from setbacks means that you are, ever after, secure in your ability to survive. You will never truly know yourself, or the strength of your relationships, until both have been tested by adversity. Such knowledge is a true gift, for all that it is painfully won, and it has been worth more to me than any qualification I ever earned.
从挫折中获得智慧、变得坚强，意味着你比以往任何时候都更有能力生存。只有在逆境来临的时候，你才会真正认识你自己，了解身边的人。这种了解是真正的财富，虽然是用痛苦换来的，但比我以前得到的任何资格证书都有用。
So given a Time Turner, I would tell my 21-year-old self that personal happiness lies in knowing that life is not a check-list of acquisition or achievement. Your qualifications, your CV, are not your life, though you will meet many people of my age and older who confuse the two. Life is difficult, and complicated, and beyond anyone's total control, and the humility to know that will enable you to survive its vicissitudes.
如果给我一部时间机器，我会告诉21岁的自己，人的幸福在于知道生活不是一份漂亮的成绩单，你的资历、简历，都不是你的生活，虽然你会碰到很多与我同龄或更老一点的人今天依然还在混淆两者。生活是艰辛的，复杂的，超出任何人的控制能力，而谦恭地了解这一点，将使你历经沧桑后能够更好的生存。
You might think that I chose my second theme, the importance of imagination, because of the part it played in rebuilding my life, but that is not wholly so. Though I will defend the value of bedtime stories to my last gasp, I have learned to value imagination in a much broader sense. Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not, and therefore the fount of all invention and innovation. In its arguably most transformative and revelatory
capacity, it is the power that enables us to empathise with humans whose experiences we have never shared.
对于第二个主题的选择——想象力的重要性——你们可能会认为是因为它对我重建生活起到了帮助，但事实并非完全如此。虽然我愿誓死捍卫睡前要给孩子讲故事的价值观，我对想象力的理解已经有了更广泛的含义。想象力不仅仅是人类设想还不存在的事物这种独特的能力，为所有发明和创新提供源泉，它还是人类改造和揭露现实的能力，使我们同情自己不曾经受的他人苦难。
One of the greatest formative experiences of my life preceded Harry Potter, though it informed much of what I subsequently wrote in those books. This revelation came in the form of one of my earliest day jobs. Though I was sloping off to write stories during my lunch hours, I paid the rent in my early 20s by working at the African research department at Amnesty International's headquarters in London.
其中一个影响最大的经历发生在我写哈利波特之前，为我随后写书提供了很多想法。这些想法成形于我早期的工作经历，在20 多岁时，尽管我可以在午餐时间里悄悄写故事，可为了付房租，我做的主要工作是在伦敦总部的大赦国际研究部门。
There in my little office I read hastily scribbled letters smuggled out of totalitarian regimes by men and women who were risking imprisonment to inform the outside world of what was happening to them. I saw photographs of those who had disappeared without trace, sent to Amnesty by their desperate families and friends. I read the testimony of torture victims and saw pictures of their injuries. I opened handwritten, eye-witness accounts of summary trials and executions, of kidnappings and rapes.
在我的小办公室，我看到了人们匆匆写的信件，它们是从极权主义政权被偷送出来的。那些人冒着被监禁的危险，告知外面的世界他们那里正在发生的事情。我看到了那些无迹可寻的人的照片，它们是被那些绝望的家人和朋友送来的。我看过拷问受害者的证词和被害的照片。我打开过手写的目击证词，描述绑架和强奸犯的审判和处决。
Many of my co-workers were ex-political prisoners, people who had been displaced from their homes, or fled into exile, because they had the temerity to think independently of their government. Visitors to our office included those who had come to give information, or to try and find out what had happened to those who they had left behind.
我有很多的同事是前政治犯，他们已离开家园流离失所，或逃亡流放，因为他们敢于怀疑政府、独立思考。来我们办公室的访客，包括那些前来提供信息，或想设法知道那些被迫留下的同志发生了什么事的人。
I shall never forget the African torture victim, a young man no older than I was at the time, who had become mentally ill after all he had endured in his homeland. He trembled uncontrollably as he spoke into a video camera about the brutality inflicted upon him. He was a foot taller than I was, and seemed as fragile as a child. I was given the job of escorting him to the Underground Station afterwards, and this man whose life had been shattered by cruelty took my hand with exquisite courtesy, and wished me future happiness.
我将永远不会忘记一个非洲酷刑的受害者，一名当时还没有我大的年轻男子，他因在故乡的经历而精神错乱。在摄像机前讲述被残暴地摧残的时候，他颤抖失控。他比我高一英尺，却看上去像一个脆弱的儿童。我被安排随后护送他到地铁站，这名生活已被残酷地打乱的男子，小心翼翼地握着我的手，祝我未来生活幸福。
And as long as I live I shall remember walking along an empty corridor and suddenly hearing, from behind a closed door, a scream of pain and horror such as I have never heard since. The door
篇三：英语口语经典
1. a dog in the manger 占马槽的狗，占着茅坑不拉屎的人
2. shed/cry crocodile tears 流鳄鱼的眼泪，猫哭耗子假慈悲
3. let the cat out of the bag 泄露秘密，漏马脚
4. a sitting duck 容易击中的目标，易受攻击的人
5. swan song 绝唱，告别演出，最后的作品
6. white elephant 大而无用的东西
7. fish in troubled waters 浑水摸鱼
8. talk turkey坦率的交谈
9. the only fly in the ointment 令人扫兴的人或事；唯一美中不足之处
10. buy a pig in a poke 隔山买牛；未曾见面乱买东西
11. It is safer to commend the dead than the living 盖棺定论
12. None ever gives the lie to him that praises him 没有人会指责表扬自己的人说谎
13. He that praises himself , spaterrs himself 喜欢自吹自擂的人往往自毁声誉
14. He dwells far from neighbours, who is fain to praise himself 喜欢自吹自擂的人往往离群索
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15. half the battle 实现目标的至关重要的部分；成功的一半
16. a sword of Damocles 达摩克里斯剑，比喻临头的危险
17. a big gun 大人物；有影响的人物
18. at daggers drawn 剑拔弩张，势不两立
19. spike sb’s guns 破坏某人的计划
20. get one’s knife into sb 加害于某人
21. burn one’s boats 破釜沉舟
22. when one’s ship comes home 当发财的时候，等自己成功时
23. a shot in the dark 盲目的冒险；无根据的瞎猜
24. bite the bullet 咬紧牙关忍受痛苦；勇敢的面对不愉快的事情
25. Bound is he that takes gifts 受人之礼，受制于人
26. Look not a gift horse in the mouth 礼物不好麽挑剔
27. He who gives a duck , expects a goose 投人以鸭者，图其鹅也
28. A gift ,long waited for ,is sold ,not given 让人久等后才送的礼物等于是卖给人家
29. crossing my bridges before I come to them 及时解决我的问题
30. lay at the door of 让。。。。负责
31. sit on the fence 骑虎难下；为难
32. the writing on the wall 不祥之兆
33. a tower of strength 莫大的安慰
34. raise the roof 热闹无比
35. from pillar to post 游荡
36. a half way house 大杂烩
37. take the floor 起立并发表讲话
38. beat a path to her door 很想和她谈生意
39. There is only one happiness in life ---to love and to be loved ……..Socrates
世界只有一种快乐---爱和被爱……苏格拉底
40. If you get a good wife , you will be very happy; if you get a bad one ,you will become a
philosopher……. Socrates
如果有个好妻子，你会非常幸福；如果有个坏老婆，你会成为哲学家。。。。。苏格拉底
41. Out of spirits 无精打采
42. speak/talk of the devil 说魔鬼魔鬼到；说曹操曹操到
43. on the side of the angels 在道义一方，在善的一方
44. sell one’s soul 为名利等出卖灵魂
45. for the hell of it 仅仅为了取乐，玩玩而已
46. bear one’s cross 背十字架，忍受痛苦
47. give the devil his due 即使对坏人也要公平对待；平心而论
48. a tin god 自以为了不起的人；徒有虚名的人
49. move heaven and earth 全力以赴；竭尽全力
50. runs in where angels fear to tread 鲁莽的干预与自己无关的事，愚蠢的冒险，胆大妄为
51. Death keeps no calendar 死亡不期而至
52. One man’s breath is another’s death 一个人的生存意味着另一个人的死亡
53. Our lives are but marches to the grave 到头来不过是一个土馒头
54. Death makes equal the high and low 死亡使得高贵与贫贱平等
55. have your cake and eat it 既想保有蛋糕，又想吃掉它；两者兼得
56. butter wouldn’t melt in his mouth 假装天真无邪；表面上一副老实样子
57. butter both sides of one’s bread 两头获利，左右逢源
58. egg on one’s face 丢脸
59. cry over spilt milk 为无法挽回的事而后悔
60. pour oil on troubled waters 调解争端；平息风波
61. eat humble pie 低声下气的道歉
62. sugar the pill 使不愉快的事较易接受
63. make a meal of it 把某事做过头
64. save one’s breath 不白费口舌
65.Old men are twice children 老人如小孩
66. An old dog can not learn new tricks 老狗学不会新把戏；人老不学新手艺
67. An old bird is not caught with chaff 秕谷逮不住老鸟；老练之人难上当
68. An old wise man’s shadow is better than a young buzzard’s sword 老至贤的影子胜过小糊涂蛋的剑
69. meet its Waterloo 遭遇失败
70. Johnny-come-lately 迅速取得成功的人
71. a king’s ransom 很多钱
72. take French leave 不辞而别
73. go DutchAA制
74. nosey Parker 爱管闲事的人
75. all Greek to me 对我来说很难
76. Jekyll and Hyde 具有双重性格的人
77. Jack-of-all-trades 多面手，万事通
78. Hobson’s choice 别无选择
79. No mill , no meal 不劳而获
80. They that work not ,cannot pray 不劳动的人无权祈祷
81. No man is born into the word whose work is not born with him 劳动必然是生活的一部分
82. He that labors and thrives spins gold 劳动聚财如聚金
83. too big for one’s boots 夜郎自大，自以为是
84. below the belt 暗中伤人地；不公正地
85. hand in glove 亲密无间地
86. step into sb’s shoes 步某人后尘
87. line one’s pocket 贪污；中饱私囊
88. be tied to sb’s apron strings 受某人的控制；依赖某人
89. hot under the collar 脸红脖子粗的，发怒的
90. cut one’s coat according to one’s cloth量入为出，适应环境
91. lose one’s shirt 输得的精光
92. on the wrong side of the blanket 私生的
93. Better a good name than riches 有钱不如有个好名声
94. He that has an ill name is half hanged 名誉扫地的人虽生犹死
95. Where there is no honor ,there is no grief 如果一个人没有荣誉感，他就不会感到悲伤
96. Gain at the expense of reputation should be called loss 如果获得了利益但赔上了名声，无异于遭受损失
97. play both sides of the street 与双方都结盟，见机行事
98. know one’s place 守本分，知趣
99. on the town 去城里的娱乐场所，优指夜间
100．Museum piece 过时的人或物，老古董
101. the man in the street 普通人，一般人
102. come down in the world 落魄；变穷
103. laugh sb/sth out of court 对某人或某物藐视而不予理会
104. talk shop 与同事谈论自己的工作
105. turn the corner 度过危险期，度过难关
106. come to the wrong shop 找错对象
107. Example is better than precept 身教重于言传
108. The child is father of the man 从小看大，三岁看老
109. Spare the rod and spoil the child 小儿不打不成才
110. Like father , like son 有其父必有其子
111. forgive and forget 不念旧恶
112. null and void 无效的
113. spick and span 极整洁的，极干净的
114. wax and wane 盛衰
115. dead and buried 已彻底结束，早已过去
116. first and last 总括起来，彻底地
117. hale and hearty 老当益壮的，健壮的
118. few and far between 稀少的
119. toil and moil 辛苦地工作
120. fine and dandy 好的，十全十美的
121. He that speaks , doth sow ; he that holds his tongue doth reap 沉默是金，不言者有后福 122. A word spoken is an arrow let fly 一言既出驷马难追
123. An ox is taken by the horns ,and a man by the tongue 以角识牛，以言识人
124. More have repented of speech than of silence 言多必失
125. make someone’s day 使某人的一天生色，使某人非常高兴
126. play second fiddle 唱配角，做第二把手
127. the moment of truth 紧要关头
128. on the spur of the moment 一时冲动之下；未经仔细考虑 129. at the eleventh hour 最后时刻
130. a wet blanket 令人扫兴的人；煞风景者
131. Someone’s day are numbered 某人的寿命已尽；死期已到 132. blacken sb ‘s character 破坏某人的名誉
133. old before one’s time 略显老成
134. come of age 成年；到法定年龄
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