新视野综合训练3第二版阅读原文翻译
Unit1
Passage1
Valentine’s Day probably has its origin in the ancient Roman celebra tion called Lupercalia(牧神节) . It was celebrated on February 15. In the Roman calendar February was in the spring. The celebration honor ed the gods Lupercus and Faunus as well as the twin brothers Romulus and Remus, the legendary founders of Rome. As part of the ceremony th e priests paired up young man and women. The girls names were placed in a box and each boy drew a girl’s name. The couple was paired then until the next Lupercalia.
In 260AD the emperor Claudius II, called Claudius the Cruel, dec ided that young soldiers would only be distracted by marriage and so ordered that young men may not marry. Valentinus( Valentine), a Chris tian priest, defied the emperor and got married in cret. He was cau ght executed(处死)，on February 14, the eve of Lupercalia. His name b ecame as
sociated with young love forever after. In 496, Pope Gelasius t aside February 14 to honor him as Saint Valentine and it has bee n St. Valentine’s Day eve r since.
In the Middle Ages, some of the customs of the Lupercalia still persisted in spite of the attempts of the Church to put an end to the non-Christian customs and Christianize the holiday. Both men and w omen drew names from a bowl to e who their valentines would be. The y would wear the names on their sleeves for a week. Today we still so metimes “wear our hearts on our sleeves” when we cannot conceal our feelings.
In the 1600s, it became common to give flowers, particularly th e ro, as a si gn of love as the “language of flowers”. This came t o Europe from Turkey. The color and placement of ro held a special significance--- a red ro, for example, meant beauty. Flowers have b een part of Valentine’s Day ever since.
情人节可能起源于古罗马的牧神节庆祝活动被称为（牧神节）。它是在二月十五日庆祝。在罗马历二月是春天。庆祝尊重神卢帕克斯和福纳斯以及孪生兄弟罗穆卢斯和瑞摩斯，罗马的传奇缔造者。作为仪式的祭司配对，年轻人和妇女的一部
分。女孩的名字被放置在一个盒子里，每个男孩都画上了一个女孩的名字。这对夫妇配对之后直到下一节。
在260ad皇帝克劳狄二世，叫做克劳狄斯残酷的年轻士兵，决定只会被婚姻等命令，年轻人不结婚。瓦伦廷（情人节），一个基督教牧师，违抗皇帝秘密结婚了。他被处决（处死），二月十四日，牧神节的前夕。他的名字就成了年轻的爱永远在相关。在496，教皇格拉西把二月十四日定为情人节纪念他和有情人节以来。在中世纪，一些的牧神节海关仍坚持在教堂的把这些非基督徒和基督教节日习俗尽管尝试。男女从碗中抽取名字来看看谁会是他们的情人。他们会穿的名字写在袖子上一个星期。今天我们仍然有时“穿我们的心在袖子”当我们无法掩饰自己的感情。
在17世纪，它给花变得普遍，特别是玫瑰，是爱的标志为“花语”。这是从土耳其到欧洲。颜色和位置的玫瑰举行了一个特殊的意义——一朵红玫瑰，例如，意味着美。花已情人节的一部分，自从。
Passage2
Having raid eight children of my own, I know the dilemma parents fa ce. In a world increasingly hostile to children, we want to show we c are by acting on our loving impul, which usually means spending. Bu t when our kids came home asking for the latest designer wear, my wif e and I knew we had to say “no” more often than not. Of cour, dec iding to have no TV in the hou was the first real breakthrough; I d oubt we would have won this battle without freeing ourlves from its influence.
As a child, I grew up in what I now e was poverty. For the first fe w years of my life, I ate only the smallest amount. Yet, I would find it hard to imagine a happier childhood. Why Becau my parents gave us children time and attention on a daily basis. For instance, no mat ter how busy they were, they tried to eat breakfast with us before we went off to school each morning.
No child should have to live in poverty. But I firmly believe that th e happiness of a child does not depend on his or her access to materi al wealth. After all, it is the love we give our children, and not th e things, that will remain with them for life.
Having worked thirty years as a family counlor, I know that parents
really do love their children, and want to do what is best for them. But what does it mean to give a child love Next time, you feel that you have failed your kids, and are tempted to relieve tho feelings by bringing home gifts, remember that we can’t buy our children’s a ffection. All they really want, and need, is time and attentiveness, a listening ear and an encouraging word. The are things every paren t can provide.
在抚养了八个自己的孩子之后,我明白了父母要面对的尴尬境地.在一个逐渐对孩子充满敌意的世界里,我们想要通过爱的冲动来对孩子表达我们的关心,通常就意味着要花钱.但是当我们的孩子回家找我们要最新设计的衣服时,我跟我的妻子知道我们大多数情况下要说“不”.当然,我们决定家里不买电视是第一个突破.如果我们没能从它的影响中释放出我们自己的感受,我很怀疑我们到底赢了还是输了这场斗争.
当我还是孩子的时候,我是在一个现在看来很穷的家里长大的.在我人生的最初几年,我只能吃最少量的食物.然而,我发现我想象不出一个更幸福的童年.为什么因为我的父母每天都给予了我们时间和关系.比如,不管他们多忙,他们都尽量在每天早上我们上学前跟我们一起吃
早餐.
没有一个小孩要在贫穷中渡过.但是我坚信一个孩子的幸福肯定不取决于他（她）所拥有的物质财富.毕竟,是我们给予孩子的爱而不是物质会伴随他们的一生. 当了30年的家庭顾问后,我知道父母肯定是爱他们的孩子的,而且都想对他们的孩子最好.但是要给予孩子爱意味着什么下次,当你觉得你让孩子失望了,然后试图想通过带点礼物给孩子就消除他们的情绪的话,请记住我们买不到孩子的感情.他们真正想要和需要的是时间和关注,乐于倾听的耳朵和鼓励的话语.这些是任何一位父母都能给予的.
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In the 1990s．everyone believed that education was the key to economic Success．A college
degree．even a post．graduate degree，was esntial for everyone who wanted a good job as 0ne of
tho“symbolic analyst”．
在二十世纪九十年代，每个人都相信教育是经济成功的关键。大学学历，甚至是一个在职的研究生学位，对每个想获得好工作诸如“符号分析师“人也是必须的。
