新视界大学英语综合教程第三册unit 5 active reading课文及翻译

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1、Unit5ActivereadingThelonelyAmerican1Americansinthe21stcenturydevotemoretechnologytostayingconnectedthananysocietyinhistory,yetsomehowthedevicesfailus:Studiesshowthatwefeelincreasinglyalone.Ourlivesarespentinatug-of-warbetweenconflictingdesires–wewanttostayconnected,andwewanttobefree.Welurchbacka

2、ndforth,reachingforboth.Howmuchofoneshouldwegiveupinordertohavemoreoftheother?Howdoweknowwhenwe’vegotitright?2Yetpeopleinthiscountrycontinuetodriftapart.Weneedtoknowwhy.3First,let’slookatthefreneticbusynessofourlives.Americansmaybetheonlypeopleintheworldwhobelievethateachindividualhastherightand

3、thecapacitytofitwhateverheorshewantsintoonesmalllife.Americaistheoriginal“Youcanbeanythingyouwantifyoureallytry,andit’snevertoolatetostarttrying!”country.4Agoodfrienddescribedtheimpactofbusynessonourneighborhoodsbrilliantly:“Beingneighborlyusedtomeanvisitingpeople.Nowbeingnicetoyourneighborsmean

4、snotbotheringthem.”People’slivesareshapedbyhowbusytheyare.Livesalsoareshapedbytherespectanddeferencethatisgiventobusyness–especiallywhenitisvaluedaboveconnectionandcommunity.Ifpeopleareconsiderate,theyassumethattheirneighborsareverybusyandsotrynottointrudeonthem.Droppingbyisnolongerneighborly.It

5、issimplyrude.5Wetreatsocializingasifit’safrivolousdiversionfromthetasksathandratherthananactivitythatisessentialtoourwell-beingasindividualsandasacommunity.Soonournotbotheringtocallpeople(orevenemailthem)getsreadbyothersasasignthatwearetoocaughtupinthebusysweepofourownlivestohavetimeforthem.Ourf

6、riendsarenotsurprised.Ourrelativesmaybeindignant,buteventheyknowhowharditis.Anunspokenunderstandingdevelops.It’stoobadthatwe’velosttouch,butthat’sjustthewayitis.6Thepaceofeverydaylifemaypushustowardisolation,butthereisapull,aswell:averyseductivepictureofstandingapartasavictory,notaretreat.Eversi

7、nceRalphWaldoEmersonwrotehisfamousessayandHenryDavidThoreausetouttoembodytheconceptinhiscabinonWaldenPond,alongseriesofAmericaniconshaveidealizedtheconceptofself-reliance.7Andwhenwedofindourselvesisolated,bystandingtallinour