大学英语自考教程上册a课文中英对照25

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1、25-A.AmericanMenDon'tCryAmericanmendon'tcrybecauseitisconsiderednotcharacteristicofmentodoso.Onlywomencry.Cryisa"weaknessRcharacteristicofthefemale,andnoAmericanmalewantstobeidentifiedwithany-thingintheleastweakorfeminine.Crying,inourculture,isidentifiedwit

2、hchildishnessrwithweaknessanddependence.Noonelikesacrybaby,andwedisapproveofcryingeveninchildren,discouragingitinthemasearlyaspossible.Inalandsodevotedtothepursuitofhappinessasours,cryingreallyisratherun-American.Adultsmustlearnnottocryinsituationsinwhichit

3、ispermissibleforachildtocry.Womenbeingthe“weaker”andHdependent〃sex,itisonlynaturalthattheyshouldcryincertainemotionalsituations.Inwomercryingisexcusable.Butinmen,cryingisamarkofweakness.SogoestheAmericanbeliefwithregardtocrying."Alittleman/1weimpressonourm

4、alechildren,11nevercries.Onlygirlsandcrybabiesdo."AndsoweconditionmalesinAmericanottocrywhenevertheyfeellikedoingso.ItisnotthatAmericanmalesareunabletocrybecauseofsomebiologicaltimeclockwithinthemwhichcausesthemtorundowninthatcapacityastheygrowolder;butthat

5、theyaretrainednottocry.Andsothenlittleman1'controlshisdesiretocryandgoesondoingsountilheisunabletocryevenwhenhewantsto.ThusdoweproduceatrainedincapacityintheAmericanmaletocry.Andthisisbad.Whyisitbad?Becausecryingisanaturalfunctionofthehumanorganismwhichisde

6、signedtorestoretheemotionallydisequilibratedpersontoastateofequilibrium.Thereturnofthedisequilibratedorgansystemsofthebodytosteadystatesordynamicstabilityisknownashomeostasis.Cryingservesahomeostaticfunctionfortheorganismasawhole.Anyinterfereneewithhomeosta

7、sisislikelytobedamagingtotheorganism・AndthereisgoodreasontobelievethattheAmericanmale"strainedincapacitytocryisseriouslydamagingtohim.Itisunnecessarytocrywheneveronewantstocry,butoneshouldheabletocrywhenoneoughttocry-whenoneneedstocry.Fortocryundercertainem

8、otionallydisequilibratingconditionsisnecessaryforthemaintenanceofhealth.Tobehumanistoweep.Thehumanspeciesistheonlyoneinthewholeofanimatednaturethatshedstears.Thetrainedinabilityofanyhumanbeingtoweepisa