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1、第二十八届韩素音青年翻译奖竞赛原文英译汉竞赛原文：OnIrritabilityIrritabilityisthetendencytogetupsetforreasonsthatseem–tootherpeople–tobeprettyminor.Yourpartnerasksyouhowworkwentandthewaytheyaskmakesyoufeelintenselyagitated.Yourpartnerisputtingknivesandforksonthetablebeforedinnerandyoumention(notforthef
2、irsttime)thattheforkshouldgoonthelefthandside,nottheright.Theythenimmediatelyletoutahugesighandsweepthecutleryontothefloorandtellyouthatyoucanxxxx-ingdoityourselfifyouknowbetter.Itwasthemostminorofcriticismsandtechnicallyquitecorrect.Andnowthey’veexploded.Thereissomuchirritabil
3、ityaroundanditexactsahugedailycostonourcollectivelives,sowedeservetogetalotmorecuriousaboutit:whatisreallygoingonfortheirritableperson?Why,really,aretheygettingsoagitated?Andinsteadofblamingthemforgettinghetupabout“littlethings”,weshoulddothemthehonourofworkingoutwhy,infact,the
4、sethingsmaynotbesominorafterall.Thejourneybeginsbyrecognisingtheroleoffearinirritabilityincouples.Behindmostoutburstsarecack-handedattemptstoteachtheotherpersonsomething.Therearethingswe’dliketopointout,flawsthatwecandiscern,remarkswefeelwereallymustmake,butourawarenessofhowtop
5、roceedispanickedandhasty.Wegivecack-handed,meanspeeches,whichbearnofaithinthelegitimacy(eventhenobility)oftheactofimpartingadvice.Andwhenourpartnersareonthereceivingendoftheseirritable“lessons”,theyofcourseswiftlygrowdefensiveandbrittleinthefaceofsuggestionswhichseemmorelikemea
6、n-mindedandsenselessassaultsontheirverynaturesratherthancaring,gentleattemptstoaddresstroublesomeaspectsofjointlife.Theprerequisiteofcalminateacherisadegreeofindifferenceastothesuccessorfailureofthelesson.Onenaturallywantsforthingstogowell,butifanobduratepupilflunkstrigonometry
7、,itis–atbase–theirproblem.Temperscanstayevenbecauseindividualstudentsdonothaveverymuchpoweroverteachers’lives.Fortunately,asnotcaringtoomuchturnsouttobeacriticalaspectofsuccessfulpedagogy.Yetthisisn’tanoptionopentothefearful,irritablelover.Theyfeelineluctablyledtodelivertheir“l
8、essons”inacataclysmic,frenziedmanner(thedoorslamsveryl
