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,a

2、ndwewanttobefree.Welurchbackandforth,reachingforboth.Howmuchofoneshouldwegiveupinordertohavemoreoftheother?Howdoweknowwhenwe’vegotitright?2Yetpeopleinthiscountrycontinuetodriftapart.Weneedtoknowwhy.3First,let’slookatthefreneticbusynessofourlives.Americansmaybetheonly

3、peopleintheworldwhobelievethateachindividualhastherightandthecapacitytofitwhateverheorshewantsintoonesmalllife.Americaistheoriginal“Youcanbeanythingyouwantifyoureallytry,andit’snevertoolatetostarttrying!”country.4Agoodfrienddescribedtheimpactofbusynessonourneighborho

4、odsbrilliantly:“Beingneighborlyusedtomeanvisitingpeople.Nowbeingnicetoyourneighborsmeansnotbotheringthem.”People’slivesareshapedbyhowbusytheyare.Livesalsoareshapedbytherespectanddeferencethatisgiventobusyness–especiallywhenitisvaluedaboveconnectionandcommunity.Ifpeop

5、leareconsiderate,theyassumethattheirneighborsareverybusyandsotrynottointrudeonthem.Droppingbyisnolongerneighborly.Itissimplyrude.5Wetreatsocializingasifit’safrivolousdiversionfromthetasksathandratherthananactivitythatisessentialtoourwell-beingasindividualsandasacommu

6、nity.Soonournotbotheringtocallpeople(orevenemailthem)getsreadbyothersasasignthatwearetoocaughtupinthebusysweepofourownlivestohavetimeforthem.Ourfriendsarenotsurprised.Ourrelativesmaybeindignant,buteventheyknowhowharditis.Anunspokenunderstandingdevelops.It’stoobadthat

7、we’velosttouch,butthat’sjustthewayitis.6Thepaceofeverydaylifemaypushustowardisolation,butthereisapull,aswell:averyseductivepictureofstandingapartasavictory,notaretreat.EversinceRalphWaldoEmersonwrotehisfamousessayandHenryDavidThoreausetouttoembodytheconceptinhiscabin

8、onWaldenPond,alongseriesofAmericaniconshaveidealizedtheconceptofself-reliance.7Andwhenwedofindourselvesisolated,bystandingtallinour