牛津译林版高中英语新教材选择性必修四课文原文及汉语翻译 （英汉对照）.pdf

新牛津译林高中英语选择性必修四课文翻译 Unit1Honesty andresponsibility Reading Aftertwenty years 二十年后 The policeman on the beat walked along the street as he always did. It was barely ten o'clock at night. When he had walked about halfway around a certain block,thepoliceman suddenly slowed down.In the doorway of a store stood aman, with an unlit cigar in hismouth.As thepoliceman walked up to him the man spoke up quickly. 巡逻的警察像往常一样沿着街道走着。还不到晚上十点。当他走过一个街 区大约一半的时候，警察突然放慢了速度。在一家商店的门口站着一个男人， 嘴里叼着一支未点燃的雪茄。当警察走近他时，那人很快地大声说起了话。 “It'sallright,officer,"he said.“I'mjustwaiting for a friend.It'san appointment made twenty years ago. There used to be a restaurant where this store stands- 'BigJoe'Brady'srestaurant.” “ ” “ 没事的，警官，他说。我只是在等一个朋友。这是一个二十年前做的约 定。这家商店所在的地方以前有一家餐馆——‘大乔布雷迪 餐馆。’ ” “It washereuntilfiveyearsago,"saidthepoliceman.“Itwastorn downthen." “ ” “ ” 五年前它还在这里， 警察说。 后来它被拆除了。 The man in the doorway struck a match and lit his cigar. The light showed a pale face,with keen eyes, a squarejaw and a littlewhite scar near hisright eyebrow. Hisscarfpinwasalargediamond,oddly set. 站在门口的人划了一根火柴，点燃了雪茄。灯光显得苍白他的脸，一双敏 锐的眼睛，一个方下巴，右眉毛附近有一条白色的小伤疤。他的领巾别针是一 颗大钻石，镶嵌得很奇怪。 “Twenty years ago tonight," said theman, “I dined here with Jimmy Wells,my best friend.He and I were just like two brothers. I was eighteen and Jimmy was 1 新牛津译林高中英语选择性必修四课文翻译 twenty.The next morning I was to leave New York and travel to the West to make my fortune.Well,we agreedthat night that wewouldmeet here again exactly twenty years from that date and time,no matter what our conditionsmight be or from what distancewemight haveto come.We figuredthat in twenty years each ofusought to havebuilt alifeandmadeour fortunes.” “20年前的今晚，”那人说，“我和我最好的朋友吉米·威尔斯在这里吃过饭。 他和我就像两兄弟。当时我18 岁，吉米2