英语自考本科高级英语笔记-上册-Lesson Thirteen

6Most of the idle rich suffer unspeakable boredom as the price of their freedom from drudgery.Those rich people who don't go to work do not have to suffer like most people: to do dull and uninteresting work. But they have to pay for this. The price for not having to do dull work is to suffer extreme boredom.大多数无所事事的有钱人不需要从事单调乏味的工作，但他们遭受着无以言表的无聊。7While rich women for the most part keep themselves with innumerable trifles of whose earth-shaking importance they arefirmly persuaded.They busy themselves with countless small, insignificant things, but they make themselves believe that the things they do are extremely important.而有钱的妇女则大多忙于她们认为是极其重要的无数琐事。8It makes holidays much more delicious when they come.Work makes holidays much more enjoyable and people appreciate their holidays more.它会使得假期更有趣味。9Provided a man does not have to work so hard as to impair his vigor, …As long as a person does not have to work until he has no physical strength left.只要一个人做得不是太辛苦，不削弱他的精力…10It is only where the best work is concerned that this measure ceases to be the natural one to apply.Stop using income as a natural measure to see whether a person is successful or not.只有在最好的工作上，这一衡量标准才不会被适用。11Continuity of purpose is one of the most essential ingredients of happiness in the long run.Always having a goal ahead and working persistenly towards it is one of the most essential ingredients of happiness in the long run.目标的连续性最终是幸福的最重要的因素之一。12The domesticated wife is taken for granted by her husband Her husband thinks that everything she does is what she should do, that naturally she should do the housework, so he does notappreciate her work.那些家庭主妇的劳动被丈夫认为是理所当然的。13The satisfaction of killing time and of affording some outlet, however modest, for ambition, belongs to most work.Work makes it possible for the worker to have opportunity to realize his desire for success and achievement, even if it is only asmall opportunity, it is still an opportunity.大多数工作可以带来消磨时间的满足感，可以提供实现抱负的途径，尽管它是非常微不足道的。14I shall begin with those ... and end with those that are worthy to absorb the whole energies of a great man.I shall begin with those ... and end with the work that is so interesting and challenging that a great man is willing to devote the whole of his life and talents to it.我先从…谈起，最后再说那些值得伟人投入全部精力的工作。15All skilled work can be pleasurable, provided the skill required is either variable or capable of indefinite improvement.如果所需要的技巧是不断变化的或是可以不断提高的，所有带有技巧的工作都是令人快乐的。16The reason being that in such occupations a wide experience of other men is essential.In politics and some other kinds of skilled work, it is not enough to have experience from one's own work, it is very importantto learn the experience of other people, therefore more time is needed to perfect the skill.造成这种情况的原因是这些职业需要他人的广泛经验。17Frequently he will conceal this from himself by the belief that he is only sweeping sway in order to build afreshSuch people will not even admit to themselves that their purpose is to destroy only.经常他会对自己隐瞒这一点，认为他只是消除障碍，是为了重新建造。conceal from: hide, keep secert 隐瞒He tried to conceal the bad news from his wife, lest she worried.