汉语言自考本科英语（二）教材中英文对照（1-6课）第1课Text A Critical ReadingCritical reading applies to non-fiction writing in which the author puts forth a position or seeks to make a statement. Critical reading is active reading. It involves more than just understanding what an author is saying. Critical reading involves questioning and evaluating what the author is saying, and forming your own opinions about what the author is saying. Here are the things you should do to be a critical reader.批判性地阅读批判性阅读适合于那种作者提出一个观点或试图陈述一个说法的纪实 类写作。
批判性阅读是积极阅读它不仅仅包括理解作者说了些什么, 还包括质疑和评价作者的话，并对此形成自己的观点成为一名批判性 阅读者需要做到以下几点Consider the context of what is written. You may be reading something that was written by an author from a different cultural context than (=from) yours. Or, you may be reading something written some time ago in a different time context than yours. In so much more creative than the average person; what set him so far apart from others?最近我听到一个故事，故事的主角是一个在医学领域取得多项重大 突破的知名科学家在一次报社记者对他的采访中，记者问他为什么他 比普通人更富有创造力，是什么让他如此与众不同He responded that, in his opinion, it all came from an experience with his mother that occurred when he was about two years old. He had been trying to remove a bottle of milk from the refrigerator when he lost his grip on the slippery bottle and it fell, spilling its contents all over the kitchen floor — a veritable （十足 的）sea of milk!他回答道，在他看来，这全部源于他两岁时和妈妈的一次共同的经 历。
他试图从冰箱里取出一瓶牛奶，却没有抓住光滑的瓶子，瓶子掉了， 牛奶洒得厨房满地都是——白花花的一片When his mother came into the kitchen, instead of yelling at him, giving him a lecture, or punishing him, she said, HRobert, what a great wonderful mess you have made! I have rarely seen such a huge puddle of milk. Well, the damage has already been done. Would you like to get down and play in the milk for a few minutes before we clean it up?"他妈妈走进厨房时，没有对他大吼大叫，没有训斥他或惩罚他,而 是对他说："罗伯特，瞧你把地板弄得，多么的壮观啊!我几乎从未见 过这么大的一摊牛奶噢，既然损失已经造成了，你要不要下来玩一会 牛奶我们再打扫?〃Indeed, he did. After a few minutes, his mother said, "You know, Robert, whenever you make a mess like this, eventually you have to clean it up and restore everything to its proper order. So, how would you like to do that? We could use a sponge, a towel, or a mop. Which do you prefer?" He chose the sponge and together they cleaned up the spilt milk.他真的在一地的牛奶上玩了一会儿。
几分钟后，妈妈又说：〃罗伯特, 你要知道，每次像这样搞得一团糟，最终还是要收拾干净，让一切恢复 原位所以，你看该怎么打扫好呢?我们可以使用一块海绵、一条毛巾 或者一个拖把你喜欢用哪一个呢?〃他选择了海绵，并和妈妈一起把 地板上的牛奶打扫干净His mother then said, "You know, what we have here is a failed experiment in how to effectively carry a big milk bottle with two tiny hands. Lefs go out in the back yard and fill the bottle with water and see if you can discover a way to carry it without dropping it." The little boy learned that if he grasped the bottleat the top near the lip with both hands, he could carry it without dropping it. What a wonderful lesson!他妈妈接着对他说：〃你知道，今天我们实际上做了个实验——如何用 两只小手稳妥地端一个大的牛奶瓶，可惜我们的实验失败了。
那我们去 后院继续做实验吧，给瓶子里装上水，看看你能不能发现用什么方法端 这个瓶子它不会掉于是这个小男孩学会了用双手抓住瓶子上面靠近瓶盖的位置，这样端的时候瓶子就不会掉瓶盖的位置，这样端的时候瓶子就不会掉多么美妙的一堂课!The renowned scientist remarked that it was at that moment that he knew he didn't need to be afraid to make mistakes. Instead, he learned that mistakes were just opportunities for learning something new, which isz after all, what scientific experiments are all about(真谛).Even if the experiment “ doesn't work”, we usually learn something valuable from it.这位著名的科学家谈论道，正是在那一刻他明白了无需害怕犯错误相 反，他认识到错误正是学习新东西的机会，毕竟任何科学实验都是如此。
' 即使实验"行不通〃，我们往往也能从中得到一些宝贵的经验Wouldn't it be great if all parents would respond (in ) the way Robert's mother responded to him?如果所有家长都像罗伯特的妈妈那样对待孩子该有多好啊第2课Text BText B The CakeCindy glanced nervously at the clock on the kitchen wall. Five minutes before midnight.蛋糕辛迪紧张地瞥了一眼挂在厨房墙壁上的时钟，还有5分钟就到午夜了"They should be home any time now/1 she thought as she put the finishing touches on the chocolate cake she was frosting. It was the first time in her 12 years she had tried to make a cake from scratch, and to be honest, it wasn't exactly an aesthetic triumph. The cake was…well, lumpy. And the frosting was bitter, as if she had run out of sugar or something, which, of course, she had.”现在，他们随时都会回来。
"她一边想着，一边在巧克力蛋糕上抹上 最后一些糖霜这是她从小到大12年来第一次尝试制作蛋糕，完全是 从头学起不过说实话，蛋糕至少从审美角度说不算成功这块蛋糕…… 嗯，看起来凹凸不平糖霜是苦的，好像她把糖或者别的什么东西都用 光了当然，糖的确是用光了And then there was the way the kitchen looked. Imagine a huge blender filled with all the fixings for chocolate cake — including the requisite bowls, pans and utensils. Now imagine that the blender is turned on. High speed. With the lid off. Do you get the idea?再看看她把厨房搞成什么样了想象一个巨大的搅拌机，里面盛着制作 蛋糕的全部原料——包括必备的锅、碗及其他器皿再想象一下这个搅 拌机开动了，高速运转，盖子是打开着的你能想象出这是什么样的场 景吗？But Cindy wasn't thinking about the mess. She had created something, a veritable phoenix of flour and sugar rising out of the kitchen clutter She was anxious for her parents to return home from their date so she could present her anniversary gift to them. She turned off the kitchen lights and waited excitedly in the darkness. When at last she saw the flash of the car headli。