本文選自【紐約客】：我與美式寒暄！

背景知識(shí)  “英國(guó)人見面總是習(xí)慣談?wù)撎鞖?，他們認(rèn)為天氣是個(gè)不會(huì)冒犯對(duì)方的話題，所以這條單選是選C （safe topic），記住！”畢業(yè)多年，高中英語老師對(duì)這條選擇題的解釋仍讓許多人記憶猶新?！昂选边@回事確實(shí)是國(guó)際性話題，誰都不能免俗。那么問題來了，當(dāng)急吼吼的印度人遇上一向大派的山姆大叔，究竟誰在虛情，誰又在假意？寒暄真的“中外有別”？

        1 American life is based on a reassurance that we like one another but won’t violate one another’s privacies. 2 This makes it a land of small talk. 3 Two people greet each other happily, with friendliness, but might know each other for years before venturing basic questions about each other’s backgrounds. 4 The opposite is true of Indians. 5 At least three people I’ve sat next to on planes to and from India have asked me, within minutes, how much I earn as a writer (only to turn away in disappointment when I tell them). 6 In the East, I’ve heard it said, there’s intimacy without friendship; in the West, there’s friendship without intimacy.

［詞匯］

reassurance    /?ri:?????r?ns/    n. 使人消除疑慮的事物

violate    /'va??le?t/    v. 違反

privacy     /'pr?v?s?/    n.  隱私

venture    /'vent??/     v. 敢于，冒險(xiǎn)

opposite     /'?p?z?t/     adj. 相反的

disappointment    /d?s?'p??ntm(?)nt/    n. 失望

intimacy    /'?nt?m?s?/     n. 親密

［知識(shí)點(diǎn)］

1、be based on    基于......

2、small talk    寒暄，閑聊

3、at least    至少

4、turn away    轉(zhuǎn)過臉

［逐句精講］

1 American life is based on a reassurance that we like one another but won’t violate one another’s privacies. 

分析 本句主干是American life is based on a reassurance。that引導(dǎo)的從句對(duì)reassurance進(jìn)行解釋。

翻譯 美國(guó)人的生活遵從一條心照不宣的原則：我們喜歡與人為友，但不侵犯他人的隱私。

2 This makes it a land of small talk. 

分析 本句主干是This makes it a land。

翻譯 這是眾多寒暄背后的原因。

3 Two people greet each other happily, with friendliness, but might know each other for years before venturing basic questions about each other’s backgrounds. 

分析 本句主干是Two people greet each other, but might know each other。about each other’s backgrounds修飾questions。

翻譯 在謹(jǐn)慎詢問與雙方背景相關(guān)的基本問題之前，即便兩人已相識(shí)多年，仍會(huì)愉快友好的寒暄問候彼此。

4 The opposite is true of Indians. 

分析 本句主干是The opposite is true。

翻譯 但是印度人卻恰恰相反。

5 At least three people I’ve sat next to on planes to and from India have asked me, within minutes, how much I earn as a writer (only to turn away in disappointment when I tell them). 

分析 本句主干是three people have asked me。how much I earn as a writer引導(dǎo)的是asked的賓語從句。

翻譯 在往返印度的飛機(jī)上，幾分鐘之內(nèi)，至少有3個(gè)坐在我旁邊的人問我，當(dāng)作家能掙多少錢（當(dāng)我告訴他們答案后，他們只是失望的轉(zhuǎn)過臉去）。

6 In the East, I’ve heard it said, there’s intimacy without friendship; in the West, there’s friendship without intimacy.

分析 本句主干是I’ve heard; there’s friendship。

翻譯 在東方，大家常說，即使素昧平生，人們也可以很親近；而在西方，人們則認(rèn)為，就算是朋友，也并不見得親密無間。

親們覺得老師講的好，就打賞個(gè)銅板唄?。。∧銈兊馁p贊是對(duì)我勞動(dòng)成果的最大肯定~~~打賞可按住二維碼進(jìn)行哦。