2020新译林版高中英语必修一Unit3 Reading翻译UNIT 3 Getting along with others
Reading
Friendship on the rock: please advise!
Amy
Monday 12/10 9:13 p.m.
My best friend and I have been close for eight years. When I was an awkward primary school student, she was the popular girl who was willing to make friends with me. Since then, a close friendship has grown between us and she’s been almost like a sister to me. Whether we’re walking to school, doing homework or just hanging out at the weekend, we’re hardly out of each other’s sight. But last Saturday, she broke my heart, and I’m still picking up the pieces.
Our original plan was to see a film at the cinema that afternoon. But in the morning, my friend posted a message on social media saying she had a cold. When I called her, she said she might not be able to make it to the cinema. “Don’t worry,” I said. “Get some rest. We can wait till you get better.”
Today, however, I received a horrible surprise. A classmate told me she had seen my friend chatting with another girl in a café on Saturday afternoon. How stupid I was! My friend’s “illness”was a complete lie! Instead of recovering at home, she was out having fun with someone else.
I was so angry that I avoided her during school all day, and I still don’t feel like responding to any of her online messages. The stress of this situation is killing me, and I’m at a loss what to do next.
Cindy
Monday 12/10 9:52 p.m.
I’m so sorry! But this friendship is worth saving: eight years is a long time! Don’t be so quick to judge your friend.Perhaps she knows she’s in the wrong and wants to apologize, or maybe she has a simple explanation for her behaviour. In any case, find an opportunity to havea full and frank talk with her. Listen to what she has to say, and be sure to explain how you feel. I’m sure you can solve this problem together.
David
Tuesday 13/10 8:11 p.m.
I definitely understand how you feel. I also had a friend whom I trusted a lot. When I found out that I was tricked byhim, I was really hurt and let go of our friendship. I know you value your friendship and want your friend to value it equally. However, if your friend ignores your feelings or makes you suffer, it’s time to rethink yourrelationship. Talk to her and decide whether this friendship is still important to you. It’s sad to move on, but you have to accept that friends come and go in life.
友谊在岩石上：请指教！
艾米
星期一12/10 9:13 pm
我和我最好的朋友已经快八年了。当我还是一个笨拙的小学学生时，她是一个受欢迎的女孩，她愿意和我交朋友。从那时起，我们之间就建立了亲密的友谊，她几乎像我的妹妹一样。无论我们是去上学，做家庭作业还是在周末闲逛，我们几乎都不在彼此的视线之外。但是上个星期六，她伤了我的心，我仍然在整理这些东西。
我们最初的计划是那天下午在电影院看电影。但是早上，我的朋友在社交媒体上发了一条消息，说她感冒了。当我打电话给她时，她说她可能无法进入电影院。“不用担心，”我说。“休息一下。我们可以等到您变得更好为止。”
但是今天，我收到了可怕的惊喜。一位同学告诉我，她看到我的朋友在星期六下午在咖啡馆里和另一个女孩聊天。我真愚蠢！我朋友的“病”完全是谎言！她没有在家中康复，而是和其他人一起玩。
我非常生气，以至于我整天都在避开她，而我仍然不想回应她的任何在线消息。这种情况的压力正在杀死我，我无所适从。
辛迪
星期一12/10 9:52 pm
我很抱歉！但是，这种友谊值得保存：八年是很长的时间！不要这么快地判断你的朋友，也许她知道自己做错了事并想道歉，或者也许她对自己的行为没有足够的解释。无论如何，找机会与她进行充分坦率的交谈。听她说的话，并确保解释您的感受。我相信您可以一起解决这个问题。
大卫
13/10星期二晚上8:11
我绝对了解您的感受。我也有一个我非常信任的朋友。当我发现自己被他欺骗时，我真的受伤了，并抛开了我们的友谊。我知道您重视您的友谊，并希望您的朋友同样重视它。但是，如果您的朋友忽略了您的感受或使您遭受痛苦，那么该重新考虑一下您的关系了。与她交谈并确定这种友谊是否对您仍然重要。这是可悲的继续前进，但你必须接受你的朋友会在你生活中来来去去。
新译林版高中英语必修一Unit3 Extended Reading课文翻译（2020版）
Extended reading
Of friendship
As we walk the “path of life”, we may sometimes wish to be alone with our own thoughts, for quiet periods of reflection can lead to personal improvement. However, when we seek to be alone,we must be careful that we do not always escape into our own world. Social life is also important to us.
More often than not, close friendships will help smooth out the sometimes rocky road that we are all meant to travel.
As we live in social groups, there are many benefits of friendship that we can enjoy. Generally speaking, close friendships have three “fruits”: they may comfort the heart, advise the head and help us achieve the goals we set for ourselves. Through friendship, we can become happier,wiser and more satisfied humans.
The first fruit of friendship is the peace that comes from sharing with friends our joy, sadness, success and failure.Here, friendship has a double advantage—happiness takes on a greater meaning and a trouble shared becomes a trouble halved! Naturally, this kind of openness results from a close friendship. With true friends, we feel free to share our joy and sadness in full measure. We know that our friends will both respect our feelings and treasure these moments of closeness. Indeed, the human heart depends on such opportunities for comfort and protection.
The second fruit of friendship is the better understanding and judgement that may be achieved through conversations with well-meaning and wise friends. We often find it easier to recognize other people’s weaknesses than our own.
As a result, if we are guided only by our own feelings, our judgements might be one-sided. On the other hand, our friends are better able to offer advice on important decisions that we all have to make. Also, when we want to talk our problems over with a friend, we have to put our thoughts into words first.
This alone helps make our thoughts clearer and brings us a more thorough understanding of our problems.
The third fruit of friendship is the help that a friend may offer in many different ways. Sometimes a friend is even known as our “second self”. There are so many things in life that can only beachieved with the help of friends.
Friends may have many different ideas and skills. They can help us achieve what we want during life and, perhaps, even after death.
Finally, it should be pointed out that enjoying the company of a crowd is not the same as being with friends. Friends should be carefully chosen and relationships carefully developed. In this way,we can better walk the “path of life” with the comfort, advice and help from our trusted friends.
(Adapted from “Of Friendship”, an essaywritten by Francis Bacon, a great English writer, scientist and philosopher)
扩展阅读
友情
当我们走上“人生之路”时，有时我们可能希望独自一人思考，因为安静的反思会导致个人进步。但是，当我们寻求独处时，我们必须小心，不要总是逃脱进入自己的世界。社会生活对我们也很重要。
亲密的友谊常常会帮助平息我们所有人都打算旅行的有时是坎坷的道路。当我们生活在社会群体中时，我们可以享受很多友谊的好处。一般而言，亲密的友谊可以带来三个“果实”：它们可以安慰心脏，劝导头部并帮助我们实现为自己设定的目标。通过友谊，我们可以变得更快乐，更智慧，更满意。
与朋友分享我们的喜悦，悲伤，成功和失败是第一场友谊的和平。在这里，友谊有双重好处-幸福具有更大的意义，共享的麻烦变成麻烦的一半！自然地，这种开放性源于亲密的友谊。与真正的朋友一起，我们随时可以充分分享我们的喜悦和悲伤。我们知道，我们的朋友将既尊重我们的感受，也珍惜这些亲密的时刻。确实，人的心脏依赖于这种舒适和保护的机会。
友谊的第二个结果是，通过与善意和明智的朋友进行对话，可以实现更好的理解和判断。我们通常发现比我们自己更容易识别他人的弱点。
结果，如果我们仅以自己的感觉为指导，那么我们的判断可能是单方面的。另一方面，我们的朋友更有能力就我们所有人都必须做出的重要决定提供建议。另外，当我们想与朋友讨论我们的问题时，我们必须首先将自己的想法说出来。仅此一项就可以使我们的思想更清晰，并使我们对我们的问题有更彻底的了解。
友谊的第三个成果是朋友可以以许多不同方式提供的帮助。有时朋友甚至被称为我们的“第二自我”。生活中有很多事情只能在朋友的帮助下实现。
朋友可能有许多不同的想法和技能。它们可以帮助我们在生活中甚至死后实现我们想要的东西。最后，应该指出的是，享受人群的陪伴与与朋友相伴并不相同。应该谨慎选择朋友，并认真发展人际关系。通过这种方式，我们可以在值得信赖的朋友的安慰，建议和帮助下更好地走“人生道路”。
（改编自伟大的英国作家，科学家和哲学家弗朗西斯·培根（Francis Bacon）的论文《友谊》（Of Friendship））