Unit12单元课文翻译

Unit 12

Life Is Full of the Unexpected

生活中 充满 意外

In May 2001, I found a job in New York at the World Trade Center. On September 11,

在2001年 五月 ，我在纽约世贸中心 找到一份 工作 。 在 九月 十一日

2001, I arrived at my building at around 8:30 a.m. I was about to go up when I decided to get a

我 到达 我的办公楼大约在上午的八点半。我正要 上楼 时我 决定先去 买 一杯

coffee first. I went to my favorite coffee place even though it was two blocks east from my

咖啡 。我去了我 最喜欢的咖啡店，即使从东面出发，那里离我的办公室有 两个 街区。

office. As I was waiting in line with other office workers, I heard a loud sound. Before I could

当我 和 其他的 办公室 工作人员一起排队等候时，我 听到一声巨响。 在我可以

join the others outside to see what was going on, the first plane had already hit my office

加入其他人 到外面 看 发生 什么事。 第一架 飞机 已经 撞上我的 办公

building. We stared in disbelief at the black smoke rising above the burning building. I felt

大楼 我们难以置信的凝视着 黑色的烟从燃烧着的大楼上升起。我感到幸运，

lucky to be alive.

运为自己 还活着。

Almost 10 years later, I woke up at 10:00 a.m. on February 21,2011 and realized that my

将近 年 后 ， 我在2011年二月21日早上十点钟醒来。 才 意识到我的

alarm never went off. I jumped out of bed and went straight to the airport. But by the time I got

闹钟 从来没有响过。我 跳下 床， 直奔 飞机场 。 在我到达飞机场之前，

to the airport, my plane to New Zealand had already taken off.“ This is the first holiday I’ve

我飞往新西兰的班机在已经起飞。 这是我一年来的第一个假期。

taken in a year, and now I’ve missed my plane. What bad luck!” I thought to myself. The

现在 错过了 飞机 。 多么倒霉啊 ！ 我独自沉闷。

other planes were full so I had to wait till the next day. The next morning, I heard about the 其它的 飞机 已 满员， 因此 不得不 等第二天的航班。第二天 早上，我 听 说

earthquake in New Zealand the day before. My bad luck had unexpectedly turned into a good

新西兰地震了，（就在我误机的） 前一天。我的 霉运 意外地 变成 好

thing.

事

April Fool’s Day is a celebration that takes place in different countries around the world. It

愚人节 庆祝活动 发生在世界上 不同的 国家 。

happens on April 1st every year and is a day when many people play all kinds of tricks and

每年四月 ， 很多的 人相互之间 玩 各种各样的 骗术 和

jokes on each other.

笑话

One April Fool’s Day, a reporter in England announced that there would be no more

在一个 愚人节 一名英国记者 宣布 将 不再有

spaghetti because the spaghetti farmers in Italy had stopped growing spaghetti. Many people

意大利式细面条，因为 意大利式细面条农民在意大利 停止种植 意大利式细面条 很多 人

ran to their local supermarkets to buy as much spaghetti as they could. By the time people

跑 向 他们的本地的 超市 尽可能多的买意大利式细面条。 到 人们

realized that the story was a hoax, all of the spaghetti across the country had been sold out . In

意识到 这个是一个 ， 所有的 遍布整个国家的意大利式细面条 遍布已经 售光 。

another famous trick a TV show in England reported the discovery of special water. They said

另一个 著名的 骗术 节目 英国 报道 发现 特殊的 水 他们 说

this water would help people lose weight and that one customer had already lost a lot of weight

这种 水 将 帮助 人们 减肥 一个 顾客 已经 减去 很多 重量

in just four months. By the end of the day, more than 10,000 people had phoned the TV station

仅 四 月份 到… 末尾 超过 人 打 电话 电视台

to find out how to get this water.

找到 如何 得到这种 水

Many April Fool’s jokes may end up being not very funny. A famous TV star once

很多 愚人节的 笑话 可能 最终成为 不是 很 有趣 著名的 明星 一次

invited his girlfriend onto his show on April Fool’s Day. He asked her to marry him. The lady

邀请 女朋友 参加 节目 愚人节 请求 她 嫁给 他 女士

was so happy because she really wanted to get married. However, when she said yes, he

如此 高兴 因为 真的 想要 结婚 然而 当 说 好的

replied, “ April Fool!” That little joke didn’t have a very happy ending. The TV star lost his

回答 愚人节傻瓜 小 笑话 没有 非常 幸福的 结局 明星失去了

girlfriend and his show was canceled.

女朋友 他的 节目 被 取消

One of the world’s most famous tricks, however, happened in October rather than in

之一 世界 最 著名的 骗术 然而 发生 十月 而不是

April. In that month in 1938, actor Orson Welles announced on his radio program that aliens

四月 月 演员 奥森 韦尔斯 宣布 在 广播 节目 外星人

from Mars had landed on the earth. He described where they had landed and told how they

来自 火星 着陆 地球 描述 哪里 着陆 告诉如何

were moving across the United States. Welles made it sound so real that hundreds of people

移动 穿过 美国 韦尔斯 制造 声音 如此真的 成百上千 人

believed the story, and fear spread across the whole country. By the time police officers

相信 故事 恐惧 传播 穿过 整个 国家 到…的时候

announced that the story was a hoax, thousands of people had left their hom

es.

宣布 这个故事 成千上万 人 离开他们的 家园