2020年高考英语全国一卷阅读理解B逐句翻译讲解

一、原文逐句翻译

Returning to a book you’ve read many times can feel like drinks with an old friend.

重读一本读过多次的书，感觉就像和老朋友在一起喝酒。

There’s a welcome familiarity - but also sometimes a slight suspicion that time has changed you both, and thus the relationship.

有一种受欢迎的熟悉感——但有时也有一种轻微的怀疑，时间改变了你们，从而改变了你们的关系。

But books don’t change, people do.

但是书不会变，人会变。

And that’s what makes the act of rereading so rich and transformative.

这就是为什么重读的过程如此丰富和具有变革性。

The beauty of rereading lies in the idea that our bond with the work is based on our present mental register.

重读作品的美妙之处在于，我们与作品的联系是建立在我们当前的心理记录之上的。

It’s true, the older I get, the more I feel time has wings.

的确，我年纪越大，就越觉得时间长了翅膀。

But with reading, it’s all about the present.

但对于阅读来说，一切都是为了当下。

It’s about the now and what one contributes to the now, because reading is a give and take between author and reader.

它是关于现在和一个人对现在的贡献，因为阅读是作者和读者之间的一种交换。

Each has to pull their own weight.

每个人都要尽自己的责任。

There are three books I reread annually The first, which I take to reading every spring is Emest Hemningway’s A Moveable Feast.

每年我都会重读三本书。第一本是我每年春天都会读的埃姆斯特·海明威的《流动的盛宴》。

Published in 1964, it’s his classic memoir of 1920s Paris.

这本书出版于1964年，是他关于20世纪20年代巴黎的经典回忆录。

The language is almost intoxicating (令人陶醉的)，an aging writer looking back on an ambitious yet simpler time.

语言几乎是醉人的(令人陶醉的),作者回顾一个雄心勃勃的老龄化还简单。

Another is Annie Dillard’s Holy the Firm, her poetic 1975 ramble (随笔) about everything and nothing.

另一个是安妮·迪拉德的神圣的公司,她的诗歌1975漫游(随笔)关于一切和虚空的。

The third book is Julio Cortazar’s Save Twilight: Selected Poems, because poetry.

第三本书是胡里奥·科塔扎的《拯救黄昏:诗选》，因为诗歌。

And because Cortazar.

因为科塔萨尔的。

While I tend to buy a lot of books, these three were given to me as gifs, which might add to the meaning I attach to them.

虽然我经常买很多书，但这三本书是作为礼物送给我的，这可能会增加我对它们的附加意义。

But I imagine that, while money is indeed wonderful and necessary, rereading an author’s work is the highest currency a reader can pay them.

但我想，虽然钱确实是美好和必要的，重读作者的作品是读者能支付给他们的最高货币。

The best books are the ones that open further as time passes.

最好的书是那些随着时间推移而不断打开的书。

But remember, it’s you that has to grow and read and reread in order to better understand your friends.

但请记住，是你自己在成长、阅读、重读，以便更好地了解你的朋友。

二、阅读检测

24. Why does the author like rereading?

A. It evaluates the writer-reader relationship. B. It’s a window to a whole new world.

C. It’s a substitute for drinking with a friend. D. It extends the understanding of oneself.

25. What do we know about the book A Moveable Feas!?

A. It’s a brief account of a trip. B. It’s about Hemingway’s life as a young man.

C. It’s a record of a historic event. D. It’s about Hemingway’s friends in Paris.

26. What does the underlined word ＂currency＂ in paragraph 4 refer to?

A. Debt B. Reward. C Allowance. D. Face value.

27. What can we infer about the author from the text?.

A. He loves poetry. B. He’s an editor. C. He’s very ambitious. D. He teaches reading.

三、参考答案

24.D 25.B 26.B 27.A