【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 。這都是些跟著里根多年、久經(jīng)沙場(chǎng)的老將，他們跟共和黨則有更深厚的淵源，是這個(gè)國(guó)家里最熟悉總統(tǒng)政治的人。競(jìng)選的背景也很有利，也很多好消息可供炒作。例如，美國(guó)上下一片和平，美國(guó)經(jīng)濟(jì)這一競(jìng)選要素也在經(jīng)過(guò)一段時(shí)間的衰退之后開始強(qiáng)勁反彈。此外，這次競(jìng)選本身得到了慷慨資助，因此有充裕的資用于組織一流的競(jìng)選班子、支付巡回演講和電視廣告的費(fèi)用。而最重要的一點(diǎn)是，他們的候選人是羅納德里根，他可是位極具個(gè)人魅力和溝通技巧的總統(tǒng)。自約翰F肯尼迪總統(tǒng)以來(lái)，里根是最成功地勾勒出美國(guó)藍(lán)圖的總統(tǒng)：一個(gè)軍事力量復(fù)興、富有個(gè)人進(jìn)取心、聯(lián)邦政府得以精簡(jiǎn)的國(guó)家。1997CE原文：來(lái)美國(guó)求學(xué)的中國(guó)學(xué)生與其他亞裔學(xué)生一樣，大多非?？炭嗲趭^，周末也往往會(huì)抽出一天甚至兩天的時(shí)間去實(shí)驗(yàn)室加班，因而比起美國(guó)學(xué)生來(lái)，成果出得較多。我的導(dǎo)師是亞裔人，嗜煙好酒，脾氣暴躁。但他十分欣賞亞裔學(xué)生勤奮與扎實(shí)的基礎(chǔ)知識(shí)，也特別了解亞裔學(xué)生的心理。因此，在他實(shí)驗(yàn)室所招的學(xué)生中，除有一名來(lái)自德國(guó)外，其余5位均是亞裔學(xué)生。他干脆在實(shí)驗(yàn)室的門上貼一醒目招牌：“本室助研必須每周工作7天，早10時(shí)至晚12時(shí)，工作時(shí)間必須全力以赴?！边@位導(dǎo)師的嚴(yán)格及苛刻是全校有名的，在我所呆的3年半中，共有14位學(xué)生被招進(jìn)他的實(shí)驗(yàn)室，最后博士畢業(yè)的只剩下5人。1990年夏天，我不顧別人勸阻，硬著頭皮接受了導(dǎo)師的資助，從此開始了艱難的求學(xué)旅程?！⒖甲g文：Like students from other Asian countries and regions, most Chinese students who e to pursue their further education in the United States work on their studies most diligently and assiduously. Even on weekends, they would frequently spend one day, or even two days, to work overtime in their laboratories. Therefore, pared with their American counterparts, they are more academically fruitful. My supervisor is of Asian origin. He is addicted to alcohols and cigarettes, with a sharp/irritable temper. Nevertheless, he highly appreciates the industry and the solid foundational knowledge of Asian students and has a particularly keen insight into what Asian students have on their mind. Hence, of all the students recruited into his laboratory, except for one German, the other five were all from Asia. He even put an eyecatching notice on the door of his lab, which read, “All the research assistants of this laboratory are required to work 7 days a week, from 10:00 . to 12:00 .. Nothing but work during the working hours.” This supervisor is reputed on the entire campus for his severity and harshness. During the 3 and a half years that I stayed there, a total of 14 students were recruited into his laboratory and only 5 of them stayed until they graduated with their . degrees. In the summer of 1990, ignoring the dissuasions from others, I accepted my supervisor’s sponsorship and embarked on my difficult journey of academic pursuit.EC原文：Opera is expensive: that much is inevitable. But expensive things are not inevitably the province of the rich unless we abdicate society’s power of choice. We can choose to make opera, and other expensive forms of culture, accessible to those who cannot individually pay for it. The question is: why should we? Nobody denies the imperatives of food, shelter, defence, health and education. But even in a prehistoric cave, mankind stretched out a hand not just to eat, drink or fight, but also to draw. The impulse towards culture, the desire to express and explore the world through imagination and representation is fundamental. In Europe, this desire has found fulfillment in the masterpieces of our music, art, literature and theatre. These masterpieces are the touchstones for all our efforts。 they are the touchstones for the possibilities to which human thought and imagination may aspire。 they carry the most profound messages that can be sent from one human to another.參考譯文：聆聽歌劇，無(wú)疑昂貴至極。但是，昂貴的事物并非必定屬于富人的范疇，除非我們放棄社會(huì)的選擇權(quán)。我們可以選擇去使歌劇以及其他某些昂貴的文化形式也能為那些不具備個(gè)人支付能力的人所享受。但問(wèn)題是，我們有必要這么做嗎？沒(méi)人會(huì)否認(rèn)食物、居所、防護(hù)、健康與教育的不可或缺性。但即便是在史前時(shí)代的洞穴中，人類伸出手來(lái)，早就不單純是為了吃、喝或搏殺，而且亦進(jìn)行繪畫創(chuàng)作。人類對(duì)于文化的沖動(dòng)，通過(guò)形象思維和再現(xiàn)手段來(lái)表現(xiàn)并探索世界的欲望，乃亙古有之。在歐洲，這一欲望在我們的音樂(lè)、藝術(shù)、文學(xué)和戲劇杰作中尋找到了其實(shí)現(xiàn)形式。這些杰作構(gòu)成了我們?nèi)颗Φ脑嚱鹗?。作為試金石，它們能衡量出人類的思想和想象力所可能企及的程度。它們攜帶著最寓意深刻的主題，可在人類彼此間相互傳遞。1998CE原文：　　這次到臺(tái)灣訪問(wèn)交流，雖然行程匆匆，但是，看了不少地方，訪了舊友，交了新知，大家走到一起，談?wù)摰囊粋€(gè)重要話題就是中華民族在21世紀(jì)的強(qiáng)盛。雖然祖國(guó)大陸、臺(tái)灣的青年生活在不同的社會(huì)環(huán)境中，有著各自不同的生活經(jīng)歷，但大家的內(nèi)心都深深銘刻著中華文化優(yōu)秀傳統(tǒng)的印記，都擁有著振興中華民族的共同理想。在世紀(jì)之交的偉大時(shí)代，我們的祖國(guó)正在走向繁榮富強(qiáng)，海峽兩岸人民也將加強(qiáng)交流，共同推進(jìn)祖國(guó)統(tǒng)一大業(yè)的早日完成。世紀(jì)之交的寶貴機(jī)遇和巨大挑戰(zhàn)將青年推到了歷史前臺(tái)?？缡兰o(jì)青年一代應(yīng)該用什么樣的姿態(tài)迎接充滿希望的新世紀(jì)，這是我們必須回答的問(wèn)題。日月潭水波不興，仿佛與我一同在思索……參考譯文：The current visit to Taiwan for exchange, brief and cursory as it is, has enabled us to see many places, to visit old friends while making new acquaintances. Whenever people gather together, an important topic of discussion has been how the Chinese nation can bee prosperous and powerful in the 21st century. Although the young people on the Mainland and in Taiwan live in different social contexts (environments / milieus), with their individually different experiences of life, in the innermost recesses of their hearts are wrought an indelible mark by the fine traditions of the Chinese culture. They all cherish the same ideal to rejuvenate the Chinese nation (They share the same ideal to rejuvenate the Chinese nation). In this great epoch at the turn of the century, our motherland is developing toward greater prosperity and powerfulness. People across the Taiwan Straits are bound to strengthen their exchanges and will mutually promote the earliest possible achievement of the great cause of reunification of the motherland. The precious opportunities and the tremendous challenges at the turn of the century have pushed the young people to the foreground (forefront) of the historical arena (stage). At this transitional phase between the two millennia, in what way the young generation should embrace the forthing new century replete with hopes is a question to which we have to seek an answer.EC原 文：　　To speak of American literature, then, is not to assert that it is pletely unlike that of Europe. Broadly speaking, America and Europe have kept step. At any given moment the traveler could find examples in both of the same architecture, the same styles in dress, the same books on the shelves. Ideas have crossed the Atlantic as freely as men and merchandise, though sometimes more slowly. When I refer to American habit, thoughts, etc., I intend some sort of qualification to precede the word, for frequently the difference between America and Europe (especially England) will be one of degree, sometimes only of a small degree. The amount of divergence is a subtle affair, liable to perplex the Englishman when he looks at America. He is looking at a country which in important senses grew out of his own, which in several ways still resembles his own