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ightful asked myself what had happened .What hopes deferred had broken his spirit,what disappointments shattered him,and what lost illusions ground him to the dust?I ask myself if nothing could be done,I walked round the plaza. 我回想起他那時(shí)高漲的情緒、他的活力、他對(duì)未來的信心,還有他的冷漠。這兩個(gè)人不可能是同一個(gè)人,然而我確信就是他。我起身付了賬,走進(jìn)廣場(chǎng)去找他。我的思緒一片混亂。我感到驚恐。我絕不會(huì)想到他已經(jīng)淪落到這般可怕的悲慘境地。我問自己發(fā)生了什么事,是什么樣的希望遲遲不能實(shí)現(xiàn)令他傷心,是什么樣的失意將他擊垮,是什么樣的幻想破滅將他逼向屈辱?我問自己是否已經(jīng)無計(jì)可施。我繞著廣場(chǎng)走著。Unit8, psychographic profiles can be quite detailed. Take the Accord. Honda Motor reports that the car39。s owners like to vacuum their garages. You can39。t say they39。re not clean. (第八章 P243 第一段) 有時(shí)候,心理剖析可以非常詳細(xì)。以雅閣為例,本田汽車報(bào)告稱,雅閣汽車的主人喜歡用吸塵器打掃他們的車庫,你不能說他們不干凈。 also found that sometimes messages sent out by seemingly similar cars can be quite different. Consider two premier British luxury sedans: Bentley39。s Arnage and Rolls39。 Phantom. Both are stately and fast, but each attracts a different kind of customer. (第八章 P243 第二段) 我們還發(fā)現(xiàn),有時(shí)看上去類似的汽車可能傳達(dá)了完全不同的信息,比如英國最好的兩種豪華轎車:賓利公司的雅致和勞斯萊斯公司的幻影,兩者都高貴而快捷,但他們卻各自吸引了不同類型的客戶群。 Bentley buyer wants an understated heirloom that he or she can pass down through the generations。 over 80% of all Bentleys ever made are still on the road today. The Phantom buyer, on the other hand, is looking for instant recognition. The car has a presence that really demands attention wherever it goes. (第八章 P243 第三段) 賓利的買主想要的是低調(diào)的,但可以世代相傳的傳家寶;有史以來所生產(chǎn)的賓利,80%以上至今仍跑在路上。然而,歡迎的買家卻期盼一夜成名,汽車的外表使得它所到之處無不引人注目。Unit 9 in 1980,the House of the Future was designed to a showcase for stateoftheart electronic structure itself is a 3100 square foot,coppertrimmed prism rising out of the Arizona solar collectors on the south face of the house provide 75% of the heating and 95% of the domestic hot water ,the house is as startling as it is the moment,the only permanent resident of the House of the Future is the monotone voice which greets visitors belongs to unique ,Motoroladesigned fiveunit puter network which serves as the nerve center of the building. “未來之宅”于1980 年對(duì)外開放,的設(shè)計(jì)是為了展示電子改革的現(xiàn)代技術(shù)水平。這一銅支架多棱體建筑占地3100 平方英尺,高高聳立在亞利桑那沙漠之上。房子的南面布滿了電腦控制的太陽能采集裝置,室內(nèi)75% 的供暖和95% 的熱水所需能量由它們供給。房子內(nèi)部像它的外表一樣令人炫目。目前,“未來之宅”里唯一的常住戶是一臺(tái)計(jì)算機(jī)。參觀者所聽到的單調(diào)的歡迎聲就來自于這臺(tái)獨(dú)一無二的機(jī)器,它由摩托羅拉公司設(shè)計(jì),由五臺(tái)計(jì)算機(jī)連成網(wǎng)絡(luò),它是這座建筑物的中樞神經(jīng)。5