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1、2011年考研英语(一)翻译真题及答案WithitsthemethatMindisthemasterweaver,creatingourinnercharacterandoutercircumstances,thebookAsaManThinkingbyJamesAllenisanin-depthexplorationofthecentralideaofself-helpwriting。 (46)Allenscontributionwastotakeanassumptionweallshare-thatbecausewearenotrobotswethereforecontrolourthou
2、ghts-andrevealitserroneousnature.我们每个人都认为：自己不是机器人，因此能够控制自己的思想；爱伦的贡献在于他研究了这一假说，并揭示其错误的本质。Becausemostofusbelievethatmindisseparatefrommatter,wethinkthatthoughtscanbehiddenandmadepowerless;thisallowsustothinkonewayandactanother.However,Allenbelievedthattheunconsciousmindgeneratesasmuchactionastheconsci
3、ousmind,and(47)whilewemaybeabletosustaintheillusionofcontrolthroughtheconsciousmindalone,inrealitywearecontinuallyfacedwithaquestion:WhycannotImakemyselfdothisorachievethat?我们或许只通过意识就能维持这种控制的幻觉，但事实上，我们却总是面临一个问题：我们为什么不能让自己去做这件事情，实现那个目标呢？Sincedesireandwillaredamagedbythepresenceofthoughtsthatdonotacco
4、rdwithdesire,Allenconcluded:Wedonotattractwhatwewant,butwhatweare。Achievementhappensbecauseyouasapersonembodytheexternalachievement;youdontgetsuccessbutbecomeit.Thereisnogapbetweenmindandmatter。PartofthefameofAllensbookisitscontentionthatCircumstancesdonotmakeaperson,theyrevealhim。(48)Thisseemsajust
5、ificationforneglectofthoseinneed,andarationalizationofexploitation,ofthesuperiorityofthoseatthetopandtheinferiorityofthoseatthebottom。这种说法似乎为忽视需要帮助的人找到了借口，使剥削合理化，令上层人优越，底层人卑微。This,however,wouldbeaknee-jerkreactiontoasubtleargument.Eachsetofcircumstances,howeverbad,offersauniqueopportunityforgrowth.I
6、fcircumstancesalwaysdeterminedthelifeandprospectsofpeople,thenhumanitywouldneverhaveprogressed.Infat,(49)circumstancesseemtobedesignedtobringoutthebestinusandifwefeelthatwehavebeenwrongedthenweareunlikelytobeginaconsciousefforttoescapefromoursituation.环境似乎旨在激发我们的最大潜能，如果我们总感觉上天不公，那么不太可能会自觉地努力脱离现状。Nev
7、ertheless,asanybiographerknows,apersonsearlylifeanditsconditionsareoftenthegreatestgifttoanindividual。ThesoberingaspectofAllensbookisthatwehavenooneelsetoblameforourpresentconditionexceptourselves.(50)Theupsideisthepossibilitiescontainedinknowingthateverythingisuptous;wherebeforewewereexpertsintheoflimitations,nowwebecomeauthoritiesofwhatispossible。积极的一面是，既然万事都取决于我们，那么就有无限可能。以前，我们能够熟练应对种种局限；现在，我们把握着未来的可能。