Unit1-Unit4 课文与翻译汇总 2021-2022学年高中英语译林选择性必修第四册

【U1】Honesty and responsibility Reading After Twenty Years 《二十年后》 The policeman on the beat walked along the streel as he always did. It was barely ten o'clock at night. When he had walked about halfway around a certain block, the policeman suddenly slowed down. In the doorway of a store stood a man, with an unlit cigar in his mouth. 巡逻的警察像往常一样沿着街道走着。当时还不到晚上十点钟。当他走了大约半个街区的时候，警察突然放慢了速度。在一家商店的门口站着一个男人，嘴里叼着一支未点燃的雪茄。 “It’s all right, officer,” he said. “I’m just waiting for a friend. It’s an appointment made two decades ago. There used to be a restaurant where this store stands — ‘Big Joe’ Brady’s restaurant.” “没事的，警官，”他说。“我只是在等一个朋友。这是20年前的约定。这家店所在的地方曾经有一家餐馆——‘Big Joe’Brady's餐厅。” “It was here until five years ago,” said the policeman. “It was torn down then.” “五年前它一直在这里，”警察说。“之后它被拆除了。” The man in the doorway struck a match and lit his cigar. The light showed a pale face, with keen eyes, a square jaw and a little white scar near his right eyebrow. His scarfpin was a large diamond, oddly set