Only women cry.Cry is a “weakness” characteristic of the female， and no American male wants to be identified with anything in the least weak or feminine.
译：只有妇女才哭。哭是女性软弱的表现。不论做什么事，没有任何一个美国男人想要让人家认为有丝毫懦弱或者像个女人似的。
2.be identified with 认为…等同于
Eg： He identifies her happiness with his own. （这里用的是主动形式identify with）
You can't identify money with happiness.
Smoking is identified with committing suicide.
In the least 一点
Crying， in our culture， is identified with childishness， with weakness and dependence. No one likes a crybaby， and we disapprove of crying even in children， discouraging it in them as early as possible. In a land so devoted to the pursuit of happiness as ours， crying really is rather un-American.
译：在我们的思想文化观念当中，哭哭啼啼总是跟孩子气、懦弱、不能自立联系在一起的。没有任何人会喜欢一个哭闹的孩子，所以即使对儿童来说，我们也不赞成他们哭，尽可能从很小的时候起，越早越好，鼓励孩子们不要哭。在像我们这样一个热衷于追求幸福快乐的国家里，哭哭啼啼实在不太合乎美国人的风度。
Adults must learn not to cry in situations in which it is permissible for a child to cry. Women being the “weaker” and “dependent” sex， it is only natural that they should cry in certain emotional situations. In women， crying is excusable. But in men， crying is a mark of weakness. So goes the American belief with regard to crying.
译：成年人都必须知道，凡在允许小孩子哭的情况下，成年人都不应该哭。因为女性是一种“软弱的”、“依赖男人的”性别，女性在特定的环境下引起感情波动，若是哭一通也是很自然的。对妇女们来说，哭是可以原谅的。可是对男人来说，哭就会给人留下软弱无能的印象。于是美国人对于哭泣的看法就这样产生了。
mark n.标志；品牌
go 表示进行，起作用
eg. The meeting went better than we have expected.
“A little man，” we impress on our male children， “never cries. Only girls and crybabies do.” And so we condition males in America not to cry whenever they feel like doing so.
3.impress on/upon 牢记，铭记；给…以极深的印象
eg： We impress on the young people that pride goes before a fall. 我们让青年人牢记骄者必败
condition
n.情况，境况 v.使适应，使习惯
in the condition of 在…情况下
at the condition 处于…情况下
译：我们让我们的男性儿童铭记在心：“一个小男子汉永远也不会哭的，只有女孩子和刚刚生下来的小娃娃才会哭。”所以每当美国的男性想要哭的时候，我们就训练他们憋住别哭。
It is not that American males are unable to cry because of some biological time clock within them which causes them to run down in that capacity as they grow older， but that they are trained not to cry.
Run down 用尽，耗尽；变弱
Eg. If you leave your head lights on， you will soon run down your battery.
译：这并不是因为他们随着年龄的增长，体内某个生物钟上的哭的能力已经消耗殆尽，而是因为他们被训练得不许哭。
And so the “little man” controls his desire to cry and goes on doing so until he is unable to cry even when he wants to.
译：于是这“小男子汉”想哭的时候，也老是憋着不哭，一直憋到甚至当他想哭的时候也不会哭了。
Thus do we produce a trained incapacity in the American male to cry. And this is bad.
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译：这样，我们就致使美国男性被训练成不会哭的人了。这很不好。
Why is it bad？ Because crying is a natural function of the human organism which is designed to restore the emotionally disequilibrated person to a state of equilibrium.
译：为什么不好呢？因为哭是人的有机体中的一种很自然的功能，有这一功能就是为了让那些感情上失去了平衡的人，能恢复到感情上平衡的状态。
The return of the disequilibrated organ systems of the body to steady states or dynamic stability is known as homeostasis. Crying serves a homeostatic function for the organism as a whole. Any interference with homeostasis is likely to be damaging to the organism. And there is good reason to believe that the American male's trained incapacity to cry is seriously damaging to him.
译：把人体失去了平衡的器官体系恢复到稳定状态或恢复到正常运作状态下的稳定状态，被称为体内平衡。哭对于整个生物体的体内平衡起作用。对体内平衡的任何干扰都有可能损害人的有机体。所以，我们有充分的理由相信，把美国男性训练得不会哭，这会对美国男性造成严重的损害。
It is unnecessary to cry whenever one wants to cry， but one should be able to cry when one ought to cry - when one needs to cry. For to cry under certain emotionally disequilibrating conditions is necessary for the maintenance of health.
for ：引导原因状语从句
译：一个人不论任何时候想哭就哭，这实在是没有必要；但是当一个人应该哭的时候——也就是一个人需要哭的时候，应该能够哭出来。因为哭上一通在内心感情失衡的情况下，对保持身体健康是必要的。
To be human is to weep. The human species is the only one in the whole of animated nature that sheds tears. The trained inability of any human being to weep is lessening of his capacity to be human - a defect which usually goes deeper than the mere inability to cry.
go 进行，起作用
译：只要是人就会落泪。在整个动物世界里，人类这个物种是唯一的会流泪的物种。把一个人训练成不会落泪的人，这就减少了他作为一个人所应有的能力。减少一个人所应有的能力，这一缺陷比仅仅是不会哭泣在意义上要深远得多。
And this， among other things， is what American parents - with the best intentions in the world - have achieved for the American male. It is very sad. If we feel like it， let us all have a good cry - and clear our minds of those cobwebs of confusion which have for so long prevented us from understanding the natural necessity of crying.
译：而这一点，尤其是这一点，正是那些怀着人间最美好的用心的美国父母们给美国男性养成的。简直是太可悲了。如果我们想哭的话，那就让我们好好地哭上一通吧，把那些很长时间以来使我们不能理解哭这种天性的需要、像蜘蛛网一样束缚人思想的种种糊涂想法，从我们的脑海中清除得干干净净吧。
Ⅲ.Vocabulary Exercises
For each sentence， fill in the blank with the proper form of the words given at the beginning. Please pay attention to the part of speech of each word.
1.disapprove approve approval disapproval
a.She wants to be a nurse but her parents disapprove of her intention.
b.When the girl picked her nose at the dinner table， her father looked at her with disapproval.
c.We have obtained the authorities' approval in our involvement in the program.
d.If my project isn't approved of by the headmaster all my work will have been wasted.
2.discourage encourage courage encouraging（a.） courageous
a.The young explorer feels greatly discouraged by the difficulties he has encountered.
encount： 遇到，遭遇
b.When his opinion is different from that of the majority， the doesn't have the courage to say what he thinks right.
c.The speaker felt fairly confident when he got a encouraging smile from the audience.
d.The Association for Wildlife Preservation encourages members to protect the environment.
e.The young man was courageous enough to break away from traditional ideas.
3.permisssible permit permission
a.Lies are not permissible evidence in court.
b.Nobody can enter the air base without special permission.
c.Smoking is not permitted in public places of recreation.
4.organism organ organic
a.The organ of political power should serve the people.
b.Cities are more complex organism than self–sufficient villages.
c.In a well-written article， all the paraphs should be written into an organic whole .
Text B Stop Worrying Now！
Ⅰ.New words
take it easy ：don't worry
1.含有前缀的单词：
immobilize v. 使固定，使不动
→mobile a. 易于快速移动的
2.含有后缀的单词：
virtually ad. 实际地，实质地，事实上
obsessive a. 缠人的，强迫性的；过分的
justify vt. 证明…是正当的；为…辩护
error n. 错误
erroneous a. 错误的，不正确的
sensible a. 感觉得到的
sensibly ad. 感觉得到地；明智地，明白事理地
sense n. 感觉
minimize vt.将……减到最少
minimum n.最小值， 最少量
maximize v. 增加到最大量
maximum n. 最大量
absurd a. 荒谬的
absurdity n. 荒谬
compulsively ad. 强迫地
enjoyment n. 享受
troublesome a. 令人烦恼的，讨厌的；麻烦的，难处理的
3.合成词：
payoff n. 发工资；付清，偿还；
backache n. 背痛，腰痛
4.特殊记忆：
dividend n. 红利，利息；回报，效益
fulfill vt. 履行；完成
resolve vt.使分解，解析；解决，消除
solve vt. 解决，解答
重要词汇：
1.distress 常用于被动语态
n. 痛苦，苦恼
v. 使痛苦，使苦恼
Eg： I was most distressed to hear the sad news of your father's death .听到令尊去世的消息，我十分难过。
2.justify v. 证明……是正当的；为…辩护
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