1.Many years ago trying to help people with every kind of trouble left me with one sure conviction …多年以前， 幫助人們解決各種各樣問(wèn)題的過(guò)程使我深信，……
Trying to help people with every kind of trouble caused me to believe one thing firmly…
help ******************. with… 幫助某人做 ……
Could you help me with the cooking？ 你能幫我做飯嗎？
trust/faith/belief/conviction
trust信任，信賴 某人時(shí)，你便是依靠于他。 Pupils put their trust in their teachers. 小學(xué)生們都信賴他們的老師。
faith 信任，信念，表示對(duì)某人或某時(shí)非常信任， 而這卻可能是無(wú)法提供證據(jù)的。I have faith in this medicine. 我相信這種藥。
belief相信，信念，信仰， 指雖然沒(méi)有確切的證據(jù)，但還是認(rèn)為某事物是真實(shí)的，從而在思想上予以接受，該詞使用范圍很廣，可涉及到觀點(diǎn)、理論、哲學(xué)、宗教信仰甚至等。 He has a strong belief in Buddhism. 他深信佛教。
conviction 深信，確信； 信念， 是指一種強(qiáng)烈的信念。He joined the Communist Party on the basis of his conviction that communism will prevail through the world. 他加入共產(chǎn)黨是基于他堅(jiān)信共產(chǎn)主義將在全世界勝利。
2.in case after case the difficulty could have been overcome—or might never have arisen- 在一個(gè)個(gè)事例中，如果人們相互以禮相待，問(wèn)題完全可能會(huì)得到解決，或許根本不會(huì)出現(xiàn)。
sth after sth 用來(lái)表示某事頻繁發(fā)生
Year after year the Government refused to provide more funds for education. 一年又一年，政府拒絕給教育增加投資。
sth after sth 用來(lái)表示某事頻繁發(fā)生
Year after year the Government refused to provide more funds for education.一年又一年，政府拒絕給教育增加投資。
Case after case I found some young people from broken families addicted themselves to drugs.在一個(gè)個(gè)事例中，我發(fā)現(xiàn)一些來(lái)自破裂家庭的年輕人吸毒。
3. Courtesy， politeness， good manners——call it what you will， the supply never seems to equal the demand. 禮貌也好，客氣，或文明舉止也好，無(wú)論你稱它什么，其供應(yīng)總是小于需求。
Whether you call it courtesy， or politeness， or good manner， people's need for it always far greater than they show. （people practice less courtesy than they should.）
equal： v.與……相等
be equal to： adj.與……平等，與……相等
Your achievements are equal to his.你取得和他一樣的成就。
I am not equal to the position. 我不能勝任這個(gè)職位。
He equals me in strength but not in intelligence.他和我的力氣一樣大，但他的智力不如我。
4. It's not so much what my hu******************and says，“ a tearful wife confides， ”as the way he says it…。一位淚流滿面的妻子向我透露說(shuō)，“（使我傷心的）倒不是我丈夫說(shuō)的那些話，而是他說(shuō)話的態(tài)度，……
A wife in tears told me ，“What made me so sad was not what he said， but the rude way he said it…”
not so much…as… 不是 …… 而是 ……
He works hard not so much to impress his boss as to give his ability into full play. 他努力工作， 不是為了給他的上司留下好印象，而是為了能夠充分發(fā)揮他的才能。
Good manner depends not so much on how we look at ourselves as on how we look at other people. 良好的舉止不取決于我們?nèi)绾慰创约?，而是如何看待別人。
5.Such complaints are not limited to people who sit in my study： 這種抱怨不僅是那些坐到我書(shū)房里和我談心的人才有
be limited to/limit sth to .： 把限制在 …… 之內(nèi)
Your composition is limited to 200 words. 你的作文字?jǐn)?shù)限制在 200 字內(nèi)。
We must limit the expense to 100 yuan. 我們必須把開(kāi)支限制在 100 元內(nèi)。
6.Human being everywhere hunger for courtesy. 世界上的人們渴望受到禮遇
hunger for sth： have a strong desire for sth. 渴望得到 ……
People in the war-torn areas hunger for peace. 遭受戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)破壞地區(qū)的人民渴望和平。
I hunger fo r true love， but I find it hard to get. 我渴望真愛(ài)，但我發(fā)現(xiàn)真愛(ài)很難得到。
7.Good manners，“ said Ralph Waldo Emerson，” are the happy way of doing things.“ 愛(ài)默生說(shuō)：”禮貌是愉快行事的方式。“
Good manners are the suitable/ appropriate way of doing things
happy： （of words， ideas， behaviour，etc.）
well suited to the situation； pleasing happy choice of words恰當(dāng)?shù)倪x詞
happy combination of colours 色彩搭配恰當(dāng)
8.And the reverse is equally true. Bad manners can ruin a day——or wreck a friendship. 反之一樣，（不講禮貌是不愉快地辦事），不文明的舉止可以破壞一天的心境，或許還會(huì)毀掉友情。
Bad manners bring about entirely different results. （Bad manners are the unhappy way of doing things.） You will feel unhappy if you are treated impolitely. Bad manner can ruin a friendship.
the reverse （of sth.）： the things that is the contrary or opposite to what happens/applies 相反的情況
She did the reverse o f what I told her. 我告訴她怎么做，但她卻做得與我告訴她的相反。
9……courtesy is often nothing more than a highly developed sense of fair play. 強(qiáng)烈的公平意識(shí)當(dāng)然是一個(gè)要素，文明舉止往往只不過(guò)是高層次的公平意識(shí)。
Courtesy in its highly developed form is often just equal treatment for both or all sides involved.
nothing more than ： only； hardly different from 只不過(guò)是 ……， 不是別的而是 ………
To their disappointment， what they discovered was nothing more than cheap stones. 使他們大為失望，他們所發(fā)現(xiàn)的東西只不過(guò)是一些沒(méi)有什么價(jià)值的石頭。
fair play ： （ in the text） equal treatment for both or all sides involved 公平、公正地行事
10. ……I'll put up with yours the rest of the way. 剩下的路，還是讓我跟在你的后面吃塵土吧。
The rest of the way I'll endure the dust caused by your car.
put up with： 忍受
I left the party without telling the host， for I couldn't put up with these snobbish people. 我沒(méi)有告訴主人就離開(kāi)了晚會(huì)，我無(wú)法忍受那些勢(shì)利小人。
If I were you， I should not put up with her arrogance. 如果我是你，我是無(wú)法忍受她的狂妄。
11. There was a man with manners， and an innate sense of fair play. 這真是一位有禮貌的人，一位天生有著公平意識(shí)的人。
What a courteous man！ He had good manner and， by nature， he was a man with a sense of fair play.
There is a… 用來(lái)表示贊許
Take the pill， there is a good boy. 乖孩子，把藥吃了。
innate ： （of a quality， feeling， etc.） in one's nature； possessed from birth 天生的
12…。to see into the mind or heart of someone else， to understand the pain or unhappiness there to do something to minimize it 這一品質(zhì)能使人深入他人的思想和內(nèi)心世界，理解他們的感情深處的痛苦或不幸，并盡力使之減緩。
…to understand the innermost feeling of another person——what he is thinking or feeling deep down——in other words， the pain or unhappiness he keeps to himself and to help him the best way you can.
see into ： understand or have knowledge of 理解，調(diào)查
A writer should be able to see into t he mind of ordinary people. 作家應(yīng)該理解普通老百姓的思想。
The manager promised to see into the matter himself. 經(jīng)理答應(yīng)親自調(diào)查此事。
mind ： a person's thoughts 思想
heart ： a person's emotions感情
此處 there 指 in the mind or heart of someone else
13. …h(huán)e feigned a great effort to open the bottle without success. 他假裝使出大勁兒，還是沒(méi)有擰開(kāi)瓶蓋。
He pretended that he had to use a great effort to open the bottle， but he failed.
feign sth./that （正式）假裝……
When his mother came in， he feigned that he was reading a book. 當(dāng)他媽進(jìn)來(lái)時(shí)，他假裝在讀書(shū)。
14.What impelled the boy to take so much trouble to spare the feelings of a stranger？ Courtesy， compassionate courtesy 是什么促使這個(gè)年輕人不厭其煩地這么做？是禮貌，基于同情心的禮貌。（為了不讓一個(gè)陌生人感到自己無(wú)用而難堪）
Why did the boy take a lot of trouble so that a stranger wouldn't feel embarrassed？
impel ******************. to do /to sth 促使 … 干 …
What impelled him to accept the dirty job？ 什么使他接受這么臟的工作？
The increasing inflation impelled the government to extreme measures. 日益嚴(yán)重的通貨膨脹迫使政府采取了一些極端的措施。
take the trouble to do sth. 費(fèi)勁去做 ……
In order to exercise her fingers， the old woman took the trouble to wash clothes by herself. 為了練她的手指，老婦人不怕麻煩自己洗衣服。
spare ******************. from sth. ： to prevent ******************. from having an unpleasant experience 使人免受 …… （不愿意之事）
To spare her embarrassment ， don't ask her about her parent’s devoice. 為了不使她難堪，別問(wèn)她有關(guān)她父母離婚的事。
15 …the capacity to treat all people alike regardless of all status or importance 能夠不管人們的社會(huì)地位的高低或是起作用的大小，對(duì)所有的人都一視同仁。
the capacity to treat all people equally whether they are socially important people or just ordinary citizens.
treat ******************. alike ： 一視同仁
Teachers should treat all students ， clever or slow， alike. 老師應(yīng)該對(duì)所有的學(xué)生，不管是聰明的還是苯的，一視同仁。
like./alike
like 用作形容詞時(shí)，表示“相似的”，在句子里可作定語(yǔ)。 We have like attitudes towards the matter. 我們?cè)谶@件事上的觀點(diǎn)大致相同。
alike 詞性為形容詞和副詞，用作形容詞時(shí)，表示“相同的，相似的”，但在句子里只能做表語(yǔ)。 The two sisters look exactly alike.
regardless of ：paying no attention to 不顧
Regardless of danger ， he climbed the tower all alone. 不顧危險(xiǎn)，他獨(dú)自一人爬那個(gè)塔。
He bought her girl friend whatever she wanted regardless of the expenses. 不管花多少錢，他給他女朋友買她所要的任何東西。
16. Even when you have doubts about some people， act as if they are worthy of your best manners.既使對(duì)有些人你不太有把握（他們是否值得你的禮遇），也要以禮相待，就向他們值得你這樣對(duì)待他們一樣。 Even when you are not sure whether some people deserve your good manners， treat them as if they do.
have doubt about ******************./sth 對(duì) … 有懷疑
I had little doubt that we would earn profits from the project. 我毫不懷疑我們這個(gè)項(xiàng)目能盈利。
worthy of 值得
The new method is worthy of trying. 新方法值得一試。
His heroic deeds are worthy of all praises. 他的英雄行為值得大大表?yè)P(yáng)。
Trying to help people with every kind of trouble caused me to believe one thing firmly…
help ******************. with… 幫助某人做 ……
Could you help me with the cooking？ 你能幫我做飯嗎？
trust/faith/belief/conviction
trust信任，信賴 某人時(shí)，你便是依靠于他。 Pupils put their trust in their teachers. 小學(xué)生們都信賴他們的老師。
faith 信任，信念，表示對(duì)某人或某時(shí)非常信任， 而這卻可能是無(wú)法提供證據(jù)的。I have faith in this medicine. 我相信這種藥。
belief相信，信念，信仰， 指雖然沒(méi)有確切的證據(jù)，但還是認(rèn)為某事物是真實(shí)的，從而在思想上予以接受，該詞使用范圍很廣，可涉及到觀點(diǎn)、理論、哲學(xué)、宗教信仰甚至等。 He has a strong belief in Buddhism. 他深信佛教。
conviction 深信，確信； 信念， 是指一種強(qiáng)烈的信念。He joined the Communist Party on the basis of his conviction that communism will prevail through the world. 他加入共產(chǎn)黨是基于他堅(jiān)信共產(chǎn)主義將在全世界勝利。
2.in case after case the difficulty could have been overcome—or might never have arisen- 在一個(gè)個(gè)事例中，如果人們相互以禮相待，問(wèn)題完全可能會(huì)得到解決，或許根本不會(huì)出現(xiàn)。
sth after sth 用來(lái)表示某事頻繁發(fā)生
Year after year the Government refused to provide more funds for education. 一年又一年，政府拒絕給教育增加投資。
sth after sth 用來(lái)表示某事頻繁發(fā)生
Year after year the Government refused to provide more funds for education.一年又一年，政府拒絕給教育增加投資。
Case after case I found some young people from broken families addicted themselves to drugs.在一個(gè)個(gè)事例中，我發(fā)現(xiàn)一些來(lái)自破裂家庭的年輕人吸毒。
3. Courtesy， politeness， good manners——call it what you will， the supply never seems to equal the demand. 禮貌也好，客氣，或文明舉止也好，無(wú)論你稱它什么，其供應(yīng)總是小于需求。
Whether you call it courtesy， or politeness， or good manner， people's need for it always far greater than they show. （people practice less courtesy than they should.）
equal： v.與……相等
be equal to： adj.與……平等，與……相等
Your achievements are equal to his.你取得和他一樣的成就。
I am not equal to the position. 我不能勝任這個(gè)職位。
He equals me in strength but not in intelligence.他和我的力氣一樣大，但他的智力不如我。
4. It's not so much what my hu******************and says，“ a tearful wife confides， ”as the way he says it…。一位淚流滿面的妻子向我透露說(shuō)，“（使我傷心的）倒不是我丈夫說(shuō)的那些話，而是他說(shuō)話的態(tài)度，……
A wife in tears told me ，“What made me so sad was not what he said， but the rude way he said it…”
not so much…as… 不是 …… 而是 ……
He works hard not so much to impress his boss as to give his ability into full play. 他努力工作， 不是為了給他的上司留下好印象，而是為了能夠充分發(fā)揮他的才能。
Good manner depends not so much on how we look at ourselves as on how we look at other people. 良好的舉止不取決于我們?nèi)绾慰创约?，而是如何看待別人。
5.Such complaints are not limited to people who sit in my study： 這種抱怨不僅是那些坐到我書(shū)房里和我談心的人才有
be limited to/limit sth to .： 把限制在 …… 之內(nèi)
Your composition is limited to 200 words. 你的作文字?jǐn)?shù)限制在 200 字內(nèi)。
We must limit the expense to 100 yuan. 我們必須把開(kāi)支限制在 100 元內(nèi)。
6.Human being everywhere hunger for courtesy. 世界上的人們渴望受到禮遇
hunger for sth： have a strong desire for sth. 渴望得到 ……
People in the war-torn areas hunger for peace. 遭受戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)破壞地區(qū)的人民渴望和平。
I hunger fo r true love， but I find it hard to get. 我渴望真愛(ài)，但我發(fā)現(xiàn)真愛(ài)很難得到。
7.Good manners，“ said Ralph Waldo Emerson，” are the happy way of doing things.“ 愛(ài)默生說(shuō)：”禮貌是愉快行事的方式。“
Good manners are the suitable/ appropriate way of doing things
happy： （of words， ideas， behaviour，etc.）
well suited to the situation； pleasing happy choice of words恰當(dāng)?shù)倪x詞
happy combination of colours 色彩搭配恰當(dāng)
8.And the reverse is equally true. Bad manners can ruin a day——or wreck a friendship. 反之一樣，（不講禮貌是不愉快地辦事），不文明的舉止可以破壞一天的心境，或許還會(huì)毀掉友情。
Bad manners bring about entirely different results. （Bad manners are the unhappy way of doing things.） You will feel unhappy if you are treated impolitely. Bad manner can ruin a friendship.
the reverse （of sth.）： the things that is the contrary or opposite to what happens/applies 相反的情況
She did the reverse o f what I told her. 我告訴她怎么做，但她卻做得與我告訴她的相反。
9……courtesy is often nothing more than a highly developed sense of fair play. 強(qiáng)烈的公平意識(shí)當(dāng)然是一個(gè)要素，文明舉止往往只不過(guò)是高層次的公平意識(shí)。
Courtesy in its highly developed form is often just equal treatment for both or all sides involved.
nothing more than ： only； hardly different from 只不過(guò)是 ……， 不是別的而是 ………
To their disappointment， what they discovered was nothing more than cheap stones. 使他們大為失望，他們所發(fā)現(xiàn)的東西只不過(guò)是一些沒(méi)有什么價(jià)值的石頭。
fair play ： （ in the text） equal treatment for both or all sides involved 公平、公正地行事
10. ……I'll put up with yours the rest of the way. 剩下的路，還是讓我跟在你的后面吃塵土吧。
The rest of the way I'll endure the dust caused by your car.
put up with： 忍受
I left the party without telling the host， for I couldn't put up with these snobbish people. 我沒(méi)有告訴主人就離開(kāi)了晚會(huì)，我無(wú)法忍受那些勢(shì)利小人。
If I were you， I should not put up with her arrogance. 如果我是你，我是無(wú)法忍受她的狂妄。
11. There was a man with manners， and an innate sense of fair play. 這真是一位有禮貌的人，一位天生有著公平意識(shí)的人。
What a courteous man！ He had good manner and， by nature， he was a man with a sense of fair play.
There is a… 用來(lái)表示贊許
Take the pill， there is a good boy. 乖孩子，把藥吃了。
innate ： （of a quality， feeling， etc.） in one's nature； possessed from birth 天生的
12…。to see into the mind or heart of someone else， to understand the pain or unhappiness there to do something to minimize it 這一品質(zhì)能使人深入他人的思想和內(nèi)心世界，理解他們的感情深處的痛苦或不幸，并盡力使之減緩。
…to understand the innermost feeling of another person——what he is thinking or feeling deep down——in other words， the pain or unhappiness he keeps to himself and to help him the best way you can.
see into ： understand or have knowledge of 理解，調(diào)查
A writer should be able to see into t he mind of ordinary people. 作家應(yīng)該理解普通老百姓的思想。
The manager promised to see into the matter himself. 經(jīng)理答應(yīng)親自調(diào)查此事。
mind ： a person's thoughts 思想
heart ： a person's emotions感情
此處 there 指 in the mind or heart of someone else
13. …h(huán)e feigned a great effort to open the bottle without success. 他假裝使出大勁兒，還是沒(méi)有擰開(kāi)瓶蓋。
He pretended that he had to use a great effort to open the bottle， but he failed.
feign sth./that （正式）假裝……
When his mother came in， he feigned that he was reading a book. 當(dāng)他媽進(jìn)來(lái)時(shí)，他假裝在讀書(shū)。
14.What impelled the boy to take so much trouble to spare the feelings of a stranger？ Courtesy， compassionate courtesy 是什么促使這個(gè)年輕人不厭其煩地這么做？是禮貌，基于同情心的禮貌。（為了不讓一個(gè)陌生人感到自己無(wú)用而難堪）
Why did the boy take a lot of trouble so that a stranger wouldn't feel embarrassed？
impel ******************. to do /to sth 促使 … 干 …
What impelled him to accept the dirty job？ 什么使他接受這么臟的工作？
The increasing inflation impelled the government to extreme measures. 日益嚴(yán)重的通貨膨脹迫使政府采取了一些極端的措施。
take the trouble to do sth. 費(fèi)勁去做 ……
In order to exercise her fingers， the old woman took the trouble to wash clothes by herself. 為了練她的手指，老婦人不怕麻煩自己洗衣服。
spare ******************. from sth. ： to prevent ******************. from having an unpleasant experience 使人免受 …… （不愿意之事）
To spare her embarrassment ， don't ask her about her parent’s devoice. 為了不使她難堪，別問(wèn)她有關(guān)她父母離婚的事。
15 …the capacity to treat all people alike regardless of all status or importance 能夠不管人們的社會(huì)地位的高低或是起作用的大小，對(duì)所有的人都一視同仁。
the capacity to treat all people equally whether they are socially important people or just ordinary citizens.
treat ******************. alike ： 一視同仁
Teachers should treat all students ， clever or slow， alike. 老師應(yīng)該對(duì)所有的學(xué)生，不管是聰明的還是苯的，一視同仁。
like./alike
like 用作形容詞時(shí)，表示“相似的”，在句子里可作定語(yǔ)。 We have like attitudes towards the matter. 我們?cè)谶@件事上的觀點(diǎn)大致相同。
alike 詞性為形容詞和副詞，用作形容詞時(shí)，表示“相同的，相似的”，但在句子里只能做表語(yǔ)。 The two sisters look exactly alike.
regardless of ：paying no attention to 不顧
Regardless of danger ， he climbed the tower all alone. 不顧危險(xiǎn)，他獨(dú)自一人爬那個(gè)塔。
He bought her girl friend whatever she wanted regardless of the expenses. 不管花多少錢，他給他女朋友買她所要的任何東西。
16. Even when you have doubts about some people， act as if they are worthy of your best manners.既使對(duì)有些人你不太有把握（他們是否值得你的禮遇），也要以禮相待，就向他們值得你這樣對(duì)待他們一樣。 Even when you are not sure whether some people deserve your good manners， treat them as if they do.
have doubt about ******************./sth 對(duì) … 有懷疑
I had little doubt that we would earn profits from the project. 我毫不懷疑我們這個(gè)項(xiàng)目能盈利。
worthy of 值得
The new method is worthy of trying. 新方法值得一試。
His heroic deeds are worthy of all praises. 他的英雄行為值得大大表?yè)P(yáng)。