译林版牛津高中英语(必修5):Unit1 Getting along with others-Project(3)

What friendship means¹ to me

对我来说友谊是什么

When deciding what is most important in life, some people choose money, while others choose things like security² and comfort.

当判定生活中什么最重要时，有些人选择了钱，而其他人则选择了如安全和舒适这类事情。

However, for me, the most important thing in life is friendship. I cannot imagine being without it.

然而，对于我来说，生活中最重要的是友谊。我无法想象没有友谊的生活会是什么样子。

Friendship means not being alone. Once I was travelling by myself through Beijing on the way to my grandparents' house.

友谊意味着不孤独。曾经，我孤身前往爷爷奶奶家，途径北京。

Since my next train left in the evening, I had a day for sightseeing.

由于我乘坐的车是晚上发车，所以我有一天的时间可以观光。

At first, I didn't mind being alone, but then I saw all of the tourists having their pictures taken together, and I began feeling sad.

起初，我并没有感到孤独，但是当我看到所有的旅客都一起拍照，我开始感到难过。

I ended up returning to the train station and spending the rest of the day in the waiting room.

我停下来，返回了车站，剩下的时间里，就一直在候车室待着了。

Life is no fun without a companion to share it with.

没有同伴共同分享生活，生活便是无趣的。

Friendship means having someone I can rely³ on.

友谊意味着我可以依靠某人。

Last year, I forgot my schoolbag on a trolleybus, and I lost all of my notes for the final exam.

去年，我把书包落在了电车上，我期末考试的所有笔记都丢了。

You can imagine how I panicked⁴. Luckily for me, my best friend Jenny let me copy her notes, and I used them in my revision.

你可以想象我当时有多着急。不过幸运的是，我的好朋友珍妮把她的笔记借给我抄，我复习时用的就是那些笔记。

Thanks to her help, I was able to pass the exam.

幸亏她帮忙，我才通过了考试。

1 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

2 security   

n.安全，安全感；防护措施；保证(金)，抵押(品)；债券，证券

参考例句：

• A security guard brought him down with a flying tackle.一名保安人员飞身把他抱倒。
• There was tight security at the airport when the President's plane landed.总统的专机降落时，机场的保安措施很严密。

3 rely   

vi.依赖，依靠；信赖，信任

参考例句：

• I rely upon you to finish the work on time.我相信你会准时完成这项工作的。
• You should rely on your own efforts.你应该靠自己的努力。

4 panicked   

vt.使恐慌（panic的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• The gunfire panicked the baby. 炮声使婴儿受到了惊吓。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The government panicked into imposing a kind of cultural homogeneity. 政府在恐慌下开始强制实施某种文化统一政策。 来自辞典例句