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下面这篇中石油职称英语阅读文章是关于家族信条的，作者的家族信条告诉人们如何快乐而有所作为地活着，也告诉人们如何勇敢而安详地面对死亡。欢迎阅读。

　　Our Family Creed 家族的信条

1. Theyare the principleson whichmy wife and I have tried tobring upour family. They are the principlesin whichmy fatherbelievedandby whichhe governed his life. They are theprinciples,many of them,whichI learnedat my mother's knee.

1、这些是我和我太太在教育子女的时候所尽力倚仗的信条，这些是我父亲所深信并以之为人生律条的信条，这些信条中的大部分是我从母亲的'膝下秉承而来的。 (一串定语从句)

2. Theypoint the waytousefulness and happinessin life,tocourage and peaceindeath.

2、这些信条告诉人们如何快乐而有所作为地活着，也告诉人们如何勇敢而安详地面对死亡。

eymean toyouwhat they mean to me, they mayperhapsbehelpful also toour sons for theirguidanceandinspiration.

3、假如这些信条于诸位的意义如同它们于我的意义，那么也许它们可以有效地指导和鼓舞我们的儿女们。

mestate them:4、让我说出这些信条：

5. Ibelieveinthesupremeworth of the individualandinhis right to life,liberty, and thepursuitof happiness.

5、我相信，个人拥有无上的(supreme)价值，拥有生存、自由和追求幸福的权利。

6. Ibelievethatevery rightimplies aresponsibility;every opportunity, anobligation;everypossession,a duty.

6、我相信，每一项权利都必然包含着(imply)责任，每一个机遇都必然包含着义务，每一种获得都必然包含着职责。

7. Ibelieve thatthe law was made for man and not man for the law;thatgovernmentistheservantof the peopleandnot theirmaster.

7、我相信，法律为人而制，而非人为法律而生，政府是人民的公仆，而非人民的主人。

8. Ibelieveinthedignity of labor,whetherwithheadorhand;thatthe worldowesno man a living butthatitowesevery manan opportunity to make aliving.

8、我相信，无论体力劳动还是脑力劳动都是高尚的(dignity)，世界不会让人不劳而获，而会给人一次谋生的机会。

9. Ibelieve thatthriftisessentialtowell-orderedlivingandthateconomy is aprime requisiteof a soundfinancialstructure,whether ingovernment, business,orpersonal affairs.

9、我相信，无论在政府、商业还是个人事务中，勤俭节约都是合理安排生活之基本要素(be essential to 对…必要的)，而经济适用是健全的金融机制(a sound financial structure)之必需。

10. Ibelievethattruth andjusticeare fundamental toanenduringsocial order.

10、我相信，真理和正义是任何一个长治久安的社会秩序之基础。

11. Ibelieveinthesacredness of a promise,thata man's wordshouldbe as good as his bonds,thatcharacter-not wealth or power orposition-is of supreme worth.

11、我相信，承诺是神圣的;我也相信，假如人的言语(a man's word)能和契约同样可靠(as good as)，那么这种品质(thatcharacter)-而非财富、权势与身份地位-就具有至高无上的价值。

12. Ibelievethatthe rendering of useful serviceis the common duty ofmankind andthatonlyin thepurifyingfire ofsacrificeisthedrossofselfishnessconsumedandthegreatness of the human soulset free.

12、我相信，人类共同的职责是有用地服务社会(the rendering of useful service)，只有在自我牺牲的炼火中(only in the purifying fire of sacrifice)，自私的沉渣才会被焚为灰烬(only 在句首时，句子要倒装，is提到主语前)，人类灵魂中的伟大情操才会显现(setfree)。

13. Ibelieveinanall-wiseandall-lovingGod,namedbywhatevername, andthattheindividual'shighest fulfillment,greatest happiness,andwidest usefulnessare tobe found inliving inharmonywithhis will.

13、我相信，有一位大智大慧、大慈大悲的上帝存在-尽管人们对他的称呼各不相同--人们能在与他的意志相和谐的生活过程中得到最高的满足感(highest fulfillment)、最大的幸福感(greatesthappiness)，以及最广博的成就感(widest usefulness)。

14. Ibelievethatlove is the greatest thing in the world;thatitalonecanovercomehate;thatrightcan and willtriumph over might.

14、我相信，世界上最伟大的事物就是爱，只有爱能够战胜仇恨，而真理(right)能够而且必定能击败强权(might)。

e are the principles,howeverformulated,for whichallgood men and womenthroughoutthe world,irrespectiveof race orcreed,education, social position, or occupation, arestanding, andforwhichmany of themaresufferingand dying.

15、无论怎样表达(howeverformulated)，以上就是那些信条-世界上所有不计(irrespective)种族、信仰、教育、地位或职业的善良的人们(all good men and women)所代表(stand for)的信条-而且正是为了这些信条，他们中许多人正在忍受折磨(suffer for)，甚至正在死去。

e are the principlesupon whichalone a newworldrecognizingthe brotherhood of man and the fatherhood of Godcan beestablished.

16、只有凭借这些信条，人类才能建立起人人如手足、上帝如慈父的新世界。

　　练习：

1. They are the principles __________ mywife and I have tried to ______ our family.

h, bring about B. in which, bringup C. on which, bring up

2. They are the principles ___ which myfather believed and ____ which he governed his life.

, on B. by, by C in, by D. in, in

3. The world owes no man _____ but that itowes every man an opportunity ______.

A.a living, make a living B. life, to live C. a living, to makea living

4. I believe that truth and justice arefundamental to ______ social order.

endure B. an endurable C. an enduring D. an endurance

5. I believe that only in the purifyingfire of sacrifice ____ and the greatness of human soul ________.

A. is the dross of selfishness consumed, set free

B. the dross ofselfishness is consumed, setting free

the dross of selfishness consuming, sets free

6. I believe in an all-wise and all-lovingGod, ___, and that the individual’ highest fulfillment, greatest happiness, andthe widest usefulness are to be found in living __________ his will.

A. named by whatever name, in harmony with

d by whoever name, in harmony to

ng by however name, in harmonious with

7. The right can and will triumph_______might.

B. in C. over D. on

8. These are the principles, howeverformulated, for which all good men and women throughout the world, _____of raceor creed, education, social position, or occupation, are standing.

ective spective C. respect D. respectable

e are the principles _______alone a new world recognizing the brotherhoodof man and the fatherhood of God can be established.

which B. in which C. upon which

　　答案：1C 2C 3C 4C 5 A 6 A 7 C 8B 9 C