大学英语自学教程 上册 un22

[11:41.88]在复活节那天，人们用紫色的缎带装饰篮子。
[11:44.71]White is the color of snow.
[11:46.48]白色是雪的颜色。
[11:48.26]People describe white as a pure,clean color.
[11:50.90] 人们形容它纯洁，干净。
[11:53.53]They associate white with a bright clean feeling.
[11:55.76]人们把白色和明亮整洁的感觉联系在一起。
[11:57.98]Doctors and nurses normally wear white uniforms.
[12:00.85]医生和护士通常穿白色制服。
[12:03.72]On the other hand, black is the color of night.
[12:06.30]另一方面，黑色是夜的颜色。
[12:08.87]People wear black clothes at serious or formal ceremonies.
[12:11.44]人们在严肃和正式的场合穿黑色服装。
[12:14.01]Businessmen know that people choose products by color.
[12:17.03]商人们懂得人们根据颜色购物的心理。
[12:20.05]Businessmen want to manufacture products
[12:22.32]他们要生产人们想购买的颜色的商品。
[12:24.59]which are the colors people will buy.
[12:26.87]他们要生产人们想购买的颜色的商品。
[12:29.14]For example, an automobile manufacturer
[12:31.56]例如，汽车制造商需要知道多少车要漆成红色，
[12:33.97]needs to know how many cars to paint red,
[12:36.15]多少车要漆成绿色，
[12:38.33]how many green,and how many black.
[12:40.61]还有多少漆成黑色。
[12:42.88]Good businessmen know that young people prefer different colorsthan old people do
[12:46.12]精明的商人知道年轻人与老年人喜欢的颜色不同；
[12:49.36]and men prefer different colors than women do,
[12:51.63]而男子喜欢的颜色也和、女人不同。
[12:53.90]Young children react to the color of an object
[12:56.33]年幼的孩子对物体的颜色
[12:58.76]before they react to its shape.
[13:00.70]要比对形状更敏感。
[13:02.63]They prefer the warm colors red, yellow, and orange.
[13:05.55]他们更喜欢暖色——红，黄，橙。
[13:08.48]When people grow older,
[13:10.06]当人们长大以后，
[13:11.64]they begin to react more to the shape of an object than to its color.
[13:14.51]便开始对物体的形状而不是颜色做出更多的反应。
[13:17.39]The favorite color of adults of all countries is blue.
[13:19.87]对所有的国家的成年人来说，蓝色是最受喜爱的，
[13:22.35]Their second favorite color is red, and their third is green.
[13:25.43]其次是红色，第三者是绿色。
[13:28.52]On the whole, women prefer brighter colors than men do,
[13:31.25]总体来说，女人比男人更偏爱较鲜艳的颜色。
[13:33.98]Almost everyone likes red,
[13:35.80]几乎每个人都喜欢红色，
[13:37.63]but women like yellow and green more than men do.
[13:40.17]但比起男人来，女人更喜欢黄和绿。
[13:42.70]Pink is usually considered a feminine color.
[13:45.13]粉色总是被看作女性色。
[13:47.56]Blue is usually considered a masculine color.
[13:50.08]蓝色一般被认为是男性色。
[13:52.60]As a result, people dress baby girls in pink and baby boys in blue.
[13:55.93]因此，人们给小女孩子穿粉红色的衣服，而给小男孩儿穿蓝色的衣服。
[13:59.26]However,it is dangerous to generalize because taste changes.
[14:02.24]然而，一概而论是危险的，因为人们的喜爱不断发生变化。
[14:05.22]For example, years ago business men wore only white shins;
[14:08.34]例如，几年前商人只穿白衬衫；
[14:11.46]today they wear many different colors, including pink.
[14:14.28]现在他们穿各种颜色的，包括粉红色的。
[14:17.10]If two objects are the same except for color, they will look different
[14:20.19]如果两个物体完全一样，只是颜色不同，那么它们看起来就是同。
[14:23.27]Color can make an object look nearer or farther, larger or smaller.
[14:26.53]颜色可以使物体看上去近些或远些，大些或小些。
[14:29.80]A red object always looks nearer than a blue object.
[14:32.62]一个红色的物体总比蓝的看上去近一些。
[14:35.44]For example,red letters on a blue sign
[14:38.08]比如，在蓝色标志牌上的红色字体
[14:40.72]look as though they are in front of the sign.
[14:43.29]看上去好像在蓝色标志牌的前面。
[14:45.86]Bright objects look larger than dark objects.
[14:48.20]明亮的物体比暗的看起来大，
[14:50.54]However, they are actually the same size,
[14:52.92]不过它们实际上大小一样。
[14:55.29]Large or fat people who want to look smaller or slimmer wear dark clothes.
[14:58.72]高大而肥胖的人想看起来小些或者苗条些，就穿深色的衣服。
[15:02.14]When they wear dark clothes, they look smaller and slimmer than they are.