Lesson46-Do-it-yourself-自己动手.doc

20１0考研同学的礼物１3:新概念第三册课文精读详解5０篇 　标签: 新概念英语 　
　　Lesson ４6　Do　iｔ ｙourself 自己动手
一、【Teｘt】课文
Sｏ gｒｅaｔ is our passiｏｎ ｆoｒ doｉｎg things foｒ ｏuｒｓｅｌvｅｓ，　tｈat　ｗｅ are　becomiｎg iｎｃreaｓiｎgIy ｌess ｄepｅｎdeｎt on　specialized ｌabouｒ． Ｎｏ one can　plead iｇnoraｎcｅ oｆ a　subjｅct ａnｙ ｌongeｒ,　for thｅre ａrｅ couｎtless　do-iｔ－youｒｓｅｌf ｐuｂｌiｃatｉｏns. Ａrmed wiｔh the rigｈt　tooｌs and ｍaterials， neｗｌyｗeｄs gaily eｍbaｒk　on　the tａsk of decｏratinｇ ｔｈeiｒ oｗn ｈomes. Mｅn,　ｐａｒｔiculaｒｌｙ， spｅnd ｈours oｆ　tｈeiｒ lｅisｕre time inｓｔａlling tｈeir　own firｅplａceｓ, ｌａyｉng out tｈeiｒ ｏwn gardeｎｓ; bｕilｄinｇ　gａrａｇes ａnd makｉnｇ ｆurniｔｕｒe. Some ｒealｌｙ kｅen entｈuｓｉａsts gｏ so faｒ as ｔo bｕild　theｉr　owｎ ｃomputeｒs. Ｓｈops cａteｒ fｏr tｈｅ ｄｏ-ｉt－yoursｅlｆ ｃｒａzｅ noｔ oｎｌｙ by runｎiｎg specｉal adｖisory　services ｆor　novicｅs,　but bｙ oｆfeｒｉng ｃoｎｓｕmeｒs biｔs and pieｃｅs wｈich　tｈｅy　ｃan asｓｅｍｂlｅ　aｔ　homｅ.　Ｓuch　tｈｉｎgs provｉdｅ an ｅxcelｌｅｎt outleｔ　foｒ　pent uｐ　ｃreａtiｖe eneｒgy, ｂuｔ unｆｏrｔunatｅｌy ｎｏt ａｌl ｏｆ us　are ｂｏｒn handｙｍｅｎ.
Soｍe wｉveｓ　tend ｔｏ ｂelieｖe that tｈeir　husbandｓ are　infiｎiｔelｙ reｓouｒcefuｌ and　cａｎ　ｆiｘ anytｈiｎg． Even ｍen　ｗho ｃan　hardlｙ　drive ａ ｎａｉl　in　straigｈｔ are ｓuppｏｓeｄ ｔｏ be　bｏrn elecｔriciａns, ｃarpｅnｔerｓ, pｌumbｅｒs aｎd ｍechanics. Wｈen lights fusｅ,　ｆｕrｎiｔｕre gets　ｒicｋeｔy, pipes　get ｃloggｅd, or vaｃuｕm ｃleaneｒs　fａiｌ　ｔｏ operａtｅ, sｏme ｗomen assume　ｔhat　theiｒ ｈｕsbａnds wｉlｌ sｏmehｏｗ　put thiｎｇs rｉgｈｔ. Ｔｈe worｓｔ　thｉｎｇ ａｂouｔ　tｈｅ　ｄｏ-it-yourself game　iｓ　tｈat　soｍetimes evｅn meｎ　livｅ under　ｔhe ｄelusｉon　that they can ｄｏ　anythｉng, evｅn　wｈen ｔｈey　have ｒeｐｅａｔedｌy ｂeeｎ　ｐroved　wrｏng． Iｔ　iｓ　a question oｆ priｄｅ aｓ muｃh　as anything ｅlse.　
Last ｓｐrｉｎｇ　ｍy wｉfe ｓｕgｇesteｄ　thaｔ I　calｌ in a ｍan ｔo　looｋ ａｔ oｕr lａｗｎ mｏｗeｒ. Ｉｔ had broken ｄown　the preｖｉoｕｓ sumｍer, and tｈougｈ Ｉ　pｒoｍｉｓｅｄ tｏ　repair it,　I had neｖｅr got　rｏｕnd ｔo　iｔ.　I wouｌｄ ｎｏt heａr ｏｆ thｅ　suggeｓtｉon anｄ ｓaiｄ ｔｈａt　I would　fｉx ｉt myseｌf.　Ｏne Sａｔurdaｙ aftｅrnooｎ, Ｉ　hａuled ｔhe ｍaｃhine ｉntｏ　the gaｒｄen and had ａ　cｌosｅ lｏｏk　at ｉt. Aｓ　far　ａｓ Ｉ coｕld see， it only neｅｄeｄ ａ ｍiｎor adjｕstment: ａ ｔｕｒn of a　ｓｃrｅw here, a