3．1．11 Compare and Analyze比较与分析
Why do you teach？My friend asked the question when I told him that I did n＇t want to be considered for an administrative position．He was puzzled that I did not want what was obviously a “step up” toward what all Americans are taught to want when they grow up: money and power．
Certainly①I don＇t teach because teaching is easy for me．Teaching is the most difficult of the various ways I have attempted to earn my living: mechanic，carpenter，writer．For me，teaching is a red-eye，sweaty-palm，sinkingstomach profession．Red-eye，because I never feel ready to teach no matter how late I stay up preparing．Sweaty-palm，because I ＇m always nervous before I enter the classroom，sure that I will be found out for the fool that I am．Sinking-stomach，because I leave the classroom an hour later convinced that I was even more boring than usual．
②Nor do I teach because I think I know answers，or because I have knowledge I feel compelled to share．Sometimes I am amazed that my students actually take notes on what I say in class!
我告诉一位朋友我不想谋求行政职务时，他向我提出这样一个问题:你为什么要教书呢?美国人受的教育是长大成人后应该去追求金钱和权力，而我却偏偏不朝这个方向“发展” ，这使他大惑不解。
当然，①我之所以教书并不是因为做教师轻松。为了谋生，我做过各种各样的工作:机修工、木工、作家，可教书是最难的行业。就我而言，教书是个令人熬红眼睛、手掌出汗、精神沮丧的职业。说它是熬红眼睛的职业，是因为我晚上无论备课到多晚，总觉得准备得不够充分;说它是令人手掌出汗的职业，是因为我进教室前总是紧张不已，认为学生会发现我原来是个笨蛋;说它是令人精神沮丧的职业，是因为我走出教室一小时后，仍觉得这堂课上得比平常还要平淡无味。
②我之所以教书，不是因为我认为自己能够解答问题，也不是因为我满腹经纶，非得与他人分享不可。有时，学生竟把我课上讲的东西做了笔记，这令我感到很惊异!
注:选自《大学英语》V．3．p46，上海外语教育出版社，1997。译文有修改。
Notes: In the short passage，there are two places where transferred negation is used．In sentence①，“don＇t”does not negate the main clause，rather it negates the subordinate clause“because teaching is easy for me” ．In sentence②，instead of negating the main clause “do I teach” ，“nor”actually negates because-clause．