Unit1 1 他對他的研究如此專心致志 從來沒有過很快就要退休的念頭 He is so devoted to his research that it never occurs to him that he will soon have to retire 2 很多人都曾說過 如果沒有有效的制約 我們都有濫用權力的傾向 Many people have observed that without effective checks we all have a tendency to abuse our power 3 有些國家拒絕卷入這一爭端 而且他們對外國的干涉非常反感 Some countries refuse to get involved in this dispute and they resent any foreign interference 4 控制沙城暴需要大量的工作和資金 The control of sandstorm will involve a lot of work and money 5 你們用這些技術的時候 必須考慮到當地的條件 You must take the local conditions into consideration when you apply these technologies 6 所有的申請者都必須填好這些表格 然后郵寄 50 美元的報名費 All applicants will have to fill out these forms and mail in an application fee of 50 dollars 7 他根據對孩子們行為的觀察得出結論 學習是一種自然的樂趣 Based on his careful observation of children s behavior he came to the conclusion that learning is a natural pleasure 8 在一個多民族的國家里 各民族之間的和諧需要小心處理 In a country of many nationalities ethnic harmony requires very careful handling 9 政府決定嚴懲所有涉案的腐敗官員 The government is determined to punish all the corrupt officials involved 10 考試作弊并不經常發生 但一旦發生 學校會采取嚴厲的態度 Cheating at exams does not occur very often But when it does the school takes a very tough position Unit2 1 我懷疑這本書也行已經不用再印了 我去問書店的工作人員 他們說我說的 對 這 書已經絕版很多年了 I suspected that the book might not be in print I checked with the bookstore people and they told me that I was right The book had been out of print for years 2 這小說里有一個值得記住的故事 講的是劉備如何盡量不引起曹操對他的雄 心的懷 疑 因為如果引起懷疑 他的生命就會有危險 One memorable story in the novel concerns how Liu Bei tried not to arouse Cao Cao s suspicion about his ambitions because if he did his life would be at stake 3 當曹操稱他為真正的英雄時 劉備嚇得筷子都掉了 但是他聰明地掩蓋了他 那令人 懷疑的舉止 When Cao Cao called him a real hero Liu Bei was so shocked that he dropped his chopsticks But he cleverly covered up his suspicious behavior 4 第一個嫌疑犯是死者的兒子 警察懷疑他謀殺了他的父親 因為鄰居們在案 發當晚 曾聽到他們打架 The first suspect was the victim s son The police suspected him of murdering his father because the neighbors had heard them fighting on the night of the killing 5 在學習當中 重要的不是把一切都記住 而是運用你的想象力 創造性地 批判性地去進行思考 In learning the important thing is not to commit everything to memory but to use your imagination and think creatively as well as critically 6 他肯定是你能想象到的最可笑的竊賊了 他偷偷進了屋子 盡情地吃喝 最 后酩酊大醉 一臉滿足的笑容 知道第二天早上被發現 He must have been the funniest burglar imaginable He broke into a house ate and drank to his hearts content and remained dead drunk until discovered the next morning with a perfectly content look on his face 7 我現在記人的名字很困難 我想這肯定是年老造成的 I have trouble remembering people s names I imagine it must result from old age 8 我們生活在很多想象的威脅當中 結果就常常感到沮喪 We often live under many imaginary threats and feel disheartened as a result 9 我懷疑我們的教師有時候低估了學生的智力 其實年輕人腦子里充滿了想象 I suspect we teachers sometimes underestimate students mental capacities Young people as a matter of fact have very imaginative minds 1 有志者事竟成 Where there is a will there is a way 2 俗話說每個成功的男人背后都有一個女人 As the saying goes behind every great man there stands a woman 3 曾經有過一個時期這個鎮上的居民可以夜不閉戶 There was a time in this town when the residents didn t have to lock their doors at night 4 上學的第一天 那男孩就明白了再也不可能回到那個天堂一樣的家里去了 On his first day at school the boy realized that there was no question of ever returning to the paradise of home 5 納爾遜 曼德拉在自傳中說 有時候人們挽救不了該消亡的東西 Nelson Mandela said in his biography that there is nothing one can do to save something that must die 6 居住在大山中偏僻的小村里還是有些優勢的 There is something to be said about for living in a remote mountain village 7 說不好那些恐怖分子下一步要干什么 我們必須時刻警惕 There is no telling what the terrorists might do next We must be on the lookout all the time 8 在這家人決定移民到澳大利亞之前有諸多事情要考慮 There were a lot of things to consider before the family decided to immigrant to Australia 9 這少年的攻擊性舉止中有些方面使他的父母很擔憂 There is something in the boy s aggressive behavior that is worrying his parents 10 世上沒有免費的午餐 不要覺得你有權獲得你沒有為之流汗和努力的任何 東西 There is no such thing as free lunch Don t feel entitled to anything you haven t sweated and struggled for Unit 3 1 他們都伸長脖子想看個究竟 就好像被一根無形的繩子牽著 They all stretched their necks to see what was happening as if pulled by an invisible string 2 我們下車去伸伸胳膊和腿 我們前面是一片美麗的開闊地 We got out of the car to stretch a little In front of us there was a beautiful stretch of open land 3 他們連續談判了好幾個小時 但是仍然沒有解決他們之間的分歧 They talked for hours at a stretch but they still failed to settle their differences 4 盡管有溫暖的天氣 新鮮的空氣和美味佳肴 她的健康仍然沒有恢復 For all the warm weather fresh air and nice food her health still did not recover 5 他瞟了那輛車一眼就知道它沒法修了 他望望前面 只見一眼望不到頭的沙 漠 荒無人煙 他知道他陷入困境了 One glance at the car and he knew that it was beyond repair Looking ahead he found the desert stretching as far as the eye could see without a soul in sight He knew he was in a terrible fix 6 武松奮力舉起哨棒向老虎打去 但是哨棒 啪 的一聲斷了 而老虎毫發未傷 他一急打到附近樹上去了 Wu song swung his stick with all his strength But the stick snapped and the tiger was unharmed In his panic he had hit the tree nearby 7 我非常喜歡你在俄羅斯拍的那些照片 尤其是那張上面有個馬車夫坐在黑海 邊 膝蓋上放著一塊布 布上放著他晚餐的照片 I am terribly fond of the pictures you snapped in Russia especially the one showing a coachman sitting by the Black Sea with his supper in a cloth on his knees 8 這事您不能就此罷休 我向他請求道 這不關你事 他厲聲說道 You can t just let it go at that I pleaded with him It s none of your business he snapped 9 他 啪 地一下合上了公文包 站起來說 那就這么定了 He snapped his briefcase to stood up and said Then that s all settled 10 海嘯來的時候 他正站在小山上的家門口 離碼頭大概只有一百米遠 He was standing in front of his house on a hill only about 100 meters away from the wharf when the tsunami came Unit4 1 只有這樣我們對他的這種古怪行為才能給予合理的解釋 Only in this way can we account for his odd behavior 2 她自稱具有一種特異功能 用手一摸就能治病 She claims to have a magic power the power to cure diseases by the touch of her hand 3 他任命了五個人處理這個案件 他們組成了一個強有力的班子 幾天內 他 們就發現嫌煩擁有成卷的他無法說明來源的歐元 美元和大量貴重物品 He appointed five people to deal with handle the case They formed a strong team Within a few days they have found out that the suspect possessed rolls of euros US dollars and large quantities of valuables the source of which he could not account for 4 在這個故事里 這個妖怪常常以美女的樣子出現 In this tale this evil spirit often appears in the form of a pretty young woman 5 他把畫卷了起來 并說一百萬美元以下絕對不賣 He rolled up the painting and said that he would never sell part with it for less than 1 million US dollars 6 有那么多的合格法官 我不明白為什么她被任命到最高法院工作 Of all the qualified judges I don t know why she was appointed to the supreme court 7 我對此知道得不多 不足以形成一大套理論 不過我肯定 僅僅是貧困還不 能解釋犯罪率上升 I don t know enough to formulate form an elaborate theory But I m sure that poverty alone can not account for the rise of crime rates 8 一塊大石頭突然從山上滾了下來 它是如此之大 一下子把一輛卡車砸得粉 碎 A stone suddenly rolled down the hill so big that it smashed the truck to pieces 9 我說我們得卷起袖子開始干活 但他就只是像哲學家一樣轉了轉眼珠 笑了 笑 I said that we must roll up our sleeves and start working but he just rolled his eyes philosophically like a philosopher and smiled 10 古時候 我們的哲學家們認為一個好的皇帝對他的百姓就應該像一個好父 親對他的孩子那樣 在任何情況下都不可殘酷地對待他們 In ancient times our philosophers believed that a good king should be to the people as a good father is to his children He must never treat them cruelly on any account Unit5 1 造房子不是開玩笑的事情 你們每一步都必須仔細檢查 Building a house is no joking matter You have to check it at every step 2 他的部隊成功地阻止了敵人的前進 這些敵人原先的企圖是要來一個突然襲 擊 His troops successfully checked the advance of the enemy whose original intention was to make a surprise attack 3 我當時很想反駁他的觀點 但是我克制住了 因為我覺得那種場合不合適 I really wanted to refute his arguments but I checked myself because I thought it was not the right occasion 4 雷切爾 卡森以將她的一生都獻給了環保事業而聞名 Rachel Carson is famous for devoting all her life to the cause of environmental protection 5 在某些方面 我們對這些大壩和水庫潛在的危害仍然一無所知 它們可能造 成不可恢復的環境變化 In some ways we are still ignorant of the potential harm of these dams and reservoirs They might cause irrevocable changes in the environment 6 應該有一整套平衡制約的手段 這樣才不會由一個人在沒有得到老百姓同意 在他們不知情的情況下制訂關系國家利益的重要政策 There must be a set of checks and balances so that no important policy concerning national interests can be made by one person without the consent and knowledge of the people 7 要想在競爭中獲勝 我們必須適應新的形勢 比如這些花花綠綠的衣服就是 特別設計的 他們針對的是年輕人市場 To compete successfully we have to adjust to new conditions These colorful garments for example are specially designed They are intended for the youth market 8 我們教師如果對學生的健康情況缺少關心 那是不能原諒的 We teachers cannot be excused for our lack of concern for students health 9 他說他寧可死也不愿意永遠臥床不起 與外界隔絕 He said that he would rather die than be confined to bed all his life and isolated from the outside world 10 一場群眾抗議席卷了全國 將他置于左右兩方的交叉火力當中 A mass protest swept the country and he was caught in a crossfire from both the right and the left Unit 6 1 我們都知道可卡因是容易上癮的 海洛因也一樣 但實際上 權力和金錢也 同樣使人上癮 那些上癮的人其實都是嚴重的病人 We all know that cocaine is addictive So is heroin But actually power and money are addictive too Those who get addicted to them are really very sick people 2 科學家們一直在主張退耕還林 把新開墾的地還給江河湖泊 沼澤草地 Scientists have been advocating returning reclaimed land to rivers lakes marshes and meadows 3 根據很多經濟學家的說法 政府挽救那些資不抵債的公司不一定是個好主意 有時一個處于破產邊緣的公司 最好就讓它破產 According to many economists it is not always a good idea for the government to bail out financially insolvent companies Sometimes a company on the verge of bankruptcy is better allowed to go bankrupt 4 他被逮了個正著 有無可辯駁的證據證明他書里有整整一章是從另外一個教 授的書里原封不動地抄襲過來的 He has been caught red handed There is indisputable evidence that a whole chapter of his book was bodily lifted from a book written by another professor 5 他們政府早已有法律禁止珍稀鳥類和獸類的進出口 但是要實行該法律并不 容易 Their government long since passed a law to ban the import and export of rare species of birds and animals But the law is not easy to enforce 6 現在很難讓年輕人相信 曾經有過這么一段時期 中國婦女被禁止穿裙子 牛仔褲 外國電影 音樂都被禁止了 It is hard to make young people believe nowadays that was a time when Chinese women were banned from wearing skirts Jeans foreign movies and Western music were all forbidden 7 在黑暗中 我們的船觸了礁 船底留了個大洞 我們都拼命設法把水從船里 弄出來 但船在快速下沉 幸虧附近有條漁船 使我們絕處逢生 In the darkness our ship hit a hidden rock which left a gaping hole in the bottom We all tried desperately to bail out the water but the boat was sinking fast Luckily a fishing boat was nearly and saved us from drowning 8 示威者要求立即取消經濟制裁 因為它通常只會傷害無辜的百姓 The demonstrators demanded that economic sanctions be lifted immediately because they usually only hurt ordinary innocent people 9 會上倡導者和反對者都擺出了有力的觀點 但大多數人都贊成將進一步的改 革立即提上日程 At the meeting both the advocates and opponents gave strong argument but most participants favored having further reforms placed on the agenda immediately Unit 7 1 Let s face the fact that no country can be immune to environmental problem If we only pay lip service to environmental protection today our eventual losses will far outweigh the present economic gains 2 For the law to be respected and supported it must be designed in such a way as to benefit the general public and must be vigorously enforced Otherwise it will create a general contempt for the law and result in social instability 3 Political science tells us that it is a real paradox If the government is too weak it is useless if the government is too powerful it begins to abuse power and becomes corrupt But no individual should ever be permitted to possess absolute power Power must be restrained shared and controlled 4 I wish that our university can set the stage for our creative intellectual pursuits I believe that natural curiosity is a great power than discipline I am also aware of the importance of creative reading reading for pleasure and being free from excessive assigned work 5 As I gazed at my dead brother s picture a haunting memory unfolded I saw us lying well after midnight in the only double bed our sister had in the house recalling our happy childhood the time when we were surrounded by love and care promising each other that we would go back to our hometown which we had no visited for half a century Unit 8 1 這完全是在浪費金錢和寶貴的土地資源 他們真是瘋了 把這么肥沃的農田 變成少數有錢人的高爾夫球場 It s an utter waste of money and precious land resources They must be out of their minds to turn such fertile farmland into golf courts for a few rich people 2 想要對核廢料的安全性有百分之百的把握是根本不可能的 問題早晚都會發 生 所以除非我們準備接受這不可避免的結果 否則我們不應該匆忙做決定 It s utterly impossible to have complete safety with nuclear waste Soon or later some problem will occur So unless we are ready to accept the inevitable we mustn t rush to a decision 3 整個會議過程中 她一直受到嚴厲的攻擊 但她一句話也沒說 她已經決定 馬上遞交辭職報告 She was under severe attack throughout the meeting but she didn t occur a word She had decided to hand in her resignation right away 4 很多人出于虛榮心都被誘騙去追求那些漂亮的稱號 我也有這個毛病 Many people are lured to go after fancy titles out of vanity and I m also guilty of this 5 正如之前警告的那樣 今年第一季度 他們的通貨膨脹率還在繼續上升 這 等于他們的收入下降了 但凡事也有光明的一面 我們的消費也在上升 As we were warned in advance the inflation rate in the firet quarter of this year was still on the rise This amounted to a drop in people s income But every cloud has its silver lining Consumption was also on the rise 6 你記住 我們也許可以阻止年輕人說心里話 但我們永遠無法做到讓他們停 止思考 Keep in mind that we may be able to prevent young people from speaking their mind bu we can never succeed in making them stop thinking 7 任何頭腦正常的人都知道 自由和紀律 我們兩者都需要 不是兩者兼得 就是兩者均失 因此不能無條件的讓學生們為所欲為 Anybody in his right mind knows that we need both freedom and discipline We either have both or neither Therefore students cannot have their way unconditionally 8 早在 20 世紀 90 年代的時候她就警告過這些國家 要是不消除經濟泡沫 他 們的經濟就會面臨硬著陸 She warned those countries in advance way back to 1990s that if they didn t get rid of their economic bubbles their economies would face a hard landing 9 我心中想的就是在郊區買個房子 因為我討厭大城市的污染問和喧鬧 如果 這么一來我無法每個星期天去王府井逛街了 我也不管了 What I have in mind is to buy a house in the suburbs as I loathe the heavy pollution as well as the hustle and bust of the big city If because of this I can t go shopping in Wangfujing every Sunday that s just too bad 10 那里的很多人似乎對即將到來的選舉都無所謂 目前他們就希望戰爭的烏云 能早點消散 他們可以過上和平的生活 Many people there seem to be indifferent to the coming election Right now they just hope the dark clouds of war will clear away so that they can live in peace 2 Translate the sentences using absolute construction 1 She walked right past me nose in the air 2 With the wind howling the rain beating against the windows I didn t have a wink of sleep last night 3 The sentry kept watch on the bridge gun in hand 4 The soldiers left the house and courtyard cleaned up the water jars full 5 The new republic ultimately triumphed with the rebellion put down major enemies wiped out and peace and order established in the country 6 A storm brewing the construction workers decided to call it a day 7 Their three month training completed the dogs embarked on the mission of guiding protecting and aiding blind people 8 The fire caused heavy casualties twenty four people killed and several injured 9 Night having fallen and the Trojans asleep the Greek soldiers crept out of the wooden horse 10 Autumn is beautiful the corn ripe apples hanging from the trees and everything red or yellow or brown Unit 9 1 我們公司預計今年的增長速度為 8 比去年增長 2 Our company projects an 8 growth rate this year up by 2 compared with last year 2 預計中國將越來越贊成跨國的兼并與收購 China is projected to increasingly favor more and more cross border mergers and acquisitions 3 投影到屏幕上的幻燈片表明 在那次競爭中他極力想把自己塑造成一個強人 的形象 The slides projected on the screen showed that he tried to projected himself as a strong man in the election campaign 4 消息說當局已經接受了他的建議 這項價值幾十億美元的項目已經被無限制 的推遲了 他聽到后心里感到特別寬慰 He was greatly relieved to hear that the authorities had accepted his recommendation and the multibillion dollar project had been postponed indefinitely 5 納爾遜大夫已經連續五個小時給一個又一個傷員做手術了 所以當梅森大夫 能來接替他的時候我們都如釋重負 Dr Nelson had been operating on one wounded soldier after another for five hours Therefore we all sighed with relief when Dr Mason was able to come to relieve him 6 政府救濟就像止痛藥 他能緩解你的痛苦但不能治你的病 不僅如此 你還 很容易形成依賴 無法擺脫 Government relief is like a pain killer It gives you relief but it doesn t cure the disease Besides you can easily get hooked on it 7 私營企業并不要求政府保護他們不受競爭威脅 他們只希望不要受歧視 Private businesses aren t asking the government to shield them against competition They just hope not to be discriminated against 8 我們必須把他們爭取過來 或者使他們中立以便徹底孤立我們的主要敵人 We must try to win them over or neutralize them so we can completely isolate the main enemy 9 從目前通貨膨脹的情況來看 可能還有必要再次提息 這樣才不至于把最近 這次提薪給完全抵消掉 Judging by the rate of inflation so far perhaps it is necessary to raise interest rates again so that the recent pay raise will nor be completely neutralized 10 改革開始的時候 人們普遍有一種樂觀的情緒 大家都相信我們的現代化事 業有著光明的前景 A general feeling of optimism prevailed when the reform started People all believed that there were bright prospects for our modernization Unit 10 1 A storm brewing the construction workers decided to call in a day 2 Their three month training completed the dogs embarked on the mission of guiding protecting and aiding blind people 3 The fire caused heavy casualties twenty four people killed and several injured 4 Night having fallen and the Trojans asleep the Greek soldiers crept out of the wooden horse 5 Autumn is beautiful the corn ripe apples hanging from the trees and everything red or yellow or brown 6 On the way back from his mission he met a woman beggar in an old temple She proved to be none other than the present emperor s mother long supposed to have been killed in a fire 7 In hindsight it would have been wiser no to demolish all the old buildings but to replace them with new Western style houses 8 Many scholars in the West agree with Thomas Jefferson that government governs best that least Put differently they believe in small government because they think that government even at its best is a necessary evil More often than not it tends to abuse its power 9 In terms of GDP we seem to be close to the top but in terms of per capita income we are still far behind Japan and the Unites States For that matter we are even behind many countries in Asia Africa and Latin America 1 Tickets for football game sold out in two hours so we went to a movie instead 2 Teachers should encourage students to think for themselves rather than telling them what to think 3 Instead of being annoyed the professor was obviously pleased