现代大学英语精读3第二版 Unit13 Unit1113句子翻译答案.docx

1、现代大学英语精读3第二版 Unit13 Unit1113句子翻译答案Unit 11. He is so devoted to his research that it never occurs to him that he will soon have to retire. 他对他的研究如此专心致志，从来没有过很快就要退休的念头。 2.Many people have observed that，without effective checks，we all have a tendency to abuse our power. 很多人都曾说过，如果没有有效的制约，我们都有滥用权力的倾向。3.

2、 Some countries refuse to get involved in this dispute and they resent any foreign interference. 有些国家拒绝卷入这一争端，而且他们对外国的干涉非常反感。 4. The control of sand storms will involve a tremendous amount of work and money. 控制沙尘暴需要大量的工作和资金。5. You have to take the local conditions into consideration when you apply t

3、hese technologies. 你们用这些技术的时候，必须考虑到当地的条件。6. All applicants will have to fill out these forms and mail in an application fee of 50 dollars. 所有的申请者都必须填好这些表格，然后邮寄50美元的报名费。 7.Based on his observation of childrens behavior，he came to the conclusion that learning is a natural pleasure. 他根据对孩子们行为的观察得出结论：学习

4、是一种自然的乐趣。 8.In a country of many nationalities，ethnic harmony requires very careful handling. 在一个多民族的国家里，各民族之间的和谐需要小心处理。9. The government is determined to punish all the corrupt officials involved. 政府决定严惩所有涉案的腐败官员。 10. Cheating at/on exams does not occur very often. But when it does，the school takes

5、 a very tough position. 考试作弊并不经常发生，但一旦发生，学校会采取严厉的态度。Unit 21.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. 我怀疑这本书也许已经不再印了。我去问书店的工作人员，他们说我说的对，这书已经绝版很多年了。2.One memorable story in the nove

6、l concerns how Liu Bei tried not to rouse Cao Caos suspicion about his ambitions，because if he did his life would be at stake. 这小说里有一个值得记住的故事，讲的是刘备如何尽量不引起曹操对他的雄心的怀疑，因为如果引起怀疑，他的生命就会有危险。 3.When Cao Cao called him a real hero，Liu Bei was so shocked that he dropped his chopsticks. But he cleverly covere

7、d up his suspicious behavior. 当曹操称他为真正的英雄时，刘备吓得筷子都掉了。但是他聪明地掩盖了他那令人怀疑的举止。 4. The first suspect was the victims son. The police suspected him of murdering his father because the neighbors had heard them fighting on the night of the killing. 第一个嫌疑犯是死者的儿子。警察怀疑他谋杀了他的父亲，因为邻居们在案发当晚曾听到他们打架。 5.In learning，th

8、e important thing is not to commit everything to memory，but to use your imagination and think creatively and critically. 在学习当中，重要的不是把一切都记住，而是运用你的想象力，创造性地。批判性地去进行思考。 6. He must have been the funniest burglar imaginable. He broke into a house，ate and drank to his hearts content，and remained dead drunk

9、 until discovered the next morning，with a perfect content look on his face. 他肯定是你能想象到的最可笑的窃贼了。他偷偷进了屋子，尽情地吃喝，最后酩酊大醉，一脸满足的笑容，直到第二天早上被发现。 7. I now have trouble remembering peoples names. I imagine it must result from old age. 我现在记人的名字很困难。我想这肯定是年老造成的。 8. We often live under many imaginary threats and fe

10、el disheartened as a result. 我们生活在很多想象的威胁当中，结果就常常感到沮丧。9. I suspect we teachers sometimes underestimate students mental capacities. Young people actually have very imaginative minds. 我怀疑我们的教师有时候低估了学生的智力。其实年轻人脑子里充满了想象。 1.Where theres a will，there is a way. 有志者事竟成。2.As the saying goes，behind every grea

11、t/successful man there stands a woman. 俗话说每个成功男人的背后都有一个女人。 3. There was a time in this town when the residents didnt have to lock their doors at night. 曾经有过一个时期这个镇上的居民可以夜不闭户。 4.On his first day at school，the boy realized that there was no question of ever returning to the paradise of home. 上学的第一天，那男

12、孩就明白了再也不可能回到那个天堂一样的家里去了。5.Nelson Mandela says in his autobiography：Sometimes there is nothing one can do to save something that must die. 纳尔逊?曼德拉在自传中说：有时候人们挽救不了该消亡的东西。 6. Theres something to be said for/about living in an out-of-the-way place in the mountains. 居住在大山中偏僻的小村里还是有些优势的。 7. Theres no telli

13、ng what those terrorists might do next. We must be on the lookout all the time. 说不好那些恐怖分子下一步要干什么，我们必须时刻警惕。 8. There were too many things to consider before the family decided to immigrate to Australia. 在这家人决定移民到澳大利亚之前有诸多事情要考虑。 9. There is something in the bodys aggressive behavior that is worrying h

14、is parents. 这少年的攻击性举止中有些方面使他的父母很担忧。 10. Theres not much thing as a free lunch. Dont feel entitled to anything you havent sweated and struggled for. 世上没有免费的午餐。不要觉得你有权获得你没有为之流汗和努力的任何东西。Unit 31.They all stretched their necks to see what was happening，as if pulled by an invisible string. 他们都伸长脖子想看个究竟，就好

15、像被一根无形的绳子牵着。 2. We got out of the car to stretch a little. In front of us was a beautiful stretch of open land. 我们下车去伸伸胳膊和腿。我们前面是一片美丽的开阔地。 3.They talked for hours at a stretch，but they still failed to settle their differences. 他们连续谈判了好几个小时，但是仍然没有解决他们之间的分歧。 4.For all the warm weather，fresh air and de

16、licious food，her health still did not recover. 尽管有温暖的天气、新鲜的空气和美味佳肴，他的健康仍然没有恢复。 5.One glance at the car，he knew that it was beyond repair. He looked ahead and found the desert stretching as far as the eye could see without a soul in sight. He knew he was in a terrible fix. 他瞟了那辆车一眼就知道它没法修了。他望望前面，只见一眼

17、望不到头的沙漠，荒无人烟。他知道他陷入困境了。6. Wu Song swung his stick at the tiger with all his strength. But the stick snapped and the tiger was unharmed. In his panic，he had hit the tree nearby. 武松奋力举起哨棒向老虎打去。但是哨棒“啪”的一声断了。而老虎毫发无伤。他一急打到附近树上去了。 7.I am terribly fond of the pictures you snapped in Russia，especially the o

18、ne showing the Russian coachman sitting by the Black Sea with his supper in a cloth on his knees. 我非常喜欢你在俄罗斯拍的那些照片，尤其是那张上面有个马车夫坐在黑海边，膝盖上放着一块布，布上放着他晚餐的照片。 8.“You cant just let it go at that，”I tried to plead with him. “It is none of your business，”he snapped. “这事您不能就此罢休。”我向他请求道。 “这不关你事。”他厉声说道。 9.He s

19、napped his briefcase，stood up and said，“Then its all settled.” 他“啪”地合上了公文包，站起来说：“那就这么定了。” 10.He was standing in front of his house on a hill，only about a hundred meters apart/away from the wharf when the tsunami came. 海啸来的时候，他正站在小山上的家门口，离码头大概只有一百米远。1.那饥饿的男孩把剩下的窝窝头狼吞虎咽地吃了下去，就像那是他最喜欢的大虾一样。 The hungry

20、boy wolfed down the leftover corn bread as though it was his favorite king prawns.2.关于高中的日子，他的记忆中只剩下一轮又一轮、没完没了的测验和考试。 What remains in his mind in his mind of his high school days is nothing but endless rounds of tests and exams. 3.我认为决议违背了本组织的宗旨，因此投了那样一票。 I dont think the resolution is in accord wit

21、h the purpose of the organization. Thats why I voted as I did. 4.他不明白是什么使得他的孙子如此热衷于微博。 He doesnt understand what it is that makes his grandson so crazy about microblogging. 5.我仍然记得那次事件的细节，好像就是昨天发生的事。 I remember the details about the incident as though it was yesterday. 6.龙卷风之后，她家房子只剩下地基了。 What remai

22、ned of her home after the tornado was the land the house was built on. 7.这就是为什么他目睹今天早上撞车事故时那样表现的原因。 Thats why he behaved as he did when he witnessed the car crash this morning. 8.他们在琢磨是什么使那对双胞胎兄弟一个成了罪犯，另一个成了优秀的警察。 They are trying to figure out what it was that turned one of the twin brothers into a

23、criminal, the other an excellent police.9.当他发现了一株特别壮实的水稻时，他高兴地好像发现了一座金矿。 When he found a particularly strong rice plant he was very happy as though he had discovered a gold mine. 10.现在生活富裕了，他决定与家里还活着的人取得联系。 Now that his quiet well-off, he has decided to get in touch with what remains of his family.U

24、nit 111. Scientist more or less agree that global warming is a fact，but its cause is still hotly debated at present. Many believe that if we piece together all the available evidence we can conclude that it is caused by human activities，but others think we need to dig into the problem further，and th

25、at natural forces are at least of equal importance. 科学家们大致同意地球变暖是一个事实，但是其成因目前还在热烈争论之中。不少人认为，如果我们把现有的证据都放在一起，就可得出结论，这是人类活动造成的。但另外有些人认为我们还要进一步研究这个问题，他们认为自然的力量起码有着同等的重要性。2. He devoted all his life to the cause of water conservancy. He was one of the few scientists who first saw how much trouble it woul

26、d cause us in future if we were to build a dam here. 他把他的一生都献给了水利工程。他是少数几个最早看到在这里建大坝可能给我们造成多大麻烦的科学家中的一位。 3. Those who sympathize with international terrorism view the problem from a different premise. They believe that their goal can justify the means. But I am strongly opposed to this view. I belie

27、ve that no excuse can justify cold-blooded murder of innocent women，children and old people. 那些同情国际恐怖主义的人从一个不同的前提出发来看待这一问题。他们相信，为了达到目的可以不择手段。但我强烈反对这种观点。我认为任何借口都不能为冷血谋杀无辜的妇女，儿童和老人做辩护。 4. It is a good thing is to have NGOs at work. In a pluralistic society，peoples views are bound to differ. Opposition

28、 should not only be allowed，but also be respected and encouraged. It is also to our advantage to do this. 有民间非政府组织在起作用是件好事。在一个多元化的社会里，人们的观点总是不同的反对者不但应该被容许，而且还应该得到尊重和鼓励。这么做对我们自己也有好处。 5. Governments over-investment means that many state bank loans will not be repaid and those bad debts will finally le

29、ad to a financial crisis. 政府的过度投资意味着很多国有银行的贷款不可能得到偿还。这些呆账最后就会导致金融危机。 6. Special bank loans are now available to university students. Those who cant pay for their education can benefit from these loans. 现在有一种提供给大学生的特别贷款。那些无法缴纳学费的学生都可以从中获益。7. He ended his speech by saying that as soon as they conclude

30、d their investigation they would report to the Security Council.He firmly believed that any attempt to maintain the rules of a country in power using mass killing was destined to fail. 他在结束讲话时说，他们一结束调查就向安理会报告。他坚信，企图用大规模的屠杀来维持一个国家的统治是注定要失败的。8. She will fly to India by way of Hong Kong to conclude a n

31、ew agreement on the protection of intellectual property rights with the Indian government. 他将经香港飞往印度去和印度政府签订一个新的知识产权保护协议。 9.Based on these reasons，we could only come to the conclusion that they were out to make trouble. Therefore，we decided to recall our ambassador immediately by way of protest. 根据这

32、些理由，我们只能得出他们在蓄意制造事端的结论，所以我们决定立即召回大使以示抗议。 1. Heroes are people who have unusual qualities.（Better：Heroes are people with unusual qualities.） 英雄是具有非凡品质的人。2. Celebrities are people who become famous because of publicity through the world. 名流是因媒体炒作而出名的那些人。 3. The Internet is a system that connects computers throughout the world. 互联网是一个能把全世界的计算机连在一起的系统。4. Professor Ouyang says that a good teacher is one who does all he/she can to make himself/herself unnecessary for the students. 欧阳教授说好教师是那种竭尽所能，是学生不依赖自己的人。 5. A fair-weather friend is one who w