新视野大学英语读写教程第4册翻译.docx

1、新视野大学英语读写教程第4册翻译Unit One 1. The plant does not grow well in soils other than the one in which it has been developed. 这种植物只有在培育它的土壤中才能很好的成长。2. Research findings show that we spend about two hours dreaming every night, no matter what we may have done during the day. 研究结果表明，无论我们白天做了什么，晚上都会做大约两个小时的梦。3.S

2、ome people tend to justify their failure by blaming others for not trying their best. 有些人往往责怪别人没有尽最大的努力，以此来为自己的失败辩护。4.We remain tree to our commitment: Whatever we promised to do; we would do it. 我们终于我们的承诺：凡是答应做的，我们都会做到。5.Even Beethovens father discounted the possibility that his son would one day b

3、ecome the greatest musician in the world. The same is true of Edison, who seemed to his teacher to be quite dull. 连贝多芬的父亲都不相信自己的儿子日后有一天可能成为世界上最伟大的音乐家。爱迪生也同样如此，他的老师觉得他似乎过于迟钝。6. They were accused by authorities of threatening the state security. 当局控告他们威胁国家安全。 XII. l.出入除自己家以外的任何场所时，如果你带有宠物，一定要了解有关宠物的规定

4、。 If you move into any place other than your own private home ,make sure you know what the rules are about pets if you have one. 2.一些女性完全可以不待在家里，而是去工作，挣一份不错的工资。但是为了家庭，她们放弃了工作。 Some women could have made a good salary in job instead of staying at home,but they decided not to work for the sake of the

5、family. 3.你怎么为这样粗鲁的行为辩护？你将会为此付出沉重的代价，因为他们己经以低毁名誉的罪名起诉你了。 How can you justify such rudeness?You will pay heavily for that because they have sued you for damaging their good name. 4.批评有其重要作用；我们可能当时不喜欢它，但是它能激励我们去做更伟大的事情。 Criticism can be of great use;we may not like it at the time ,but it can spur us o

6、n to greater things. 5.他毫不让步的行为遭到公众的反对，这使得他陷人了精神上崩溃、经济上破产的境地。 His uncompromising behavior ,to which the public objected,left him bankrupt emotionally and financially.6即使你失败了，也不要被失败伤害，更不要被失败左右。记住：失败是学习过程中必要的一 步；它不是学习、的结束，而是学习的开始。 Even if you fail ,dont let failure harm you ,dont let failure take over

7、 .Remember failure is a necessary step in learning;it is not the end of you learning ,but the beginning. unit 31. Seven or eight officials are reported to have taken bribes and the mayor has decided to look into the affair in person。 据报道有七八位官员收受贿赂，市长决定亲自出马调查这件事情。2. These workers regret yielding to t

8、he managements advice and going back to work. Now they are again faced with the threat of losing their jobs. 这些工人后悔当时接受管理部门的意见重新回去工作。现在他们再次面临失业的危险了。3. You only need to fill out a form to get your membership, which entitles you to a discount on goods. 你只需填写一张表格就可取得会员资格，它可以使你在买东西时享受打折的优惠。4. Their car

9、broke down halfway for no reason. As a result they arrived three hours later than they had planned. 不知为什么他们的汽车在半路坏掉了，结果他们比原计划晚到了三个小时。5. The official got involved in a scandal and was forced to resign weeks later. 那位官员卷入了一场丑闻，数周后被迫辞职。6. The man living on welfare began to build up his own market, one

10、step at a time and his business is thriving. 这个靠救济过日子的人开始慢慢建立起自己的市场，生意日渐兴隆。XII1.据报道这个男子曾在私下说：“许多救济对象在欺骗我们，因此，作为补偿，我们有权让他们对我们点头哈腰。 The man is reported to have said in private that “we are being made fools of by many of our clients ,so we are entitled to have them bow to us as compensation.2.我们考虑了你的背景

11、与经历，很遗憾地告诉你，我们目前没有适合你的工作机会。 After considering your background and experience ,we regret to inform you that we dont have an appropriate job opportunity for you at current stage.3.我没能按奥斯卡的暗示去做，相反，我反驳了那个妇女，结果她竟然是我们的新经理。 I failed to take my cue from Oscar. Instead ,I talked back to the woman ,who turned

12、 out to be our new manager.4.需要有人来充当穷人权利的捍卫者，因为这一体制太容易被滥用。 There needs to be someone who can act as a champion for the rights of the poor because the system so easily lends itself to abuse.5.我的车子在高速公路上抛锚后，我打电话向警察求助，20分钟后他们赶来帮我。 I called the police for help after my car broke down on the freeway .Twe

13、nty minutes later,they came to my rescue.6.他热爱艺术，却经受了巨大的痛苦贫穷与误解。 He was passionate for art ,but he went through tremendous pain -pain of poverty and misunderstanding.unit 41. Rather than invest in my education, my parents spent their money on a new house. 我父母不是对我的教育投资，而是把钱花在了买新住房上。2. Today, people a

14、re spending twice as much on entertainment and relaxation as they did in the past. 如今，人们用于休闲娱乐的开着是过去的两倍。3. In order to be successful, a business must keep pace with developments in the marketplace. 一家公司要成功，它必须跟上市场的发展。4. Her fluency in English gave her an advantage over other girls for the job. 与申请这个

15、职位的其他女孩相比，她流利的英语是个优势。5. For students, nowhere is better than the library, where all the books are at their disposal. 对于学生而言，没有任何地方比图书馆更好了，在哪里所有的图书都任由他们使用。6. We should make full use of the platform to strengthen communication, expand cooperation in more areas and seek further development through join

16、t efforts. 我们要充分利用好这个平台，加强交流，拓展合作领域，共谋发展大计。XII.1.发展中国家认为信息技术是促进经济发展的途径，但一些国家在估算成本与选择技术方面缺乏经验。 The developing counties see information technologies as a means to accelerate their economy ,but some lack experience in weighing casts and choosing between technologies.2.据说地球拥有的地下水量大约是其拥有的河流和湖泊水量的三千倍，而且地下

17、水要干净得多。 The world is said to be have about 3,000 times as much groundwater at water it has in rivers and lakes ,and groundwater is far cleaner.3.任何人都能照出好照片问题只是你是否在合适的时间和地点。 Anyone can take good photos-its just a matter of being in the right place at the right time.4.通过在他们的学校和图书馆安装计算机，这些社区的领导们表明他们决心不

18、在技术上落后。 By installing computers in their schools and libraries ,the community leaders demonstrated that they were determined not to lag behind in technology.5.当他开始创办这家公司时，他想他将能在市场上与那些顶级公司并驾齐驱，可是他现在失望了，因为他没有成功。 When he started the company ,he thought hed be able to cruse alongside the top businesses

19、in the market,but he is disappointed because he hasnt yet succeeded.6.佛罗里达的一对夫妇在建造一座他们称之为未来之家的房子，它既能抵御咫风，又与周围环境十分协调。 A Florida couple is building what they say will be the home of the future,one strong enough to withstand hurricanes ,yet gentle enough to blend in with the environment.Unit Six 1. Sup

20、pose you found out that your colleague takes bribes, would you just ignore it? 假如你发现了你自己的同事受贿，你会不会无动于衷呢？2. Weve given up on him because he is so stubborn. It is pointless to argue with him. 他如此固执，我们已对他失望了，跟他争论一点意义都没有。3. He hit upon a good method to speed up the progress of the experiment, but opinio

21、ns differed among members of the group on it. 他突然想到了一个加速实验进程的好办法，但组里的成员却对此意见不一。4. Today Im able to square my profession with my interest, which I wasnt able to do before. 今天我能够使自己的职业与兴趣相符，之前我是做不到的。5. The ability to visually distinguish between red and green is essential to becoming a driver. 要成为一名驾驶

22、员，视觉上分辨红色与绿色的能力是必不可少的。6. The team consisted of seven people who met on a regular basis to share their information with each other. 这个组由七个人组成，他们经常见面，分享彼此的信息。XII.1.假设有人向你行贿，要换取一种承诺，你会怎么做？是接受呢，还是坚持自己的原则？ Suppose you were offered a bribe in exchange for a promise ,what would you do -receive it or stand

23、by your principles.2.现在人们不会忍受那些糟糕的境况，可是在那些日子里却只能接受那样的现实。 Nowadays ,people wouldnt put up with those terrible circumstances ,but in those days it was accepted as a fact of life.3.大学校园里形形色色的作弊现象越来越多，我已不记得这学期有多少学生因作弊而被捉住. Cheating in various forms is on the increase in colleges and universities ,and I

24、have lost count of the number of students who were caught cheating this semester.4.当艾奇先生被披露曾受贿时，他不得不退出州长职位的竞争。 Mr.Aichi had to withdraw himself from the competition for the position of state governor when it was revealed that he had been on the take.5.虽然他原先完全支持改革政策，可后来却开始抨击这场改革运动了。 While originally

25、he had been fully in support of the reform policies ,later he began to attack the reform movement.6.这位教授肯定不会同意翻译基本是在词典里查生词的观点。 The professor definitely will not agree with the point that the translation amounted to little more than looking up words in dictionaries.unit 71. In the process of creating

26、 the genetic map, these scientists realized that cooperation was more than an attractive option; it was a responsibility. 这些科学家在创建基因图谱的过程中体会到:合作不仅仅是一种有吸引力的选择，它还是一种责任。2. Their research findings were nothing less than a miracle. As a result of their findings, new light has been shed on the history of

27、human genes. 他们的研究发现简直就是一个奇迹，由于他们的发现，人们对人类基因的历史有了新的了解。3. In fact, only hard work in combination with proper methods will give you an advantage over others. 事实上只有勤奋加方法得当才能使你在学习上比他人有优势。4. The judge said the punishment would serve as a warning to others. 法官说这种惩罚将会起到杀一儆百的作用。5.The risk of infection is co

28、nfined to those who have close contact with the patients. 感染的危险只限于那些与病人有亲密接触的人。6. From such an analysis we are in a better position to understand what has happened and what to do about it. 从这一分析中我们可以更好的知道发生了什么以及要做些什么。X11.1作为一个负责的生产厂家，我们不仅仅关注环境；我们还积极参与环境保护。 As a responsible manufacturer ,we are more

29、than concerned about the environment ;we are actively involved in environmental protection .2.当然，她最后还是离开，去结婚了，但我敢肯定的是：她对工作尽职尽责，从不允许自己的职业重点受到影响。 Of course ,she too eventually left to get married, but I could say for sure that she was nothing less than dedicated and never allowed her professional prio

30、rities to be distracted.3.除了学业上的成绩，你迄今为止最大的成就是什么？ Other than academic success，what has been your greatest achievement to date？4.观察和实验的目的是为了验证或阐明某些理论，只有那些被视为与任务相关的观察才应该被记录下来。 Observations and experiments are carried out in order to test or shed light on some theory and only those observations conside

31、red relevant to that task should be recorded.5.不管现在身处何地，黑人都是非洲人的后裔，但是数百年来，由于种种原因，他们的遗传基因已经变得多样化且非常复杂。 Wherever they are now ,black people are descended from Africans but over the countries their genetic heritage has become diversified and complicated because of various reasons.6.实际上，他们都同意这种观点：法律的变化引

32、起了社会本质的变化以及社会中人与人之间关系的变化。 In fact ,they agreed to the view that the very change in law brings about a change in the nature of society and human relationships within it.Unit 101. 无论你的智商有多高，你的看法都受到个人经历的局限，因此要学会吸纳他人有用的观点。 No matter how high your IQ is, your view is limited by the experience you have had and so you should learn to incorporate the useful perspectives of others. 2. 这个游戏非常有趣，他们谁也没有注意到时间的流逝。 So