硕士英语(二)总复习资料
硕士英语（二）复习资料
一、课后词汇（原题对照）
Lesson 1
1.The Car Connectivity Consortium was founded under U.S. law as a limited liability
corporation.
A. assets
B. business
C. responsibility
D. investment
2.His wife set about upbraiding him for neglecting the children.
A. encouraging
B. criticizing
C. understanding
D. hating
3.Do you look forward to old age, or do you dread frailty, loss of memory and
dependence on others?
A. loneliness
B. poverty
C. weakness
D. illness
4.About 1-2% of the population are affected by temporary loss of smell: drugs,
pollution and pregnancy can all distort the senses.
A. work with
B. interfere with
C. associate with
D. come with
5.Humans have trouble evaluating risks that are not salient.
A. noticeable
B. unique
C. acceptable
D. real
6.Sales are reminiscent of the 2008 holiday season when merchandise was marked
down 50% to 80%.
A. back from
B. different from
C. better than
D. similar to
7.You agree to waive the claim, which speaks well for your friendly attitude and
close cooperation .
A. start
B. continue
C. change
D. quit
8.I greatly enjoy these meetings unless I have to make a speech, in which case I’m in
a state of dreadful anxiety.
A. unexpected
B. natural
C. understandable
D. terrible
9.Suffering was easier to bear than the bitterness he felt corroding his spirit.
A. inspiring
B. revealing
C. destroying
D. releasing
10.For the would-be online criminals, the likelihood of their getting caught and
punished is vanishingly small, yet the profits are great.
A. extremely
B. probably
C. unfortunately
D. slightly CBCBA DDDCA
Lesson 2
1.The story about the Brothers Grimm may evoke warm memories of story time in
the comforting arms of a parent.
A. recall
B. create
C. release
D. collect
2.One of the secrets of successful travel lies in always turning adversity to your
advantage.
A. unfamiliarity
B. exploration
C. pleasure
D. difficulties
3.The claws of bears may be used to climb trees, rip open nests and beehives, or
catch prey.
A. clear
B. tear
C. throw
D. dig
4.The analysts are dissecting intrusions and other attacks that have breached their
computer systems.
A. intercepting
B. fighting
C. analyzing
D. discussing
5.He spent whole days in his room, headphones on lest he disturb anyone.
A. unless
B. when
C. so that
D. in case
6.As the unemployment lines lengthened and factories closed, there was talk of
apocalypse.
A. emergency
B. uncertainty
C. disaster
D. reduction
7.The odor of the hospital was so unforgiving that every so often she would bring
the cloud of white flowers to her nose.
A. unexpected
B. unique
C. impressive
D. terrible
8.Critics argue that the lavish park itself is incongruous in a country where around
half the population lives below the poverty line.
A. inappropriate
B. creative
C. unnecessary
D. enjoyable
9.Many believed optimistically the news would soothe markets, but it seems to have
had the opposite effect.
A. push
B. mislead
C. calm
D. discourage
10. A stoical person tends to show admirable patience and endurance in the face of
adversity without getting upset.
A. confident
B. uncomplaining
C. unconventional
D. reliable
ADBCD CDACB
Lesson 4
1.During the lecture all the audience listened to China’s first astronaut with rapt
admiration.
A. obscure
B. obvious
C. obliged
D. obsessed
2.Most of her colleagues didn’t like her because she was adept at the fi ne art
of irritating people.
A. ambitious
B. annoying
C. skillful
D. scornful
3.In the schools today we need, more than ever, the training of deft hands,
quick eyes and ears, and above all the broader, deeper, higher culture of gifted minds and pure hearts.
A. finesse
B. clever
C. delicate
D. elegant
4.At last the judge decided to give the custody of the child to his father.
A. supervision
B. catering
C. raising
D. fostering
5.Denver residents continued to dig out from what was called the worst blizzard
in nearly a century.
A. catastrophe
B. disaster
C. snowstorm
D. landslide
6.After all, the candidate was endorsed by the governor’s board and many of
the local party members.
A. ignored
B. rejected
C. sponsored
D. supported
7.His expression gave temporary meaning to a set of features but it was
nondescript.
A. unclear
B. distinctive
C. implied
D. ambiguous
8.She came home spouting off about the subjects she was taught at school and
basked in her teacher’s praise.
A. prided
B. enjoyed
C. criticized
D. narrated
9.It was evident that the administrative officials did not believe the excuse that
he held forth for the delayed delivery.
A. lied
B. told
C. emphasized
D. compiled
10.When Frank heard that the war had started, it didn’t sink in for a long time
until his father was drafted into the army.
A.be understood
B. be accepted
C. be taken
D. be illustrated
DCAAC DABBA
Lesson 5
1.The king dubbed Laurence a name of knight for his outstanding accomplishment in
performance.
A. honored
B. praised
C. called
D. granted
2.In order to entice people to travel to Hawaii, hotels have lowered room rates.
A. convince
B. expect
C. tempt
D. support
3.These two fences intersect at the creek.
A. disappear
B. end
C. meet
D. cross
4.The result is an overly complicated and somewhat arbitrary system, but still much
better than nothing.
A. irrational
B. incredible
C. intangible
D. intricate
5.We are going to render them economic assistance.
A. send
B. award
C. issue
D. give
6.One hallmark of a good politician is his ability to influence people.
A. characteristic
B. strongpoint
C. capacity
D. talent
7.They proposed that premium gasoline should be sold at a premium price.
A. maximum
B. high-grade
C. costly
D. pure
8.It’s rather cumbersome having to carry all these cases around.
A. wearisome
B. awesome
C. troublesome
D. toilsome
9.The evening was crowned by her dazzling performance.
A. perfect
B. veridical
C. splendid
D. vivid
10.On the stage of Academy Award, there’s nothing like a little golden statuette on
the mantelpiece to burnish a fragile ego.
A. commend
B. outstand
C. exhibit
D. polish
DCDAD ABCCD
Lesson 7
1.Upon hearing these critical remarks, he was in a complete state of
bewilderment and did not know what to do next.
A. astonishment
B. frustration
C. depression
D. perplexity
2.For many women, the harrowing prospect of giving evidence in a rape case
can be too much to bear.
A. promising
B. embarrassing
C. haunting
D. upsetting
3.The c ompany’s disappointing sales fi gures are an ominous sign of worse thing
to come.
A. disgraceful
B. disgusting
C. scandalous
D. threatening
4.He said that people are too obsessed with utopian visions that will never
come, instead of thinking of the quality of life now.
A. promising
B. unrealistic
C. unbelievable
D. unprecedented
5.We eliminated the possibility that it could have been an accident because it
was so well timed.
A. elicited
B. despised
C. removed
D. elevated
6.Things would never change if people weren’t prepared to experiment with
new teaching methods.
A. endeavor
B. campaign
C. swerve
D. try
7.The national interest is more important than the sectional and personal
interests of individual politicians.
A. segregated
B. factional
C. inviolable
D. dismantled
8.Despite differences in background and outlook, their partnership was based
on mutual respect, trust and understanding.
A. unilateral
B. reciprocal
C. obligatory
D. optional
9.Desirous of knowing something about the operations, I stood and watched
the spectacle with great interest.
A. Desperate for
B. Desirable of
C. Detached from
D. Deprived of
10.He spoke eloquently with the self-effacing humor that has endeared him to
the American press.
A. elegantly
B. persuasively
C. arrogantly
D. expressively
DDDBC ABBAD
Lesson 8
1.He has already altered several of the proposals in his economic plan to
________ demands of special interests.
A. include
B. accommodate
C. contain
D. lodge
2.The police are still trying to trace the ________ of the house which was
destroyed by the big fi re caused by the lightning last night.
A. customers
B. builders
C. occupants
D. arsonist
3.There are calls from the public for his resignation, but there is no sign yet that
he will ________.
A. comply
B. agree
C. accept
D. compile
4.During the accident, one of the passengers suffered ________ bruising and
serious cuts.
But he received first aid immediately.
A. blue
B. black
C. nasty
D. severe
5.There have been reports of youths taking advantage of the rampant unrest to
________ and steal.
A. loot
B. gamble
C. smash
D. break
6.She stood up for the first time since the accident and walked ________
towards the nurse standing a few feet away.
A. steadily
B. evenly
C. haltingly
D. crippled
7.You will feel more ________ and optimistic about the future than you have
for a long time if you can be of some help to others.
A. safe
B. progressive
C. occupied
D. buoyant
8.The lecturer spoke so quietly that he was barely ________ at the back of the
big hall.
A. audible
B. misunderstood
C. ignored
D. indifferent
9.Not knowing which way to take at the cross, he pulled the car over, turned on
the ________ light, examined the map carefully.
A. exterior
B. interior
C. front
D. rear
10.Sometimes for no apparent reason she’d run out onto the highway, waving
her hands and ________ at the traffic.
A. shouted
B. signaled
C. screeched
D. stopped BCADA CDABC
Lesson 13
1.In the Renaissance, fresco painting on walls and ceilings largely gave way to
________ painting in oils, but wall painting returned to popularity in the 20th century.
A. era
B. easel
C. earnest
D. echo
2.White marble busts of Shakespeare, Dickens, Hawthorne and Irving ________
through the trailing ivy from the various corners.
A. glistened
B. glanced
C. glared
D. glided
3.As Hank ventured this last remark in a cautious manner, he scraped the ________
of the walk with one foot while he slyly noted the reception of his venture by an upward cast of his eye.
A. cliff
B. curb
C. gravel
D. glamour
4.They had an air of dignity and independence in their manners, which formed a
striking contrast to the ________ and servile appearance of the Slave.
A. erecting
B. straight
C. proud
D. crouching
5.The sun coming down the heavens was scattering its beams full and fair against
the vine clad ________ and windows.
A. hut
B. ceiling
C. eaves
D. beam
6.Drunkenness is temporary suicide; the happiness that it brings is merely negative,
a________ cessation of unhappiness.
A. momentous
B. momentary
C. momentum
D. monetary
7.Though he looked thin and weak, he could run ________ fast in the 1000 meters
race.
A. darned
B. diligent
C. devious
D. dizzy
8.He was seated in the rear lobby, ________ by cushions in a comfortable
rocking-chair.
A. took up
B. propped up
C. brought up
D. set up
9.The darkness came very early. Then the electric lights ________.
A. turned on
B. got on
C. took on
D. came on
10.All of us were very surprised to find that they had completed the difficult task in
________ haste.
A. fatal
B. perished
C. deadly
D. passed
BACDC BABDC
二、课后英译汉对照
Lesson 1
1. None other than Joe Barton, a Republican congressman from Texas and a global-warming skeptic, upbraided BP managers for their “seeming indifference to safety and environmental issues.”
不是别人，正是来自得克萨斯州的共和党众议员、一位全球变暖怀疑论者乔.巴顿，谴责英国石油公司经理们“对安全和环境问题似乎漠不关心。”
2. Surely, given the expense of the clean-up and the hit to B P’s reputation, the executives wish they could go back and spend the extra money to make Deepwater
Horizon safer. That they did not suggests that they ?gured the rig would be ?ne as it was.
显然，考虑到清理费用和对英国石油公司声誉的严重影响，高管们真希望可以回到过去，多花些钱让深水地平线更安全。他们没有增加这笔费用就表明他们那时认为钻机在当时的状态下不会出任何问题。
3. In a little-noticed provision in a 1990 law passed after the Exxon Valdez spill, Congress capped a spiller’s liability over and above cleanup costs at $75 mi llion for a rig spill. Even if the economic damages—to tourism, ?shing and the like—stretch into the billions, the responsible party is on the hook for only $75 million.
埃克森公司瓦尔迪兹漏油事件发生后，在1990 年通过的一个法规中有一项条款很少引人注意，美国国会将钻机泄漏清理费用的责任上限定为7500 万美元。即使对旅游业、渔业等造成的经济损失高达数十亿美元，责任方也仅需要支付7500 万美元。
4. But it would be foolish to think that the only risks we are still underestimating are the ones that have suddenly become salient.
不过，如果认为我们目前仍然低估的只是那些突然间引人注目的风险，则是非常愚蠢的。
Lesson 2
1. It is a cliche, as it is to talk of apocalypse and nightmare, but when something is beyond our experience, we reach for the points of reference we have.
说到世界末日和噩梦又是老生常谈，但是当事情超出我们的经验时，我们总是寻找现有的东西作为参照标准。
2. Lest you should ever forget the smallness of being human, the iconic Mount Fuji, instantly recognizable yet somehow different on every viewing, is an extinct volcano. 唯恐你会忘记作为人类的渺小，标志性的富士山，一眼即能认出但不知何故每次
观看又呈现出不同景色，就是一座死火山。
3. It surprised me, over the following months that the gas attack seemed to dominate the national media coverage, whereas Kobe, after the initial weeks of horrifying footage, slipped somewhat into the background.
在随后的几个月里，让我吃惊的是毒气攻击似乎占据了国家媒体报道的主要内容，而神户大地震经过了最初几周骇人听闻的连续报道后，就悄然退到了幕后。
4. Rather than immersing ourselv es in the language of horror ?lms and the end of the world, when the time is right to try to glimpse this new territory, we might for thought reach for a book by Japan’s most popular contemporary novelist.
我们与其沉浸在恐怖片和世界末日的语言中，不如在合适的时间去了解这一新的领域，我们可以考虑找日本最流行的现代小说家写的书读一读。
5. But we should resist the temptation to imagine panicking hordes buying up all the food and ?eeing the capital as the next part of our horror narrative.
但是,我们不应该总想着那些成群结对恐慌的人们把所有的食品抢购一空，逃离首都的事，应当把这些当成是恐怖故事的下一个情节。
Lesson 4
1. Bill Clinton was hard to miss in the autumn of 1970. He arrived at Yale Law School looking more like a Viking than a Rhodes Scholar returning from two years at Oxford. He was tall and handsome somewhere beneath that reddish brown beard and curly mane of hair. He also had a vitality that seemed to shoot out of his pores. When I first saw him in the law school’s student lounge, he was holding forth before a rapt audience of fellow students.
1970年秋天，你想不注意比尔?克林顿也不容易。他来到耶鲁大学法学院时，看上去像一个北欧海盗，而不像一个在牛津大学呆了两年后回国的罗兹奖学金获得者。他身材高大，棕红色的胡子和卷曲而浓密的头发使他显得很帅气。他浑身
充满了活力。当我第一次在法学院的学生休息室里见到他时，他正对着一帮全神贯注的同学滔滔不绝地讲着什么。
2. The way Bill tells the story, he couldn’t remember his own name.
在比尔讲述这段事情的版本中，他说他当时都想不起来自己叫什么名字了。
3. To this day, he can astonish me with the connections he weaves between ideas and words and how he makes it all sound like music.
直到现在我还常为他敏捷的思维和恰如其份的用词，以及他如何能够将要表达的思想说得那么动听而感到惊讶不已。
4. One of the first things I noticed about Bill was the shape of his hands. His wrists are narrow and his ?ngers tapered and deft, like those of a pianist or a surgeon. When we ?rst met as students, I loved watching him turn the pages of a book. Now his hands are showing signs of age after thousands of handshakes and golf swings and miles of signatures. They are, like their owner, weathered but still expressive, attractive and resilient.
我首先注意到的是比尔的手的形状。他的手腕不粗，手指修长而灵巧，就像一双钢琴家或外科医生的手。学生时代我们第一次见面时，我就喜欢看他用手翻书的样子。如今他的手已因成千上万次的握手、打高尔夫球和无数次的签名而增添了岁月的痕迹。它们和其主人一样，虽经历风雨却依然充满表现力、魅力与活力。
5. I still didn’t know where I would live and what I would do because my interests in child advocacy and civil rights didn’t dictate a particular path.
我还不知道自己将来会住在哪里和要做什么，因为我在促进儿童权益和民权方面的兴趣尚未为我指明一条明确的道路。
6. The prospect of driving from one Southern state to another convincing Democrats both to support McGovern and to oppose Nixon’s policy in Vietnam excited him.
一想到能够驾车穿梭在南方各州之间来说服民主党人既支持麦克戈文，又反对尼克松的越战政策就使他非常激动。
7. We both had to work to pay our way through law school, on top of the student loans we had taken out.
尽管我们都获得了学生贷款，但是我们俩还是不得不打些工来完成法学院的学习。
Lesson 5
1. The product was becoming more important to the company’s bottom line, accounting for 45% of the revenue that year, and it was also burnishing the hipness of the company’s image in a way that drove sales of Macs.
该产品对于苹果公司的营收越发重要，占当年收入的45%。同时，iPod还促进了Mac产品的系列销售，为苹果公司打造出时尚的企业形象。
2. The conclusion he had come to: “The device that can eat ou r lunch is the cell phone.” As he explained to the board, the digital camera market was being decimated now that phones were equipped with cameras.
乔布斯得出这样的结论：“能抢我们饭碗的设备是手机。”他向董事会说明，因为手机都配备了照像机，数码相机市场正急剧萎缩。
3. It ended up having neither the enticing minimalism of an iPod nor the convenient slimness of a RAZR. Ugly, difficult to load, and with an arbitrary hundred-song limit, it had all the hallmarks of a product that had been negotiated by a committee, which was counter to the way Jobs liked to work.
但是，该系列手机既没有iPod迷人的简约风格，也没有刀锋系列便捷的超薄造型，它外观丑陋，下载困难，只能容纳近百首歌曲。这是委员会协商后制造出的典型产品，这与乔布斯喜欢的工作方式相悖。
4. Since he often did that on the day new products went on sale, there were some fans hanging out in anticipation, and they greeted him as they would have Moses if he had walked in to buy the Bible.
由于乔布斯经常在新产品开始销售的第一天去店里，所以有些粉丝已等在专买店里期待他的到来，他们跟他打招呼，就好像他们能碰到摩西去买《圣经》的情形一样。
5. Make the screen ?ve inches by eight inches, and you’ll rule the world.
把屏幕做成5英寸宽，8英寸长，世界就是你的了。
Lesson 7
1.This Christmas season ?nds us a rather bewildered hum an race. We have neither peace within nor peace without. Everywhere paralyzing fears harrow people by day and haunt them by night. Our world is sick with war; everywhere we turn we see its ominous possibilities. And yet, my friends, the Christmas hope for peace and goodwill toward all men can no longer be dismissed as a kind of pious dream of some utopian.
今年圣诞时节，人们困惑惶恐，内心无法宁静，外部没有和平。无论身置何处，恐慌昼夜萦绕于胸，无论走到哪里，战争的阴霾时时笼罩天空。我们这个世界已厌倦了战争，无论何处都危机四伏。各位教友, 即便如此, 我们不能把祈求和平、善待众人的基督圣训视作不切实际的虔诚美梦。
2. If we don’t have goodwill toward men in this world, we will destroy ourselves by the misuse of our own instruments and our own power. Wisdom born of experience should tell us that war is obsolete. There may have been a time when war served as a negative good by preventing the spread and growth of an evil force, but the very destructive power of modern weapons of warfare eliminates even the possibility that war may any longer serve as a negative good.
如果不能友善待人, 我们所有和所能必将由于使用不当而使我们走向自我毁灭。
历史的经验告诉我们, 战争早已过时。曾几何时, 战争或有以毒攻毒之效, 可以遏制邪恶势力的蔓延与发展, 然而正是现代战争利器的巨大破坏力, 使它再不能被视作匡扶邪恶的正义之举。
3. Now let me suggest ?rst that if we are to have peace on earth, our loyalties must become ecumenical rather than sectional. Our loyalties must transcend our race, our tribe, our class, and our nation; and this means we must develop a world perspective.
首先，我提议，要实现世界和平，我们的忠诚必须超越教派纷争，我们的忠诚必须超越种族宗族之分、超越阶级国家之界。换言之，我们必须放眼世界。
4. Now let me say, secondly, that if we are to have peace in the world, men and nations must embrace the nonviolent affirmation that ends and means must cohere. One of the great philosophical debates of history has been over the whole question of means and ends. And there have always been those who argued that the end justi?es the means, that the means really aren’t important. The important thing is to get to the end, you see.
其次, 我呼吁, 要实现世界和平, 所有的人、所有的国家都必须坚守非暴力的信念, 坚信目的、手段相互关联。手段与目的的关系一直是历史上颇有争议的重大哲学问题之一。总有人认为只要目的正确, 可以不择手段, 重要的是要达到目的。
5. Now let me say that the next thing we must be concerned about if we are to have peace on earth and goodwill toward men is the nonviolent af?rmation of the sacredness of all human life. Every man is somebody because he is a child of God. And so when we say “Thou shall not kill,” we’re really saying that human life is too sacred to be taken on the battle?elds of the world. Man is more than a tiny vagary of whirling electrons or wisp of smoke from a limitless smoldering.
再之, 我要说，若想世界和平、世人和睦，必须以非暴力申明所有人的生命都是神圣的。每个人都很重要，因为他们都是上帝之子，因此，我们说”勿杀生”，
是指人的生命是神圣的，不应在战场上被轻易夺走。人的生命远非旋转电子构成的奇妙之物, 也不是无尽燃烧的焖火中升起的一缕轻烟。
Lesson 8
1. Sallee hadn’t minded having to come in when the clerk on d uty became ill that afternoon. And later, instead of calling in another employee for the evening shift, he’d remaine d until closing.
那天下午，因当班的职员生病，萨利并没有介意来顶班。后来他也没叫其他职员来值夜班，而是自己一直干到商店打烊。
2. Sallee hesitated, but only for a second. At 27, he owned three video shops and was
a successful businessman. He’d often delayed closing for custome rs. There was no reason not to accommodate this one.
萨利迟疑了一下，但仅仅是片刻。年仅27岁的萨利已拥有三家音像店，是个成功的商人。他经常为了顾客而推迟关店门。这次同样也没有理由不满足顾客的要求。
3. Shocked into the reality of what was happening, Sallee strained at his bonds, trying to turn away from the slashing knife. His attackers angrily pushed him out of the cramped closet. Sallee yanked his hands apart repeatedly until the cloth binding them gave way.
萨利突然明白了眼前所发生的事，他用力挣脱绑在手脚上的绳子，试图躲过寒光逼人的匕首。三名劫匪恼羞成怒地把他从狭窄的储藏室推了出来。萨利用力地、不停地拉扯着他的双手，直到捆绑的绳子断开。
4. Haltingly, he raised his hand to his throat. As he pulled it away he saw through blurred eyes what appeared to be multiple hands, covered with blood. His life was ebbing away, but he could not move. He thought how sorry he was that his parents might have to ?nd him this way.
他迟疑地把手慢慢抬到嗓子部位。随后，又慢慢地把手拿开，他双眼模糊，似乎看到了许多只手的叠现，它们全都沾满了血。生命渐渐地离他而去，但他却一动也不能动。他想父母也许会看到他这副样子，心里真难受。
5. The store lights were still on, but interior lighting could not explain the bright shining in his face. Sallee did not know what it was. He knew only that he was growing stronger with each step.
店里的灯还亮着，但这店里的灯光却不能解释他脸上所泛出的光亮。萨利自己也不知道这是什么。他只知道每走一步他都变得更坚强了。
6. What happened to Sallee through those eternally long minutes after he was left for dead continues to ?ll him with awe. “I’ve always heard and read about miracles,” Troy Sallee says, “and n ow I know they really happen.”
他被离弃等死的漫长的几分钟内所发生的事，仍然使萨利心有余悸。“以前经常听人讲述奇迹，自己也读了不少这种奇迹般的故事”，特罗伊?萨利说，“但现在我明白了奇迹真的会发生。”
Lesson 13
1. Artists liked the way the palms grew and the bright colors of the hotels facing the gardens and the sea.
艺术家们喜欢棕榈树生长的形状以及那面对花园与大海的旅馆的明亮色彩。
2. Water stood in pools on the gravel paths. The sea broke in a long line in the rain and slipped down the beach to come up and break again in a long line in the rain.
雨水在砾石路上聚集成了一个个小水坑。海水涌上了沙滩，在与雨水相接之处形成了一条长长的分界线。之后，又顺着沙滩滑回去，然后退下去，再涌上沙滩，又形成一条长长的分界线.
3. Outside right under their window a cat was crouched under one of the dripping
green tables. The cat was trying to make herself so compact that she would not be dripped on.
就在他们的窗外,一只小猫蹲在一张绿色的滴着雨水的桌子下面。它尽量缩着身子,以免被雨水淋湿。
4. She liked the deadly serious way he received any complaints. She liked his dignity. 她喜欢旅馆老板非常认真地听取顾客意见的方式。她喜欢他那威严的样子。
5. Something felt very small and tight inside the girl. The padrone made her feel very small and at the same time really important…. She had a momentary feel ing of being of supreme importance.
女孩的心被轻轻地触动了。旅馆老板对她的态度使她感到自己既柔弱又非常重要。在一瞬间她感觉自己好像是最要的人物了。
三、8篇英译汉
禁烟
据世界卫生组织调查数据显示，中国烟草消费占全球三分之一。据国家卫生部门估计，我国每年有100多万人死于与烟草有关的疾病。吸烟不仅危害自身健康，还会污染环境，危害他人健康。尽管国家卫生部门2011年就出台了公共场所禁止吸烟的规定，但这些规定并没有“严格执行”。目前，政府明确要求各级领导干部带头在医院、公共交通设施和学校等公共场所禁烟，同时，要积极宣传禁烟工作，及时制止他人在公共场所吸烟。
According to the data collected by the World Health Organization, Chinese smokers consume a third of the world's cigarettes. China’s national health authorities estimate over a million deaths from tobacco-related diseases every year. Smoking is bad for the health of not only the smokers, but also the non-smokers because of the polluted air. Although the nation's health ministry issued a regulation in 2011 to ban smoking in public places, it hasn't been "strictly enforced". At present, Chinese government explicitly requires officials at all levels not to smoke in public places such as hospitals, public transport or schools to set a good example for the public. Besides, they should actively promote the anti-smoking campaign and promptly stop other people from smoking in public places.
四大文明古国
中国位于亚洲东部，是世界上人口最多的国家。中国是世界四大文明古国之一，拥有大量的中华文化光辉的古迹，此外，中国地大物博，拥有茂密的森林、雄伟壮丽的瀑布、秀丽的湖泊以及如利剑直插云霄的山峰，所有这些都令世界各国人民神往。但是，更重要的是，中国以拥有五千多年的历史而自豪，遗留下无数的历史文物，其中包括珍贵珠宝、古迹名胜、宫殿及数不尽的雄伟建筑，令人惊叹不已。这种种原因都促使中国成为许多人梦寐以求的旅游胜地。
China lies in the east of Asia and it has the largest population in the world. China is also one of the four countries in the world that have an ancient civilization, Besides, it has a vast territory with such abundant natural resources as dense forests, magnificent waterfalls, majestic and beautiful rivers and lakes, and mountains whose peaks reach high into the sky like swords. All these make China a singularly attractive place to tourists around the world. But, most importantly, China boasts a history of over five thousand years with innumerable historical relics left over from the long past, such as priceless pearls and jewels, historic sites and scenic spots, palaces and edifices of architectural richness, all of w hich have won people’s admiration. You are sure to find great enjoyment from all these attractions in China, a much-admired dream land.
六级汉译英翻译：贫困
中国是世界上最大的发展中国家，人口约占世界总人口的22%。在过去相当长的时期里，由于诸多原因,贫困一直困扰着中国。20世纪80年代中期，中国农村绝大多数地区凭借自身的发展优势，经济得到快速增长，但少数地区由于经济、社会、历史、自然等方面的制约，发展相对滞后。中国政府在致力于经济和社会全面发展的进程中，在全国范围内实施了以解决贫困人口温饱问题为主要目标的有计划、有组织的大规模扶贫开发，极大地缓解了贫困现象。
China is the largest developing country in the world and its population accounts for about 22 percent of the world’s total. For a long period of its history, Ch ina has been plagued by poverty for various reasons. In the mid-1980s, the economy of an overwhelming majority of the rural areas in China grew dramatically by virtue of their own advantages, but a small number of areas still lagged behind because of the constraints of their economic, social, historical, and natural conditions. The Chinese government, while working on all-round economic and social development, has nationwide implemented a large-scale program for development-oriented poverty relief in a planned and organized way. With the main objective of helping poverty-stricken people solve the food and clothing problems, this program has gone a long way toward alleviating poverty.
春节
春节庆祝活动是一年中最重要的庆祝活动。中国人庆祝春节的方式可能略微不同，但其愿望几乎是相同的，他们希望其家人和朋友来年健康和幸运。春节庆祝活动通常持续15天。庆祝活动包括春节的年夜饭，放鞭炮，给儿童压岁钱，春节钟声和春节问候。大多数中国人将在春节的第7天停止庆祝活动，因为全国性节假通常在这一天结束，但在公共场所的庆祝活动可能最终持续到正月十五。
Chinese New Year Celebration is the most important celebration of the year. Chinese people may celebrate the Chinese New Year in slightly different ways but their wishes are almost the same; they want their family members and friends to be healthy and lucky during next year. Chinese New Year Celebration usually lasts for 15 days. Celebratory activities include Chinese New Feast, firecrackers, giving lucky money to children, the New Year bell ringing and Chinese New Year Greetings. Most of Chinese people will stop the celebrating in their home on the 7th day of New Year because the national holiday usually ends around that day, however celebrations in public areas can last until the 15th day of New Year.
六级汉译英翻译：筷子
筷子(chopstick)起源于中国古代，一直是中国饮食文化重要的一部分。我们的祖先喜欢吃蒸煮食物，但用勺子很难舀(spoon out)到汤里的蔬菜，所以发明了筷子。从此，筷子成为他们生活中最为方便的餐具(tableware),标志着饮食文明的到来。如今，筷子除了具有餐具功能外，增添了很多新功能。熟练手艺人在筷子上描绘美丽的风景，使之变成精美的艺术品。许多人热衷于收集筷子作为藏品。
Chopsticks originated in ancient China and have been an important part of Chinese food culture. Our ancestors liked to have steamed or boiled food，but it was difficult for them to spoon out vegetables from the soup, so they invented chopsticks. Thus chopsticks have become the most convenient tableware in their life and marked the coming of food civilization. Nowadays，chopsticks are added many new functions besides being used as one kind of tableware. Skillful craftsmen paint beautiful sceneries on them to make them look like fine artworks. Many people are keen to gather them as their collections.
六级汉译英翻译：川菜
四川省会成都，物产富饶，人们享受着安逸悠闲的生活。众所周知成都人热爱生活，他们懂得放松休闲，还知道怎么把原材料变为诱人的美食。川菜的历史可以追溯到秦朝，现在是中国四大菜系之一，正所谓“食在中国，味在四川”。作为省会城市的成都，也有着深厚的饮食文化。成都菜食材丰富多样，这些食材的色，香，味，形在烹饪中都很重要，尤其是味。地道的成都菜靠的不仅是辣椒(chili)、花椒的麻辣，还有各种调味品(seasoning)的组合与平衡。
Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province, is extremely productive, providing its people with cozy and relaxing lives. Chengdu people are known for their love of life. They know how to relax and have fun; they know how to transform raw ingredients into irresistibly delicious cuisine. Sichuan cuisine has a long history dating back to the Qin Dynasty and is known as one of the four major Chinese cuisines, just like the saying goes “go for food in China, go for taste in Sichuan.” As the capital city of Sichuan Province, Chengdu has an extensive food culture. Chengdu cuisine has a wide range of choice when it comes to cooking ingredients. The color, smell, taste and shape of a certain ingredient all matter in cooking, but most of all the taste. Authentic Chengdu food relies not only on the heat of chili and pepper but also the combination and balance of various seasonings.