大学英语(四)句子翻译(U1-4)

大学英语（四）汉译英句子

Unit 1

1. 还在小时候，布利茨恩(Blizten)就会戏弄祖母，把她的拖鞋挪走。

Even when young, Blizten would tease Grandma by carrying her slippers away. 2.这个笑话的幽默之处在于第二位男士说他的妻子不是一位贵妇。

The humor lies in the fact that the second man is saying that his wife is not a lady.

3.一个真正有幽默感的人在任何聚会上常常是注意力的焦点。

The truly humorous individual is often the focus of attention in any gathering.

4.双关语与其他幽默形式相比需要更细微、更巧妙的语言技巧。

Puns require more subtle and sophisticated language skills than other humor forms.

5.读者的乐趣就在于追随故事里隐含的线索。

The fun for the reader is in following the clues hidden in the story.

6.大多数侦探小说使读者感到不安,而不是慰藉。

Instead of being comforting, most detective novels unsettle their readers.

7.在一场谋杀案打乱了人们的生活之前，这是一个安定、可预测的世界。

This is a world which is safe and predictable until a m urder shatters people’s lives.

8. 毫无疑问，音乐会继续发挥它的诱惑力。

There seems no doubt that music will continue to exert its attraction.

Unit 2 The Power of Words

1．因为那时我是个十几岁的小伙子，所以他的话最鼓舞人心了。

Because I was a teenager then, his words couldn’t have been more ins piring.

2．每当我怀疑自己不是当作家的料时，便会重温他的便笺。

Whenever I doubted I had the right stuff to be a writer，I would reread his note. 3．毫不奇怪，他的朋友圈子就像附近的伊利（Erie）湖那么大。

Not surprisingly, he has a body of friends as big as nearby Lake Erie.

4．我得知汤姆养成了一个给各行各业的人写快捷的便笺的习惯。

I learned that Tom made a habit of writing a quick note to people in all walks of life.

5．在一个惯于冷漠、无动于衷的世界上，这种便笺带来了温暖和安慰。

In a world too often cold and unresponsive, such notes bring warmth and reassurance. 6．他的便条不仅写给同事，还写给萍水相逢的和完全陌生的人。

His notes go not only to associates, but to casual acquaintances and total strangers. 7．清新和热情会长久地回荡在读者的心灵中。

The freshness and enthusiasm will linger in the reader’s mind long afterward.

8．给我留下了深刻的印象的，是他每次真诚的反应。

What impressed me so much was his sincere response every time.

Unit 3 Gender Difference

1.各种不同类型的行为和情感，既是由遗传也是由文化定型的。

Various types of behavior and emotions are patterned by both heredity and culture. 2.在教育中存在一种偏爱男孩胜于女孩的文化偏见。

There is a cultural bias in education that favors boys over girls.

3.那些成为积极的课堂参与者的学生会形成更积极的态度。

Those students who become active classroom participants will develop more positive attitudes.

4. 请男生回答问题的次数远比女生多，这对学习过程有着巨大的影响。Calling on males far more than on female students has a tremendous impact on the learning process.

5.有时候教师们不知不觉地阻止女孩像男孩一样积极地参与。

Sometimes teachers unknowingly prevented girls from participating as actively as boys.

6.男生作业做得马虎却受表扬，要是女生做这样的作业就得不到宽容。

Boys receive praise for sloppy work that would not be tolerated from girls.

7.女孩子到九岁时数学一直比男孩子强，但此后便落后了。

Girls are superior to boys in math up to the age of nine, but fall behind from then on.

8.即使男孩们占少数时，他们也得到老师们三分之二的注意力。

Boys get two-thirds of the teachers’ attention even when they are in a minority.

Unit 4 Creativity

1．如果迪克听从了他的老板，也许我们就不会有遮护胶带了。

If Dick had listened to his boss, we might not have masking tape.

2．有时犯傻是通向创造性的必要的一步。

Sometimes being silly is an essential step toward creativity.

3．创造性并非与生俱来，也不一定就是高智慧的特征。

Creativity is not something one is born with, nor is it necessarily a characteristic of high intelligence.

4．许多教育者十分看重考试分数，往往为了正确的答案而牺牲了创造性。

With strong emphasis on test scores, many educators sacrifice creativity for correct answers.

5．创造一个荒诞想法受到尊重和赞赏，而不是鄙视或不理会的环境是很重要的。

It is important to create a place where wild ideas are honored and valued, never scorned or dismissed.

6．即使是为了中美友谊，我们也并不特别感激这种干预。

Even for the sake of Chinese-American friendship, we were not particularly grateful for this intervention.

7．大人几乎毫不犹豫地干涉小孩成长的过程。

Adults feel little hesitation about intervening in the child-growing process.

8．在希望孩子怎样行事上，我们遇到了两种截然不同的态度。

We were dealing with totally different attitudes about the preferred behavior for children.