精读4第二版课后翻译1-5

第一单元：

1.I know I could rely on my brother to stand by me no matter what

(whatever) happened.

2.As a rule, the younger generation tends to be more interested in the

present rather than the past unlike the older generation, but both generations will stand to lose if they do not respect the other’s needs.

3.The Chinese written language has been a major factor for integrating

the whole nation.

4.In traditional Chinese art and literature, the bamboo and the pine tree

always symbolize moral integrity and uprightness.

5.Queen Elizabeth I ruled England for 45 years, and the nation

prospered under her rule.

6.Democracy means that the majority rules. But that’s not all. Respect

for minority’s right to disagree is also an integral part of democracy.

The two rules are of equal importance.

7.A nation cannot be strong unless it is well-integrated politically,

economically, culturally as well as geographically.

8.The party was boring, so he slipped out of the room and went home.

But the road was so muddy after the rain that he slipped and fell into a ditch.

9.Her health was such that she would not dare to be exposed to the sun

even in winter lest she got sunstroke.

10.I was drowning my sorrow one night in a small restaurant when he

came over to me and slipped a roll of money in my pocket.

P25翻译：

1. He is being investigated for receiving bribes.

2. The government started airdropping food to areas being cut off by the flood.

3. People are much concerned about how the charity money is being used.

4. The exact locations of the laboratories are being kept secret for reasons of security.

5. What’s the matter with Jim today? I think he’s being rather rude, not his usual self.

6. The local public security bureau is being criticized for being soft on white-collar crime.

7. The car accident investigator is accused of being one-sided, favoring the offender.

8. The project coordinator complains that almost half of his time is being spent on meetings and reports.

9. His latest novel being adapted for TV has been on the New York Times best-seller list for forty-two weeks.

10. The spokesman flatly denied all rumors being circulated at the moment about the president’s health.

第二单元：

1. Zhuge Liang pretended to be very calm and succeeded in hiding the fact from Sima Yi that the city was really unguarded. He proved himself worthy of the admiration he had received.

2. He knew that a bloody battle was imminent and his army was terribly outnumbered. So he pretended to be retreating quickly to the rear. Actually he was laying a trap for the enemy troops.

3. Social Darwinists asserted that we can compare human society to the animal world. It did not cross their minds that human beings could be different from other animals. They relied on their brain rather than their instinct.

4. These mass-produced chickens do not compare with the chickens we used to raise at home. Chicken farms may have increase the output, but they have robbed the chickens of their good taste.

5. The financial bubbles finally burst, causing a serious crisis that swept over the whole world.

6. Thanks to our price edge, our exports to that region increased by 30% compared with the same period the previous year.

7. The reporters were all bursting with questions. But the government spokesperson said that all she knew was that people were watching a play when some thirty armed terrorists burst into the theater.

8. When the prisoners burst out singing, the prison warden was frightened.

9. The area is dotted with factories. It also has holiday inns dotted around the whole island. But there are already signs that many local people will rebel against this trend.

10. He declared that all the rebels would be pardoned if they laid down their arms.

1. As the saying goes, there’s no smoke without fire.

2. There’s no denying that the film has no equal in cinema history.

3. I warned him about the danger involved, but he paid no heed to my warning.

4. There’s no generally accepted definition of happiness.

5. There are no ordinary students; they are going to be trained as astronauts.

6. There are no easy or painless solutions to the company’s financial problems.

7. Away from home for the first time, college students have to do day-to-day chores themselves. It’s no bad thing, though.

8. The two sides are so far apart on key issues that there’s no telling how long the talks could drag on.

9. That’s the kind of holiday I dream of-no telephone, no TV and no worries.

10. Some of the nation’s top economists say that they see no sign of economic recovery in the country.

第三单元：

1. Our reform and open policy resulted in rapid economic growth. But we must not forget that the policy in turn resulted form the great emancipation of people’s minds.

2. Generally speaking, the fact that you like a person will dispose you to like his ideas, too.

3. It is doubtful if we can ever find a way to dispose of nuclear waste that is 100 percent secure. If possible, we should shift to other energy.

4. I searched around for a set of furniture that would fit in my small sitting room. But I found them out of stock at the moment.

5. When serving the customer, the innkeeper found that the man fit the descriptions of the wanted murder suspect.

6. When ask how to keep fit, he would always give his stock advice: tick to a good eating habit—meaning: No salt, no sugar, no fat.

7. As a result of the fact that the water was unfit for swimming, let alone drinking, many people in the region got sick.

8. He did not lose his temper when he heard this as I thought he would. On the contrary, he was suddenly seized by a fit of laughter.

9. When completed, this subway will be extended to cover the whole city.

10. That the stock market did not seem to respond to the economic boom puzzled everybody. No wonder people decided to hold their stocks.

第四单元：

P107

1.stay away from sth

2.wind its way up to the mountain

3.peek through the window

4.address university students

5.grab sb’s arm

6.set out for a place

7.avoid eye contact

8.pick up one’s pace

9.snatch a purse

10.d o yoga

11.k eep one’s head down

12.r ow a boat

13.e scape punishment

14.l ose one’s bearings

15.u nroll the sleeping bag

16.w hip round

17.r ip out the intestines

18.c amp out

1.一件花格呢衬衫

2.矿泉水

3.角边眼镜

4.创建公园的管理人员

5.享有特权的人的领地

6.老年公民

7.拦路强盗

8.娱乐中心

9.一帮男孩

10.一条供人跑步的小路

11.密不透风的树叶

12.帝国大厦

13.方向感

14.在触手可及的地方

15.没有教养的人

16.一次美的体验

17.乱冲乱撞寻衅闹事

18.从不间断记日记的人

19.供游人遛马的小道

P110

1.(every Park official, city administrator, and police officer) tells, (they)

agree

2.(the police) were

3.(convictions) were

4.(Much) is

5.(struggle) is

6.(suggestion) was

7.(opinions) prove

8.(many a man) is

9.(cluster) was

10.(Methodists) were

11.(combination) was

翻译p108

1.I saw a boat drifting along the river. I do not intend to be like this boat,

drifting through life aimlessly.

2.The peach trees in the valley were in full blossom, making it difficult

to tear herself away from them. Some distance apart from her, she saw

a little hut with sweet country music drifting out of his window.

3.After my marriage, my friends and I drifted apart a little, and I was

completely out of my element among those business people I had to work with. Their business discussion bored me stiff.

4.They already had all the necessary elements for a civil war. The

international community has appealed to both sides for a peaceful settlement of their disputes.

5.Many people think that the church is losing its appeal although it has

accumulated more and more wealth.

6.The idea of business expansion appeals to me. Today the economy of

many of our trade partners is beginning to pick up speed. Our domestic market is also project to recover next year.

7.Reform always contains some elements of risk, but we risk a lot more

without reform. Today most people find further reform appealing although there is bound to be opposition.

8.He was furious when he read the letter. He tore it up and threw it into

the wastepaper basket. Then he ripped a piece off his coat and using his own blood as ink, wrote his last letter.

9.Looking back, we all feel that it was foolish to tear down this beautiful

city wall.

10.Y ou wait at home. I’ll come and pick you up at around seven. Don’t

worry. The doctor has assured us that her wealth will pick up soon.

翻译P112

1. The climate of my hometown is pleasant except in January and August.

2. Except when he is uncomfortable, Wang Ning spends about 40 minutes

a day jogging.

3. About his special mission he told the family nothing except that he had to be away on business fore some time.

4. His parents know that they don’t have to do much for their son except to let him be himself.

5. They ask for nothing except what was rightfully theirs.

第五单元：

1.Statistics show that China has a total amount of

2.8 trillion cubic

meters of water resources, second only to Brazil, Russia and Canada, ranking the fourth (to be updated) in the world. But when divided by

1.3 billion, our average per-capita share of water resources only

amounts to about one quarter of the world’s average.

2.We have always been heavily burdened with the problem of water

shortage. It is said that of the 661 large and medium-sized cities nationwide, about two-thirds are suffering from an acute shortage of water. Beijing is a good example in point. It not only lacks surface water, even its underground water table is dangerously low. It is reported to have dropped by 90 meters. Some scholars suggest we move our capital to some other place. This is of course unfeasible/unrealistic, but the message is clear.

3.Our water resources first of all are not even distributed in time or

space. They are either too much, causing floods, or too little, causing droughts.

4.In spite of the impressive progress we have achieved in the past years,

we are still far from effectively harnessing our rivers, lakes and reservoirs. Soil erosion and desertification are increasingly threatening our economy and people’s life. Many of our rivers no longer flow to the sea. In 1998, the Yellow River failed to have enough water to flow to the sea for 212 days.

5.Traditionally our water resources have mainly been used to irrigate

land but, in recent years, demands on water for industrial and domestic use have also been sharply on the rise. They have seriously outgrown supplies.

6.Today our scarce water resources are becoming even scarcer because a

lot of water is being wasted on capacious baths, power showers, flush lavatories. And golf rinks. Moreover, a lot of water is being polluted. 7.These two rivers both have their headwater in the country. It therefore

makes water an issue for potential serious dispute between the two countries.

8.In recent years, we have pinned great hopes on the projects to divert

water from the south to the north, hoping that it will once and for all solve our flood problem in the south and the drought problem in the north. But there are scholars whose opinions differ. They warn us that the immunity of the Yangtze to droughts cannot be taken for granted.

P138

1.With better medical care, my grandfather could have lived to eighty.

2.Even at gunpoint I wouldn’t renounce my beliefs.

3.Further delay would cause us even greater losses.

4.But for the seat belt, she would have been severely injured in the (road)

accident t.

5.A man without a strong sense of justice wouldn’t have brought the

matter up.

6.Without an experienced guide like her, we might have been trapped in

the jungle.

7.I wonder how many of us would have done the same in his position.

8.With a more sophisticated computer we would have completed the

project much sooner.

9.Without a strong will, even a healthy man wouldn’t have reached the

top of the mountain in two hours.

10.A less resourceful person wouldn’t have been able to carry out the task

under such unfavorable conditions.

P133

1.distribute wealth

2.drill a hole

3.drive the turbine

4.refine/extract oil

5.invite disaster

6.irrigate land

7.squander money

8.sustain river deltas and wetlands

9.sweep the globe

10.d rain/remove the sewage

11.s ave water

12.c onserve soil

13.s atisfy the demands; meet the needs

14.h arness rivers and lakes

1.无法满足的需求

2.不明智的补救办法

3.地下水水位

4.已经断流的河流

5.饥荒、瘟疫及大规模的移民

6.供应及需求

7.大澡盆、电热淋浴及抽水马桶

8.作物品种

9.灌溉区

10.物质不灭定律；质量守恒定律

11.海水淡化

12.供不应求；超过需求

13.濒危物种

14.冷却系统

15.火电

P139

Part 2

1.overpriced or underpriced

2.Believed it or not

3.Accidentally or intentionally

4.Like it or not

5.in school or at home

6.Garbage man or philosophy professor

7.young or old

8.rain or shine