21世纪大学英语课后翻译

西蒙顿说，如果事业上取得巨大成就者具有什么共性的话，那就是一种持续不断追求成功的动力。“人们往往认为他们天生具有一些超常非凡的东西，”他解释道。“但研究结果表明，有的伟人并没有惊人的智力。有的只是程度上的差异而已。伟大是建立在大量的学习、实践和献身精神的基础之上的。”他举出二战时期的英国首相温斯顿?丘吉尔作为一个永不放弃的冒险者的典范。丘吉尔在全国上下士气最为低落的时候被推上台，并出色地领导了英国人民。在1940 年盟军敦刻尔克大撤退之后的一次演讲中，他的话激励了全国人民，“我们绝不会衰退、失败。我们将坚持到底……我们永远不会屈服。”

XI

1.Americans tend to define people by the jobs they have/do. Such characteristics as their family and educational backgrounds are

considered less important.

2.His uncompromising personality explains why he could no longer put

up with his employer and eventually submitted his resignation.

3.If you really want to learn English well, you must put in a lot of time

and energy, or you'll go nowhere. The same can be said of other subjects.

4.Some actors fame is built on their innate beauty, but despite his

short stature, Dustin Hoffman rose above and it is his excellent acting

that set him apart.

5.After he took charge, we discovered that there were striking

differences between him and his predecessor. He had the drive and passion, came up with many new ideas, and focused his work on how to raise our morale.

6.Deng Xiaoping made history when he declared China's reform and opening-up policy. Despite tremendous obstacles, he made lasting contributions to our country's modernization with his unrelenting

efforts.

7.Why could someone with a genius IQ be left behind by a hardworking person with an average IQ? It has to be acknowledged that besides one's IQ, many other factors have much to do with one's achievements.

8.This teacher is really remarkable in first motivating her students so she can really teach them something. It's not that she is talented, it's that she focuses completely or drawing their full attention in class.

第二单元

一些人不愿表达感激之情，因为他们觉得这不会受欢迎。我的一个病人在出院几个星期后回到医院感谢他的护士。“我没有更早地回来，”他解释说，“是因为我猜想你们对于人们的感激一定厌烦得要命。”“ 正好相反，”她回答说，“我很高兴你来。很少有人意识到我们多么需要鼓励，我们从那些鼓励我们的人身上获得了多大的帮助。”我们所给予的感激永远不会过多。因为我们身边的人在构筑他们的人生哲学时所依据的正是这些微笑、我们所表示的感谢和我们表示欣赏的各种小小的示意动作。

X

1.He glared at John and was annoyed by his refusal to cooperate.

2.John's sincere speech shows his gratitude to the people who rendered him generous help when he was in difficulty.

3.He is something of a stamp collector. The fact that once he saved up

for two years to buy a rare stamp is proof of it.

4.The beauty of these roses could not be overstated. They took/caught all the visitors fancy in one way or another.

5.At first he took it for granted that they should build more highways in

this area. Then a careful calculation of the expenditure compelled him

to think twice before he made the final decision.

6.Each time he receives a gift from me, no matter how small, my friend Bill never fails to acknowledge it.

7.The journalist has decided to trace the young man referred to in the

old couple's letter, which is a tribute to the young man's effort at

improving their living conditions.

8.Though he was fed up with the salesmen who knocked at his door

and boasted about their products every day, he refrained from

slamming the door in their face.

第三单元

一般西方人解决问题的方法是与之搏斗。“进展越困难，硬汉子越向前”这句话便代表了这种解决问题的积极进取的态度。不管是什么问题，不管可以用来解决问题的方法是什么，我们西方人的思维方式所产生的框架总是搏斗。德·博诺医生称之为纵向思维；即那种传统的、按顺序的、亚里士多德式的逻辑思维，坚定地从一步移到下一步，就像玩具积木一块搭在另一块之上。当然，它的缺陷是，如果在任何时刻其中一步没有达到，或者一块积木没有放对，那么整个结构就会坍塌。事情就会陷入僵局，沮丧、紧张和搏斗的情绪就会笼罩心头。横向思维，德·博诺医生说，是对事物进行思考的一种新方法——一种完全避免这种拼搏，

用一种完全出人意料的方式解决问题的方法。

XI

1.Tom was hung up on the problem but could do nothing about it until

he learnt to solve it with different tactics.

https://www.360docs.net/doc/418979407.html,teral thinking has helped him to advance his new theory which hadseemed to reach a dead end.

3.The framework of our latest construction plan has been affirmed by

the local government. Whether it will be carried out on time is of the

utmost significance to the development of this coastal city.

4.While trying to find a solution to the problem, Edward reached an impasse in his thinking, but later he changed his point of view and

solved the problem in an entirely unexpected fashion.

5.Many people believe that computer labs will eventually take over from the libraries and students who want to take in new knowledge will end up learning everything in the computer lab.

6.Yesterday his car crashed into a truck almost head-on. If he does not

stop driving so carelessly, I am sure he will wind up in the emergency

room of a hospital.

7.There is a flaw in the structural design of the painting. Why don't you erase the vertical lines and simplify it a little bit?

8.John should have given up smoking a long time ago. After all, health

is of the utmost importance to everybody.

第四单元

某个学生的成绩达不到老师的期望是常有的事。当这种情况发生时，那个学生面对的不是失望、愤怒或恼怒。相反，老师认为这是一次例外，一件偶然的事情，倒霉的一天，一次暂时的失误——而学生相信了她，并消除了疑虑。下一次，他更加努力了，决心做到老师知道他能做到的事。很难精确地确定老师传达的信息：“我期待着最好的成绩，”中到底是哪一部分告诉了孩子。它的一部分包括显示信心的平和语调，言语上的耐心，及没有讽刺、贬低和恼怒等消极因素。期待着最好成绩的老师满怀信心地提问，因为她知道她得到的答案将是正确的，而孩子也感受到了那种信心。

XII

1.Schools should avoid deciding who is superior only in terms of

students' exam results and treating them accordingly. Instead, a good educational system should enable every student to measure up to good standards as well-rounded people.

2.As often as not, when college students have questions after class,

their teachers are not readily available except during office hours. This is due to teachers' busy academic research, rather than their indifference to the students.

3.This class consists of forty students, most of whom used to be labeled average in terms of English level. But as this teacher has never shown any verbal impatience, the students have reacted positively to his teaching methods and lived up to his expectations.

4.Teaching is becoming increasingly demanding in the United States,

due in part to the diversity of students' racial background and the complexity of educational technologies that require additional training.

5.The English are, as often as not, labeled conservative. Obviously this

label is prejudiced. In reality, Britain is not very different from other European countries in terms of national characteristics. The British are polite, neat, orderly and confident.

6.Some young people grow up with a strong desire for independence.

They would rather try hard to go through life on their own than turn to

their parents for help with a sense of guilt.

7.Your friend treats you sincerely, so you should respond accordingly

and mustn 抰deceive him or talk about his setbacks with

irony(ironically).

8.The neighbors' irritation/annoyance was due to the noise they made. However, because of reassurances that they would stop working at

night, they went through with the decoration of this apartment.

UNIT5

1.As you can imagine, reading has opened a new world to me and

changed forever the course of my life.

2.He had demonstrated an unusually intense interest in books since childhood. So fascinated with books was he that he never let a day pass without doing some reading.

3.Every time he takes the subway to and from work, he has with him a book that he wants to read. That is the way he has read nearly a hundred books in the past three years.

4.When he was in high school, he used to read deep/far into the night in his own room. Each time he heard the approaching footsteps of his mother, he would turn off the light and feigned sleep. But as soon as his mother passed, he would turn on the light and begin reading again.

5.There is hardly anything about China he's not curious about. And to satisfy his curiosity he has decided to go there in person to see as much as he can.

6.I don't know/ I have little/no idea what made your son envy that pop singer and try to emulate him in everything. You might as well ask him in person.

7.As soon as he checked out the book from the library, he thumbed through its pages by the corridor light.

8.I don't think anybody ever learned more in the countryside than I did.

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In fact, those three years in the countryside enabled me to study far intensively than I would have if I had attended some college.

UNIT6

1.He was disabled from birth, but he never felt frustrated, nor did he give in to any difficulty.

2.Tom had been holding out for a promotion. When the opportunity showed up, he grabbed it at once.

3.He distrusts all standardized tests and believes that there should be something better to substitute for them.

4.My thesis is that we should carry out a survey of these controversial issues one by one right now.

5.Betty is diligent and dependable. She never shies away from any difficulties. In short, she is the kind of student that we are all proud of.

6.It is ill-advised to keep the gas tank in your house for it ignites easily and may burn up all your hard-earned wealth in just a few minutes.

7.Doctor Smith's lecture amounts to saying that a child who displays high EQ early on in life will succeed eventually in the face of all kinds of difficulties.

8.Since many marriages end in divorce in the United States, psychologists have suggested that couples in all families communicate with each other more often and solve their problems before it becomes 29

too late.

UNIT7

1.As I grew up, I made my peace with the fact that I would never fulfil my dream of becoming a writer.

2.Michael had got stuck trying to figure out the word essential to the word puzzle for two days before he threw up his hands in frustration.

3.The singer was taken aback by the pirated editions of his songs on the market, and he vowed not to let the thiefs off.

4.Thank you for purchasing our furnace. In return we will get rid of your old one for free.

5.Susan and I filled each other in on what had happened after we parted, from which I learned that she had had several children's books in print.

6.Her bookstore having been frozen out by a giant chain, the middleaged Lillian was at a loss as to what else she could do.

7.You need somebody to urge you constantly to see the task through to completion.

8.For fear that a new shopping center would ruin the peace of the community, many residents opposed the construction plan.