预备2作业答案

I. Translate the following sentences into English

1.那个男孩那天不愿去上课，他父母不得不反复催促他上学。(be willing to)

On that day, the boy was not willing to go to school, so his parents had to push him.

2.住房成为当今的流行话题，这是不难理解的。(a popular subject)

It is not difficult to understand that housing has become a popular subject of conversation these days.

3.那些英国学生非常喜欢去年在中国度过的暑假，主要原因是他们结交了许多中国朋友。(enjoy one?s vacation)

Those British students enjoyed their summer vacation in China last year, mainly because they made lots of Chinese friends.

4.自从王教授从以前的住处搬走以后，我一直没看见过他。(the old neighborhood)

I haven?t seen Professor Wang since he moved away from the old neighborhood.

5.那个小男孩发觉自己很难适应新学校的环境。(fit into)

The little boy found it hard to fit into his new school.

6.男女订婚一年后举行婚礼，这是一种传统习俗。(be engaged)

It is a traditional custom that a couple?s marriage takes place one year after they are engaged.

7.如果沃伦德那天中午走钢丝时，不过分担心自己的安全问题，他就不会摔死。(fall to death) Wallenda would not have fallen to death if he had not worried so much about his safety during that midday walk.

8.安德鲁很生气，因为报道根本不真实。(in that)

Andrew was very angry in that the report was not true at all.

9.一个人受到良好的教育，就非常有可能工作干得更好，也能更快地提升到更高的位置。(rise to)

It is very likely that a man with a good education can do better in his work and rise to a higher position faster.

10.一枚炸弹在一辆汽车里爆炸了，成群的人吓得四处奔跑，大呼救命。(in fear)

A bomb exploded in a car. Great masses of people were running in all directions in fear, yelling and shouting for help.

II. Translate the following sentences into Chinese

1. She was following a tradition: women teach their sons how to treat the next generation of women well.

她在遵守这样一个传统：妇女教儿子如何善待下一代女性。

2. I am welcomed by familiar furniture when I enter and I'm warmed by some feeling, which may merely be dust, but it is our dust and I like it.

我走进屋子里，熟悉的家具在欢迎我，某种感觉温暖着我的心，带来这种感觉的东西或许仅仅是灰尘，但它是我家的灰尘，我喜欢它。

3. “If you want to say …okay?, don?t make a circle with your thumb and first finger,” the woman announced.

“如果你们想说…同意?，不要用拇指和食指做成一个圈儿,”那位女士大声说道。

4. He nodded, started the motor, and then apologized, “I?m sorry, but I was reading a letter.”

他点了点头，开动了马达，然后向我道歉：“对不起，我刚才在看信。”

5. The first night she brought out a story about a three-year-old boy who knew the capitals of all the states and even most of the European countries.

第一晚，她拿出一本关于一个三岁小男孩的故事。那个男孩知道美国所有州的州府，甚至知道大多数欧洲国家的首都。

6. As far as the bride is concerned, her family has been preparing for her wedding ever since she was born.

就新娘来说，她的家人从她一出生起就一直在为她的婚礼做准备。

7. Whenever I mak e a decision, I start out realizing there?s a strong chance I?m going to be wrong. All I can do is the best I can.

每当我作决策时，我一开始便意识到我很可能会犯错误，我所能做的就是尽力而为。

8. Too much attention may be the price one pays to be famous.

过多的关注也许是一个人为出名所付出的代价。

9. Those who were at least 6 feet tall did much better —they received more money, were promoted faster, and rose to higher positions.

那些身高六英尺以上的男人更加成绩斐然—他们收入更多，升迁更快，职位更高。

10. I passed Wednesday night in the path of the advancing flames, and in all those terrible hours I saw not one woman who wept, not one man who was excited.

我在火势蔓延的小路上度过了星期三的夜晚，在那段可怕的时间里，我没有看见一位哭泣的妇女，没有见到一位情绪激动的男人。