新标准大学英语(一)翻译

Unit 1

1.Their introduction of Amateur Dramatics impressed Sophie so much that she signed up for it.

2.Online education provides those who work full-time with opportunities to receive further

education in their spare time.

3.When he first arrived at university, he was not sure whether he was supposed to scribble down

every word out of the professor’s mouth.

4.Nobody detects his despair well hidden behind his smile.

5.Some students are easy about talking with strangers, while some others find it hard to do so. Unit 4

1.It is estimated that today, the privacy of half of the 0.4 billion mobile phone subscribers is in

danger.

2.The less people spend on daily necessities, the more arrangements they will make for leisure

activities such as travelling.

3.What I especially like about travelling is that I can go to different places and learn about

particular lifestyles, conventions and customs in different cultures.

4.In most cases, a cultural bump arouses our curiosity about a different culture. Only on rare

occasions can it cause embarrassment.

5.You can reserve the right to make independent choices, but as an adult, you should not act on

impulse.

Unit 5

1.Suddenly the man in red shirt turned off his false smile and showed his true colours.

2.The husband flatly contradicted his wife’s clai m that he was too lazy to do the housework.

3.The manager pledged his word that he would not leave office until the last day of his term.

4.He did not realize that his love for her beauty has blinded him to her faults.

5.On hearing that the police had finally found her child in the woods, the young lady shed tears. Unit 9

1.In the face of a disaster, people save lives at any cost.

2.He believed that there would be no point in adjusting the plan at the beginning of the whole

project.

3.Students were concentrating on reviewing lessons when, all of a sudden, an earthquake struck

the city.

4.He promised to keep on taking exercise, but we all know it’s just a matter of time before he

gives up.

5.He distinguishes himself by committing himself to charities.

Unit 10

1.People are fearful of the huge threat posed by greenhouse effect on the environment.

2.After living in a big city for a while, he found that it was hard for him to be conditioned to

rural life again.

3.It has gradually dawned on him that no one would come up with a convincing explanation of

this incident.

4.It is taken for granted that hard work contributes to success.

5.He is finding excuses to walk away from collective activities.

Unit 1

Finally, with my mother red in the face and short of breath, we find Room 8, I unlock the door,