第一册汉译英翻译答案

第一册汉译英翻译答案

Unit One

Passage A.

1.He has no longer been writing to his friends ever since he got a mobile phone.

2.Even though he is very busy, he spends at least two hours every day surfing the

Internet in order to find out about / learn about the latest developments in this field.

3.Professor Li gave a short speech at the commencement. His words were / What he

said was strongly impressed upon my memory.

4.Talking of the final exams the students were not nervous at all. There was full

confidence on every one’s face.

5.To write a short passage of about 100 words in 30 minutes would be a snap to

most students in their class.

Passage B.

1.I’ve found myself having great interest in spoken English.

2.Driving on the highway, I realized that enormous changes has taken place in

China’s highway system in recent years.

3.I can hardly believe that he ahs learned how to work a computer so quickly / in

such a short time.

4.Three years has passed and, the final moment has come. In less than two weeks, I

will return home / go back to my country.

5.I know a lot of people who can’t wait to go abroad, but I prefer to say with my

family in my own country.

Unit Two

Passage A

1.His life experiences have always been playing a big role in his academic career.

2.The restaurant has recently extended it opening hours / business hours.

3.I’ve just read an interesting book which has a new approach to Shakespeare.

4.With the wide use of email, the issue of spam has drawn much concern.

5.In traditional / conventional education there are more limitations on

communication and interaction between teachers and students than there are in online education.

Passage B

1.Jim had no intention of arguing /to argue with him, since it’s obvious who was

right and who was wrong.

2.To my surprise, it was the chance meeting with Prof. Wilson that later on

afforded me an opportunity to study at his university as an exchange student.

3.Our university will extend the opening hours of the library and the classrooms to

meet the students’ needs at the highest possible level.

4.The development of information technology has begun to have profound effects

on all aspects of social life.

5.We have no doubt that, with his high level of English, he will surely have an

excellent performance in the university-wide English speech contest.

Unit Three

Passage A

1.Something is wrong with the piano, but I can’t put my finger on what it is.

2.Apart from being too large, the trousers don’t match my jacket, either.

3.I love pop music, for whatever reasons.

4.He has great interest in foreign cultures, often browsing through piles of books to

look of any useful information.

5.Opinions on whether we should start a new society vary a great deal.

Passage B.

1.You can’t get to the island other than by boat.

2.Some students are crazy about pop music while others prefer classical music.

3.The media are playing an increasingly important role in leading fashions and

trends.

4.I tried every means to get a copy of his newly issued album, but failed.

5.Without the encouragement and help of my friends, I would have quit school. Unit Four

Passage A.

1.I have faxed my resume and a cover letter to that company, but I haven’t received

a reply yet.

2.John will not hesitate for a second to offer help when others are in trouble.

3.I have to admit that I desire very much to work or study abroad for some time but

I know it is not easy to get a visa.

4.It was not until 2 years after he arrived in London that he found / took a job in an

international bank.

5.After finishing his teaching, Tom traveled throughout China for 2 months before

returning home in America.

Passage B

1.It was the first time for the freshmen to attend an American professor’s lecture,

and they had trouble understanding what he was talking about for the first twenty minutes.

2.There are still ten minutes left. Now that you have finished your test you may

hand it in now.

3.It took them nearly three months before they made their final decisions without

hurting anybody’s feelings.

4.It is appropriate to Chinese college students to learn at least one foreign language

before they graduate so that they can keep up the world’s advanced science and