研究生英语读写

Unit 2

[A] 1. 尽管已历经无数失败，凯瑟琳仍然相信她能把儿子培养成为世界冠军。

Although she has gone through numerous failures, Katherine still believes that she could make a world champion of her son.

2. 这个培训项目其实不算糟糕，但如果它的课程再实用一点就更好了。

This training program is not really a bad experience. But I would have liked it better if the courses had been a bit more practical.

3. 你应该没这么笨，竟然会打开一个可疑的附件。

You should have known better than to open a suspicious attachment.

4. 他不幸在一次意外的交通事故中丧生，留下尚未做完的实验。

Unfortunately he died from a sudden traffic accident, leaving the experiment half-done.

5. 那个街角的食品市场能改建成花园，岂不是更好吗？

Wouldn’t it be better if the food market on the street corner could be turned into a garden?

6. 尽管我竭力想讨好每一个人，但说话却好像总是不合时宜。

Much as I am eager to please everyone, I seem never be able to speak out the right thing at the right time.

7. 这个小玩意儿是送给老年人的好礼物，它能精确地跟踪血压。

This little gadget makes a good present for the elderly，for it can keep accurate track of one’s blood pressure.

8. 简总是在为下一项成就而努力，从来没有时间坐下来欣赏自己已经取得的成绩。

Jane is always working so hard to achieve the next thing and she never has time to sit back and pat herself on the back about the things that she has already done.

9. 汤姆审时度势，决定缩小企业规模，后来证明这是明智之举。

Tom sized up the situation, and decided to downsize his business, which turned out to be a wise decision.

10. 我们学校仅仅维持现状是不够的，它应该加速发展，力争成为中国最好的大学之一。

[B] It is not enough for our university to resign itself to the status quo; it should speed up its development, and make itself one of the best universities in China.

Onward and upward was the course she set. Small progress was no excuse for feeling satisfied with yourself. People who stopped to pat themselves on the back didn’t last long. Even if you got to the top, you’d better not take it easy. “The bigger they come, the harder they fall” w as one of her favorite maxims. (Para.21)

进取、进取、再进取，这是母亲给我设定的方向。小小的进步是不足以自我满足的。那些因成功而沾沾自喜停下来欣赏自己的人是不会持久的。即使你已经到达顶峰，你也最好不

要放松。“爬得越高，摔得越痛”是母亲的至理名言。

It wasn’t the gin that was shouting. It was my mother. The gin only gave me the courage to announce to them that yes, by God, I had always believed in success, had always believed that without hard work and self-discipline you could never amount to anything, and didn’t deserve to. (Para.32)

其实不是杜松子酒在吼，是我的母亲在吼。酒只是借给了我勇气向他们宣布那个想法。是的，上帝可以作证，我一直相信成功，一直相信如果没有辛勤的劳动和严格的自律，一个人不可能有任何成就，也不配有成就。

Unit 3

[A] 1. 当一个人处于“经历中的沙漠”——一段感到毫无出路、甚至毫无希望的时期，最重要的是不要让自己陷入荒漠之中无法自拔。

When someone is in “desert of experience”— a period of feeling barren of options, even hope, the most important thing is not to allow himself to be stranded in the desert.

2. 经济来源耗尽，还有一大家人需要供养，吉米起初想逃避，但最终靠着顽强的勇气和乐观的性格挺了过来。

With financial resources exhausted and the pressure of a big family to support, Jimmy wanted to escape at first but finally his courage and good humor saw him through.

3. 有人认为在人生的任何阶段开始一种新的生涯都为时不晚。

Someone believes that it is never too late to embark on a new career in any period of life.

4. 在经历重大打击之后，明智的做法是勇敢面对挑战，而不是逃避。

What makes sense is to face the challenge rather than run away from the troubles after suffering a significant loss.

5. 玛丽靠她在餐馆工作的微薄收入，几乎无法维持生活。

With the small income from her restaurant job, Mary could barely make ends meet.

6. 人们逐渐明白了失败并不是可怕的东西，而是人生的宝贵经历。

It dawns on people that failure is nothing to be afraid of. But it is a precious experience in life. 7. 在毕业典礼上，校长预祝同学们在事业上不断取得进步。

The president wishes every student to forge ahead on the career ladder at the commencement ceremony.

8. 科学家们正在对吸烟者和抑郁者进行研究，试图解决这些复杂的生理和心理问题。Scientists are studying smokers and the people with depression in an attempt to sort out their complicated physical and psychological problems.

9. 大多数家长不是竭力防止失败就是竭力不让孩子们知道他们已经失败。

Most parents work hard at either preventing failure or shielding their children from the knowledge that they have failed.

10. 每个人都不可能十全十美。因此，对自己宽容些。

No one can be perfect, so be easy on oneself.

[B] 1. Defining who is great depends on how one measures success.

对伟人的定义取决于人们如何衡量成功。

2. “There’s a tendency to think that they are endowed with something super-normal” he explained. “But what comes out of the research is that there are great people who have no amazing intellectual pr ocesses.”

“人们往往认为他们具备一些超常非凡的东西，”他解释道。“但研究表明，有的伟人并没有惊人的智力。”

3. Greatness is built on tremendous amounts of study, practice and devotion.

伟人的伟大建立在大量的学习、实践及其献身精神的基础之上。

4. Thrust into office when his country’s morale was at the lowest, Churchill rose brilliant ly to lead the British people.

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。

5. In a speech following the Allied evacuation at Dunkirk in 1940, he inspired the nation when he said, “We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end ... We shall never surrender.”

在1940 年盟军敦刻尔克大撤退之后的一次讲演中，他的话激励了全国人民，“我们一定不会衰退、失败。我们将坚持到底……我们永远不会屈服。”

Unit 4

[A] 1.在当今社会，广告几乎完全成为致力于描写快乐的现代表达方式。

In modern society, advertising has become one modern form of expression almost completely dedicated to depicting happiness.

2.讲座永远不会从大学的舞台上完全消失，因为它们来源于一个久远的传统，而大学这个环境为了其自身的利益又理所当然地尊重传统。

Lectures will never entirely disappear from the university scene, because they spring from a long tradition in a setting that rightly values tradition for its own sake.

3.这对夫妻永远体会不到做父母的乐趣, 除非他们有了自己的孩子。

Short of having their own children, the couple can never experience the pleasure of being parents.

4.他把别人的成功看成是一种挑战、一种动力。他不断告诉自己他应该比别人做得更好。He takes other’s success as a kind of challenge and motivation. He keeps telling himself that he should do better than others.

5.如果欢乐与愉快等于幸福，则痛苦就等于不幸福。但实际上能带来幸福的事往往与痛苦相联系。

If fun and pleasure are equated with happiness, then pain must be equated with unhappiness. The truth is that things that lead to happiness involve some pain.

6.为了让孩子能得到成为一个音乐家所需要的一切，那些经济不宽裕的家庭对任何牺牲都在所不惜。

In homes where money was tight, no sacrifice was too great in order that the child has whatever he needed to learn to become a musician.

7.只要明白欢乐并不带来幸福，我们就会开始以不同的态度来生活

As long as we understand that fun does not bring happiness, we can begin to lead our lives differently.

8.如果我们真正得到了自己想要的，就会不停地想我们没有的——于是我们就老是不满。

If we do get what we want we’ll keep thinking of all that we don’t possess—and we will remain dissatisfied

9.唯一真正能平衡事业与家庭的方式是对你的生活价值观深思熟虑，并按此生活。

The only way to truly balance your career with family life is to think long and hard about your life values and live by them.

10.任何人想要生活既硕果累累又充满欢乐，他就应处理好工作和娱乐的关系

Anyone who wants to have a both fruitful and cheerful life should deal well with the relationship between work and play.

[B] 1. It’s easy to overlook the pleasure we get from loving and being loved, the company of friends, the freedom to live where we please, and even good health.

我们可以从爱和被爱中感到快乐，从朋友的相伴中感到愉快，为能随意到处居留而感到喜悦，甚至会为了身体健康而高兴，可是这些快乐很容易被忽视。

2. We, on the other hand, with so many choices and such pressure to succeed in every area, have turned happiness into one more thing we “gotta have.”

另一方面，由于我们有许多选择并想在各个领域获得成功的压力，我们把幸福变成了我们“必须得到”的另外一种东西。

3. So we chase it and equate it with wealth and success, without noticing that people who have those things are n’t necessarily happier.

所以我们追求幸福，将幸福与财富和成功等同起来，没有注意到拥有这一切的人不一定更幸福。

4. Happiness isn’t about what happens to us —it’s about how we perceive what happens to us. It’s the knack of finding a positive for every negative, and viewing a setback as a challenge.

幸福不在于我们周围所发生的一切，而在于我们如何去看待我们周围所发生着的一切事情。这是一种从不利中找到有利，将挫折看作是激励的诀窍。

5. It’s not wishing for what we don’t have, but cherishing what we do possess.

幸福并不是时时去盼望得到我们所没有的，而是要珍惜我们拥有的！

Unit six

[A]1. 这对双胞胎姐妹总是一起出场,用同样的声调讲话,所以我们都不能分出谁是谁.

The twin sister always appeared together, speaking in the same tone, thus none of us could tell them from each other.

2. 教授在推荐信中为他最喜欢的学生美言,尽管这位学生已经退学两年了.

The professor put in word for his favorite student in the recommendation letter, although this student had quit college for two years.

3. 俄国人在陆军和空军方面都已占了德国人的上风.

The Russians, both on land and in the air, had then the upper hand of the Germans.

4. 因为作弊被大学开除后,他身处困境.

After being expelled from university for cheating in the exam, he was up the creek now.

5. 在学生家长的要求下,学校允许学生在家里上晚自习.

At t he request of the students’ parents, the school allowed the students to study at home in the evening.

6. 他们不接受这份报告,因为报告完全违背了社会标准.

They didn’t accept the report, because it came out totally against the social standard.

7. 经历许多坎坷曲折之后,这个天真的小姑娘最后变得世故起来,学会了如何应付困难.

With many twists and turns, the na?ve little girl finally became sophisticated, learning how to deal with difficulties.

8. 尽管持异议者被社会认为是怪人,他们却深受年轻人的欢迎.

Although mavericks are condemned as eccentrics by the society, they are deeply welcomed by the youth.

9. 多亏那个慈善团体的帮助,一度辍学的贫困学生才能继续接受教育.

Thanks to the help from that charity organization, poor students who once dropped out from school can continue their education.

10. 为了倾注皇室家庭访问这座小城,居民们在街上洒满鲜花.

To celebrate the loyal family’s visit to the small town, the l ocal residents strewed all the paths with flowers.

[B] To hold this opinion, however, is little short of treason in America. A boy or girl who leaves college is branded a failure—and the right to fail is one of the few freedoms that this country does not g rant its citizens. The American dream of “getting ahead”, painted in strokes of gold wherever we look. Our advertisements and TV commercials are a hymn to material success, our magazine articles a toast to people who made it to the top. Smoke the right cigarette or drive the right cat---so the ads imply---and the girls will be swooning into your deodorized arms or caressing your expensive lapels. Happiness goes to the man who has the sweet smell of achievement. He is

our national idol, and everybody else is our national fink. (Para.3)

然而在美国,持有这种观点差不多就是背叛.中途离开学校的孩子们被丑化成失败者---失败的权利是美国政府没有赋予国民的少数几个自由之一.美国之梦是”成功”之梦,凡是我们

放眼之处都是一片金光灿烂.宣传广告和电视广告歌颂物质方面的成功,杂志文章赞誉获得此类成功的人.广告暗示你:吸适合你身份的烟、开适合你身份的车，女孩们就会陶醉在你

那没有异味的怀抱之中，抚摸你那昂贵的衣领。幸福只青睐那些散发出成功的甜蜜气味的人。他是全体国民的偶像，其他所有人则是国家的蛀虫。