大学英语口语考试资料

Unit 1

攻势已经持续了三天，但是我们并没有取得多少进展。

The offensive had already lasted three days, but we had not gained much ground.

我们在前线与敌人交战的部队遇到了强力的抵抗。

Our troops engaging the enemy at the front were faced with strong /fierce /stiff resistance.

师长（division commander）命令我们营（battalion）绕到敌人后方发起突然袭击。The division commander instructed our battalion to get around to the rear of the enemy and launch a surprise attack.

然而，要绕到敌人后方，我们必须越过一片沼泽地（marshland）。我们很多人担心会陷入泥潭之中。

To do so, however, we had to cross a marshland and many of us were afraid we might get bogged down in the mud.

我们营长决定冒一下险。

Our battalion commander decided to take a gamble.

我们在夜幕掩护下出发，不顾困难，奋勇向前。

We started under cover of darkness and pressed on in spite of great difficulties.

幸运的是，夜间气温突然下降到摄氏零下20度，烂泥地都结上了冰。

By a stroke of luck, the temperature at night suddenly dropped to minus 20 degrees Celsius and the marsh froze over.

由于这寒冷的天气，我们于天亮前到达并从敌人后方发起进攻。

Thanks to the cold weather, we arrived at our destination before dawn and began attacking the enemy from the rear.

这一下扭转了战局。敌人没有戒备，不久便投降了。

This turned the tide of battle. The enemy, caught off guard, soon surrendered.

Unit 2

汽车在二十世纪改变了世界，尤其是在美国和其他工业国家。

Automobiles changed the world during the 20th century, particularly in the United States and other industrialized nations.

汽车确实对我们大有用处，但也带来了一些危害，比如声音污染、空气污染以及公路死亡事故。

They are indeed of great use to us, but they have brought some hazards as well, such as noise and air pollution, and highway fatalities.

据报导汽车事故被列为全世界导致死伤的主要原因之一。

It is reported that automobile accidents rank among the leading causes of death and injury throughout the world.

可庆幸的是，现代发明家们正在重新发明汽车。

Fortunately modern innovators are reinventing the automobile.

新的推进系统、燃料、设计以及制造汽车的手段在过去的十年中得到迅速发展。

New propulsion systems, fuels, designs, and means of manufacturing cars have all developed rapidly in the past decade.

例如，通过使用卫星辅助的全球定位系统，汽车里的计算机能给汽车精确定位；

For example, by using the satellite-aided global positioning system (GPS), a computer in the automobile can locate the vehicle’s precise position,

随着遥感器的应用，智能汽车能排除不少汽车事故。

and with the application of sensors, smart cars can eliminate most car accidents. Unit 3

常言道，好的开端是成功的一半。在求职时，求职者事先做好充分的准备是非常重要的。我认为，事先作不准备常常会影响求职者的成功机会。

Well begun is half done, as the saying goes. It is extremely important for a job applicant to do his homework while seeking employment. Form my standpoint, whether or not one has done his homework clearly makes a difference in his chance of success.

我的一位朋友在一家计算机软件公司供职，年薪十万美元左右。

I have a friend who is earning somewhere in the neighborhood of 100 thousand dollars

a year in a large computer software company.

他根据自己的经历告诉我说，那些对未来的雇员具有录用决定权的人喜欢有充分准备的人。He told me hat from his own experience the decision makers who interview prospective employees like people who are well prepared.

那些没有在了解未来的雇主方面尽全力的人很难有成功的希望。

Those who make no endeavor to learn as much about his prospective employer as possible don’t have much of a chance of success.

Unit 4

亨廷顿教授的论文使我深受启发。

Professor Huntington’s paper greatly inspired me.

他认为，在一个多元化社会里，不同意见是不可避免的。

According to him, in a plyral society, there will inevitably be different opinions.

关键在于怎样正确对待不同意见，使之发挥建设性、而非破坏性的作用。

The key is to deal with them in such a way that they can play a constructive rather than destructive role.

他还说，在一个多元化的社会里，我们必须注重人际关系，强调合作，多从他人视角考虑问题。

He argues that in a plural society, we must stress importance to interpersonal relationships, cooperation, and looking at issues from the perspective of other people. 如果某些群体自视高人一等，不尊重其他种族或宗教，那么整个社会有可能陷入瘫痪。

If some groups regard themselves as superior and treat other ethnic groups or religions with disrespect, the ehole society may be paralyzed.

我相信，要是我们把上述想法付诸实践，那我们就有可能创造出一种新的文明。

I am convinced that if we put into practice the ideas mentioned above, then there is the possibility of creating a new civilization.

Unit5

就我来说，如果要雇个职员我肯定不会单凭他的长相就做出决定。

For my own part, I should certainly hesitate to hire a clerk on his face/ appearance alone.

外表往往是靠不住的。

Appearances are all to often deceptive.

比如说吧，要是你凭外表去判断诸如毛姆陛下的爱德华?海德?伯顿这样的人，你就错了。

For instance, you might well commit an error in judgment if you went by appearances only with people like Edward Hyde Burton, the character created by Maugham.

从外表和举止来看，伯顿好像是个浑然一体的人。

As far as appearance and manners were concerned, Burton seemed a man all of a piece.

他个子很小，满头白发，有着一双温和、蔚蓝的眼睛。

He was a tiny little fellow with white hair and mild blue eyes.

他文雅坦率，和蔼可亲，许多人都说他是个世上最令人尊敬的人。

Kind, gentle and candid, he was described by many as one of the most respectable people on earth.

然而，他对需要他帮助的朋友却很残忍。

Nevertheless, he turned out to be cruel to a friend in need of his help.

他侮辱和愚弄山穷水尽的伦尼，让他去做那样的蠢事。

He insulted and fooled Turner who was down and out and made him commit himself to an insane venture.

Unit 6

无疑，我们现在处于持续的压力之下，要长时间工作，要创造更多，拥有更多，从而成为一名成功人士。

There is no question that today we are under constant pressure to work longer hours, to produce more, to possess more, and to become a success.

于是乎，工作狂——一种现代癖，就这样出现了。

Workaholism, a modern addiction, has thus arisen.

工作狂其根源是基于这样一种认识：通过长时间地工作、完成更多的项目，我们便能提高我们的自身价值。

The cause of workaholism is the perception that by working longer hours and completing more projects, we will enhance our self-worth.

许多妇女今天感到同样的压力，要创造，要出人头地，而与此同时，又要养育子女，承担起各种家庭责任。

Many women today feel the same stress to produce and get ahead and, at the same time, to nurture their offspring and shoulder a variety of domestic responsibilities.

研究表明，工作狂往往使我们与家人的关系疏远。

Research shows that woraholism tends to distance us from our immediate families.

它会迫使我们长时间地劳作，仅留微乎其微的时间与我们所爱的人聚在一起、交流感情。

It forces us to labor longer and longer hours, leaving a minute fraction of time to be physically and emotionally available to our loved ones.

家庭成员间的亲密关系在此过程中注定要消亡。

Intimacy among family members is doomed to die in the process.