大学英语课文翻译及习题答案

Unit 1

not only but also in whys and 1. A very curious boy, Tom, is interestedin whats

hows.

汤姆是个非常好奇的男孩，他不仅对“是什么”感兴趣，而且也对“为什么”和“怎么会”感兴趣。

according tomake the most of what

Prof. Smith, is the ability to 2. Happiness,

you have.

据史密斯教授说，幸福就是你能充分利用你所有的一切。

get his hands

old son can't You'd better keep the book where your 15-year-3. on.

你最好把这本书放在你15岁的儿子找不到的地方。

kept laughing while reading it. 4. The story was very funny and Bill

这故事非常滑稽，比尔一边读一边不停地笑。

High-achieving studentsput in more time at their studies 5. do not necessarily

lower-scoring classmates. than their成绩优秀的学生未必比他们得分较低的同学在学习上花费更多的时间。

manage to persuade to take you 6. How did the speed-reading these studentscourse?

你是怎样设法说服这些学生修读快速阅读课的?

make the most of one's abilities

7. Working hard is important, but knowing how to

counts for much more.

用功是重要的，但知道如何充分利用自己的才能更重要得多。

rather than telling them what 8. She asked her students to think for themselvesto think.

她要求学生独立思考，而不是告诉他们该思考什么。．

Unit 2

Referring to the differences between American English and British English, he 1.

said, “The United States and Britain are, after all, two different countries.”

在谈及美国英语和英国英语的差别时，他说：“美国和英国毕竟是两个不

同的国家。”

encouragesto 2. Prof. Smith think for themselves. “I am just as his students

happy,” he often says, “even if you challenge me or completely disagree with

me.”

史密斯教授鼓励他的学生独立思考。他常说：“即使你们对我提出质疑或者完全不同意我的看法，我也同样高兴。”

called ontake part in as soon

butconversation about him to pop music, our 3. We

asreferred to the NBA finals of the

he joined in, he introduced a new topic and

previous week.

我们请他参加我们关于流行音乐的谈话，但他一参加进来就引入一个新的话题，谈起了上周的NBA决赛。

is responsible for knocked down a tree and4. The driver this accident. His car

a man on his bike.

司机应对这次事故负责。他的车撞倒了一棵树和一个骑车的人。switched to the we have production a of 5. Since our production radios came to halt,

of mobile phones.

自我们的收音机停止生产后，我们已转产移动电话(mobile phones)。such famous sights as the Great Wall, the Palace 6. Our original plan was to see

Museum and the Summer Palace in Beijing.

我们最初的计划是在北京游览长城、故宫、颐和园等著名景点。

Even though I have

earn a foreign language well.It's no simple matter to l7. express myself effectively in the

can't still for a few years, I learned English

language.

学好一门外语决非易事。尽管我已学了几年英语，我仍然不能有效地用这种语言表达思想。

8. I don't want you simply to agree or disagree with me. I need someone who can

give me good advice, ideas, and so on.

我不要你仅仅同意或不同意我的想法，我需要有人给我提忠告，出主意等。Unit 3

As far as I know, all they have to do is come and see the child they want to 1. bring up and fill up a form.据我所知，他们必须做的只是来见一见他们想抚养的孩子，并填写一份表格。

more and moregot tired of going after about the learned2. As he world, he finally

fame and wealth.

随着他对世事的了解越来越多，他终于厌倦了对名利的追求。

3. The little girl's songs brought sunshine to the old man and helped him bear

the hardships of life.

小女孩的歌声给老人带来了欢乐，帮助他忍受住种种生活的艰辛。