综英3期末复习

U1 1.I was feeling just a bit first-gradish= I had just the feeling of a newcomer at college without the strength a mature student might possess. 2. ...my airs of assurance=my apparent confidence 3. ...a litttle nourishment=some food to make me less hungry 4. ...running with the crowd was no longer a law of survival=going with the tide was no longer crucial to one’s success 5. ...massive mistake=foolish and glaring mistakes 英译英 1. I planned to keep silent and act in such a way that nobody would notice that I was only a new comer in college. 2. For three days, I had not been to the cafeteria due to my feeling of humiliation and shame. Instead, I stayed alone in my room and ate junk food of various kinds from a vending machine which was in just the right place to aid me in avoiding others. 3. It didn’t matter whether or not you were widely accepted or admired; you did not have to behave to the liking of everybody else. 中译英 1. It distressed me a great deal to hear the news that he had suffered repeated failures. 2. He assumed an air for cheerfulness, even though he lost favor with his boss. 3. Gulliver met with extraordinary adventures and saw a strange assortment of people. 4. He will be furious with you if you repeat the same mistake. 5. We were all greatly drawn by his frank views, humorous words and genial manner. 6. After the cheering applause died down, the Nobel Prize winner began his speech. 7. He is gifted with a sort of insight and foresight, so he rarely runs with the crowd. 8. I feel realities are after all very harsh, so one can hardly live up entirely to his ideals.

U2 1....worked himself to death=died from self-motivated overwork; 2. ...conceivably=most likely; ...the top spot=the highest position in the company; 3....of no particular marketable=with no specific skills wanted by employers; 4. ...researching his father=trying to discover facts about his father; 5. ...a heart-attack natural=a person vulnerable heart-attack 英译英 1. He had dedicated all his time to work and had no hobby at all except that he played a golf game once a month which can’t be taken as a hobby anyway. 2. Their daughter said that when they were still small her father had become a company man and her mother had given up every attempt to keep him at home. 中译英 １.My immediate boss is a typical workaholic, for he works for over ten hours each day all the year round. 2. The principal attaches much importance to extracurricular activities and he believes that they will help to cultivate students’ tremendous interest in the external world. 3. He always grabs a shower, a sandwich and then a taxi to go to work every Monday morning. ４. Since you are leaving the company, you should straighten out the accounts within the week. 5. He often stay up late at night in order to finish writing his Ph.D dissertation on time. 6. Nothing can replace the profoundest love in one’s heart of hearts. 7. He is considered a natural for the post of the president, for he has been an excellent vice-president for almost ten years. 8. He is just too common to be picked out from the crowd. U3 1. ...agreeable=comfortable; ...virtually=practically 2. ...extravagant=very long; ...undertakings=(places of) physical exercises 3. ...had this brought home to me =was made to realize this 4. ...decided to skip coffee and head over=decided not to have coffee and instead to go (to the bookstore) 5. ...entertained=held in mind 英译英 1. People in the United States tend to drive for basically every purpose, so much so that they have forgotten that they still have legs and about what their legs can do. 2. I admit that I have never realized I had been so stupid in this respect. 3. I was likely to be the only person who had ever attempted to cross that intersection on foot. 中译英 1. The university is one of the most venerable institutions of higher learning in the world. 2. If one is deficient in practical experience, he can hardly make himself a success with only what he has acquired in class. 3. I felt exasperated by constant interruptions, for I had to finish writing the monograph by the end of this week. 4. He feels that it is ludicrous to write on a contemporary theme in an ancient style. 5. The Bund in Shanghai was a place where young couples liked to come to coo in the 70s and the 80s of the last century. 6. His daughter is very sedate for a girl of about ten, for she likes reading more than playing. 7. The couple strolled hand-in-hand along the country road when the sun in its first splendor steeped the earth. 8. The poet was commonly considered as an eccentric romantic genius when alive.