現(xiàn)代大學(xué)英語精讀2：U1-U6課后練習(xí)翻譯部分答案

1、Unit 11.我們像在暖房里種花那樣養(yǎng)孩子是錯(cuò)誤的。我們必須讓他們接觸各種社會(huì)問題，因?yàn)椴痪盟麄兙蛯⒆鳛楣駚響?yīng)對(duì)這些問題。Its wrong to raise our children the way we grow flowers in the greenhouse. We must expose them to allsocial problems because very soon they will be dealing with them as responsible citizens.2.隨著時(shí)間的推移，我們不可避免地會(huì)越來越多地卷入國際商務(wù)。而沖突必然會(huì)發(fā)生，因?yàn)閲抑g總有

2、不同的觀點(diǎn)和利益。As time goes on we are inevitably going to get more and more involved in international affairs. Andconflicts are sure to occur because there always exist different views and interests among nations.3.我們?yōu)槲覀兊某删投湴?，我們有理由感到驕傲。但是我們永遠(yuǎn)不能變得狂妄，不然我們就會(huì)失去我們的朋友。We are proud of our accomplishments, and w

3、e have reason to be. But we must never become arrogant.Otherwise we will lose our friends.4.信息現(xiàn)在唾手可得。一個(gè)普通的電腦就能儲(chǔ)存一個(gè)普通圖書館的信息。Information is now easily available. An average computer can store the information of asmall library.5.那家建筑公司沒有資格操作這個(gè)項(xiàng)目。他們沒有任何法律文件能證明他們具備必要的專門技術(shù)。我們必須找一個(gè)專門建造歌劇院的公司。That construct

4、ion company is notqualified to handle the project. They do nothave any legal documentto certify that they have the necessary expertise. We must find acompany that specializes in buildingtheatres.6.這些智囊團(tuán)不作決策。他們力圖提出一些對(duì)決策者十分有用的新主意和深刻的分析。These think tanks do notmake decisions. They are out to generate n

5、ew ideas and penetrating analysesthat will be extremely useful fordecision makers.7.國內(nèi)生產(chǎn)總值不是一切。如果人民的生活質(zhì)量沒有真正改善的話，我們國家就不能說已經(jīng)現(xiàn)代化了。The growth of GDP is noteverything. Our country cannot be said to have been modernized unless thequality of our peoples lives is really improved.8雖然那時(shí)候我們?cè)诤芏喾矫娑己芾щy，但作為孩子我們?nèi)匀?/p>

6、很幸福，因?yàn)橛懈蓛舻目諝狻⑺?；江河湖泊里有很多魚、螃蟹、黃鱔；田野里有花，有樹，有鳥。Poor as we were in many ways at that time, we were still quite happy as children, forthere was clean air,clean water, alot of fish, crabs and eels in the rivers, lakes, and ponds; and alot of flowers, trees and birdsin the fields.9.只要給某一個(gè)人或某一群人以絕對(duì)權(quán)力，那這個(gè)人或這一

7、群人就肯定會(huì)濫用權(quán)力，因?yàn)檎绨⒖祟D勛爵說，“權(quán)力使人腐敗，絕對(duì)權(quán)力絕對(duì)使人腐敗?！盙ive absolute power to any individual orany particular group of people, and that person orgroup is sureto abuse that power because, just as Lord Acton says, power corrupts, and absolute power corruptsabsolutely.10.在我們國家，傳統(tǒng)上都認(rèn)為“萬般皆下品，惟有讀書高”。Traditionally in o

8、ur country, school education was always said to be more important and useful comparedwith all other pursuits.Unit 21.我跟你說，從各方面考慮，當(dāng)教師不失為一個(gè)好主意。事實(shí)上，我認(rèn)為這個(gè)主意好極了。I can tell youthat all things considered, it is notabad ideato be ateacher. As amatter of fact, I think it isan excellent idea.2.我不大喜歡你像剛才那樣用諷刺的

9、口氣說話。你好像老是在暗示，我是什么都不會(huì)的廢物。I dontlike it when youtake asarcastic tone the way youjust did. Youseem to be implying all the timethat I am agood-for-nothing.3.我爸能讓我作最后決定，真是很體諒人。我得說我夠幸運(yùn)，不是很多人都有這么好的父親。Itis really considerate of my father to leave the final decision to me. I must say I am very lucky. Notman

10、ypeople have such aterrific father.4.你說你不要錢。你可能不愿要，但你的確需要錢。我看不出來大學(xué)生在課余時(shí)間掙點(diǎn)錢有什么錯(cuò)。Yousaid youdo notwant any money. Youmay notwant money, but youdo need money. I dontseewhats wrong with college students earning some money during their spare time.5.不知道為什么，這個(gè)曲調(diào)聽來很熟，但我就是記不起來了。反正是一首俄羅斯民歌。Somehow this tune

11、sounds quite familiar. But I cant recall what it is. In any case, it is aRussian folk song.6.除了一貫的周末家務(wù)，我明天還有一大堆家庭作業(yè)要做。真是糟透了。Besides the usual weekend housework, I also have awhole pile of homework to do tomorrow. Its reallyterrible.7.為了表明我們對(duì)最近爭端的不快，我們無限期地推遲了外交部長的出訪。To demonstrate our unhappiness at

12、the recent dispute, we put off our Foreign Ministers visit indefinitely.8.天快黑了。離下一個(gè)城市還有兩小時(shí)的車程，我們不如就在這樹林里露營算了，支個(gè)帳篷，生個(gè)篝火，好好睡它一覺，明天再趕路。Its getting dark. The next town is still two hours drive away. We mightas well camp in the forest, pitch atent, build afire, and have agood sleep before we continue our

13、 journey tomorrow.9.聽到有人說他們不覺得考試作弊有什么丟臉，我真嚇了一跳。你不覺得最可恥的事情莫過于我們已經(jīng)不知羞恥了嗎？I am really shocked to hear people say they do notconsider cheating at exams shameful. Isntthat themostshameful thing that we have been incapable of feeling ashamed?Unit 31.健康保險(xiǎn)必須為所有公民享有，不管他們有什么不同。我們沒有理由支持那些不為生活在農(nóng)村的大量人口所享有的政策。Hea

14、lth care must be available to all citizens regardless of their differences. We cant justify apolicy thatdenies medical care to the large population living in the country.2.他們自稱已經(jīng)發(fā)現(xiàn)了一條適合所有國家的普遍法則。They claim to have discovered auniversal principle/law which applies to all nations.3.我住在我叔叔家農(nóng)場的時(shí)候常常出洋相。比

15、如要我在稻田里除草的時(shí)候，我常常分不清草和秧苗。I often made afool of myself when I was living with my uncle on his farm. When asked to get rid of theweeds in the rice fields, forexample, I often failed to tell apart the weeds and the rice seedlings.4.干嗎今天去那里？我寧可等雪停了再走。Why go there today? Id (much) rather (that we) stay un

16、til the snow ceases.5.稻子需要大量的水，很多科學(xué)家警告我們，不管我們?nèi)绾喂?jié)約用水，總有一天我們會(huì)為有限的水資源打仗。Rice requires vast/large quantities of water and many scientists warn us that no matter how sparingly weuse water, the day will inevitably come when we will be fighting over limited supplies of water resources.6近幾年有一個(gè)值得注意的變化。我們不再靠出

17、口發(fā)展經(jīng)濟(jì)了。我們現(xiàn)在傾向于把重點(diǎn)放在國內(nèi)消費(fèi)上。There has been quite anoticeable change in recent years. We no longer lean on exports foreconomicgrowth. We now tend to put more emphasis on domestic/home consumption.7.現(xiàn)今的趨勢是給小孩過多的測驗(yàn)和考試，弄得他們除了考試其他什么都不會(huì)。Todays tendency is to give little kids too many tests and exams until th

18、ey are no good foranything buttaking exams.8.強(qiáng)迫教授們每年發(fā)表固定數(shù)量的論文而不顧其質(zhì)量是毫無意義的。再說，這種要求即使是愛因斯坦也做不到。Itis pointless to force professors to publish afixed number of papers annually regardless of their quality.Besides, this is ademand even Einstein would nothave been able to meet.Unit 41.他居然能夠避免一場似乎無法避免的相撞事件，

19、這件事情使他成為一位全國英雄。The fact that he was able to avoid the seemingly inevitable crash made him anational hero.2.冒著生命危險(xiǎn)想要把快淹死的孩子拖到岸上的四個(gè)學(xué)生當(dāng)中，有兩位永遠(yuǎn)都沒有回來。Of the four students who risked their lives to try to drag the drowning children to shore, two neverreturned.3.日本人以長壽著稱。他們相信這一點(diǎn)要?dú)w功于他們的食物構(gòu)成中包含著大量魚類產(chǎn)品。The Ja

20、panese are known fortheir long-life span. They believe they owe this to their eating habits/thecomposition of their diet, which contains alot of fish products.4.我了解哈里斯。我簡直不能想象像他這樣的人會(huì)說出如此愚蠢的話。I know Harris. I couldnt imagine aman like him making such stupid remarks.5.在對(duì)她的忠誠進(jìn)行了多次考驗(yàn)以后，他現(xiàn)在要給她最危險(xiǎn)的任務(wù)了。Aft

21、er testing her loyalty many times, he was now going to give her the mostdangerous task.6.我聽說林肯在那個(gè)場合發(fā)表了一場極為有力的演說。他到底說了些什么？I hear that Lincoln delivered an extremely powerful speech on that occasion. Whatever did he actuallysay?7.所有人都明白，這一次他們必須準(zhǔn)備向死亡挑戰(zhàn)，但是沒有人對(duì)采取這一步措施感到后悔。Itwas clear to everybody that th

22、is time they must be ready to challenge death. But no one regretted thismove.8.就事故而言，這次也沒有什么特別：一個(gè)年輕人在大學(xué)校園里狂開汽車，撞死了一名女學(xué)生。不同尋常的是，這人居然向周圍人挑戰(zhàn)，說他不怕去公安局，因?yàn)樗赣H是當(dāng)?shù)氐木?。As accidents go, there is nothing out of ordinary: acrazy young man drove acar on auniversity campusand killed a young woman student. What is

23、 unusual is the fact that the man dared to challenge thepeople who wanted to take him to court, because his father was alocal police officer.9.每當(dāng)我們決定一項(xiàng)經(jīng)濟(jì)政策的時(shí)候，我們都必須分清短期利益和長期利益。Every time we decide on a financial policy, we have to make a clear distinction between short-terminterests and long-term in

24、terests.10.雖然剛到十月初，但已經(jīng)可以看到人們開著車過那結(jié)冰的河了。Although it was early October, people could already be seen driving across the frozen river.Unit 51.政府要拿定主意在什么時(shí)間，用什么方法放緩經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展速度，以免它因?yàn)樗俣冗^快而失去控制。The government will have to decide when and how to put brakes on the economy before it speeds out ofcontrol.2.干嘛在這個(gè)荒無人煙

25、的地方浪費(fèi)錢建飛機(jī)場？這里的老百姓最需要的是干凈的水和空氣，我們不能對(duì)此視而不見。Why waste money building an airport in the middle of nowhere? We must notignore the fact that whatpeople here need mostis clean water and clean air.3.他們覺得回來的時(shí)候可以走另外一條路，以便去探索一下西藏的那個(gè)大峽谷。They thought they mighttake adifferent route on their return trip so as to

26、explore the great canyon inTibet.4.她周游了世界，回來的時(shí)候完全變了一個(gè)人：變得充滿了活力。She traveled around the world and came back home quite a changed person, educated and greatlyrevitalized.5.我們的各種社會(huì)問題都沒有對(duì)癥的速效藥。我們應(yīng)該探索一下各種可能性，走一步看一步。There is no easy fix forour social problems. We should explore all possibilities and move

27、one step at atime.6.所有舊傳統(tǒng)的消亡都是一個(gè)漫長的、緩慢的過程。花了那么長時(shí)間才形成的風(fēng)俗習(xí)慣，我們不能指望它一夜之間就消失。All old traditions die aslow and lingering death. Customs and habits that have taken so long to formcant be expected to disappear overnight.7.常女士被認(rèn)為是提倡將中國的古典音樂和西方的音樂結(jié)合起來的先行者。Madam Chang was considered apioneer who advocated com

28、bining classic Chinese music with Westernmusic.8.剛聽到這消息的時(shí)候，我震驚得好大一會(huì)兒功夫都說不出話來。I was so stunned when I heard the news, that forquite some time I didnt know what to say.9.這些士兵正在學(xué)習(xí)如何在荒野里生存下去。The soldiers are learning how to survive in the wilderness.10.如果你堅(jiān)持，那我就和你一起去。不過我實(shí)在幫不了你多大忙。Ill go there with youif

29、 youinsist. But I really wont be much help to you.Unit 61. 我懷疑他沒有告訴我們?nèi)空嫦?。你為什么?duì)此有懷疑？-I suspect that he has nottold us the whole truth. /I doubt he has told us the whole truth.-Why do youdoubt it?DNA檢查終于證明他就是真正的殺人兇手。Nobody would have suspected him. A suspect wouldnt usually look so appealing. But the policeidentified him to be the true murderer through aDNA test finally.3.黃帝被認(rèn)為是中國歷史上的第一個(gè)農(nóng)夫，而他