现代大学英语第二版精读1 课后翻译整理

1、Unit 1They took advantage of our helpless situation and took over our company.他们利用我们求助无门的困境把我们公司接管了。Although there are still difficulties ahead of us, I am sure that we Chinese people will have the wisdom to bring about the peaceful unification of our country on our own.虽然我们前面仍有困难，但我肯定我们中国人有智慧靠自己实现国

2、家的和平统一。It is wrong to put emphasis on nothing but GDP. It will give rise to many serious problems.只强调国内生产总值是错误的，它会引起很多严重的问题。He loves to show off his wealth, but that is all in vain. People still avoid him as though he were poison.他喜欢炫耀他的财富，但这完全是徒劳的，人们仍然像躲避毒药那样躲他。He soon fell in love with the village

3、 and was determined to make it a beautiful garden together with other villagers.他不久就爱上了这个村子。他决心和村民一起把这个地方变成一个花园。We must spend more money fighting against global warming. In addition, we must resort to tough laws. It is not just a matter of money.我们必须花更多的钱来和全球气温上升作斗争。另外，我认为我们还必须采取严厉的法律措施。这不只是一个钱的问题。W

4、hen the police arrived at the school, the students and teachers were still in a daze.当警察到达学校的时候，学生和教师还在一种茫然不知所措的状态。This corrupt official was still clinging to his power. He refused to step aside.这个腐败的官员还在死死抓住他的权力不放。他拒绝靠边站。When the man finally came into view, I found it was my father. I didnt know ho

5、w he managed to find this place in the blinding snow. At that moment, I burst into tears.当那个人最后进入视界时，我发现原来是我父亲。不知他怎么在这大雪中找到这个地方的。那时候，我放声大哭起来。She glanced at him from time to time. It was the first time in her life that she had found herself looking at a young man like that.她不时地偷偷朝他张望。她发现自己第一次这样看一个年轻男

6、子。Unit 2It seemed impossible to me, but all the others looked very confident.在我看来，这似乎不可能，但是其他所有人看起来都很有信心。We looked around. There wasnt a building standing in sight. The earthquake seemed to have destroyed everything.我们朝四下一望，没有一个仍然矗立的建筑物了。地震似乎把一切都摧毁了。 He seems to be in low spirits these days. I wonde

7、r why. 他这些日子里似乎情绪很低落，不知道为什么。 I think its because he doesnt seem to be making much progress in his studies. He is afraid of being looked down upon by his classmates. 我觉得那是因为他似乎学习上没有什么进步。他怕被同学瞧不起。 What are you looking for, Dick?你在找什么，迪克？ I seem to have lost my key. How annoying! 我好像把钥匙丢了。真烦人。If you fi

8、nd a word that does not seem to make any sense in the sentence, you should look it up in the dictionary. Thats the only way to learn to use a word.如果你发现一个字在句中似乎说不通，你就应该查查字典。这是掌握意思的唯一办法。They went to arguing for hours. Neither was willing to listen to the other. I suddenly remembered someone saying “D

9、iscussion is an exchange of knowledge, while argument is an exchange of ignorance.”他们继续争吵了几个钟头，两人似乎谁也不愿听对方的话。我突然想起有人说过：“讨论是知识的交流，而争吵是无知的交换。”The situation there seems to be very complicated. The government had promised to look into it.那里的形势似乎非常复杂，政府已答应进行认真调查。My grandpa seems to be getting better and

10、better, but he still needs somebody to look after him.我爷爷似乎正在好起来，但是他仍然需要有人照顾。Economists have already come to the conclusion that the crisis seems to be coming to an end. World economy is looking up.经济学家已得出结论：危机似乎很快就要结束了，世界经济正在好转。 When I got well I looked at my bank account. To my sadness, I found my

11、 balance was almost zero. All my savings in the past three years were gone.这次病后，我看了看我的银行账本。是我伤心的是，账上的余额几乎是零。我前三年存在银行里的钱全花光了。Unit 3Zhu Yingtai had to / was forced to obey her father and marry the young master of the rich Ma family although she was extremely unwilling. She was heartbroken.祝英台虽然不愿意嫁给马家

12、小少爷，但她不能不服从她父亲。她的心都碎了。The man had never seen such a large note. He said, “It looks good, feels good, and it is good!”那个人从来没见过这么大的一张钞票。他说：“这东西看着好，摸着也好，的确就是好！”Leaves had turned / got / gone / become yellow, red and purple. It really looked heavenly / beautiful like heaven.树叶都变黄，变红，变紫了。看起来真是如天堂一样美。As s

13、he grew older, she began to feel tired easily.随着年纪越来越老，她开始很容易感到疲倦。What he said sounded very convincing, but reasons that sound good do not always mean good sound reasons. There is a big difference between the two.他的话听起来很有说服力，但好听的理由并不等于好的理由，两者之前存在很大的区别。He likes to talk. He can never keep quiet, and w

14、hat he says often proves / turns out to be incorrect.他爱说话，他永远无法保持沉默，而他说的往往被证明是错的。He got wounded in battle, lost a lot of blood, and became very weak. His leaders ordered him to stay in the hospital until he was completely recovered / healed.他在战斗中受了伤，流了很多血，变得十分虚弱。他的领导强迫他留在医院到伤口痊愈为止。They thought they

15、could slip through our fingers. They were wrong. They couldnt get away with what they had done.他们以为可以从我们手中滑过去；他们错了，他们休想干了坏事就溜走。During the Long March, the Red Army had to get across the Dadu River, through the grassland and over the snow-covered mountains.长征的时候，红军需要越过大渡河，穿过草地，翻过雪山。Are you used to the

16、 life there? How do you get along with your classmates? Can you get by with the money we send you? / Is the money we send you enough for you?你在那里生活习惯了吗？你和同学相处得如何？我们给你寄的钱够你凑合用吗？Unit 4Dont let them take it for granted that we will accept their conditions / terms. We are no fools, and we wont be so eas

17、ily taken in.他们别想当然地以为 我们会接受他们的条件，把我们当傻瓜。我们不那么容易上当。It took us only three years to double the income of our villagers.我们只花了三年的时间就使我们村的村民收入增加了一倍。If they do not take back their remarks and apologize, I am going to raise the devil with them.要是他们不收回他们的讲话并道歉，我要给他们大闹一场。The problem we raised is complicated.

18、 Many things have to be taken into consideration. But we have to take our chances.我们提出来的这个问题很复杂，有很多东西需要考虑。但是我们得碰碰运气吧。The boy takes after his Dad. He is full of curiosity. Give him a toy, and he will immediately take it apart.这孩子像他爹，对一切都好奇。给他一个玩具，他立刻就拆开。You must make sure that they take you to the ma

19、nager. Tell them that its very important and may affect our investment plan. Therefore you must see him in person.你一定要确保他们带你去见他们的经理，告诉他们，事情很重要，很可能关系到我们的投资计划。你必须见到他本人。They told the passengers that the sky had cleared up and the plane was about to take off in half an hour.他们告诉乘客说，天已经晴朗了，飞机估计半小时以后起飞。I

20、suggest you go and check if the man they have arrested fit the description of the wanted man.我建议你落实一下你们逮捕的那个人和描述的犯人是否相符。Do you mean that it will affect the relationship of our two countries if we take this step.你的意思是假如我们采取这一步，就可能影响我们两国关系吗？Unit 5This is a wonderful opportunity. You would be foolish t

21、o let it slip by.这是一个难得的机会。你要是让它从身边溜掉就太傻了！Compared with last year, our exports have increased by 20% / are up by 20%.我们的出口和去年相比增加了百分之二十。For want of a better word, lets call it “backdoorism”.因为没有更好的词，我们就姑且称之为“走后门主义”吧。This young man is fond of fixing things. He is something of a Jack of all trades.这个年

22、轻人喜欢修理摆弄东西。他可以说是一个万金油。Compared to their parents generation, young people today consider them to be a more practical generation.和他们父母一代相比，今天的年轻人认为他们自己是比较讲现实的一代。His face went / turned blue with anger. He was determined to nip the mass protest in the bud.他气得脸色发青，决定将这场抗议运动扼杀在萌芽状态。It is a long story, but

23、 I wont go into the history today.这说来话长，但是今天我不想去研究这件事情的历史了。It took us much more time than we had expected to go through the customs.我们花了比我们想象的多得多的时间才过了海关。The power went out suddenly, and the whole city was thrown into complete darkness.灯光突然全灭了。全城一下陷入完全黑暗中。Dont wait for me. You go ahead. I must go ov

24、er this document.别等我了，你先走。我要先把这份文件看完。We cannot deny the fact that we have paid dearly for our economic development.我们无法否认这样的事实：我们为经济发展付出了高昂的学费。Had the firemen arrived a bit later, the fire would have spread to the nearby oil tanks.消防队员要是晚到一会儿，火就会蔓延到附近的油罐。Unit 6When we reached our destination, we fou

25、nd nothing standing on the ground except some rocks scattered here and there. Nobody would be able to recognize it as part of the city wall a thousand year ago.当我们到达目的地时，我们发现这块地上已经没有任何建筑，只有一些石头散落在地上。没有人能认出这是一段可以追溯到千年以前的城墙。Today, most people have got a new perspective. They no longer accept the view

26、that mainly GDP marks the happiness of a nation.今天，多数人看问题都有了新的角度，他们不再认为主要是国内生产总值（GDP）标志一个国家的幸福了。Lets agree to disagree. We at least agree on one thing: We agree not to use force. We agree that we must settle our disputes peacefully.让我们同意对方可以有不能意见吧。我们起码在一点上意见是一致的，我们同意不采取暴力，我们同意我们的分歧必须和平解决。Guilin has

27、always been regarded by our people as the most beautiful place in our country. I used to have my doubts, but now I totally agree with them. Everything is so beautiful, especially the rock formations in all those different places.桂林向来被我们称为最美的地方，我以前怀疑这种说法。现在我完全同意他们了。一切都美极了，尤其是那些千姿百态的石峰。I can assure yo

28、u. She is a very agreeable person. I have never seen her lose her temper.我可以向你保证，她是一个非常随和的人。我从来没见过她发脾气。A young man who saw the woman run over by the car has agreed to appear in court as witness. I admire his courage.一位亲眼看见那个妇女被汽车轧过的年轻人同意出庭作证。我很欣赏他的勇气。College education should see to it that our stude

29、nts are able to do critical thinking.大学教育应该设法保证我们的大学生有进行批判性思维的能力。While you are preparing your lessons, you must try your best to see if you can raise some significant questions and give meaningful comments / criticisms.你们在预习功课的时候，一定要尽量试试，看你是否能提出重要的问题来，是否能做出有意义的评论。Upon careful reflections on this iss

30、ue, Ive come to realize that we must make sure that our students not only can make a living, but also know how to live.在对这个问题进行仔细思考以后，我认识到，我们必须确保我们的学生不但能谋生，还能懂得怎样生活。Once I fixed my bike tire which was leaking. My Dad patted me on the shoulder and teased me saying that I am the family genius and have

31、 the making of a good mechanic. What he said set the whole family laughing.有一次我修好了一个漏气的自行车胎，爸爸拍拍我的肩膀，逗我说我是家里的天才，有当机械师的潜力。他的话引起了全家人的大笑。Unit 7He doesnt seem to have the courage to speak out about whats happening in the factory.他好像没有勇气说出工厂正在发生的情况。（seem）The couple told the reporter that they had nothing

32、 to complain about.那对夫妇对记者说，他们没有什么可抱怨的。（complain）Compared with our old place, our new apartment / house seems like a palace.那对夫妇对记者说，他们没什么可抱怨的。（complain）It is surprising that it has taken people so long to take advantage of this win-win opportunity. 使我感到惊讶的是，人们竟花了那么长的时间才去利用这样一种双赢的机会。（advantage）The g

33、uests told the host that they had spent a very enjoyable evening at the party chatting with old friends. 客人对主人说，这次聚会他们度过了一个十分愉快的夜晚。（spend）I was about to pay for the shopping when it suddenly dawned on me that I had left my purse at home.我正要为采购的东西付款，忽然想起我的钱包落在家里了。（dawn）He stayed in / home all weekend, trying to reflect on what had happened.整个周末他都呆在家里，思考近来发生的事情。（reflect）When he was young, he believed in freedom so much that he would rather die than live without it.年轻时他坚信自由，相信到没有自由宁愿死的程度。（结果状从）When I visited Beijing for the second time, I found the citys public amenities had greatl