现代大学英语精读第二翻译

1、Uint11. It is wrong to raise our children the way we grow flowers in the greenhouse. We must expose them to all social problems because very soon they will be dealing with them as responsible citizens.2. As time goes on we are inevitably going to get more and more involved in international affairs.

2、And conflicts are sure to occur because there always exist different views and interests among nations.3. We are proud of our accomplishments, and we have reason to be. But we must never become arrogant. Otherwise we will lose our friends.4. Information is now easily available. An average computer c

3、an store the information of a small library.5. That construction company is not qualified to handle the project. They do not have any legal document to certify that they have the necessary expertise. We must find a company that specializes in building theatres.6. These think tanks do not make decisi

4、ons. They are out to generate new ideas and penetrating analyses that will be extremely useful for decision makers.7. The growth of GDP is not everything. Our country cannot be said to have been modernized unless the quality of our peoples lives is really improved.8. Poor as we were in many ways at

5、that time, we were still quite happy as children, for there was clean air, clean water, a lot of fish, crabs and eels in the rivers, lakes, and ponds; and a lot of flowers, trees and birds in the fields.9. Give absolute power to any individual or any particular group of people, and that person or gr

6、oup is sure to abuse that power because, just as Lord Acton says, Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.10. Traditionally in our country, school education was always said to be more important and useful compared with all other pursuits.Unit21. You know what? All things considered, i

7、ts not a bad idea to be a teacher. As a matter of fact, I think it is an excellent idea.2. I dont like it when you take a sarcastic tone the way you just did. You seem to be implying all the time that I am a good-for-nothing.3. It is really considerate of my father to leave the final decision to me.

8、 I must say I am very lucky. Not many people have such a terrific father.4. You said you do not want any money. You may not want money, but you do need money. I dont see whats wrong with students earning some money during their spare time.5. Somehow this tune sounds very familiar, but I cant recall

9、what it is. In any case, it is a Russian folk song.6. Besides the usual weekend housework, I also have a whole pile of homework to do tomorrow. Its really terrible.7. To demonstrate our unhappiness over the recent dispute, we put off our Foreign Ministers visit indefinitely.8. Its getting dark. The

10、next town is still two hours drive away. We might as well camp in the forest, pitch a tent, build a fire, and have a good sleep before we continue our journey tomorrow.9. I am really shocked to hear people say they do not consider cheating at exams shameful. Isnt that the most shameful thing that we

11、 have been incapable of feeling ashamed?Unit31. Health care must be available to all citizens regardless of their differences. We cannot justify a policy that denies medical care to the large population living in the country.2. They claim to have discovered a universal law which applies to all natio

12、ns.3. I often made a fool of myself when I was living with my uncle on his farm. When asked to get rid of the weeds in the rice fields, for example, I often failed to tell apart the weeds and the rice seedlings.4. Why go there today? Id much rather we stay until the snow ceases.5. Rice requires larg

13、e quantities of water and many scientists warn us that even if we use our water sparingly, the day will inevitably come when we will be fighting over limited supplies of water resources.6. There has been quite a noticeable change in recent years. We no longer lean on exports for economic growth. We

14、now tend to put more emphasis on home consumption.7. Todays tendency is to give little kids too many tests and exams until they are no good for anything but taking exams.8. It is pointless to force professors to publish a fixed number of papers annually regardless of their quality. Besides, this is

15、a demand even Einstein would not have been able to meet.Unit41. The fact that he was able to avoid the seemingly inevitable crash made him a national hero.2. Of the four students who risked their lives to try to drag the drowning children to shore, two never returned.3. The Japanese are known for th

16、eir long life span. They believe they owe this to their eating habits/the composition of their diet, which contains a lot of fish products.4. I know Harris. I couldnt imagine a man like him making such stupid remarks.5. After testing her loyalty many times, he was now going to give her the most dang

17、erous task.6. I hear that Lincoln delivered an extremely powerful speech on that occasion. Whatever did he actually say?7. That this time they must be ready to challenge death was clear to everybody. But no one regretted this move.8. As accidents go/As far as accidents are concerned, there was nothi

18、ng out of the ordinary: a crazy young man drives a car on a university campus and kills a young woman student. What is unusual is the fact that the man dares to challenge the people who want to take him to court, because his father is a local police officer.9. Every time/Whenever we decide on a fina

19、ncial policy, we have to make a clear distinction between short-term interests and long-term interests.10. Although it was early October, people could already be seen driving across the frozen river.Unit51. The government will have to decide when and how to put brakes on the economy before it speeds

20、 out of control.2. Why waste money building an airport in the middle of nowhere? We must not ignore the fact that what people here need most is clean water and clean air.3. They thought they might take a different route on their return trip so as to explore the great canyon in Tibet.4. She traveled

21、around the world and came back home quite a changed person, educated and greatly revitalized.5. There is no easy fix for our social problems. We should explore all possibilities and move one step at a time.6. All old traditions die a slow and lingering death. Customs and habits that have taken so lo

22、ng to form cant be expected to disappear overnight.7. Madam Chang was considered a pioneer who advocated combining classic Chinese music with Western music.8. I was so stunned when I heard the news, that for quite some time I didnt know what to say.9. The soldiers are learning how to survive in the

23、wilderness.10. Ill go there with you if you insist. But really I wont be much help to you.Unit61. I suspect that he has not told us the whole truth. /I doubt he has told us the whole truth. Why do you doubt it?2. Nobody would have suspected him. A suspect wouldnt usually look so appealing. But final

24、ly the police identified him to be the true murderer through a DNA test.3. Huangdi is regarded as the very first farmer in our history while his wife was the first weaver.4. Please give my best regards to my friends there. I really miss them all.5. Whenever possible young people prefer to earn their

25、 own living than live off their parents.6. The North demanded the military exercise be called off, but the South refused. Instead they demanded an open apology from the North for the gun fire.7. This place has earned itself quite a reputation for developing a green economy.8. Being young, they are o

26、ften inclined to look at things from the bright side.9. Scientists have identified the frozen body as a young hunter who lived about six thousand years ago.10. Although she is a second-generation Chinese American, she still values her Chinese cultural identity.Uint71. As a child, he was exposed to g

27、reat works of literature, for both his parents were wellread2. The military announced that they had succeeded in developing a new stealth fighter.3. Theyre trying tocome up with practical ways to reduce production costs for this4. Most people think that all things considered , life is much better to

28、day than it was 30 years ago.5. Success doesnt only depend on what you do. What you dont do is equally important.6. How do you account for the companys high staff turnover?7. Most of the buildings in the town were reduced to to rubble in the earthquake.8. How can I concentrate on my work with my roo

29、mmates talking and laughing ?9. We admire the way he answered awkward questions at the press conference with wit and facts.10. The moment he entered the conference room, he a feeling that something had gone wrong. Uint81. If it hadnt been for one mans courage and wisdom, the Shenzhen Special Economi

30、c Zone could never have succeeded.2. Sorry I cut you off just now. You were saying. I was saying that it is not easy to break down the resistance of those conservatives. But we must go at them step by step.3. The government knows only too well that it cannot increase taxes at will without hurting ho

31、me consumption. But to shift the emphasis from export to domestic consumption takes time.4. Even with all these home appliances, it is impossible to do away with/eliminate domestic labor completely.5. Our town must have looked this way three hundred years ago. Many old buildings were about to fall i

32、n ruins. Some of our leaders wanted to tear them down and put up new tall buildings in their place. But due to lack of money, the plan had to be abandoned. Looking back that was actually a blessing. Today our town has become a tourist attraction.6. Ironically, sometimes the more we increase producti

33、on, the more we decrease profit.7. This project has occupied too much of my time. I could not launch a new project even if I wanted to.8. To tell the truth, Im more worried about social stagnation than economic slowdown. Of course, you may not share my view.9. Sadly enough, not everyone realizes tha

34、t if we do not improve our educational standards, we will lag behind other countries for ever.Unit91. Mr. Lin has always concerned himself with the desertification problem. I fully agree with him that this is a serious concern as regards our environmental protection.2. The government spokesman expre

35、ssed our deep concern for the two Chinese engineers who were recently taken hostage by the pirates.3. It is hard to visualize how we can protect the dam from enemy attack.4. Freedom of religion means not only that people can pursue different faiths. It also means that they have the right not to have

36、 any religion.5. We teachers usually meet once every week to compare notes about our teaching.6. The situation of this area is very delicate. No country should be allowed to do anything to threaten the precarious balance.7. To be adequate as a translator, we must have a good command of both the foreign language and Chinese. And I consider myself terribly inadequate in this respect.8. However we differ in our opinion, we must face the challenge together.9. The way I define a good education is that, when y