现代大学英语精读4课后翻译

Unit1

1、IknowIcouldrelyonmybrothertostandbymewhateverh

appened>

我知道，不管发生什么情况,我都可以依靠兄弟得支持。

2、Asaru1e,theyoungergenerationtendstobemoreintereste

dinthepresentratherthanthepastunliketheoIdergeneration,but

bothgenerationswillstandto1oseiftheydonotrespecttheot

her'sneeds>

一般来说，年轻一代与老一辈不同，她们对现在而不就是对过去感兴趣.但这两代人如果不互

相尊重对方得需要，就都会遭受损失。

3、TheChinesewrittenlanguagehasbeenamajorfactorforintegrat

ingthewholenation>

中国得书面文字就是国家完整统一得一个重要因素。

4、IntraditionalChineseartandliterature,thebambooandthepinetree

alwayssymbolizemoreintegrityanduprightness>

在中国得传统艺术与文学中，竹子与松树往往象征着道德上得正直与刚正不阿.

5、QueenElizabeth1ruledEnglandfor45years,andthenationprospe

redunderherrule>

女皇伊丽莎白一世统治英国45年。在她统治时期，国家十分繁荣昌盛。

6、Democracymeansthatthemajorityrules>Butthat'snotall>R

espectforminority'srighttodisagreeisalsoanintegralpartof

democracy、Thetworulesareequa1

importance>

民主意味着多数人来治理;但不仅如此,尊重少数人反对得权利也就是民主不可分得一部分。

这两条规则同等重要。

7、Anationcannotbestrongunlessitiswe1|—integrated

politically,economically,cu1turallyaswellasgeographica1ly>

一个国家不可能强大，除非她不在地理上，二十在政治、经济、与文化上都就是一个整体。

8、Thepartywasboring,soheslippedoutoftheroomandwentho

me>Buttheroadwassomuddyaftertherainthatheslippedand

fel1intoaditch>

晚会十分乏味，所以她就偷偷溜出房间回家了。可就是雨后得路非常泥泞，她脚下一滑，掉

进了沟里。

9、Herhealthwassuchthatshewouldnotdaretobeexposedtothe

suneveninwinterlestshegotsunstroke、

她身体糟糕到了这种程度，以至于冬天都不敢见太阳，怕中暑。

10>Iwasdrowningmysorrowonenightinasmallrestaurantwhenhe

cametomeandslippedarollofmoneyinmypocket>

有一天晚上，我正在一家小饭馆里借酒消愁，她突然走了过来，往我手里塞了一沓钞票。

3TranslatethesentencesintoEnglish,usingbeing>

1、Heisbeinginvestigatedforreceivingbribes、

2、Thegovernmentstartedairdroppingfoodtoareasbeingcutoffbythe

flood、

3、Peoplearemuchconcernedabouthowthecharitymoneyisbeingused>

4、TheexactIocationsofthelaboratoriesarebeingkeptsecretfor

reasonsofsecurity、

5、What'sthematterwithJimtoday?Ithinkhe7sbeingratherr

ude,nothisusualself>

6、TheIocalpublicsecuritybureauisbeingcriticizedforbei

ngsoftonwhitcrime、

7、Thecaraccidentinvestigatorisaccusedofbeingone—sided,fav

oringtheoffender、

8、Theprojectcoordinatorplainsthata1mosthalfofhistimeisb

eingspentonmeetingsandreports>

9、His1atestnove1beingadaptedforTVhasbeenontheNewY

orkTimesbest-sellerlistforforty—twoweeks>

10>ThespokesmanflatIydeniedallrumorsbeingcirculatedatthemomen

taboutthepresidentzshealth>

Unit2

1、ZhugeLiangpretendedtobeverycalmandsucceedinhidingthe

factfromSimaYithatthecitywasreal1yungrounded>Heprovedhimse

1fworthyoftheadmirationhehadreceived>

2、HeknewthatabioodybattIewasimminentandhisarmyw

asterriblyoutnumbered>Sohepretendedtoberetreatingq

uicklytotherear>Actuallyhewaslayingatrapfortheenemytroops>

3、SocialDarwinistsassertedthatwecanparehumansocietytotheanima1

wor1d>Itdidnotcrosstheirmindsthathumanbeingscouldbed

ifferentfromotheranima1s>Theyreliedontheirbrainra

therthantheirinstinet、

4、Thesemass一producedchickenscannotparewiththechickensweu

sedtoraiseathome>Chickenfarmsmayhaveincreasedtheoutput,

buttheyhaverobbedthechickensoftheirgoodtaste>

5、Thefinancia1bubblesfinallyburst,causingaseriouscrisis

thatsweptoverthewho1eworId>

6、Thankstoourpriceedge,ourexportstothatregionincreasedby

30%paredwiththesameperiodthepreviousyear>

7、Thereporterswereal1burstingwithquestions>Butthegovernme

nt

spokesman/spokespersonsaidthatallsheknewwasthatpeop1ew

erewatchingaplaywhensomethirtyarmedterroristsburstintot

hetheater>

8、Whentheprisonersburstoutsinging,theprisonwardenwas

frightened>

9、Theareaisdottedwithfactories>Italsohasholidayinns

dottedaroundthewholeisiand>Buttherearea1readysignsthat

manyIocaIpeoplewi1Irebelagains11histrend、

10、Hedeclaredthata1Itherebelswou1dbepardonediftheylaid

downtheirarms、

1、Asthesayinggoes,there'snosmokewithoutfire>

2、There'snodenyingthatthefilmhasnoequalincinemahistory>

3、Iwarnedhimaboutthedangerinvolved,buthepaidnoheedto

mywarning、

4、There,snogenera1lyaccepteddefinitionofhappiness>

5、Thesearenoordinarystudents；theyaregoingtobetrainedasas

tronauts>

6、Therearenoeasyorpainlesssolutionstothepany,sfinaneialprob

lems>

7、Awayfromhomeforthefirsttime,co1legestudentshavetododa

y-daychoresthemselves>It'snobadthing>

8、Thetwosidesaresofarapartonkeyissuesthatthere'snote1linghow

1ongthetalkscou1ddragon、

9、That'sthekindofholidayIdreamof一notelephone,noTV

andnoworries>

10>Someofthenation'stopeconomistssaythattheyseenosig

nofeconomicrecoveryinthecountry>

Unit3

1>Ourreformandopenpo1icyresuitedinrapidgrowth>Butwemustn

otforgetthatthepo1icyinturnresuItedfromthegreat1iberatio

nofpeople'sminds>

2、Asaru1e/Generallyspeaking,thefactthatyoulikesomeonew

il1disposeyoutoIikehisideas,too>

3、11isdoubtfulifwecanfindawaytodisposeofnuc1earwastethati

s100percentsecureonday>Ifpossible,weshouldshifttootherenergy>

4、Isearchedaroundforasetoffurniturethatwouldfitin

mysmallsittingroom>ButIfoundthemoutofstock、

5、Whenservingthecustomer,theinnkeeperfoundthatthe

manfitthe

descriptionsofthewantedmurdersuspect>

6、Whenaskedhowtokeepfit,hewouldalwaysgivehisstockadvice：stick

toagoodeatinghabit--——meaning:nosalt,nosugar,nofat>

7、Thewaterwasunfitforswimming,letalonedrinking、Asare

su1t,manypeop1eintheregiongotsick>

8、HedidnotlosehistemperwhenheheardthisasIthoughthe

would、Onthecontrary,hewassuddenlyseizedbyafitoflaughter>

9、WhenpIeted,thissubwaywillbeextendedtocoverthewholecity>

10、Thatthestockmarketdidnotseemtorespondtotheeconomicboom

puzz1edeverybody>Nowonderpeopledecidedtoholdtheirstocks>

Unit4

1、Isawaboatdrifting/f1oatinga1ongtheriver>Idonotinten

dbelikethisboat,driftingthroughIifewithoutgoals>

2、Thepeachtreesintheva1leywereinfullb1ossomandshe

indulgedinthepleasurewithoutstop、Ashortdistaneeinfront

ofhershesawalittlehutwithbeautifulcountrymusicdriftingoutof

thewindows、

(or：ThepeachtreesinthevalleywereinfullbIossom,makingitd

ifficulttotearherselffromthem、somedistanceinfrontofhershesaw

aIittlehutwithbeautifulcountrymusicdriftingoutofthewindow

s>)

3、Aftermymarriage,myfriendsanddriftedapartalitt1e,andI

waspletelyoutofmyelementamongthosebusinesspeopleI

hadtoworkwith>I'msickandtiredoftheirbusinessdiscussions>

4、Theyalreadyhaveallthenecessaryelementsforacivilwar>Theinter

nationalmunityhasappearedtobothsidesforapeacefulsettIemerit

oftheirdisputes

5、Manypeop1ethinkthatthechurchis1osingitsappealaIth

oughithasaccumulatedanincreasingwealth>

6、Theidealofbusinessexpansionappea1stome、Todaytheecon

omyofmanyofourtradepartnersisstartingtopickupspe

ed>0urdomesticmarketisestimated/torecovernextyear>

7、ReformaIwaysinvo1vesrisks,butitismuchriskierwithoutreform、

Todaymostpeoplehopeforfurtherreforminspiteoftheopposit

ion/backlash>

8、Hewasfuriouswhenhereadtheletter>Hetoreitupandthrewitinto

the

wastepaperbasket>ThenherippedapieceoffhiscoatandwrotehisIas

tletterbyusinghisownbloodasink>

9、Inhindsight/lookingback,weal1feelthatitwasfoolishtotear

down(demo1ish)thisbeautifuIcitywall>

10>Youwaitathome>Iwi11eandpickyouupataroundsev

en>Don'tworry>Thedoctorhasassuredusthatherhealthwi1Ipi

ckupsoon>

1、TheclimateofmyhometownispleasantexceptinJanuaryandA

ugust、

2、Exceptwhenheissick/unwell,wanpingspendsabout40

minutesadayjogging>

3、Abouthisspecialmissionheto1dhisfamilynothingexceptthatheh

adtobeawayonbusinessforsometime>

4、Hisparentsknowthattheydon?thavetodomuchfortheirson

excepttolethimbehimself>

5、Theyaskedfornothingexceptwhatwasrightfullytheirs>

Unit5

1、StatisticsshowthatChinahasatotalamountof2>8mil1ioncubic

metersofwaterresources,secondonlytoBrazil,RussiaandCanada,ra

nkinginthefourth(tobeupdated)inthewor1d>Butwhend

ividedby1、3biIlion,ouraverageper—capita

shareofwaterresourcesonlyamountstoaboutonequarterofthe

world'saverage、

2、Wehavea1waysbeenheavilyburdenedwiththeprob1emofwa

tershortage>Itissaidthatofthe661largeandmedium-sizedcitiesn

ationwide,abouttwo一thirdsaresufferingfromanacuteshortageof

water、Beijingisagoodexamp1einpoint>Itnotonlylackssurfacewa

tei;evenitsundergroundwatertableisdangerousIylow>Itisrepo

rtedtohavedroppedby90meters>Somescholarssuggestwe

moveourcapitaltosomeotherpIace、Thisisofcourseunfeasib1

e/unrealistic,butthemessageisc1ear>

3、Ourwaterresourcesfirstofallarenoteven1ydistributedintimeor

space>Theyareeithertoomuch,causingfloods,ortoolittle,causi

ngdroughts>

4、Inspiteoftheimpressiveprogresswehadachievedinthepasty

ears,wearesti1Ifarfromeffectivelyharnessingourrivers,Iakesand

reservoirs>Soilerosionand

desertificationareincreasinglythreateningoureconomyandpeople'sI

ives>Manyofourriversnolongerflowtothesea>In1998,the

Yel1owRiverfaiIedtohaveenoughwatertoflowtheseafor212days>

5、Traditiona1Iyourwaterresourceshavemainlybeenusedtoirri

gateIand,but,in

recentyears,demandsonwaterforindustria1anddomesticusehavea

Isobeensharplyontherise>Theyhaveseriousoutgrownsupplies>

6、TodayourscarceresourcesarebeingevenscareerbeeauseaIotofwat

erisbeingwastedoncapaciousbaths,powershowers,flushlavat

ories,andgolfrinks>Moreover,aIotofwaterisbeingpolluted>

7、Thesetworiversbothhavetheirheadwaterinthecountry>It

thereforemakerswateranissueforpotentialseriousdisputebetween

thetwocountries、

8、Inrecentyears,wehavepinnedgreathopesontheprojecttodi

vertwaterfromthesouthtothenorth,hopingthatitwilloncean

dforaIIsolveourfloodprobleminthesouthandthedroughtproblemi

nthenorth>Buttherearescholarswhoseopinionsdiffer、They

warnusthethattheimmunityoftheYangtzetodroughtscannotbetakenfor

granted、

1>Withbettermedicalcare,mygrandfathercouldhave1ivedtoei

ghty、

2、EvenatgunpointIwouldn'trenouncemybeliefs>

3、Furtherde1aywouldcauseusevengreaterlosses>

4、Butfortheseatbelt,shewouldhavebeenseverelyinjuredinthe(r

oad)accidentt、

5、Amanwithoutastrongsenseofjusticewou1dn'thavebroughtthe

matterup>

6、Withoutanexperiencedguidelikeher,wemighthavebeentrapped

inthejung1e、

7、Iwonderhowmanyofuswouldhavedonethesameinhisposition>

8、Withamoresophisticatedputerwewouldhavepietedthepro

jectmuchsooner、

9、Withoutastrongwill,evenahea1thymanwouldn,thavereached

thetopofthemountainintwohours>

10、Alessresourcefulpersonwouldn'thavebeenabIetocarryou

tthetaskundersuchunfavorableconditions>

Unit6

Trans1atethefoilowingsentencesintoEnglish>

1、Incredib1easitmaysound,Ihearthattheycharge40yuanforab

ow1ofsimplenood1esattheairport>

2、SunQuanfina1lytaIkedeverybodyintoagreeingtoputLuXun,ay

oungscholar,inchargeof/mandingthisdecisivebattle>

3、Hewasarrestedonthechargeofsmugg1ing,butinaccordance

withthelaw,nocitizencanbearrestedwithoutevidence>

4、Shedroppedtheplateontheground,butitmiracu1ou

s1ydidnotbreak,withoutsomuchasacrack>

5、leanassureyouthatifwedigaweI1deepenoughhere,wewillstrik

ewater、Soifyouguyshavenoobjection,Iet'sgetstarted>

6、ShetakesdeIightinshiftingthetabIesandchairsinthis

roomsoastogivetheroomanewlook>

7、Thefocusofoureconomicdevelopmenthasshiftedfromthecoa

sta1areasintheeasttothecentra1andwesternareas>

8、Heshifted/changedtothehighestgear,thusIeavingalltheotherc

arsfarbehind>

9、Imaintainedthatsmokingshouldbeforbidden,buthedisagreedbe

causehesaidthatthetobaccoindustrywasanimportants

ourceofgovernmentrevenue、

10、Thelocalpeopleraisedastrongobjectiontoinstailing

thecablecaroverthatbeautifulmountain、

2Trans1atethesentencesintoEnglishusingitis/was

(high)time(that)sbdidsth>

1>We'vebeentrainingforthewhoIemorning、It,stimewetookab

reakandhad

1unch>2>TheJohnsonsdecidedthatitwashightimetheir40—yea

r-oldsonmovedoutoftheirhouse>

3、Twentyyearshavepassed,andit'stimeweburiedthepastmis

understandingsofourtwofamilies>

4、It'stimeweprotestedpubliclyandsaidnotosuehgenderdiscri

minationinthisdepartment>

5、It'stimeunionsandmanagementsatdownandworkedoutareal

solutiontotheproblem>

6It'shightimenationa1Ieaderstookstockoftheirnation'sresourc

esandworkedoutreaIisticpIans

Unit9

1、Ihavetogotothedentisttomorrow、Oneofmyfrontteethis

loose、

2、YourtransIationisabittooloose、Yououghttobemorefaithfult

otheoriginal>

3、Fashionseandgo>Afewyearsagoeverybodywaswearingtightj

eans,butnowIooseshirtsandpantsareback>

4、Manyvillagersactua1Iydidnotliketheterrorists,buttheyhad

toagreetoharborthembecausetheyknewiftheydidn't,theyw

ouIdbeseverelypunished>

5、AftertheCivilWar,manyblackpeoplewerestillsubjectedtoserious

racia1

discrimination>Theysti11couldnotcountonthegovernmentto

renderassistancetothem>

6、Traditional1ywomenwereconfinedtotheirhomes,deprivedoftheoppor

tunitytoseekempIoyment>Butinthecourseofthewar,manywo

menwereob1igedtogotofactoriestoreplacemen,andthisbegan

toawakenwomen'ssociaIconsciousness>

7、Manistheon1yanimalthatmakesamoraldistinetionbetweenrighta

ndwrong>Manaloneiscapableofdreamingabouthowtomakeapa

radiseonearthoftheexistingwor1d>

8、ManytownsandcitieshaveIosttheirtraditiona1beauty>

9、ButPingyaoisanexceptioninthatrespect>IronicaI1y,ithas

beenabletoretainitsbeautybecauseforyearsitwastoopoorto

change>

10>SheisoneofthemostimportantwritersincontemporaryChina>Shehas

pubIishedmanyworksofdistinction>Butshestil1remainsrelatively

unknowntopeop1eoutsideChina,part1ybecausewedonothavee

noughtaientedtrans1atorstorendersuchworksadequate1yinto

foreignlanguages、

1、Hisdentistadvisedhimtoeatfruitand/butavoidsugar>

2、Un1ikeitspetitors,thisgrocerystoreneverchargesextrafo

rresidentiaIdelivery>

3、RachelCarson'sstyIewasclear,livelyandinformativebutnotprea

chy>

4、There,productionhasdroppedwhilepricesandunemp1oyment

ratehave

skyrocketed>

5、paredwiththeshopdoorwayhehadsIeptinforaweek,the

mancailedtheemergencyshe1terforthehome1essaparadis

e、

6、Unlikefirst-timehomebuyers,thosewhoowntheirhouses

havetroublegettingamortgage>

7、Giobalizationisadoub1e—edgedsword>0ntheonehand,itmayp

romoteeconomicgrowth,ontheotherhand,itmaycauseeconomicins

tability>

8、Shewasrepeatedlypassedoverforpromotionwhilelessexperiencedmalec

o11eagueswaregivenmanagerialpositions^

9、Hemaynotbethemosttaientedsoftwareprogrammei;ontheother

handheisthebestforthisproject>

10>WhatwehaveIearnedatcollegeismerelyadropintheoceanparedw

ithwhatisto1earninthemedicalfieId>

Unit11

1、WehavedecidedtotakeupthesubjectofSino-Japaneserelations

inournextdiscussionnextFriday>Butthetimeissubjecttocha

nge、

我们决定下星期五讨论中日关系这个话题，不过具体时间可能会变。

2、Speakingformyself,aboreisapersonwhoalwaysta1ksforhou

rsonend,andneverehangesthesubject、

就我而言，令人讨厌得人就就是那种一说话就几个钟头没完，又永远不换话题得人。

3、Weareinformedthatanyprojectexceeding50mi1lionyuan

issubjecttotheapprovalofhigherauthorities>Buttheprocesswon'tt

akelong>Wecangettheapprovalinamatteroftwoorthreewee

ks>

我们得到通知说，凡就是超过五千万元得项目都需要得到上级得审批.不过这个过程不会太

长。我们可能两三个星期就能得到批准。

4、Accordingtothecontractlaw,alloperationsofforeign-ownedente

rprisesinChinaaresubjecttoChineselawsandregulations、

根据合同法，所有外资企业在中国得业务经营都需遵守中国法律。

5、Manyprotestorswerekil1edorsubjecttocrueltorture>Thereforein

thefollowingdaysmoreandmoreangrydemonstrationssweptthecountry、

很多示威群众早到了杀害与残酷得拷打，因此随后几天，越来越愤怒得示威席卷了全国。

6、Theterribletsunamiswepteverythingawayinthosecoastalcities

resu1tinginextremelyheavycasua1ties>

那场可怕得海啸席卷了那些沿海城市得一切，造成了极其严重得伤亡.

7、A1Idoubtswerenowclearedawayandtheideaofreformso

onsweptthroughoutthecountrylikewildfire>

所有得怀疑都被排除了。改革得思想像野火一样传遍了全国。

8、Lookatyourstuffeddrawers!Whydon'tyouclearawaya11

thoseuselessstuff?Notime?Nonsense!

瞧您那塞满了东西得抽屉!您为什么不把没用得东西清理掉?没有时间？胡说八道！

9、Itisthecustomofourimportandexportfirmtoclearallourdebtsbe

foretheendoftheyear>

每年年底以前还清全部欠款就是我们进出口公司得习惯。

10、Thedeva1uationofacountry'scurrencyisusua1lygoodfor

export,butbadforimport,whereastheappreciationisviceversa>

一个国家货币得贬值通常对出口有利，而对进口不利;而增值则正好相反。

Unit16

TransIatethefollowingsentencesintoEnglish、

1、Thereyouare!Didn'tIteIIyouthatthenextpersontolandonthe

moonmayverywellbeaChineseastronaut?

2、Nowadaysmanyordinarypeop1ecantrave1overseas,notto

mentionthedomestictourism、Nowondertourismhasbeeoneof

themainpropsofoureconomy>

3、Incourthedeniedhavingtack1edme、Hesworethathehadnev

er1aidafingeronme>Luc