现代大学英语精读4第二版翻译练习答案

Unit1

1. I know I could rely on my brother to stand by me whatever happened.

我知道，不管发生什么情况，我都可以依靠兄弟的支持。

2. As a rule, the younger generation tends to be more interested in the present rather than the past unlike the older generation, but both generations will stand to lose if they do not respect the other' s needs.一般来说，年轻一代与老不同，他们对现在而不是对过去感兴趣。但这两代人如果不互相尊重对方的需要，就都会遭受损失。

3. The Chinese written language has been a major factor for integrating the whole nation.中国的书面文字是国家完整统一的一个重要因素。

4. In traditional Chinese art and literature, the bamboo an d the pine tree always symbolize more integrity and uprightness.在中国的传统艺术和文学中，竹子和松树往往象征着道德上的正直和刚正不阿。

5. Queen Elizabeth 1 ruled England for 45years, and the nation prospered under her rule.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. Democracy means that the majority rules. But that's not all. Respect for minority's right to disagree is also an integral part of democracy. The two rules are equal importance.民主意味着多数人来治理:但不仅如此，尊重少数人反对的权利也是民主不可分的一部分。这两条规则同等重要。

7. A nation cannot be strong unless it is well-integrated politically, economically, culturally as well as geographically.一个国家不可能强大，除非她不在地理.上，二十在政治、经济、和文化上都是一个整体。

8. The party was boring, so he slipped out of the room and went home. But the road was so muddy after the rain that he slipped and fell into a ditch.晚会十分乏味，所以他就偷偷溜出房间回家了。可是雨后的路非常泥泞，他脚下一滑，掉进了沟里。

9. Her health was such that she would not dare to be exposed to the sun even in winter lest she got sunstroke.她身体糟糕到了这种程度，以至冬天都不敢见太阳，怕中暑。

10. I was drowning my sorrow one night in a small restaurant when he came to me and slipped a roll of money in my pocket.有一天晩上,我正在一家小仮舘里借酒消愁,他突然走了辻来,往我手里塞了一沓鈔票。

1. He is being investigated for receiving bribes.

2. The government started airdropping food to areas being cut off by the flood.

3. People are much concerned about how the charity money is being used.

4. The exact locations of the laboratories are being kept secret for reasons of security.

5. What's the matter with Jim today l think he's being rather rude, not his usual self.

6. The local public security bureau is being criticized for being soft on white-collar crime.

7. The car accident investigator is accused of being one-sided, favoring the offender.

8. The project coordinator complains that almost half of his time is being spent on meetings and reports.

9. His latest novel being adapted for TV has been on the New York Times best-seller list for forty-two weeks.

10. The spokesman flatly denied all rumors being circulated at the moment about the president’s health.

Unit 2(P47)

1. Zhugeliang pretended to be calm and succeeded in fooling Sima Yi who didn’t know that the city was really unguarded. He proved himself worthy of admiration he had received.

2. He knew that a bloody battle was imminent and his army was terribly outnumbered, so he pretended to be retreating quickly to the rear. Actually he was laying a trap for the enemy troops.

3. Social Darwinists asserted that we can compare human society to the animal world. It did not cross their minds that human beings could be different from other animals. They relied on their brain rather than their instinct.

4. These mass-produced chickens do not compare with the chickens we used to raise at home. Chicken farms may have increased their output, but they have robbed the chickens of their good taste.

5. The financial bubbles finally burst, causing a serious crisis that swept over the whole world.

6. Thanks to our price edge, our exports to that region increased  by 30％compared with the same period the previous year.

7. The reporters were all bursting with questions. But the government spokesperson said that all she knew was that people were watching a play when some thirty armed terrorists burst into the theater.

8. When the prisoners burst out singing, the prison warden was frightened.

9. The area is dotted with factories. It also has holiday inns dotted around the whole island. But there are already signs that many local people will rebel against this trend.

10. He declared that all the rebels would be pardoned if they laid down their arms.

1. As the saying goes, there's no smoke without fire.

2. There’s no denying that the film has no equal in cinema history.

3. I warned him about the danger involved, but he paid no heed to my warning.

4. There’s no generally accepted definition of happiness.

5. These are no ordinary students; they are going to be trained as astronauts.

6. There are no easy or painless solutions to the company’s financial problems.

7. Away from home for the first time, college students have to do day-to-day chores themselves. Its no bad thing, though.

8. The two sides are so far apart on the key issues that there’s no telling how long the talks could drag on.

9. That's the kind of holiday---no telephone, on TV and no worries.

10. Some of the nation's top economists say that they see no sign of economic recovery in the country

Unit 4 p.108

1. I saw a boat drifting/floating along the river. I do not intend be like this boat, drifting through life without goals.

2. The peach trees in the valley were in full blossom and she indulged in the pleasure without stop. A short distance in front of her she saw a little hut with beautiful country music drifting out of the windows.

3. After my marriage, my friends and drifted apart a little, and I was completely out of my element among those business people I had to work with. I'm sick and tired of their business discussions.

4. They already have all the necessary elements for a civil war. The international community has appealed to both sides for a peaceful settlement of their disputes

5. Many people think that the church is losing its appeal although it has accumulated an increasing wealth.

6. The ideal of business expansion appeals to me. Today the economy of many of our trade partners is starting to pick up speed. Our domestic market is estimated to recover next year.

7. Reform always involves risks, but it is much riskier without reform. Today most people hope for further reform in spite of the opposition.

8. He was furious when he read the letter. He tore it up and threw it into the wastepaper basket. Then he ripped a piece off his coat and wrote his last letter by using his own blood as ink.

9. Looking back, we all feel that it was foolish to tear down this beautiful city wall.

10. You wait at home. I will come and pick you up at around seven. Don’t worry. The doctor has assured us that her health will pick up soon.

Unit 4 P.112

1. The climate of my hometown is pleasant except in January and August.

2. Except when he is sick, wan ping spends about 40 minutes a day jogging.

3. About his special mission he told his family nothing except that he had to be away on business for some time.

4. His parents know that they don’t have to do much for their son except to let him be himself.

5. They asked for nothing except what was rightfully theirs.

Unit 6

1. Incredible as it may sound. I hear that they charge 40 yuan for a bowl of simple noodles at the airport.

2. Sun Quan finally talked everybody into agreeing to put LuXun, a young scholar, in charge of commanding this decisive battle.

3. He was arrested on the charge of smuggling, but in accordance with the law, non citizen can be arrested without evidence.

4. She dropped the plate on the ground, but it miraculously did not break, without so much as(甚至于) a crack.

5. I can assure you that if we drill a well deep enough here, we will strike(开采 出/找到) water, so if you guys have no objection, let’s get started.

6. He takes delight in(乐于) shifting the tables and chairs in the room so as to give the room a new look.

7. The focus of our economic development has shifted from the costal areas in the east to the central and western areas.

8. He shifted to the highest gear, thus leaving all the other cars far behind.

9. I maintained that smoking should be forbidden, but he disagreed because the tobacco industry was an important source of government revenue.

10. The local people raised a strong objection to installing the cable car over that beautiful mountain.

1. We’ve been training for the whole morning. It’s time we took a break and had lunch.

2. The Johnsons decided that it was high time their 40-year-old son moved out of their house.

3. Twenty years have passed，and it’s time we buried the past misunderstandings of our two families.

4. It’s time we protested publicly and said no to such gender discrimination in this department.

5. It’s time unions and management sat down and worked out a real solution to the problem.

6. It is time national leaders took stock of their nation’s resources and worked out realistic plans.

Unit 11

1. We have decided to take up the subject of Sino-Japanese relations in our next discussion next Friday. But the time is subject to change.

2. Speaking for myself, a bore is a person who always talks for hours on end, and never changes the subject.

3. We are informed that any project exceeding 50 million Yuan is subject to the approval of higher authorities. But the process won’t take long. We can get the approval in a matter of(大约) two or three weeks.

4. According to the contract law, all operations of all foreign-owned enterprises in China are subject to Chinese laws and regulations.

5. Many protestors were killed or subjected to cruel torture. Therefore in the following days more and more angry demonstrations swept the country.

6. The terrible tsunami swept everything away in those coastal cities resulting in extremely heavy casualties.

7. All doubts were now cleared away and the idea of reform soon swept throughout the country like a wild fire.

8. Look at your stuffed drawers! Why don’t you clear away all those useless stuff No time Stuff and nonsense(胡说八道)!

9. It is the custom of our import and export firm to clear all our debts by the end of the year.

10. The devaluation of a country's currency is usually good for export, but bad for import, whereas the appreciation is vice versa.

Unit16

1. There you are! Didn’t I tell you that the next person to land on the moon may very well be a Chinese astronaut.

2. Nowadays many ordinary people can travel overseas, not to mention the domestic tourism. No wonder tourism has become one of the main props of our economy.

3. In court he denied having tackled me. He swore that he had never laid a finger on me. Luckily there were two eyewitnesses to confirm my story.

4 LiKui was not being shouted at. He jumped on the boat trying to grab Ruan Xiaocr But Ruan jumped into the water and turned over the boat. Now on land Ruan was no match for Li, but in water where Ruan was said to be able to stay under for days, he reigned supreme. Li had to be hauled out of the water half dead after he had been tormented long enough.

5. The man at the information desk confirmed him that Flight 901 was delayed and was due to land at 8:30. He figured that he had more than one and a half hours to go and might as well take a nap. So he went to sleep with his head propped on his travel bag.

6. He lost his grip of the branch and fell down from the cliff. He could have been killed if he had not landed on dry hay out of sheer luck

7. When the doctor told me that there was so far no known cure for my disease I was on the verge of total collapse. It was at this critica1 moment that my sister, whose opinion I always valued, came to me. She told me not to be resigned to fate. She asked me to pull myself together and never to despair.

1. When I looked at my watch he must have guessed my thoughts.

2. It was so quiet that you could have heard a pin drop.

3. Don’t worry. The children might have gone to their grandparents place.

4. You shouldn’t have criticized your staff like that. They have done their best.

5. I realized then and there that the boy would have liked to stay home at his computer rather than go to the cinema.

6. The druggist was a little man who could/might have been any age from fifty to one hundred

7. As all staff members had access to the information anyone of them could have downloaded the document.

8. The man who saved two old ladies from a burning house said that others would have done the same under the circumstances

9. As his best friend, you should have advised Lao Wang to make up with his wife before it was too late.

10. I definitely wouldn’t have devoted much of my time to surfing on the Internet as I did last term.