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Unit 11) The village is so close to the border that the villagers lived in constant fear of attacks from the enemy.这个村子离边境很近，村民们一直担心会受到敌人的攻击。2) In only twenty years the country was transformed into an advanced industrial power.这个国家仅用了20年的时间就发展成了一个先进的工业强国。3) Seeing the project successfully completed, those who had invested so much time and energy in it felt very proud.看到项目顺利完成，那些为此投入了大量的时间和精力的人们都感到非常自豪。4) Given the current financial situation, it is inevitable that the US dollar will be further devalued.鉴于目前的金融形势，美元进一步贬值是不可避免的。5) There are so many vehicles nowadays that the roads in this area are barely adequate to cope with the present traffic.现在的汽车太多了，这个地区的道路几乎无法应对当前的交通状况。6) The weather showed no signs of getting better so the government called upon us to get prepared for floods.天气没有出现好转的迹象，所以政府号召我们做好防洪的准备。7) Alice had been confined to bed for over 10 years after the traffic accident, and so her recovery seemed nothing short of a miracle那场车祸以后爱丽丝十几年卧床不起，所以她的康复真是一个奇迹。. 8) The students were all very much concerned about the World Cup, spending at least two hours every day watching the live matches on TV.这些同学对世界杯十分关注，每天至少花两个小时看比赛的现场直播。9) Thomas said that his family had settled in Florida more than half a century ago托马斯说他家半个多世纪前就在佛罗里达定居了。. 10) Ask for help. Dont tough it out yourself. I learned this lesson early in my life.寻求他人的帮助，别自己一个人扛着。我很早就吸取了这个教训。Unit 21) He really knows a lot about theory, but when it comes to actual work, he seems to be quite ignorant.他的确懂得很多理论，但是，一碰到实际工作就显得非常无知。2) The latest survey shows /showed that the majority of the citizens support / supported the governments plan to build a new library.最新调查表明，大多数市民支持政府再建一个新的图书馆的计划。3) The two countries could reach agreement successfully on scientific and technological cooperation because several factors favorable to their cooperation had been at work.这两个国家之所以能够成功地达到科学技术合作协定是因为有利于他们进行合作的好几种因素一直在发挥作用4) I saw the film when I was in the primary school, but the title just wont come to mind for the moment.我在上小学时就看过那部电影，可就是一时想不起它的名字来5) He has been stuck with heavy debt though he works about twelve hours every day on average.尽管每天平均工作约12个小时，他仍然陷于重重债务之中。6) Is it necessary to know his height? To me, it is not relevant to whether he can be a good lawyer or not.有必要知道他的身高吗？在我看来，这与他能否成为一个好的律师没有关系。7) The cupboard is built into the wall so that it both saves space and is convenient to use.橱柜被安装到墙里，既节约空间，又使用方便。8) These workers earn more than we do, but the other side of the coin is that their job is more dangerous.这些工人挣得钱比我们多，可话又说回来，他们的工作也危险得多。9) Helen majors in economics at the university and at the same time she studies philosophy as her second major.海伦在大学里学的是经济学，与此同时她把哲学作为第二专业来学习。10) What is most important is that you must find out and solve the problems by yourselves. It makes no difference whether I go there or not.重要的是你们要自己发现问题和解决问题，我是否到现场去无关紧要。Unit 31) He attempted to save the enterprise which was on the verge of collapse but failed.他试图拯救这家濒临倒闭的企业，但失败了。2) The president has announced that he will not seek re-election at the end of his first term.总统已经宣布，在第一个任期结束时不再谋求连任。3) The young teacher is skilled at motivating his students to study hard那个年轻教师在激发学生努力学习方面很有技巧。.4) She loves giving parties and does so whenever she can find an excuse她喜欢举行社交聚会，只要能找到，她就随时举办。5) Im afraid that youll have to compete with at least fifty people for an administrative post in this company.要在这家公司找到一个管理职位，你恐怕至少要和50个人竞争。6) One of the main reasons why they have messed up their lives is that they did not have a good school education when young.他们把自己的生活搞得一团糟的一个主要原因就是他们年轻时没有接受很好的学校教育。7) Mary is already famous, but she is not happy at all because shes been obsessed with thoughts of becoming even more famous.玛丽已经很出名了，但是她根本就不幸福，因为她一直被更加出名的念头困扰着。8) With the development of science and technology, people now can have easy access to educational, medical and many other kinds of information.随着科技的发展，人们现在能够轻而易举地获取教育、医疗和其他多种信息。9) The companys investment ended in failure due to the wrong strategic decisions of the general manager and so the board of directors decided to throw him out.公司的投资之所以以失败告终是由于总经理的决策失误，于是董事会决定把他从公司赶出去。10) I know you are tired but try to hang on a little bit longer. We will reach the peak in half an hour.我知道你累了，不过再坚持一会儿吧。再过半个小时我们就要达到顶峰了 Unit 41) As more and more details of her private life were disclosed by the media, she was compelled to resign her post as general manager (or: resign as general manager/ resign from the post of general manager) of the company.随着她个人生活的细节越来越多地被媒体披露出来，她不得不辞去公司总经理的职务。2) She is very satisfied with her new job as it coincides with her interests.她对自己的新工作很满意，因为这份工作正好与她的兴趣相符。3) I bought this shirt because the price was reduced from 300 yuan to 80 yuan我买了这件衬衣，因为它的价格从300元降到了80元。.4) To bring her children up, the mother really went through all kinds of hardships.为了把孩子抚养成人，这位母亲真是经历了各种磨难。5) The police have ruled out murder in the case of the old ladys death.警方在老太太的死亡案中已经排除了谋杀的可能性。6) The municipality (municipal government) promised to take effective steps as soon as possible to solve the problems of air pollution. 市政府承诺将尽快采取有效措施，解决空气污染的问题。7) I did not go in for the Campus Tennis Championships held last month because of my injured leg.因为腿部受伤，我没有参加上个月学校举行的网球锦标赛。8) If you can get the support of the majority of the girls, you stand a good chance of winning the election and becoming Chairman of the Students Union.要是能得到大多女生支持的话，你赢得选举成为学生会主席的机会是很大的。9) Not all the books he wrote were as successful as this one so I recommend that you borrow it from the library and read it.他写的书并非都像这一本这么成功，所以我建议你从图书馆把它借来读一下。10) At the 2004 Athens Olympic Games Liu Xiang won the championship of the mens 110-meter hurdle and broke the world record, which had been previously held by an American athlete.在2004年雅典奥运会上刘翔打破男子110米栏世界纪录，获得冠军，这个记录以前是由一个美国运动员保持的。Unit 61) The ambassador to the U.N. was invested with full authority to deal with all the foreign affairs concerning his country on behalf of his government.这位联合国大使被授权代表本国政府，处理与该国相关的所有外交事务。2) All the way on the train I had been preoccupied with the result of the term examination until the conductor reminded me of the arrival of my destination.在火车上我一直在想期末考试的结果，直到乘务员提醒我目的地已经到了。3) Although her husbands name did not appear on the list of the people who got killed in the traffic accident, she kept walking to and fro in the room, anxious to see him back home sooner.虽然车祸死亡名单中没有她丈夫的名字，但她仍不停地在屋内走来走去，急切地盼望他早点回到家里。4) I was setting out to translate the contract into English when it dawned upon me that both parties involved were Chinese companies.我正准备把合同翻译成英语，突然意识到合同涉及的双方都是中国公司。5) At the party, people sang and danced with abandon, totally forgetting the troubles in their lives.聚会上人们尽情地唱歌跳舞，把生活中的烦恼抛到了九霄云外。6) With the great aspirations to become an astronaut, Jackson committed himself to the 2-year strenuous constitution training.怀着做一名宇航员的强烈愿望，杰克逊全身心地投入到长达两年的艰苦体能训练之中。7) His paintings, drawing on timeless fairy stories, exemplified the Europeans taste of that period.他的油画取材于亘古永存的神话故事，反映了那个时期欧洲人的鉴赏趣味。8) The bus driver didnt want to take any responsibility for the accident and so he took every means to put the blame on the passengers on board.那个公共汽车司机不想承担事故责任，所以千方百计把责任推到车上的乘客身上。9) He not only risked his own life to save the old man from the burning house but made some room in his own house for him to settle down.他不仅冒着生命危险把老人从熊熊燃烧的房子里救了出来，还腾出自家屋子让老人住下10) From childhood, she tried to live by the teachings of her parents and gradually accumulated a set of standards of conduct.她从小就努力按照父母的教导去生活，形成了一整套为人处世的行为准则。Unit 81) Those people yearn for the days in the past because they dont think they can benefit from the current policies.那些人认为从现行政策中得不到什么益处，所以很怀念过去的日子。2) Terrorists will make no distinction between races, nations or regions when they carry out acts of terror.恐怖分子实施恐怖行为时是不会区分种族的、国家或地区的。3) The invention of paper was one of the great contributions Ancient China to human civilization, and we should take pride in it.纸的发明是中国古代对人类文明的一大贡献，我们应该对此引以为豪。4) The teacher suggested that the students analyze these problems in a different light so as to find a solution as soon as possible.老师建议学生换个角度去分析这些问题，以便尽快找到