工程硕士英语4、翻译.pdf

Unit 1 1 Two noted Americans explain why it s not what you earn it s what you learn 两位著名的美国人解释为什么重要的不是你赚到了什么 而是你学 到了什么 2 I have never thought I was better than anyone else but I have always believed I couldn t be outworked 我从不认为我那时比其他任何人强 但 我一直相信自己当时干的活别人都赶不上 3 Watching my money grow was more rewarding than anything I could have bought 看着我的钱不断增长比我当时原本可以买到的任何东西都 更让我满足 4 I took a genuine interest in their questions and was able to translate what they wanted into makeup ideas 我对他们提出的问题表现出真诚的兴趣 并能理解他们的愿望 给他们出些该如何化妆的点子 5 I ended up selling a record amount of cosmetics 结果我创下了化妆品 销售量的最好成绩 Unit 2 1 With the click of a mouse information from the other end of the globe will be transported to your computer screen at the dizzying speed of seven and a half times around the earth per second 只要一点鼠标 来自世 界另一端的信息便会以每秒绕地球七周半的惊人速度传输到你的电脑 屏幕上 2 Besides if everyone shops on the Net what will happen t0 the hundreds and thous1tilds of shopping malls 此外 如果大家都在网上购物 那么 成千上万的购物中心该怎么办 3 The huge power of electronic commerce e commerce will change the face of trade dramatically 电子商务的惊人威力会使贸易的面貌发生的引 人注目的变化 4 The development of e commerce may well bring the world into a brand new era of electronic currency 电子商务的发展也许会把世界带入一个 电子货币的崭新时代 5 As the Net pushes the economy ahead rapidly the economy is also brings the Net market forward resulting in the Internet itself becoming the world s largest emerging market 当网络推动经济迅速向前发展 经济也将促进网 络市场的发展 结果国际互联网本身将成为全球最大的新兴市场 Unit 3 1 So if you lose a key species you might cause a whole flood of other extinctions 所以 如果失去一个重要的物种 那也许会引起大量其他 物种的绝迹 2 Instead of depending on largely ineffective laws against illegal hunting it gives local people a good economic reason to preserve plants and animals 这种办法使当地人可以为了经济上的原因而去保护动 植物 而不是 依靠在很大程度上难以奏效的那些反非法偷猎的规章制度 3 With corruption popular in many developing countries some observers are suspicious that the money will actually reach the people it is intended for 由于许多发展中国家普遍存在腐败 一些观察家对这些钱财实际上能否 到达应该接受这笔财物的人们手中表示怀疑 4 Sustainable management of forests requires controls on the number of trees which are cut dowm as well as investment in replacing them 森林的可 持续管理既需要投资种植新树以取代被砍伐的树木 也需要对被砍伐的 树木的数量进行控制 5 In theory consumers would buy only this wood and so force logging companies to go green or go out of business 理论上讲 消费者只能购买 这些获得认可的木材 这将迫使伐木公司开始保护 绿色 否则将无生 意可做 Unit 4 1 The trend began in earnest in 1995 when the Queen of England admitted that the Maori people of New Zealand had been shamefully treated when the country was a British colony 这个潮流是从 1995 年才真正开始的 当 时英国女王承认当新西兰还是英国的殖民地时 新西兰的土著毛利人曾 遭到英国人的羞辱 2 Many political leaders like most of their citizens belong to post war generations who now look on the conflict as more than simply the victory of good over evil 许多政治领袖 和他们的国民一样 属于战后的一代 他 们现在认为那次战争并不是简单的正义战胜邪恶的战争 3 But it s not just a sense of conscience nor demands from pressure groups which lies behind these apologies 支撑这些道歉的并不仅仅是良心的发 现 也不仅仅是压力群体的要求 4 The Swiss government is still trying to put right the public relations disaster that resulted from their partial apology for Switzerland s dealings with the Nazis in the 1930s and the 1940s 瑞士政府仍然还在试图摆平一 场公共关系的彻底失败 其发生的原因在于他们对他们国家在 20 世纪 30 和 40 年代与纳粹分子的交往所做的道歉是有失公允的 5 So academic in fact that there is a concern that sorry might turn out to be the easiest word after all 事实上 这些风险是如此的空泛 以至于有一 种担心 认为 对不起 这个词居然会成为一个脱口而出的说辞 Unit 5 1 The irony is that children start out as natural scientists instinctively eager to investigate the world around them 有讽刺意义的是 孩子们就是天生的 自然科学家 本能地渴望探索周围的世界 2 This began a barrage of questions that lasted nearly two hours 一下子一 大堆这样的问题就提了出来 时间持续了将近两个小时 3 Science is not just facts but the meaning that people give to them by weaving information into a story about how nature probably operates 科 学不仅仅是事实 而是人们赋于它的内涵 即各项信息汇总成为大自 然的有根据的运行实况 4 Studies over the past three decades have shown that after asking a question adults typically wait only one second or less for a response no time for a child to drink 过去三十年的研究也表明了这一点 当问了一 个问题后 成年人等待回答的时间也就是一秒钟甚至更少 没有留出 时间让孩子进行思考 5 Instead keep the ball rolling by saying That s interesting or I d never thought of it that day before or coming up with more questions or ideas 反过来 要鼓励他们继续讨论 可以这样说 这个想法很有 意思 或者 我以前就从来没有这样想过 或者 提出更多的问题 和观点 6 Real life impressions of nature are far more memorable than any lesson children can extract from a book or TV program 对孩子们来说 从书本 和电视节目中学到的课程一点也没有他们对自然的亲身体会那么记 忆深刻 7 By sharing your children s curiosity you can give them a valuable lesson that extends far beyond the realm to experiment in the face of difficulties 通过分享孩子的好奇心 你还能给他们提供超出科学试验 领域之外的如何面对困难的有价值的教诲 Unit 6 1 Engineers have had a direct role in the creation of most of modern technology the tools materials techniques and power sources that make our lives easier 工程师在绝大部分现代科技的创新中发挥着直接作 用 例如 为使生活更轻松自如 我们靠他们才有了工具 材料 技 术和能源等 2 They develop complex scientific equipment to explore the reaches of outer space and the depths of the oceans 他们开发复杂的科学设备 来 勘探外层空间和海洋深处 3 They may work to reduce environmental pollution increase the world s food supply and make transportation faster and safer 他们致力 于减少环境污染 增加世界粮食的供应 以及使运输更加快捷和安全 4 The construction of the gigantic Egyptian pyramids at Giza during the 2500 B C was one of the greatest engineering feats of ancient times 公 元前 26 世纪 在吉扎建造的巨大的埃及金字塔是古代最伟大的工程 壮举 5 The growing interest in new types of machines and new sources of power to drive them helped bring about the industrial Revolution of the 1700s and 1800s during which their role expanded rapidly 对新型机械 和驱动它们的新动力源不断增长的兴趣 引发了 18 和 19 世纪的工业 革命 在工业革命期间 工程师的作用得到迅速扩展 Unit 7 1 In this essay Greene regrets that people can no longer trust each other and have to resort to elaborate security systems to protect themselves and their valuables 在本文中 格林遗憾地指出人们已经不再彼此信任 不得不求助于各种复杂的安全设施来保护自身及其财产 2 Statistics show the crime rate is rising more dramatically in those allegedly tranquil areas than in cities 统计数字表明在那些据称是平静 的地区 犯罪率的上升较之城市还要显著 3 The ad pointed out that yes it is the insurance companies that pay for stolen goods but who is going to pay for what the new atmosphere of distrust and fear is doing to our way of life 诚然 广告显示的是保险公 司会为你失窃的东西负责 但是又有谁会补偿这种不信任和恐惧的气 氛给我们生活方式带来的改变呢 4 It simply didn t occur to managers that the proper thing to do was to distrust people 经理们从没想过怀疑别人是正常行为 5 It was such a relief to solve this problem that we did not think much about what such a state of affairs says about the quality of our lives 解决 这样的问题使我们松了一口气 以至于我们不去考虑这种情况对我们 的生活质量意味着什么 Unit 8 1 As she stood in front of her 5th grade class on the very first day of school she told the children an untruth 开学第一天 当她站在五年级 班级的面前 她对孩子们说了一句不实在的话 2 Mrs Thompson had watched Teddy the year before and noticed that he didn t play well with the other children that his clothes were messy and that he constantly needed a bath 汤普森女士一年前就见到泰蒂莲 还 注意到他无法和其他孩子融洽地在一起玩 他衣服很脏 总是一副没 洗澡的样子 3 Teddy is an excellent student well liked by his classmates but he is troubled because his mother has a terminal illness and life at home must be a struggle 泰蒂是很优秀的学生 很受同学们喜爱 但他母亲得了 绝症 他为此而困扰 家里的生活一定很艰苦 4 But she stifled the children s laughter when she exclaimed how pretty the bracelet was putting it on and dabbing some of the perfume on her wrist 但她惊喜地称赞手镯的漂亮 把它戴到手上 并把香水轻拍在 她首位上 这些动作止住了孩子们的笑声 5 Four years after that she got another letter saying that while things had been tough at times he s stayed in school had stuck with it and would soon graduate from college with the highest of honors 四年以后 她收到另一封信 说他尽管时常遇到困难 他仍留在学校学习 坚持 了下来 他即将以优异的成绩大学毕业 Unit 9 1 The globalization of the world s capital markets that has occurred in the past 10 years will be replicated right across the economy in the next decade 过去 10 年世界资本市场出现的全球化在未来 10 年中 也将 在整个经济中重现 2 Demography and changing social mores mean that white males will become a smaller fraction of the work force as women and minorities grow in importance 人口统计和不断变化中的社会习俗意味着 随着 妇女和少数民族重要性的增加 白人男子在劳动力群体中所占比例 将会减少 3 In addition the need to produce goods and services at quality levels previously thought impossible to obtain in mass production and the spreading use of participatory management techniques will require a work force with much higher levels of education and skills 此外 提供 有质量的产品和服务的需要 而过去则认为大批量生产是不可能做到 这一点的 以及参与型管理技术的推广应用 都将要劳动力具有更 高的教育和技术程度 4 In a very real sense the world was not technologically competitive 完 全可以说 当时世界上不存在技术竞争 5 Today we live in a world where American firms no longer have automatic technological superiority 今天 在我们所生活的世界中 美 国公司已不再是自然而然地具有技术上的优势 Unit 10 1 Taxes put a big dent in family fortunes and unless the heirs are careful and invest wisely they can lose their millions as fast as their ancestors mad them 遗产税大大削弱家族的财富 获取遗产的后人如果不小 心或不谙投资 他们失去财富的速度 就将像其先辈当年获得它一样 快 2 Today s Horatio Alger heroes often come from modest backgrounds and rise to the top on pluck luck and a clear idea of what they want 今 天的具有霍雷肖 艾尔格笔下主人公特征的富豪们往往来自平凡的 背景 他们攀上巅峰靠的是胆识 运气以及有清楚的奋斗目标 3 Bill Gates the Microsoft whiz left Harvard to tinker with software and developed the operating brain that is installed in nearly every personal computer 比尔 盖茨 那个微软的大能人 没有上完哈佛大学就去钻 研软件 开发出一种几乎每台个 人电脑都安装的工作大脑 4 They didn t drop out to avoid work they dropped out to start a company or devote themselves to an interest 他们退学并不是逃避工作 实际上他们都是为了创办一家公司 或去从事自己感兴趣的事 业 5 Eventually you may reach the point where you can afford to spend the rest of your life at the side of a swimming pool with a drink in your hand but you probably won t 这样 有朝一日你或许可以有资格把余生打 发在游泳池边 手里端着饮料 不过你很可能不会如此 Unit 11 1 Future supplies of oil will be costly not simply in terms of dollars and cents but also in their effect on the environment 未来的石油供应代价 会很高昂 这不仅体现在价格方面 更体现在其对环境的影响上 2 If we had continued to increase energy efficiency at the same rate the stability of Iraq and Saudi Arabia would by now be of minor concern to the U S policymakers 如果我们当时一直保持同样的比率提高能源 利用效率 那么目前伊拉克和沙特阿拉伯的政治 稳定状况就不会受 到美国决策者们如此的重视了 3 When powered by hybrid technologies that combine electricity with the internal combustion engine such light vehicles will produce enormous oil saving 如果汽车靠结合电能和内燃机的复合技术驱动 那么这种轻型交通工具会节约大量燃油 4 If the U S automobile industry waits for years to see if lightweight fuel efficient cars are more than a niche business Lovins argues it will one day discover that it has lost another market to overseas firms 洛文 斯认为 如果美国的汽车业要等待若干年才能确认轻型低耗汽车是否 为最佳发展 那么有一天它会发现国外公司已经占领了另一个市场 5 All reports that promise an easy solution to a complex problem need to be taken with a degree of skepticism and Winning the Oil Endgame is no exception 对所有承诺轻松解决复杂问题的报告都需要抱有一定 程度的怀疑 对 赢得石油残局 也不例外 Unit 12 1 Advertising not only leads us to buy things that we don t need and can t afford but it also confuses our sense of reality 广告不仅诱使我们买那 些我们并不需要而且买不起的东西 同时还混淆了我们的真实感 2 If fear is the negative motive for buying a product then wanting a good image is the positive reason for choosing it 如果这种担心的心理是我 们消费产品的消极动机 那么希望自己有一个好的形象则是我们选择 这种产品的积极理由了 3 Two people may choose different brands of toothpaste with the identical price amount and quality each person believes that he is expressing his personality by choosing that brand 两个人所选择的可能 是两个不同品牌的牙膏 即使这两种牙膏有着相同的价格 数量和质 量 每个人都相信通过购买自己的品牌可以表达自己的个性 4 Psychologists have found that certain colors on the package of an attractive product will cause people to reach out and take that package instead of an identical product with different colors 心理学家们发现 有 吸引力的产品 其包装上的特定颜色会使人们伸手去取它 而不是去 买另一种颜色的相同产品 5 They feel that they have freedom of choice and they like to think they make wise choices Unfortunately they probably don t realize the powerful effect of advertising 他们觉得他们有选择的自由 并且总是认 为他们做出了明智的选择 遗憾的是 他们可能没有认识到广告的强 大作用 Unit 1 1 她计划自己创业 She plans to set up her own business 2 态度也行重要 Attitude also matters 3 他在客人到达之前把所有的家具都擦亮了 She had polished all the furniture before the guests arrived 4 有些经理不知道如何与人打交道 handle Some managers have no idea how to handle people 5 我们完成那项工作的时间打破了记录 record We finished the work in record time 6 她喜欢东西都摆好以后再开始工作 in place She likes everything to be in place before she starts working 7 她常常一天工作 12 个小时 put in She often puts in 12 hours work a day 8 他是从报纸上得到这一信息的 acquire He acquired the information from the newspapers 强调 It was from a newspaper that he acquired the news 9 我们部门有一个助理的职位空缺 opening There is an opening for an assistant in our department 10 该组织旨在促进各国之间的友谊 promote The organization works to promote friendship between nations Unit2 1 今晚她很可能给我打电话 She is likely to calling me tonight 2 我看不懂这篇文章 The article is beyond me 3 新刷的一层油漆可使房间焕然一新 The fresh paint transformed the room 4 做事不先考虑总会导致失败 Acting before thinking results in failure 5 他估计那项工作需要三个月 He estimates that the work takes three months 6 我们相信这个协议将会积极地促进两国之间的贸易 We believe that the agreement will promote the trade between the two countries 7 新机场必将推动这个地区的旅游业 The new airport will push ahead the tourism in this area 8 网络经济对人们的生活产生重要影响 Net economy will have significant influence on people lives 9 在昨天的会议上 他提出了一个新的经济发展计划 He brought forward a new plan for economic development at yesterday s meeting 10 到目前为止 他们还没有找到遇难的渔船 To date they haven t found the wrecked boat Unit3 1 The extremely heavy flood did great damage to the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River 2 The bestseller had a profound deep impact on the reader 3 I gave you 5 dollars at most for the used bike 4 Their economic benefits as well as their political rights should be protected 5 The sudden illness made a mess of my holiday plans 6 If you are sensible you should study for another year 7 You can keep this book for another week provided that nobody else wants to borrow it 8 There was a flood of complaints from the press for the ruler language in special TV show 9 Her