全新版大学英语综合教程1课后翻译题答案解析

1、WORD格式整理版Unit 1 Growing Up n . Translation1. 那是个正规宴会，我照妈妈对我讲的那样穿着礼服去了。(formal )As it was a formal dinner party, I wore formal dress, as Mother told me to.2. 他的女朋友劝他趁抽烟的坏习惯尚未根深蒂固之前把它改掉。(take hold )His girlfriend advised him to get out of/get rid of his bad habit of smok ing before it took hold .3. 他们

2、预料到下几个月电的需求量很大，决定增加生产。(anticipate )An ticipati ng that the dema nd for electricity will be high duri ng the n ext few mon ths, they have decided to in crease its product ion.4. 据说比尔因一再违反公司的安全规章而被解雇。(violate )It is said that Bill has bee n fired for con ti nu allyviolat ing thecompany s safety rules.

3、 / Bill is said to have been fired for continually violating the company s safety rules.5. 据报道地方政府已采取适当措施避免严重缺水(water shortage )的可能性。(avoid, severe )It is reported that the government has taken proper measures to avoid the possibility of asevere water shortage. /The local gover nment isreported to h

4、ave taken proper measures to avoid the possibility of a severe water shortage.苏珊(Susan)因车祸失去了双腿。有一段时间，她真不知如何面对自己再也不能行走的事实。一天，苏珊在浏览杂志时，被一个真实故事吸引住了。那个故事生动地描写了一个残疾(disabled )姑娘是如何成为一位作家的。苏珊读后深受鼓舞，开始相信她最终会成为一个有用的人生活下去。In spire vivid scan face up withfin allySusa n lost her legs because of /in a car acci

5、de nt. For a time, she didn t know how to face up to the fact that she would never (be able to) walk aga in.One day, while scanning (through) somemagazines, a true story caught her eye /she was attracted by a true story. It gave avivid descripti onof how a disabled girl became a writer. Greatly in s

6、pired , Susa n bega n to feel that she, too, would fin ally be bale to lead a useful life.Unit 2 Frie ndshipII. Tran slati on1)半个小时过去了，但末班车还没来。我们只好走路回家。(go by)Half an hour had gone by, but the last bus hadn t come yet. We had to walk home.2)玛丽看上去对汉语考试很担心，因为她还没有背熟课文。(learnby heart )Mary seemsto be ve

7、ry worried about the Chinese exambecause she hasn t learned the texts by heart.3)既然篮球赛已被推迟，我们不妨去参观博物馆。(postpone )Since the basketball match has been postponed , we might as well visit the museum.4)整个二次世界大战期间他一直和父母住在澳大利亚。(all the way )He stayed in Australia with his parentsall the way through WW H .5

8、)自1985年从南京大学毕业至今，可以说我与我的大学同学失去了联系。(kind of , lose touch )Since I graduated from Nanjing University in 1985, I have kind of lost touch with my classmates.和远方的朋友保持联系不是一件容易的事。对我来说，情形就是这样。离开旧街区和那里的朋友们已有几年了。我一直打算给他们写信，可是总有 这样那样的事儿，似乎就是抽不出空。但是我一直记挂着他们，我想我今后一定会努力与他们保持通信联系的。a couple of keep in touch come up

9、 neighborhood on one smi ndkeep up corresp ondenceIt is not easy to keep in touch with friends far away. This is true in my case.It has been a couple of years since I left my old neighborhood and all the friends there. I have been meaning to write to them but things come up and I just don t seem to

10、find the time. They are alwayson mymi nd, however, and I thi nk I will certa in ly make an effort tokeep upcorresp ondence with them in the future.Unit 3 Un dersta nding Scie nceII Tran slati on1)正如科学家所预言的那样，全球污染成了人类面临的最严重的问题之一。(global )As is predicted by scientists,global pollution has becomeone of

11、 themost serious problems huma ns are faced with.2)谋求这些职位的竞争很激烈-今年的求职者(applicant )是去年的五倍。 (competition )Competition for these jobs is very tough we have five times as manyapplica nts this year as we did last year/ there are five times as many applica nts this year as there were last year.3)正如事实表明的那样

12、，教育大纲应当符合国家的经济发展计划。(fit into )As the facts show, educati onal programs n eed tofit into the n ati onalpla n for econo mic developme nt.4)这辆汽车太费油(burn too much gas ),而且价格几乎是我想付的两倍。(moreover)The car bur ns too much gas , and moreover, the price is almost twice as much as I intend to pay.5)要了解一起最大的国际事件

13、，我们首先需要考虑其历史与政治背景。(backgro und )To un dersta nd a great intern ati onal eve nt, we, first of all, n eed to consider the historical and politicalbackground to it.很难想象我们的先辈(forefathers )没有现代技术带来的这么多方便(conveniences),那日子是怎么过的。那个时候只有一小部分人享受一些舒适条件(comforts )。大部分人都吃不饱，更不要说(not to speak of )接受教 育的特权了。然而，许多人

14、责怪 现代技术，说它带来了很多问题。他们想减慢进步的速度。但是谁也不能阻止时代的前进。bring about do without educate proporti on put the clock backrate slow dow n sufficie ntIt is hard to imagine how ourforefathers could do without so manyconvenien ces that moder n tech no logy has brought about . Back the n only a small proportion of the po

15、pulation enjoyed the comforts of life. The majority didn t even have sufficient food, not to speak of / let alone the privilege of being educated. However, many people blame modern tech no logy for creati ng so man yproblems. They want to slow dow nthe rate of progress. But no one can put the clock

16、back .Unit 4The America n DreamIII Tran slati on1)据报道，联合国斡旋者(mediators )制定出了他们希望双方都能接受的方案c(work out)It is reported that UNmediators have worked out a plan which they hope will be acceptable to both sides.2)多丽丝小心翼翼地在森林里行走，害怕遭到大蛇攻击(giant)Doris walked in the forest cautiously, afraid of being attacked

17、by gia nt sn akes.3)地震，台风和其他自然灾害(disaster )无法阻止，但可采取行动保护生命财产(property )Earthquakes, typhoons and other natural disasters cannot be prevented, but action can be taken to protect life andproperty .4）我买了一期新的我最喜欢的体育杂志就赶紧回家，I bought a new issue of my favorite sports an xious to amuse myself readi ng it.5

18、）海伦缺乏信心。我从未遇到过像她那样没有自信的急着想读之娱乐。（amusemagaz ine and hurried home,(un sure of on eself )人。(con fide nee )Hele n lacks con fide nee . I ve n ever knownanyone so un sure of herself.托尼大学毕业后决定自己开业。一开始好多银行都拒绝了他的贷款要求。但他毫不泄气，继续一个个拜访银行家寻求帮助。有一位银行家被他的决心和乐观精神所打动，最终答应贷款给他。如今他成了一位富商。在谈到所取得的令人惊奇的成就时，托尼说重要的是创造机遇而不是

19、等待机遇。Turn dow n call on amaze loa n determ in ati onAfter graduat ing from college, Tony decided to start his own bus in ess. At the beg inning, many a banktur ned dow n his request for a loa n . But hewas not a bit discouraged, and con ti nued tocall on one ban ker afterano ther seek ing help. Impr

20、essed by his determ in atio n and optimism, one ban ker fin ally agreed to loa n him the mon ey. Now he has become a wealthy bus in essma n. Talk ing about his amaz ing achieveme nt, Tony says that it is importa nt to create rather tha n wait for opport un ities.Unit 5 Work To Live Or Live To WorkII

21、. Tran slati on1)我不太清楚哪儿你能找个好木工(carpenter)你最好四处打听打听。(ask around )I m not sure where you can find a good carpenter-you d better askaround.2)他感到有点尴尬，赶紧清了清喉咙，抬头看着墙上的画。(embarrass)Feeling a little embarrassed, he quickly cleared his throat and looked up at the pain ti ng on the wall.3)迈克尔去世了，留下三个儿子，两个女儿和

22、妻子伊丽莎白。(survive)Michael was survived by three sons, two daughters, and his wife Elizabeth.4)作为金融专家，威廉建议我们投资股票市场。(stock)As a financial expert, William advised us to invest our money in the stock market.5)我们这些小零售商(retailer )无法和超市在价格和销售等方面竞争。(compete )We small retailers can t compete with supermarkets

23、in pricing and sales.我爸是一家制造公司的行政领导，工作很努力。他每周工作六天。每天他得解决各种各样的问题，因此经常熬夜。但是，他还是竭尽全力兼顾(bala nce/ma in tain abalanee between )工作和家庭。星期日我爸通常呆在家里，尽量多多照顾我们。最使我高兴的是，他给我们烹饪我们最喜欢的菜肴，还和我们一起打球。favoritestraighte n out executive stay up manu facture care forMy dad is a hard-working executive of a manufacturing fi

24、rm. He works six days a week. Every day he has tostraighte n out various kinds ofproblems so that he often stays up late/nights.However, he tries his bestto bala nce/ma intain bala nee betwee n work and family. On Sun days my dad usually stays at home and cares for us as much as he can. To my greate

25、st joy, he cooks our favorite dished and plays ball with us.Unit 6 Roma neen Tran slati on1)在我大学之前，祖父对我说的那几句充满智慧的话给我留下深刻印象(wisdom)Before I went off to uni versity, my gran dfather gave me a few words of wisdom which impressed me deeply.2)千万别把我的伤势告诉我父母，我会很感激你的。(be grateful to sb.for sth )Never tell m

26、y pare nts ab out my in juries and I ll be very grateful toyou (for it).3)我们有几个同事在会上提出了改进工作环境的合理建议。(sensible )At the meeting someof our colleagues put forward sensible suggestions about impro ving our work ing en vir onment.4)迫于工会的压力，资方(management同意给工人增加10%勺工资。(in response to )The managemnt has/have

27、 agreed to grant the workers a 10% pay riseinresp onse to union pressure.5)女主人考虑得很周到，在我们来之前把房子打扫得干干净净。(thoughtful )It was very thoughtful of the hostess to give the house a thorough clea ning before we arrived.李大伯自己虽然并不富裕，但在帮助别人时他从不犹豫。退休前他通过希望工程(Project Hope找到两个家庭贫穷但渴望求学的农村孩子的地址。此后他定期 给他们寄钱。这两个孩子后来都

28、考上了大学，还获得了海外留学的机会。make one s way locate overseas hesitate previous to kee nNot rich himself, Uncle Li never hesitates to help others. Previous to/Before his retireme nt, through Project Hope he located the addresses of two country kids whogrew up in poor families but had a kee n desire学习指导参考to study

29、. From then on he sent them money regularly. Later the two made their way to college, and eve n got a cha nee to study overseas.Unit 7 Animal IntelligeneeI. Tran slatio n1) 当地一家公司承担了此项工程，但工程没完成就破产了。( undertake )A local bus in ess un dertook the project but went ban krupt before it was completed.2) 我

30、和你做笔交易你替我洗车，我晚上ll let you use it tonight.我们到达那个我们本以为已毁 却发现它只是受到轻微的损把车借给你开。(make a deal )Let s make a deal you wash my car, and I3)于大地震的村庄时，失。 (wipe out , only to )We got to the village which we thought must have bee nwiped out in thesevere earthquake, only to find it slightly damaged.4) 我的花园既干燥又背阴(s

31、hady)。在那样的环境里，很少有植物能茁壮生长。(thrive )thrive in that con diti on mystery ) 笼罩着。(surround )truth behind the film star ss death.My garde n is dry and shady few pla nts5)那位电影明星的死亡真相至今仍被谜团(Mystery still surro unds the exact death/exact circumsta nee of the film star我小时候常去家乡的动物园参观。那里最吸引我的是一对老虎，特别是那只雄虎。它们起初被关

32、在一只大的铁笼子(cage)里，后来放了出来，被迁到一个叫虎山的地方。二十年后我再度访问了这个动物园，欣慰地发现虎山仍在，但已扩大了许多。在那里活动的共有大小六只老虎，而不是两只了。exte nd relieve at first releaseWhen I was young I used to visit the zoo in my hometown. There what attracted me most was a couple of tigers, especially the male. They were dept in a huge iron cage at firs t,

33、but later were released from it and moved to a place called Tiger Hill. Twenty years later I revisited the zoo and was relieved to find Tiger Hill was still there, but greatly exte nded. Moving around now were six tigers, old and young, in stead of two!Unit 8 Educatio nal ProblemsII TRANSLATION1) 没有

34、个人档案，求职者很难指望受雇当老师。(file )Without his personal file , an applicant can hardly expect to get/ be employed as a teacher.2) 有了足够的冰，我们就能冰这些饮料了。(chill )With eno ugh ice, we would be able tochill the drin ks.3) 依我愚见，阅读是打发闲暇的最悦人方式。(humble , leisure )In my humble op inion, read ing us the most pleasa nt way to sp