大学英语课文翻译及习题答案

2. It is crucial that developed countries and developing countries increase mutual [?mjut?u?l] understanding and mutual respect through more communication. 至关重要的是，发达国家和发展中国家应通过更多的交流增进相互间的理解和尊重。 3. From the very beginning, the mass media paid particular attention to this treatise on the personal computer.

从一开始，大众传媒就对这部关于个人电脑的专著给予了特别的关注。

4. My nephew had thought that Japanese, which is similar to Chinese in many ways, was easy to learn, but it didn’t turn out that way.

我的侄子以为日文跟中文在很多方面相似，很容易学，但结果并不是那样。

5. You should have known better. The way a college professor teaches is not confined only to telling his students the basic facts. He or she also stimulates discussions and debates. 你本该知道得更多些。大学教授讲课的方式并不只限于告诉学生基本事实，他还激发讨论和争论。

6. It was originally estimated that the project would take 5 years. But because of the creativity of the workers as well as the engineers, it was finished well ahead of schedule. 原来估计这项工程将费时五年。但由于工人和工程师们的创造性劳动，工程大大提前完成了。 7. The process of thinking about and writing his autobiography took the American writer more than three years, during which he ran into many unimaginable difficulties.

构思和写作自传花费了那位美国作家三年多的时间,其间他遇到了许多无法想象的困难。 8. The doctors aren’t sure what illness he is suffering from. That’s why he has decided to retire ahead of schedule.

医生们不能肯定他患了什么病，这就是他已决定提前退休的原因。

Unit 1

1. There are no simple solutions to the problem of overpopulation. 2. We often ignore advice which we do not wish to hear. 3. Even the doctor couldn’t persuade Tom to give up smoking.

4. The evening newspaper is going to assign a couple of reporters to cover(报道) the Olympic Games in Sydney.

5. “Next Monday is the deadline for handing in this essay,” said the professor to his class. “Be sure to meet it.”

6. I don’t think we can solve the problem this way. We should try a different approach. 7. Alex bought a map of the world and stuck it on his bedroom wall.

8. He earns $ 200 a week and has little money for anything except the essentials of life.

9. Though she was very busy with her studies, Amanda manage to find time to play tennis regularly.

10. He is very rich, but that does not necessarily mean that he is happy.

11. Short-term memories are those which are retained only for a few minutes.

12. The essay is _ due__ next Monday. I have done a rough draft but haven’t written it up yet.

Unit 2

1. The new approach is truly new — it differs entirely from the old one.

2. I have no _ objection__ to your becoming a teacher if that’s what you want to be.

3. No one _ challenged ____ the theory until 1452, when a revolutionary thinker changed

our understanding of the universe.

4. The Foreign Language School has now expanded to three times its _ original ____ size. 5. I agree with you that men and women should be equally _ responsible ____ for bringing up children.

6. Now that their children have all begun to work, the Browns are living in relative comfort. 7. The marathon (马拉松) runner had to give up halfway because he couldn’t endure the pain in his stomach.

8. Everyone looked startled when Peter challenged the professor’s remarks about Hemingway’s writing style.

9. The true mark of leadership is not simply to support what is popular but to make what is unpopular popular.

10. I was quite startled to see two old men tossing a baseball back and forth in the park. 11. He started to sing a popular song of the 1950s and everyone joined in .

12. Christmas is important in Western countries, just as the Spring Festival is very special to Chinese people.

13. After the storm, I was disappointed to see that all of my tomato knocked down by the wind.

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14. When the film was being shot on location, so many people stopped to watch that traffic _ came to a halt__.

15. __ Even if___ world population growth could somehow be cut by half, there would still be more than 45 million new mouths to feed next year.

16. Their marriage _fell apart___ when she found out that her husband was having an affair with another woman. Unit 3

1. The films he directed two decades ago still _draw_ large audiences today.

2. Of all the sorrows she had to _bear_, none was so great as her son’s being born blind. 3. He didn’t throw away the stockings until they were so _worn out ____that they couldn’t be mended anymore.

4. He finally _ got tired of___ sitting in the office all day and longed for a more active life. 5. He had a vision (幻想) of a society in which the members of different races could live together in _ racial ____ harmony.

6. He _ paied____ so little _ attention to__ what he was doing that he cut his face while shaving.

7. Although he’s only 16 he has very _ mature______ ideas about life. 8. He told such a funny story that everybody _broke into___ laughter. 9. The concert at which the classical pianist _perform___ was a great success.

10. Although he made a great deal of money, he could never _conquer_ his feelings of worthlessness.

11. We must consider all _aspects__ of the plan before deciding.

12. _As far as__ I know, it is not necessary to buy tickets in advance. They should be available at the door. Unit 4

1. If you undertake this task, you must be ready to __endure_ hardship.

2. While Mr. Johnson was away on vacation, a lot of letters accumulated on his desk. 3. I was somewhat disappointed with the meal. It was not bad, but not as good as I had expected it to be.

4. Part of a police officer’s job is to protect public property .

5. Have you __informed____your parents of your plan for the winter vacation?

6. The woman was forty, but looked fifty. Her cheeks were sunken and her skin was __wrinkled____ and yellow.

7. Nearly __collapsing____ under the pain, the wounded soldier staggered across the road. 8. All the theaters and cinemas were closed, as a sign of _mourning___ for the dead president. 9. His classmates have _contributed____ a total of 12,400 yuan for the student who had a major operation last week.

10. With a history of over 100 years, the little town _posses___ a unique glamour (魅力). 11. Now that he is quite __recovered___ from his illness, he has decided to resume his college education this fall.

12. Mary’s voice _trembled__ with anger as she told us about her husband’s shamelessness.

13. To fulfill his dream of becoming a professional athlete, Tom kept training for three years. 14. Though Dr. Brown was exhausted, a sense of responsibility _drove__ him back to the hospital to see if his patients were all right.

15. She happened to look out of the kitchen window and saw a man __staggering__ around like a drunk.

16. The wounded soldier _uttered__ a cry of pain as the nurse tried to clean and bandage his wound. Unit 5

1. Mary found that __ compromise __ was always the best policy when she got involved in arguments with her husband.

2. If you are not _ content__ with your present job, you should find out what you need to do to qualify for a better one.

3. I’d like very much to buy the camera. _ unfortunately__, I haven’t got enough money on me. 4. No one else can tell you what is best for you because every _ individual__ is different.

5. The operation was something of a _ gamble_, but without it it was just a matter of time before the cancer killed her.

6. The policeman __ spin_ his car round and sped after the fleeing criminals.

7. Its charm and mild climate have made San Francisco an _ attractive __ city for both business and residence.

8. If you come to my office about twelve, we can have lunch together and meet the manager __ afterwards___.

9. Egypt has a long cultural _ tradition__ which is deeply rooted in the history of the country. 10. This stamp is __ unique ____: all others like it have been lost or destroyed.

11. The computer science professor promised to help his students if new difficulties _arose__ in their research.

12. The new office boy seemed smart and __energetic__ when he reported for work.

Unit 6

1. People are really _ shocked____ to learn that the intellectually curious and hard-working are called names, such as nerds and geeks, in some parts of the U.S.

2. When questioned, the children __admited__ that their homework remained untouched, as they had idled away their time doing nothing.

3. He has made up his mind to _persue__ his studies abroad.

4. It’s a pleasant surprise to me that my daughter should _prefer_ to read English at home rather than go shopping with her mother this evening.

5. He is so _ intelligent_ that he is not only interested in the whats, whys and hows, but also knows where to find the answers to all of these questions.

6. If you need further qualifications（条件） for the job, check out how and where you can __acquire__ them.

7. His intelligence is not even up to the _average_ level; therefore, his success is largely due to his hard work.

8. He is keen to _cultivate__ relations with this company because of its good reputation. 9. Spicy (辛辣的) food is _typical__ of Sichuan cooking.

10. We have never seen anyone with such a strong dedication to the pursuit of success. 11. This wine is __imported__ from France, and it is rather expensive. 12. The guard dog has been trained to _bite__ without barking.

13. The American economy, and its ability to __compete_ abroad, was slowing down according to the report.

14. Students’ attention will not be drawn to their studies if we _constantly__ put social skills and physical strength over academic achievement and intellectual ability.

15. How can we continue to produce first-class engineers if the most prestigious universities are unable to offer decent salaries to attract the best professors?

16. In my opinion, high-IQ students are usually intellectually curious and very good at making use of their time to the fullest extent .

Unit 7

1. Gathering up his courage, Little Tom _crept___ silently into the dark cave. 2. The __presence___ of our professors added much honor to our New Year’s party.

3. Have you ever heard that single women tend to live longer than married women, __whereas__ married men tend to live longer than single men?

4. His natural desire to learn was _spoiled__ by the cruelty of an insensitive teacher.

5. The young Wilkins was a black newcomer in a school that had _previously___ been all white. 6. Though it was about midnight, the football fans were still in high spirits, _roaring__ with laughter as they left the stadium.

7. That hairstyle was __merely__ a passing fad, as no one wears it this year.

8. These young people were so __ignorant___ about things in the U.S. that they thought blacks and whites had always had equal educational opportunities there.

9. The student was not quite __confident___ about his answers as he knew very little about historical figures like Jefferson.

10. Wherever I take on a difficult task, I say to myself, “Nothing _venture___ gain”.

11. The child was truly frightened by the large dog which _chased___ him all the way home.

12. Traditional as he is in his way of life, the elderly professor is more __liberal_____ than most of his students in accepting new ideas. Unit 8

1. As the Chinese saying goes, a timely snow_____ a good harvest.

2. In the Information Age, we ought to develop a selective mind to determine _____ sources of information.

3. The big _____ of writing a treatise on communications has made it impossible for the professor to take up other interests.

4. It is freezing cold. My hands have gone numb (僵) and I can _____ feel my toes.

5. If tests are to _____, what will be used to let both the student and the teacher know how much he has learned?

6. The theatre is a unique one because it provides _____ translation in both English and Chinese. 7. when the egg comes before the chicken or the other way round will turn out to be a(n) ________debate with no answer ever to be found.

8. Although research is important, the university exists and operates _____ for the students.

9. Some words, such as “caribou” (北美驯鹿), can only be found in American English. They have no British _____.

10. Technical schools prepare their students for the ________ of practical skills they learn in class to their work.

11. Her written English was first-class, and she had a(n) _____ vocabulary for a sophomore. 12. It is painful to memorize large numbers of words without knowing exactly how to use them. And what’s more, I can’t see what _____ this could serve.

13. Einstein’s theory was too difficult to gain broad _____ in the beginning.

14. Dr. Wilson wrote the book in the hope of _____ discussion of the problem of global warming.