研五六册整书翻译答案
感恩节的ppt-2014陕西高考语文
Translation of Book V & VI
Book V
Unit 1 Passage
1.
掌握大量的词对于达到一门外语的流利程度是至关重要的。
Mastering a large
number of words is essential to achieving fluency
in a foreign language.
2. 一个非官方的但却是经常被引用的有关剑桥
初级证书英语考试的数字表明，词汇量少于
三千五百次的学生不大可能在这项考试中成功。
An unofficial, but often quoted, figure for
the Cambridge First Certificate examination
suggests
that students with a vocabulary of
less than 3,500 words are unlikely to be
successful in the exam.
3.
最近的研究也表明，其母语为英语的受教育至十八岁或十八岁以上的人至少认识一万六
千个英语词。
Current research also suggests that native
English speakers who have been educated up to 18
years
old or beyond know at least 16,000
English words.
4. 除非你已经会讲一种像西班牙语或德语这样的语言，要获得大的
英语词汇量是没有捷径
可走的：你就得依靠勤奋和专注。
And unless you
already speak a language like Spanish or German,
there are no short-cuts to a
large vocabulary
in English: you just have to rely on diligence and
dedication.
5. 当然，你可以从上下文猜出你阅读中遇到的一些生词的意思，但往往
你得查词典才能搞
清楚它们的确切意思。
Of course you can
figure out from the context the meanings of some
new words you come across
in your reading, but
more often that not you have to look them up in a
dictionary in order to be
clear about their
accurate meanings.
6.
一个切实可行的学习新词的方法或许就是大量阅读，最好是读那些你觉得有趣或刺激的
故事。
A practicable way to pick up new words is,
perhaps, to read a lot, preferably stories that
you find
interesting or exciting.
7. 反复阅读
同一本书常常是很有好处的：你每读一次都会学到不同的生词，而熟悉的背景
又有助于将这些生词牢牢地
印在你的脑海中。
It often pays to read the same book
over and over again: each time you read it you
will learn
different new words, and the
familiar context helps to fix them in your mind.
Unit 2 Sentences
1.
我认为向他求助是不现实的。事实上，他自己也需要帮助。
I don’t think it is
realistic to turn to him for help. As a matter of
fact, he himself is in need of help.
2.
越来越多的人正在意识到与空气污染作斗争的迫切需要。
More and more people
are being awakened to the urgent need of combating
air pollution.
3.
有明显的迹象表明一些古老的传统和价值观念不再被年轻人珍视。
There are
visible signs that some of the time honored old
traditions and values are no longer
cherished
by the young people.
4. 我们许多人觉得宇宙无限这一概念难以理解。
Many of us find the notion of a boundless
universe hard to grasp.
5.
因为在法律和规章中有许多漏洞，一小撮投机倒把者一夜之间暴富就没有什么奇怪了。
There
being so many loopholes in the laws and
regulations, it is little wonder that a handful of
speculators got rich overnight.
6.
旅游事业的空前兴旺使这个从前只住有三百人的边境小镇突然繁荣起来。
An
unprecedented boom in tourism brought sudden
prosperity to the small border town, which
was
formerly inhabited by only three hundred people.
7. 根据这一消息，该国已经具有制造核武器的能力。
In the light of
this information, that country already has the
capabilities to make nuclear weapons.
8.
他不顾朋友的反复警告，把所有的钱都投向了高风险企业。
Regardless of
repeated warnings from his friends, he staked all
his money on high-risk ventures.
Unit 3
Passage
1. 如果你着手干一番事业而失败了，不要丧失信心。
If you
started on some venture and failed, do not despair
lose heart.
2. “我失败了三次”与“我是一个失败者”之间有着天壤之别。
There is a world of difference between “I have
failed three times” and “I am a failure.”
3.
只要你对自己不持否定的想法，不把自己与失败等同起来，而是试图从失败中吸取教训，
你很可能在未来
取得成功。
So long as you do not hold a negative
concept of self or identify with failures but try
to learn from
them, you stand a good chance to
succeed in the future.
4.
你可曾想过，那些屡遭失败的人往往是自我形象不佳的牺牲品？
Did it ever occur
to you that those who fail repeatedly are often
victims of a poor self-image?
5.
他们的失败常常不是由于外部原因而使内部原因。
Often their failures
are due to internal causes rather than external
causes.
6.
无数的例子证明如果能劝使这些人改变观点并建立起正面的自我形象，他们的发现会发
生奇迹般的变化。
Numerous cases have borne it out that if they
can be induced to change their viewpoint and
construct a positive self-image, miraculous
changes may take place in their performance.
7. 成功可能在任何时候到来——三十岁，四十岁，或是在似乎失败了一辈子之后。
Success can come anytime---at thirty, forty or
even after a lifetime of apparent failure.
8.
早年成功固然甜蜜，但晚年的成功往往更有滋味。
Early triumphs may be
sweet, but success in later life often tastes even
better.
Unit 4 Sentences
1.
有人说对于不公正的批评的最好的反应是原谅和忘却（不念旧恶）。
Some people say
the best response toward unjust criticism is to
forgive and forget.
2. 天哪，你为什么不给我打电话？
For
God’s sake, why didn’t you ring me?
3.
绝望之中，我一脚把门踢开，结果发现他躺在床上，已经昏迷不醒。
In desperation,
I kicked the door open, only to find that he was
lying in bed unconscious.
4.
那机修工气愤地把工具扔到一边，再也不肯干了。
The mechanic angrily
flung aside his tools and refused to work any
longer.
5. 马克也太孩子气了，就因为有些代表对他的想法提出质疑他就退出了会议。
It was so childish of Mark to walk out of the
conference just because his ideas were challenged
by
some delegates.
6.
她很感激的是她保住了自己的工作而大多数工友都下了岗。
She was thankful
that she kept her job when most of her co-workers
were laid off.
7.
勇敢、无私和意志力在牛虻身上全都表现得很突出。
Courage, selflessness
and strength of will stand out all over the
Gadfly.
8.
如果你没有得到当地规划部门的同意扩建你的房屋，你将被责令拆除扩建的部分。
If you
build an extension to your house without the
consent of the local planning authorities, you
will be ordered to demolishpull down what you
have built.
Unit 5 Passage
1.
科学家是一小群洞悉自然，在表面的杂乱无序中寻求规律的人。
Scientists are a
small group of people who strive to gain insights
into nature, seeking order in
seeming
disorderliness.
2.
他们具有一种特殊的思考与分析能力，具有无限的耐心进行观察和收集数据。
They are
credited with a special ability to think and
analyze, and with infinite patience in making
observations and collecting data.
3.
但是，并不能把一切科学发现都归因于能力和耐心，科学发现常常与创造性的想象力紧
密相关。
But ability and patience do not account for
all scientific discoveries, which often have much
to do
with creative imagination.
4.
的确，想象力的飞跃往往是通向发现的第一步。
Indeed a leap of
imagination is often the first step towards
discovery.
5. 另外，科学家也以其诚实而著称。
Scientists
are also noted for their honesty.
6.
他们非常重视诚实，主要是因为诚实对他们的事业至关重要。
They place a high
premium on honesty largely because it is essential
to their career.
7. 他们提出的每一个理论都要受到进一步的检验。
Every theory they formulate is subjected to
further testing.
8. 每一个错误或谎言必将被发现。
Every
mistake or lie is bound to be found out.
9.
因此，如果发现了与他们的想法相矛盾的证据，科学家不是隐瞒证据，而是修改甚至放
弃他们的想法。
Therefore, if any evidence is found
contradicting their ideas, scientists do not
suppress the
evidence but modify or even
abandon their ideas.
10.
这样，他们积累了及其大量的知识，这些知识帮助我们更好地了解自己及周围的世界。
In this
way they have built up an immense body of
knowledge, which helps us to understand
better
ourselves and the world around us.
Unit
6 Sentences
1. The highlight of the circus
show was the performance of the great panda, whose
clumsy and
funny movements amused all the
spectators.
2. It’s just as well you didn’t
take the Swiss Air flight yesterday — it crashed
one hour after
taking off and all the 229
people on board were killed.
3. It never
occurred to him that the handicapped girl would
feel ill at ease when anyone
offered to help
her.
4. As a man who enjoyed being in control
and who took great delight in giving orders,
Charles
soon adapted himself to his new role
as the company’s general manager.
5.
In the past 12 years, Amy has learned to manage by
herself. She enjoys being independent
and
doing everything for herself.
6. It was a
matter of course for Amy to refuse to go out with
Charles, for she objected to being
treated as
a handicapped person dependent on others.
Unit 7 Passage
1. One day, we received an
invitation to my father’s birthday party.
2.
Jenny thought my father was reaching out to me for
a reconciliation and we should accept
the
invitation.
3. I was in the midst of
abstracting an important case and in the virtual
shadow of exams, so I
just told her in the
simplest possible terms that there would never be
a reconciliation.
4. My refusal obviously mad
Jenny very upset, but being a rational woman she
didn’t quarrel
with me.
5. She just tried
hard to persuade me, but this only filled me with
fury, thinking that Jenny was
just upsetting
me deliberately.
6. I must have gone out of
my mind for I did something for which I would
never forgive myself
— I yelled at Jenny and
hurled the phone at her.
7. But the instant I
did it I regretted, and when I turned to look at
her, she was already gone.
8. I went out and
searched everywhere but Jenny was nowhere to be
found.
9. I was scared to death, not knowing
what to do next.
10. Just as I was about to
gibe up, I caught sight of her sitting in front of
our house.
11. I went up to her and said,
“Jenny, I’m sorry …” but she cut off my apology
and said, “Love
means not ever having to say
you’re sorry.”
Unit 8 Sentences
1.
When I was a kid, I was so fascinated with the
idea of travelling round the world that I would
spend hours in my grandfather’s study spinning
the globe and dreaming of the places I would
like to visit.
2. A time bomb exploded
this afternoon in one of London’s biggest
supermarkets.
3. Accompanied by his father,
Bill went to the police station and confessed to
the police officer
that he had robbed an old
man of his gold watch two weeks before.
4.
After getting engaged to Jane, Stephen started
working hard for the first time in his life. And
before long he distinguished himself as a
young theoretical physicist.
5. Prof. Stone
is distinguished for his sternness. But, to
everyone’s surprise, the speech he made
at his
daughter’s wedding last Saturday was full of wit
and humor.
6. It’s amazing that so many
people are willing to do voluntary work for the
benefit of the
community.
Unit 9
Passage
1. Mr. Zhang was appointed general
manager when our bike company was being weighed
down
by a loss of 80 million yuan.
2.
With a ruthless determination and with strong
support from his colleagues, he succeeded
before long in turning the company into a
profit-making enterprise.
3. And all the
staff members count themselves lucky to have such
a terrific leader in charge.
4. When
urged to sum up his experience in management, he
will say that it all comes down to a
dialectical approach to business problems.
5. For instance, he attaches great importance
to research and market studies, keenly aware that
the odds are stacked against the business
leader who acts on mere experience or shoots from
the hip.
6. but on the other hand, he
never holds out for findings that guarantee a new
model will
appeal to customers.
7. To his
mind, in a world where the market is constantly
changing, you cannot afford the
luxury of
delaying action until you obtain all the
information you need.
8. For by the time it
is all in, your information will be out of date.
Unit 10 Sentences
1. The increasing
prosperity of the country was in a large measure
attributable to the
government’s pursuit of a
policy of economic reform.
2. The black
leader took it as his sacred obligation to fight
hard all his life to achieve racial
equality.
3. The year 1976 saw the deaths of Premier
Zhou En-lai, Marshal Zhu De and Chairman Mao
Ze-dong, the three leading architects of the
People’s Republic.
4. On more than one
occasion I reminded the principal of his promise
to stand up for the
legitimate interests of
retired teachers.
5. The theme of the story
is that a person’s destiny is closely tied up with
that of the whole
nation.
6. The large
fortune the young man fell heir to enabled him to
live out his dreams.
Book VI
Unit 1
Sentences
1. When a task you face seems
overwhelmingtoo large, it may help to break it
down into
smaller, more manageable tasksparts.
2. If you have no objection, I’d like to
duplicate a copy of the data that are relevant to
our
experiment.
3. Hardly had Ms. Smith
returned from the conference in Boston when her
boss asked her to
write up a report for him.
4. John is simply unwilling to sacrifice his
medical ethics, even when it means losing a lot of
money. .
5. Every six months, the
marketing research team takes a full day to
evaluate its guidelines and
strategy.
Unit 2 Passage
1. That year, Kate’s life
was awful.
2. She was stuck in a meaningless
job and had no friends around.
3. Then, to
top it odd, came the news that the ship where John
was working had sunk in a storm.
4. For a
while, her hopes soared when she heard that there
were some survivors in the
shipwreck.
5.
But very soon John’s death was confirmed.
6. Kate was shocked when she heard this
and could not get over the fact that such a thing
could
have happened to him.
7.
Nevertheless, despite all the adversities she had
to face, she managed to keep her positive
perspective on life.
8. No wonder she was
successful in her later career.
Unit 3
Sentences
1. His optimistic attitude toward
life tended to spread to his teammates, and
created a positive
atmosphere within the team.
2. The company requires extensive expenditures
on renovations, and is unable to expand at this
time.
3. His wife told him the dilemma
they were in, and then left him to ponder the few
options left
to them.
4. Her choices of
food, music and decorations for the reception all
showed her exquisite taste.
5. Your
opportunities to travel abroad in future might
very well be so few, if any, that I think
you
should make every effort to go this time.
Unit 4 Passage
1. The news that I had
failed in the college entrance examination was
nothing less than a heavy
blow to me.
2.
I became doubtful whether my dream to be a writer
could ever be translated into reality.
3. And
I was afraid my parents would get furious with me
when they learned about my failure
in the
examination.
4. It turned out, however, that
they didn’t so much as frown at me.
5.
Instead, they encouraged me to become self-
educated.
6. They told me that my dream would
certainly come true so long as I worked hard and
had the
conviction that all roads lead to
Rome.
7. To tell the truth, their encouraging
words did a great deal to revive my confidence.
8. When I found myself in a better mood, I
took a job at the neighborhood library.
9.
During my spare time I read extensively.
10.
The more I read, the more I hungered for
knowledge.
11. One day, the impulse to write
surged up within me.
12. But when I tried to
write, nothing would come.
13. I discovered
that mere desire was far from sufficient for
writing.
14. I had to learn about people in
real life so that I could know them well enough to
write about
them.
Unit 5 Sentences
1. At first I planned to prepare for my
biology test first and then work on my research
paper, but
later I decided that I had better
do it the other way around.
2. When it comes
to prediction earthquakes, there seems very little
scientists can do, though city
planners can do
something to reduce the damage caused by
earthquakes.
3. During last summer’s flood,
the whole nation had to be mobilized for relief
efforts.
4. Given her passive attitude toward
life, she is not likely to provide any support in
terms of
management reform.
5.
With her creative mind and organizational ability,
she is, I believe, not a liability but rather a
great asset to our committee.
Unit
6 Passage
1. One night, there was an
attempted murder in the community where Roger
lived.
2. No one knew who did it, but the
police suspected it was Roger because his criminal
history
was on record in the county court and,
in addition, in their eyes, he was ranked among
the
most dangerous men in the county and must
be dealt with cautiously.
3. So he was
summoned to appear in court the following Friday.
4. Being out of a job for months, needless to
say, he couldn’t afford a lawyer, but he hoped
that
someone would be willing to give him some
free legal advice over the phone so that he could
defend himself in court.
Unit 7
Sentences
1. In brief, the lab facilities are
too expensive, and probably out of date at that.
2. I was so disappointed to learn that our
proposed development scheme didn’t go through.
3. As soon as they received notification of
the disappearance of the small aircraft the rescue
teams began a ground search for the wreckage.
4. Drunk driving Driving while drunk is
illegal, and in many countries is punishable by a
large
fine and a jail sentence.
5. The
criticism the coach received following the
announcement of his decision to resign,
though
intense at first, died down after three or four
days.
Unit 8 Passage
1. Many
scientists believe that the greatest human
tragedy—destruction of the earth—is
inevitable
if we do not change our mode of running our
planet.
2. But, if we take wise and decisive
actions in this regard, a desirable future lies
open to us.
3. In other words our future is,
to a great extent, in our own hands; it is
actually the joint
product of the choices we
make now.
4. It is self-evident that our
present actions will render more probable one kind
of future over
others.
5. Some scholars
have noted that SF writers have endeavored all
their lives to show us what
kinds of future
might result from certain kinds of human actions.
6. They have studied outstanding SF stories
that have come out in recent decade, and come to
the conclusion that science fiction can show
us what may happen in the future and help us to
shape a future world in the way we desire.
7. Interestingly enough, many universities are
now offering science fiction courses on the
grounds that science fiction stands as a
bridge between science and art.
Unit 9
Sentences
1. James took the books off the
little table to make room for the television.
2. It was reported that the fire had burnt out
before the fire brigade arrived.
3. Twenty
minutes after he sat down to write his essay, Bob
had to give up as he could not find
any
inspiration for his essay.
4. Desert plants
don’t need a lot of rain, because they are able to
suck up all the moisture they
need from the
ground.
5. The company is looking for new
ways of enlarging its market, but then its rivals
are also
doing everything in their power to
increase their market share.
Unit 10
Passage
1. Some scientists believe that it is
advisable to expose college students at the outset
to the big
arguments currently going on in the
scientific community.
2. The fact is,
however, that though they may be taught something
about the scientific disputes
in the past,
they are told very little about the major
disagreements of the day.
3. This has to do
with reluctance on the part of science teachers to
introduce such debates to
them.
4. They
fear their students cannot readily perceive the
meaning of contemporary doctrinal
disputes
without first mastering the “fundamentals”.
5. But this is hardly the case.
6.
College students are able to use the knowledge
they already have, think things over and
figure out what the debates are about.
7.
So, what can students learn from the current
battles involving the unknown?
8. For one
thing, observing highly intelligent and
imaginative scientists debating the unknown
will stimulate students’ interest and engage
their attention.
9. For another, they will
come to realize that many major issues concerning
our understanding
of nature remain a mystery.
10. This will lead to admission of ignorance,
which in turn will stir them to greater efforts in
their
scientific pursuit.
Translation of Book V & VI
Book V
Unit 1 Passage
1.
掌握大量的词对于达到一门外语的流利程度是至关重要的。
Mastering a large
number of words is essential to achieving fluency
in a foreign language.
2. 一个非官方的但却是经常被引用的有关剑桥
初级证书英语考试的数字表明，词汇量少于
三千五百次的学生不大可能在这项考试中成功。
An unofficial, but often quoted, figure for
the Cambridge First Certificate examination
suggests
that students with a vocabulary of
less than 3,500 words are unlikely to be
successful in the exam.
3.
最近的研究也表明，其母语为英语的受教育至十八岁或十八岁以上的人至少认识一万六
千个英语词。
Current research also suggests that native
English speakers who have been educated up to 18
years
old or beyond know at least 16,000
English words.
4. 除非你已经会讲一种像西班牙语或德语这样的语言，要获得大的
英语词汇量是没有捷径
可走的：你就得依靠勤奋和专注。
And unless you
already speak a language like Spanish or German,
there are no short-cuts to a
large vocabulary
in English: you just have to rely on diligence and
dedication.
5. 当然，你可以从上下文猜出你阅读中遇到的一些生词的意思，但往往
你得查词典才能搞
清楚它们的确切意思。
Of course you can
figure out from the context the meanings of some
new words you come across
in your reading, but
more often that not you have to look them up in a
dictionary in order to be
clear about their
accurate meanings.
6.
一个切实可行的学习新词的方法或许就是大量阅读，最好是读那些你觉得有趣或刺激的
故事。
A practicable way to pick up new words is,
perhaps, to read a lot, preferably stories that
you find
interesting or exciting.
7. 反复阅读
同一本书常常是很有好处的：你每读一次都会学到不同的生词，而熟悉的背景
又有助于将这些生词牢牢地
印在你的脑海中。
It often pays to read the same book
over and over again: each time you read it you
will learn
different new words, and the
familiar context helps to fix them in your mind.
Unit 2 Sentences
1.
我认为向他求助是不现实的。事实上，他自己也需要帮助。
I don’t think it is
realistic to turn to him for help. As a matter of
fact, he himself is in need of help.
2.
越来越多的人正在意识到与空气污染作斗争的迫切需要。
More and more people
are being awakened to the urgent need of combating
air pollution.
3.
有明显的迹象表明一些古老的传统和价值观念不再被年轻人珍视。
There are
visible signs that some of the time honored old
traditions and values are no longer
cherished
by the young people.
4. 我们许多人觉得宇宙无限这一概念难以理解。
Many of us find the notion of a boundless
universe hard to grasp.
5.
因为在法律和规章中有许多漏洞，一小撮投机倒把者一夜之间暴富就没有什么奇怪了。
There
being so many loopholes in the laws and
regulations, it is little wonder that a handful of
speculators got rich overnight.
6.
旅游事业的空前兴旺使这个从前只住有三百人的边境小镇突然繁荣起来。
An
unprecedented boom in tourism brought sudden
prosperity to the small border town, which
was
formerly inhabited by only three hundred people.
7. 根据这一消息，该国已经具有制造核武器的能力。
In the light of
this information, that country already has the
capabilities to make nuclear weapons.
8.
他不顾朋友的反复警告，把所有的钱都投向了高风险企业。
Regardless of
repeated warnings from his friends, he staked all
his money on high-risk ventures.
Unit 3
Passage
1. 如果你着手干一番事业而失败了，不要丧失信心。
If you
started on some venture and failed, do not despair
lose heart.
2. “我失败了三次”与“我是一个失败者”之间有着天壤之别。
There is a world of difference between “I have
failed three times” and “I am a failure.”
3.
只要你对自己不持否定的想法，不把自己与失败等同起来，而是试图从失败中吸取教训，
你很可能在未来
取得成功。
So long as you do not hold a negative
concept of self or identify with failures but try
to learn from
them, you stand a good chance to
succeed in the future.
4.
你可曾想过，那些屡遭失败的人往往是自我形象不佳的牺牲品？
Did it ever occur
to you that those who fail repeatedly are often
victims of a poor self-image?
5.
他们的失败常常不是由于外部原因而使内部原因。
Often their failures
are due to internal causes rather than external
causes.
6.
无数的例子证明如果能劝使这些人改变观点并建立起正面的自我形象，他们的发现会发
生奇迹般的变化。
Numerous cases have borne it out that if they
can be induced to change their viewpoint and
construct a positive self-image, miraculous
changes may take place in their performance.
7. 成功可能在任何时候到来——三十岁，四十岁，或是在似乎失败了一辈子之后。
Success can come anytime---at thirty, forty or
even after a lifetime of apparent failure.
8.
早年成功固然甜蜜，但晚年的成功往往更有滋味。
Early triumphs may be
sweet, but success in later life often tastes even
better.
Unit 4 Sentences
1.
有人说对于不公正的批评的最好的反应是原谅和忘却（不念旧恶）。
Some people say
the best response toward unjust criticism is to
forgive and forget.
2. 天哪，你为什么不给我打电话？
For
God’s sake, why didn’t you ring me?
3.
绝望之中，我一脚把门踢开，结果发现他躺在床上，已经昏迷不醒。
In desperation,
I kicked the door open, only to find that he was
lying in bed unconscious.
4.
那机修工气愤地把工具扔到一边，再也不肯干了。
The mechanic angrily
flung aside his tools and refused to work any
longer.
5. 马克也太孩子气了，就因为有些代表对他的想法提出质疑他就退出了会议。
It was so childish of Mark to walk out of the
conference just because his ideas were challenged
by
some delegates.
6.
她很感激的是她保住了自己的工作而大多数工友都下了岗。
She was thankful
that she kept her job when most of her co-workers
were laid off.
7.
勇敢、无私和意志力在牛虻身上全都表现得很突出。
Courage, selflessness
and strength of will stand out all over the
Gadfly.
8.
如果你没有得到当地规划部门的同意扩建你的房屋，你将被责令拆除扩建的部分。
If you
build an extension to your house without the
consent of the local planning authorities, you
will be ordered to demolishpull down what you
have built.
Unit 5 Passage
1.
科学家是一小群洞悉自然，在表面的杂乱无序中寻求规律的人。
Scientists are a
small group of people who strive to gain insights
into nature, seeking order in
seeming
disorderliness.
2.
他们具有一种特殊的思考与分析能力，具有无限的耐心进行观察和收集数据。
They are
credited with a special ability to think and
analyze, and with infinite patience in making
observations and collecting data.
3.
但是，并不能把一切科学发现都归因于能力和耐心，科学发现常常与创造性的想象力紧
密相关。
But ability and patience do not account for
all scientific discoveries, which often have much
to do
with creative imagination.
4.
的确，想象力的飞跃往往是通向发现的第一步。
Indeed a leap of
imagination is often the first step towards
discovery.
5. 另外，科学家也以其诚实而著称。
Scientists
are also noted for their honesty.
6.
他们非常重视诚实，主要是因为诚实对他们的事业至关重要。
They place a high
premium on honesty largely because it is essential
to their career.
7. 他们提出的每一个理论都要受到进一步的检验。
Every theory they formulate is subjected to
further testing.
8. 每一个错误或谎言必将被发现。
Every
mistake or lie is bound to be found out.
9.
因此，如果发现了与他们的想法相矛盾的证据，科学家不是隐瞒证据，而是修改甚至放
弃他们的想法。
Therefore, if any evidence is found
contradicting their ideas, scientists do not
suppress the
evidence but modify or even
abandon their ideas.
10.
这样，他们积累了及其大量的知识，这些知识帮助我们更好地了解自己及周围的世界。
In this
way they have built up an immense body of
knowledge, which helps us to understand
better
ourselves and the world around us.
Unit
6 Sentences
1. The highlight of the circus
show was the performance of the great panda, whose
clumsy and
funny movements amused all the
spectators.
2. It’s just as well you didn’t
take the Swiss Air flight yesterday — it crashed
one hour after
taking off and all the 229
people on board were killed.
3. It never
occurred to him that the handicapped girl would
feel ill at ease when anyone
offered to help
her.
4. As a man who enjoyed being in control
and who took great delight in giving orders,
Charles
soon adapted himself to his new role
as the company’s general manager.
5.
In the past 12 years, Amy has learned to manage by
herself. She enjoys being independent
and
doing everything for herself.
6. It was a
matter of course for Amy to refuse to go out with
Charles, for she objected to being
treated as
a handicapped person dependent on others.
Unit 7 Passage
1. One day, we received an
invitation to my father’s birthday party.
2.
Jenny thought my father was reaching out to me for
a reconciliation and we should accept
the
invitation.
3. I was in the midst of
abstracting an important case and in the virtual
shadow of exams, so I
just told her in the
simplest possible terms that there would never be
a reconciliation.
4. My refusal obviously mad
Jenny very upset, but being a rational woman she
didn’t quarrel
with me.
5. She just tried
hard to persuade me, but this only filled me with
fury, thinking that Jenny was
just upsetting
me deliberately.
6. I must have gone out of
my mind for I did something for which I would
never forgive myself
— I yelled at Jenny and
hurled the phone at her.
7. But the instant I
did it I regretted, and when I turned to look at
her, she was already gone.
8. I went out and
searched everywhere but Jenny was nowhere to be
found.
9. I was scared to death, not knowing
what to do next.
10. Just as I was about to
gibe up, I caught sight of her sitting in front of
our house.
11. I went up to her and said,
“Jenny, I’m sorry …” but she cut off my apology
and said, “Love
means not ever having to say
you’re sorry.”
Unit 8 Sentences
1.
When I was a kid, I was so fascinated with the
idea of travelling round the world that I would
spend hours in my grandfather’s study spinning
the globe and dreaming of the places I would
like to visit.
2. A time bomb exploded
this afternoon in one of London’s biggest
supermarkets.
3. Accompanied by his father,
Bill went to the police station and confessed to
the police officer
that he had robbed an old
man of his gold watch two weeks before.
4.
After getting engaged to Jane, Stephen started
working hard for the first time in his life. And
before long he distinguished himself as a
young theoretical physicist.
5. Prof. Stone
is distinguished for his sternness. But, to
everyone’s surprise, the speech he made
at his
daughter’s wedding last Saturday was full of wit
and humor.
6. It’s amazing that so many
people are willing to do voluntary work for the
benefit of the
community.
Unit 9
Passage
1. Mr. Zhang was appointed general
manager when our bike company was being weighed
down
by a loss of 80 million yuan.
2.
With a ruthless determination and with strong
support from his colleagues, he succeeded
before long in turning the company into a
profit-making enterprise.
3. And all the
staff members count themselves lucky to have such
a terrific leader in charge.
4. When
urged to sum up his experience in management, he
will say that it all comes down to a
dialectical approach to business problems.
5. For instance, he attaches great importance
to research and market studies, keenly aware that
the odds are stacked against the business
leader who acts on mere experience or shoots from
the hip.
6. but on the other hand, he
never holds out for findings that guarantee a new
model will
appeal to customers.
7. To his
mind, in a world where the market is constantly
changing, you cannot afford the
luxury of
delaying action until you obtain all the
information you need.
8. For by the time it
is all in, your information will be out of date.
Unit 10 Sentences
1. The increasing
prosperity of the country was in a large measure
attributable to the
government’s pursuit of a
policy of economic reform.
2. The black
leader took it as his sacred obligation to fight
hard all his life to achieve racial
equality.
3. The year 1976 saw the deaths of Premier
Zhou En-lai, Marshal Zhu De and Chairman Mao
Ze-dong, the three leading architects of the
People’s Republic.
4. On more than one
occasion I reminded the principal of his promise
to stand up for the
legitimate interests of
retired teachers.
5. The theme of the story
is that a person’s destiny is closely tied up with
that of the whole
nation.
6. The large
fortune the young man fell heir to enabled him to
live out his dreams.
Book VI
Unit 1
Sentences
1. When a task you face seems
overwhelmingtoo large, it may help to break it
down into
smaller, more manageable tasksparts.
2. If you have no objection, I’d like to
duplicate a copy of the data that are relevant to
our
experiment.
3. Hardly had Ms. Smith
returned from the conference in Boston when her
boss asked her to
write up a report for him.
4. John is simply unwilling to sacrifice his
medical ethics, even when it means losing a lot of
money. .
5. Every six months, the
marketing research team takes a full day to
evaluate its guidelines and
strategy.
Unit 2 Passage
1. That year, Kate’s life
was awful.
2. She was stuck in a meaningless
job and had no friends around.
3. Then, to
top it odd, came the news that the ship where John
was working had sunk in a storm.
4. For a
while, her hopes soared when she heard that there
were some survivors in the
shipwreck.
5.
But very soon John’s death was confirmed.
6. Kate was shocked when she heard this
and could not get over the fact that such a thing
could
have happened to him.
7.
Nevertheless, despite all the adversities she had
to face, she managed to keep her positive
perspective on life.
8. No wonder she was
successful in her later career.
Unit 3
Sentences
1. His optimistic attitude toward
life tended to spread to his teammates, and
created a positive
atmosphere within the team.
2. The company requires extensive expenditures
on renovations, and is unable to expand at this
time.
3. His wife told him the dilemma
they were in, and then left him to ponder the few
options left
to them.
4. Her choices of
food, music and decorations for the reception all
showed her exquisite taste.
5. Your
opportunities to travel abroad in future might
very well be so few, if any, that I think
you
should make every effort to go this time.
Unit 4 Passage
1. The news that I had
failed in the college entrance examination was
nothing less than a heavy
blow to me.
2.
I became doubtful whether my dream to be a writer
could ever be translated into reality.
3. And
I was afraid my parents would get furious with me
when they learned about my failure
in the
examination.
4. It turned out, however, that
they didn’t so much as frown at me.
5.
Instead, they encouraged me to become self-
educated.
6. They told me that my dream would
certainly come true so long as I worked hard and
had the
conviction that all roads lead to
Rome.
7. To tell the truth, their encouraging
words did a great deal to revive my confidence.
8. When I found myself in a better mood, I
took a job at the neighborhood library.
9.
During my spare time I read extensively.
10.
The more I read, the more I hungered for
knowledge.
11. One day, the impulse to write
surged up within me.
12. But when I tried to
write, nothing would come.
13. I discovered
that mere desire was far from sufficient for
writing.
14. I had to learn about people in
real life so that I could know them well enough to
write about
them.
Unit 5 Sentences
1. At first I planned to prepare for my
biology test first and then work on my research
paper, but
later I decided that I had better
do it the other way around.
2. When it comes
to prediction earthquakes, there seems very little
scientists can do, though city
planners can do
something to reduce the damage caused by
earthquakes.
3. During last summer’s flood,
the whole nation had to be mobilized for relief
efforts.
4. Given her passive attitude toward
life, she is not likely to provide any support in
terms of
management reform.
5.
With her creative mind and organizational ability,
she is, I believe, not a liability but rather a
great asset to our committee.
Unit
6 Passage
1. One night, there was an
attempted murder in the community where Roger
lived.
2. No one knew who did it, but the
police suspected it was Roger because his criminal
history
was on record in the county court and,
in addition, in their eyes, he was ranked among
the
most dangerous men in the county and must
be dealt with cautiously.
3. So he was
summoned to appear in court the following Friday.
4. Being out of a job for months, needless to
say, he couldn’t afford a lawyer, but he hoped
that
someone would be willing to give him some
free legal advice over the phone so that he could
defend himself in court.
Unit 7
Sentences
1. In brief, the lab facilities are
too expensive, and probably out of date at that.
2. I was so disappointed to learn that our
proposed development scheme didn’t go through.
3. As soon as they received notification of
the disappearance of the small aircraft the rescue
teams began a ground search for the wreckage.
4. Drunk driving Driving while drunk is
illegal, and in many countries is punishable by a
large
fine and a jail sentence.
5. The
criticism the coach received following the
announcement of his decision to resign,
though
intense at first, died down after three or four
days.
Unit 8 Passage
1. Many
scientists believe that the greatest human
tragedy—destruction of the earth—is
inevitable
if we do not change our mode of running our
planet.
2. But, if we take wise and decisive
actions in this regard, a desirable future lies
open to us.
3. In other words our future is,
to a great extent, in our own hands; it is
actually the joint
product of the choices we
make now.
4. It is self-evident that our
present actions will render more probable one kind
of future over
others.
5. Some scholars
have noted that SF writers have endeavored all
their lives to show us what
kinds of future
might result from certain kinds of human actions.
6. They have studied outstanding SF stories
that have come out in recent decade, and come to
the conclusion that science fiction can show
us what may happen in the future and help us to
shape a future world in the way we desire.
7. Interestingly enough, many universities are
now offering science fiction courses on the
grounds that science fiction stands as a
bridge between science and art.
Unit 9
Sentences
1. James took the books off the
little table to make room for the television.
2. It was reported that the fire had burnt out
before the fire brigade arrived.
3. Twenty
minutes after he sat down to write his essay, Bob
had to give up as he could not find
any
inspiration for his essay.
4. Desert plants
don’t need a lot of rain, because they are able to
suck up all the moisture they
need from the
ground.
5. The company is looking for new
ways of enlarging its market, but then its rivals
are also
doing everything in their power to
increase their market share.
Unit 10
Passage
1. Some scientists believe that it is
advisable to expose college students at the outset
to the big
arguments currently going on in the
scientific community.
2. The fact is,
however, that though they may be taught something
about the scientific disputes
in the past,
they are told very little about the major
disagreements of the day.
3. This has to do
with reluctance on the part of science teachers to
introduce such debates to
them.
4. They
fear their students cannot readily perceive the
meaning of contemporary doctrinal
disputes
without first mastering the “fundamentals”.
5. But this is hardly the case.
6.
College students are able to use the knowledge
they already have, think things over and
figure out what the debates are about.
7.
So, what can students learn from the current
battles involving the unknown?
8. For one
thing, observing highly intelligent and
imaginative scientists debating the unknown
will stimulate students’ interest and engage
their attention.
9. For another, they will
come to realize that many major issues concerning
our understanding
of nature remain a mystery.
10. This will lead to admission of ignorance,
which in turn will stir them to greater efforts in
their
scientific pursuit.