大学英语综合教程1 translation
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Unit 1
1. He has prepared answers to the questions that he expects to confront during the interview.
2. His sad story touched us so deeply that we nearly cried.
3. The two of them are walking hand in hand along the river bank, chatting, laughing, and looking happy.
4. When he heard the exciting news, tears of joy welled up in his eyes.
5. People from Shanghai can understand Suzhou dialect with ease, for Shanghai dialect and Suzhou dialect have much in common.
6. Henry and his wife are looking into the possibility of buying a new houses within three years.
7. He finally gave in to his daughter’s repeated requests to further her education abroad.
8. We locked all our valuables away before we went on holiday.
9. Although we have parted from each other, I hope that we will remain good friends and that we will care for and help each other just as we did in the past.
10. At that critical moment, the army commander summoned all the officers to work out new strategies and tactics which would make it possible to conquer the enemy.
Unit 2
1. I am sorry I am late; I was at a meeting and couldn’t get away.
2. At the concert whenever a singer finished singing a beautiful song, the audience would burst into loud cheers to show their appreciation.
3. As a stylish dresser, she is always wearing stylish clothes, but she seldom cares about what she eats or drinks.
4. The nurse tells me that the doctors have done wonders for your heart disease.
5. When awarding the prize, the chairman complimented the winner on his great contribution to mankind.
6. This problem has bothered the experts for many years.
7. The crowd of demonstrators melted away when the police arrived.
8. Since punctuality is a good habit, we should pay much attention to it and make great efforts to cultivate this good habit.
9. The old man cherishes that girl, as if she were his own daughter.
10. It is just a routine physical checkup, nothing to get worried about.
Unit 3
1. I scrambled up the cliff for a better look at the sea.
2. He lunged at the burglar and wrestled with him for the weapon.
3. I figure that our national economy will continue to develop rapidly.
4. The chairman made effort to reassure the shareholders that the company’s bad results would not be repeated.
5. Stop acting like a baby/child! Pull yourself together!
6. Being very much a private man, he does not confide in anyone.
7. We all hate the terrorists’ indiscriminate violece against ordinary people.
8. Many people in this country are alarmed by the dramatic increase in violent crime.
9. We anticipated that the enemy would try to cross the river. That was why we destroyed the bridge.
10. I am indebted to all the people who worked so hard to make the party a great success.
Unit 4
1. A thief pushed the door open, slipped into the house, slid the drawer open, and took all the money away.
2. She always gets sick whenever she rides on a bus, so she has to go to school by bike.
3. Scientists believe that many wonders that do not exist today will come true in the future.
4. Someday in the future, when you ride a submarine to the bottom of a sea, you will witness a wonderful world.
5. In the future you might be able to enter space by riding a huge liner and visit the Moon, Mars, and Venus.
6. Scientists believe that much of the future food will be skillfully prepared by food chemists and will be delicious and healthful.
7. Scientists of the future will certainly find effective ways to make life last longer and discover cures for almost all diseases.
8. In the future it will be impossible for cars to smash together because the automatic controls fixed in them will make speeding cars miss each other.
9. While a boy was crossing the highway in a hurry, the driver of a speeding car promptly stepped the brakes, thus averting a bad accident.
10. The most wonderful surprise in the future will consist in the strict weather control. It will rain only when the weatherman thinks that it is essential to freshen the air inside the city.
Unit 5
1. It is a systematic attempt to strengthen our competitive ability.
2. The police in this district know where the thieves hang out.
3. The arrangements signed will break down all the barriers to free trade.
4. It was avery difficult situation, but he handled it quite successfully.
5. He is my best friend. I just can’t turn my back on him now that he needs my help.
6. So long as you work hard, you are bound to succeed and realize your ambition sooner or later.
7. Although he hates the job, yet he is determined to stick it out because he needs the money to support his family.
8. That cancer patient kept an optimistic attitude towards his disease, persisted in combating it, and conquered it in the end.
9. This university has a staff of more than 2,000, including about 150 professors and over 500 associate professors.
10. The concert was held to mark the 75th anniversary of the composer’s death.
Unit 6
1. Quite a lot of teachers tend to hold stereotyped opinions about naughty pupils.
2. Being gentle, thoughtful, friendly, and generous is characteristic of her.
3. It is wrong to impose one’s own opinions on others.
4. He gave up drinking and smoking, on the grounds that they would do harm to health.
5. This collection of new books has only recently been made accessible to the public.
6. The baby will claw at you with his little hands if you interfere with what he wants.
7. That scientist has scored a new achievement of international stature through many years of hard work.
8. My friend and I frequently communicate ideas, feelings, and information t each other through mobile phone.
9. Coeducation is the most desirable form of education, because boys and girls (male and female) are given the opportunity to know each other, to learn from each other and to compete with each other.
10. There is a wide spectrum of opinions on the question of traslation criteria.
Unit 7
1. Yesterday a government delegation headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs arrived in South Africa and began a three-day friendly visit to the country.
2. It is awfully funny and splits your sides with laughter to observe these caricatures which satirize social ills.
3. Computers are one of the most useful teaching aids, for all your lessions as well as all the questions asked and all the answers provided can be shown on a screen.
4. As soon as his mother fell ill suddenly the day before yesterday, Xiao Zhang sent for a doctor, who came and diagnosed and treated his mother.
5. He failed in the college entrance examination last year, but he did not feel disappointed. Instead, he continued to study hard, passed the examination successfully and became a student in famous university this year.
6. There are many English words that this middle school student cannot pronounce correctly. Therefore, he has to make great effort to learn the phonetic symbols well and acquire standard English pronunciation.
7. In this new era marked by knowledge explosion and information explosion, we have to pursue constant study and take particular care to renew our knowledge. Only thus, can we become adjusted to the requirements of our specialized work.
8. With his shirt tucked into the top of his trousers and a leather bag tucked under his arm, the boy looked just like a boss.
9. Although she is only eight years old, the little girl is already very good at calculating fractions. No wonder her parents feel very pround of her.
10. All the neighborhood have heard about the news, but you haven’t. Don’t you think it is very strange?
Unit 8
1. He possesses some fine traits: he has refined and gentle manners; he is kind and generous to others; he is always modest and prudent; and he constantly perfects his work.
2. So long as you keep on studying hard, you will acquire a good grasp of specialized skills, and become an expert in some special field of knowledge.
3. It is beyond peradventure that the 2010 World Exposition will bring Shanghai many good opportunities, which will stimulate Shanghai’s economy to greater development.
4. One of the inevitable traits of the educated man is his possession of refined and gentle manners.
5. A person with reason instinctively knows what should be done and what should not be done.
6. Despite hardships, she persisted in her efforts to complete her university education.
7. As long as you study hard and make progress constantly, your chances to succeed will multiply.
8. Xiao Wang works very efficiently, because he possesses strong professional competence and, moreover, he pays particular attention to methods.
9. Reciting excellent pieces of prose can not only enhance our language competence, but also discipline our memory and render it much stronger.
10. The President of the Board of Trustees of the university is in possession of both professional competence and excellent leadership; therefore, he is very popular among the teachers and other staff members.
