大学英语精读3翻译答案

Unit1

2) 杰克对书架上那些书一本也不了解，所以他的选择是很随意的。

Jack didn't know anything about any of the books on the bookshelf, so his choice was quite arbitrary.

4) 我认为我们应该鼓励中学生在暑假找临时工作。

I think we should encourage high school students to find temporary jobs / employment during their summer holidays.

5) 令我们吃惊的是，这位常被赞为十分正直的州长（governor）竟然是个贪官（corrupt official）。

To our surprise, the governor who had often been praised for his honesty turned out to be a corrupt official.

6) 少数工人得到提升（be promoted），与此同时却有数百名工人被解雇。

A few workers were promoted, but meanwhile hundreds of workers were dismissed. Unit3

1) 许多美国大学生申请政府贷款交付学费。

Many American students apply for government loans to pay for their education / tuition.

2) 除阅读材料外，使用电影和多媒体（multimedia）会激发学生学习的兴趣。

Besides reading materials, the use of films and multimedia can stimulate students' interest in a subject.

5) 我已经把我的简历（résumé）寄往几家公司，但尚未收到回复。

I have sent off my résumé to several corporations, but haven't yet received a reply.

6) 她的结论是建立在对当前国际情况进行了认真的分析的基础上的。

Her conclusion is built / based on a careful analysis of current international affairs.

7) 我们满怀期望地来参加会议，离开时却大失所望。

We came to the meeting full of expectations, yet we left very disappointed.

Unit5

1 就能力而言,我肯定他能胜任这件工作。

As far as ability is concerned, I am sure he will qualify for the job.

6) 在西方，人们常常邮购商品，这可以节省许多时间。

In the West, people often send away for mail-order goods, which can save a lot of time.

7) 抱歉, 时间不多了，我建议我们跳到最后一章。

Sorry time is running out; I suggest we skip to the last chapter.

8) 既然你决心尽快完成硕士课程(master's program), 那就别让你的社交生活(social life)妨碍你的学习。

Since you have set your mind to finishing your master's program as soon as possible, don't let your social life stand in the way of your studies.

Unit6

1) 装了(fitted with) 假肢(artificial leg)，他起初走路走不稳，但经过锻炼他的步子(step) 稳了。

Fitted with the artificial leg, he walked unsteadily / shakily at first, but with practice his steps became steady.

2) 医生说我得了重感冒，给我开了四种药，三种是药片，饭后服，另一种是药水 (liquid)，睡前服。

The doctor said I had caught a severe cold and she prescribed me four different medicines. Three of them are pills to be taken after meals and the other is liquid to be drunk before going to bed.

4) 汽车早已开走看不见了，珍妮 (Jenny) 还站在大门口凝视着路的尽头。

Jenny was still standing at the gate gazing at the end of the road long after the car was out of sight.

6) 一般来说，通过增加供给或减少需求可以降低物价。

In general, prices may be brought down by increasing supply or decreasing demand. Unit7

1) 像平常一样，他在开始洗漱（get washed）前，将收音机调至早晨七点的新闻广播。

As usual, he tuned his radio for the 7 a.m. news broadcast before he began to get washed.

2) 有许多文件要签，但紧急的只有这份合同。

There are a lot of papers to sign, but the only urgent one is this contract.

3) 在该市，因吸毒（drug abuse）和赌博（gambling）而引发的罪行在发展，当地政府似乎找不出对付这一问题的办法。

In that city crime born of drug abuse and gambling is on the rise, and the local government seems unable to figure out a way to cope with it.

5) 我敢肯定那座楼在空袭（air raid）中一定被完全炸毁了。

I bet the building must have been completely destroyed in the air raid.

2) 即使你是班上最好的学生之一，要保住成绩也得常常温习功课才行。

Even if you are one of the best students in class, in order to maintain your grades you must review your lessons often.

4) 情况确实是如此，有些人一生中很早就获得成功，而另一些人则要工作很长时间方能实现自己的目标。

It is true that some people achieve success very early in life, while others must work a long time before attaining their goals.

5) 他坚持认为这次实验的失败主要由于准备不足(inadequate)。

He maintained that the failure of the experiment was largely due to inadequate preparation.

6) 如今研究人员提倡我们应该每天花些时间将自己想要达到的目标投射到心灵的屏幕上。Researchers now recommend that we take time every day to project our desired goals onto the screen in our minds.

Unit10

1.事实上，对于这次海难（shipwreck）报纸上的说法不一。

In fact, there are different accounts of the shipwreck in the newspapers.

2.据说这一地区早在两千年前农业就很先进。

It is said that the area was well advanced in agriculture as early as 2,000 years ago.

3.瞧他是如何操作这机器的，然后就照着做。

6.圣诞节和元旦相隔一周时间。

There is an interval of a week between Christmas and New Year's Day.

unit7 the big chance良机

He wasn't the kind to pick a secretary by the color of her hair. Not Bill Hargrave. Both Paula and Nancy had been smart enough to know that. And for some time everyone in the office had known that one of them, Paula or Nancy, was going to get the job. In fact, the decision would probably be made this afternoon. Hargrave was leaving town and wanted to settle the matter before he left.

他不是那种根据头发的颜色来挑选秘书的人。比尔〃哈格雷夫不是那种人。波拉和南希都很聪明，明白这点。一段时间以来，办公室里人人都知道，她俩中的一个，不是波拉就是南希，将要得到这个职务。事实上，决定可能就在今天下午作出。哈格雷夫就要外出，要在动身前安排好这事。

The two girls could see him from their desks outside his office. Maybe it was only some correspondence that he was looking at with cool, keen eyes. But for a moment his finger seemed to pause above those two efficient little pushbuttons. If he pressed the left one, it would be Paula's pulse which would begin to beat faster.

两个姑娘可以从他办公室外面各自的办公桌那儿看到他。他那沉着、热切的目光正在注视着的可能只不过是则信函而已。可是有那么一会儿，他的手指似乎在那两个颇有效率的小按钮上踌躇着。要是他按左边那个，就会使波拉的脉搏加快跳动

Paula couldn't keep her eyes off that light on her desk. She kept making mistakes in her typing and nervously taking the sheets of paper out in order to start all over again.

波拉的目光一直盯着桌上的那个小灯。她打字时老是出错，老是情绪紧张地把纸拉出来，以便重新开始。

She leaned across her typewriter and said to Nancy, "They boss is all dressed up today. He must be going on a special trip."

她靠在打字机上对南希说：‚头儿今天穿得上下笔挺。他准是要作一次不同寻常的旅行。‛She was just talking to relieve her nervousness. Nancy took her time about answering. She wasn't used to having Paula talk to her in such an intimate tone.

(1)Not since they'd learned a month ago that they were both in line for a promotion, for the important job as Bill Hargrave's secretary. 她说话不过是为了消除紧张情绪。南希没有马上回答。她不习惯波拉用如此亲昵的口吻和她说话。一个月前，她们就得知她俩之中将有人获得提升，担任比尔〃哈格雷夫的秘书这一重要职务。从那时起，南希就对波拉用如此亲昵的口吻和她说话觉得别扭。

well, the job was worth going after. There was the salary, for one thing. And there was the prestige. The boss' secretary knew a great deal about the business. And there were the interesting people she got to talk to. The important people. And the boxes of perfume, flowers, and candy they often left on her desk. And there was Bill Hargrave for a boss. Young and clever and attractive. That was a factor, too.

嗨，这工作还是值得去努力的。一方面是薪水的问题。另外还有地位的问题。头儿的秘书了解很多业务情况。还有那些她将能与之交谈的有趣的人。那些重要人物。还有他们常留在她桌上的一包包香水、鲜花和糖果。当然还有比尔〃哈格雷夫这个头儿。年轻聪明又有魅力。那也是一个因素。

(2)Paula didn't need any lessons when it came to office politics. She was the one who was always busy when someone of little importance in the office wanted his material typed. "Sorry, but it's impossible. Jack. Why not ask Nancy?" and they did ask Nancy. It left Paula free to do Bill Hargrave's work in a hurry. She was never too busy for Bill's work.

说到办公室里明争暗斗那一套，波拉可算是无师自通。办公室里无关紧要的人要想把什么材料打出来时，她总是不巧正忙着。“对不起，杰克，可没有办法。为什么不让南希打呢?于是他们果然就让南希打。这样波拉就有时间把比尔·哈格雷夫的东西赶紧打出来。给比尔打东西她从不嫌忙。

When Hargrave finally pressed one of those buttons it was at Paula's desk that the light went on. She started to make a grab for her notebook, but she quickly took out her mirror first. Then she grabbed up her notebook and an envelope that was on the desk.

等到哈格雷夫终于按了那两个按钮中的一个时，亮起来的是波拉桌上的灯。她起身去抓笔记本，可很快先掏出了镜子。随后她一把抓起笔记本，还有桌上的一个信封。

(3)As for Nancy, what else could she do but sit there with her pretty blonde head bent over her typewriter? Nancy was a natural blonde, and that seemed the best way to describe her, she just didn't seem to know any tricks such as Paula did for making herself more popular with the boss.

至于南希，她除了低垂着她那满头漂亮金发的脑袋坐在那儿打字以外，还能干别的什么呢? 南希是个不会做作的金发碧眼女郎，这样描绘她似乎是最恰当不过了。波拉为取悦头儿耍的种种花招，她却好像一窍不通。

The moment Paula got inside Hargrave's office he asked about that stateroom.

波拉一进办公室，哈格雷夫就问高级客舱的事。

She handed him the envelope. It contained the two tickets. "That's your stateroom number on the outside," she said in a businesslike way.

她把那个信封递给他。里面有两张票。‚信封上是高级客舱的编号，‛她用事务式的口气说

She had on a blue flannel suit, something like Bill's, and it was clear he thought she looked pretty smart in it.

她身穿一套法兰绒蓝套装，跟比尔穿的有点相仿，他显然觉得她穿这套衣服很漂亮。

He looked again at the number of his stateroom and he put the envelope carefully in his inside pocket.

他又看了看高级客舱的编号，把信封小心翼翼地装进里面的口袋。

Then he told her she was going to have a new job. He mentioned the salary, too. He didn't neglect to mention the salary.

接着他就跟她说了。她将有个新工作。他也提到了薪水。他没有忽略薪水的事。

She took it just right - in a very businesslike manner. Just enough of gratitude. And then, the old sportsmanship how sorry she felt about Nancy. She didn't look sorry.

她很得体地接受了这个决定——完全公事公办的态度。恰到好处的感谢。随后展示了她那久已具有的运动家风度。她说为南希感到非常遗憾。她并没有流露出多少遗憾的神情。

(4)And neither did Bill. He told her it was okay, that she shouldn't worry about Nancy, that Nancy wasn't made for the job anyway, and that besides, he and Nancy were leaving on their honeymoon tonight. Tonight at eight-fifteen.

比尔也没有显出遗憾的样子。他对她说，这没什么，她用不着为南希担心，反正南希生来就不适合干这种工作，再说，他和南希今晚就要去共度蜜月了。今晚8点15分。