翻译答案大学英语精读2

一单元
6. Translate the following sentences into English.
1) It is wrong to raise our children the way we grow flowers in the greenhouse. We
must expose them to all social problems because very soon they will be dealing with them as responsible citizens.
2) As time goes on we are inevitably going to get more and more involved in
international affairs. And conflicts are sure to occur because there always exist different views and interests between nations.
3) We are proud of our accomplishments, and we have reason to be. But we must
never become arrogant. Otherwise we will lose our friends.
4) Information is now easily available. An average computer can store the
information of a small library
5) That construction company is not qualified to handle the project. They do not have
any legal document to certify that they have the necessary expertise. We must find a company that specializes in building theatres.
6) These think tanks do not make decisions. They are out to generate new ideas and
penetrating analyses that will be extremely useful for decision makers.
7) The growth of GDP is not everything. Our country cannot be said to have been
modernized unless the quality of our people’s lives is r eally improved.
8) Poor as we were in many ways at that time, we were still quite happy as children,
for there was clean air, clean water, a lot of fish, crabs and eels in the rivers, lakes, and ponds; and a lot of flowers, trees and birds in the fields.
9) Give absolute power to some individual or any particular group of people, and that
person or group are sure to abuse that power because, just as Lord Acton says, “Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
10) Traditionally in our country school education was always said to be more
important and useful compared with all other pursuits.
4.Translate the following sentences into English.
1)The premier is leaving for New York for a UN conference tomorrow.
2)He is to meet the heads of state of several countries during his stay in New
York.
3)What are you going to do during the National Day holidays? Are you going
home or staying on campus?
4)— What do you think school will be like in twenty years’ time?
— I think children will probably l earn at home with a mechanical teacher.
5)Thirty years ago, my grandparents never thought they would be able to
move into a two-storey house with all the modern facilities.
6)What they lack is not money but experience.
7)They have come to China not only to learn Chinese, but to learn about
Chinese culture as well.
8)What children want most from their parents are not material things but love
and attention.
9)You may either write your essay in your regular exercise book or do it on your
computer.
10)I’m not quite sure why he didn’t s how up. Either he was not interested, or he
simply forgot about it.
11)A society should respect both its scientists and its garbage collectors.
12)He is miserly both with his money and with his time.
二单元
6. Translate the following into English.
1）You know what? All things considered, it’s not a bad idea to be a teacher.
As a matter of fact, I think it is an excellent idea.
2）I don’t like it when you take a sarcastic tone the way you just did. You seem to be implying all the time that I am a good for nothing.
3）It is really considerate of my father to leave the final decision to me. I must say I am very lucky. Not many people have such a terrific father.
4）You said you do not want any money. You may not want money, but you do need money. I don’t see what’s wrong wi th students earning some
money during their spare time.
5）Somehow this tune sounds very familiar, but I can’t recall what it is. In any case it is a Russian folk song.
6）Besides the usual weekend housework, I also have a whole pile of homework to do tomorrow. It’s really terrible.
7）To demonstrate our unhappiness over the recent dispute, we put off our Foreign Minister’s visit indefinitely.
8）It’s getting dark. The next town is still two hours drive away. We might as well camp in the forest, pitch a tent, build a fire, and have a good
sleep before we continue our journey tomorrow.
9）I am really shocked to hear people say they do not consider cheating at exams shameful. Isn’t that the most shameful thing that we should be
incapable of feeling ashamed?
2.Translate the sentences using “the way + relative clause” or “with + noun +
complement” phrase.
1)That was the way people lived their lives in my day.
2)Mrs. Jones loved her students the way she loves her own children.
3)The farmer’s wife doesn’t like the way some young peo ple treat their
parents.
4)With Big Yao on the team, I’m sure they’ll beat their rivals.
5)The man was sitting in his armchair, with his face buried in his hands.
6)With the TV on, he found it hard to concentrate on his homework.
7)The way people helped him during his journey when he had no money
convinced the writer that people can still depend on strangers.
8)With the price of cabbages soaring, they decided to increase imports from
other countries
9)The way these young people organized campus activities showed their
leadership qualities
10)H e stood with his arms stretched out as a customs officer searched him with
a portable scanner.
三单元
6. Translate the following sentences into English.
1) Health care must be available to all citizens regardless of their differences. We
cannot justify the policy that denies the care to the large population living in the country.
2) They claim to have discovered a universal law which applies to all nations.
3) I often made a fool of myself when I was living with my uncle on
his farm. When asked to get rid of the weed in the rice fields, for example, I often failed to tell apart the weed and the rice seedlings.
4) Why go there today? I’d much rather we stay until the snow ceases.
5) Rice requires large quantities of water and many scientists warn us that even
if we use our water sparingly, the day will inevitably come when we will be fighting over limited supplies of water resources.
6) There has been quite a noticeable change in recent years. We no longer lean
on export for economic growth. We now tend to put more emphasis on home consumption.
7) Today’s tendency is to give little kids too many tests and exams until they are
no good for anything but taking exams.
8) It is pointless to force professors to publish a fixed number of papers annually
regardless of their quality. Besides, this is a demand even Einstein would not have been able to meet.
3.Translate the sentences,using a noun clause beginning with a wh- word or a
gerund.
1)Do you know how computers work?
2)Anyone can do what I’m doing.
3)That’s exactly where you’re wrong.
4)It is almost impossible to visit Hangzhou without falling in love with the city.
5)That was why she returned to China at age 72/the age of 72.
6)How they broke into overseas markets still remains a mystery to us.
7)Find out who she is, where she came from, and what she has been sent here
for.
8)On his first day at school, the boy came to realized what lay ahead of him.
9)Education must sow the seeds of wisdom, besides implanting knowledge and
skills.
10)They advised people touring the area to avoid to go out alone after dark.
11)One of her job/part of her work is teaching young people how to handle
personal relationships.
12)Making promises without keeping them is not considered a good practice.
四单元
6.Translate the following sentences into English.
1)The fact that he was able to avoid the seemingly inevitable crash made
him a national hero.
2)Of t he four students who risked their lives to try to drag the drowning
children to shore, two never returned.
3)The Japanese are known for their long life span. They believe they owe this
to their eating habits/composition of their diet, which contains a lot of fish
products.
4)I know Harris. I couldn’t imagine a man like him making such stupid
remarks.
5)After testing her loyalty many times, he was now going to give her the
most dangerous task.
6)I hear that Lincoln delivere d an extremely powerful speech on that
occasion. Whatever did he actually say?
7)That this time they must be ready to challenge deat h was clear to
everybody. But no one regretted this move.
8)As accidents g o/As far as accidents are concerned, there was nothing out
of the ordinary: a crazy young man drives a car on a university campus and
kills a young woman student. What is unusual is the fact that the man
dares to challenge the people who want to take him to court because his
father is a local police officer.
9)Every time/Whenever we decide on a financial policy, we have to make a
clear distinction between short-term interests and long-term interests.
10)A lthough it was early October, people could already be seen driving across
the frozen river.
2.Translate the sentences using an appositive clause.
1)The fact that he is somebody’s relative won’t change our opinion of him.
2)The wives of the miners trapped in the pit for three days were overjoyed by
the news that their men had all been rescued.
3)We must accept the possibility that we might be wrong.
4)There’s little hope that the patient will survive.
5)The faculty shares the opinion that the majority of this year’s freshmen are
promising.
6)In spite of our economic growth, we should bear/keep in mind the fact that
ours is still a developing country.
7)We should hear his explanation before we jump to the conclusion that he’s
to blame.
8)There aren’t many people who still cling to the idea that man should
conquer nature rather than live in harmony with it.
五单元
Translate the following sentences into English.
1.The government will have to decide when and how to put brakes on the
economy before it speeds out of control.
2.Why waste money building an airport in the middle of nowhere? We must not
ignore the fact that what people here need most is clean water and clean air. 3.They thought they might take a different route on their return trip so as to
explore the great canyon in Tibet.
4.She traveled around the world and came back home quite a changed person,
educated and greatly revitalized.
5.There is no easy fix for our social problems. We should explore all possibilities
and move one step at a time.
6.All old traditions die a slow and lingering death. Customs and habits that have
taken so long to form can’t be expected to disappear overnight.
7.Madam Chang was considered a pioneer who advocated combining classic
Chinese music with Western music.
8.I was so stunned when I heard the news, that for quite some time I didn’t know
what to say.
9.The soldiers are learning how to survive in the wilderness.
10.I’ll go there with you if you insist. But really I won’t be much help to you.
2. Translate, choosing between the gerund and the to-infinitive.
1)Remember to bring your ID with you when you go to the airport.
2)I remember feeling greatly disappointed after my first job interview.
3)Finally they decided to apologize to the passengers for what had happened.
at the airport.
4)I’m sorry that I clean forgot to pass the message to Big Li.
5)At midday we stop to have lunch in a fast food restaurant.
6)I stopped listening about the disaster on the radio, but I was too shocked to
move out of the chair.
六单元
7. Translate the following sentences into English.
1）--- I suspect that he has not told us the whole truth.
--- Why do you doubt it?
2）Nobody would have suspected him. A suspect wouldn’t usually look so appealing. But finally the police identified him to be the true murderer
through a DNA test.
3）Huangdi is regarded as the very first farmer in our history while his wife was the first weaver.
4）Please give my best regards to my friends there. I really miss them all.
5）Whenever possible young people prefer to earn their own living than live off their parents.
6）The North demanded the military exercise be called off, but the South refused. Instead they demanded an open apology from the North for the
gun fire.
7）This place has earned itself quite a reputation for developing a green economy.
8）Being young, they are often inclined to look at things from the bright side.
9）Scientists have identified the frozen body as a young hunter who lived about six thousand years ago.
10）Although she is a second-generation Chinese American, she still values her Chinese cultural identity.
2.Translate the sentences, using the perfect continuous tense or the present
participle phrase as an attributive modifier.
1)Do you know the young lady sitting next to the chairman of the department?
2)The police have been keeping track of the suspect for a whole week. They
will make an arrest soon.
3)The new government announced that they would protect all law-abiding
foreigners living in the country.
4)We should bear in mind that there are still thousands of people living on or
near the poverty line in this city.
5)These athletes have been training for the current Asian Games for a whole
year.
6)Unemployed residents in the city have been protesting soaring food prices in
the past two months.
7)The young employees of the organization have been tightening their belts
for months, adapting themselves to a war economy.
8)The company claims that they have made a breakthrough in energy-saving
technology.
9)Mr. King worked his way up from the position of waiter to manager. He has
been working for the restaurant for 30 years.
10)The outgoing/retiring vice president of the university made a
heart-warming speech at his farewell party.
八单元
6. Translate the following sentences into English.
1) If it hadn’t been for one man’s courage and wisdom, the Shenzhen Special
Economic Zone could never have succeeded. This man was the first mayor of the city.
2) ---- Sorry I cut you off just now. You were saying…
---- I was saying that it is not easy to break down the resistance of those conservatives. But we must go at them step by step.
3) The government knows only too well that it cannot increase taxes at will
without hurting home consumption. But to shift the emphasis from
export to domestic consumption takes time.
4) Even with all these home appliances, it is impossible to do away with/
eliminate our domestic labor completely.
2)Our town must have looked this way three hundred years ago. Many old
buildings were about to fall in ruins. Some of our leaders wanted to tear
them down and put up new tall buildings in their place. But due to lack of
money, the plan had to be abandoned. Looking back that was actually a
blessing. Today our town has become a tourist attraction.
3)Ironically, sometimes, the more we increase production, the more we
decrease profit.
4)This project has occupied too much of my time. I could not launch a new
project even if I wanted to.
5)To tell the truth, I’m more worried about social stagnation than economic
slowdown. Of course, you may not share my view.
6)Sadly enough, not everyone realizes that if we do not improve our
educational standards, we will lag behind other countries for ever.
1.Translate the following sentences into English.
1)The older you get, the more tolerant you become.
2)After 10 p.m. the longer I work, the less efficient I become.
3)As both her parents died young, the girl was brought up by her uncle and
aunt.
4)The longer you work with him, the more you’ll learn from him without
knowing it.
5)When the concert was over, the audience sat silent and still for a couple of
minutes, and then they broke into thunderous applause.
6)Scholars complain that cities, towns and even villages in this country are
becoming more and more Americanized.
7)The more I think about it, the more suspicious I am of these strange phone
calls.
8)As the years went by, my grandmother was became more and more
involved in community work.
9)Generally, the more something is in demand, the higher the price.
10)Much to our grief, all the nice areas around our city are becoming more and
more urbanized.
九单元
6. Translate the following sentences into English.
1)Mr. Lin has always concerned himself with the desertification problem. I fully
agree with him that this is a serious concern as regards our environment protection.
2)The spokesman of our government expressed our deep concern for the two Chinese
engineers who were recently taken hostage by the pirates.
3)It is hard to visualize how we can protect the dam from enemy attack.
4)Freedom of religion means not only that people can pursue different faiths.
It also means that they have the right not to have any religion.
5)We teachers usually meet once every week to compare notes about our
teaching.
6)The situation of this area is very delicate. No country should be allowed to do
anything to threaten the precarious balance.
7)To be adequate as a translator, we must have a good command of both the
foreign language and Chinese. And I consider myself terribly inadequate in this respect.
8)However we differ in our opinion, we must face the challenge together.
9)The way I define a good education is that, when you get through it, you not
only know how to make a living, but you also know how to live.
3.Translate each of the sentences using a to-infinitive either as the subject or an
attributive modifier, or both occasionally.
1)It always delights/pleases Mr. Blake to hear of his students’ successes.
2)There are a lot of things to consider before we can make a decision.
3)To give up is wise when it is impossible to succeed.
4)It might be sensible to get a lawyer under the circumstances.
5)We admire their courage to tell their children the truth, however painful it
is.
6)It is almost impossible for public figures to appear in a busy street without
being recognized.
7)I was amazed by people’s readiness to help a stranger, even when they know
they may get into trouble.
8)It is important for students to know not only their strengths but their
limitations as well.
9)This country’s attempts t o limit family size among some minorities are likely
to cause problems.
10)I don’t have to tell you how important it is for you to keep your mouth shut
about all this.
十单元
7. Translate the following sentences into English.
1) There is a popular children’s story which describes the adventures of a wooden
puppet that comes to life as if by magic.
2）Your humorous speech made the discussion lively.
3）This ancient building has been restored to its original beauty.
4) You know, for me, to go and live up in the mountains is to recapture my happy
childhood.
5）To tell the truth, this overcoat alone is not enough to protect you from the bitter cold in Canada.
6) The fruit growers were all happily expecting a good harvest this year when the
terrible snow storm struck, doing great damage to the ripening fruits.
7）Too much sugar will not do you any good. To begin with, it will do damage to your teeth. In fact, it will do you harm in many ways.
8）His utter devotion to the Chinese people filled me with admiration.
9）He insisted that everything should be in place before we knocked off, before
five-thirty, to be exact.
10）He knew that he would have to redouble his efforts to carry out this plan, and he was anxious to plunge into the work as soon as he went back. But he never
knew that a disaster was lying in store for him.
4.Translate these sentences using the past participle as adverbial or object
complement.
1)Irritated by the personal insult, he rose to protest.
2)Deeply touched by these words, he decided to turn over a new leaf.
3)However hard he tried, the new arrival couldn’t make himself understood.
4)My laptop broke down, and I must have it fixed as soon as possible.
5)Led by a local hunter, the search party soon found the tourists trapped in the
mountains.
6)Out of jealousy, Galileo’s opponents had him dismissed from the university.
7)The president entered the Great Hall of the People accompanied by his staff,
and followed by a group of reporters.
8)The chairman of the department insists on having the invitation delivered to
the guest of honor 10 days in advance.
9)The hospital authorities don’t want the identity of the patient made known
to the public.
10)It is necessary to keep the public properly informed of what the government
is doing to deal with the problem of pollution.。