汉译英实战练习答案

答案1
Book 1
1)
1. This program caters for many different types of interest and taste among the public.
2. This old song has brought back memories of those good old days.
3. They finished the project one week earlier than they had expected to.
4. At last the jury was convinced that the middle-aged man had nothing to do with the murder.
5. If I am not available when you call me, please leave a message with my secretary.
6. This book covers nearly all the important topics on language teaching.
7. Judging from the information we have gathered, this company is very likely to declare bankruptcy in the following week.
8. She devoted her whole life to homeless children.
9. Only high-ranking officials have access to these confidential files.
10. He have to convert all his securities to cash to pay his debt.
2)
1. It is what you did, not what you said, that counts.
2. It took a sharp eye to distinguish cultured pearls from genuine pearls.
3. To a man who has gone through so many hardships during the war, this was really a small matter.
4. The new evidence which emerged from this investigation was quite unfavorable to him.
5. Should it be necessary, he would try to persuade his father to sell this house to pay the debt.
6. This young man’s carelessness involved him in serious trouble.
7. As far as I know, such a terrible thing has never happened in our town before.
8. He is easy-going and has a variety of interests, which has enabled him to make a lot of friends.
9. This soup, which is the hostess’s specialty, consists of tomatoes, meat and peas.
10. You should base your judgment on your own observation rather than on gossip.
3)
1. The girl was so obsessed with her new doll that she held it day and night.
2. He is so clever and he works so hard. No doubt he will be successful in the future.
3. He signed his name on his will in the presence of two witnesses.
4. Traffic in Shanghai is quite a serious problem. The same is true of other big cities in the world.
5. We have so much work to do this year that we’ll have to do without a holiday.
6. Some students are trying to kill time while others feel pressed for time.
7. If you lose you way in the city, you’d better ask the police for help.
8. Being a foreigner, he had no way of communicating with the local people.
9. With the use of the new teaching method, teachers have found that students have become more motivated and active in class.
10. Since she hasn’t received any letter from her son for over three months, she is deeply concerned about his safety.
4)
1. Anything that concerns Miss Spencer interested the boys.
2. Her singing contributed greatly to the success of the party.
3. The boy identified the suspect among the crowd by the scar on his face.
4. Scientific discoveries are often applied to industrial production.
5. To join the army, one must meet certain physical standards.
6. Whenever he runs into financial difficulties, he turns to his parents for help.
7. The new play put on was far from being a failure, it was a great success.
8. Is there is anything wrong in my talk, please don’t hesitate to stop me and put me right.
9. They had no other means of getting the truth out of the young man but by try torturing and threatening.
10. For lack of money, they delayed repairing the roof although it leaked badly.
5)
1. He was always late for work, as a result, he was laid off.
2. The company started with six employees in a small office; now it has branches all over the world.
3. Let’s go back to what I said just now about birth rate.
Book 2
1)
1. He is the manager’s son, but that alone does not qualify him to criticize our work.
2. Mr. Smith took up photography as a hobby after he retired from teaching.
3. By comparison, this house has the advantage of low price and that house has the advantage of convenient transportation.
4. It seems that he is making every effort to promote the sale of this new product.
5. The eager students crowded into the lecture hall to hear the famous professor from Cambridge University.
6. She, like thousands of others, is greatly fascinated by this work of art.
7. It was not until I got married that I could afford to buy a house of my own.
2)
1. Can you produce any evidence that he was not at home that night?
2. Whatever was said here just now must be kept secret.
3. If the trip costs no more than 100 Yuan, you can count me in.
4. Every night before going to bed, Mr. Smith goes round the house to make sure that all the doors and windows are locked and that all the lights are off.
5. He did tell you the truth, but you simply did not believe him.
6. My delay in answering his letter worried him so much that he made a non-stop flight to come to see me.
7. When I told him that his father had been sent to hospital because of a heart attack, he looked as if he didn’t care.
8. The bus suddenly stopped; a heavy bag fell from the rack above him and landed on his head.
3)
1. The stuntman’s breathtaking performance left the audience panic-stricken.
2. Since his health is deteriorating, I think that it is time he got out of the bad habit of smoking.
3. When Bill is preoccupied with his experiment, he has no idea of what is going on around him.
4. Tom proposed to exchange this stamp of his for that book of John’s but John refused.
5. He accused his neighbor of playing the records too loudly at night.
6. He is not such a fool as you assume him to be.
4)
1. Linda can’t have gone to America, for I saw her yesterday in the street.
2. The governments of these countries must take strong measures to bring population completely under control.
3. The old couple should have applied for a number of traveler’s checks so that they needn’t have carried so much cash with them while travelling around the world.
4. He is so famous an artist that his paintings should all be kept in such places as art galleries or museums.
5. For lack of experience, the young doctor didn’t take immediate action, which caused the death of the patient.
6. She wanted to show in some way how much she cared about him and his happiness.
7. The president made a speech to the effect that the state would preserve its wildlife.
8. Teachers should exercise their imagination and add art to their teaching.
5)
1. The headmaster plays an important role in the effective administration of school.
2. It is my mother who has the final say in family affairs.
3. Biology, microbiology in particular, had fascinated him from his earliest student days.
4. Has she said anything that appeals to you especially?
5. Under such complicated conditions, not one can tell who will win the next election.
6. Here is 100 pounds; that should cover all your expenses.
7. The work of an engineer requires intelligence plus experience.
6)
1. No matter how heavily it rained, you should have come to meet us at the airport yesterday.
2. The more he thought about it, the angrier he grew.
3. The farmer sold the vegetables at half price rather than allow them to rot.
4. All the information in that booklet is restricted to high-ranking military officers.
5. As a rule, doctors require their patients to give up smoking completely.
6. It was not until the train had left that I reached the station.
7. Last night twenty students were down with a high fever and the doctors are busy investigating the case in the hope of finding
the cause.
8. Do parents have the right to interfere in the private lives of their children
7)
1. There is bound to be someone who will object to having a singing contest next month.
2. After the accident, John was depressed to find that his brand-new car was damaged beyond hope of repair.
3. Would you take an offer of, say, $100, for your old TV set?
4. Tom did not tell anyone other than Dick that he would like very much to be a stuntman.
5. This job is not very profitable in terms of cash earnings, but I’m getting valuable experience from it.
6. A diet lacking in nutritional value will not keep a person healthy.
7. I resisted an urge to hit the speaker in the face and ran out of the room with clenched fists.
8)
1. The boy is so obstinate that he won’t listen to anybody’s advice, not even his parents’.
2. After the invention of the new model, the old one, by contrast, seemed very clumsy and slow.
3. Since time was very pressing, they had to travel by night as well as by day.
4. The consumption of domestic fuel oil varies from 150 gallons a month in winter to practically nothing in July and August.
5. Did you have much trouble getting tickets for the exhibition?
6. He survived the accident miraculously, but no one else did.
7. I was struck by the resemblance between the two men.
8. At the conference the general manager winked at me several times, but I still couldn’t figure out what he was hinting at.
9)
1. No one in our class can match him in the knowledge of wild plants.
2. He slipped and broke his leg. As a result, he had to be away from school for two months.
3. After one year’s hard practice, not only did he speak English more fluently, but he spoke it more accurately as well.
4. Since she was pregnant, we made an exception in her case.
5. This book, which is based on a true story, will move you to tears.
6. All the desks and chairs in the newly-established school can be adjusted to fit the height of any child.
7. When she came to realize that he had taken advantage of her trust in him, she felt deeply hurt.
8. I took an aspirin tablet so that I’d be free from pain and be able to sleep peacefully at night.
10)
1. Last night, I had hardly fallen asleep when hasty knocks woke me up.
2. It was after serious consideration that they decided to leave their hometown and settle down in Paris.
3. The police was at a loss as to how to explain the case.
4. He bought his daughter whatever she wanted, regardless of the expenses.
5. The boy reported the theft to his teacher, and she, in turn, to the headmaster.
6. Rose instructed/asked the taxi-driver to take Brook Street instead of Baker Street, since the latter was under repair.
11)
1. It so happened that Mr. Smith was dining with his friends at a restaurant that very evening when his wife had a heart attack.
2. It was just shameful that you should have behaved so rudely.
3. I didn’t expect such unkind treatment at your hands.
4. He soon made it clear why he had refused to be present at the conference.
5. After all that had happened, he could no longer work in that company.
6. That bookstore has looks on everything from cookery to cytology.
7. Experience has taught us to tailor our merchandise to the special needs of each overseas market.
12)
1. He promised that he would attend to the matter the moment he arrived at the office.
2. The children may swim here provided that an adult accompanies them.
3. The shopping basket program of this city provides plenty of vegetables for its people/provides its people with plenty of vegetables.
4. His research is mainly concerned with gene mutation.
5. The teacher wanted to speak to the whole class again in regard to the test to be taken the next day.
6. I don’t mind a practical joke within limits, but this time, it just went too far.
13)
1. The doctor recommended that the patient should have plenty of rest after the operation.
2. It is shocking that such a beautiful and elegant young lady should use such vulgar expressions.
3. He had been overworking for years. No wonder he was taken ill.
4. She kept herself busy all day long in an effort to get over her sorrow at the death of her son.
5. Trains leave this station at intervals of half an hour.
6. The audience tonight were, for the most part, people over forty.
7. To our surprise, he took out a one-million-pound check from under his pillow.
8. How will your father take your quitting the job and leaving the city?
14)
1. She couldn’t obtain any exact information as to when the next train would be leaving.
2. Parents and teachers should give children as many chances as possible to display to the full their talent and wisdom.
3. Every one wishes to live a life entirely free from care, but o one can actually do so.
4. Though it looked like rain this morning, it has turned out to be a fine day.
5. Following his doctor’s advice, he has become used to a vegetarian diet.
6. If you have sufficient reasons to defend your point, don’t give way easily at the debate.
7. During the summer holidays, Father will put his study and his books at Mary’s disposal.
8. Mrs. Smith can’t come to the party. She is tied down at home with the sick children.
15)
1. As long as we don’t lose heart, we’ll find a way to overcome the difficulty.
2. However frightened you may be, you must remain outwardly calm.
3. Chances are that someone has already found your lost ring and handed it to the lost-and-found office.
4. Parents and children alike are faced with the problem of the generation gap.
5. Compared with what he had already had, these new stamps were not very interesting or valuable.
6. Two years’ military service helped to make a real man of this shy boy.
7. The black and white squares on a chessboard are arranged alternately.
16)
1. He finds it hard to keep pace with the new discoveries in biology.
2. He rushed to the station, only to find the train had just left.
3. At the next station, I’ll have to get off to change from this express train to a slow one.
4. These days the old lady was busily engaged in making clothes for her neighbor’s children.
5. We’ll have a single room ready for you as soon as we can, but for the time being you’ll have to share this room with another person.
6. Her room is just as it was three years ago when she left for America.
7. Since a dictionary plays an important part in the process of learning, one must use a good one.
17)
1. He said that he had never met her before, which was not true.
2. He always tries to impose his own will on others; that’s why he has few friends.
3. I have no way to find out whether she was telling a lie.
4. Two years later, he went back to his hometown without having achieved any success.
5. I took advantage of the fine weather today to go fishing.
6. It is said that childhood experiences play an important role in shaping a person’s character.
7. The audience watched with horror as the tightrope walker struggled to regain his balance.
18)
1. Jack was very busy yesterday, otherwise he would have gone to meet you at the station.
2. If it hadn’t been for the doctor’s timely treatment, I would be disabled/crippled for life.
3. The city erected a monument in honor of the brave soldiers who died/laid down their lives/were killed in this battle.
4. His twenty years’ hard work was crowned with the Noble Prize for medicine.
5. The balloons and colored ribbons added greatly to the festive atmosphere.
6. These problems are so closely related to each other that we should examine them as a whole.
Book 3
1)
1. They all believed that he had a slim chance of success.
2. I don’t know why she has an air of sadness all the time.
3. It was after all the students had taken their seats that the president of the students’ union proceeded to announce the camping itinerary.
4. The stomach is a vital organ of the human body; please take good care of it.
5. He considered it ridiculous for the general manager to attach so much importance to those routine trifles.
6. Her study, which ranged over many languages and cultures, was full of challenge.
7. As is scheduled, all the members of the staff take turns to do late duty.
8. She was greatly upset at the thought of leaving her parents and living on her own in a remote area.
9. We do not worry so much about her qualification for the job as about her health.
10. He was greatly excited about the prospect of having a cruise around the world.
2)
1. This old man lived overseas when he was young and had many unusual experiences.
2. She is a well-liked physics teacher with a lot of teaching experience.
3. My shoes are brand-new; I’d rather stay until it clears up.
4. Upon leaving the small house where she lived in her childhood, she looked her goodbye at every familiar object around.
5. He was asked to leave for Xi’an at such short notice that he didn’t even have time to call his wife.
6. Their reluctance to join us in the speech contest really spoilt our fun.
7. Please not that every student should keep classroom discipline, and you are no exception.
8. I don’t care so much about working overtime occasionally, but about your calling off my holidays with no notice.
9. The speaker cleared his throat to claim the attention of the audience.
10. He was tired of the hustle and bustle of the urban life and hoped to move to the country, expecting a change in his current life style.
3)
1. She broke in with what she had to say before I’d finished speaking.
2. Our different views of life made no difference at all to our friendship.
3. It so happened that the headmaster asked him to teach algebra, the subject which he had failed at school.
4. The boy sat quiet in the car, showing unfriendliness to his uncle as if he were his enemy.
5. Tom was as disappointed to learn that he had to spend his summer holidays at his uncle’s as he was sad that Peter had to be kept
strictly to his bed because of measles.
6. When his youngest son, whom he loved most, defied him, his face turned purple wit hanger.
7. After everyone else had stated his or her own view, the section leader found his voice at last.
8. As they were going out on holiday for two weeks, they left all their pets in the care of their neighbor.
9. I’m afraid you are mistaken. It’s not next Friday that we’ll have our mid-term exam, but next Wednesday.
10. According to the new rule, a football team may consist of 24 players. In other words, 24 football players may make up a football team.
4)
1. No one who has heard about her misfortune will not feel deep sympathy for her.
2. He asked the question out of curiosity rather than out of his desire for knowledge.
3. This young scholar devoted all his attention to the development of a new type of computer translation software in the full conviction that he would make a name in the near future.
4. Don’t take it seriously. What I’ve said is not meant for you.
5. It was such a low doorway that the tall man had to bend his head rather than keep upright when entering the room.
6. Our monitor was suddenly down with a high fever two weeks ago and has been keeping to his bed since then.
7. It’s unbelievable that he made world-class long distance runners out of these ordinary girls within two years.
8. They tried their best to talk her into giving up the lawsuit, but in vain.
9. It never occurred to those comfortably off farmers that they would move to a metropolitan city.
10. While enjoying his delicious dinner in a restaurant, he heard the car alarm and realized in a flash that he left his car outside in the street unlocked.
5)
1. It was clear that the teacher had taken great pains to show the students how to do the experiment.
2. I am afraid the headmaster has some prejudice against the young applicant.
3. I had heard nothing of what had happened to him until you told me.
4. The two policemen were so brave that they were ready to run the risk of being shot at by the smugglers.
5. I will never be convinced of the statement that three Sundays may occur in a week.
6. Most of the representatives at the meeting firmly opposed the plan of constructing an amusement park in the urban area of the city.
7. Thunderous applause erupted and rocked the hall as the professor closed his speech.
8. “I would rather you work on your own to find a new solution from your failures than follow the convention without any new discovery,” the supervisor said to him.
9. We would rather die than lie in disgrace.
10. The town inaugurated its first world-class bridge with a motorcycle parade.
6)
1. Nothing you do can prevent me from pursuing my ideal.
2. The population of the city is made up of Tibetan and Han nationalities.
3. These people kept going west in the hope of finding fertile virgin land still to be conquered.
4. If the building materials had been shipped in on time, the project would have been well on the way by now.
5. As is known to all, the Great Wall is one of the seven wonders of the world, which deserves our careful protection.
6. We sometimes use plastics to replace steel, not only because it is more economical, but also because it will solve the problem of rusting.
7. After they gave this matter a serious discussion, they came up with a plan that would work in every circumstance.
8, A decade ago few of us realized that we were well on the way to the age of knowledge-based economy, an age in which information means success.
9. Please trust my intuition that she is quite fit for this post.
10. It is most likely that they will succeed this time because they have made the best preparations for it.
7)
1. Mrs. Smith took it for granted that women were supposed to do cooking in the kitchen and would never allow anyone in the family to take her place.
2. The major reason for his unpopularity was that he would flee away when his help was most needed.
3. The helicopters will be used to send the rescue party to the scene of disaster in case of an emergency.
4. As for the increasing air pollution, we must be clearly aware that it threats all human beings.
5. This local magazine which made its first appearance less than a year ago has already had a circulation of 500,000.
6. Her heart chilled when she found that nobody had come to the station to meet her.
7. The results of these tests clearly show that you have an aptitude for music.
8. They worked day and night in the laboratory for a whole month only to find that they were attempting the impossible.
9. The telephone rang in the middle of his important experiment. He ignored the persistent ringing, thinking that important messages would reach him sooner or later.
10. It serves you right if you fail your maths test again. You’ve cut too many maths classes this semester.
8)
1. Seeing the enemy planes approaching, they dashed off to look for a shelter from the bombs.
2. I understand why she is working so hard day and night, for she has a great desire for success in this field.
3. Jim was so engrossed in his computer games that he did not hear his mother call.
4. On New Year’s Eve, all the boys and girls of the town sang and danced to their hearts’ content.
5. The banker was found to have run up huge debts when he died.
6. He was dismayed to hear that he was the only one who had failed the examination.
7. The librarian saw the man tuck away the book in his overcoat and walk out of the reading-room.
8. In the street of New York you can see a great variety of people with different skin colors and from all walks of life.
9. Over-indulgent parents may spoil their children.
10.Take along an umbrella or a raincoat in case it rains and you may catch cold.
9)
1. The fledgling news reporter’s successful interview with the Hollywood movie star was telecast.
2. “Where there is a will, there is a way. There is no mystery to it,” Dr. Jacob said.
3. Prof. Li wound up his lecture with a humorous story.
4. The chairman of the organizing committee declared, “In any event, the sports meet will be held as scheduled.”
5. Although there is nothing spectacular in its physical appearance, our university has an excellent teaching faculty.
6. The central government of the country expressed its deep concern over the possible epidemic of diseases in the flood-stricken areas.
7. The audience came alive when the leading actor and actress of the Titanic appeared on the stage.
8. The host team that lost the match put the blame on the referees rather than on themselves.
9. My report includes several plans of implementation. It lies with the board of directors to decide which one to use.
10. The attorney of the defendant set about looking into every possible cause of the killing that involved the death of three people.
10）
1. It is plain that come shop assistants find it difficult to remain polite when faced with rude customers.
2. The writer keeps strictly to his subject, and is careful enough not to introduce anything irrelevant to the subject.
3. It’s meaningless to carry out a plan which you think will not lead us anywhere.
4. He tried hard to explain the cause of the explosion; but after talking for an hour, he still got nowhere.
5. The history of the Chinese civilization can be traced back to 3000 B.C.
6. I was deeply touched that so many young people were waiting outside ready to have their blood transfused to the child in the hope of saving his life.
7. The heavy snowfall last week was followed by a succession of wet days.
8. Even though he tried his best to explain his plan, they were skeptical of its feasibility.
9. The school authorities punished these students, because they insulted that young substitute teacher in class.
10. She spoke with an obvious note of jealousy in her voice.
11)
1. Many people hold the view that smoking is little less than gradual suicide.
2. Had Shaka killed Gala, too, what would have happened to the Zulu?
3. She gasped with horror at the news of the air-crash.
4. The police were in hot pursuit of that unhesitating cold-blooded murderer.
5. A cornered beast will put up a desperate fight. When a man gets desperate, he will do anything.
6. She is very good at seizing an opportunity when it comes.
7. The police opened the boot/trunk and found it stuffed with drugs.
8. He has developed a brooding spirit ever since his business failed. What is most important to him at the moment is to pull himself together.
9. The approaching flood threw the villagers into a desperate state, and their lives were measured in seconds.
10. An unexpected tragedy struck when the whole city was enveloped in the joyful celebration of the New Year’s Day: a violent
earthquake leveled the whole city to the ground.
12)
1. The rainy season has set in very early this year.
2. The policeman of the district set out in search of the criminal immediately after the bank was robbed.
3. He reached the long-distance bus station only to find the last bus of the day had left ten minutes before.
4. You are unlikely to improve your reading speed if you look every new word up in a dictionary while reading.
5. When the villagers living in the depth of the mountains saw the film for the first time, they laughed from ear to ear.
6. Everyone said that he was the living image of his father.
7.The ship was in the grip of the storm. To make matters worse, there was a big hole in the bottom of the ship.
8. She was exhausted, partly because of the tiring journey and partly because of the heat.
9. The books you want are not in stock, but they are on order.
10. I have heard him speak on several occasions that he would make sure you would come to no harm.
13)
1. This material feels like pure silk.
2. Do you feel like having a walk with me in the park?
3. The little girl was shivering with cold and her hands and feet were all numb.
4. Father made a box out of old planks for me.
5. The president made a speech on television, asking the whole nation to remain united and work together to pull through the hard times they were in.
6. The United Nations officials sent to that troubled area worked hard to make sure that food was distributed to every refugee.
7. Aren’t those senior students very selfish? They have the ping-pong room all to themselves, and allow nobody else to use it.
8. Something terrible must have happened to the company. The general manager has never looked so distressed.
9. I think the appointed speaker is confusing us rather than clarifying the matter.
10. He broke the embarrassed silence and started to talk about some alternative ways of getting the business moving again.
14)
1. It is very sensible of you not to run him down behind his back.
2. According to that history professor, the Untied States began its existence as a nation as early as 500 years ago.
3. The customs officer cast an eye on the suspicious young man and told him to open his suitcase.
4. He has not turned up for work this morning. Would you call him up to make sure that he is all right.
5. The government took all effective measures to prevent this metropolitan city from being submerged by the flood.
6. The foreign tourists watched with great interest the performance of the Monkey King staged by the Beijing Opera Troupe.
7. Though we have dictation in class now and then, we still ask the teacher for more dictation passages for us to do after class.
8. Our geography teacher has the habitual move of shrugging his shoulders while lecturing.
9. He felt very bad to lose the good opportunity to meet the respected professor of economics, because he had an important business appointment to fill on that day.
10. The major reason for his egotism is that his appointment was enlarged by his initial success and that he refused to listen to any。