大学英语第六单元课后翻译

Unit 6

假设你发现了你自己的同事受贿，你会不会无动于衷呢？(Use "suppose" as a conjunction)

Suggested answer: Suppose you found out that your colleague takes bribes, would you just ignore it?

他如此固执，我们已对他失望了。跟他争论一点意义都没有。(give up on; it is + adjective+ to do/that-clause)

Suggested answer: We've given up on him because he is so stubborn. It is pointless to argue with him.

他突然想到了一个加速实验进程的好办法，但组里的成员却对此意见不一。(hit upon; speed up)

Suggested answer: He hit upon a good method to speed up the progress of the experiment, but opinions differed among members of the group on it.

今天我能够使自己的职业与兴趣相符，之前我是做不到的。(square... with)

Suggested answer: Today I'm able to square my profession with my interest, which I wasn't able to do before.

要成为一名驾驶员，视觉上分辨红色与绿色的能力是必不可少的。(distinguish between)

Suggested answer: The ability to visually distinguish between red and green is essential to becoming a driver.

这个组由七个人组成，他们经常见面，分享彼此的信息。(consist of)

Suggested answer: The team consisted of seven people who met on a regular basis to share their information with each other.

Suppose you were offered a bribe in exchange for a promise, what would you do—receive it or stand by your principles?

Suggested answer: 假设有人向你行贿，要换取一种承诺，你会怎么做？是接受呢，还是坚持自己的原则?

Nowadays, people wouldn't put up with those terrible circumstances, but in those days it was accepted as a fact of life.

Suggested answer: 现在人们不会忍受那些糟糕的境况，可是在那些日子里却只能接受那样的现实。

Cheating in various forms is on the increase in colleges and universities, and I have lost count of the number of students who were caught cheating this semester.

Suggested answer: 大学校园里形形色色的作弊现象越来越多，我已不记得这学期有多少学生因作弊而被捉住了。

Mr. Aichi had to withdraw himself from the competition for the position of state governor when it was revealed that he had been on the take. Suggested answer: 当艾奇先生被披露曾受贿时，他不得不退出州长职位的竞争。

While originally he had been fully in support of the reform policies, later he began to attack the reform movement.

Suggested answer: 虽然他原先完全支持改革政策，可后来却开始抨击这场改革运动了。

The professor definitely will not agree with the point that the translation amounted to little more than looking up words in dictionaries. Suggested answer: 这位教授肯定不会同意翻译基本是在词典里查生词的观点。