英语专业综合教程4课后翻译及句子解释

Unit11, There has been this long lull with nothing particular turning up!you are beginning to be anxious because there has been no progress of the war in such a long quiet period…2,we must "...meet with Triumph and Disaster. And treat those two impostors just the same."We are sure to experience both Triumph and Disaster and we must treat them as the same thing taking different appearances because they are essentially interchangeable. 3,never give in, except to convictions of honor and good senseNever give in unless we are convinced that it is honorable and sensible for us to do so. 4,Britain, other nations thought, had drawn a sponge across her slate.Britain, in other nations’ eyes, was completely wiped out/conquered.5,we have only to persevere to conquer.… we have no choice but to hold on until victory comes.Unit21, The phrase "personal space" has a quaint, seventies ring to itThe phrase “personal space” sounds old-fashioned and reminds one of the seventies…2, T-shirt weather can make proximity more alluring (or much, much less).… I have suspected that maybe the cause (of the space invasion) is the season: summer may either make people want to be closer to each other or more likely, to keep a distance between each other.3, The logistics of it vary according to geographypeople in different regions are given different size of personal space.4, individuals routinely commandeer booths and sets of facing seats meant for foursomes.…individuals, as usual, occupy the booths and seats which are desi gned for four people. 5,In the same way that the breeze from a butterfly's wings in Japan may eventually produce a tidal wave in California, I have decided to expand the contracting boundaries of personal space.Because the initial invasion of personal space can cause a chain of reactions, which may bring about a catastrophic consequence, as the breeze from a butterfly’s wings in Japan, if it initiates a chain of waves, may eventually produce a tidal wave in California, I have decided to enlarge the shrinking personal space.Unit31,Given the relatively few restrictions governing access and usage, it is the communications modal equivalent of international watersAs there are relatively few restrictions for reaching and using the Internet, communications via the Internet are comparable to traveling through the international waterways.2,But much less widely reported has been the notion that the Internet may be responsible for furthering the fragmentation of society by alienating its individual users A lot of people talk about the “new information age”, but not so many people are acquainted with the idea that the Internet separates people form each other and fragments society further as a result3,It seems to me that we are a society that values immediate gratification above all else, and what better place to achieve it than in cyberspace, where cyber-world is your cyber-oyster.I think that in our society the top priority is given to the satisfaction of one’s immediate needs, the internet is the best tool for this purpose, for on the internet once can do whatever he likes to do where the cyber-space is the very thing that gives you immediate gratification.Unit41,It was therefore left to Yamahata to record, methodically — and, as it happens, with a great and simple artistry — the effectsThe responsibility was therefore placed on Yamahata’s shoulders to record the effects systematically and incidentally with a great and simple artistry.2,That absence, even more than wreckage, contains the heart of the matter.The vanished city rather than its remains represents the true measure of the event.3,In the photographs, Nagasaki comes into its own.In the photographs Nagasaki regains its own status.4,the human imagination had stumbled to exhaustion in the wreckage of the first ruined city without reaching even the outskirts of the second.The human imagination had been exhausted and stopped at the wreckage of the first ruined city and failed to reach even the outskirts of Nagasaki.5,we seem to need, in addition, some other picture to counterpoise against ruined Nagasaki… apart from the pictures of Nagasaki we seem to need other picture to inspire in us a hope of life to counterbalance the sense of doom suggested by the ruined Nagasaki…Unit51,Slowly, it panned across the tapestry of friendshipSlowly, the movie gave a panoramic picture of friendship.2,This wasn't just another binge of trendiness, but a kind of cinema véritéThis was not simply a shift from one fashion to another, but a truthful description of friendship.3,Well, that duality must have been mortally wounded in some shoot-out at the You're OK, I'm OK Corral.The two sides must have been mortally wounded in the OK Corral gunfight.4,Buddies hang tough together; friends hang onto each other.Buddies hold on together in face of adversity, friends cling tightly to each other for emotional support.Unit61,July 4 is one of the times when the American in me feels a twinge of unease about the great lacunae in our children's understanding of who they are and is prompted to try to fill the gaps.The American in me: the feeling of being American which is deeply rooted in my mind. 2,And our physical separation from our native land is not much of an issue.and living away from our native country does not matter (in our children’s acquisition of our native language).3,In my day little French kids looked like nothing other than little French kidswhen I live in France as an expatriated child, the French kids were dressed in the unique French style, thus looking quite different from their counterparts in other countries.4,That experience no longer seems possible in Western countries — a sad development, in my view.Full immersion in a truly foreign world no longer seems possible in Western countries, and I think this is a deplorable impact of globalization upon the growth of children in a foreign country.Unit 11. 我安排他们在小酒吧见面，但那个小伙子一直都没有来。