英语专业综合教程4课后翻译及句子解释

Unit1

1, 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 sense

Never 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.

Unit2

1, The phrase "personal space" has a quaint, seventies ring to it

The 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 geography

people 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.

Unit3

1,Given the relatively few restrictions governing access and usage, it is the communications modal equivalent of international waters

As 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 result