综英3英译英

综英3 ——练习册

Explain the following in your own words.

UNIT 1

1、Being very short of money and wanting to do something useful,

I applied, fearing as I did so, that without a degree and with no experience of teaching my chances of landing the job were slim. Because I was in bad need of money and was eager to do something of use, I applied for the job. But at the same time that I did so, I was afraid that the possibility for me to get the job was very small because I didn’t have a university degree, nor did I ha ve any teaching experience.

2、…three days later a letter arrived, summoning me to Croydon for an interview.

…three days later I receive a letter, asking me to go to Croydon to have an interview.

3、He looked at me with an air of surprised disapproval, as a colonel might look at a private whose bootlaces were undone.

He cast a look at me with the same surprise and dislike as a colonel would look at a soldier when his bootlace came loose.

4、The headmaster and I obviously had singularly little in common. Apparently the headmaster and I had no similar interests.

5、The teaching set-up appalled me.

The way teaching was organized filled me with terror.

(I was shocked at the teaching arrangements.)

6、I should have to split the class up into three groups and teach them in turn at three different levels.

I should have to divide the class into three groups of three different levels and teach them one after another.

7、It was not so much having to tramp a mile along the dusty streets of Croydon, followed by a crocodile of small boys that I minded, but the fact that most of my friends would be enjoying leisure at that time.

I felt troubled not because I had to walk for a mile along the dusty streets of Croydon, followed by a group of boys, but because at that time most of my friends were having a good time and relaxing.

8、The prospect of working under a woman constituted the ultimate indignity.

The fact that I would have to work under a woman in future made me feel totally humiliated.

UNIT 2

1、Accordingly the two boys had always been allowed to climb freely over it.

Therefore/ As a natural consequence/So

2、There was a croaking answer.

in a deep, hoarse sound

3、He looked his good-bye at the garden, and raged that he had to leave it — leave it and Peter.

He said good-bye to the garden by looking at it and felt furious tha t…

4、Town gardens are small, as a rule, and the Longs’ garden was no exception to the rule.

Usually/More often than not, town gardens are small; the same is the case with the Long’s garden.

5、Mrs. Long clung to the case for a moment, claiming his attention first.

Mrs. Long held the case tight for a while, in an effort to call his attention first.

6、She kissed him, gave him a dismissive push towards the car and then followed him to it.

…pushed him towards the car so as to send him away and then followed him to it.

7、How grateful we are to you both for taking Tom off at such short notice.

How can we than you enough for taking Tom away so quickly. W e had hardly any time to ask for your consent.