大学英语综合教程4课后汉译英答案

Unit 1

Passage A

1.With his promotion, he has taken on greater responsibilities.

2.He felt he did not have to make such a commitment to John any more.

3.Mary likes to go shopping in her spare time, as opposed to Lucy, who prefers to stay at home reading.

4.At best he's ambitious, at worst a power-seeker without conscience or qualifications.

5.We have striven to the full to convince him, but we have made no headway.

Passage B

1.We are now comfortably established in our new house.

2.Traffic accidents are likely to happen at that intersection.

3.Up to now we have only discussed the issue from

a husband's standpoint.

4.He never studied Japanese; what he knows was picked up while he was living in Japan.

5.He handled a difficult argument skillfully. Unit 2

Passage A

1.He is no more fit to be a headmaster than any schoolboy would be.

2.As for her father, she is not sure whether he will accept her and her baby.

3.Staying up late will undermine one's health while going to bed early and getting up early will benefit it.

4.The ambassador personally conveyed the president's message to the premier.

5.The girl decided to open up and tell the police what she had seen.

Passage B

1.Excessive exercises do more harm than good to one's health. Therefore we must control the amount of exercise we do.

2.He made a few attempts to join in their conversation, but he gave up because of timidness.

3.Trains cannot compete with planes in terms of convenience and speed.

4.Making a comparison between Chinese and American cultures will help you to adapt to your study environment in the US.

5.It is a traditional Chinese virtue for the young on the buses to yield their seats to the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled. Unit 3

Passage A

1.It is simply unbelievable for him to charge 500 dollars for a haircut.

2.People grant you the privilege, so you should serve the people wholeheartedly.

3.The weather forecast is very important so that we can decide when to go to sea.

4.The sound of guns violated the usual calm of Sunday morning, and people had a strong feeling that the war was coming.

5.Even though you read three pages per minute, you will by no means finish the book by the end of this weekend.

Passage B

1.He can beat his opponent easily without giving a second thought.

2.With little or no knowledge of driving, he drove the car onto the road.

3.It is illegal to make an unauthorized change in the construction of the bridge.

4.I could accept this fact calmly because I knew if

I weren't able to finish the mission, chances were that the team would be defeated.

5.Children in remote mountain areas are lacking in scientific and cultural knowledge.

Unit 4

Passage A

1.Young as my sister is, she already knows for sure what career she is going to follow.

2.My uncle, whose photo I showed you yesterday, will come to see us this afternoon.

3.It is because of its very functional flexibility that makes English become a global language.

4.In the name of our research center we are very glad to pass on our greetings to you，our overseas guests.

5.This new engine is superior to the old ones in that it consumes much less fuel.

Passage B

1.He suggested at the board meeting that the easy task (should) be left to Mary whose health is poor.

2.Mr. Brown, who is in Hong Kong now, has a lot of teaching experience and will come to teach our students in the spring.

3.This is the best hotel in our city in which the food is very good and the same is true of the service.

4.In order to attract more passengers, the captain assured all the passengers of the safety of traveling by ship.