新世纪大学英语综合教程第二版 BOOK 3课后翻译

第二版BOOK 3

Translation 1——6

1)What I didn’t count on was that over time I would sincerely take pride in being

a social worker.我不曾想到，随着时间的流逝，我果真以身为社工而自豪

2)Shooting a quick look at the clock on the wall, Grandma let out a cry, “Oh,

My dear /My goodness/My gracious, we’re going to miss the train!”

奶奶迅速瞥了一眼墙上的时钟，发出一声惊呼：天哪，我们要赶不上火车了

3)At the kindergarten entrance, I always see some kids/children holding firmly

on to their parents. Should young parents be sterner towards their kids/children and leave immediately under these circumstances?我总在幼儿园门口看到一些孩子抓住父母不让走。请问：在这种情形下，年轻的父母们是否得对孩子严厉些，赶紧离开？

4)In the dim street light stood a weeping little girl/ a girl weeping.

昏暗的路灯下站着一个哭泣的小女孩

5)When making donations, rich people should be as considerate as possible in order

not to put the recipient in an embarrassing situation.

富人捐赠时要尽量考虑周全，不要让受赠者陷入难堪的境地

6)Since last month, my work has been revolving around the routine office duties,

so now I am counting the days until the National Day comes, when my friends and

I are going hiking in th从上个月起，我的工作就是围绕日常办公事务转，所以现

在每天掰着手指算什么时候才到国庆节：我和朋友要去乡下远足呢！

1）In either friendship or love / In both friendship and love, you should never expect to take / receive the maximum while you give the minimum.

无论是友情还是爱情，你都不可能期待自己付出最少而得到最多

2）I built all my hopes on his promise(s), only to find that he was not a man of sincerity at all.

我把全部希望寄托在他的承诺上，结果却发现他根本不是个真诚的人。

3）We took Mother to all the best hospitals we could find, but all our efforts were in vain; she failed to survive the disease.我们带母亲去了所有我们能找到

的最好的医院，但一切努力都是徒劳的，母亲还是没能熬过那次疾病

4）Valentine’s Day is an annual holiday celebrated on February 14, a perfect day to express love to the object of your / one’s affection.

情人节是个一年一度在2月14日庆祝的节日，一个向自己心仪的对象表达爱意的好日子

5）In the information era, communications with far-away friends via e-mail can be almost / virtually simultaneous.

在信息时代，通过电子邮件方式跟远方的朋友交流几乎可以是同步的

6）Love needs to be nurtured, and the “eternal / everlasting love” that we all dream to have is not forged until we learn to appreciate and tolerate the other.

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1)The friendship grounded on common / shared interest does not break up easily.

/ It is not easy for the friendship grounded on common / shared interest to break up.

以共同兴趣为基础的友谊是不容易破裂的

2)Children must learn to distinguish between violence and bravery / courage

in computer games. 孩子们必须学会将电脑游戏中的暴力与勇敢区分开来。

3)There spring up so many new things every day in the world that it is no longer

sensible to expect a person to know / keep track of everything.

当今世界每天涌现如此多新鲜事物，要求一个人什么都知晓是不合情理的

4)Laws do not regulate such things as betrayal to friends; that is why there

is what we call / is called “the court of morality”. 诸如背弃朋友这类事并不受法律制约，所以才有了我们称作的“道德法庭”。

5)Today’s culture is described as “fast-food culture”. Whatever they may

be / are doing, people just pursue the greatest / maximum satisfaction within the shortest time.