Unit 1-6 课后题汉译英#

Unit 1 l. His dream of becoming a football star faded out as time went by.

2. A Boeing 747 aircraft didn’t gain enough height to clear the mountain. In

a twinkling, it crashed into the mountain and blew up. No one survived the accident.

3. Students have easy access to the resources in the library, so they are supposed to make the best of it.

4. Titanic, the most luxurious ship in the world at that time, hit an iceberg when she was under way to the US. Consequently, the ship sank into the Atlantic Ocean and thousands of people died in this shipwreck.

5. Every summer, all the tourists pour into this famous beach. They lie packed like sardines on the beach to enjoy the sunbathing.

6. They have been to St. Louis once and have a vague general knowledge of its wonders, but the day of their glory is over now. They lapse into a humble silence and learn to disappear when the ruthless engineer approaches.

Unit 2 l. Some cyber gurus claim that the Internet will prevent wars, reduce pollution, and combat various forms of inequality.

2. Although the Internet undeniably fosters communication, it will not put an end to war, since wars are by no means caused simply by the failure of different peoples to understand each other adequately.

3. The Internet can help reduce energy consumption and pollution only if doing things online genuinely displaces real-world activities.

4. The poor are not shunning the Internet because they cannot afford it. The problem is that they lack the skills to exploit it effectively. Therefore, it makes more sense to aim for universal literacy than universal Internet access.

5. Thanks to the Internet, income inequality between people doing similar jobs in different countries has been reduced. However, the inequality between information workers in poor countries and their poorest compatriots has been increased.

6. If human nature remains stubbornly unchanged, despite the claims of the techno-prophets, humanity cannot simply invent away its failings.

Unit 3

1. Many studies indicate the desert air is so dry that it contains hardly any moisture.

2. Although the children from age 5 to 16 must go to school in England according to the law, about 1% of the children still can not read when they leave primary school.

3. After hearing the news, I knew that within a fortnight I should/would feel restless again.

4. We think unanimously to answer this question, we must look more closely at the facts.

5. Throughout the world, governments at all levels are taking effective measures to prevent environment pollution.

6. Some people think that objective items such as multiple choices should be used for an examination; others don't agree because they believe that this kind of test has some bad effects on students' learning.

Unit 4 1.I find that walking along the quiet lake in the evening can provide refreshment from a day's sedentary job.