大学英语四课后答案及课文翻译

1. disaster

2. compelled

3. historical

4. disciplined

5. destruction

6. output

7. retreat

8. abandoned

9. trace 10. eternal 11. investment 12. transfer 13. justify 14. nonetheless 15. contributions 16. acceler ate 17. threaten

1. show signs of

2. called upon

3. off limits

4. in fear of

5. slow down

6. cut down

7. from head to f oot

8. come by

9. lost out 10. As yet 11. reside in

1. The village is so close to the border that the villagers live in constant fear of attacks from the en emy.

2. In only twenty years the country was transformed into an advanced industrial power.

3. This company has evolved into one of the major chemical manufacturing bases in this region.

4. Given the current financial situation, it is inevitable that the US dollar will be further devalued.

5. The government's call for suggestions about the control of water pollution produced very little re sponse from the citizens.

6. The weather showed no signs of getting better so the government called upon us to get prepared f or floods.

7. At one time scientists thought that there was nothing smaller than an atom but now most people k now that an atom consists of even smaller particles.

8. The students were all very much concerned about the World Cup, spending at least two hours eve ry day watching the live matches on TV.

9. The department store lost out because loans were very hard to come by and it could not start busi ness on time.

10. We can't go there for a walk because there is a navy base there, which is off limits to tourists.

Words in Action

1. 1) monitor 2) phenomenon 3) isolation 4) gradual 5) opponent 6) advent 7) genetic 8) consciously 9) extreme 10) nasty 11) boom 12) formal 13) soar 14) survey 15) Similarly 16) modify 17) rough

2. 1) at the same time 2) are stuck with 3) for certain 4) make no difference 5) on average

6) when it comes to

7) depends on 8) built into 9) come to mind 10) at work

Translation

1) He really knows a lot about theory, but when it comes to actual work, he seems to be quite ignor ant.

2) The latest survey shows / showed that the majority of the citizens support / supported the govern ment’s plan to build a new library.

3) The two countries could reach agreement successfully on scientific and technological cooperatio n because several factors favorable to their cooperation had been at work.

4) I saw the film when I was in the primary school, but the title just won’t come to mind for the moment.

5) He has been stuck with heavy debt though he works about twelve hours every day on average.

6) Is it necessary to know his height? To me, it is not relevant to whether he can be a good lawyer o r not.

7) The cupboard is built into the wall so that it both saves space and is convenient to use.

8) These workers earn more than we do, but the other side of the coin is their job is more dangerous