大学英语第二版综合教程一英语翻译整理

英语翻译整理

Unit1

1.那是个正规宴会，我照妈妈对我讲的那样穿着礼服去了。（formal）

As it was a formal dinner party ,I wore formal dress ,as Mother told me to.

2.他女友劝他趁抽烟的坏习惯尚未根深蒂固之前把它戒掉。（take hold）

His girlfriend advised him to get out/get rid out of his bad habit of smoking before it took hold.

3.你们预料到下几个月电的需求量很大，决定增加生产。（anticipate）

Anticipating that that the demand for electrity will be high during the next few months ,they have decided to increase its production.

4.据说比尔因一再违反公司的安全规章而被解雇。（violate）

It is said that Bill has been fired for continually violating the company’s safety rules. /Bill is said to have been fired for continually violating the company’s safety rule s.

5.据报道地方政府已采取适当的措施避免当地严重缺水（water shortage）的可能性。(avoid,serve)

It is reported that the government has taken proper measures to avoid the possibility of a severe water short age. /The local government is reported to have taken proper measures to avoid the possibility of a severe wa ter shortage.

Unit2

1.半个小时过去了，但班车还没来。我们只好走回家（go by）

Half an hour had gone by, but the last bus hadn’t come yet. We had to walk home.

2.玛丽看上去对汉语考试很担心，因为她还没有背熟课文（learn…by heart）

Mary seems to be very worried about the Chinese exam because she hasn’t learned the texts by hear t

3.既然篮球赛已被推迟，我们不妨去参加博物馆（postpone）

Since the basketball match has been postponed, we might as well visit the museum.

4.整个二次世界大战期间他一直和父母住在澳大利亚（all the way）

He stayed in Australia with his parents all the way through WWⅡ

5.自从1985年从南京大学毕业至今，可以说我与我的大学同学失去了联系（kind of lose touch）

Since I graduated from Nanjing University in 1985, I have kind of lost touch with my classmates.

Unit3

1.正如科学家预言的那样，全球污染成了人类面临的最严重的问题之一（global）

As is predicted by scientists, global pollution has become one of the most serious problems humans are face

d with.

2.谋求这些职位的竞争很激烈——今年的求职者（applicant）是去年的五倍。Competition

Competition for these jobs is very tough we have five times as many applicants this year as we did last year/ there are five times as many applicants this year as there were last year.

3．正如事实表明的那样，教育大纲应符合国家的经济发展计划（fit into

As the facts show, educational programs need to fit into the national plan for economical development 4．这辆汽车太费油（burn too much gas），而且价钱几乎是我想付的两倍（moreover The car burns too much gas, and moreover, the price is almost twice as much as I intend to pay

5.要了解一起重大的国际事件,我们要首先要考虑其历史与政治背景（background

To understand a great international event, we, first of all, need to consider the historical and political backgr ound to it.