21世纪大学英语第2册课后翻译答案

21世纪大学英语第2册课后翻译答案

21世纪大学英语第2册课后翻译答案【Unit1】

1、老伴60多岁中风去世时，那位72岁的退休教授不胜悲痛。无人依靠的生活对他来说将是非常困难的。

When his wife died of a stroke in her sixties the

72-year-old retired professor was overwhelmed by grief. Life would be too difficult for him without anybody to rely on.

2、两位业余画家上个月在伦敦举办了一次个人画展。许多人前去参观，其中包括一些著名的专业画家。

Last month two amateur painters held an exhibition of their pictures in London. Many people went to see it including

a few celebrated professionals.

3、当20世纪80年代中期，7名宇航员在“挑战者”号的灾难中遇到困难时，全世界一下子陷入了震惊与悲痛之中。

When seven astronauts died in the Challenger disaster in the mid-1980s it plunged the whole world into shock and grief.

4、在结束了其第二届首相任期之后，她仍积极参与政治事务。当政府遇到困难时，她屡次前来帮忙。

After completing her second prime ministry she remained actively involved in political affairs. She came to the rescue several times when the government was in difficulty.

5、大选失败之后，史密斯博士隐退到一个小村庄，在那里尝试工作。After his failure in the election campaign Dr. Smith retired to a small village where he tried his hand at farming.

6、只要你一辈子不停地努力工作，你在回忆里往事时就会感到心满意足的。

As long as you keep working hard all your life you will recall your past with a glow of satisfaction.

7、我们现在必须唤醒人们认识到环境保护的重要性。否则很快就为时太晚了。

We must awaken people to the importance of environmental protection or it will be too late.

8 、那位官员因卷入一件政治丑闻而被撤职。如果早知会落到这般地步，他当初也许就会以不同的方式行事了。

That official was removed from office for being involved in a political scandal. Had he known this would happen he might have acted differently.

【Unit2】

1、我们班女生占大多数。相比之下，他们的班级全由男子组成。Female students constitute the majority of our class. By contrast their class is made up of males only.

2、美国孩子通常每天看三小时电视，而中国孩子必须将放学后的大部分时间用于做家庭作业。

American children can usually watch TV (for) three hours a day whereas their Chinese counterparts have to work on their homework most of the time after school.

3、他开发的一系列新研究方法使他获得了巨大的成功。他说这一切都得归功于他父母的鼓励。

His development of a series of new research methods led to hi s great success. He said he owed all this to his parents’ encouragement.

4、讨论直接涉及他的未来，而他却被排斥在外，对此他表示愤慨。He resented being excluded from discussions that directly concerned his future.

5、这些问题连续不断地出现，这表明这台新仪器必须重新调试。The fact that these problems are continually showing up suggests that this new device has to be readjusted.

6、张华是近年来涌入美国一流大学的亚裔学生之一，他说他的许多思想都基于传统的中国哲学。

As one of the many Asian students who have surged into the best American universities in recent years Zhang Hua says that many of his ideas are based on the traditional Chinese philosophy.

7、首先，杨先生如此努力工作并非只是为了钱。他一心为了教育青年人并设法激励他们在各方面都取得进步。

To start with it is not merely money that makes Mr. Young work so hard. He is committed to educating the young and tries to motivate them to get ahead in life.

8、我们剩下的时间不多了，于是我们把车开得更快，希望能及时赶到机场。

As time was running out we drove even faster in hopes that we could make it to the airport in time.

【Unit3】