全新版大学英语-2-英语短语翻译整理

Unit 1

Ⅰ. Useful Expressions

1. 被系在…上be attached to…

2. 探索行为exploratory behavior

3. 偶尔on occasion

4. 父母的责任parental duties

5. 揭示，阐明throw light on

6. 最终目的an ultimate purpose

7. 要做的动作desired action

8. 所希望的结果desirable outcome

9. 关键critical point

10. 育儿观value of child rearing

11. 弥补某种错误行为making up for a misdeed

12. 回想起来in retrospect

13. 善意的well-intentioned

14. 前来帮助某人come to sb.’s rescue

15. 极其熟练、温和地with extreme facility and gentleness

16. 适用于apply to

17. 发展到evolve to

18. 发展创造力promote creativity

19. 值得追求的目标worthwhile goals

Ⅵ. Sentence Translation

1. But one of the most telling lessons Ellen and I got in the difference between Chinese and American ideas of education came not in the classroom but in the lobby of the Jinling Hotel where we stayed in Nanjing.

(=然而，我和艾伦获得的有关中美教育观念差异的最难忘的体验并非来自课堂，而是来自我们在南京期间寓居的金陵饭店的大堂。)

2. He probably got as much pleasure out of the sounds the key made as he did those few times when the key actually found its way into the slot. (=他从钥匙声响中得到的乐趣大概跟他偶尔把钥匙成功地塞进槽口而获得的乐趣一样多。)

3. I soon realized that this incident was directly relevant to our assigned tasks in China: to investigate the ways of early childhood education (especially in the arts), and to throw light on Chinese attitudes toward creativity.

(=我很快意识到，这件小事与我们在中国要做的工作直接相关：考察儿童早期教育（尤其是艺术教育）的方式，揭示了中国人对创造性活动的态度。)

4. 我的中国同行，除了少数几个人外，对此事的态度与金陵饭店工作人员一样。(= With a few exceptions my Chinese colleagues displayed the same attitude as the staff at the Jinling Hotel.)

5. 但关键在于，在这个过程中，我们试图让本杰明懂得，一个人是能够很好地自行解决问题的。

(= But the critical point was that, in the process, we were trying to teach Benjamin that one can solve a problem effectively by oneself.)

6. 回想起来，当时我就清楚地意识到，这件事正是体现了问题的关键之所在——而且不仅仅是一种意义上的关键之所在。

(= In retrospect, it became clear to me that this incident was indeed key — and key in more than one sense.)

7. 我们两种文化的差异也可以从我们各自所怀的忧虑中显示出来。

(= The contrast between our two cultures can also be seen in terms of the fears we both harbor.)

Unit 2

Ⅰ. Useful Expressions

1. 面临，遭遇be confronted with

2. 仰头向上看look up at

3. 填写fill out

4. 属于fall into

5. 仅仅，不多于，不强于nothing more than

6. 转瞬即逝的念头 a passing whim

7. 磨损，损耗wear and tear

8. 虽然，尽管in spite of

9. 期望，盼望look forward to

10. 富裕的，有钱的well off

11. 不自在，格格不入out of place

12. 陈旧的家具dated furniture

13. …之后不久shortly after

14. 走下坡路，失败go south

15. 转折点 a turning point

16. 与…形成对比in contrast to

17. 对…予以注意，致力于focus on

18. 归属感 a sense of belonging

19. 遭遇困难go through a rough time

20. 久不消逝的微笑 a lingering smile

21. 为…感恩be thankful for

22. 收入最低的档次the lowest income bracket

23. 创作才能the gift of creativity

24. 对物质财富的追求the pursuit of possessions

II. Sentence Translation

1. The pressure to purchase is real. It may be true that everybody wants

a high-end TV. After all, nobody wants to be a nobody.

(=购买这种电视机的压力千真万确。也许每个人真的都想要一台高档电视机，毕竟没有人想做一个无名之辈。)

2. I was standing just outside the doorway of a Wal-Mart, offering a “thank you” and a smile to each person who dropped a donation into my red kettle.