英语答案

1.Almost everyone would like to have more money for nonessential goo

ds and services just because they make life a little more pleasant.

2.Mr. Peterson is the chairman of nonprofit charity organization.

3.Hostility towards outsiders is characteristic of both humans and non-

humans.

4. Although I’m a nonsmoker, I don’t support discrimination against sm

okers.

5.It would be nonsense to say that all Asian societies are the same.

6.There’s a difference between using words in a nonstandard way and

using them incorrectly.

IX.

从一开始，乔治就被所有的日本雇员欣然接受。日方经理通常不信任任何被派去代表美方业主的人，但乔治生性随和，没有人把他看作是对自己职业的一种威胁。所以他们喜欢就广泛的各类问题征求他的意见，包括大洋彼岸他们的合作伙伴的古怪行为。公司上下的工程师们都珍视乔治的专业知识和他友好而技能熟练的帮助，他们已养成了一有问题----任何问题，就找他帮忙的习惯。办公室里的秘书们都热衷于帮助这个讨人喜欢的单身汉学习日语。

X.

1. When this temporary job came to an end, George was offered a perma nent job, which he accepted at once.

2. To ensure that their ventures in Japan are profitable, the American co

mpanies need cultural translators even more than language translators.

3. As a cultural translator, George was eager to help the Japanese employ ees who came to ask his advice on a great many matters, both within an

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f his field of expertise.

4. Somehow or other, George persuaded the American manager to go al ong with the Japanese accountant’s decision, thus smoothing over the co nflict between the two.

5. Conflicts and arguments do arise at times between the American man agers and their Japanese counterparts. But since both parties have the g ood sense to compromise, these conflicts are prevented from escalating i nto big emotional battles.

6. All the Japanese employees, the personnel manager included, appreciated George’s frequent help with the multitude of problems they run into.

7. My spoken Japanese is not good enough to express myself well. Please don’t get offended if I sometimes say stupid things.

8. with a solid understanding of traditional Chinese medicine and a good mastery of English, dr. Zhang is highly qualified to train foreign doctors who came to China to study Chinese medicine.

第六单元

Text comprehension

II.

1. Because he is a star in the sense of a celebrity and in the sense that his expertise is related to astronomy.

2. He is paralyzed except for a few muscles, and he has lost his ability to use his voice.

3. These are examples of the family’s eccentricity.

4. He means that he regards Galileo as the first scientist to closely observ

e the world and to base his ideas about science on observation.

5. He was very gifted without having to work hard, and he hung around with an ‘elite group’ of intelligent students.

6. It seems to be meant as an example of his quick and insightful mind- b ut to me it sounds as if hawking just happened to know the answer to thi s particular ‘puzzle’ (so do I, now!)

7. His physical awkwardness, his messy uniform and his speech impedim ents.

8. It’s an example of Hawking’s eccentricity.

9. He gained appreciation for and interest in life.

10. They mean that it showed how determination and ambition can help people overcome seemingly impossible obstacles (i.e. Hawking’s severe disabilities).