现代大学英语精读4第一到第五单元课后翻译答案

Unit 1
1、我知道，不管发生什么，我都可以指望我的兄弟会支持我。

I knew I could expect my brother to stand by me whatever happened.
2、一般情况下，年轻人总是对现在和将来更有兴趣。

As a general rule, young people tend to be more interest in the present and the future.
3、如果他们双方不妥协，就都会遭损。

Both sides will stand to lose if they do not compromise.
4、我们希望使我们的全部课程和教材都成为一个统一的整体。

It is our hope to make all the courses and teaching materials integrated.
5、中国的书面文字一直是国家完整统一的一个重要因素。

The Chinese written language has been a major factor for integrating our nation.
6、在中国的传统艺术中，竹子往往代表道德上的正直、刚正不阿。

In traditional Chinese art, the bamboo often stands for moral integrity and uprightness.
7、绝大多数人都赞成深化改革。

The great majority of the people stand for further reform.
8、伊丽莎白一世女王统治英国45年。

在她统治期间，国家十分繁荣昌盛。

Queen Elizabeth the First ruled England for 45 years, and the country prospered under her rule. 9、真理一开始总是掌握在少数人手里。

这是一般的规律。

The truth is always in the hand of a small minority at first. That's the rule.
10, 民主意味着由多数人来治理，但是少数人反对的权利仍然得到尊重。

这两条基本规则同等重要。

Democracy means that the majority rules, but the minority’s right to disagree is also respected. These two basic rules are of equal importance.
11、一个国家不可能强大，除非她不但地理上是一个整体，而且经济上，政治上和文化上都是一个很好的整体。

A nation cannot be strong unless it is well-integrated economically, politically and culturally as well as geographically.
12、那次晚会很乏味，所以她悄悄溜出房间回家了。

The party was boring, so she slipped out of the room and went home.
13 路很泥泞，他一滑掉进了河里。

The road was muddy. He slipped and fell into the river.
14、有一天，我因为破产正在一家饭馆力借酒浇愁，他突然过来把一叠钞票悄悄塞进我手里。

One day I was drowning my sorrows in a restaurant because I was broke when he came and slipped a roll of money into my hand.
15、佛罗里达州的法院裁决，票数需要重新统计。

The Court of Florida ruled that it was necessary to recount the votes.
16、认为太阳绕着地球转的观点统治了古代学术界达一千多年。

The idea that the sun moves round the earth ruled ancient scholars for more than a thousand years.
17、这些胡同是构成老北京的完整的一部分。

The hutongs are an integral part of old Beijing.
18、日子一天天过去，可是我仍然没有多少进步。

Days slipped by and I still had not made much progress.
19、他怕犯错，每个字都仔细推敲。

He weighed every word carefully lest he should make a mistake.
20、她的身体糟糕到了冬天都不敢见太阳，免得中暑。

Her health was such terrible that she would not go out in the sun even in winter lest she get sun-stroke.
Lesson 2
1、我们公司在这么短的时间里就发展成为跨国公司，真是一个奇迹。

It is a miracle how our company has developed into a multinational in such a short span of time.
2、那个国家的平均寿命在短短20年中由42岁增加到50岁。

The average life span of that country has increased from 42 years to 50 years in a matter of two decades.
3、这两个国家的冲突已经跨越了半个世纪。

The conflict between the two countries has spanned more than half a century.
4有四座大桥横跨在这条江上。

There are four bridges spanning the river.
5、我对你非常感谢。

要是没有你的帮助，我这本书永远也完不了。

I'm much obliged to you. Without your help, I would never have finished the book.
6、不，这个聚会你不是非去不可。

你要是不想去，完全可以不去。

No, you are not obliged to go to the party. You don't have to go if you don't want to.
7 人们找她她总是十分乐意为他们帮忙。

She’s always ready to oblige when people come to her for help.
8 山谷里有一个小湖，夹在一座小山和一块草地中间。

那是野餐的绝妙之处。

In the valley is a small lake right between a meadow and a hill. It is a perfect spot for picnic .
9、他坐在一个阴凉的地方，很快就打起盹来。

Sitting in that shady spot he soon dozed off.
10、他看见我把一个塑料口袋扔到路边就当场批评了我。

He criticized me on the spot when he saw me throw a plastic bag by the roadside.
11 那是一件白底蓝点的衬衫，看起来挺漂亮的。

It is a white shirt with blue spots. It looks quite pretty.
12、这位侦探发现了那个疑犯，就过去把他逮捕了。

The detective spotted the suspect and he walked and arrested him.
13、有一个气球爆了，把我吓了一跳。

One of the balloons popped and it gave me quite a start.
14 在上课的时候进进出出是很不礼貌的。

It is very impolite to keep popping in and out of the classroom when the class is still going on. 15、当他看见那位小伙子准备用现金买那辆宝马车的时候，他的眼珠子都要蹦出来了。

When he saw the young man ready to pay for the BMW in cash, his eyes almost popped out of his head.
16、在那些国家里水比油要值钱得多。

朋友们往往带值十美元的水当礼品。

In those countries, water is worth a lot more than oil. Friends will often bring dollars' worth of water as a gift.
17、这个项目完成以后，可以使大约十万人收益。

所以这项投资和努力是很值的。

When this project is completed, it will benefit about a hundred thousand people. It will be well worth the effort and investment.
18、这电影不值得看两遍。

其实它一遍也不值得看。

This movie is not worth seeing twice. In fact, it's not worth seeing at all.
19 我觉得那地方值得去参观。

我听说他们所有传统的明清建筑都保存得很好。

I think it is worthwhile to visit that place. I hear they have kept all their traditional houses intacthouses that were built in Ming-Qing styles.
20、贾宝玉当他父亲的好儿子实在当得烦透了。

他渴望得到自由。

Jia Baoyu was sick and tired of being his father's worthy son. He yearned for freedom.
Lesson 3
1 尚不知飞机撞毁的原因。

The cause of the aircraft crash is so far unknown.
2 地球转暖的原因目前在科学家当中还在热烈争论。

The cause of global warming is still hotly debated among scientists.
3 他把他的一生都献给了环保事业。

He devoted all his life to the cause of environmental protection.
4 历史上这条河给我们造成了大量的问题。

The river has caused us a lot of trouble in history.
5 你认为国际恐怖主义的高涨是什么造成的？
What do you think caused the upsurge in international terrorism?
6 我们必须团结那些反对过我们的人。

We must try and unite with those who have opposed us.
7 任何进步和改革都会遭到反对。

There is always opposition to any progress and reform.
8 有些人对新事物总是反对的。

Some people are always opposed to new things.
9 这些贷款不少从未归还。

这些呆帐最后导致了这个世界上第二大经济强国的经济危机。

A lot of those loans were never repaid. That high ratio of bad debts financially led to the financial crisis in this second economic power in the world.
10 工商银行现在给那些缴不起学费的学生提供一种特别贷款。

The Business Bank now offers a special loan to students who can’t pay for their education.
11 这男孩问思多太太能否将她的望远镜借她一用。

The boy asked Mrs. Stow for the loan of her binoculars.
12 她在结束讲话时说，她希望哪天能再来，多看看这个国家。

She concluded her speech by saying that she hoped she could come again some day and see more of the country.
13 他们一结束调查，就向安理会报告。

As son as they concluded the investigation, they were to report to the Security Council.
14 在他访问期间，他将和印度签署一个新的贸易协定。

During his visit, he will conclude a new trade agreement with India.
15 根据这些有理疑点，陪审团只能得出结论，这个少年是无罪的。

Based on those reasonable doubts, the jury had to conclude that the boy was not guilty.
16 他将经东京飞往纽约。

She is flying to New Y ork by way of Tokyo.
17 我想谈谈上世纪60年代的情况作为对这个电影的介绍。

I'd like to say a few words about the situation in the sixties of the last century by way of an introduction to the movie.
18 他们决定招回大使以示抗议。

They decided to recall their ambassador by way of protest.
Lesson 4
1、因为疯牛病，那个国家的牛肉进口暂时停止了。

Import of that country’s beef was suspended because of the mad cow sc are.
2、在战争期间，那条铁路的建设不得不暂时停止了。

During the war, they had to suspend the construction of the railway.
3、吸毒是一件严重违规的事件，罗伯特受到了停学两周的处分。

It was a serious offence to take drugs. Robert was suspended from school for two weeks.
4、她正躺在悬挂在两个树枝之间的吊床上读书呢。

She was reading in a hammock suspended from two tree branches.
5 这次暂停销售给我们带来了很大的损失。

The sales suspension has brought us heavy losses.
6 这也许是亚洲最长的吊桥。

This is perhaps the longest suspension bridge in Asia.
7 这个作家善于制造悬念。

The author is very good at creating suspense.
8 他那时经常十分羡慕地看着那些有钱人的孩子上学。

He used to watch with great envy children of wealthy people go to school.
9 我真的相当羡慕他们的校园。

I rather envy their school for its beautiful campus.
10 她别过了脸，免得让人看到她的脸红。

She averted her face so that people would not see her blush.
11 他一向讨厌出头露面，出风头。

He has always had an aversion to publicity.
12 政府的政策成功地避免了一场严重的经济衰退。

The government's policy succeeded in averting a serious economic recession.
13 迈克尔乔丹是很多黑人孩子心中羡慕的人。

Michael Jordan is the envy of many black kids.
14 每年夏天都有几十万人被派去护提防洪。

Every summer, hundreds of thousands of people are sent to guard the riverbanks against floods. 15 要想得到那个金苹果很不容易，因为有一个巨人守卫着。

It was not easy to get the golden apple, for it was guarded by a ferocious giant.
16 当时西城几乎没有设防，诸葛亮差一点当了俘虏。

Xicheng was practically unguarded so Zhuge Liang narrowly escaped being captured.
17 那些战俘杀了守卫，逃进了森林。

The prisoners of war killed the guards and escaped into the woods.
18 他也许是篮球史上最伟大的后卫。

He is probably the greatest guard in the history of basketball.
19 他们在一个星期天发动进攻，打了美国人一个措手不及。

They took the Americans off guard by launching a sudden attack on a Sunday.
20 桥上站着两个士兵在守卫。

There were two armed soldiers standing guard at the bridge.
21 拿破仑在他早年就已经显示了他的才能。

Napoleon exhibited his military talent early in life.
22 这些展品都保了险，而且都严加守卫。

These exhibits are all insured and carefully guarded.
23 展览会结束以后，所有这些展品都将作为礼品送给东道国。

When the exhibition is over, the exhibits will be given to the host country as gifts.
24 她将在中央美术馆展出她最近的一些雕塑。

She is going to exhibit some of her most recent sculptures at the National Art Gallery.
Lession5
1、为了满足日益增长的能源需要，以后我们每年都要增加石油进口。

We need to increase our oil import in the coming years to meet the growing demand for energy 2、在过去的两年里，我们的利润增加了20%。

Our profit has increased by 20% in the past two years.
3、私家车的数量5年内增加了5倍。

The number of privately-owned cars has increased five times (fivefold) in five years.
4、我们市的手机用户在不到5年的时间里由2万增至50万。

The number of mobile phone owners in our city has increased from 20 thousand to about half a million in less than 5 years.
5、她把她的自行车停靠在一棵树上。

She propped her bike against a tree.
6、当地的经济主要靠旅游业。

The local economy is largely propped on tourism.
7、他头靠着一块大石头美美地睡着了。

He was fast asleep with his head propped on a big rock.
8、你们得用有力的支撑防止这塔进一步倾斜。

Y ou need strong props to keep the tower from leaning any further.
9、901航班将在8点55分降落机场。

Flight 901 is due to land at the airport at 8:55.
10、很多外国观察家们说，下一个月球登陆的人很可能是中国人。

Many foreign observers say that the next man to land on the moon may very well be a Chinese. 11、他们扔的一块石头落到了一个年轻士兵的头上。

One of the stones they threw landed on the head of a young soldier.
12、你这样下去会让你进班房的。

If you go on like this, you will land yourself in a jail.
13、我重重一拳打到他的下巴，把他打得趴下了。

I landed a powerful punch to his chin and sent him sprawling.
14、你接近快要淹死的人的时候，千万不要让他抓住你的双手。

When you approach a drowning person, you must not let him grip your hands.
15、关于那些鲸鱼突然出现的报道，吸引了全城的兴趣。

Reports of the sudden appearance of these whales gripped the interest of the whole city.
16、如果她绳子一松手，就会掉下一千英尺一命呜呼的。

If she lost grip on the rope, she’d fall 1,000 feet to sure death.
17、你要振作起来，不要绝望。

Y ou must keep a grip on yourself. Don’t despair.
18、我们政府尽一切可能保卫我们的货币。

Our government did everything possible to defend the value of our currency.
19、我们今年头9个月向那个国家的出口总额达到了940亿美元。

The total value of our exports to that country in the first nine months this year has reached $94 billion.
20、一个敢于浪费一个小时时间的人，还不懂得生命的价值。

（达尔文）
A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life. (Charles Darwin)
21、在大学里，学生还获得某种价值观念。

这是他们教育的一个重要部分
At college, students acquire certain values. This is an important part of their education.
22、如果你珍惜自己的生命，就别抽烟了。

If your value your life, quit smoking.
23、这张画估计值2,000万美元。

This painting is valued at $20 million.。