现代大学英语 精读 第三次 课后翻译

Unit2

我怀疑I suspected that the book might not be in print. I checked with the bookstore people, and they told me that I was right. The book had been out of print for years.

刘备One memorable story in the novel concerns how Liu Bei tried not to arouse Cao Cao’s suspicion about his ambitions, because if he did his life would be at stake.

曹操When Cao Cao called him a real hero, Liu Bei was so shocked that he dropped his chopsticks. But he cleverly covered up his suspicious behavior.

嫌疑犯The first suspect was the victim’s son. The police suspected him of murdering his father because the neighbors had heard them fighting on the night of the killing.

想象力In learning, the important thing is not to commit everything to memory, but to use your imagination and think creatively as well as critically.

窃贼He must have been the funniest burglar imaginable. He broke into a house, ate and drank to his heart’s content, and remained dead drunk until discovered the next morning, with a perfectly content look on his face.

记人名I have trouble remembering people’s names. I imagine it must result from old age.

威胁We often live under many imaginary threats and feel disheartened as a result.

低估g people as a matter of fact have very imaginative minds.

有志者Where there is a will there is a way.

男人背后As the saying goes,behind every great/successful man there stands a woman.

镇上There was a time in this town when the residents didn’t have to lock their doors at night.

天堂On his first day at school,the boy realized that there was no question of ever returning to the paradise of home.

纳尔逊Nelson Mandela says in his autobiography:Sometimes there is nothing one can do to save something that must die.

偏僻There”s something to be said for/about living in an out-ou –the –way place in the mountains.

恐怖分子Ther’s no telling what those terrorists might do next.We must be on the lookout all the time.

移民There were too many things to consider before the family decided to immigrate to Australia.

攻击性There is something in the boy’s aggressive behavior that is worrying his parents. 免费午餐There’s no such thing as a free

lunch.Don’t feel entitled to anything you

haven’t sweated and struggled for.

Unit3

无形的绳子They all stretched their necks to

see what was happening,as if pulled by an

invisible string.

开阔地We got out of the car to stretch a

little .In front of us was beautiful stretch of

open land.

连续谈判They talked for hours at a stretch,but

they still failed to settle their differences.

美味佳肴For all the warm weather,fresh air

and delicious food,her health still did not

recover.

沙漠One glance at the car,and he knew that it

was beyond repair.He looked ahead and found

the desert stretching as far as the eye could see

without a soul in sight.He knew he was in a

terrible fix.

武松Wu Song swung his stick at the tiger with

all his strength.But the stick snapped and the

tiger was unharmed.In his panic,he had hit the

tree nearby.

俄罗斯I am terribly fond of the pirtures you

snapped in Russia,especially the one showing

the Russian coachman sitting by the Black Sea

with his supper in a cloth on his knees.

罢休—“You can’t just let it go at that,”Itried to

plead with him.--“It is none of your

business,”he snapped.

他“啪”地一下He snapped his briefcase

to,stood up and said,”Then it’s all settled.”

海啸He was standing in front of his house on a

bill,only about a hundred meters apart/away

from the wharf when the tsunami came.

窝窝头The hungry boy wolfed down the

leftover corn breads as though it was his

favorite king pranwns.

高中What remains in his mind of his high

school days is nothing but endless rounds of

tests and exams.

宗旨I don’t think the resolution is in accord

with the purpose of the organization.That’S

why I voted as I did.

微博He doesn’t understand what it is that

makes his grandson so crazy about

mieroblogging.

细节I remember the details about the incident

as though it was yestoday.

龙卷风What remained of her home after the

tornado was the land the house was built on.

目睹That’s why he behaved as he did when he

witnessed the car crash this morning.

琢磨They are teying to figure out what it was

that turned one of the twin brothers into a

criminal,the other an excellent policeman.

水稻When he found a particularly strong rice

plant he was very happy as though he had

discovered a gold mine.

富裕Now that he’s quite well-off,he has

decided to get in touch with what remains of

hin family.

Unit4

古怪Only in this way can we give a reasonable

account of his behavior.

特异She claims to possess a magic power---

the power to cure diseases simply by the touch

of her hand.

任命He appointed five people to handle the

case. They formed a strong team. Within days

they found in his possession rolls of euros, US

dollars and large quantities of valuables the

source of which the suspect could not account

for.

妖怪In the story, his evil spirit often appears in

the form of a pretty young lady

画卷He rolled up the painting and said that he

wouldn’t part with it for less than a million

dollars.

法官Of all the qualified judges, I don’t know

why she was appointed to the Supreme Court.

犯罪率I don’t know enough to form an

elaborate theory, but I’m sure that poverty

alone cannot account for the increase of the

crime rate.

卡车A big stone suddenly rolled down the hill,

so big that it smashed the truck to pieces.

袖子I said that we must roll up our sleeves and

start working, but he just rolled his eyes

philosophically and smiled.

皇帝In ancient times, our philosophers

believed that a good king should be to the

people as a good father is to his children. He

must never treat cruelly on any account.

Unit5

造房Building a house is no joking matter .You

have to check carefully at every step.

部队His troops successfully checked the

advance of the enemy whose original intention

was to make a surprise attack.

反驳I really wanted to refute his

arguments ,but I checked myself because I

thought it was not the right occasion.

环保Rachel Carson is famous for devoting all

her life to the cause of environmental

protection.

水库In some ways we are still ignorant of the

potential harm of these dams and

reservoirs .They might cause irrevocable

changes in the environment.

平衡There must be a set of checks and

balances so that no important policy concerning

national interests can be made by one person

without the consent and knowledge of the

people.

市场To compete successfully we have to adjust

to new conditions. These colorful garments, for

example, are specially designed. They are

intended for the youth market.

教师We teachers cannot be excused for our

lack of concern for students’ health.

卧床He said that he would rather die than be

confined to bed all his life and isolated from the

outside world.

席卷A mass protest swept the country and he

was caught in a crossfire from both the right

and the left.

Unit6

上瘾We all know that cocaine is addictive. So

is heroin .But actually power and money are

addictive too. Those who get addicted to them

are really very sick people.

沼泽Scientists have been advocating retuning

reclaimed land to rivers, lakes, marshes and

meadows.

破产According to many economists, it is not

always a good idea for the government to bail

out financially insolvent companies. Sometimes,

a company on the verge bankruptcy is better

allowed to go bankrupt.

抄袭He has been caught red-handed. There is

indisputable evidence that a whole chapter of

his book was bodily lifted from a book written

by another professor.

兽类Their government long since passed a law

to ban the import and export of rare species of

birds and animals. But the law is not easy to

enforce.

牛仔裤It is hard to make young people believe

nowadays that there was a time when Chinese

women were banned from wearing skirts. Jeans,

foreign movies and Western music were all

forbidden.

触礁In the darkness our ship hit a hidden rock,

which left a gaping hole in the bottom. We all

tried desperately to bail out the water, but the

boat was sinking fast. Luckily a fishing boat

was nearby and saved us from drowning.

示威者The demonstrators demanded that

economic sanctions be lifted immediately

because they usually only hurt ordinary,

innocent people.

倡导者At the meeting, both the advocates and

opponents gave strong arguments, but most

participants favored having further reforms

placed on the agenda immediately.