大英3,4课后翻译+词汇答案整合版

3.1 Translation

1.我们的计算机系统出了毛病，但我觉得问题比较小。(minor)

We have a problem with the computer system, but I think it's fairly minor.

2.父亲去世时我还小，不能独立生活。就在那时，家乡的父老接过了养育我（my upbringing）的责任。(at that point)

My father died when I was too young to live on my own. The people of my hometown took over my upbringing at that point.

3.这些玩具必得在达到严格的安全要求后才可出售给儿童。(requirement)

The toys have to meet strict safety requirements before they can be sold to children.

4.作为新闻和舆论的载体（carrier），广播和电视补充了而不是替代了报纸。(supplement, rather than)

Radio and television have supplemented rather than replaced the newspaper as carriers of news an

d opinion.

5.至于这本杂志，它刊载世界各地许多报章杂志上文章的摘要。(digest, when it comes to ...) When it comes to this magazine, it carries a digest of articles from many newspapers and magazin es around the world.

Vocabulary

1. My job varies between the extremely tedious and the annoyingly busy. On balance I th ink I'm happier during the really busy times; no time to think about how bored I am.

2. It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them。

3. I figure out a good team of dogs, hitched to a light sled, can haul 1,000 pounds of goods.

4. In the story, the little girl has a wicked stepmother, who makes her life a misery.

5. Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced -- even a proverb is no proverb to you till your life has illustrated it.

6. Nowadays almost all libraries are finding it increasingly difficult to remain within their budget.

7. You can increase a tyre’ s grip in winter by slightly lowering its pressure.

8. Lakes Superior, Huron, Erie, and Ontario are shared by the United States and Canada, and form part of the boundary between the two countries.

9. The police are investigating the three men allegedly involved in organizing and carrying out the bank robbery.

10. I do not doubt in the least that inflation leads to economic decline.

11. A blizzard was blasting great drifts of snow across the lake.

12. Tim says just about everybody will be affected by the tax increase, but I’m sure he’s exaggerating.

3.3 Translation

1. 无论是在城市还是在农村，因特网正在改变人们的生活方式。(urban, rural)

The Internet is changing the way people live, no matter whether they are in urban or rural areas. 2. 和大公司相比，中小公司更容易受到全球经济危机的威胁。(medium, vulnerable) Medium-sized and small companies are more vulnerable to the threat of the global economic crisi s than large ones.

3.关于期末论文，教授要求我们先分析失业图表，然后对国家的经济发展提供批评性的见解。

(analyze, chart, reflection)

With regard to our term papers, the professor asked us to analyze the chart of unemployment firs t, and then provide critical reflections on the nation's economic development.

4.他从来也没有想到他们队会以大比分赢得那场篮球赛。(by a large margin, it occurs to ...) It never occurred to him that their team would win the basketball match by a large margin.

5.回顾二十年的中学教学，我把我的成功归结为耐心、才能、和对知识的不断追求。(look back on)

Looking back on my twenty years' teaching in high school, I attributed my success to patience, tal ent, and the constant pursuit of knowledge.

Vocabulary

1. According to some scientists, global warming threatens the survival of the whole human race.

2. The number of visitors from parts of Scotland not including the Edinburgh area was, in fact, relatively small ( 19%) , and exceeded the number of overseas visitors(16%) by a small margin.

3. The early Spaniards established a chain of missions to civilize the local population along the San Antonio River.

4. It was common practice then that when the store owners wanted to go on vacation they simply closed up.

5. As they didn’t have relatives or friends there they often wandered around nearby malls when they get bored.

6. T o make a birthday car d, you can simply cut out some funny or pretty pictures from magazines, paste them onto a piece of card and then write your message inside.

7. She picked up the receiver and, without so much as asking the caller to hold on, went off to tell Jack that he was wanted on the phone.

8. To relax himself for a little while, he rose from the computer desk, walked across the room towards the window and lifted both hands upwards and sideways.

9. The new product has a pair of small loudspeakers fitted inside, which you can easily hook up to your computer’s sound card.

10. Music in fact is a universal language of a non-verbal nature which is rich in expression.

11. This chart is designed to show at a glance how many rooms have been rented out and how many are still available.

12. Bathed in glorious sunshine, the boundless stretch of corn fields looked an impressive sight.

3.5 Translation

1. 奶奶想当然地认为粮价要涨，所以买了许多大米。(take sth. for granted)

Grandma took it for granted that food prices would soar, so she bought a lot of rice.

2. 我可以给你引用几个例子来说明她献身科学的精神。(quote, instance)

I can quote you several instances of her dedication to science.

3. 20世纪80年代中国一些经济特区（zone）开始迅速发展起来。(see, swift)

The 1980s saw the start of the swift development of some special economic zones in China.

4. 两国关系的紧张部分是由最近的间谍事件（spy affair）引起的。(in part)

Tension between the two countries stemmed in part from the latest spy affair.

5. 彼得已在一家律师事务所（law firm）当了多年律师。你可考虑请他做你的律师，当你需