Passage A
1,随着职务的提升,他负担的责任也更大了。
1.With his promotion, he has taken on greater responsibilities.
2,他感到他没有必要再一次对约翰逊承担这样的责任了。
2.He felt he did not have to make such a commitment to John any more.
3,闲暇时玛丽喜欢外出购物,与她相反,露西却喜欢呆在家里看书。
3.Mary likes to go shopping in her spare time, as opposed to Lucy, who prefers to stay at home reading.
4,说好听一点,可以说他有抱负,用最糟糕的话来说,他是一个没有良心活没有资格的权力追随着。
4.At best he's ambitious, at worst a power-seeker without conscience or qualifications.
5,我们已尽全力说服他,但却毫无进展。
5.We have striven to the full to convince him, but we have made no headway.
Passage B
1 因特网的普及,给人们提供了迅速、方便获取信息的机会。
The popularity of Internet provides people with quick and convenient access to information。
既然他不同意这个计划,在考虑此事就没有多大意义。
Since he doesn’t agree to this plan, there is not much point in thinking about it any more.
我本人为你没有看过这个电影,不过他应该是个很好的片子。
3. I haven't seen it myself, but it is supposed to be a very good film.
4 如果你不努力,终将一事无成。
4. If you don't work hard, you'll end up nowhere
5 美国有义务首先禁止核武器 。
5. It's up to the United States to take the initiative in banning nuclear weapons.
Unit 2
Passage A
要是他适合当校长,那么哪个学生都可以当。
1.He is no more fit to be a headmaster than any schoolboy would be.
2 至于他的父亲,她不敢肯定他是否会接收她核她的小孩。
2.As for her father, she is not sure whether he will accept her and her baby.
3 晚睡会损害健康,而早睡有异于健康。
3.Staying up late will undermine one's health while going to bed early and getting up early will benefit it.
4 大使亲自向总统传达了总统的问候。
4.The ambassador personally conveyed the president's message to the premier.
5 这个女孩决定敞开心扉,把他看到的一切都告诉警方。
5.The girl decided to open up and tell the police what she had seen.
Passage B
过量的运动对身体健康弊多利少,所以我们必须控制运动量。
1.Excessive exercises do more harm than good to one's health. Therefore we must control the amount of exercise we do.
他几次试图加入他们的谈话,但都由于胆小而放弃了。
2.He made a few attempts to join in their conversation, but he gave up because of timidness.
3 就方便快捷而言,火车无法与飞机竞争。
3.Trains cannot compete with planes in terms of convenience and speed.
4 就中美文化做一对比会有助于你尽快明白和适应在美国的学习环境。
4.Making a comparison between Chinese and American cultures will help you to adapt to your study environment in the US.
5 在公共汽车上年轻人给老弱病残让座是中国人的传统美德。
5.It is a traditional Chinese virtue for the young on the buses to yield their seats to the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled.
Unit 3
Passage A
理个发他就要收500元,简直不可思议。
1.It is simply unbelievable for him to charge 500 dollars for a haircut.
2 人民赋予你权力,你就应该全心全意为人民服务。
2.People grant you the privilege, so you should serve the people wholeheartedly.
3 天气预报很重要,依据它我们才能决定什么时候出航。
3.The weather forecast is very important so that we can decide when to go to sea.
4 炮声打破了往常周日早晨的宁静,人们强烈预感到战争就要来临。
4.The sound of guns violated the usual calm of Sunday morning, and people had a strong feeling that the war was coming.
5 即使你每分钟看3页,到周末你无论如何也看不完这本书。
5.Even though you read three pages per minute, you will by no means finish the book by the end of this weekend.
Passage B
1 他无需认真考虑就可以轻易击败对手。
1.He can beat his opponent easily without giving a second thought.
2 他根本不懂驾驶的情况下,他居然请你把车开上了公路。
2.With little or no knowledge of driving, he drove the car onto the road.
3 对这座桥梁的施工未经许可进行更改是违法的。
3.It is illegal to make an unauthorized change in the construction of the bridge.
4 我会平静的接受这个事实 ,因为我知道如果我完不成任务,全队就有可能面对失败。
4.I could accept this fact calmly because I knew if I weren't able to finish the mission, chances were that the team would be defeated.
5 偏远山区里的孩子们严重缺乏科学文化知识。
5.Children in remote mountain areas are lacking in scientific and cultural knowledge.
Unit 4
Passage A
1我爷爷虽然七十岁了,但他爱好广泛,从下国际象棋到爬山,多种多样。
1.My grandfather’s interests range from playing chess to climbing mountains although he is 70years old.
2 Surprisingly,tom’s grandmother plays with dolls at the age of 80.
3. his selflessness and talent qualify him for the job most students dream to get .
4 What interpretation would you put on his odd dream
5 the brand-new car our boss has just brought is capable of making 200 kilometers an hour.
Passage B
在董事会上他建议把这项轻松的工作留给身体不好的玛丽来做。
1.He suggested at the board meeting that the easy task (should) be left to Mary whose health is poor.
2 目前正在香港的布朗先生很有教学经验,他将在春天来我校给学生讲课。
2.Mr. Brown, who is in Hong Kong now, has a lot of teaching experience and will come to teach our students in the spring.
3 这家旅馆是我市最好的旅馆,吃的东西很好,服务质量也不错。
3.This is the best hotel in our city in which the food is very good and the same is true of the service.
为了吸引更多的乘客坐船,船长向所有乘客保证乘船旅行十分安全。
4.In order to attract more passengers, the captain assured all the passengers of the safety of traveling by ship.
5 他花了15万元买的那辆新车在一次事故中被严重损坏,已经无法修理了。
5.His new car, for which he paid ¥150000, was seriously damaged in an accident and was beyond repair.
Unit 5
Passage A
他们乘坐的飞机起飞后就立刻消失了。
1.The airplane they boarded soared out of sight as soon as it took off.
2 在会上双方展开了激烈的争论。改革派提出了许多改革措施,而保守派则反对提出的建议。
2.At the meeting, the two sides had a very hot debate. The reformers put forward many reforming measures, but conservatives were in opposition to the proposed changes.
3 从长远看,我们必须学习更多的学习知识,除了掌握主修专业外懂的计算机英语和驾驶是必不可少的。
3.In the long run, we should learn more about science and technology. Besides the major subject, the knowledge of computers, English and driving is necessary in our work.
4为练成完美的体形,她每周做四次健身操。
4.She does gymnastic exercises four times a week in quest to achieve the perfect body.
5 每天早晨,一些老人在公园里一边锻炼身体一边聊天。
5.Every the morning in the park some old people are doing physical exercises there, chatting with each other.
Passage B
1 Won’t it be better if we take measures to change the present situation
2. I didn’t give him credit for such a skill. (I didn’t give credit to him for such a skill.)
3. They have been learning English up to now, though in their advanced age.
4. He has not been to school for sev