新编大学英语4(第三版)unit1到unit10单词全

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一、 1、当我知道详细情况时，我意识到我不该在办公室发脾气。 When I knew the details ,I realized that I shouldn’t have lost the temper at the office. 2、我和鲍勃不是很熟，不过我们偶尔出去喝一杯。 I don’t know Bob very well ,but we go out for a drink occasionally. 3、会议应该在周二召开，但我们不得不推迟。 The meeting is supposed to be held on Tuesday, but we have to put it off. 4、我国政府采取行动使那个国家的所以中国人回到了祖国。 Our government took action to get all the Chinese back to homeland in that country. 5、包括周末在内，仅仅还有12天时间可以用来买圣诞礼物。 Including the weekend ,there is only 12days to buy Charismas presents. 6、如不立即采取行动，许多野生动物就会因饥饿而死亡。 Without taking action immediately ,many kinds of wild animals would die from hunger. 三、 1、除非你有经验，否则你得不到这份工作。 You won’t got this job unless you have got the experience. 2、我把大部分时间都花在研究中美文化差异上了。 Most of my time is spent studying the differences between Chinese and American culture. 3、这句话意思很清楚，绝不会引起误会。 This sentence is so clear that it can’t cause any misunderstanding. 4、他希望能给予她比现在更多的帮助。 He hopes he could give her more help than he does. 5、要记得邀请她来参加生日晚会，不然她会抱怨的。 Remember to invite her to the birthday party ,or she would complain. 6、主任说，你必须把购置设备的2500美元加到成本中去。 The Director said ,you have to add 2500 dollars for equipment purchase to the cost. 7、了解自己的长处、弱点以及所处的环境很重要。 It’s important to be aware of your strengths, weaknesses and the environment you are in. 8、如果你继续对大家这么粗鲁，不久你就会发现自己什么朋友都没有了。 You will find yourself without any friends at all if you keep on being so rude to everyone. 四、 1、做出贡献的人太多了，无法一一提及。 The individuals who have contributed are far too many to mention. 2、半夜里，嘈杂声把我们吵醒了。 The noise woke us up in the middle of the night. 3、他不应该对我说的话感到生气，那仅仅是个玩笑而已。 He shouldn’t have been angry at what I said, it was nothing more than a joke. 4、我们邀请了所以的朋友去野餐，但是由于下雨只来了其中5位。 We invited all our friends to the picnic ,but it rained and only 5 of them showed up. 5、婚姻被视为一件严肃的事。 Marriage is viewed as a serious matter. 6、令我失望的是，这部电影并不像我期待得那么好。 To my disappointment ,the movie didn’t live up to my expectations. 七、

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1 ★ 官僚主义者 漫画家 ★ 澄清，解释 ▲ 小丑 # 喜剧演员 # 相声 # 双关语 有趣的，令人愉快的 熟悉，精通 聚会 幽默（作）家；有幽默感的人 缺乏幽默感的 ★ 笨蛋，蠢材 ★ 恼火的，不耐烦的 可笑的，荒唐的 笑，笑声 误用；滥用 相互的；彼此的 # 神气活现地走或移动 最重要的，主要的 # 双关语 有礼貌的，有教养的；有品位的 ▲ 谜，谜语 # 出谜语的人 有选择地 # 机制，结构 # 滑稽表演，打闹剧 ★ 闪亮的，闪光的 一连串，一系列 # 使人产生邪念的，挑逗的 ★ 戏弄，取笑 ★ 怂恿，引诱（某人）去做 普遍的，全体的 ★ 粗俗的，庸俗的 在某人伸手够不着的地方 对某人一笑 努力做某事，试图做某事 嘲弄；拿。。。开玩笑 ▲ 贵族 集合，聚集；收集；组合，装配 # 发条装置 证明，（宣判）。。。有罪； 囚犯 ★ 温暖舒适的；亲切友好的 过时的；老式的 发觉，察觉 戏剧，电视剧 小说的，虚构的 园丁，园艺工人 ★ 等级制度 # 未完成的部分 审判不公，误判 道德上的，道义上的 ▲ 着魔，迷恋；困扰人的想法 刑罚，惩罚，处罚 可预料的，可预言的 心理地 短缺，缺乏，不足 ★ 使不安，扰乱 ▲ 行踪，去向 # 侦探小说、电影 不正确地，错误地 以 结束 简而言之，总之 极有规律性和准确性地；顺利地 呈现（某种品质），以 面貌出现

被捕，在押 确实，（用于强调某个观点） 2 # 冷淡的，超然离群的 描绘，描述 的特征 报纸或书页上的栏 ★ 赞美的，赞赏的 ★ 诚挚而友好的 值得，应得，应受 ★ 不利条件，缺点，弊端 企业，公司 新意；勃勃生机 不真诚的 激励人心的；启发灵感的 ★ 激起 的好奇心（或兴趣），迷住 投资（额） 远距离的，长途的 市长；镇长 ▲ 备忘录 # 导师，指导者 重大事件，里程碑 ▲ 早该发生的；早该完成的 便笺本，拍纸簿 富有诗意的 ▲ 从事者，实践者；医师，律师 精确的，准确的 # （书页）折角的，破旧的，翻旧了的 ★ 接受者，接收者 ▲ 品味，体验；品尝 # 潦草地书写，乱涂乱画 ★ 多愁善感的，多情的 鼓舞人心的 ▲ 文具，信纸 兴旺，繁荣；茁壮成长 天河 打字机 # 冷淡的 # 乐观的，快乐的 含糊的，不明确的；不清楚的，模糊的 差不多实际上 # 良好祝愿 表扬 在手边，在近处 认为 重要；重视 认识到 的重要意义；有头绪 采取后续行动 鼓舞，激励 养成 的习惯 使某人非常高兴 传递，转交 （由于害怕或缺乏信心等）回避（做某事），躲避 （使）向好的方向发展 行业，职业；社会阶层 # 皮夹子 ▲ 脱口而出 不乐 # 棺材 令人愉快的；漂亮的 # 易怒的；不安的 农舍 ▲ 不停地 # 淘气，调皮 # 新手的，生手的 没有恶习新手 允许

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Part 1 Listening 1 Ex1: C A D C B Ex2: 1) approaching 2) left 3) toilet 4) locked 5) Tickets please 6) pushed 7) stamped Scripts: Two Belgians and two Dutchmen traveled regularly to work on the same train. After a while the Dutchmen saw that the two Belgians only had one ticket between them and asked how they managed to achieve this. The Belgians explained that when they heard the conductor approaching from the other end of the carriage, the two of them left their seats, went into the toilet and locked the door. When the conductor knocked on the toilet door, saying, "Tickets, please!", they pushed one ticket under the door. It was then stamped and pushed back under the door again. The Dutchmen thought this was a very good idea and the following morning bought one ticket between them. When they got to their carriage there was only one Belgian. They told him what they had done and asked the Belgian if he had a ticket as he was traveling on his own. The Belgian said he did not have a ticket at all and when they asked how he proposed to manage to travel free of charge, he told them they would have to wait and see until the conductor arrived, but he had no doubt that he would manage it without difficulty. As soon as they heard the conductor coming, the two Dutchmen immediately went to the toilet and locked the door. A few moments later, the Belgian followed them down the corridor and knocked on the toilet door, saying, "Tickets, please!" One ticket appeared under the door. Questions: 1. Where did the story take place 2. What did the two Dutchmen want to know from the two Belgians 3. How did the Dutchmen feel about the Belgians' behavior 4. What did the Belgian do when asked if he had a ticket 5. Who finally managed to travel free of charge Listening 2 Ex1: 1 department store 2. attend college 3. difficult 4. physical education 5. terrified Ex2: FTTFT Scripts: My name is Atsuko Saeki. I work as a salesclerk in a big department store in Fuji, Japan. Six years ago when I was 21 years old, I went to California to attend college. Life in the United States was much more difficult than I had ever imagined. It wasn't like the descriptions I had read in my textbooks. People often seemed tense and so I felt very alone. One of my hardest classes was physical education. We often played volleyball. All the other students were good at it, but I clearly wasn't. One afternoon, the teacher asked me to hit the ball to my classmates. For most people, this would be easy but I was terrified that I would make a fool of myself. When one of the boys on my team saw how nervous I was, he walked up to me and whispered, "Come on, you can do that." You can't imagine how those words of encouragement made me feel. I was so happy that I almost cried. I managed to hit the ball and I think I thanked the young man, but I'm not sure. I have never forgotten his kind words of encouragement. He probably doesn't even remember what he said to me or how much his kindness meant to me. Whenever things aren't going well, I think of those simple words of encouragement: Come on, you can do that.

Unit-6-A-World-of-Mystery新编大学英语第二版第一册课文翻译

Unit 6 A World of Mystery The Bermuda Triangle [1] On 5th December 1945, Flight 19, which consisted of five US Navy planes, took off from Fort Lauderdale, Florida in fine weather. There was a total of fourteen men on board the planes. The planes were in good condition; they had the best equipment on board including compasses and radios, and they also carried life rafts. The planes could float on water for ninety seconds. One and a half hours after the take-off, a radio message from one of the planes was heard at the control tower at Fort Lauderdale. [2] "I don't know where we are." [3] After that the planes could no longer speak to the control tower, but they could speak to and hear each other, and the control tower could hear them. [4] "The magnetic compass is going crazy." [5] "We're completely lost." [6] No other messages were heard after that. Nobody else heard from the planes or saw them again. Three hundred planes and many boats searched the area, but not one trace of Flight 19 was found. Then one of the planes that was sent to look for them also disappeared completely. [7] These planes had disappeared in a very mysterious part of the world in the western Atlantic Ocean where lots of strange events have taken place. The mystery started long before 1945, and since that year many other ships and planes have also disappeared in this area. It is called the Bermuda Triangle. It is a large, triangular area of the ocean with the island of Bermuda at its northern tip. [8] Planes and ships disappear in other parts of the world, but there are more disappearances in the Triangle than in other areas. For years now scientists and others have been puzzled by this mystery. There have been many attempts to explain why people, planes and ships disappear in such high numbers here . [9] One writer, John Spencer, believes that the ships and planes have been carried off from the sea and sky by flying saucers or UFOs from another planet. Since there are millions of other planets in the universe, Spencer believes there must be other intelligent creatures somewhere in the universe. These creatures are interested in collecting humans and their equipment so that they can examine them carefully. [10] Another theory is that the geography of the area is responsible for the disappearances of the ships and planes. Bermuda lies on an earthquake belt. Underwater earthquakes result in large waves appearing suddenly. These waves are so big that they can break a ship into pieces. In the air, a similar thing can happen to airplanes because of

新编大学英语第一册Unit 1单词听写

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浙大出版社 英语答案(第四册)

新编大学英语4（浙大版）课后习题答案共同学们欣赏嘎嘎 编辑 | 删除 | 权限设置 | 更多▼ 更多▲ ?设置置顶 ?推荐日志 ?转为私密日志 转载自W～XなK¤转载于2010年03月15日 11:55 阅读(0) 评论(0) 分类：移花接木权限: 公开 Unit1 1. 1) A entertaining B entertainment C entertained D entertainer 2) A recognizable B recognized C recognition D 3) A tempting B temptation C tempt 4) A reasoned B reasoning C reasonable D reason 5) A analyzed B analytical C analyst D analysis 6) A valuable B valuation C valued/values D values 7) A humorist B humor C humorous D humorless 8) A understandable B understanding C understand D misunderstood 2. 1) a sense of responsibility 2) a sense of safety/security 3) a sense of inferiority 4) a sense of superiority 5) a sense of rhythm 6) a sense of justice 7) a sense of shame 8) a sense of helplessness 9) a sense of direction 10) a sense of urgency 3. 1) Lively behavior is normal 2) Fast cars appeal to 3) diverse arguments 4) I asked my boss for clarification 5) sensitive to light 6) Mutual encouragement

《新编大学英语》第一册课后翻译练习参考答案

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新编大学英语4课文翻译和答案-浙江大学

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