大学英语课文翻译及习题答案

Unit 1

not only but also in whys and 1. A very curious boy, Tom, is interestedin whats

hows.

汤姆是个非常好奇的男孩，他不仅对“是什么”感兴趣，而且也对“为什么”和“怎么会”感兴趣。

according tomake the most of what

Prof. Smith, is the ability to 2. Happiness,

you have.

据史密斯教授说，幸福就是你能充分利用你所有的一切。

get his hands

old son can't You'd better keep the book where your 15-year-3. on.

你最好把这本书放在你15岁的儿子找不到的地方。

kept laughing while reading it. 4. The story was very funny and Bill

这故事非常滑稽，比尔一边读一边不停地笑。

High-achieving studentsput in more time at their studies 5. do not necessarily

lower-scoring classmates. than their成绩优秀的学生未必比他们得分较低的同学在学习上花费更多的时间。

manage to persuade to take you 6. How did the speed-reading these studentscourse?

你是怎样设法说服这些学生修读快速阅读课的?

make the most of one's abilities

7. Working hard is important, but knowing how to

counts for much more.

用功是重要的，但知道如何充分利用自己的才能更重要得多。

rather than telling them what 8. She asked her students to think for themselvesto think.

她要求学生独立思考，而不是告诉他们该思考什么。．

Unit 2

Referring to the differences between American English and British English, he 1.

said, “The United States and Britain are, after all, two different countries.”

在谈及美国英语和英国英语的差别时，他说：“美国和英国毕竟是两个不

同的国家。”

encouragesto 2. Prof. Smith think for themselves. “I am just as his students

happy,” he often says, “even if you challenge me or completely disagree with

me.”

史密斯教授鼓励他的学生独立思考。他常说：“即使你们对我提出质疑或者完全不同意我的看法，我也同样高兴。”

called ontake part in as soon

butconversation about him to pop music, our 3. We

asreferred to the NBA finals of the

he joined in, he introduced a new topic and

previous week.

我们请他参加我们关于流行音乐的谈话，但他一参加进来就引入一个新的话题，谈起了上周的NBA决赛。

is responsible for knocked down a tree and4. The driver this accident. His car

a man on his bike.

司机应对这次事故负责。他的车撞倒了一棵树和一个骑车的人。switched to the we have production a of 5. Since our production radios came to halt,

of mobile phones.

自我们的收音机停止生产后，我们已转产移动电话(mobile phones)。such famous sights as the Great Wall, the Palace 6. Our original plan was to see

Museum and the Summer Palace in Beijing.

我们最初的计划是在北京游览长城、故宫、颐和园等著名景点。

Even though I have

earn a foreign language well.It's no simple matter to l7. express myself effectively in the

can't still for a few years, I learned English

language.

学好一门外语决非易事。尽管我已学了几年英语，我仍然不能有效地用这种语言表达思想。

8. I don't want you simply to agree or disagree with me. I need someone who can

give me good advice, ideas, and so on.

我不要你仅仅同意或不同意我的想法，我需要有人给我提忠告，出主意等。Unit 3

As far as I know, all they have to do is come and see the child they want to 1. bring up and fill up a form.据我所知，他们必须做的只是来见一见他们想抚养的孩子，并填写一份表格。

more and moregot tired of going after about the learned2. As he world, he finally

fame and wealth.

随着他对世事的了解越来越多，他终于厌倦了对名利的追求。

3. The little girl's songs brought sunshine to the old man and helped him bear

the hardships of life.

小女孩的歌声给老人带来了欢乐，帮助他忍受住种种生活的艰辛。

congratulateon the successful building 4. People came one after another to them

of another big bridge over the Huangpu River.

人们纷纷前来向他们祝贺又一座黄浦江大桥的胜利建成。

All the people present were amazed that the 10-year-old boy was playing the 5.

violin so skillfully.

这个十岁的男孩小提琴拉得如此娴熟，在场的人都惊叹不已。

6. After the car accident, Stevie reevaluated his goals in life and decided to pay more attention to the world outside.

车祸之后，史蒂威重新评价了自己的人生目标，决定更多地注意外部世界。

7. Even in her wildest dreams, Mother could never have imagined that her son would

become a world-famous pianist.

母亲即使做梦也没想到她的儿子会成为一名世界著名的钢琴家。

fought

hadtheir teacher that loud cheers when they heard students 8. The broke into

back from the shadow of death.当听到他们的老师已摆脱了死亡的阴影时，学生们都大声欢呼起来。

Unit 4

1. Sickly and weak as Grandma is, she has taken on all the housework

in the

family.(倒装句)

虽然祖母体弱多病，她却承担起了家里的所有家务。

2. The recording company had never been so pleased with any singer. For them, Stevie

Wonder was a real find.

唱片公司从未对任何歌手这样满意过。对他们来说, 史蒂威·旺达确实是个难得的人才。

3. They had no running water where they lived. Nor did they have any conveniences

of life such as gas and electricity. (倒装句)

他们住的地方没有自来水，也没有煤气和电这类生活上的便利设备。heard of that French 4. Six years passed, then seven and eight, and nothing was

artist. It seemed certain that he had left the country for only God knows where.

六年过去了，接着七年、八年过去了，那位法国艺术家仍杳无音信。看来他肯定已离开这个国家去了唯有上帝知道的什么地方。

5. He was very ill that summer, but as soon as he felt better in the fall, he resumed

his writing and finished his last novel in two months.

那年夏天他病得很厉害，但秋天他刚感到好些了，便又重新开始写作，并

在两个月内完成了他的最后一部小说。

6. Driven by a strong will, Alex finally fulfilled the task he had undertaken.

在坚强意志的推动下，亚历克斯终于完成了他所承担的任务。

With the help of the doctor and the nurses, the patient recovered quickly and 7.

in a few weeks was able to stand on his feet once more.

在医生和护士们的帮助下，那位病人恢复得很快，几星期后便再一次站了起来。

8. It was really sad to watch the old man's wrinkled face, which spoke of all

that he had borne/endured in his life.

望着老人那张满是皱纹的脸真是叫人难过，因为它说明了老人一辈子所经历的一切。

Unit5

One ithe

s named after her father, They are Mary's sons Robert and William.1. other is named after her grandfather.

他们是玛丽的儿子罗伯特和劳伦斯, 一个起的是她父亲的名字, 另一个

是她祖父的名字。

is content with What a pity he never got. what he has 2. He not already understands