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大学体验英语综合教程--单元翻译以及课后习题 详细

大学体验英语综合教程--单元翻译以及课后习题 详细
大学体验英语综合教程--单元翻译以及课后习题 详细

Unit5无言以对

几周前我乘坐出租车,司机通过后视镜看着我说:“对不起,小姐,能帮个忙吗?”

精明老练的城里人都知道,对诸如“能帮个忙吗?”这样的问题,回答永远应该是“那要看是什么忙了。”而我却高声地说:“当然可以。”

“谢谢!”他说,并向后排座递过来一张黄纸条。

我盯着纸条,疑心顿起:难道他在开玩笑?抑或是威胁?纸条上是手写的工工整整几个小字:proverb,peculiar,idiomatic。

“请问,这几个字是什么意思?”

我沮丧地看着纸条上的字,就好像在晚会上你盯着几个以前曾经见过的面孔,却怎么也想不起他们的名字。Proverb?Peculiar?Idiomatic?我怎么会知道?会用一个词是一回事儿,会解释可是另外一回事儿。于是我故意转移话题。

“这些字是哪儿来的?”

司机解释说他是巴基斯坦人,开车时喜欢听收音机,经常把不熟悉的、精彩的词随手记下来,然后向乘客询问他们的意思和拼法。

“Peculiar,这个词什么意思?”他问。

这个我知道。“指奇特、古怪,经常带点儿怀疑的意味,”我说。

“谢谢您,小姐。那么,idiomatic呢?”

我清清嗓子,说:“嗯,它是指,嗯,它是语言的一种独特运用。”

我自以为“独特”一词用得很妙,他却一脸的迷惑。这是在提示我,如果对方没有明白,这词儿就不能算用得妙。

“啊,这么说吧,idiomatic和idiom有关,而idiom是指一个国家的某一特定地区或一个民族的某一特定人群使用的词,该地区以外的人,不属于这个群体的人一般不用或不明白它的用法。”

看着他迷惑不解的样子,我不知用什么恰当的词才好,只好继续解释下去,似乎一千个模糊的词加起来可以等于一个准确的定义。

“你能举个例子吗?”

我绞尽脑汁地想:“围观塞车,”这是个独特的芝加哥惯用语。

可这算得上名副其实的惯用语吗?我不得而知。我越想惯用语,就越没有把握说清楚惯用语到底是什么?

“那么proverb呢?”

我本该当时就告诉这个可怜的人,我的解释也许会误导他对谚语真正含义的理解,但我却说:“我觉得谚语就是一种警语,但又不完全是。”

“一种什么?”

“算了,别管它,谚语是给人们以警示的短小精悍的句子。”

“比如说……”

当我在脑海里拼命地搜索时,记价器上的数字又跳了20美分。最后我低声说:“欲速则不达?”

但它算是谚语吗?且慢,谚语是否应该是些小故事而并非短语呢?我还在掂量谚语可能就是小故事时,他又问:“那惯用语是谚语吗?”

这我可以回答,但不是在此时。因为此时这一回答至关重要,一个好奇聪明的外国移民以为他所期待的答案会从一个本国人的口中自然而然地脱口而出,就好像十月的树叶会自然地落下来一样。因此我退却了。

“你请乘客给你解释词意的时候,他们大多都会给你答案吗?”

“会的,小姐,很有意思的解释。”

直到那时,我一直在为这位司机学习英语的执著而感动,陶醉于能有机会与一个充满好奇心的人一起来满足自己对语言词语的好奇心,却未能充分意识到在这辆出租车上可能犯下的语言欺诈错误。我几乎不敢想象这位司机听到的是什么样的蹩脚英语,因为像我这样的懦夫不敢坦白地承认:“我对自己的母语并不懂。”

我只能希望像他这样好奇的人会有一本字典,希望他能明白,不论乘客如何解释,发生围观塞车时,欲速则未必不达。

Unit6 开罗的女出租车司机

她叫娜格特。

我第一次见到她是在开罗机场。一个女出租车司机——在一大群男伙伴中唯一干这一行的女性。

你知道在深夜到达一个陌生的城市是一种什么感受吗?没有任何人,甚至没有一缕阳光来迎接你。当我步出机场时,迎面而来的是成群的出租车司机——在全世界所有的机场都有众多出租车司机四处转悠。在开罗,出租司机人更多,更喧闹。“出租车!”“你要出租车吗?”我耳边充斥着这些声音。

我感到一只有力的手抓住了我的左臂。“你需要出租车,跟我来!”那个女人说。她什么都没有问,只是拉着我穿过人群。我顺从地跟着她。一个旅游者,特别是一个妇女,有些时候就不得不信赖某个人。我们来到一辆破旧的小车前。这辆车的风光已过——如今车身上有不少擦伤,轮胎磨得光秃秃的,挡风玻璃上还有一道裂缝。但它的确是一辆出租车。而且这个女人将亲自开车送我。她把我的包搬进行李箱,上好锁,然后坐在驾驶座上。这时我才松了一口气。“我会开车送你。别担心,”她说。

娜格特向我解释说,她每周开几个昼夜的出租车。她另有一份工作,在办公室任职,但语焉不详。这辆破旧的小车不是她的,而是一个老板的。只要有可能,她就向他租来开。自从十来年前她丈夫撒手人寰,留下两个十多岁的孩子和她的双亲之后,她就一直开出租车养家糊口。

她熟知开罗的每一个角落——这并非一日之功。开罗迷宫般的大街小巷、居民区、集市所构成的复杂体系,宛如古代说书人编造的迷津。数百座清真寺——其中许多是伊斯兰建筑的精华,紧紧挤在一起的的老街区,郊外巨大的公寓楼群,静静流淌的尼罗河穿城而过——所有这些组成了这座过于拥挤的城市。

娜格特熟谙人情,略带幽默。她全权负责我的观光日程安排。每天早上9点正,我都能看见她矮壮的身影准时出现在旅馆大厅外。每当她瞥见我走下楼梯,她圆圆的脸上马上会绽放出灿烂的笑容。几乎每天她都穿着一件土黄色的带风帽的斗蓬。她动作利索,从不浪费任何时间。她做事果断似乎是由于经济条件所迫而养成的习惯,不得不尽可能多做些事情。

随着她开车带我从博物馆到金字塔,从城市的一端到另一端,我很快就发现她卓尔不群。每当我们停下来,喝一杯茶小憩或到达一个历史景点--在这些地方的停车场总是男出租车司机云集之处--无论何处,她总是引人注目。男人们走向她的车,脸上充满了疑惑。正如她告诉我的那样,他们首先都会问?quot;你是开出租车的吗?"经过她简短的解释,我看见那些男人脸色缓和下来,微笑着,尊重而和善地与她聊天。这种场面多次出现。我感觉到,她总是能赢得遇到她的人的友情。

娜格特自尊并自立。有一天,我看见她在博物馆外等我的时候,从出租车行李箱里取出备用轮胎--有一个磨秃的轮胎终于瘪了--准备自己换轮胎。几个好奇的旁观者围上来,还有人愿意帮忙--但是不,她不需要任何人帮忙。她麻利而从容地换好了轮胎,用瓶装水洗过手,然后坐进车里,问我:"现在去哪儿?"

如果你有机会去开罗机场,记得到国际迎客厅外去找她。如果你幸运的话,你就有机会通过一个女出租车司机的眼睛去看看开罗。

Unit7 摇头丸苦海无崖

我听到许多人谈论摇头丸,说它是一种奇妙无害的麻醉品。对此,我只能暗自感叹,"要是他们知道就好了。"

我是在宾夕法尼亚的一个乡间小镇长大的。在那个地方,你叫什么名字,你是干什么的,你吃的是什么,以及诸如此类的事儿别人都了如指掌。那时,我是一个门门皆优的好学生,是大家公认的一个乖孩子,人人都喜欢我。毒品与我的生活中根本不沾边,从来也没去想过--我别的事情还忙不过来咧。

我一直梦想到纽约市去学表演,然后从事舞台表演生涯。后来,我妈带我到那座城市去上表演艺术学校,实现了我的梦想。你能想象得到,这与家里相比可是大不一样。

我接触到了许多新朋友,新观念,接触到了一种全新的生活方式--这种生活方式也使我开始接触到了毒品。我在艺术学校遇到的那些人多数都已经有多年的吸毒经历。当时我觉得通过吸毒我可以真正融入他们那个世界,可以加深我与他们的友情。我试过大麻,甚至还试过一点可卡因,不过,永远改变了我的生活的是摇头丸。

我还记得我第一次用摇头丸时的感觉:浑身上下飘然若仙。我甚至感受到了宇宙的脉搏,宛如某种神奇世界的铁锁被我豁然开启,让我顿入天界一般。我当时心想,能够让人感到如此美妙的东西怎么可能不好呢?

随着时间的推移,情况发生了变化。我毕业后开始越来越频繁地吸用毒品,尤其是摇头丸。我自己吸毒并开始看不起那些不吸毒的人。我成天与吸毒者为伍。我已经从一个不沾毒品的女孩变成了一个没有毒品就难以度日的女人。

仅五个月的时间,我就从一个追求梦想,对生活还有些责任感的人,变成了一个对一切都无所谓的庸人。而且,我走得越远,我越发陷于黑暗孤寂的深渊。我一旦入睡,便会噩梦

连连,颤抖不已。我肤色如灰,头痛欲炸,精神也开始错乱起来。对此我全然没有理会,以为这一切都是正常的,直到有一天夜晚我觉得我就要死了。

那天夜晚,我正和几个朋友坐在长沙发上看电影,起初还感觉正常,可是突然我觉得仿佛想要从自己的躯壳里蹦出来似的,各种各样的念头、恐怖无比的景象和扑朔离迷的幻影在脑海里闪烁。当时我觉得我撞见了魔鬼。我不停地问朋友们我是不是已经死了。在发作的高峰,我感觉我仿佛象心脏病发作了一般。半夜时候,我总算拿起了电话,拨通了我妈妈的号码,叫她赶紧来接我。第二天一早她来了,把我从公寓里拽了出来。

在我妈开车带我回宾夕法尼亚州我们的家庭医院的时候,我迷迷糊糊,忘了自己是谁,也不知道自己身在何处。路上的大部分时间,我都卷曲着身子,倒在汽车的后座上,而我妹妹一直在尽力使我安静下来。

在一种极度的迷茫状态之中,我在病房里度过了14天。这就是摇头丸给我带来的结果——还不止如此。医生们给我的大脑作了一次扫描检查。当我看到检查结果的时候,我简直不敢相信自己的眼睛。扫描显示我的脑电图上呈现好几处黑斑。医生们告诉我说,这些黑斑出现的区域正是大脑执行记忆功能的区域,表明我的大脑活动已经产生了某种病变。

自打我看到那张脑电图之后,我的生活就如爬坡上坎似的变得艰难起来。

我总是听到人们说,摇头丸是一种令人愉悦的无害麻醉品。然而当这种”无害”之药一点一点地侵蚀了我的生命的时候,哪里还有愉悦。摇头丸夺走了我的体力,我的追求,我的梦想,我的朋友,我的公寓,我的钱财,而最为重要的是,它夺走了我的心灵。我每天都在担心自己的未来和健康。我的前面有许多高山险阻。但是,我要不断地翻越攀登,因为我是为数不多的幸运儿之一。

我得到了第二次机会,而这并不是人人都能得到的。

unit8逃出牢笼

刚回到奥斯丁的时候,使我感到无所适从的是这里的广阔自由天地。这让我难以适应。我竟然能随意驾车到任何地方,这使我感到困惑和迷惘。军事检查站哪里去了?要查看我的身份证的全副武装的士兵哪里去了?阻挡我前行的路障哪里去了?

离开了11年后,我回到了美国。在这11年中,我一直住在伯利恒的一个难民营里。伯利恒是耶稣诞生的地方。我不习惯能够自由行动,也不习惯走上几英里却没碰上军事检查站。

要适应奥斯丁的这种突然来临的自由还要花上一段时间。我得适应我不再是笼中困兽的这种感觉。在大多数时候,我感到完全茫然无措。我会在得克萨斯大学校园的石凳上坐上几个小时,注视着身边的松鼠和小鸟。看着眼前绿茵茵的草坪,我不禁热泪盈眶。

我的思绪又回到了伯利恒的难民营,想到了三岁的玛利安娜--那个可爱的邻家小女孩。她从来没有见过绿茵茵的草地和欢蹦乱跳的松鼠。她的生活空间不能超出伯利恒,囚困在军事检查站和路障之后。从玛利安娜的家到耶路撒冷城的距离还不到从我在奥斯丁城南的家到市中心的距离。但是,玛利安娜从没去过耶路撒冷,而且在近期也不可能到那里去。这是因为没有以色列当局颁发的特别通行证,巴勒斯坦人是不敢贸然进入圣城的,而要获得这种特别通行证又几乎是不可能的。

对我来说,要适应突然来临的自由是一件不容易的事。但是,更难克服的是恐惧和噩梦。当我离开伯利恒时,巴勒斯坦人民反对以色列军事占领的第二次起义斗争已经开展了两个月了。枪声、炮弹爆炸声和盘旋在头上的阿帕奇直升飞机的轰鸣声回响在我的脑海里。虽然我尽力想摆脱这些声音,但我做不到。这些声音依然在我头脑中鸣响不绝。

在奥斯丁,梦魇经常缠绕着我。我会梦见朋友被枪杀,梦见尸横街头和汨汨的血流。我甚至梦见自己也成了枪击的目标。我经常大汗淋漓地从梦中醒来,吓得再也不敢入睡。在白天,一听到警车和救护车的鸣笛声,我就胆战心惊。上空飞过的直升飞机也会使我心神不安。我得不断的提醒自己,这些经常都是民用直升飞机,而不是军用飞机。我还得提醒自己这些救护车不是赶去抢救受伤的示威者的。

环顾四周,我不知道是否已经有人意识到,甚至知道以色列军方用来轰炸巴勒斯坦无辜平民的阿帕奇直升飞机就是这个国家制造的!作为一个驻巴勒斯坦的作家,我经常去查看那些炮火轰炸后的断垣残壁,从中搜寻写作的素材。我仍然清楚地记得一位年轻护士的家。她家在伯利恒,离据说是耶稣降生地的马厩只有几英里。在遭到以色列坦克的轰击后,她的房子已被完全烧毁。我双手捧着坦克炮弹的碎片,看见上面刻着:"亚利桑那梅萨制造。"

我想站在凳子上大声地把这个信息告诉走过购物中心的每一个人。在巴勒斯坦领土上对无辜平民施放的催泪瓦斯是在宾夕法尼亚制造的。直升飞机和F-16战斗机也是美国制造的。但是,在这个社会里,似乎没有人在乎他们所缴纳的税金支撑了一支杀戮平民的军队。这些平民和美国的平民没有任何区别。

我担心这个国家中人们的那种冷漠态度。我担心不知那一天美国的年轻人又会不知不觉地卷入了另一场越南战争--这一次却可能在中东,他们甚至连他们在那里干什么都不知道。于是,我们又会重蹈历史覆辙:在一场不必要的战争中,母亲将失去儿子;妻子将失去丈夫。我在过去九个月所作的演讲中一直在重复这一警告。可是没有人把我的话当回事。我不能理解为什么美国的年轻人,

□61. Being the son of a professor does not him for the scholarship consideration.

2. The police suspect that it was John who the murder.

3. So far, the new manager has given little that he won't be any different from the former one.

4. From all the indications, it is safe to that the prices of cars will go down by large margins.

5. Some of his instructions are outdated and others are too to be understood. .

6. The local dialect sounds a little to the people from the north.

7. The failure of the movie hastened her decision to from the glamorous screen and spend more time with her family.

8. The woman's headache the doctor; he couldn't find the cause.

9. The state has laws that protect consumers against fraud or sales practices.

10. He tried to explain the complicated theory to me, but I got even more

by the technical terms in his explanation.

Anwser: 1. qualify 2. (had) committed 3. hint 4. assume 5. vague

6. peculiar

7. retreat

8. puzzled

9. misleading 10. Confused □71. The local government’s decision to reduce unemployment benefits enraged the workers who were laid off and they ________violent protest.

2. What’s the point of ________ for months over something that a good teacher could have explained in minutes?

3. The boy admires his father and _______ his every word.

4. The manager pulled the pencil and pad from his shirt pocket and _______ every word the customer said.

5.At present, the world seems to be _______ about how to cope with economic globalization.

1 resorted to

2 racking your/one’s brains

3 hangs on

4 jotted down(匆匆记下)

5 at a loss

Unit 6

□61. The mayor is scheduled to meet his American during his 7-day visit to San Francisco.

2. Mr. Wilson is quite satisfied with his new secretary because she's much more than the former one.

3. I felt great when I heard I had passed the examination.

4. The regulations are so that they lead to misinterpretation.

5. Chinese and mathematics have always been the subjects in primary and secondary schools in China.

6. You are expected to get to the interview or a few minutes early.

7. Getting tired of her partner's all-talk-no-action , she decided to take the action all by herself.

8. For the purpose of , Mary decided to take lunch box to work every day.

9. You could not be exempted from the punishment because there can be no

to the rule.

10. Strife at home would dangers from abroad.

Anwser: 1. counterpart 2. efficient 3. relief 4. vague 5. core

6. punctually

7. approach

8. economy

9. exception 10. invite

□71.We hope the special loan from the bank will ______ our company _______ the crisis.

2.It is believed that the police found at the parking lot of the airport terminal

_________ the gunman.

3.He founded the company five years ago and has been managing the business

_______.

4.The five candidates will speak ________ to introduce themselves to the voters.

5.At the wedding party, guests milled _______ cocktails in hand ,talking and laughing.

1 pull through,

2 belongs to,

3 ever since(从那时到现在),

4 in turn,

5 milled about((人群)漫无目标地乱转)

Unit 7

□61. As I came to know more about classical music, my love for it ______.

2. The soldiers in the _______ to the enemy’s gunfire and many of them got killed or wounded.

3. I saw a little girl _____ up comfortably in an armchair reading a children’s magazine.

4. the long climb up the hill made our heart ______.

5.For many years, the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center in New York will remain a _______ for the American people.

6. Don’t bother about him. What he has ______ nonsense.

7. The explosion at the crowded market place caused great ______ in the small town.

8. The docter felt the patient’s _______ on her wrist and then took her temperature.

9. After the intensive training, they became ________ more confident than they used to be.

10. The sight of the rats running about in the house made my flesh_____.

1. deepened

2.were exposed

3.curled

4.throb

5.nightmare

6.utter

7.confusion 8.pulse 9.somewhat 10.creep

□71.He was sentenced to 2 years in prison, and _________ that, all his property was confiscated.

2.The chairman talked and talked ,and it seemed _________ the meeting would never end.

3.Drugs and alcohol have put this young man _________ utter physical ruin.

4.As a leading producer of spare parts for airplanes , our company is a long way _______ other companies.

5.The bank robber has been sentenced to a ten-year imprisonment. ________ he had known the consequence before he committed the robbery.

1 on top of

2 as if

3 in a state of

4 ahead of

5 if only

Unit 8

□61.On arriving at the scenic spot, the tourists were warned not to _______ on the river in the small boat.

2.Let’s go and sit in the middle of the theater so that we can see the screen at a _______ angle.

3.The judges must _____ their attention to the facts only , and leave out anything that could be described as hearsay.

4.Roy complained to the doctor that he had been in a ______ condition recently.

5.Owen and Nancy had been happily married for 2 years before they gradually

_______ apart until they separated.

6.Mike’s eyes _______ on the digital camera , a new model with all sorts of frills.

7.When Bonny stepped into his house and saw it was in a mess , a ________ expression appeared on his face.

8.Pompeii was ________ by dust and ashes from the volcano eruption.

9.A lot of ________ people lost their lives during the border conflict.

10.The thought of flying _________ her so much that she decided to give up the trip to Europe.

1.venture

https://www.sodocs.net/doc/7c7226336.html,fortable

3.confine

4.dazed

5.drifted

6.lingered

7.bewildered

8.overwhelmed

9.innocent 10.terrified □71.As my house is the only one by the road built with red bricks, it _______ and you can’t miss it .

2.In those days even bicycles were very dear and hard to _______ , and coupons were issued for them

3.The yearly campaign to raise funds for the Red Cross is ________ .

4.The soldiers were going from one ruined house to another ________ survivors of the earthquake

5.Many international students suffer from “culture shock”after they arrive in a foreign country; it usually takes them about three months to ________ the new life.

1 sticks out

2 come by 5 adjust to

Passage A

1. 知道原理是一回事,但要付诸实践又是另外一回事。

It’s one thing to understand the principle; it’s another thing to put it into practice.

2. 据报道,慢跑(jogging)可将患心脏病的可能性减少三分之二。

It’s reported that jogging makes you three times less likely to suffer from a heart attack.

3. 根据最新调查,半数英国人不清楚欧元和英镑的比值。

Almost half of the British people have no idea what the euro is worth in relation to the pound, according to the latest survey.

4. 这片土地本应建成一个供大家享用的公园,但现在却立起了几栋公寓楼。

The area should have been made into a park for everyone to enjoy but now some apartment buildings stand there.

5. 不知道所有这些相关信息能否凑成一幅关于他的清晰图画。

I’m wondering whether all the related information could add up to a clear picture of him

Passage B

1 认识到节约能源的重要性是一回事,但是在生活的方方面面付诸于实施又是另一回事儿。

It’s one thing to recognize the importance of saving energy, it’s another to put it into practice in every aspect of life.

2 销售经理认为,如果销路不好,新产品就不能算好。

The sales manager believes that clever is not clever if the new product doesn’t sell well.

3 他不停地编着各种理由来解释为何没能完成任务,好像一千个谎言加起来就可以等于实情。

He kept on making up excuses for his failure to finish the task as if a thousand lies would add up to the truth.

4 这项调查发现,人们逛商场的时间越长,就越不能控制自己的购物欲。

It is found from the investigation that the longer people stay in s store, the less likely they are to control their desire for purchases.

5 我相信像她这样勤奋的人肯定会很快地克服她在英语学习方面的困难。

I believe that someone as diligent as she is will soon overcome difficulties in the study of English.

UNIT6

Passage A

1. 他悲叹一声,对我们说他年轻时也曾风光一时。

He breathed/heaved a sigh of sorrow, telling us that he had seen a better day when he was a young.

2. 他有极强的责任感,这就是为什么他被选中掌管这个项目。

H e has a strong sense of responsibility, and that’s why he is chosen to take control of this project.

3. 不管你去哪里,不管是出差还是去玩,尽量多了解那个地方总是一个不错的主意。Wherever you go, be it for business of entertainment, it is always a good idea to know about the place as much as you can.

4. 我们得小心一点,同样的情景可能就要出现。

Let’s be careful. The situation may be about to repeat itself.

5. 事实上,室内空气质量与儿童的健康密切相关,当然与成人的健康也有关系。

In fact, the air quality of a house has a great deal to do with children’s health, and adults’health for that matter.

Passage B

1 你知道站在台上,所有的眼睛都看着你是一种什么感受吗?

Do you know what it is like to stand on a stage with all eyes on you?

2 听到人质已被安然无恙的营救出来的消息,我们大家才松了一口气。

We all breathed a sigh of relief when news came that the hostage was rescued unharmed.

3 凭着他在金融方面的专业知识和管理技能,他很快就控制住了局面。

With his professional knowledge in finance and skills in management, he quickly took control of the situation.

4 最后我终于明白了这一点:实际上他们对问题的解决并不感兴趣。

What became clear to me finally was this: they were not actually interested in the solution of the problem.

5 他每次出门,无论是出差还是旅游,总是随身带着笔记本电脑。

Wherever he travels, be it a business trip or a sightseeing tour, he would always take a laptop with him.

UNIT7

Passage A

1. 许多人认为这种药有助于睡眠,而我只能暗自感叹:“要是他们知情就好了。

A lot of people believe that sleeping pills help them sleep. All I can think is, "if they only knew.

2. 当我第一次驾机飞上蓝天时,我终于美梦成真。

My dream came true when I first flew up into the blue sky in an airplane.

3. 这位乡下孩子接触到了城里的种种陌生的事物。他感到十分惊讶,仿佛自己进入了未来世界一般。

The country boy was exposed to many strange things in the city. He felt greatly shocked as if he had entered a future world.

4. 大学毕业才一年,他就从一个追求梦想的青年变成了一个凡事都无所谓的庸人。Within only one year after graduation from college, he went from a student who pursued his dream to a person who didn't care about a thing.

5. 我已经获准进入那个地区进行采访,这可不是人人都能得到的机会。

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