大学英语综合教程课后答案
1)背离传统需要极大的勇气。(departure，enormous)'
It takes an enormous amount of courage to make a departure from the tradition. 3) 很多教育家认为从小培养孩子的创新精神是很可取的。(creative，desirable)
Many educators think it desirable to foster the creative spirit in the child at an early age.
5)如果这些数据在统计上是站得住脚的，那它将会帮助我们认识正在调查的问题。 (throw lighton, investigate, valid)
If the data is statistically valid, it will throw light on the problem we are investigating.
4. 手术康复后不久，他失业了，因此经历了人生的又一个困难阶段。
Shortly after he recovered from the surgery, he lost his job and thus had to go through another difficult phase of his life.
5. 与我们富裕的邻居相比，我们的父母就相当穷了，但是他们这是努力满足我们最起码的需求。
In contrast to our affluent neighbors, my parents are rather poor, but they have always tried to meet our minimal needs.
4. 玛丽在她的报告中试图从一个完全不同的角度来解释这些数据。
In her report, Mary tries to interpret the data from a completely different angle.
5. 苏是一个很有天分的女孩。她那惊人的记忆力使她在同班同学中显得格外特出。
Sue is a girl of great talent. Her amazing memory sets her apart from her classmates.
3) Sam not only lost his job but also both legs; he had to live on welfare for the rest of his life.山姆不仅失去了工作
5) Sean felt humiliated to hear his talent being questioned.听到有人质疑他的才能
2)食品和医药的价格在过去的三个月里急剧增长.
The prices of food and medicine have soared in the past three months.
4)他的成功表明流行与艺术价值有时候是一致的。
His success shows that popularity and artistic merit sometimes coincide.
The real challenge to us teacher is combining the best of both worlds into one . Creativity and basic skills need to be considered in terms of being means to an[end], rather than simply as ends in themselves . Some Chinese students may not[perform] well in hypothetical settings ,but when it comes to [facing] real life challenges and issues ,they are more than [competent] in resolving most of them, [equipped] as they are with their strong skill .The . system may be [designed] to aim more at producing top of the cream students ,but that [approach] may do damage to the big bulk of the [rest]of the student body .The Chinese education system is [definitely] not perfect ,but it does produce a [quality] workforce ,And I truly believe that solid basic knowledge/skill focus is the single biggest force driving the rise of Chinese as a country .
翻译：真正的挑战是我们老师结合最好的两个世界成一个。创造力和基本技能需要在被指一个[结束]来考虑，而不是简单地作为自己的目标。一些中国学生可能不[假设设置执行]好，但说到[面临]现实生活中的挑战和问题，他们更比[解决他们大多数主管] [设置]，因
为他们与他们的技能强。美国的制度可能是[设计]目的地生产极品学生，但[方法]可能会损害学生的身体[其它]的体积大。中国的教育体系是[肯定]不完美，但它会产生一个[质量]的劳动力，而且我真的相信，扎实的基础知识和技能的重点是单最大的驱动力的中国作为一个崛起的国家。
How dose spending connect to happiness?
One explanation lies in "conspicuous consumption ". The idea is that the rich don't accumulate wealth simply in order to [consume] it . Rather they accumulate wealth in order to display it , and their happiness is [fueled]by their neighbors' envy . As a result ,the country finds itself in the grips of a "luxury fever "----families with [annual ] incomes of $50,000 try to emulate the consumption of those with $70,000 , who in turn try to emulate those with $140,000 ,and so an .
It's just [plain] common sense . It's [physically] impossible for a piece of paper like money to make you happy . Instead what makes people happy is the feeling of [security] or power money bring .
A recent survey [indicates]that those from the Forbes list of the 400 richest Americans sand the Maasai of East Africa are almost[equally]satisfied . The Maasai are a [traditional] herding people who have to no electricity or running water and live in huts made of mud .
It [follows] that economic development and personal income cannot account for the happiness that they are so often linked to .
翻译：如何连接到幸福的花？
一种解释是“炫耀性消费”。的想法是，富人不积累财富只为了[ ]它消耗。而他们积累财富，为了显示它，和他们的幸福是[ ]的邻居们的羡慕。作为一个结果，该国发现自己在一个“豪华热”----家庭年收入50000美元[的]试图仿效那些70000美元的消费的握把，又试图仿效那些140000美元，因此。这是[ ]常识。这是[ ]不可能一张纸一样的钱让你快乐。而不是什么让人高兴的是感情的【】或功率的钱带。
最近的一项调查表明，那些来自[ ]福布斯美国富豪榜400强在砂东非的马赛是几乎同样的满意[ ]。马赛是一个[ ]羊群谁也没有电力或自来水的人和住在泥屋。
它[ ]，经济的发展和个人收入不能解释的幸福，他们常常与。
A new research study has found that, . what parents might believe, there is an enormous gap between what they think their children are doing online and what is . happening .
In one part of the study, over 500 children form a variety of ages and backgeounds were asked if they gave out personal information online. 73% said that they did. The parents of the . children believed that only 4% of their children did so.
The children were also asked if they had made face-to-face . with strangers that they had met % from the high school group admitted to meeting with a stranger they had met online. Nearly 40% of these to speaking with stranger regularly. Fewer than 9% of the paeents knew that their children had been meeting with strangers.
Another part of the study found that 30% of children between the ages of 9 and 18 delete the search history form their browsers in . attempt to protect their privacy
form their parents. Common filtering software . not be effective, since children will access what they are looking for elsewhere---at a friend’s house, an Internet cafe ,or school. One problem lies in the fact that parents don’t know much about using popular online software and chat programs,and . to have no clue about what is really happening online. This lack of knowledge on the parents’ part may be no . form the situation before the arroval of the Web. Parents don’t know what their childen are doing on the Net, in th e same . that they don’t know what does on at class, parties,or clubs.
一项新的研究发现，尽管家长可能认为，他们认为他们之间有孩子们在网上做什么是真正发生的巨大差距。
在一个研究的一部分，超过500名儿童，形成各种年龄和backgeounds问他们的在线个人信息。73%的人说他们做的。相同的孩子相信只有4%的孩子的父母这样做。
孩子们被要求如果有陌生人，他们遇到了网上面对面接触。从高中组承认与一名陌生人他们遇到的在线会议36%。将近40%的孩子承认与陌生人经常说。少于9%的paeents知道他们的孩子已经会见陌生人。
另一部分的研究发现，30%的儿童之间的年龄在9和18删除搜索历史形成自己的浏览器在试图保护他们的隐私，形成他们的父母。常见的过滤软件，可能不会有效，因为孩子们将获得他们所寻找的地方---在一个朋友家里，一个网吧，或学校。一个问题在于，父母不太了解使用流行的在线软件和聊天程序，和。往往不知道什么是真的在线。这种缺乏对父母的部分知识可能是没有什么不同的形式在网络的arroval情况。父母不知道他们的孩子在网上做，在相同的方式，他们不知道什么是在阶级，政党，或俱乐部
I live in a small coastal town of 398 people located halfway between San Francisco and the Oregon border . The nearest traffic light is nine miles north in the town of Mendocino ; its closest[companion] to the south is over 90 miles away . The nearest four-lane highway is 58 miles east . Federal Express doesn't [deliver] here on Saturdays .
But there in Internet [access] here . It enables me to work at home , writing computer books and articles for computer magazines . It enables local students and historians to conduct research . It[enables] local business ----inns ,music stores ,driving schools ---to reach new [customers] . It enables local people to enjoy the benefits of email and the [delights] of websites and chat rooms .
In fact ,because small towns have few people ,few stores ,and few libraries and schools ,you could argue that the Internet [provides]more benefits to small towns than it does to big cities . But Internet service providers are not interested in [small]markets . What they are interested in is making money . As a result , people in many small towns and [remote] areas are unable to keep up with the development of [information] technology .
翻译：我生活在一个只有398人的位于中间的三藩和俄勒冈边境的沿海小镇。最近的交通灯在Mendocino北部九英里的小镇；其最亲密的伴侣] [以南90多英里远。最近的四车道公路以东58英里。联邦快递不[提供]在星期六。
但是在网络[存取]在这里。它使我在家工作，电脑杂志写作的电脑书籍和文章。它使本地学生和学者进行的研究。它使当地企业---- [ ]的音乐商店，旅馆，驾驶学校---达到新
的[客户]。它使当地人享受电子邮件的效益和[快乐]的网站和聊天室。
事实上，因为小城镇里有几个人，几家店，和一些图书馆和学校，你可能会认为互联网[提供]更多的好处，小城镇比它大城市。但是，互联网服务提供商不[小]市场感兴趣。他们感兴趣的是赚钱。作为一个结果，在许多小城镇和边远地区的人[ ]无法跟上[信息]技术的发展。
The Brooklyn Bridge that spans the river between Manhattan and Brooklyn is simply an engineering miracle .In 1883, a creative[engineer] , John Roebling ,was inspired by an idea for this spectacular bridge . However, bridge building experts told him to [forget] it. It just was not ,nevertheless, [convinced] his son,Washing,an up-and-coming engineer,that the bridge could be two of them conceived the concept of how it could be accomplished and [how] to overcome the they convinced bankers to finance the hired their crew and began to [build]their dream bridge.
The project was only a few months under way when a tragic on-site [accident] killed John Roebling and severely injured hie was severely brain-damaged,under to talk or walk. Everyone [ thought] the project would have to be stopped,since the Roebling were the [ only] ones who understood how the bridge could be built.
Thought Washington Roebling was unable to move or talk ,his mind was as[ sharp] as ever. One day as he lay in his hospital bed, an idea flashed in his mind an to how to develop a communication code. All he could move was one finger, so he [touched] the arm of his wife that tapped out the code to communication to her what she was to tell the engineers who continued building the bridge .For 13 years ,Washington tapped out his [ instructions]with one finger until the spectacular Brooklyn Bridge was [ finally] completed.
布鲁克林大桥横跨曼哈顿和布鲁克林河流之间仅仅是一个工程奇迹。1883，一个创造性的[工程师]，约翰Roebling，灵感来自于一个想法，这壮观的桥梁。然而，桥梁建筑专家告诉他忘了它[ ]。这是不可能的。我们，然而，[相信]他的儿子，洗衣，一个出色的工程师，那座桥可以建成。两人设想的概念它如何完成，[如何]来克服这些障碍。他们设法说服银行家投资这个项目。他们雇佣了船员开始[建立]他们梦想的桥梁。
该项目是只有几个月的方式下，当一个悲惨现场[意外]死亡和严重受伤的儿子约翰Roebling。华盛顿是严重的脑损伤，在说话和走路。每个人都[思想]的项目都必须停止，因为约翰是[只]是那些明白如何把这座大桥建成。
认为华盛顿罗柏林无法移动或说话，他的头脑是[利]一样。有一天，当他躺在医院的床上，一个念头在他脑海中闪现了如何开发一个通信代码。他可以是一根手指，所以他[感动]他妻子的手臂，手指。他打码通信，她告诉工程师们继续建造的桥梁。13年来，华盛顿发出了[说明]一个手指直到雄伟壮观的布鲁克林大桥[最后]完成。