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大学英语3 书本+Summary翻译 By旅游1203 Unit1 Changes in the Way We Live 1.十年之前，南希做了许许多多美国人梦寐以求的事。 A decade ago, Nancy did what most Americans dream about. 2.她辞去了经理职位，在邻近地区开了一家家用器材商店。 She quit an executive position and opened a household equipment store in her neighborhood. 3.像南希那样的人做出这种决定主要是出于改善生活质量的愿望。 People like Nancy made such a decision primarily for their desire to improve the quality of their lives. 4.然而，经营小本生意决非易事。 To run a small scale business, however , is far from easy. 5.在失去稳定的收入后，南希不得不削减日常开支。 Without a steady income, Nancy had to cut back on her daily expenses. 6.有时候她甚至没有钱支付她所需要的种种保险的费用。 Sometimes , she didn’t even have enough money to pay the premiums for the various kinds of insurance she needed. 7.有一次她连电话费也付不起，只得向她的父母亲借钱。 Once she couldn’t even pick up the phone bills and had to ask her parents for money. 8.幸运的是，通过自己的努力，她已经度过了最困难的时期。 Fortunately, she has now got though the most difficult time by her own effort. 9.她决心继续追求她所向往的更加美好的生活。 She is determined to continue pursuing her version of a better life. 1.我可能不是一个天生的农民，但提到在农场的生活，我过得马马虎虎（应付得过去）。 I may not be a born farmer, but I can get by when it comes to the life on the farm. 2.多年来，城市生活让我和妻子身心疲惫，如今在乡下我们找到了心灵的满足。 After years of frustration with city living, my wife and I have finally found contentment in the country. 3.当然, 我现在赚的钱远远比不上我做全职工作时候赚的多。 Of course, I’m not making anywhere near as much money as I did when I was employed full time. 4.但是, 我们能够通过削减开支来弥补收入的不足，而我们的生活水准并没有明显下降。 But, we’ve been able to make up the difference in income by cutting back without appreciably lowering our standard of living. 5..然而，幸福的农村生活必须具备一些品质：其一，要能耐得住寂寞；其二，要有充沛的体力。 However, happy country living takes a couple of special qualities. One is a tolerance for solitude; the other requirement is energy—a lot of it. Unit2 Civil-Rights Heroes 痛苦的奴隶生活坚定了亨森为自由而战的决心。 Henson’s painful life as a slave strengthened his determination to struggle for freedom. 他获得自由后不久就成了一个帮助逃跑奴隶的组织的一员。 Soon after he achieved freedom he became a member of an