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21世纪大学英语读写教程第2册翻译练习答案 来源： 吴岳_Ellen的日志 Unit1 l 老伴60多岁中风去世时，那位72岁的退休教授不胜悲痛。无人依靠的生活对他来说将是非常困难的。 When his wife died of a stroke in her sixties, the 72-year-old retired professor was overwhelmed by grief. Life would be too difficult for him without anybody to rely on. l 两位业余画家上个月在伦敦举办了一次个人画展。许多人前去参观，其中包括一些著名的专业画家。 Last month two amateur painters held an exhibition of their pictures in London. Many people went to see it, including a few celebrated professionals. l 当20世纪80年代中期，7名宇航员在“挑战者”号的灾难中遇到困难时，全世界一下子陷入了震惊与悲痛之中。 When seven astronauts died in the Challenger disaster in the mid-1980s, it plunged the whole world into shock and grief. l 在结束了其第二届首相任期之后，她仍积极参与政治事务。当政府遇到困难时，她屡次前来帮忙。 After completing her second prime ministry, she remained actively involved in political affairs. She came to the rescue several times when the government was in difficulty. l 大选失败之后，史密斯博士隐退到一个小村庄，在那里尝试工作。 After his failure in the election campaign, Dr. Smith retired to a small village, where he tried his hand at farming. l 只要你一辈子不停地努力工作，你在回忆里往事时就会感到心满意足的。 As long as you keep working hard all your life, you will recall your past with a glow of satisfaction. l 我们现在必须唤醒人们认识到环境保护的重要性。否则很快就为时太晚了。 We must awaken people to the importance of environmental protection, or it will be too late. l 那位官员因卷入一件政治丑闻而被撤职。如果早知会落到这般地步，他当初也许就会以不同的方式行事了。 That official was removed from office for being involved in a political scandal. Had he known this would happen, he might have acted differently. Unit2 l 我们班女生占大多数。相比之下，他们的班级全由男子组成。 Female students constitute the majority of our class. By contrast, their class is made up of males only. l 美国孩子通常每天看三小时电视，而中国孩子必须将放学后的大部分时间用于做家庭作业。 American children can usually watch TV (for) three hours a day, whereas their Chinese counterparts have to work on their homework most of the time after school. l 他开发的一系列新研究方法使他获得了巨大的成功。他说这一切都得归功于他父母的鼓励。 His development of a series of new research