Unit 04 Life in the Fast Lane.pptVIP

Answer the following questions: 3.6 Today how many hours does the average American work in a year? 3.7 What is a typical example of multitask? 163 more hours Eating. 3.8 In what way do Americans get their evening meal? 3.9 What is helping us to do everything faster? 3.10 Can you stop the advance of technology? Americans get their evening meal from a fast-food drive-through window and eat it on the way home from work. New hi-tech products. No. SECTION 4—Translating Writing 4.1 Translating词的感情色彩（二） 按照词的感情色彩，可分为褒义、贬义和中性。 这里我们看一下英语的贬义词和中性词语。 Samples: The company was notorious for its double dealing. 这个公司因耍两面派手法而臭名昭著。（贬义） 但也有一些词看起来似乎是中性的，这种情况不 能简单的去判断是褒义还是贬义，而是要根据上 下文来判断。 Samples: Tom is ambitious, so he is doing his job very well. 汤姆是有雄心壮志的人，所以他工作做得特别好。 He was so ambitious that he was always eager to be No.1. 他野心勃勃，一心要胜过别人。 Practice- Translate English - Chinese. 1) There is something funny about the matter. 2) He has a funny black hat. 3) I like football because of my father’s influence. 事情有点蹊跷。 他有一个古怪的黑帽子。 我喜欢足球是受我父亲的影响 4) I did not expect that their feudal ideas would be so incorrigibly obstinate. 5) Don’t be so aggressive or you will offend everyone here 没想到他们的封建思想的那样顽固不化。 不要有太大野心，否则你会冒犯这里的每个人。 2. Translate Chinese into English 1) 那个敌参谋长可是诡计多端啊。