第二册及四六级复习资料.doc

第二册综合训练后的翻译 U1 1. 众所周知，东方人和西方人在儿童教育方面存在着很大的差异。 It is known to all that there is a great difference in child education between Westerners and Easterners. 2.东方人非常重视儿童早期的技能教育，而不急于促进创造力的发展。 Easterners give greater priority to developing skills at an early age, rather than promoting creativity. 3. 另一方面，西方人更多地强调小孩的创造力，认为技能以后能学会。 On the other hand Westerners put more emphasis on children’s creativity, believing that skills can be picked up later. 4. 事实上，学会自己解决问题的方法与把着手教的方法各有其优缺点。 In fact, both learning to solve problems by oneself and teaching by holding the hand have their advantages and disadvantages. 5. 因此，我们应从两者之间寻求一种更好的教育方式，以达到一种平衡。 Therefore, we should find a superior way to approach education, striking a better balance between the two extremes. U2 萨姆?沃尔顿在本顿维尔小镇从一个专卖廉价商品的小店起家，逐渐发展成为价值60亿美金资产的廉价连锁店----沃尔玛公司。 Sam Walton started, in Bentonville,with a little dime store that grew into a $6 billion discount chain called Wal-Mart. 人人都说他为人友善，性格开朗，是个好邻居；他尽力与人们融洽相处，从不炫耀，也从不盛气凌人。 By all accounts, hes friendly, cheerful, a fine neighbour who does his best to blend in, never flashy, never throwing his weight around. 他从不需要任何特殊待遇，也不关心是否是美国首富。而他脑子里真正想着的是沃尔玛员工共同取得的成功。 He never wants any special treatment, or cares whether he is the richest man in America. But the real story in his mind is the success achieved by the Wal-Mart team. 萨姆制定了沃尔玛的生活方式。他善待员工、集思广益。他信奉广开思路、褒奖成功。 Sam lays down the Wal-Mart way of life. He treats his people right, and gets ideas into the system from the bottom up. He believes in cultivating ideas and rewarding success. 从来没见过有谁为他工作和他接触一段时间后不受益的--与萨姆?沃尔顿交往会使你成为一个好人。 No one who has worked for him or has been around him for any length of time isnt better off---coming into contact with Sam Walton just makes you a better person. U4 在网上呆的太久，就会发生一些奇怪的现象。比如说对社交活动感到厌恶，脾气暴躁，动辄生气。 After too long on the Net, sommething strange would happen. For example, I feel an aversion to outside forms of socializing, or become bad-tempered and easily angered. 其原因是缺乏任何形式的社交活动-----长时间