大学英语精读第三第四册课后翻译.docVIP

大學英語精讀第三版第四冊课后翻译 Unit1 1) 我們接到通知，財政部長將於次日接見我們。 We were informed that the Minister of Finance was to give us an audience /receive us the next day. 2) 我覺得很奇怪，他似乎不記得自己的生日。 I thought it odd that he didnt seem to remember his own birthday. 3) 學期論文最遲應在下星期二交來，可是至今大部分學生卻幾無進展。 Next Tuesday is the deadline for handing in the term papers, but most students have hardly made a dent in the work so far. 4) 看到學生人數不斷減少，校長心裏很難受。(pain) It pained the headmaster to find the number of students shrinking. 5) 在那個國家一般用現金付賬，但支票變得普遍起來了，不久會代替現金作為人們結賬的一種方式。 Cash is commonly used in paying bills in that country, but checks are becoming more popular and will, in a short while, replace cash as a way for people to settle their accounts. 6) 該公司聲稱，這條河流的汙染不是它造成的。 The company claims that it is not responsible for the pollution in the river. Unit2 1) 比爾已是個成熟的小夥子，不再依賴父母替他做主。 Bill is a mature young man who is no longer dependent on his parents for decisions. 2) 這個地區有大量肉類供應，但新鮮果蔬奇缺。 There are abundant supplies of meat in this region, but fresh fruit and vegetables are scarce. 3) 工程師們依靠工人們的智慧發明了一種新的生產方法，使生產率得以提高。 Drawing on the wisdom of the workers, the engineers invented a new production method that led to increased productivity. 4) 他花了許多時間准備數學考試，因此當他獲知自己只得了個B時感到有點失望。 He spent a lot of time preparing for his math exam. Hence he was somewhat disappointed to learn that he got only a B. 5) 我們有充裕的時間從從容容吃頓午飯。 We have ample time for a leisurely lunch. 6) 地方政府不得不動用儲備糧並采取其他緊急措施，以渡過糧食危機。 The local government had to draw on its grain reserves and take other emergency measures so as to pull through the food crisis. Unit3 1) 蕭伯納在他一個劇本的前言中提出這樣的看法：今天人們比在中世紀時更加迷信。 In the preface to one of his plays, Bernard Shaw advances the idea that people are more superstitious today than they were in the Middle Ages. 2) 丈夫死後，她只好獨自挑起撫養五個孩子的經濟重擔。 After her husband died, she had to bear the severe financial burden of raising five children by herself. 3) 證明或駁斥某個論點的最好辦法之一是從親身經曆中舉出例子。 One of the best ways to prove or refute a point is to