现代大学英语精读2_unit1-2 课后翻译.docxVIP

Unit 1课后习题翻译：我们像在暖房里种花那样养孩子是错误的。我们必须让他们接触各种社会问题，因为不久他们就将作为公民来应对这些问题。It is wrong to rear children the way we grow flowers in the greenhouse, we must expose them to(put exposure to) all kinds of social problems/issue, for/because soon they will face/deal with /handle problems as a responsible citizen.随着时间的推移，我们不可避免地会越来越多的卷入国际事务。而冲突必然会发生，因为国家之间总有不同的观点和利益。As time goes by /on we will inevitably get more and more involved in international affairs. Conflicts are sure to take place.我们为我们的成就而骄傲，我们有理由感到骄傲。但是我们永远不能变得狂妄，不然我们就会失去我们的朋友。We are proud of our accomplishment/achievement, and we have every reason to be so. Nevertheless we should never become arrogant; or/otherwise we will lose our friends.信息现在唾手可得。一个普通的电脑就能储存一个普通图书馆的信息。Information nowadays is easily available. An average computer can store the information of an ordinary library.那家建筑公司没有资格操作这个项目。他们没有任何法律文件能证明具备必要的专门技术。我们必须找一个专门建造歌剧院的公司。That construction company has no business working (is not qualified to handle) this project. They don’t have any legal documents to certify. They have to find a company which is specialized in building operas/theatres.这些智囊团不做决策。他们力图提出一些对决策者十分有用的新主意和深刻的分析。This thinking tank doesn’t make decisions, they are out to raise/ put forward new ideas and penetrating analyses which are of vital importance to the decision makers.国内生产总值不是一切。如果人民的生活质量没有真正改善的话，我们国家就不能说已经现代化了。GDP (Gross Domestic Product) isn’t everything. If people’s living standard isn’t really improved, then it cannot to be said that we have reached/achieved /realized modernization.虽然那时候我们在很多方面都很困难，但作为孩子我们仍然很幸福，因为有干净的空气和水，江河湖泊里有很多鱼，螃蟹，黄鳝，田野里有花有树有草。Poor as we were in many ways at that time. We still felt happy as children ,because/for there was clean air ,water, a great many fishes, crabs ,eels in rivers and lakes and flowers, trees ,birds in filed。只要给某一个人或某一群人以绝对权力，那这个人或这群人就肯定会滥用权力，因为正如阿克顿勋爵所说，权力使人腐败，绝对权力绝对使人腐败。As long as/ if give a person or a group absolute power, then he or this group is sure to abuse power, just as Anton says power