现代大学英语精读一 TransBook1 Unit11.docVIP

Book1 Unit11 我很好奇你后来是怎么决定学外语的。 I’m quite curious how you came to decide to study English. 一直到改革开放开始以后，人们才开始明白，市场并不是坏事。 It wasn’t until the reform and opening-up started when people began to realize that the market was not a bad thing. 那些将军、官员和学者都不知道如何称那头大象的重量，但是一个小孩突然想出了一个主意。 None of those generals, officials and scholars knew how to weigh the elephant, but a young child suddenly came up with a brilliant idea. 那时候我们遇到的最大困难是没有粮食，所以从未有过减肥的想法。 The biggest difficulty we came across/up against was lack of food. Therefore it never came to our mind that one day we might have to live on a diet. 我从来没有听说过这个说法。你是在哪里碰到的? I have never heard of this expression. Where did you come across it? 这座庙的油漆已经开始剥落，该重新刷一下了。 The paint of that old temple is coming off. It needs repainting. 这里的水不深，只到一般人的胸口。他们很容易从这里过河来。 The water here was not deep. It only came to an ordinary man’s chest. So they could easily come across the river here. 大门突然开了，跳出来一条狗。它开始冲我吼叫，知道它主人出来才安静下来。 The door opened suddenly and out jumped a dog. It started barking at me and didn’t quiet down until its master came out. 那片美丽的草地不见了，一个大饭店取而代之。 Gone was the beautiful meadow, and in its place stood a big hotel. 我们现在最紧迫的事情是保护那些被恐怖分子扣留的中国人的性命。 Our most urgent need is to protect the life of those Chinese who were kidnapped by the terrorists. B 1. 过了一两天，孩子们才从车祸的惊恐中恢复过来。 It was a couple days before the children recovered from the horror of the road accident. 2. 我正在计算机上修改文章，都快完工了，可突然断电了，计算机的屏幕黑了。 I was revising my essay on computer and was about to finish when its screen went blank due to power failure. 3. 小学坐落在一座小山脚下，山后是一片稻田。 The school is located at the foot of a hill. Beyond the hill lies a large stretch of rice fields. 4. 吉姆很快就会后悔失去你这样一个朋友的。 It won’t be long before Jim begins to regret having lost a friend like you. 5. “抚摸土地的感觉真好！”那农民喃喃地说。 “It’s pleasant to touch the land,” whispered the farmer. 6． 这家人刚把冬装收藏好，一场大雪就突袭了这个地区。 The family had just put their winter clothes away when the area was hit by a snowstorm. 7. 天安门广场的中心耸立着人民英雄纪念