新视界大学英语第四册翻译答案译新视界大学英语第四册翻译答案翻译.docVIP

Unit 1 English to Chinese 1 I live in a world of skinned knees, double-knotted shoelaces, riddles that I’ve heard a dozen times, stale birthday cakes, hurt feelings, wandering stories and one lost shoe (“and if you don’t find it my mother’ll kill me”). 我天天要面对的是：磕破了的膝盖、系成死扣的鞋带、已经听了十多遍的脑筋急转弯、发霉的生日蛋糕、受到伤害的情感、不知所以的故事、丢了的单只鞋子（“你要找不到它，妈妈会杀了我的。” ） 。 2 I don’t have the singular power over language of a lawyer, the physical force of a construction worker, the command over fellow workers of a surgeon, the wheeling and dealing transactions of a businessman. 我没有律师非凡的语言能力，没有建筑工人强大的体力，没有外科医生卓越的指挥能力，也没有商人的方法与手段。 3 A few years ago, when I was interviewing for an elementary-school teaching position, every principal told me with confidence that, as a male, I had an advantage over female applicants because of the lack of male teachers. 几年前，当我面试一个小学教师职位的时候，每位校长都充满信心地对我说，作为男性我比女性求职者更有优势，因为他们缺少男教师。 4 Becoming a dean of students or a principal has never been one of my goals, but they seemed to expect me, as a male, to want to climb higher on the career stepladder. 成为教务长或校长从来不是我的职业目标，但他们似乎希望我作为男性愿意在这个职业的阶梯上继续攀登。 5 Possibly, men would have more to say to me, and I to them, if my job had more of the trappings and benefits of more traditional male jobs. 如果我的工作在福利待遇方面更像传统的男性工作的话，或许我和男士们之间的话会更多一些。 Chinese to English 1 尽管我在那家公司有机会升职，我仍然选择了离开，去从事我热爱的工作。(although + could have done; promotion) Although I could have got promotion in that company, I chose to leave and pursue the job I love. 2. 你最先要遵从的不是你的老板，而是这个行业的规则。(comply with) It is not your boss but the rules of the industry (that) you should first comply with. 3. 一份好的简历是找到工作的第一步，因此今天我们提出讨论的是如何写份好简历。(what-clause; bring up) A good résumé is the first step to getting a job. So what we bring up for discussion today is how to write a good résumé. 4. 人们工作往往是为了谋生，而不是出于爱好。 (more often than not; for the sake of) People work, more often than not, for the sake of making a living rather than out of passion. 5. 据面试官反馈，大部分接受面试的毕业生都说不