21世纪大学新英语第三册读写译教程课后翻译题.doc

Unit1 She disguised her sadness with a broad smile on her face.（她以脸上灿烂的笑容掩饰自己的悲伤。） When he returned to his office, he was confronted by/with a great pile of work.（当他回到自己的办公室面对一大堆的工作。） If it is a genuine Michelangelo’s drawing, it will sell for millions.（如果它是米开朗琪罗的真迹，将能售出百万的价格。） They were evicted from the house for not paying their rent.（由于没有支付租金，他们被房东赶出了屋子。） They were hoping to sell their car for $8000，but settled for $6000.（他们本来希望把车以8000美金的价格出售，但却以6000美金的价格将就着处理了。） 我们拒绝了他的提议，以弊大于利为由。（on the grounds that it would do more harm than good） 他说他已经是成年人了，希望父母别再插手干预他的私生活。（stop sticking their nose into his personal life） 在我看来，因特网代表着信息交流的最佳状态。（represents information exchange at its best） 学校有极好的图书馆，我时常沉浸于海明威的著作。（find myself immersed in Hemingway’s works） 公路上，德国产车数量之多，证明其制造之精良。（attest to the excellence of their manufacture） Isn’t it remarkable, I thought, how the students whined and said it was hard putting 200 words together on any subject ？ But when they forged excuse notes, they were brilliant. (如果让他们就某一主题写200字的作文，他们会抱怨说太难。可是当他们伪造请假条时，丫们个个都是写作高手。这一现象不值得我们注意嘛。) How could I ignored theses gems of fiction and fantasy? Here was American high school writing at its best-raw, real, urgent, brief, and lying. (对于这些充满想象的抑或虚构的请假条，犹如宝石，我怎能视而不见？他们是绝佳的美国高中写作范例-青涩的，真实的，急切的，简明的，然而又是充满谎言的。) Everyone smiled as I went on, “You didn’t settle for the old alarm clock story. You used your imaginations. One day you might be writing excuses for your own children when they’re late or absent or up to some devilment… ” (大家都笑了，我接着说：“你们不愿老拿闹钟说时了。你们发挥了想象力。当有一天你们的孩子迟到,缺课或想恶作剧，你们会为他们写请假条。”) Here it comes, I thought. The reckoning. (这不，我思忖着，秋后算账的日子到了。) Unit2. She and her boyfriend have had their future planned for sometime: they want to start farming in a nearby village, where they also intend to build a house. Given the uncertainty of the situation, we decided to put their participation on hold for another year. The UN Security Council voted last night to send a peacekeeping force to the area and watch