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Unit1 1)?我们接到通知，财政部长将于次日接见我们。? We?were?informed?that?the?Minister?of?Finance?was?to?give?us?an?audience?/receive?us?the?next?day.2)?我觉得很奇怪，他似乎不记得自己的生日。? I?thought?it?odd?that?he?didnt?seem?to?remember?his?own?birthday.?3)?学期论文最迟应在下星期二交来，可是至今大部分学生却几无进展。? 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)?看到学生人数不断减少，校长心里很难受。(pain)? It?pained?the?headmaster?to?find?the?number?of?students?shrinking.?5)?在那个国家一般用现金付账，但支票变得普遍起来了，不久会代替现金作为人们结账的一种方式。? 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)?该公司声称，这条河流的污染不是它造成的。? The?company?claims?that?it?is?not?responsible?for?the?pollution?in?the?river Unit2 1)?比尔已是个成熟的小伙子，不再依赖父母替他做主。? Bill?is?a?mature?young?man?who?is?no?longer?dependent?on?his?parents?for?decisions.?2)?这个地区有大量肉类供应，但新鲜果蔬奇缺。? There?are?abundant?supplies?of?meat?in?this?region,?but?fresh?fruit?and?vegetables?are?scarce.? 3)?工程师们依靠工人们的智慧发明了一种新的生产方法，使生产率得以提高。? Drawing?on?the?wisdom?of?the?workers,?the?engineers?invented?a?new?production?method?that?led?to?increased?productivity.? 4)?他花了许多时间准备数学考试，因此当他获知自己只得了个B时感到有点失望。?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)?我们有充裕的时间从从容容吃顿午饭。? We?have?ample?time?for?a?leisurely?lunch.? 6)?地方政府不得不动用储备粮并采取其他紧急措施，以渡过粮食危机。? 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)?萧伯纳在他一个剧本的前言中提出这样的看法：今天人们比在中世纪时更加迷信。? 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)?丈夫死后，她只好独自挑起抚养五个孩子的经济重担。? After?her?husband?died,?she?had?to?bear?the?severe?financial?burden?of?raising?five?children?by?herself.? 3)?证明或驳斥某个论点的最好办法之一是从亲身经历中举出例子。? One?of?the?best?ways?to?prove?or?refute?a?point?is?t