现代大学英语 第二版 精读2 课后翻译句子Unit 1 - Unit 11.doc

Unit 1 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那些问题 It is wrong to raise our children the way we grow flowers in the greenhouse. We must expose them to all social problems because very soon they will be dealing with them as responsible citizens. 随着时间的推移我们不可避免会越来越多卷国际事务 As time goes on we are inevitably going to get more and more involved in international affairs. And conflicts are sure to occur because there always exist different views and interests between nations. 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的狂妄不然我们就会失去我们的朋友 We are proud of our accomplishments, and we have reason to be. But we must never become arrogant. 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 is now easily available. An average computer can store the information of a small library 那家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他们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 is not qualified to handle the project. They do not have any legal document to certify that they have the necessary expertise. We must find a company that specializes in building theatres. 这些智囊团不作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 These think tanks do not make decisions. They are out to generate new ideas and penetrating analyses that will be extremely useful for 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，我们国家就不能说已经现代化了。 The growth of GDP is not everything. Our country cannot be said to have been modernized unless the quality of our people’s lives is really improved. 虽然那时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水江河湖泊里有很多鱼螃蟹黄鳝田野里有花有树有鸟Poor as we were in many ways at that time, we were still quite happy as children, for there was clean air, clean water, a lot of fish, crabs and eels in the rivers, lakes, and ponds; and a lot of flowers, trees and birds in the fields. 只要给某个人或某一群人以绝对权力那这个人或者一群人就肯定会滥用权力因为正如阿克顿勋爵所说 Give absolute power to some individual or any particular group of people, and that person or group are sure to abuse that power because, just as Lord Acton says, “Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolute