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Translate the following sentences into English: We need a man of your caliber. Faculty members worry about the caliber of students. An engineer of his caliber cannot be easily found. His character was of the highest caliber. Reference translation: 我们需要一个像你这样能干的人。 教师们对学生的水平感到担心。 像他那样优秀的工程师是不易得的。 他的品德属于最优秀之列。 Translate the following sentences into Chinese: Oil is an important natural resource. Quick wit is his great resource. He is a man of great resource in any emergency. I am at the end of my resources. Reference translation: 石油是重要的自然资源。 机敏是他最大的天赋。 他善于处理紧急问题。 我已经山穷水尽了。 Discuss: What does the following words mean? Can you explain why? Commencement: The dean gave a short speech at commencement. Education: Work experience is an important educational experience for young people. Cancer: Corruption is the cancer of society. Autobiography Prospect: Peace talks start today with every prospect of success. Translate the following phases into English: 浓茶 浓墨 浓烟 开车 开船 开机器 上自行车 上飞机 上山 Reference translation: Strong tea Thick ink Dense smoke Drive a car Sail a boat Run a machine Mount a bike Board an airplane Climb the mountain Discuss: What do the following words/expressions mean? Do you know the story/allusion behind these words/expressions? Big Apple Uncle Sam Fleet Street The Pentagon Hollywood (Bollywood) 10, Downing Street He went to the gym to train every day, driven purely by narcissism. The only way out is fig-leaf diplomacy. So long as the Baltic countries nominally acknowledge their Soviet membership, Gorbachev may give them more latitude in running their own affairs, although grudgingly. One way to prevent the European Community from becoming a modern Tower of Babel would be to make English the Community’s sole official language. The project is a financial albatross from the start. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration had called it a “success-oriented” schedule to get the space shuttle flying again, but the odyssey of “Discovery” was beset with vario