《大学英语教程》第三册课后翻译题参考答案.docVIP

Unit1 你能够想象一个一年大多数的时间里都听不到鸟儿的合唱，看不到盛开的鲜花，尝不到清冽的水的地方吗？在我们的周围，环境污染的幽灵已经悄悄逼近了我们：沙漠化（desertification）、沙尘暴、酸雨以及一些珍稀物种的灭绝等等。虽然距拉结卡森等预言性作家第一次呼吁我们关注环境生态问题已经有很长一段时间了，然而我们大多数人仍旧将我们今天所享有的一切看作理所当然。如果我们继续这样下去的话，我们的明天会更严峻。正如俗话所说：种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆，要想避免我们的环境进一步恶化，我们应该与自然环境，也是我们的生存环境和谐相处。 Could you imagine a place where no chorus of birds was heard, no flowers were seen in full bloom and no cold and clear water was available through much of the year? Around us the grim specter of environmental pollution has already crept upon us: desertification, sand and dust storm, the acid rain, the extinction of some precious species and the rest. It has been a long time since such prophetic writers as Rachel Carson first called our attention to the ecological problems, but most of us still take for granted what we are enjoying today. We will have a starker future if we keep on going like this. As the saying goes, one reaps only what one sows. To avoid the worsening of our surroundings, we should live in harmony with our natural environment, which is our living environment as well. Unit2 亨利一生喜欢开别人的玩笑。在遗嘱里他与朋友开了最后一个玩笑。临死前他指派柯林来宣读他的遗嘱。按照遗嘱，亨利给十二位朋友设立了一场讲笑话比赛。参赛者一个接一个地讲出了自己最棒的笑话。但是为了使自己独得亨利的遗产，不给别人赢得比赛的机会，大家都尽力忍住不笑。最后柯林的喷嚏使所有人都大笑起来。当他们得知亨利的财产将平分给他们十二个人时，他们开始为失去亨利感到悲哀。亨利用他最后的笑话使大家认识到对欢乐的喜爱（追求）远比对金钱的贪欲更为重要。 Henry loved to pull peoples legs all through his life. In his testament he played his last joke on his friends. Before he died, he had asked Colin to read out his testament. According to his testament, Henry set a competition of joke-telling among his twelve best friends. The contestants told their best jokes in turn. However, in order to inherit Henrys fortune all alone instead of letting others win the competition, all of them tried their best to hold in their laughter. In the end, Colins sneeze made everyone burst out laughing. When they learned that Henry had decided to divide his money among them all, they started to show a feeling of sadness towards their died /lost/ deceased friend. With his last j