现代大学英语精读2课后翻译答案.docxVIP

Unit 1 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这些问题。 Its wrong to hear our children the way we grow flowers in the greenhouse. We must expose them to all social problems because they will approach them as citizens very soon. 随着时间的推移， 我们不可避免地会越来越多地卷入国际商务。而冲突必然会发生， 因为 国家之间总有不同的观点和利益。 With the passage of time we are inevitably increasing involved in international affairs. And conflicts are sure to occur because there always exist different views and interests among 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得狂妄， 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 so. But we must never become arrogant. Otherwise we will lose our friends. 4. 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 immediately available. An average computer can store as much information as a small library dose. 5. 那家建筑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 dont have any legal document that can certify they have the necessary expertise. We must find a company that specializes in building theatre. 6. 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 nor make decisions. They are out to generate new ideas and penetrating analyses that will be extremely useful for decision makers. 7. 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的话， 我们国家就不能说已经 现代化了。 The growth of GDP is not everything. It cannot be said that our country has been modernized unless the quality of our peoples lives is really improved. 8．虽然那时候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 ways at that time, we were 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.  many 9. 只要给某一个人或某一群人以绝对权力， 那这个人或这一群人就肯定会滥用权力，  因为正 如阿克顿勋爵说， “权力使人腐败，绝对权力绝对使人腐败。 ” Give absolute power to any individual or any particular group of people, and tha