现代大学英语精读UU课后练习翻译部分答案.docx

现代大学英语精读 课后练习翻译部分 UU 答案 Document number [SA80SAB-SAA9SYT-SAATC-SA6UT-SA18] 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这些问题。 Its 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。 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 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. 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 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的话，我们国家就不能说己经现代 化了。 The growth of GDP is not everything. Our country cannot be said to have been modernized unless the quality of our peoples lives is really improved. 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、黄鳍；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 克顿助爵说，“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