《基础英语》课件 Unit 9 Exercise.pptVIP

1. Translate the following expressions 1. renounce one’s allegiance 2. subject sth to a test 3. cover many months’ work 4. leave sth to rot 5. appease one’s appetite 6. cheat sb out of sth 7. harbor insult 8. brood over injury 9. take revenge 10. keep harems 11. have an occasion to do sth 12. make a meal of sth 13. hold sb in bondage 14. smooth the path 3. 1. I have to go the dentist tomorrow. One of my front teeth is loose. 2. Your translation is a bit too loose. You ought to be more faithful to the original. 3. Fashions come and go. A few years ago everybody was wearing tight jeans, but now loose shirts and pants are back. 4. Many villagers actually did not like the terrorists, but they had to agree to harbor them because they knew if they didn’t, they would be severely punished. 5. After the Civil War, many black people were still subjected to serious racial discrimination. They still could not count on the government to render assistance to them. 6. Traditionally, women were confined to their homes, deprived of the opportunity to seek employment. But in the course of the war, many women were obliged to go to factories to replace men, and this began to awaken women’s social consciousness. 7. Man is the only animal that makes a moral distinction between right and wrong. Man alone is capable of dreaming about how to make a paradise on earth of the existing world. 8. Many towns and cities have lost their traditional beauty. But Pingyao is an exception in that respect. Ironically, it has been able to retain its beauty because for years it was too poor to change. 9. She is one of the most important writers in contemporary China. She has published many works of distinction. But she still remains relatively unknown to people outside China, partly because we do not have enough talented translators to render such works adequately into foreign languages. * *