新标准大学英语综合教程2 - 1-10 - 课后翻译、答案及课文翻译(8)

2. There are people who keep work separate from their pleasure, and people whose work is their pleasure. People whose work is their pleasure are more common. Suggested answer:

There are people who keep work separate from their pleasure, and people whose work is their pleasure. The latter is more common.

3. Cricket and football give you the impression of doing something useful. Cricket is more peculiar as a sport. Suggested answer:

Cricket and football give you the impression of doing something useful. The former is more peculiar as a sport.

4. You need somewhere comfortable to sit and the channel hopper. The channel hopper is more important. Suggested answer:

You need somewhere comfortable to sit and the channel hopper. The latter is more important.

5. The couch potato and the mouse potato enjoy leisure inactivity. The mouse potato has less interest in the outside world. Suggested answer:

The couch potato and the mouse potato enjoy leisure inactivity. The latter has less interest in the outside world.

6. Mouse potatoes travel the world online or participate in chat rooms. Mouse potatoes who travel the world online are more adventurous. Suggested answer:

Mouse potatoes travel the world online or participate in chat rooms. The former is more adventurous.

Rewrite the sentences using it may well be that. Follow the example.

Example:

Indeed, it's quite likely that those whose work is their pleasure are those who most need

the means of banishing it at intervals from the minds.

Indeed, it may well be that those whose work is their pleasure are those who most need the means of banishing it at intervals from the minds.

1. If you feel tired easily, it's quite likely that you need to consult a doctor. Suggested answer:

If you feel tired easily, it may well be that you need to consult a doctor.

2. To be really happy, it's quite likely that you need a hobby. Suggested answer:

To be really happy, it may well be that you need a hobby.

3. Rational, industrious useful human beings are likely to be divided into two classes. Suggested answer:

It may well be that rational, industrious human beings can be divided into two classes.

4. Those people whose work is their pleasure are likely to be happier than those whose work is separate from their pleasure. Suggested answer:

It may well be that those people whose work is their pleasure are happier than those whose work is separate from their pleasure.

5. People who want to be couch potatoes are likely to be those who have a day off. Suggested answer:

It may well be that people who want to be couch potatoes are those who have a day off.

6. Farmers think it's quite likely that the expression couch potato is damaging to the vegetable's healthy image. Suggested answer:

It may well be that farmers think the expression couch potato is damaging to the vegetable's healthy image.

Translate the sentences into Chinese.

1. As for the unfortunate people who can command everything they want, who can gratify every caprice and lay their hands on almost every object of desire—for them a new pleasure, a new excitement is only an additional satiation. In vain they rush frantically round from place to place, trying to escape from avenging boredom by mere clatter and motion. Suggested answer:

那些能够支配一切、能够肆意妄为、能够染指一切追求目标的人是“不幸的”。对于他们而言，多一种新的乐趣、多一种新的刺激只是增加一分厌腻而已。他们到处乱跑，企图靠喧闹和骚动来摆脱无聊对他们的报复，但这么做是徒劳的。

2. They have their compensations. The long hours in the office or the factory bring with them as their reward, not only the means of sustenance, but a keen appetite for pleasure even in its simplest and most modest forms. But Fortuna's favored children belong to the second class. Their life is a natural harmony. Suggested answer:

他们是能够得到补偿的。在办公室或工厂里长时间工作给他们带来了报酬，这不仅是谋生的手段，也使他们对寻找快乐充满了渴望，哪怕是最简单、最质朴的快乐。但是，幸运之神偏爱的是第二类人。他们的生活是一种自然的和谐。

3. Of course, for the true couch potato, there are inherent risks. Perhaps the greatest of these results from the lack of exercise, and is referred to by professional couch potatoes as telly belly. Some, however, see their telly belly as a mark of their dedication to their leisure inactivity, and wear it proudly over the top of their trousers. Suggested answer:

当然，对于真正的沙发土豆来说，固有的危险还是有的。也许最大的危险来自缺乏锻炼，其后果被专业沙发土豆称为电视肚。然而，有些人则视自己的电视肚为专注闲暇无为的标志，骄傲地把它系在裤腰之上。

4. In fact, leaving the computer not only seems pointless but also risks a threat by some rival mouse potato in a brighter time zone across the world. For time off, they usually perform extensive Internet searches or participate in online chat rooms, leaving ill-informed and badly spelt opinions around the virtual world, and generally insulting one's intelligence. Suggested answer:

事实上，离开电脑不仅毫无意义，而且会使你受到世界上较亮时区的鼠标土豆对手的威胁。休息期间，他们通常广泛搜索互联网或加入在线聊天室，在虚拟世界到处留下缺乏见识和拼写拙劣的意见，一般来说是对人家智力的污辱。

Translate the sentences into English.

1. 整天把自己埋在书本里是没有用的。要培养一些业余爱好，每隔一段时间参加一些体育锻炼或课外活动。劳逸结合才是健康的学习习惯。(it's no use doing sth; take up; at intervals; extracurricular activities) Suggested answer:

It's no use burying yourselves in books all day. You'd better take up some hobbies and take part in sports or extracurricular activities at intervals. A healthy study habit is to keep a balance between work and res …… 此处隐藏：5769字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……