现代大学英语精读2课后翻译答案(2)

7.查出她是何许人，来自何方，为何被派到此地。Find out who she is, where she is from, and what she has been sent here for.

8.上学第一天，男孩就认识到摆在他面前的是什么。On his first day at school, the boy came to realize what lay ahead of him.

9.教育除了传播知识和技能之外，还应播种智慧的种子。Education must sow the seeds of wisdom, besides implanting knowledge and skills.

10.他们劝告这个地区的游客天黑以后避免单独外出。They advised people touring the area to avoid going out alone after dark.

11.她的一项工作就是教年轻人如何处理人际关系。Part of her work is teaching young people how to handle personal relationships.

12.答应别人的事不做被公认为是不好的做法。Making promises without keeping them is not considered a good practice.

Unit 4

1.他居然能够避免一场似乎无法避免的相撞事件，这件事情使他成为一位全国英雄。The fact that he could avoided the seemingly inevitable crash made him a national hero. 2.冒着生命危险想要把快淹死的孩子拖到岸上的四个学生当中，有两位永远都没有回来。Of the four students who risked their lives to try to drag the drowning children ashore, two never returned. 3.日本人以长寿著称。他们相信这一点要归功于他们的食物构成中包含着大量鱼类产品。The Japanese are known for their long life span. They owe this to their diet, which consists of a lot of fish products.

4.我了解哈里斯。我简直不能想象像他这样的人会说出如此愚蠢的话。I know Harris. I could hardly imagine a man like him making such stupid remarks.

5.在对她的忠诚进行了多次考验以后，他现在要给她最危险的任务了。After testing her loyalty many times, he was now going to give her the most dangerous task.

6.我听说林肯在那个场合发表了一场极为有力的演说。他到底说了些什么？I hear that Lincoln delivered an extremely powerful speech on that occasion. What exactly did he say?

7.所有人都明白，这一次他们必须准备向死亡挑战，但是没有人对采取这一步措施感到后悔。It was clear to everybody that this time they must be ready to challenge death. But no one regretted this move.

8.就故事而言，这次也没有什么特别：一个年轻人在大学校园里狂开汽车，撞死了一名女学生。不同寻常的是，这人居然向周围人挑战，说他不怕去公安局，因为他父亲是当地的警官。As accidents go, this one is not unique: a young man drove a car frantically on a university campus and killed a woman student. What is unusual is the fact that the man dared to challenge the people who wanted to make him to court, because his father was a local police officer.

9.每当我们决定一项经济政策的时候，我们都必须分清短期利益和长期利益。Every time we decide on a financial policy, we have to make a clear distinction between short-term interests and long-term interests.

10.虽然刚到十月初，但已经可以看到人们开着车过那结冰的河了。Although it was early October, people could already be seen driving across the frozen river.

1.他是重要人物的亲戚这一情况，不会改变我们对他的看法。The fact that he is somebody's relative won't change what we think of him. 2.困在井下三天的矿工全部得救的消息，使他们的家属欣喜若狂。The news that the miners trapped in the pit for three days had all been rescued made their wives wild with joy.

3.我们必须接受我们错了的可能性。We must accept the possibility that we might be wrong.

4.医生们认为病人活下来的希望渺茫。Doctors think that there is slight hope that the patient will survive.

5.教师都认为今年的大部分新生都很有钱途。The faculty shares the opinion that the majority of this year's freshmen are promising.

6.尽管经济增长很块，我们应该牢记中国在很多方面仍然是个发展中国家这一现实。In spite of the economic growth, we must keep in mind the fact that China is still a developing country in many respects.

7.在草率地下结论把责任全归罪于他之前，我们应该先听听他本人的解释。We should hear his explanation before we jump to the conclusion that he's to blame. 8.现在没有多少人还坚持人类应该征服自然而不是与其和谐相处的观念。There aren't many people who still cling to the idea that man should conquer nature rather than live in harmony with it.