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9.不要东拉西扯说些无关紧要的事。当前最重要的问题是不受控制的权力。这一点要是不明白，我们就会有大麻烦。Don’t get side tracked by non-essential issues.The most important issue by far is the unbridled power.If we fail to understand this,we will be in deep trouble.

10.社会的安定和改革紧密关联。过分强调任何一方面都是不明智的。我们必须防止走极端。Social stability is closely associated with reform. It is unwise to overemphasize one or the other. We must avoid going to extremes.

Unit 15

1. 因为对疯牛病的恐慌，那个国家的牛肉被暂停进口了。

Import of that country’s beef was suspended because of the mad cow scare.

2. 罗伯特因为吸毒受到了停学两周的处分，而山姆则因为贩毒被开除了，因为贩毒是

更加严重的违法事件。

Robert was suspended from school for two weeks for drug abuse whereas Sam was expelled from selling drugs, which is a much more serious offence.

3. 这也许是迄今为止建造的最长最漂亮的吊桥，全世界都羡慕。

This is perhaps the longest and the most beautiful suspension bridge ever built. It is the envy of the world.

4. 她接到奖品的时候很尴尬，别过了脸，免得让人看到她脸红。

She was embarrassed when she received the award and averted her head so that people would not see her blush.

5. 很多国家都羡慕我们，因为我们成功地避免了一场严重的经济衰退。

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6. 迈克乔丹是很多黑人孩子心中羡慕的人。他早年就已经显露了自身的才能。他也许

是篮球史上最伟大的后卫。

Michael Jordan is the envy of many black youngsters. He exhibited his talent very early in life. He is probably the greatest guard in the history of basketball.

7. 每年夏季全国都有数以万记的人被送到大河两岸防汛。

Every summer, hundreds of thousands of people nationwide are sent to guard the riverbanks against floods.

8. 当时西城几乎没有设防，诸葛亮差一点当了俘虏。

The city of Xicheng was practically unguarded, and Zhuge Liang narrowly escaped being captured.

9. 他们在一个星期天发动进攻，打了敌人一个措手不及。

They took the Americans off guard by launching a sudden attack on a Sunday.

10. 她将展示她最近的一些雕刻作品。展览会结束以后，所有展品都将送给国家美术馆。

She is going to exhibit some of her most recent sculptures and when the exhibition is over, all the exhibits will be given to the National Art Gallery.

Unit 16

1. 我们对新经理表示感激。在他刚接手这工作的时候，公司负债累累，我们欠银行五

千多万贷款。

We owe too much to our new manager. Our company was heavily in debt when he took it over. We owed the bank more than 50 million.

2. 我要向你道歉。那天我真不该那样做。我实在不像话。

I owe you an apology. I shouldn’t have acted the way I did the other day. I was a real fool.

3. 苏格拉底，这位也许是当时品德最高尚的人，居然被控告毒害青年。这就证明了一

点，人们往往看不到明显的真理。

Socrates, who was perhaps the most virtuous man of his time, was charged with corrupting youth. It bears out the truth that people are often blind to plain truth.

4. 这位其他方面都很得人心的人现在处于困境。他被指控强奸一位黑人妇女，不久将

受审。他如果被判决有罪，就要长期服刑。

This otherwise popular man is now in a terrible fix. He has been accused of raping a black woman. He will be put on trial soon. If the verdict is guilty, he will have to serve a long prison term.

5. 众议院下周将就这条新税法进行投票。估计共和党将投反对票。他们投赞成票的可

能性很小。

The Congress will vote on this new tax law next week. The Republicans are expected to vote against it. They seldom vote otherwise.

6. 肯尼迪是美国历史上第一个被选进白宫的天主教徒。这证明人们对他们宗教上的差

别已经宽容多了。

Kennedy was the first Catholic in US history to be voted into the White House. This was the clear evidence that people were more tolerant about their religious differences.

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More and more people now favor the idea of making it a legal obligation for government officials to disclose their assets.

8. 他知道虽然他有权这么做，但如果坚持自己的观点，他就要冒被孤立的危险。

He knew that he would risk being isolated if he stuck to his view although he was entitled to it.

9. 耶路撒冷未来的归属是巴以冲突中仍未解决的一个问题。对此好像没有妥协的余

地。

One of the issues that remain in question in the conflict between Israel and Palestine is the future of Jerusalem. There doesn’t seem to be any room for compromise.

10. 这使我想起了1958年我们在自己后院土炉里尝试“炼”钢的情形。今天想想，我

们那时候真是疯了。明天上课时，请提醒我给你们讲讲这段故事。

It reminds me of how we all tired to “cook” steel in our backyard stoves in 1958. In hindsight we seemed to be completely out of our minds. Please remind me to tell you this story in our class tomorrow.