现代大学英语精读3课后翻译答案

Unit1

1. 他对他的研究如此专心致志，从来没有过很快就要退休的念头。He is so devoted to his research that it never occurs to him that he will soon have to retire.

2. 很多人都曾说过，如果没有有效的制约，我们都有滥用权力的倾向。Many people have observed that, without effective checks, we all have a tendency to abuse our power.

3. 有些国家拒绝卷入这一争端，而且他们对外国的干涉非常反感。Some countries refuse to get involved in this dispute and they resent any foreign interference.

4. 控制沙城暴需要大量的工作和资金。The control of sandstorm will involve a lot of work and money.

5. 你们用这些技术的时候，必须考虑到当地的条件。You must take the local conditions into consideration when you apply these technologies.

6. 所有的申请者都必须填好这些表格，然后邮寄50美元的报名费。All applicants will have to fill out these forms and mail in an application fee of 50 dollars

7. 他根据对孩子们行为的观察得出结论：学习是一种自然的乐趣。Based on his (careful) observation of children s behavior, he came to the conclusion that learning is a natural pleasure.

8. 在一个多民族的国家里，各民族之间的和谐需要小心处理。In a country of many nationalities, ethnic harmony requires very careful handling.

9. 政府决定严惩所有涉案的腐败官员。The government is determined to punish all the corrupt officials involved.

10. 考试作弊并不经常发生，但一旦发生，学校会采取严厉的态度。Cheating at exams does not occur very often. But when it does, the school takes a very tough position.

Unit2

1. 我怀疑这本书也许已经不再印了。我去问书店的工作人员，他们说我说的对，这书已经绝版很多年了。I suspected that this book might not be in print. I checked with the bookstore people, and they told me that I was right. The book had been out of print for years.

2. 这小说里有一个值得记住的故事，讲的是刘备如何尽量不引起曹操对他的雄心的怀疑，因为如果引起怀疑，他的生命就会有危险。One memorable story in the novel concerns how Liu Bei tried not to rouse Cao Cao s suspicion about his ambitions, because if he did his life would be at stake.

3. 当曹操称他为真正的英雄时，刘备吓得筷子都掉了。但是他聪明地掩盖了他那令人怀疑的举动。When Cao Cao called him a real hero , Liu Bei was so shocked that he dropped his chopsticks. But he managed to cover up his suspicious behavior in a clever way.

4. 第一个嫌疑犯是死者的儿子。警察怀疑他谋杀了他的父亲，因为邻居们在案发当晚曾听到他们打架。The first suspect was the victim s son. The police suspected him of murdering his father, because the neighbors reported having heard them fighting on the night of the killing.

5. 在学习当中，重要的不是把一切都记住，而是运用你的想象力，创造性地、批判性地去进行思考。What matters in learning is not to commit everything to memory, but to use your imagination to think creatively as well as critically.

6. 他肯定是你能想象到的最可笑的窃贼了。他偷偷进了屋子，尽情地吃喝，最后酩酊大醉，一脸满足的笑容，直到第二天早上被发现。He must have been the funniest burglar imaginable. He broke into the house, ate and drank to his heart s content, and remained dead drunk until discovered the next morning, with a perfectly content look on his face.

7. 我现在记人的名字很困难。我想这肯定是年老造成的。I have trouble remembering people s names now. I guess it must result from old age.

8. 我们生活在很多想象的威胁当中，结果就常常感到沮丧。We live under many imaginary threats and feel disheartened as a result.

9. 我怀疑我们的教师有时候低估了学生的智力。其实年轻人脑子里充满了想象。I suspect that we teachers sometimes underestimate students mental capacities. In fact, the young have very imaginative minds.

1. 有志者事竟成。Where there is a will, there is a way.

2. 俗话说每个成功的男人背后都有一个女人。As the saying goes, behind every great man there stands a woman.

3. 曾经有过一个时期这个镇上的居民可以夜不闭户。There was a time in this town when the residents didn t have to lock their doors at night.

4. 上学的第一天，那男孩就明白了再也不可能回到那个天堂一样的家里去了。On his first day at school, the boy realized that there was no question of ever returning to the paradise of home.

5. 纳尔逊·曼德拉在自传中说，有时候人们挽救不了该消亡的东西。Nelson Mandela said in his biography that there is nothing one can do to save something that must die.

6. 居住在大山中偏僻的小村里还是有些优势的。There is something to be said about/for living in a remote mountain village.

7. 说不好那些恐怖分子下一步要干什么，我们必须时刻警惕。There is no telling what the terrorists might do next. We must be on the lookout all the time.

8. 在这家人决定移民到澳大利亚之前有诸多事情要考虑。There were a lot of things to consider before the family decided to immigrant to Australia.

9. 这少年的攻击性举止中有些方面使他的父母很担忧。There is something in the boy s aggressive behavior that is worrying his parents.

10. 世上没有免费的午餐。不要觉得你有权获得你没有为之流汗和努力的任何东西。There is no such thing as free lunch. Don t feel entitled to anything you haven t sweated and struggled for.

Unit3

1. 他们都伸长脖子想看个究竟，就好像被一根无形的绳子牵着。They all stretched their necks to see what was happening, as if pulled by an invisible string.

2. 我们下车去伸伸胳膊和腿。我们前面是一片美丽的开阔地。We got out of the car to stretch a little. In front of us there was a beautiful stretch of open land.

3. 他们连续谈判了好几个小时，但是仍然没有解决他们之间的分歧。They talked for hours at a stretch, but they still failed to settle their differences.

4. 尽管有温暖的天气、新鲜的空气和美味佳肴，她的健康仍然没有恢复。For all the warm weather, fresh air and nice food, her health still did not recover.

5. 他瞟了那辆车一眼就知道它没法修了。他望望前面，只见一眼望不到头的沙漠，荒无人烟。他知道他陷入困境了。One glance at the car and he knew that it was beyond repair. Looking ahead, he found the desert stretching as far as the eye could see wi …… 此处隐藏：4885字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……