大学英语读写教程英语翻译

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大学英语读写教程第三册课后习题翻译 . ...................................................................................... 1

UNIT1......................................................................................................................................... 1

UNIT2......................................................................................................................................... 4

UNIT3......................................................................................................................................... 6

UNIT4......................................................................................................................................... 8

UNIT5....................................................................................................................................... 11

大学英语读写教程第三册课后习题翻译

（写于翻译之前：感谢林光奕老师的辛勤讲授，希望大家好好的利用一下，其中英翻汉就是Reading Alound ，祝愿大家天天开心 小飞奉上）

UNIT1

A common misconception among youngsters attending school is that their teachers were child prodigies. Who else but a bookworm, with none of the normal kid’s tendency to play rather than study, would grow up to be a teacher anyway? I’ve tried desperately to explain to my students that the image they have of me as an enthusiastic devotee of books and homework during my adolescence is a bit out of focus. On the contrary, I hated compulsory education with a passion. I could never quite accept the notion of having to go to school

while the fish were biting.

上学的孩子们中间有一种普遍的错误想法，即认为他们的老师当年都是些神童。不管怎么说，除了不像一般孩子那样生性贪玩、不愿学习的书呆子之外，还有谁愿意长大后当老师呢？

我竭力向我的学生们解释我在他们心目中的形象 一个在青春期热衷于书本和作业的人有一点被扭曲了。相反，我极为憎恨义务教育。 我永远都无法接受在鱼儿上钩时不得不去上学的想法。

1. 汤姆去年转来我校。他全神贯注地听杨小姐上课并很快成了她最喜欢的学生。

Tom ( was ) transferred to our school last year. He hung on Miss Young’s every word in class and soon became the apple of her eye.

2. 看到女儿高中毕业，他感到一阵难以用语言表达的爱和骄傲。 Seeing his daughter graduate from high school, he felt a surge of love and pride that he couldn’t express in words.

3. 当李先生去年开始涉足股市时，他做梦也没想到会变成百万富翁！

Last year when Mr. Li first began his venture into the stock market, becoming a millionaire was beyond his wildest dreams.

4. 在休假日，我有幸看到一些野生海豹在吃鱼。我照了几张相片，

可惜焦点都没对准。

On my holiday, I was lucky enough to witness some wild seals feeding on fish. I took several photos of them, but unfortunately they were all out of focus.

5. 王子跟那位女演员保持确定的情侣关系已三年。没有任何东西能改变他们在下周结婚的决定。

The prince has been going steady with the actress for three years and nothing can alter their plan to get married next week.

6. 因为穷人连饭都吃不饱便认为他们不需要义务教育的看法完全是一种错误的想法。没有教育人们怎能克服贫穷？

It is a complete misconception that the poor do not need compulsory education because they do not even have enough to feed on. Without education, how can poor people ever overcome their poverty?

7. 大卫所有的同班同学都困惑不解——没有人想得出他怎么突然变成了优等生。

All of David’s classmates are completely stumped — no one can work out how he became a top student overnight.

8. 很明显，她拒绝他的求婚给了他沉重的打击，但他最终还是从痛苦中恢复了过来。

It was obvious that her rejection of his proposal hit him

hard, but in time he recovered from his wounds.

UNIT2

Children are entitled to special consideration for two reasons: helplessness and innocence. They have not yet acquired either the faculty of reason or the wisdom of

experience. Consequently, they are defenseless (incapable of fending for themselves) and blameless (incapable of real sin). That's why we grant them special protection. In an emergency, it is our duty to save them first because they, helpless, have put their lives in our hands. And in wartime, they are supposed to be protected by special immunity because they can have threatened or offended no one.

孩子们之所以有权享受特殊照顾有两个理由：无助和无辜。他们还没有具备推理的能力或来自经验的智慧。因此，他们不能自卫（不能照料自己），无可指责（不可能真正犯罪）。这就是我们给予他们特殊保护的原因。在紧急情况下，我们有责任先救他们，因为孤弱无助的他们已将生命交付于我们手中。在战时，他们应该受到特殊豁免权的保护，因为他们不可能会威胁或冒犯到任何人。

1. 独立生活的能力对于任何一个成年人来说是必不可少的, 但真正的成熟远远不止那些基本的生存策略。

The ability to fend for oneself is indispensable to any adult,

but real maturity is more than just a set of survival strategies.

2. 孩子们在儿童节有资格免费进入每一个城市公园。这是对他们全年长期呆在学校里的一种补偿。

On Children’s Day, kids are entitled to free entry to all city parks. It’s a way of compensating them for the long hours they spend in school all year.

3. 你更注重个人的生活而不是学习，难怪你的成绩下降了。

You’re giving more priority to your personal life than to your studies. It’s no wonder your grades are suffering.

4. 鉴于当今社会大多数的妇女离家就职，很自然她们反对丈夫把她们作为家庭主妇来对待。

Given that most women nowadays have jobs outside the home, it’s natural that they object to their husbands treating them like housekeepers.

5. 美国的不少百万富翁都至少拥有两座房子和一架私人飞机。

Quite a number of American millionaires own at least two houses and a private plane.

6. 当约翰意外地从癌症康复时，他的医生把此归因于他坚强的毅力和对未来的信念。

When John recovered unexpectedly from cancer, his doctors attributed it to his strong will and faith in the future.

7. 没有任何实际理由要保留为女性开门那种习俗，更不用说保留" 妇女和儿童优先" 的传统了。

There’s no practical reason to perpetuate the custom of op ening doors for women, let alone the tradition of “women and children first”.

8. 许多女权主义者反对男人养育孩子不如女人的想法。

Many feminists object to the notion that men can’t nurture children as well as women can.

UNIT3

I sincerely believe that for children, and for parents seeking to guide them, it is not half so important to know as it is to feel. If facts are the seeds that later produce knowledge and wisdom, then the emotions and the impressions of the senses are the fertile soil in which the seeds must grow. The years of early childhood are the time to prepare the soil. 我真诚地相信，对于孩子们来说，对于想要指导他们的父母们来说，感受比知道要重要得多。如果事实是以后能长出知识与智慧的种子，那么情感和感官印象则是种子必须赖以生长的沃土。幼儿时期就是培育土壤的时候。

1. 我们不久就对她无休止的抱怨感到厌倦，并尽量避开她。

We soon grew weary of her constant complaints, and avoided her

as much as possible.

2. 市长将在今天下午主持会议，为建设一条新公路的规划作准备。 The mayor will preside over a meeting this afternoon that will pave the way for plans to build a new highway.

3. 如果我们有更多的时间可支配，我会带你上这座山。从山顶上四下观望真令人惊叹。

If we had more time at our disposal, I’d take you up this mountain. The view from the top is truly awe-inspiring.

4. 任何热爱生活的人都不难发现鸟类迁徙中的象征性美和实际美。 Anyone who is in love with life will have no difficulty in finding the symbolic as well as the actual beauty in the migration of the birds.

5. 观看壮观的潮涨潮落景色使我感到一种在其他地方感受不到的内心的满足。

Watching the magnificent view of the ebb and flow of the tides fills me with an inner contentment that I find nowhere else.

6. 他的不幸激起了听众深深的同情。他们热切地想帮他

抚平心头的创伤。

His misfortune aroused great sympathy among the listeners, who are keen to help heal his mental wounds.

7. 对一个门外汉来说，要认识霍金博士研究的重要性也

许是困难的或不可能的，但它肯定会对我们的生活产

生经久的影响。

Recognition of the importance of Dr. Hawkin’s research may be difficult or impossible for a layman, but it is sure to have a lasting impact on our lives.

8. 史密斯先生早就希望能有机会向周围的年轻人讲述他的登月经历，但他一直没有足够的支配时间。

Mr. Smith has long wished for a chance to relate his lunar landing experience to the young people around him, but he never has enough time at his disposal.

UNIT4

What I wish for all students is some release from the grim grip of the future. I wish them a chance to enjoy each segment of their education as an experience in itself and not as a tiresome requirement in preparation for the next step. I wish them the right to experiment, to trip and fall, to learn that defeat is as educational as victory and is not the end of the world.

My wish, of course, is naive. One of the few rights that America does not proclaim is the right to fail. Achievement is the national god, worshipped in our media — the million-dollar athlete, the wealthy executive — and glorified

in our praise of possessions. In the presence of such a potent state religion, the young are growing up old.

我希望于所有的学生是从未来的严酷无情中得到一些解脱。我希望他们有机会把他们每一阶段的教育纯粹作为一种经历来享受，而不是作为一种为下一步做准备的令人厌倦的需要。我希望他们有权利试验、跌跤，并懂得失败如同胜利一样具有教育意义，失败并不是世界的末日。

当然，我的希望是天真的。在美国人不赞扬的为数不多的权利之中，有一个便是失败的权利。成就是民族之神，它在我们媒体中受到崇拜——身价百万的运动员，富有的主管人员——在我们对财富的赞美中得到荣耀。年轻人就是在这样一种强有力的国脚熏陶之下长大的。

1. 我们想提醒我们亲爱的观众，敬请体谅他人, 在晚上十点以后调低你的电视机音量。

We’d like to remind our viewers to be considerate to your neighbors and keep your TVs turned down after 10 PM.

2. 我希望我的忠告对处于压力下的学生们会

起作用：前面的路有着许多不能预见的机遇。

I hope my advice will work with the students under pressure — the road ahead is full of unforeseen opportunities.

3. 顺便说一句，琳达是个腼腆的人, 在那么多的生人面前讲话，她会感到不自然。

Incidentally, Linda is a shy person who might feel uneasy about speaking in the presence of so many strangers.

4. 要在学习上取得进步, 学生需要具备独立学习的技能而 不是事事都依靠教师。

In order to get ahead in their studies, students need to equip themselves with independent-study skills instead of relying on their teachers for everything.

5. 现在的年青人变得老成，他们确信成就是以拥有多 少财产来衡量的。

Young people nowadays are growing up old, with the conviction that achievement is measured by how many possessions they own.

6．许多学生为他们利用部分时间打工辩解，说这会减少 他们的经济压力。

Many students justify their working part time by saying that it reduces their economic pressure on them.

7．你现在必须马上做的是填好在你来时给你的表格。

What you need to do right now is to fill in the forms you were given when you arrived.

8．就事业本身而言，需要一个人毕生的奉献，但是这并不 意味着进入一种职业后就要坚持不懈地一直干下去。

A career in itself requires one’s lifelong devotion, but it does not mean that after you get into a profession you must

continue all along.

UNIT5

America can be a strange experience for a foreigner. My wife and I arrived in the United States in January after seven years overseas — four in France, three in Poland. From the jumble of first impressions, we compiled an A-to-Z explanation of why America can be such a foreign country to those who arrive here from Europe

I should explain at the outset that I am from Britain, but my Florida-born wife Lisa is as American as apple pie .In our list, however, A doesn't stand for apple pie. It stands for:

对一个外国人来说，身在美国可能是一种奇特的经历。在国外呆了7年以后- 4年在法国，3年在波兰，我和我的妻子一月份到达了美国。从杂乱的初步印象中，我们编了一套A 到Z 的解释，来说明为什么对那些从欧洲来到这里的人来说，美国会是这样陌生的一个国家。

我应该一开始就说明我是英国人，但在佛罗里达出生的我地妻子莉萨却是如苹果馅饼一般地道的美国人。不过，在我们列出的清单中，A 并不代表苹果馅饼。它代表的是：

Ambition. In the Old World, people are taught to hide it. Here it‘’s quite proper to announce that you’re after the boss’s job or want to make a million dollars by the age of 30.

雄心。在旧大陆欧洲，人们受的教育是对自己的雄心藏而不露。在这儿，宣称你在追求老板的职位或者想在30岁以前赚上100万美元，并没有声么不合适。

1. 为了帮助外国投资者更好地了解上海，他们根据能找到的各种资料来源汇编了这本上海指南。

To help foreign investors get a better understanding of Shanghai, they’ve compiled this little guide from the various sources they could find.

2. 他是在计划实现之后才让大家知道的那种人。

He is the sort of person who prefers to keep his plans to himself until they’re realized.

3. 我千里迢迢到纽约来看他，结果却发现他两天前出国了。

I came to New York from far away to see him, only to find he had gone abroad two days before.

4. 现在很难想象没有电、没有电视、没有电话，我们是如何生存了如此之久的。

It is difficult to imagine now how we’ve survived for so long

without electricity, television or telephone.

5. 只要钱是老老实实赚来的，新政策鼓励人们变得富有。

The new policy encourages people to become wealthy if the money has been acquired honestly.

6. 如果我负责这个项目，我会更好地利用现有的资金。

If I were in charge of the project, I’d make better use of the money that’s available.

7. 他们拒绝给他进入这个国家的签证，理由是他是个危险分子。 He was refused an entry permit on the grounds that he was a dangerous person.

8. 老师没有多久就发现, 汤姆总有迟交作业的借口。

It didn’t take the teacher long to catch on that Tom always had an excuse for being late with the assignments.