蓝球新世纪大学英语综合教程3课后翻译答案

2021年1月14日发(作者：段永基)
Unit 1 Friendship
Translation
1).以共同兴趣为基础的友谊是不容易破裂的。（ground；break up）
The friendship grounded on common/shared interest does not break up easily.// It is not easy for
the friendship grounded on common/shared interest to break up.
2) 孩子们必须学会将电脑游戏中的暴力与勇敢区分开来。（distinguish between；violence）
Children must learn to distinguish between violence and bravery/courage in computer games.
3) 当今世界每天涌现如此多新鲜事物，要求一个人什么都知晓是不合情理的。（sensible）
There spring up so many new things every day in the world that it is no longer sensible to expect
a person to know/keep track of everything.
4) 诸如背弃朋友（betrayal to friends）这类事并不受法律制约，所以才有了我们称作的“道德
法庭”。（regulate）
Laws do no regulate such things as betrayal to friends; that is why there is what we call/is called
“ the court of morality”.
5)有人把今天的文 化描述为“快餐文化”。无论做什么事，人们只是追求用最短时间达到最大
的满足。（describe as； pursue）
Today’ s culture is described as “fast-food culture”. Whatever they may be/are doing, people just
pursue the greatest/maximum satisfaction within the shortest time.
6)常言说，天下没有免费的午餐。如果你想要什么，就得去挣。（as the saying goes）
As the saying goes, there is no such thing as a free lunch. If you want something, go and
earn/work for it.
2. 大家普遍承认人是社会性的动物，生活 在同一社会的我们自然指望有朋友。至于什么是友
谊，人们有各自不同的理解。有些人交朋友是为了彼此 有用，一旦失去这个基础，这种友谊
也就中止了。但更多的人渴望“心灵之友（soul pals）” ，即那种拥有高尚情操，能共度磨难
的朋友。这样的友谊使我们远离贪欲、暴力，鼓励我们敢于按照自己 的信念说话和做事。这
样的友谊才是我们说的“真挚和完美的友谊”。
As is commonly acknowledged/ It is commonly recognized that humans are social animals.
Bonded together in a community, we naturally expect to have friends. As to what friendship is,
people have different notions/ideas. Some make friends for mutual utility. Once the ground for such
friendship disappears, the friendship also breaks up. However, a lot more people long for “soul
pals”—those who possess virtues and with whom we can go through trials and tribulations together.
Such friendships keep us away from greed and violence and encourage us to have the courage of
our convictions. Such is what we call “true and perfect friendship”.

Unit 2 Love
Translation
1).无论是友情还是爱情，你都不可能期待自己付出最少而得到最多。（maximum; minimum）
In either friendship or love/ In both friendship and love, you should never expect to take/receive
the maximun while you give the minimum.
2) 我把全部希望寄托在他的承诺上，结果却发现他根本不是个真诚的人。（build on； sincerity）
I built all my hopes on his promise(s), only to find that he was not a man of sincerity at all.
3)我们带母亲去了所有我们能找到的最好的医院，但一切努力 都是徒劳的，母亲还是没能熬
过那次疾病。（in vain）
We took Mother to all the best hospitals we could find, but all our efforts were in vain; she failed
to survive the disease.
4) 情人节（Valentine’s Day）是个一年一度在2月14日庆祝的节日，一个向自己心仪的对
象表达爱意的好日子。（affe ction）
Valentine’s Day is an annual holiday celebrated on February 14, a perfect day to express love to
the object of your/one’s affection.
5)在信息时代，通过电子邮件方式跟远方的朋友交流几乎可以是同步的（si multaneous）。
（era； via）
In the information era, communications with far-away friends via e-mail can be almost /virtually
simultaneous. .
6)爱情需要时间，因为只有慢慢习惯和学会欣赏对方才会产生出爱情。（grow used to; forget）
Love takes time, for it is not forged until you have grown used to the other’s company and
learned to appreciate the other.
2. 晚饭 后，我们大家围坐在壁炉（hearth）旁，苏珊姨妈还沉浸在失去罗伯特姨父的悲伤之
中。她轻声讲 起了他两从前的岁月。订婚不久，姨父就去参军了。考虑到当时的严峻形势，
许多军人无法生还，你就可 以想象当姨父从欧洲战场平安返回时姨妈甭提有多开心了。之后，
他们结婚成家，抚育了五个孩子。这么 多年来，在共同克服生活的艰辛磨难的过程当中，夫
妻间的感情越来越深。我被姨妈的故事深深迷住了， 这完全不同于我理想中的爱情。在日常
生活中，他们并不追求激情浪漫，而是实践着“付出”和“分享” 。令人感慨的是，这样的爱
延续了一辈子。
After dinner, we all sat around the hearth. Aunt Susan was still in the grief of losing Uncle Robert.
In her soft voice she told us about their past years. Uncle Robert joined the army shortly after they
engaged. Given the critical situation at the time when lots of army men didn’t return alive, you can
imagine how much overjoyed Aunt Susan was to see Uncle Robert come back safe and sound from
the European battlefield. Then they got married and brought up five children. For all those years,
their affection for each other grew stronger in the coures of overcoming difficulties and hardships in
life. I was fascinated by Aunt Susan’s story, which was totally different from my ideal of love. They
practiced giving and sharing in their daily life instead of pursuing passion and romance. Amazingly,
such love lasted through their whole life.

Unit 4 Health
1) 他们带着生病的父亲远赴北京，希望能治好他的心脏病。（in the hope of ）
They took their sick father on a long journey to Beijing in the hope of finding a cure for/ curing
fore his heart disease/problem.
2) 普及艾滋病知识的活动需要继续开展，这个阶段的重点放在这种病的传播途径。（carry on
contract）
The campaign of Knowing More About AIDS needs to be carried on, and for/at this stage the
emphasis is put on the way (how) the disease is contracted.
3) 权利如果运用得当则百姓安居乐业，运用不当则殃及百姓日常生计。（render）
If power is properly applied/used/exercised, the lives of the common people will be rendered
happy. If not, their daily life will be placed under threat.
4) 政府使用核武器来防御恐怖袭击算是正当袭击吗?( justifiably; guard against )
Could a government justifiably use nuclear weapons to guard against terrorist attacks?
5) 由于缺乏对这种病的了解，许多人依然认为HIV受害者都是自作自受。（owing to;
ignorance）
Owing to ignorance of the disease, many people still believe that HIV victims deserve what they
suffer.
6) 新发布的关于改善农村医疗系统的报告让我们相信农村地区缺医少药的时代终将结束。
（issue； bring sth. to an end ）