高级英语课后翻译与解析

2021年1月22日发(作者：冉崇福)

Unit1
1
．

And conversation is an activity which is found only among human beings
．

2
．

Conversation is not for persuading others to accept our idea or point of view
．


3
．

In fact a person who really enjoys and is skilled at conversation will not argue to win or force
others to accept his point of view
．


4
．

People who meet each other for a drink in the bar of a pub are not intimate friends for they
are not deeply absorbed or engrossed in each other’s lives．


5
．

The conversation could go on without anybody knowing who was right or wrong
．

6
．

These animals are called cattle when they are alive and feeding in the fields
；
but when we sit
down at the table to eat
．
we call their meat beef
．


7
．

The new ruling class by using French instead of English made it difficult for the English to
accept or absorb the culture of the rulers
．

8
．

The English language received proper recognition and was used by the King once more
．

9
．

The phrase
，the King’s English，
has always been used disrespectfully and jokingly by the
lower classes.
10
．

As
the
early
Saxon
peasants,
the
working
people
still
have
a
spirit
of
opposition
to
the
cultural authority of the ruling class
．

11
．

There is always a great danger, as Carlyle put it, that we might forget that words are only
symbols and take them for things they are supposed to represent
．

Unit2
1.
The
burying-ground
is
just
a
huge
piece
of
wasteland
full
of
mounds
earth,
looking
like
a
deserted construction site.

2. All the imperialists build up their empires by treating the people in the colonies as animals,
instead of treating them as human beings.
3. They are born. Then they work for a few years, work hard and starve. Finally they sink back into
the nameless mounds of the graveyard.
4. Sitting with his legs crossed and using a very old- fashioned lathe, a carpenter quickly gives a
round shape to the chair-legs which he is making.

5. instantly, from the dark holes all round, there was a frenzied rush of Jews

6.
Every
one
of
this
poor
Jews
considers
a
cigarette
as
a
piece
of
luxury
which
they
cannot
possibly afford.

7. However, a white skin European is always easy to be noticed.

8. If you take a look at the natural scenery in a tropical region, you everything except the human
beings.

9. No one would think of organizing cheap trips for the tourist to visit the poor slum
areas.
10. For ninety percent of the people, life is very hard. By working extremely hard, they can only
product a little food from the poor soil.
11. She took it for granted that as an old woman she belonged to the lowest in the community,
that she was only fit for doing heavy burdens like a animal.
12. People with brown skins are almost invisible.

13. They were wearing second-hand or ready-made khaki uniforms which hid their beautiful and
well- built bodies.

14. How much longer before they turn their guns around and attract the colonialist rulers?

15. Every white man there had this thought hidden somewhere or other in his mind.



Unit3
1. Our ancestors fought a revolutionary war to claim all men were created equal and God had
endowed them with certain unalienable rights which no state or ruler could take away from them.
However, today this issue has not yet been decided in many countries around the world.
2. This much we promise to do and we promise to do more.
3.
United
and
working
together
we
can
accomplish
a
lot
of
things
in
a
great
number
of
joint
undertakings.
4. The United Nations is our last and best hope of survival in an age where the instruments of war
have far surpassed the instruments of peace.
5. We pledge to help the United Nations enlarge the area in which its authority and mandate
would continue to be in effect or in force.
6.
Before
the
terrible
forces
of
destruction,
which
atomic
bombs
can
now
release,
overwhelm
mankind, which may be planned or brought about by an accident.
7. Yet both groups of nations are trying to change as quickly as possible this uncertain balance of
terrible military power which restrains each group from launching mankind's final war.
8. So let us start once again, bearing in mind that being polite is not a sign of weakness.

9. Let both sides try to call forth the wonderful things that science can do for mankind instead of
the frightful things it can do.
10. Americans of every generation have been called upon to prove their loyalty to their country
by fighting and dying for their country's cause.
11.
Let
us
lead
the
country
we
love,
knowing
our
sure
reward
will
be
a
good
conscience
and
history finally judge whether we have done our task welt or not.
Unit4
1. He is a nice enough young fellow, you know, but he is empty-headed.
2. A passing fashion or craze, in my opinion, shoes a complete lack of reason.
3. I ought to have known that raccoon coat would come back to fashion when the Charleston
dance, which was popular in the 1920s, came back
4. All the important and fashionable men on campus a
re wearing them. How come you don’
t
know?
5. My brain, which is a precision instrument, began to work at a high speed.
6. Except for one thing (intelligence) Polly had all other requirements.

7. She was not as beautiful as those girls in posters
but I
felt sure she would become beautiful
enough after some time.
8. In fact, she was in the opposite direction, that is, she is not intelligent but rather stupid.
9. If you are no longer involved with her (if you stop dating her) others would be free to compete
to get her as a girlfriend.

10. Hi
s
he
ad tur
ne
d b
ac
k
and fo
r
t
h (l
o
o
k
i
ng at
the
c
oat the
n l
o
o
k
i
ng aw
ay
fro
m
the
c
oat).
Eve
r
y
time
he looked his desire for the coat grew stronger and his resolution not to
give away Polly becomes weaker.
11. To teach her to think appeared to be rather big task
12. One must admit the outcome does not look very hopeful, but i decided to try one more time.
13. There is a limit to what any human being can bear.
14.
I
planned
to
be
Pygmalion,
to
fashion
an
ideal
wife
for
myself,
but
i
turned
out
to
be
Frankenstein because Polly ultimately rejected me and ruined my plan.



15. Desperately I tried to stop the feeling of panic that was overwhelming me.
Unit5
1. At the very mention of this power period, middle-aged people begin to think about it longingly.
2. In any case, an American could not avoid casting aside middle- class respectability and affected
refinement.
3. The war only helped to speed up the breakdown of the Victorian social structure.
4. In America at least, the young men were strongly inclined to shirk their responsibilities. They
pretend to worldly-wise, drinking and behaving naughtily

5. The young found greater pleasure in drinking unlawful, added a sense of adventure.
6. Our young men joined the armies of foreign countries to fight in the war.
7. The young men wanted to take part in the glorious adventure before the whole war ended.

8.
These
young
people
could
no
longer
adapt
themselves
to
lives
in
their
hometown
or
their
families.
9. The returning veteran also had to face the stupid cynicism of the victorious allies in Versailles
who
acted
as
cynically
as
napoleon
did,
and
to
face
prohibition
which
the
lawmakers
hypocritically assumed would did well to the people.

10. Something in the youth of America who were ready very tense, had to break down.
11. it was only natural that hopeful young writers, whose minds and writings were full of violent
anger
war,
Babbittry,
and

gentility,
should
come
in
large
numbers
to
live
in
Greenwich villager, the traditional artistic center (para7)
12. Each town was proud that it had a group of wild, reckless people, who lived unconventional
lives.
Unit6

1. Nowadays New York can
’
t understand nor follow the taste of the American people and often
disagree with American politics.

2. New York proud that it is a city that resists the prevailing fashion or style of American and that
it remains to be a place where people can escape uniformity.

3. situation comedies made in Hollywood and the live talk show of Johnny Carson now dominate
the radio and TV programs in California.

4. new York is making attempts to regain its status as a city that attracts tourists.
5. Even when a person wins in New York, he may well be anxious and fearful, for he is afraid of
losing what he has gained in competition.
6. Since New York is a large and crowed city with a lot of tall building, the chance to enjoy the
pleasure of nature is very limited here.
7. At night, the lights of New York are so proudly bright that the sky seems to be darkened.

8. But the pure and wholehearted devotion to a bohemian lifestyle can be overstated.
9. In both these roles of banking and communications headquarters, New York creates very few
things but approves mangy things started by people in other parts of the country.

10. The television generation was continually and strongly affected by extravagant promotional
advertising.
11.
Writers
producing
long serious
novels
also earn
their
living
by
writing
articles
for
popular
magazines.

12. Broadway, which seemed to be giving up to the cheap, gaudy show put on in the surrounding
areas, now becomes flourishing and bush again.




13. Those who failed in the struggle of life, the down-and-outs, do no hide themselves away in
slums where other people can
’
t see them.

14. new York constantly irritates and annoys very much but sometimes in also stimulates.
Unit7
1.

The
loud
ringing
of
the
bells,
which
sent
the
frightened
swallows
flying
high,
marked
the
beginning of the festival of summer in omelas.
2.

The shouting of the children could be heard in a clear way above the music and singing like
the calls of the swallows flying by overheard.
3.

The riders were putting the horse through some exercise because the horses were eagerly
starting and stubbornly resisting the control of the riders.
4.

After reading the above description the reader tends to assume certain things.
5.

An artist betrays his trust when he doesn
’
t admit that evil is nothing fresh nor novel and
pain is quite dull and uninteresting.
6.

They were fully developed and intelligent grown-ups full of intense feeling but they were not
miserable people.
7.

Perhaps it would be best if the reader pictures omelas to himself as his imagination tells him,
assuming his imagination will be able to deal wit the task well.
8.

The faint but compelling sweet scent of the drug drooz may fill the streets of the city.
9.

Perhaps the child was mentally retarded because it was born so or perhaps it has become
very foolish and stupid because of fear, poor nourishment and neglect.
10.

The habits of the child are so crude and uncultured that it will show no sign of improvement
even if it is treated kindly and tenderly.
11.

they shed tears when they see how terribly unjust they have been to the child, but these tears
day up when they realized how just and fair reality is though it is terrible, and they accept it.
12.

the existence of the child and their knowledge of its existence is the reason that makes their
buildings grand and impressive, their music moving and their silence intellectually deep.
Unit10
1.

The fate of an American is complicated and hard to understand.

2. They were uneasy and uncomfortable in Europe as I was.

3. They were all trying to find their own special individualities.

4. I don't think I could have accepted in America my Negro status without feeling ashamed.

5. It is easier in Europe for people of different social groups and occupations to intermingle
and have social intercourse than in American.
6.
In
Europe
a
good
waiter
and
a
good
actor
are
equally
proud
of
their
social
status
and
positions. They are not jealous of each other and do not live in fear of losing their positions.

7. I was born in New York but have lived only in some small areas of the city.

8. The reconsideration of many things that one had taken for granted in the past can be very
painful, but it is very valuable.

9. The life of a writer really depends on his accepting the fact that no matter where he goes or
what he does he will always carry the marks of his origins.

10. American writers live in a mobile society where nothing is fixed, so they do not have a
fixed society to describe.

11. Every society is influenced and directed by hidden laws, and by many things deeply felt
and taken for granted by the people, though not openly spoken about.