现代大学英语第二版第二册课后翻译

会失去我们的朋友。

We are proud of our accomplishments, and we have reason to be. But we must never

become arrogant. Otherwise we will lose our friends.

信息现在唾手可 得。一个普通的电脑就能储存一个普通图书馆的信息。

Information

is

now

easily

available.

An

average

computer

can

store

the

information

of a small library.

那家建筑公司没 有资格操作这个项目。

他们没有任何法律文件能证明他们具备必要的专门技

术。我们必须找一个专门建造歌剧院的公司。

That construction company is not qualified to

handle the project. They

do not have

any legal document to

certify that they have the necessary expertise. We must find

a company that specializes in building theatres.

这些智囊团不 作决策。他们力图提出一些对决策者十分有用的新主意和深刻的分析。

These think tanks do not make decisions. They are out to generate new ideas and

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penetrating analyses that will be extremely useful for decision makers.

国内生产总值不是一切。

如果人民的 生活质量没有真正改善的话，

我们国家就不能说已经现

代化了。

The growth of GDP is not everything. Our country cannot be said to have been

modernized unless the quality of our people’s lives is really improved.

虽然那时候我们在很多方面都很困难，但作为孩子我们仍然幸 福，因为有干净的空气、水；

江河湖泊里有很多鱼、螃蟹，黄鳝；田野里有花，有树，有 鸟。

Poor as we were in many ways at that time, we were still quite happy as children,

for there was clean air, clean water, a lot of fish, crabs and eels in the rivers,

lakes and ponds; and a lot of flowers, trees and birds in the fields.

只要给 某一个人或某一群人以绝对权力，

那这个人或这一群人就肯定会滥用权力，

因为正如

阿克林顿勋爵所说，“权力识人腐败，绝对权力绝对识人腐败。”< /p>

Give absolute power to any individual or any particular group of people, and that

person

or

group

is

sure

to

abuse

that

power

because,

just

as

Lord

Acton

says,

“Power

corrupts, an

d absolute power corrupts absolutely.”

在我们国家，传统上都认为“万般皆上品，惟有读书高”。

Traditionally

in

our

country,

school

education

was

always

said

to

be

more

important

and useful compared with all other pursuits.

我跟你说，从各方面考虑，当教师不失为一个好主意。事实上 ，我认为这个主意好极了。

You

know

what

All

t

hings

considered,

it’s

not

a

bad

idea

to

be

a

teacher.

As a matter of fact, I think it is an excellent idea.

我不大喜欢你像刚才那 样用讽刺的口气说话。你好像老是在暗示，我是什么都不会的废物。

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I

don’t

like

it

when

you

take

a

sarcastic

tone

the

way

you

just

did.

You

seem to be implying all the time that I am a good for nothing.

我爸能让我作最后的决定，

真是很体谅人。

我得 说我够幸运。

不是很多人都有这么好的父亲。

It is really considerate of my father to leave the final decision to me.

I must say I am very lucky. Not many people have such a terrific father.

你说你不要钱。

你可能不愿要，

但你的确需要 钱。

我看不出来大学生在课余时间挣点钱有什

么错。

You said you do not want any money. You may not want money, but you do

need money. I don’t see what’s wrong with students earning some money

during their spare time.

不知道为什么，这个曲调听来很熟，但我就是记不起来了。反正是一首俄罗斯民歌。

Somehow this tune sounds very familiar, bu

t I can’t recall what it is.

In any case it is a Russian folk song.

除了一贯的周末家务， 我明天还有一大堆家庭作业要做。真是糟透了。

Besides

the

usual

weekend

housework,

I

also

have

a

whole

pile

of

homework

to do tomorrow. It’s really terrible.

为了表明我们队最近争端的不快，我们无限期地推迟了外交部 长的出访。

To demonstrate our unhappiness over the recent dispute, we put off our

Foreign Minister’s visit indefinitely.

天快黑 了。

离下一个城市还有两个小时的车程。

我们不如就在这树林里 露营算了，

支个帐篷，

生个篝火，好好睡它一觉，明天在赶路。

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It’s

getting

dark.

The

next

town

is

still

two

hours

drive

away.

We

might

as well camp in the forest, pitch a tent, build a fire, and have a good

sleep before we continue our journey tomorrow.

听到有人说他们不觉得考试作弊有什么丢脸，

我真吓了一跳。

你不觉得最可耻的事情莫过于

我们已经不知羞耻了吗

I am really shocked to hear people say they do not consider cheating at

exams shameful. Isn’t that the

most shameful thing that we should be

incapable of feeling ashamed

健康保险必须为所有公民所享受，

不管他们有什么不同。

我们没 有理由支持那些

不为生活在农村的大量人口所享有的政策。

Health

care

must

be

available

to

all

citizens

regardless

of

their

differences. We cannot justify a policy that denies medical care to the

large population living in the country.

他们自称已经发现了一条适合所有国家的普遍法则。

They

claim

to

have

discovered

a

universal

law

which

applies

to

all

nations.

我住在我叔叔家农场的时候常常出洋相。

比如要我在稻田了除草的时候，

我常常

分不清草和秧苗。< /p>

I

often

made

a

fool

of

myself

when

I

was

living

with

my

uncle

in

his

farm.

When

asked

to

get

rid

of

the

weeds

in

the

rice

fields,

for

example,

I

often

failed to tell apart the weeds and the rice seedlings.

干吗今天去那里我宁可等雪停了再走。

Why go there today I ‘d much rather we stay until the snow ceases.

稻子需要大量的水，

很多科学家警告我们，

不管我们如何节约用水，

总有一天我

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