barriers-进出口总额
Unit 2
[A] 1.
尽管已历经无数失败，凯瑟琳仍然相信她能把儿子培养成为世界冠军。
Although she has gone through numerous
failures, Katherine still believes that she could
make a
world champion of her son.
2.
这个培训项目其实不算糟糕，
但如果它的课程再实用一点就更好了。
This
training program is not really a bad experience.
But I would have liked it better if the courses
had been a bit more practical.
3.
你应该没这么笨，竟然会打开一个可疑的附件。
You should have known better than to
open a suspicious attachment.
4.
他不幸在一次意外的交通事故中丧生，留下尚未做完的实验。
Unfortunately he died from a sudden
traffic accident, leaving the experiment half-
done.
5.
那个街角的食品市场能改建成花园，岂不是更好吗？
Wouldn’t it be better if the food
market on the street corner could be turned into a
garden?
6.
尽管我竭力想讨好每一个人，但说话却好像总是不合时宜。
Much as I am eager to please everyone,
I seem never be able to speak out the right thing
at the
right time.
7.
这个小玩意儿是送给老年人的好礼物，它能精确地跟踪血压。
This little gadget makes a good present
for the elderly
，
for it can keep accurate track of
one
’
s
blood
pressure.
8.
简总是
在为下一项成就而努力，从来没有时间坐下来欣赏自己已经取得的成绩。
Jane is always working so hard to
achieve the next thing and she never has time to
sit back and pat
herself on the back
about the things that she has already done.
9.
汤姆审时度势，决定缩小企业规模，后来证明这是明智之举。
Tom sized up the situation, and decided
to downsize his business, which turned out to be a
wise
decision.
10.
我们学校仅仅维持现状是不够的，它应该加速发展，力争成为中国最好的大学之一。
[B]
It
is
not
enough
for
our
university
to
resign
itself
to
the
status
quo;
it
should
speed
up
its
development, and make itself one of the
best universities in China.
Onward and upward was the
course she set. Small progress was no excuse for
feeling satisfied
with yourself. People
who stopped to pat themselves on the back
didn’t last long. Even if you got
to the top, you’d better not take it
easy. “The bigger they come, the harder they fall”
w
as one of
her favorite
maxims. (Para.21)
进取、进取、再进取
，这是母亲给我设定的方向。小小的进步是不足以自我满足的。那些因
成功而沾沾自喜停
下来欣赏自己的人是不会持久的。即使你已经到达顶峰，你也最好不
< br>要放松。
“爬得越高，摔得越痛”是母亲的至理名言。
It
wasn’t
the
gin
that
was
shouting.
It
was
my
mother.
The
gin
only
gave
me
the
courage
to
announce to them that
yes,
by God, I had always believed in
success, had always
believed that
without hard work and
self-
discipline you could never amount
to anything, and didn’t deserve to.
(Para.32)
其实不是杜松子酒在吼，
是我的母亲在吼。
酒只是借给了我勇气向他们宣布那个想法。
< br>是的，
上帝可以作证，
我一直相信成功，
一直相信如果没有辛勤的劳动和严格的自律，
一个人不可
能有任何成就，也不配有成就。
Unit 3
[A] 1.
< br>当一个人处于“经历中的沙漠”——一段感到毫无出路、甚至毫无希望的时期，最重
要的是不要让自己陷入荒漠之中无法自拔。
When
someone is in “desert of experience”—
a
period of feeling barren of options, even hope,
the
most important thing is not to
allow himself to be stranded in the desert.
2.
经济来源耗尽，
还有一大家人需要供养，
吉米起初想逃避，
但最终靠
着顽强的勇气和乐
观的性格挺了过来。
With financial resources exhausted and
the pressure of a big family to support, Jimmy
wanted to
escape at first but finally
his courage and good humor saw him through.
3.
有人认为在人生的任何阶段开始一种新的生涯都为时不晚。
Someone believes that it is never too
late to embark on a new career in any period of
life.
4.
在经历重大打击
之后，明智的做法是勇敢面对挑战，而不是逃避。
What
makes sense is to face the challenge rather than
run away from the troubles after suffering a
significant loss.
5.
玛丽靠她在餐馆工作的微薄收入，几乎无法维持生活。
With the small income from her
restaurant job, Mary could barely make ends meet.
6.
人们逐渐明白了失败并不是可怕的东西，而是人生的宝贵经历。
It dawns on people that failure is
nothing to be afraid of. But it is a precious
experience in life.
7.
在毕业典礼上，校长预祝同学们在事业上不断取得进步。
The
president
wishes
every
student
to
forge
ahead
on
the
career
ladder
at
the
commencement
ceremony.
8.
科学家们正在对吸烟者和抑郁者进行研究，试图解决这些复杂的生理和心理问题。
Scientists
are
studying
smokers
and
the
people
with
depression
in
an
attempt
to
sort
out
their
complicated physical
and psychological problems.
9.
大多数家长不是竭力防止失败就是竭力不让孩子们知道他们已
经失败。
Most parents work hard
at either preventing failure or shielding their
children from the knowledge
that they
have failed.
10.
每个人都不可能十全十美。
因此，对自己宽容些。
No one
can be perfect, so be easy on oneself.
[B] 1. Defining who is great depends on
how one measures success.
对伟人的定义取决于人们如何衡量成功。
2. “There’s a tendency to think that
they are endowed with something
super
-
normal” he explained.
“But
what
comes
out
of
the
research
is
that
there
are
great
people
who
have
no
amazing
intellectual
pr
ocesses.”
“人们往往
认为他们具备一些超常非凡的东西，
”
他解释道。
“但研究表明，
有的伟人并没有
惊人的智力。
”
3. Greatness is
built on tremendous amounts of study, practice and
devotion.
伟人的伟大建立在大量的学习、实践及其献身精神的基础之上。
4. Thrust into office when his
country’s morale was at the lowest, Churchill rose
brilliant
ly to lead
the
British people.
丘吉尔在全国上下士气最为低落的时候被推上台，并
出色地领导了英国人民。
5. In a speech
following the Allied evacuation at Dunkirk in
1940, he inspired the nation when he
said, “We shall not flag
or
fail. We shall go on to the
end ... We
shall never surrender.”
在
1940
年盟军敦刻尔克大撤退之
后的一次讲演中，他的话激励了全国人民，
“我们一定不
会衰退
、失败。我们将坚持到底??我们永远不会屈服。
”