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Unit 1
那部关于古代战争的电影采用了先进的技术，令观众仿佛身临其境。
1.
Thanks
to
the
modern
technology,
the
film
about
that
ancient
battle
gives
the
audience
the
illusion of being on the battlefield
themselves.
在那场大火中，整个古城毁于一旦，但是这块石碑却幸运的保
存了下来。
2.
That ancient city was devastated by the
fire, but fortunately the stone tablet survived.
他们看了那段录像，听了那位妇女的讲述，心里充满了对那位
地震孤儿的同情。
3.
The videotape and the story by the
women filled them with sympathy for the child who
had
become an orphan in the earthquake.
那场大地震中，我们听到过太多太多教师的事迹，他们拒绝离开学生自己逃生，献出了<
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自己的生命。
4.
in that
earthquake, we heard many stories of teachers who
had refused to leave their students
behind and laid down their lives.
豫园的建造始于
1558
年，但由于资金短缺时建
时停，
1578
年才建成。
5.
the
construction of the Y
u Y
uan
Garden began in 1558, but it was not completed
until 1578
because building went off
and on for lack of money.
1980
年我遇到她时，她刚从国外读完硕士回来。
6.
in
1980, when I met up with her,, she had just
returned from abroad with a
master
’
s degree.
这是我第一次来纽约，但我还是设法找到了那家小公司。
7.
It was my
first visit to New York, but I managed to find my
way to the little firm.
在电影界要达到顶峰是非常困难的
，但是作为一名导演谢晋做到了。
8.
It is hard to
make it to the top in the movie industry, but as a
director Xie Jin did it.
Unit 2
< br>如今许多爱慕虚荣的年轻人，尽管还不富裕，但却迷上了漂亮的小汽车。
1.
many vain
young people are obsessed with fancy cars despite
the fact that they are not yet rich
enough to afford them.
当他的婚外恋被妻子发现以后，他们的婚姻终于破裂了。
2.
their
marriage
finally
fell
apart
when
his
affair
with
another
woman
was
found
out
by
his
wife.
那位艺术家为了
获得创作的灵感，在农村住了三年，放弃了许多生活上的享受。
3.
for artistic
inspiration, the artist lived in the country for
three years, where he denied himself
many comforts of life.
我不知道明
天去崇明岛的远足活动能不能成行，因为这要取决于会不会下雨。
4.
I
’
m not sure if
we can have the excursion to Chongming Island
tomorrow. It
’
s at the mercy
of
the weather.
他早年到日本学医，回国后却改变了主意，一辈子从事文学创
作。
5.
when
he
was
young
he
went
to
Japan
to
learn
medicine,
but
after
he
returned
to
China
he
changed his mind and
pursued a career as a writer all his life.
她最近和足以做她父亲
的老头好上了，这使她父母感到非常丢脸。<
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6.
She
’
s taken up
with a man old enough to be her father, which is a
disgrace to her parents.
1978
年以来，我国经济发展神速，相比之下，一些发达国家的经济反而滑坡了。
7.
since
1978,
our
economy
has
witnessed
a
rapid
development;
in
contrast
that
of
some
developed
countries has declined.
地震切断了这个城市与外界的联系，人们的食品供应也许挨不过这个冬天。
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8.
the
earthquake isolated the city from other areas.
Their food supplies will not hold out through
the winter.
Unit
3
那些粉丝在雨中苦苦等了足足两个小时这位“超女”才到达。
1.
the fans
waited anxiously in the rain for two hours before
the
‘
super
girl
’
finally showed up.
他们恋爱八年，经历了种种苦难，才终成良缘。
2.
they
had
been
in
love
for
8
years
and
gone
through
many
agonies,
before
they
finally
got
married.
我丢了钱包，非常懊丧，但我只能自我安慰
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3.
I was upset by the loss of my wallet,
but I could only console myself-it could have been
worse.
What if I had lost my passport
at the airport?
考虑到他年纪小，没经验，他在第一部电影中的表现
可以说非常优秀了。
4.
given that he was young and
inexperienced, his performance in his first movie
was excellent.
经理没次出差都授权助理代理他的事务，因为公司的业
务不容拖延。
5.
every time he left on business, the
manager would authorize his assistant to act for
him, as the
business of the company
couldn
’
t wait.
这位
老人很穷，吃的并不好，但是身体很硬朗，因为他相信多多锻炼是有好处的。
6.
the poor old
man did not have much to eat, but he kept healthy
because he believed in the
benefit of
doing exercise.
在所有古代文化中，只有中华文明历经岁月的沧桑，
却依旧保持的充分的活力。
7.
of all the ancient civilization, only
that of China endured through the ages and is
still full of
vitality.
和许多其
他作家一样，这位青年作家主要叙写爱情这个主题，他的出众之处在于他对中
国农村生活
的深刻体验
8.
like many other writers, this young
writer focuses on the eternal theme of love. What
sets him
apart from others is his keen
observation of rural life in China.
Unit 4
儿童有成人陪同就可在这游泳。
1.
children may
swim here provided that they are accompanied by
adults,
这位美国记者应其关于中国的言论而大出洋相，因为他对中国
30
年来发生的一切真是
孤陋寡闻了。
2.
this
American journalist made a fool of himself over
his remarks about China, because
he
’
s
been out of
touch with what
’
s been
happening in the country in the past three
decades,
任何人，不论家庭出身，性别和年龄，都有受教育的权利。
3.
every person
has the right to education, regardless of his
family background, sex, and age.
因特网的发明
尽管造成了一些问题，但是却极大地方便了我们生活中几乎每个方面，包
括教育，医疗和
贸易等。
4.
the
invention
of
the
Internet,
despite
the
fact
that
it
has
given
rise
to
some
problems,,
has
greatly facilitated
almost every aspect of our life, including
education, medicine, and business.
您计划出
国度假的时候，千万不要忽略购买旅行保险，否则万一发生什么意外，您也许
会有很大麻
烦。