新标准大学英语综合教程2翻译

新标准大学英语综合教程

2

翻译

Unit 1

1

政府采取的一系列措施不但没有化解矛盾，反倒激起更多的 暴力冲突。反对党

联合工会发动了一次大罢工，最终导致政府的垮台。

< br>

( give rise to; form an alliance with; launch; bring about)

Instead of resolving contradictions, the series of measures taken by the government ga

ve rise to more violent clashes. The Opposition formed an alliance with the trade unio

ns and launched a general strike, which ultimately brought about the downfall of the g

overnment.

2

如今 ，大学与现实世界的距离越来越小，学生也变得越来越实际。从前，大学

是一象牙塔，< /p>

学者追求的是学问本身而不是把学问作为达到目的的手段，

但这样

的时代已经一去不复返了。

( shrink; gone are the days; a means to an end)

Nowadays, the gap between the university and the real world is shrinking and the stud

ents are becoming more and more practical. Gone are the days when the university wa

s an ivory tower in which scholars pursued knowledge as an end rather than a means t

o an end.

3

我从未 指望靠上课来学好这门课。但我确实去听课，因为在课上我能了解这门

课的重点，学会如 何组织材料、如何推理。

(hope; by doing

…

; the place where)

I never hoped to learn the subject well by attending those lectures. But I did go to lect

ures, for it was the place where I could get the important points of the course and lear

n how to organize materials and how to reason.

4

我一直想方设法解决这个难题， 但就是找不到满意的答案。可是当我去厨房喝

饮料的时候，我突然间灵机一动，意识到解 决问题的方法实际上可能很简单。

( work out; click)

Although I have been trying every means to solve the problem, I cannot work out a sa

tisfactory solution. But when I went to the kitchen to get a drink, something clicked a

nd made me realize that the solution might be quite simple.

Unit 2

1

一看见抽屉 里的那些老照片，我的眼泪就涌了出来。它们让我想起了我跟爷爷

奶奶、爸爸妈妈、兄弟 姐妹一起生活的美好时光。

( the moment; well up)

The moment I saw those old photos in the drawer, tears welled up in my eyes, for my

memory went back to the days when I lived happily with my grandparents, my parent

s and my brothers and sisters.

2

有个学生踩到地上的一滩水滑倒了。周围的人反应各异，有 的关心地走上前去

看他是否受伤了、

能为他做点什么；

有的则站在一边不知所措；

有的干脆就不理。

( diverge from; approach; confuse over; tune out)

When a student slipped on a pool of water and fell over, people

’

s reaction diverged from one another. Some approached caringly to see if he was hurt

and if they could help; some just stood there confusing over what to do about it; while

others just tuned out.

3

上星期六上午，

我像往常一样去超 市购物。

我刚要打开车门，

却发现没带钱包。

< br>我只好回家去找，可是哪儿也找不到。

( do the usual; do nothing but; fail to do)

Last Saturday morning, I did the usual and went shopping in the supermarket. When I

was about to open the door of my car, I found that I did not have my wallet on me. I c

ould do nothing but go back home in search of it, but I failed to find it anywhere.

4

我上小学二年级的时候，我们班有个同学得到的生日礼物是 一辆红色的遥控

车。我们大家只有羡慕的份，却不能也去买一辆，因为那种遥控车很贵， 而且还

是

在

香

港

买

的

，

那< /p>

时

候

在

我

们

看

来

香

和

美

国

一

样

遥

不

可

及

。

( could only; as far as)

When I was a second grader, one of my classmates got a red radio control toy car as a

birthday gift. The rest of us could only admire, but could not imitate, because the car

was expensive and was bought in Hong Kong, a place which seemed to us as far away

as America.

Unit 3

1

这些文件很重要，内容要绝对保密。如果要处理掉的话，应先把它们切碎，而

不是直接当垃圾扔掉。

( content of which; tear up; instead of)

These are important documents, the content of which should be kept strictly confident

ial. If you need to dispose them, you must shred them instead of throwing them out wi

th the trash.

2

现在，

像伪造支票、