-
(1)
Contrary to what
they predicted, the disease broke out and killed
thousands of
people.
与他们的预测相反，病情爆发并且夺去了数千人的生命。
(2)
Without
receiving her reply as scheduled he regarded it as
implicit acceptance.
没有如期收到她
的答复（回复）
，他认为她这是默许接受了。
(3)
He repeated
his assertion that he was not guilty in front of
the jury in court.
法庭之上，他在陪审团面前重申了他无罪的声明。
(4)
Using
the
Internet,
he
was
able
to
look
up
information
on
a
terrible
disease
torturing his wife.
他可以运用互联网查
找一种折磨他妻子的可怕疾病的信息。
(5)
The young man
adapted well to the city life and his new
environment.
这个年轻人非常适应城市生活和新环境
(6)
There is not
enough oxygen in the Moon’s atmosphere to sustain
plant life.
月球大气中没有足够的氧气来维持植物的生命。
(7)
What you prepare for your speech, be
sure to cite unbiased qualified
sources.
当你在准备演讲时，一定要引用不偏不倚并
且得到允许的信息源。
(8)
In the course of children’s language
acquisition, adults should pay attention to
grammar.
在儿童学习语言的过程中，大人们应该注意语法。
(9)
It is known
to all Arabic children that “ship of the desert”
is a metaphor for the
camel.
所有的阿拉伯孩子们都知道，
“沙漠之舟”是骆驼的隐喻。
(10)
Clutter is one of the things you should
try to eliminate when you make a
speech.
当你发表演讲时，杂乱是一切你应当尽力避免的事情。
(1)
The
government decided to take concrete steps to
bolster its faltering economy.
政府决定出台具体的措施来支持它不稳定的经济。
(2)
The
evidence
he
presented
at
the
meeting
was
credible,
according
to
his
viewpoint.
根据他的观点，他在会议中提出的证据是可靠的。
(3)
At the
conference, he made an impromptu speech, which
left a deep impression
on every partici
pant.
在议会中，他做了一个给每位参会者都留下深刻印象的即兴
< br>演讲。
(4)
Experts warn that mankind should use
natural resources sparingly.
专家提示：人类对自然资源的利用要节制。
(5)
An anecdote
about Albert Einstein was rewritten and published
in the Reader’s
Digest.
有关
Albert
的有趣事迹，在《读者文摘》
中被重新撰写并出版了。
(6)
He needs to build up his credentials
with his colleagues in biological
research.
他需要和他的同事在生物研究领域需要建立他的资格证书。
(7)
Winning the scholarship is testimony of
her intelligence in the field of
physics.
获得奖学金是对她在物理学领域的智慧的证明。
(8)The medical students were asked how
they would treat a
hypothetical case
and
were marked according to they are
responses.
学医的学生要学会怎样对待假定的情况和对他们的回应负责。
(9)Student should learn how to quote to
other people’s statements and also how to
paraphrase
them.
学生应该学习怎样引用他人的观点并知道怎样声明。
(10)
The
photographer
used
a
juxtaposition
of
fat
and
thin
modles
to
demonstrate
the
beauty.
摄影师运用并列的一胖一瘦的模特来展示美。
（
juxtaposition
是并置
并列，
不是站
位）
1.
I
can't
remember
exactly
what
triggered
the
explosion
but
it
was
pretty
devastating.
我不能准
确地记起是什么引发了爆炸，但爆炸是相当具有毁灭性的。
2.
Of
course,
that
posed
a
new
set
of
problems
for
Mum
and
Dad
who
were
constantly running
around trying to contain my wanderlust.
当然，
这给爸妈造成了一系列新的问题，
他们不断地东奔西走尝试控制我的流浪
癖。
3.
The
industry
has
pumped
massive
amounts
of
money
into
political
campaigns,
making it less and less likely that
politicians will deal with the issue
sensibly.
工厂已经给政治运动注入了大量资金，使
政治家们不太可能更理智地处理问题。
4. I was
asked to contribute to a newspaper article making
predictions for the New
Year.
我被要求去投一篇关于新年预测的新闻稿。
5.
If
it
were
as
cheap
and
easy to
get
online
here
as
in
America,
the
British
might
triple their time at the computer.
如果在这里上网像在美国一样既便宜又容易的话，
那么英国人在电脑前花的
时间能达到原先的三倍。
6. After 1989,
the external menace vanished, but the danger to
American civilization
remained.
1989
年后，外部的威胁消失了，但美国文明的危险因素依然存在。
7. As the surgeon's health worsened, he
became a liability to the hospital.
随着外科医生健康恶化，他变成了医院的一个不利因素。
8.
Today,
that
consensus
has
given
way
to
a
myriad
of
family
styles
as
a
result
of
people living longer, marrying later,
divorcing more often and changing mates to suit
the seasons of their lives.
如今，由于人们寿命增长、结婚推迟、离婚率上升、变换伴侣来应对人生阶段的
不同需求，这种观念已经为多种家庭生活方式所取代。
9. In order to avoid a good deal of
frustration (not to mention time, effort, and shoe
leather) that a job search entails, you
might want to consider the following approach:
conduct a planned, focused job
search.
为了避免求职势必带来的深重的挫败感（更不
用说付出的时间和努力）
，你可能
需要考虑这个方法：进行有计
划有目标的求职。
10. A more
plausible explanation would seem to be that people
are fed up with the
Conservative govern
ment.
更合理的解释似乎是人们对保守党政府感到厌烦。
1.
As
we
feel
our
way
around
the
first
months
of
the
21st
century,
what
seemed
impossible in the last is becoming more
and more believable (plausible).
大概
21
世纪的头几个月，当我们摸索前进时，曾经
看起来不可能的事正在变得
越来越可信。
2.
In
one
sense,
this
could
be
good
news
for
America:
it
could
predict(portend)
greater social consensus, with
virtually everyone agreeing about the proper
functions
of government.
某种意义上来说，这对美国来说可能是好消息：它可以预期更全面的社会共识，
同时几乎每个人都认同政府的适当职能。
3.
What kind of task was that for a man who couldn't
even discover (pin down) the
truth
about
himself?
对于一
个甚至不能准确认识自我的人，什么样的任务才是合
适的呢？
4.
It
may
be
the
band's
trademark,
but
after
the
briefest
exposure,
it
becomes
annoying (aggravating) to a large degre
e.
它可能为是乐队的商标，但一经公开就广
受恶评。
5.
If
the
value
of
services
exchanged
or
booked
online
were
included
as
well,
the
figures
would be more astounding (staggering)
still.
如果网上交换或预订的服务的价值也包括在内，数字会更惊人。
6. Parts of Glasgow are the same as (on
a par with) the worst areas of London and
Liverpool for burglaries.
就入室
盗窃来看，格拉斯哥的部分地区和伦敦及利物浦的
最差地区一样差。
7. The most profound change in our
society since the sixties has not been the arrival
of new Britons but the appearance
(emergence) of a new class.
16
世纪以来我们社会最深刻的变革不是新英国人的到来而是一个新阶层的诞生。
8. Police say drugs
traffickers are behind the increase (resurgence)
of violence.
警方说，掩藏在日益增多的暴力事件背后的是毒贩。
9.
They
said
yes,
provided
he
did
not
publish
anything
that
would
take
away
from(detract
from)
their
reputation.
他们同意了，
（前提是）只要他不公开有可能
损害他们名誉的任
何信息。
10. The shortage
(inadequacy) of clean energy resources plagues all
nations.
清洁能源短缺困扰着每个国家。
1.
They asked him
to leave. In other words, he was fired.
他们让他离开。
换句话说，
他被解雇了。
2.
The United
Nations troops enforced a ceasefire in this
area.
联合国军队在这片区域执行停火协议。
3.
The amount
will be paid to everyone regardless of whether
they have children or
not.
无论他们是否有孩子，支付给每个人的金额是相同的。
4.
Your paper
does not address the real
issues.
你的论文没有解决主要的问题。
5.
How many
vehicles were involved in the crash yesterday?
昨天的事故涉及多少
辆车。
6.
She felt an
anxiety bordering on
hysteria.
她感到焦虑接近歇斯底里的状态。
7.
The new
technology can be applied to
farming.
新的技术能够应用于农业。
8.
What do these
results suggest to you?
这些结果对你有怎样的建议？
9.
He has six
previous convictions for theft and
burglary.
他有六个前科有关于偷盗和入室抢劫。
10.
We'll send
you the copy as soon as it becomes
available.
一旦我得到它我会给你一个复印版本。
1.
This
incident
was
not
without
importance
in
the
following
development
of
events. (subsequent)
这个小事在随后的
事件发展中很重要。
2.
The company report a huge 85
-
million
-
dollar
loss.
（
whopping
）<
/p>
公司报告其巨大的损失达
8500
万美元。
3.
Several people were injured in the
traffic accident yesterday, but there were no
deaths.
（
fataliti
es
）昨天一些人在车祸中受伤了，但无人死亡。
4.
The candidate
’
s
speech was interrupted by applause occasionally. <
/p>
（
sporadically
）
求职者的演讲偶然地被掌声打断了。
5.
Luckily
she
had
left
the
island
two
days
before
the
arrival
of
the
devastating
tsunami.
（
prior
to
）
幸运的她在致命的海啸来临前两天离开了岛屿。
5.
It took me two
months to urge him into action.
（
prod
）
促使他采取行动花费了我两个月的时间。
6.
The police
have apparently found some new evidence about this
case.
（
turned
up
）
据说警察已经发现了关于这个案件的一些新证据。
7.
His decision
to move to Mexico was based on a sudden wish.
（
whim
）
他移民到墨西哥的决定基于他一时的念头。
8.
It took the
police two years to catch the murderer.
（
nail
）
警察花了两年的时间<
/p>
抓这个凶手。
9.
A
9
-<
/p>
year
-
old
boy
was
killed
in
an
accident
involving
a
stolen
car
last
week.
（
crash
）
上周，一个九岁的男孩在偷窃一辆车时死于一场车祸。
1.
Heavy
smokers
are
twenty
times
more
likely
to
be
stricken
by
lung
cancer
than
non
-
smokers.
烟瘾很大的人相对不吸烟者，患肺癌的概率要高出
20
倍。
2. Most
States emphasized eradication of violence,
particularly domestic violence, as
a
national priority area in national crime
prevention strategies.
多数州强调
杜绝暴力现象，
尤其把杜绝家庭暴力作为预防国民犯罪策略的重中之
重。
3. Some activists in
the Women 's Movement call themselves feminists,
while others
who resist political
activism choose not to label themselves
feel that the U.S. media often portrays
feminists as people who are
anti
-
men.
女权运动中的某些积极分子称自己为“女权主义者”
，然而那些反对政治激进主
义的人却不愿这么做，因为他们认为美国媒体常把“女权主义者”说成是“反人
类”的人。
4.
Women
accounted
for
10.5
percent
of
cabinet,
ministerial
and
sub
-
ministerial
offices in Commonwealth
countries.
在组成联邦制国家内阁、
部长以及副部长办公室的公职人员中，
女性所占的比例
为
10.5%
。
5.
If
he
still
hesitated
it
was
because
he
didn't
want
to
yield
to
the
other
man's
pressure, to Alec's gift for getting
his way.
如果他仍然犹豫不决，
那是因为他不想屈服于对方的施压，
亚力克天性就一贯如
此
。
6. He had never in the
past hesitated to make mischief if it served his
curiosity.
在过去，如果恶作剧能满足好奇心，那
他会毫不犹豫地捉弄别人。
7. In court,
the accused man claimed that he was innocent,
saying that he had been
framed
.
法庭上，被告人声称自己无罪，是受人陷害的。
8.
More
and
more
athletes
play
games
just
for
money.
Sport
is
being
debased
by
commercialism.
越来越多的运动员仅为钱而参加比赛，竞技体育正因商业化而贬值。
9. Damaging the production machinery
is an underhanded attempt to slow down our
output.
捣毁生产机器是一种妄图减缓我们产出速度的卑劣手段。
10. With an air of authority, as if
every jug and bottle in the place existed to do
his
bidding, the landlord gave Harold
his drink.
酒吧老板将酒递给
Harold
，
浑身散发出威严的气势，
< br>仿佛连周遭的酒具都臣服于
他。
1. Whether the cloning of human beings
is morally justified is now on the nations’
moral agenda.
克隆人类道德上是否正当，现在正处于国家道德议程上
2. It is reported that the company will
promulgate detailed rules and regulations for
the efficiency standard of the new
water heaters before the end of this years.
据悉，该公司将在今年年底前颁布有关新型热水器效率标准的
详细规章制度。
3. High prices are
deterring a lot of young couples from buying
houses.
高房价正阻碍着许多年轻夫妇买房子
4. People particularly dislike
politicians whose speeches are full of empty
rhetoric.
人们尤其不喜欢那些演讲空洞无物的政治家
5. We should not stop eating for fear
of choking.
我们不应该因噎废食。
6
．
The website was
accused of distorting the fact and slandering the
president
这个网站被指控歪曲事实和诽谤总统。
7. If you have an open mindset, you
will learn from everything
如果你具有开放的观念，那你将能从任何事情中学习。
8.
Once
a
company
caught
cheating
consumers,
it
will
be
very
hard
to
restore
its
business credibility.
一旦一个公司被
发现欺骗消费者，
那么这家公司将很再难树立
公司信誉。
9.
Everyone
was
shocked to
hear that the dog was
the
only
beneficiary
in
the
rich
women’s will.
当听到
这只狗是那位富有女人的唯一财产继承者的时候每个人都震惊了。
10
．
The accounting
firm is very busy at the end of fiscal year
auditing companies
会计事务所每个财政年末都会忙于审计各个公司
1
、
A
number
of
economic
sanctions
against
the
country
are
to
be
put
into
action.(enact)
——制定
：对该国的一些经济制裁将付诸行动。
2
、
A special task
force was created to help carry out the new policy
.(implement)
——
实施，使生效。设立了特别工作
组，以帮助实施这项新政策。
3
、
Unlike
global
warming
and
ozone
depletion
–
which
,if
the
political
will
was
there
,could be reduced by cutting gas emissions
–
preserving
bio
-
diversity remains
a problem that is extremely difficult
to manage.(intractable)
——难以管理或驾驭的
与全球变暖和臭氧枯竭不同，如果有政治意愿（要解决这两个问题）
，可以通过
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