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A
wouldn't take a
drink, much less could she stay for dinner.
她连水都不愿喝一口，更别提
留下来吃饭了。
thought I was lying to him,whereas I
was telling the truth.
他认为我在对他说谎，但实际上
我讲的是实话。
do you
account for the fact that you have been late every
day this week?
这个星期你每天
都迟到，对此
你怎么解释？
increase in their
profits is due partly to their new market
strategy.
他们利润增长，部分原
因是采用了新的市
场策略。
measures are likely to
result in the improvement of work efficiency.
这样的措施很可能
会带来工作效率的提高。
have already poured a lot of time and
energy into the project, so we have to carry on. <
/p>
我们
已经在这个项目上投入了大量时间和精力，所以我们只能继续
。
1. I don't
think that he would commit robbery, much less
would he commit violent robbery.
我认为
他不会抢劫
,
更不用说暴力抢劫了
.
2. Men earn ten dollars an hour
on average, whereas women only seven dollars.
男工平均工资每
小时
10
美元
,
而女工才每小时
7
美元
.
3.
Once
the
balance
in
nature
is
disturbed,
it
will
result
in
a
number
of
possible
unforeseeable
effects.
自然界的平衡一旦遭到破坏
,<
/p>
就会带来很多不可预知的影响
.
4.
The final examination is close at hand; you'd
better spend more time reading.
期终考试迫在眉<
/p>
睫
,
你最好多花点时间看书
.
5. What is interesting is that
consumers find it increasingly difficult to
identify the nationality of
certain
brands.
This
is
due
partly
to
globalization
and
partly
to
changes
in
the
location
of
production.
有趣的
是
,
消费者发现越来越难以辨别某些品牌的原产国
.
其部分原因来自于全球
化带来的影响
,
部分原因是由于产地的变化
.
6. A recent survey showed that women
account for 40 percent of the total workforce.
最近一次调
查表明
,
妇
女占总劳动力的
40%.
二
A
1. Despite the
fact that she is the only child in her family, she
is never babied by her parents.
尽管
她是家里的独生女，她父母也从不溺爱她。
2.
Mike didn't come to the party last night, nor did
he call me to give an explanation.
迈克没来
参
加昨晚的聚会，也没给我打电话作任何解释。
3.
The person sitting next to him did publish some
novels, but he is by no means a great writer.
坐
在他旁边的那个人确实发表过一些小说，但决不是什么大作家。
4. He
has no interest in football and is indifferent to
who wins or loses.
他对足球不感兴趣，
也从
不关心谁输谁赢。
5. The manager needs an assistant that
he can count on to take care of problems in his
absence.
经
理需要一个可以信赖的助手，在他外出时
，由助手负责处理问题。
6.
This is the first time that he has made a speech
in the presence of so large an audience.
这是他
第一次当着那么多观众演讲。
B
1. They persisted in
carrying out the project despite the fact that it
had proved unworkable at the
very
beginning.
尽管那项计划一开始就证明是不切实际的，但是他们还是坚持要
实施。
2. I could not persuade
him to accept the plan, nor could I make him see
its importance.
我无法说
服他接受这项计划
，也无法使他认识到这项计划的重要性。
3. How
did you manage to pack so many things into such a
small suitcase?
你是怎么把那么多东
西塞进
这个小行李箱的
?
4. He is completely
indifferent to what others think of him.
别人对他怎么看，他全不在意。
5. May I point
out that you have made a small mistake?
我能否指出你犯了个小错误？
6.
His mother asked him to drive slowly, but he never
took any notice of her words.
他母亲让他
开车慢一点，但他从不把她的话放在心上。
三
A
1. You are
never too experienced to learn new techniques.
你再怎么有经验，也得学习新技术。
2. There remains one problem, namely,
who should be sent to head the research there.
还存在一
个问题，那就是派谁去带领那里的研究工作
< br>
relationship did meet with some
difficulty at the beginning because of cultural
differences.
由于文化的不同，他们的关系在开始确实遇到了一些困难。
4. Though he has had ups and downs, I
believed all along that he would succeed someday.
虽然他
历经沉浮，但我始终相信他总有一天会成功的。
5. I have some reservations about the
truth of
your claim.
我对你的说法的真实性有些保留看
法。
6. She isn't
particularly tall, but her slim figure gives an
illusion of height.
她长得并不特别高，
但是她身材瘦，给人一种个子高的错觉。
B
1. A person is never too young to
receive the clear message that the law is to be
taken seriously.
应
尽早告知年轻人：必须认
真对待法律。
2. He's now faced
with an important decision, a decision that can
affect his entire future.
他现在面
临一个重要决定，这个决定可能会影响他的整个前程。
3.
You must be calm and confident even when things
are at their worst.
即使在情况最糟糕的时
候，你也必须保持镇静和信心。
4. The
success of a relationship has a lot to do with how
compatible two people are and how well
they communicate.
人际关系的成功与双方
相处是否融洽以及交流是否顺畅有很大关系。
5. He
was attacked and sustained severe injuries from
which he subsequently died.
他受到袭击，
身受重伤，随后不治而亡。
6. He
behaved, at least on the surface, like a normal
person.
他的举止
至少在表面上像个正常
人。
四
A
is a great pleasure to meet friends from far.
有朋自远方来，不亦乐乎？
2.
It doesn't matter whether the cat is black or
white as long as it catches mice.
不管黑猫白
猫，
能
抓住老鼠就是好猫。
3. You must let me have the money back
without fail by ten o'clock tomorrow morning.
你必须明
天上午十点之前把那笔钱还给我。
4. Allow me to take part in
this project: I am more than a little interested
in it.
请允许我参加这个
项目，我对这个项目非常感兴
趣。
ne knows that he is
special: He is free to come and go as he pleases.
人人都知道他比较
特殊：他来去随意。
6. Watching the unhappy
look on her face, I felt as though she wished to
say something to me.
看
她脸上不悦的
神色，我似乎觉得她有什么话想跟我说。
B
1. It is getting harder these days for
a man with only a secondary education to get a
good job.
现
如今，仅仅受过中等教育的人要想找份
好工作越来越难了。
2. As long as the
green hills last, there'll always be wood to burn.
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。
3.
If you are not satisfied with your purchase, we
will be more than happy to give your money
back to you.
如果你对所购物品不满意，我们将很乐意退款。
4. We are thankful for the beauty of
this great land, which has welcomed so many to its
shores
across
the
years.
我们对这块伟大的美丽的土地心怀感激之情，多
年来它迎接了众多的人来
这里的海滩游览
.
5. To the
teacher's surprise, no one volunteered for the
position of monitor.
让老师吃惊的是，没
人自愿当班长。
6. The dog continued to wait for its
master at the train station without fail until its
own death two
years later.
那条狗继续在车站忠心耿耿地等待主人，直到两年后死去。
五
A
1.
He spoke confidently, which impressed me most.
他说话很自信，给我留下了很深的印象。
2. My father is so forgetful that he is
always looking for his keys.
我父亲太爱忘事，总是在找钥
匙。
3. I'm very grateful to you
for all the help you have given me.
我十分感激你给我的帮助。
4.
The bad light, coupled with the wet ground, made
driving very difficult.
光线不足，加上地面
潮湿，使得驾驶十分困难。
5. Being
starved of funds, they had to cancel their plan to
start a business.
由于缺乏资金，
他们不
得不取消了创业计划。
always lean on us whenever
they are in trouble.
每当有了麻烦，他们总是依靠我们。
B
1. The plane may be
several hours late, in which case there's no point
in our waiting.
飞机可能晚
点几个小时，要
是那样，我们等着就没有什么意义了。
2. George so often told stories that
were untrue that no one believed him when he told
about the
high grade he got in the
exam.
乔治常常说谎，因此当他说他考试得了高分时没人相信他。
3.
All
was
silent
except
for
the
small
factory
fairly
close
at
hand,
somewhere
down
by
the
crossroads.
除了附近位于十字路口的那家小工厂，一切都静悄悄的。
4. People starved of sleep may find it
difficult to focus their minds on what they are
doing.
缺少
睡眠的人会感到很难集中心思干活。
5. I arranged to pick up Mr.
Clarke at the airport and take him to his hotel. <
/p>
我安排人去机场接克
拉克先生，然后带他去宾馆。
6. The tourists cried out of joy
upon reaching the peak of the mountain.
一到达山顶，游客们都高
兴地大叫起来。
六
A
1.
(Just) as a machine needs regular running, so does
the body need regular exercise.
就像机器需