Unit 4
一、填单词
1、Amy is an expert in her field, and is well-paid _accordingly__.因此，从而；相应地
2、Some parents feel that the school structure is a bit _loose _, allowing children too much freedom when choosing learning tasks.松的；不受束缚的，自由的
3、She needed all her powers of _____concentration__ to stop herself from slipping on the icy road。集中；专心
4、Monetary policy hasn’t been working because interest rates have been reduced to almost zero without _stimulating _ the economy. 使兴奋；刺激
5、It’s the strongest natural fabric and can stand very high temperatures and be machine washed. 质地，材质
6、So far as I know people’s tastes haven’t changed much, and, _if anything _, they are getting more diverse these days than they used to be. 要说有什么区别的话；甚至正相反
7、It’s easier to find excuses for poor customer service than accept _reality _ and do something about it. . 现实
8、Often there’s no clear evidence one way or the other and you just have to base your judgment on _intuition直觉
9、He was dressed very casually, which made him look a _trifle_ out of place at the reception.少量，少许
10、My grandfather was born in Hong Kong __at the turn of the
century_ and moved with his family to Britain in the early 1920s. 在世纪初
11、We love having our grandchildren visit, but they always leave such a __mess_ for us to clean up afterwards. 脏乱状态
12、His mother died in the accident, too. But we didn’t tell him the news as we were afraid that would _undermine_ his confidence in full recovery. 暗中破坏；逐渐伤害
二、五个句子翻译
1、红十字会派遣的志愿者人员非常小心地对村里的饮用水进行消毒，以避免爆发瘟疫。
The volunteers sent/assigned by the Red Cross disinfected, with great caution, the drinking water in the village so as to avoid an outbreak of plague.
2、爱因斯坦用了多年时间试图把电磁学理论和引力理论结合起来，但没有成功。
Einstein spent many years trying to unify the theories of electromagnetism and gravity but failed.
3、因其在激发学生创造性想象力方面的出色表现，王教授获得了校长奖。
Professor Wang won the Presidential Award for his excellence in stimulating students' creative imagination.
4、因存在一些设计上的重大缺陷，董事会没有同意那个经济刺激计划。
As there were some major design flaws, the board of directors didn't approve of the economic stimulus package.
5、乔丹意识到没人能给他帮助，终于得出结论他必须面对现实，独自接受挑战。
Having realized that nobody could help him, Jordan finally came to the conclusion that he had to face reality and meet the challenge by himself.
三、Test B画线句子翻译
1、His hair poking out from a wide-brimmed black hat, Einstein surreptitiously disembarked onto the tug, which ferried him and his party to lower Manhattan, where a car would whisk them to Princeton.
爱因斯坦头戴宽边黑帽，里面的头发露了出来。他秘密登上拖船，和随行人员一起摆渡到下曼哈顿，一辆汽车将从那里飞快将他送到普林斯顿。
2、Einstein, however, was no Einstein when he was a child.
但是，小时候的爱因斯坦并不是那个聪颖的爱因斯坦。
3、“We never cease to stand like curious children before the great mystery into which we were born.”
“在我们出生的神秘世界面前，我们永远表现得像充满好奇心的孩子。”
4、By spring 1921, his exploding global fame led to a grand two-month visit to the United States, where he received so warm a welcome that he would evoke mass frenzy wherever he went.
到1921年春天，他在全世界迅速传扬的名望促成了他为期两个月的隆重的美国之行。他受到了非常热烈的欢迎，无论走到哪里，总会引发大众的狂热。