Translation of in-class reading from Unit1 to Unit 5
Unit 1
1)I’m tired. I shouldn’t have gone to bed
so late last night.
2)I don’t/didn’t know Bob very well, but
we go/went out for an occasional drink
together.
3)We are supposed to meet her at the train
station.
4)You could clearly see people drown ing,
but/and yet you took no action to save
them.
5)Including weekends, there are only
twelve more days to buy Christmas
presents.
6)Without immediate action, many kinds
of wild animals would die from hunger.
Unit 2
1)That song always reminded her of the
night spent in Chicago.
2)There happened to be a policeman on
the corner, so I asked him the way. 3)All flights to New York today
are/were delayed because of the bad
weather.
4)Whoever is responsible will have to
pay for the damage.
5)I can’t find my checkbook. I must
have left it at home.
6)By the time the football match was
going to start, the storm had already
stopped.
Unit 3
1)You won’t get the job unless you’ve got
the experience.
2)Most of my time is spent studying the
differences between Chinese and
American cultures.
3)The statement/sentence is so clear that it
can’t cause any misunderstanding.
4)He wishes he could give her more help
than he does.
5)Put on your coat or you’ll catch a cold.
6)She has added a Picasso to her
collection.
7)I am not aware of ever having been here
before.
8)You will soon find yourself without any
friends at all if you keep on being so
rude to everybody.
Unit 4
1)It’s far too hot in the room; open the
window, please!
2)The noise woke us up in the middle of
the night.
3)He sh ouldn’t have been angry at what I
said. It was nothing more than a joke. 4)We invited all our friends to the picnic
but it rained and only five of them
showed up.
5)She views marriage as a serious matter.
6)To my disappointment, the movie didn’t
live up to my expectations.
Unit 5
1)I used to go to the cinema/movies a lot,
but I never have the time now.
2)The two workers cooperated with each
other to fix the broken pipe.
3)This is a cruel practice which should be
stopped immediately.
4)What aspect of your job/work is (the)
most difficult, and what aspect is (the)
most rewarding?
5)Some people think he is rude, but that’s
not the case.
6)I’ll help as much as I can, but there is a
limit to what I can do.
Translation Part
P68
1)A young man came to the check-in counter and asked if his briefcase had been turned in.
2)He looked over my shoulder at the conveyor belt and shouted that he had seen his briefcase going through the opening at the end of the conveyor belt.
3)Unfortunately, his briefcase had already been loaded on one of the flights.
4)I assured him that we would call him as soon as we found his briefcase.
5)To our great surprise, the young man said that he had already found his briefcase in his car.
P103
1)First, you should be aware that feeling nervous in a new environment is quite normal.
2)Our thoughts race along several times faster than most people speak.
3)In order to get others to pay attention to you, you must learn how to be a good and sympathetic listener.
4)One of the essential points is that you should try to broaden your horizons.
5)A sense of humor is helpful and you can lighten a conversation by sometimes telling
a joke about yourself.
6)Only when you are ready to talk and listen attentively will you succeed in making friends with the people around you.
P137
“我要告诉任何一个想回到学校的人，事情并不像你想的那么难，”卡伦-乔纳特斯说。去年，她在47岁时取得企业管理学士学位，与女儿一起毕业。她说：“我认识到，没有学位我难以升职。”现在她是恩迪科特学院的一名行政助理，并且在为获得组织管理硕士而学习。
在上一代，像乔纳特斯这般年龄的人在大学是罕见的。如今，拒美国教育部估计，有600万年龄在25岁或25岁以上的人正在美国的高校学习，大专院校涌现出30多个成人教育中心。
P176
1)bring pleasure/happiness to people add joy to people’s life express one’s feelings/emotions deliver messages carry heavy loads accomplish different tasks guide the blind guard people’s possessions catch pests make
contributions make the world more colorful maintain the balance of nature
2)They are perceived to be humans’ best friends. People like to keep them as pets. 3)They are intelligent, lovely and obedient. They can amuse people by performing different tasks.
4)Their contributions to human beings far outweigh what they destruct.
5)They are excellent companions of human beings. They are not only loyal to people but also can help man do a lot of things.