1、愉悦舒适不能指引领略人生的全部，与逆境的艰苦搏斗常常会使人生变得丰富而有意义：Pleasure only gets you so far , A rich , rewarding life often requires a messy battle with adversity .
2、极其令人兴奋的经历：a mind—blowing experience
3、内置储藏空间：built—in storage space
4、自我保护措施：self—protection measures
5、短期的工作：short—term employment
6、歪曲的否定的自我观念：distorted and negative self—perception
7、改变了生活的事件：life—changing events
8、无所不包的细节：all—encompassing details
9、一个好的自我形象：a good self—image
10、超越国家或文化界限：transcend national or cultural boundaries
11、一些实际优惠：some trangible benefits
12、被无休止地争论：haven been debated endlessly
13、以指出别的错误为乐：delights in pointing out other peoples mistakes
14、对于失败者的同情：sympathy with losers
15、因为几乎说不清的原因：for reasons that can be barely articulates
16、为在线服务开启新的时代：define a new era for online services
17、对他来说是重要的？matter to him
18、可能会对···产生微妙的影响：may have a subtle effect on
19、提供免费阅读电子书籍的机会：provide free access to e—books
20、正发生着巨变：is in the midst of a sea change
21、一直在哈弗任教：has been on the faculty of Harvard University
22、如饥似渴的读者：a voracious book reader
23、你就会把心思全花在这上了：you will stay focused on it
24、信息传递着：the conduit for information
25、你的支票真是天赐之物：your check came as an absolute godsend
26、我弄不清故事的脉络了：lost the thread of the story
27、徜徉在优美的散文中：stroll through elegant prose
28、只是一点消化不良：just a touch of indigestion
29、他帮了我大忙：He did me a good turn
30、与现有证据相符：correspond with the available evidence
31、不能正常工作：out of order
32、她正要开始讲她的故事：She was about to plunge into her story
33、很难解释或控制：so difficult to account for , or control
34、分秒不差：to the minute
35、没有地毯也行：You can do without a carpet
36、就成家来说：As far as starting a family is concerned
37、往嘴里腮爆米花：while stuffing his mouth with popcom
38、水不是有效的遮挡物：water is not an effective shield
37、被火焰吞没：engulfed in flames
38、主宰国家的权利：the rights of sovereigh nations
39、在市场上胜过他的竞争者：outpaced its rivals in the market
40、买有必要唠叨这点：There is no need to belabor the point
41、她恳求几位有名的学者：She invoked several eminent scholars
42、从两个被围困的村庄：from two embattled villages
43、根据证人证词所示：According to the witness`s testimony
44、虽然我们尽了最大努力：In spite of our best endeavors
45、经过了许多考验和磨难之后：After many trials and tribulation
1、Such is human nature in the west that a great many people are often willing to sacrifice higher pay for the
privilege of becoming white collar workers. 许多人宁愿牺牲比较高的工资以换取成为白领工人的社会地位，这在西方倒是人之常情
2、Cosmopolitan shanghai was born to the world in 1842 when the British man—of –war Nemesis , slipping
unnoticed into the mouth of the Yangtze River , reduced the Wusong Fort and took the city without a fight . 1842年英国战舰尼米西斯号悄悄潜入长江口，击毁吴淞炮台，不费一枪一卒占据了上海，国际化的上海就此诞生了
3、A study of the letter leaves us in no doubt as to the motives behind it . 研究了一下那封信，我们毫不怀
疑该信是另有用心的
4、The happiness –the superior advantages of the young women round about her , gave Rebecca
inexpressible pangs of envy . 丽贝卡看见她周围的小姐那么有福气，享受种种优越的权利，真是说不出的妒忌
5、Poor joes panic for two or three days ; during which he did not visit the house . 乔继续恐慌了两三天，
期间这可怜虫都不肯回家
6、Internet : absolute communication , absolute isolation 因特网，绝对的交流，绝对的孤独
7、Technology ···is a queer thing . It brings you great gifts with one hand , and it stabs you in the back with
the other 科技···是一种奇怪的东西，它会一手给你礼物，另一只手却在你背后捅刀。
8、In the course of the same war , a serious epidemic broke out 同年，一场严重的传染病爆发了
9、A receptor is shaped in such a way that it can receive only a certain messenger 受体的构造形状使得它
只能接收某一类型的信使
10、The structure of the steel and the resulting properties will depend on how hot the steel gets and how
quickly or slowly it is cooled 钢的结构和性质，视其加热程度和冷却快慢而定
11、Take care of the pence , and the pounds will take care of themselves 积少成多，集腋成裘
12、An Alpine Divorce , written in the 1880s and set during the Victorian era , sheds light on the hypocrisy and
entrapment of marriage in Victorian society , where divorce was still very much a taboo subjeck . The story goes like this···《尔比斯山上的离婚》写于19世纪80年代，以维多利亚时代为背景，将当时社会中充满着虚伪和欺骗的婚姻状况呈现在读者面前，那个时候离婚可是个禁忌的话题，故事就是这样的。
13、Man is a credulous animal , and must believe something ; in the absence of good grounds for belief , he
will be satisfied with bad ones 人是轻信的动物，必须得相信点什么，如果这种信仰没有什么好的依据，有站不住脚的依据也行。
14、They vainly tried to find out the strangers name 他们想查出那陌生人的姓名，却徒劳无功
15、The infinitesimal amount of nuclear fuel required makes it possible to build power reactors in that
mountainous area 动力反应堆所需要的核燃料极少，因此可以把它建在那个山区
16、It all began in the mid—1850s , when Lowes experiments with balloons led him to believe in the existence
of an upper stream of air that moved in an easterly direction , no matter what direction the lower currents flowed 这一切都始于19世纪50年代中叶，当时罗威的气球实验使他相信上升气流的存在，不管下层的气流向什么方向流动，这种上升气流总是向东流动。
17、More puzzling is the remarkable increase in occurrence of this disease which has happened since World
War II in a number of western countries where standards of hygiene were continuously improving. 第二次世界大战以来，一些西方国家的卫生条件在不断地改善，但在这些国家中，此病的发生率也明显增加，这一点颇令人费解。
18、Ask not what your country can do for you , Ask what you can do for your country 不要问国家能为你们
做些什么，而要问你们能为国家做些什么。
19、Prime Minister Gordon Brown of Britain disclosed Saturday that an eye examination showed two tears in
his right retina—a revelation that could embolden critics who want him to step down before a national election.