现代大学英语第二版精读3课后翻译答案
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Unit 1
1) He so devoted to his research that it never occurs to him that he will soon have to retire.
2) Many people have observed that, without effective checks, we all have a tendency to abuse our power. 3) Some countries refuse to get involved in this dispute and the resent any foreign interference.
4) The control of sand storms will involve a tremendous amount of work and money.
5) You have to take the local conditions into consideration when you apply these technologies.
6) All applicants will have to fill out these forms and mail in an application fee of 50 dollars.
7) Based on his careful observation of children’s behavior, he came to the conclusion that learning is a natural pleasure.
8) In a country of many nationalities, ethnic harmony requires very careful handling.
9) The government is determined to punish all the corrupt officials involved.
10) Cheating at/on exams does not occur very often. But when it does, the school takes a very tough
position.
Unit 2
1) I suspected that the book might not be in print. I checked with the bookstore people, and they told me
that I was right. The book had been out of print for years.
2) One memorable story in the novel concerns how Liu Bei tried not to rouse Cao Cao’s suspicion about his ambitions, because if he did his life would be at stake.
3) When Cao Cao called him a real hero, Liu Bei was so shocked that he dropped his chopsticks. But he
cleverly covered up his suspicious behavior.
4) The first suspect was the victim’s son. The police suspected him of murdering his father because the
neighbors had heard them fighting on the night of the killing. 5) In learning, the important thing is not to commit everything to memory, but to use your imagination
and think creatively as well as critically.
6) He must have been the funniest burglar imaginable. He broke into a house, ate and drunk to his heart’s
content, and remained dead drunk until discovered the next morning, with a perfectly content look on his
face. 7) I have trouble remembering people’s names. I imagine it must result from old age.
8) We often live under many imaginary threats and feel disheartened as a result.
9) I suspect we teachers sometimes underestimate students’ mental capacities. Young people actually
have very imaginative minds.
1) Where there is a will, there is a way. 2) As the saying goes, behind every successful man there stands a woman.
3) There was a time in this town when the residents didn't have to lock their doors at night.
4) On his first day at school, the boy realized that there was no question of ever returning to the paradise
of home.
5) Nelson Mandela says in his autobiography: Sometimes there is nothing one can do to save something that must die.
6) There’s something to be said for/about living in an out-of-the-way place in the mountains.
7) There’s no telling what those terrorists might do next, we must be on the lookout all the time.
8) There were too many things to consider before the family decided to immigrate to Australia.
9) There is something in the boy’s aggressive behavior that is worrying his parents. 10) There’s no such thing as a free lunch. Don’t feel entitled to anything you haven’t sweated and
struggled for.
Unit 5
1) Building a house is no joking matter. You have to check carefully at every step. 2) His troops successfully checked the advance of the enemy whose original intention was to make a
surprise attack. 3) I really wanted to refute his arguments, but I checked myself because I thought it was not the right
occasion.
4) Rachel Carson is famous for devoting all her life to the cause of environmental protection. 5) In some ways we are still ignorant of the potential harm of these dams and reservoirs. They might
cause irrecoverable changes in the environment.
6) There must be a set of checks and balances so that no important policy concerning national interests
can be made by one person without the consent and knowledge of the people.
7) To compete successfully we have to adjust to new conditions. These colorful clothes, for example, are specially designed. They are intended for the young market.
8) We teachers can not be excused for our lack of concern for the students’ health.
9) He said that he would rather die than be confined to bed all his life and isolated from the outside
world.
10) A mass protest swept the country and he was caught in a crossfire from both the right and the left.
Unit 6
1) We all know that cocaine is addictive. So is heroin. But actually power and money are addictive too.
Those who get addicted to them are really very sick people.
2) Scientists have been advocating returning reclaimed land to rivers, lakes, marshes and meadows. 3) According to many economists, it is not always a good idea for the government to bail out financially
