《高级英语精读》第六册单词问题翻译

Unit 2 A Class Act1.成长在二战期间战火连天的曼彻斯特意味着生活艰辛，金钱紧缺，整日焦虑不安，当铺成了大多数家庭经常去的地方，当然也包括我家。

2.然而，我不能对已经很有进取心和积极乐观的父母有更多的要求了。

他们艰辛地工作，用尊严和快乐来支撑着这个家庭。

我强壮而又智慧的父亲几乎无所不能，而且从不缺木匠和手工艺活。

为了满足家庭开支，他甚至参加了偶尔在小巷组织的拳击比赛。

至于我的母亲，她勤劳节约，极爱干净。

即使条件艰苦，在母亲的照料下，她的五个孩子总能吃得饱饱地，穿得干干净净地去学校。

3.尽管我的衣服熨得很平整，鞋子擦得发亮，还是不符合学校的着装标准。

尽管妈妈勤俭持家/省吃俭用，想办法为我们做衣服，但是我还是没有学校指定的蓝色校服和帽徽。

4.由于战争，政府实施定量配给制。

很多学校都放宽了对学生着装的要求，因为他们知道在那个时候弄到衣服是一件很困难的事情。

尽管如此，我所在的女子学校对着装的要求依旧很严格，每个学生必须要穿学校指定的校服。

所以，每天主持校会的副校长就把教我一个人如何着装当成了他的工作。

5.虽然我努力地向老师说明我不能遵守的理由，并且事实上，我也在努力地改进，但是每天老师都会把我从队伍中拉出来，然后让我站到台上，作为不穿校服到学校的学生的典型。

6.每天，当我独自一人尴尬地站在同学们的面前时，我都会强忍住泪水。

为了惩罚我，老师甚至不允许我参加体操队，也不允许我参加我最喜欢的每周一次的交际舞会。

我多么希望在这所可怕的学校里，能有这样一位老师，他会睁开双眼，然后看看我会做什么，而不是不断地告诉我不能做什么。

7.然而，在我十二岁的记忆中，除了接受惩罚我别无选择。

不要让我善良的母亲知晓这种惯例的惩罚对我而言是很重要的，我不敢冒险让她来学校为我说情，因为我知道心胸狭隘、不讲情面的教员会同样地使她难堪，那意味着我们俩都会不愉快、会气愤。

千万不要啊，如果她告诉我父亲的话，他将会立即为保护我而与老师大打出手。

1. imbalance贫富不均乃共和政体最致命的宿疾2. Their poverty他们的贫困只是一种暂时的不幸，如果他们贫困但却温顺，他们最终将成为这个世界的主人3.Couples 一对对热恋的新婚夫妇应该上梅西百货公司过夜，而不是回到他们的新房4. American beauty rose美国这朵玫瑰花后以其华贵与芳香让观众倾倒，赞不绝口，而她之所以能被培植出来，就是因为在早期其周围的花蕾给掐掉了。

在经济生活中情况亦是如此。

这是自然规律和上帝意志在起作用5. economically（它已成为）经济上收入不菲的一个行业6. no form of没有哪种压迫形式比身无分文更厉害，也没有哪种对思想和行动的束缚比一无所有更全面彻底7. Freedom我们珍惜自由是对的。

正因为我们珍惜自由，我们就不能以此为藉口，不给最需要自由的人自由8. Ethiopia不管他们生活在埃塞俄比亚，还是在纽约市的南布朗克斯区，甚至是在洛杉矶这样的天堂，我们都决心不去为这些人操心9. He is enjoying如上述所说，他在华盛顿高层当中享有无比的威望10. Compassion同情心，加上与之相关的社会努力是我们这个时代最麻烦，最令人不快的行为和行动方针1. idyllic life这是一种田园式的生活，我们和亲戚们住得很近，享受着小镇生活所能给予我们的舒服与安全2. papa但父亲是一个很有开拓精神的人，他知道佛罗里达州西南海岸的万岛群岛还未被开发，那儿土壤肥沃，适于耕种，而且猎物充足，不必担心食物来源3. third day出发的第三天以及以后的日子里，我们都在佛罗里达州荒无人烟的旷野中穿行4. underwater水下的水草就像绿色的丝带，不断地伸展开来，野兰花一簇一簇地挂满了枝头5. burly arms乔叶栎粗壮的枝干上覆盖着蕨类植物，附生的凤梨科植物也在盛开。

红雀，唐纳雀和色彩斑斓的鵐鸟沿着小路飞来飞去，让一个孩子觉得好像是宝石在树林里跳动6. native whites本地的白人像惧怕响尾蛇一样怕他，而印第安人和黑人则不得不受他的控制和剥削7.Our new home我们的新家不仅安全稳定，它还给我们带了了无尽的乐趣8.Today… grandsons今天在我的子孙身上，我仍然能看到我父亲所拥有的无尽的勇气和爱心1….tampering 我们一直在滥用这股强大的力量，就像传说中魔术师的徒弟一样，我们并没有意识到我们的这种行为很可能会导致灾难性的后果2. global warming 即使全球变暖这种灾难永不发生，即使臭氧层空洞仍然只是一种深奥的极地现象，人类活动也已极大地改变了全球条件，这些也许是照相机拍不出来的3.technosphere与生态圈相反，技术圈是由线性流程所决定的4. energy sources现在技术圈运作的能源主要是矿物燃料，一旦用完，永不再生5. Nylon尼龙不能进行生物分解—也就是说，在现存的有机物中还没有发现有哪种酶可以分解尼龙6. living things有生命的东西创造了一系列对生命至关重要的有限但独立的物质和反应7. free lunch免费午餐实际上是一种债务。

Unit 1 I Two Words to Avoid, Two to Remember 避免两词，铭记两词乔治·戈登亚瑟·戈登在生活中，没有什么比顿悟更令人激动、更有益处了，它可以改变一个人——不仅仅是改变，而且变得更好。

当然，这种顿悟的时刻很罕见，但仍然会降临到我们所有人身上，它有时来自于一本书、一次布道、一句诗歌，有时来自于一个朋友……在曼哈顿一个寒冷的冬季下午，我坐在一个法国小餐馆，倍感失落和压抑。

因为我的几次错误估算，一个对我生活至关重要的项目落空了。

就连马上就要见到一个老朋友（这个老人，我常私下亲切地这样想到他）的念头都不像以前那样让我兴奋。

我坐在桌边，皱起眉头看着有黑白格子的桌布，反复咀嚼着自己的失误。

他来了，穿过街道，裹着旧大衣，不成形的毡帽低低地压在光头上，看上去不像是一个有名的精神病医生，倒像是童话中一个充满活力的老精灵。

他的办公室就在附近；我知道他刚刚看完今天的最后一个病人。

他年近八十，但仍然拎着装满文件的公文包，仍然掌管着一项重大的基金，仍然喜欢忙里偷闲去打高尔夫球。

等他过来坐在我旁边时，服务员早已把他常要的浓啤酒端了过来。

我已经几个月没有见到他了，但他似乎还是老样子，神采不减。

没有任何寒暄，他就问我：“你怎么了，年轻人？” 他敏锐的观察力早已不让我感到惊奇。

于是我就详细地把烦恼告诉了他。

带着一丝忧伤的自豪，我尽量地陈述实情，对自己的失意，我只能怪自己，不怪任何人。

我分析了整件事情，所有的错误判断，以及不明智的行动。

我讲了约有十五分钟，老人默默地喝着啤酒。

我讲完后，他放下杯子：“走吧，到我的办公室去。

”“到你的办公室？你忘带什么了吗？”他和蔼地说：“不是，我想看看你对某些实情的反应，仅此而已。

”外面阴雨渐起，但他的办公室很暖和、舒适、亲切：满是书的书架靠墙放着、长长的皮沙发、弗洛伊德的亲笔签名照片，窗边放着的录音机。

他的秘书已经回家了，只有我们在那里。

aberration: departure/rightailment: a mild, chronic illnessallegation:statement/ no proofamelioration: improvementAmericanism:feature/ to USamorphous:without definite formattribute: think of as belonging toaugment: to enlargebay horse: reddish brown horsebay: a horse /reddish brown hairbeachhead:position/secure/pointbesetting sin: fault /frequently hasbier:platform/ coffin is placedbiodegradable:capable/decomposeblotch: discolored patch on the skinbounds：shacklesbrittle: easily brokenbrunch: a late first meal of a daybuggy: light carriage/ horseburly: big and strongbeguile: to charm or delightbelabor:spend /much time/ effortcircumvent: avoid a problem/ restrictsconstrue：explain/deduce/meaning cabal: group /make secrets plans caddy: to attend a golfercarven: carvedcelebrated: famouscivility: politenessclubhouse: a building /clubcoffee maker: a utensil / coffeecompassion: sorrow for/ others'contingency: a possible occurrencecoquettish: girl/ men's attentioncrabby：ill-temperedcreed: a set of beliefscrescent: a curved shapecrook：a person who stealscuckold :man/wife is adulterycutlery: knives /spoonscurator:person/in charge/ museumcustody: care, protectiondivulge: to make knowndraw a bead on: take careful aim at dank: unpleasantle wet deli: shop/ short for delicatessendemagoguery:methods/demagogdiscourse:communication/ideasdispensation:permission/unusual doddering: shaky, senile dogma: a belief/ by authoritydogmatic: stating/ positive mannerDutch oven: a heavy metal potElysium: a paradiseembattled: prepared for battleempirical: relying /on experimententerprise: a bold/ undertakingepoch：a period of time/ noteworthyesoteric:beyond the understandingexistential:based on/ existenceendow: provide/ talent or qualityextrude: to push or force outfeckless: weakfecundity: fertilityfox squirrel:variously / tree squirrelfreehold: state in land held for lifefritter：a small cake of fried battergainful: profitablegradient: a slopegraybeard: old mangrimace: a twisting / facehabitat: the region/plant growshammock: a fertile / hard treeshowl: a long cry of wolfindentation: a dent or slight hollowinextricable: that can not be untiedinfallible: incapable of errorinfirmity: feebleness, weaknessinnocuously: harmlesslyinstrumentality: condition/ qualityintellect: the ability/to understandinto perpetuity: law /all future timeinvective: violent verbal attackingest：to take food into bodyinvoke: to put into uselouse up: to ruinlive oak: American evergreen oakslush: of luxurious growthmacabre:grim/horrible/ gruesomemarauder: plunderermishap: an unlucky accidentmite：a very small creature'monogram：two or more lettersmote: a very small piece of dustmundane: commomplace, ordinarynewfangled：newly madeniche: a hollow place in a wallnoblesse oblige: people /high social class should be generous nonchalant: cool, lack of concernobliterate: erase /destroyobesity: being very fatoverriding: prevailing/most vitalpallid: pale, faint in colorparlor:comfortable room for guestsparody: a poor imitationper se：by or in itselfpit: a hole in the groundpragmatic: concerned/ practicepredestined:determined/beforehapreoccupation: mentally being wholly absorbed in one's thoughtpriesthood: priests in generalplow: to cut a way through waterportend: to be warning ofremit: to free someone from a debtranch: a large farmranger：dog in text book, a group of troops for patrolling area rash: an eruption/ on the skinreplete: well-filled/ suppliedresurrection: coming back to liferoost: a perch/ birds can sleepScrabble: word puzzlescummy:covered/layer/liquidsplit asunder: to disunitespraddle: to spread the legssquish: to squeezesuccor: to helpseduce: to lead astraysecular: worldlyself-government: government by action of its member sibilant: having a hissing soundsilhouette: dark image/light skepticism: doubting attitude slimy: covered/soft mattersluggishly: moving more slowlyspectrum：the entire range of anything ranged by degree splatter: splash, falling in dropsspur: urgestanglehold:force/restricts freestreaming: rushing, moving swiftlystrident: harsh soundingsun porch: a sitting room/ windowtableau: scene frozen/ dramatic effecttemerity: unreasonable/ offendtemptation: the rousing of desiretheology: a specific formulation set by a given religion thump: a blow with sth heavytarnish: dull the luster / exposethwart: to prevent from doingtropt: to walk with heavy stepstrepidation: tremulous or temblingtorso: the bodytriage: system/ medical treatmenttribulation: distressvindicate: to clear from criticismzing: slang / shrill movementundue: immoderate, excessiveunscrupulous: not conscientiousunwitting: unintentionalvalance: a short drapery or curtainveranda: an open porchvirulent: hatred/strong expressedwelt: a ridge raised on the skinwhat with: because ofwrit: formal legal document。

1.conscience – a sense of right and wrong, with an urge to do rightrepublic –a state or nation in which the supreme power rests in all the citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representations elected, directly or indirectly, by them and responsible to them intellectual – appealing to the intellectvirtue – efficacyto repair to – to go to (a place, esp. go in large numbers to)design – plancase – factbelief – faith, convictionconvenience – benefit, profithigh circle – the high class of the rich3.to blanket – to cover with a thick layerniche – the specific space occupied by an organism within its habitatelaborate – detailed and complicated; carefully prepares and finishedproperty – an attribute, quality, or characteristic, esp. as determined by its effects on another substance progressively – increasingly; by degreesclosed – not communicating with or influenced by othersmold – any fungus which can produce a downy or furry growth on the surface of organic matter5.to approach – begin to deal with, adopt a method for attaining a goal.faith – complete, unquestioning acceptance of sth.philosophical commitment – dedication to abstract thought-out principles.intelligence – bright, perceptive people.to condition – to affect, modify or influence.to translate – to change into another medium or form.temper - characterfree - (mind) unconstrainedto betray – lead astray to deceive7.to observe - to celebrateat issue - yet to be decided or realizedto discipline - to train to develop self-control, charactersomeone’s writ runs - someone’s authority and mandate would continue to be in effectarms - military strengthto stay - (literary) to stop(doing)to tap - to extract sth. from sth.8.save- expect forselect- choice, excellent, outstanding; only lived in, visited or used by a small number of rich people. august- (accent on the second) inspiring feeling of respect and awe; imposing and magnificent; worthy of respect because of age and dignity, high position, etc.to father- to bring into being; to found, originate, or invent.edict- an official public proclamation or order issued by authority; decreeto wait upon- to call on or visit (esp. a superior) in order to pay one’s respects, ask a favor, etcblinds- a covering that can be pulled down over a window; widow shadehue- color, a modification of a basic coloron the books- on the written documentsfallen- morally degradedimperviousness- the dignity to show that she was unaffected by the outside worldcollection plate- a plate for holding the money collected during a church serviceperverse- behaving in an unreasonable way and regularly doing the opposite of what people expected her to do9.juice- the essence of anything; power and influencebleeding heart- native to woodlands, bleeding heart is a common garden perennial plant with the unique flowers which resemble tiny pink or white hearts with the drops of blood at the bottom land-grant college- it refers to the colleges which were founded as of the 1860s by such government land grants on condition that they offer instruction in agriculture and the mechanicalhome economics- a science and art of homemaking, including nutrition, clothing, budgetary and child care satiety- the state of being satiatedslide- smooth slope, track or chute down on which children can play at slidingmonkey bars- an arrangement of horizontal and vertical bars erected as in a playground for children to climb on, swing from, etcseesaw- long blank, balanced on a center support, and with a person sitting at each end, which can rise and fail alternatelytelltale- revealing what is meant to be kept a secretlaurels- fame or honorto pick on- to take interest in sb/sthshotgun house- along, narrow house with rooms arranged on behind the otherdime store- five-and-ten-cent store where supposedly everything costs only a few centsbill- the peak or visor of a carp。

大学英语精读第六册课后翻译（精选五篇）第一篇：大学英语精读第六册课后翻译1在我住宅区经常看到一位白发老人手持夹具和大塑料袋.捡起包糖纸.香蕉皮之类的垃圾.In our neighborhood a white-haired old man is often seen wielding tongs and a big plastic bag picking up trash like candy wrappers and banana skins.2他就是大家敬重的李大爷.退休前他是一家大公司的高级管理人员.经常忙得不亦乐乎.The old man is Grandpa Li respected by all.A senior executive of a big company before he retired, Grandpa Li used to live a terribly busy life.3按说现在他可以享受退休生活了.可他不愿意在家闲着不做事.他该怎样适应退休生活呢?李大爷遇事从不拖拉.他当即决定从帮助老伴削土豆皮.打扫厨房之类的家务活干起.Now he was supposed to enjoy his retirement, but he hated to stay idle at home.How would he adapt to his retired life? Never putting off anything, Grandpa Li resolved there and then to start by helping his wife with such housework as peeling potatoes and cleaning up the kitchen.4除此之外.他还尽自己最大努力帮着把住宅区搞好.李大爷完全相信.他的努力会结出果实.Besides that, he does all he can to help turn round things in the neighborhood.Grandpa Li accepts on faith that his efforts will yield fruit.5他对生活的乐观态度常常会感染队友.在队里造成一种积极向上的气氛.His optimistic attitude toward life tended to spread to his teammates, and created a positive atmosphere within the team.6搜寻外星人或许有可能为我们了解宇宙起源提供新的线索.The search for extraterrestrial intelligence may throw new light on the origins of the universe.7他妻子把他们所处的窘境跟他说了.然后让他仔细想想他们剩下的可能有的几种选择.His wife told him the dilemma that they were in, and then left him to ponder the few options left to them.8她为招待会所挑选的食物.音乐和装饰品全都显示她高雅的情趣.Her choices of food, music and decorations for the reception all showed her exquisite taste.9你今后出国旅行的机会即便有.也很可能极少.我觉得这次你应该尽量争取去.Your opportunities to travel abroad in future might very well be so few, if any, that I think you should make every effort to go this time.10高考落榜的消息对我简直是个沉重打击.The news that I had failed in the college entrance examination was nothing less than a heavy below to me.11我开始怀疑自己要当作家的理想是否能够变成现实.我还担心父母得知这一消息后会对我大发雷霆.I became doubtful whether my dream to be a writer could ever be translated into reality.And I was afraid my parents would get furious with me when they learned about my failure in the examination.12但结果他们连眉头也没有朝我皱过.反倒鼓励我自学成才.It turned out, however, that they didn’t so much as frown at me.Instead, they encouraged me to become self-educated.13他们对我说.只要我努力学习.只要抱有条条大路通罗马的信念.我伯理想一定能实现.They told me that my dream would certainly come true so long as I worked hard and had the conviction that all roads lead to Rome.14说实话.他们的鼓励话语对我恢复信心帮助极大.到心情好一点时.我在社区图书馆接了一份工作.To tell the truth, their encouraging words did a great deal to revive my confidence.When I found myself in a better mood, I took a job at the neighborhood library..15我在业余时间广泛阅读.越读越渴求获得知识.During my spare time I read extensively.The more I read, the more I hungered for knowledge.16有一天.写作的冲动在我胸中翻腾.但当我试着写时.什么也写不出来.One day, the impulse to write surged up with me.But when I tried to writ, nothing would come.17我发现要写作.仅有愿望是远远不够的.I discovered that mere desire was far from sufficient for writing.18我得在现实生活中了解人们.这样才能熟悉他们.进而描写他们.I had to learn about people in real life so that I could know them wellenough to write about them19起初.我打算先准备生物课的考试.而后再做论文.但后来决定还是将做的顺序倒过来为好.At first I planned to prepare for my biology test first and then work on my research paper, but later I decided that I had better do it the other way around.20就预测地震而言.科学家能做的似乎微乎其微.不过城市规划设计师却可以在减轻地震造成的损失方面有点作为.When it comes to predicting earthquakes, there seems very little scientists can do, though city planners can do something to reduce the damage caused by earthquakes.21去年夏天洪水期间.不得不动员全国的力量来救灾.During last summer’s flood, the whole nation had to b e mobilized for relief efforts.22鉴于她对生活的消极态度.她不可能在改革管理部门的事情上给予支持.Given her passive attitude towards life, she is not likely to provide any support in terms of management reform23凭她的创见和组织能力.我认为她不是我们的负担而是我们委员会的一份宝贵的财富.With her creative mind and organizational ability, she is, I believe, not a liability but rather a great asset to our committee.24一天夜晚.罗杰所住的那个社区发生了一件未遂谋杀案.One night, there was an attempted murder in the community where Roger lived.25无人知道是谁干的.但警方怀疑罗杰.因为他的作奸犯科的历史在县法院有案可查.此外.警方眼里.罗杰被列为该县最危险的人物之一.必须小心对付.No one knew who did it, but the police suspected it was Roger because his criminal history was on record in the county court did, in addition, in their eyes, he was ranked among the most dangerous men in the county and must be dealt with cautiously.26于是他被传下个星期五到庭受审.他已失业数月.不用说.他请不起律师.但他希望有人愿意通过电话给他提供免费咨询.以便他能在庭上自行辩护.So he was summoned to appear in court the following Friday.Being out of a job for months, needless to say, he couldn’t afford a lawyer, but he hoped thatsomeone would be willing to give him some free legal advice over the phone so that he could defend himself in court.第二篇：大学英语精读2课后翻译第三版Unit1 翻译1.她砰地关上门，一声不吭地走了，他们之间那场争执就此结束。

Lesson 6 Disappearing Through the Skylight从天窗中消失小奥斯本·本内特·哈迪森科学是能够为人们普遍接受的。

有一个事实可用来说明这一点：一门科学发展程度越高，其基本概念就越能为人们普遍接受。

举例而言，世界上就只有一种热力学，并不存在什么分开独立的中国热力学、美国热力学或者苏联热力学。

在二十世纪的几十年的时间里，遗传学曾分为两派；西方遗传学和苏联遗传学。

后者源于李森科的理论，即环境的作用可能造成遗传基因的变异。

今天，李森科的理论已经被推翻，因此，世界上就只有一种遗传学了。

作为科学的自然产物，工艺技术也显示出一种世界通用的倾向。

这就是为什么工艺技术的发展传播使世界呈现出一体化特征的原因。

原本各异的世界各地的建筑风格、服饰风格、音乐风格——甚至饮食风格——都越来越趋向于变成统一的世界流行风格了。

世界呈现出同一性特征是因为它本来具有同一性。

在这个世界上长大的儿童感受到的是一个千篇一律的世界而不是一个多样化的世界。

他们的个性也受到这种同一性的影响，因此，在他们的感觉中，不同文化和个人之间的差异变得越来越小了。

由于世界各地的建筑越来越千篇一律，居住在这些建筑里的人也越来越千人一面了。

这样带来的结果用一句人们已经听熟的话来描述再恰当不过：历史要消失了。

以汽车为例即可非常清楚地证明这一点。

诸如流线型或全焊接式车身结构一类的技术革新，一开始可能不被人接受，但假如这种技术革新在提高汽车制造业的工作效率和经济效益方面确有巨大作用，它便会一再地以各种变异的形式出现，直到最终它不仅会被接受，而且会被大家公认为是一种宝贵的成果。

今天的汽车再也找不出某个汽车公司或某个民族文化的标志性特征了。

一般的汽车，不管产于何地，其基本特征都大同小异。

几年前，福特汽车公司制造出一种菲爱斯塔牌汽车，并将其称为“世界流行车”。

这种车出现在广告上的形象是周围环绕着世界各国的国旗。

福特公司解释说，这种汽车的汽缸活塞是英国产的，汽化器是爱尔兰造的，变速器是法国产的，车轮是比利时产的，诸如此类，等等等等。

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