英语翻译练习册
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译林版英语七年级下册词汇汉译英练习册(打印版)一、单词翻译1. 轮船:ship2. 火车:train3. 飞机:airplane4. 自行车:bicycle5. 摩托车:motorcycle6. 公交车:bus7. 出租车:taxi8. 地铁:subway9. 骑马:horse riding10. 步行:walking二、句子翻译1. 我喜欢坐火车旅行。
- I like traveling by train.2. 我妈妈每天开车送我去学校。
- My mom drives me to school every day.3. 星期六我通常骑自行车去公园。
- I usually ride my bicycle to the park on Saturdays.4. 我爸爸每天乘公交车上班。
- My dad takes the bus to work every day.5. 我们可以步行去图书馆,它离这里很近。
- We can walk to the library, it's very close to here.三、短文翻译我有一个很好的朋友,她叫李华。
她喜欢旅行,每个假期她都去不同的地方。
她乘飞机去过北京、上海和香港。
她也去过很多国家,比如美国、英国和法国。
她最喜欢的交通工具是火车,因为坐火车既舒适又方便。
李华还喜欢骑自行车,她每天都骑自行车上学。
她认为自行车是一种环保的交通方式。
我喜欢和李华一起旅行,我们经常一起步行去公园或者骑自行车环游城市。
我们也计划以后乘火车去更多的地方旅行。
Translation:Li Hua also enjoys riding her bicycle. She rides her bicycle to school every day. She believes that cycling is an environmentally friendly way of transportation.I enjoy traveling with Li Hua. We often walk to the park or ride bicycles around the city together. We also plan to travel to more places by train in the future.。
----第一单元1.他们都认为他成功的可能性很小They all believed that he had a slim chance of success2.我不知道她为何总带有一种闷闷不乐的神情。
I don ' t know why she has an air of sadness all the time3.等到所有同学都就座后,学生会主席才开始宣布野营的日程安排。
It was after all the students had taken their seats that the president of the studentsunion proceeded to'announce the camping itinerary.胃是人体至关重要的器官,请善待之。
4. The stomach is a vital organ of the human body; please take good care of it.他认为总经理如此重视那些日常琐事是荒唐的。
5. He considered it ridiculous for the general manager to attach so much importance to those routinetrifles.她的研究涉及到多种语言和文化,富有挑战性6.Her study, which ranged over many languages and cultures, was full of challenge.根据安排,全体工作人员轮流值晚班。
7.As is scheduled, all the members of the staff take turns to do late duty.8.想到要远离父母独立生活,她深感不安。
She was greatly upset at the thought of leaving her parents and living on her own in a remote area. 9.对于她是否胜任这项工作我们不甚担心,我们担心的是她的健康问题。
高二牛津英语练习册翻译SANY GROUP system office room 【SANYUA16H-SANYHUASANYUA8Q8-高二牛津英语练习册翻译第一课翻译: 1.你一旦作出承诺,就必须信守诺言。
(promise, keep one’s word)Once you have made a promise, you must keep your word. 2.一切都准备就绪,他们迫不及待地要启动这个项目。
(be dying to)Having prepared everything, they are dying to get the programme started.(After preparing everything, they are dying to get the programme started.)When/ After/ As soon as they have prepared everything, they are dying to get the programme started.They have prepared everything, and they are dying to get the program started. 3.乘客可以在飞机起飞前一个半小时开始办理登机手续。
(check in)Passengers can/ may begin to check in an/ one hour and a half before the flight/ the plane takes off. 4.说实话,我不太赞同你昨天在会议上提出的建议。
(to be honest)To be honest, I do not quite agree with the suggestions you made/ put forward/ came up with at yesterday’s meeting. 5.尽管遇到一些困难,最终她还是提前完成了任务。
Book 3Unit 11.No matter how much I tried to make her happy, she had a vacantexpression on her face.2.They’re watching the enemy, just as a cat watches a rat.3.I finally tracked down the sort of ribbon I needed in a little shopnear the station.4.Andy hit a little girl and John told the teacher on Andy.5.The police had difficulties in restraining people from crowdinginto the conference.6.If you harm her, you’re going to have the police to reckon with. Unit 21.Rain or shine, he always had his rubbers on, a very foolish thingto do.2.All the tickets having been sold out, we had to go again the nextday.3.I never try to stop them from arguing in case they think I aminterfering with them.4.He wrote a long letter to his son, in which he pointed out that itwas not advisable to make emotional decisions.5.Your daughter is liable to catch a cold and you should give her athorough physical examination.6.At the end of the class, the teacher summed up the main points ofthe lesson in three sentences.Unit 31.In colleges, as in middle schools, the academic achievements arean very important standard to show whether a student is successful or not.2.Once parents agree in writing to accept and demonstrate theschool’s philosophies and outlook, the students can gain admission.3.The school stresses the idea that it is worthwhile for parents toparticipate in school activities together with their children.4.Our school operates on the principle that moral values andacademic achievements are equally important.5.As is planned, the school is scheduled to open on September 1.6.His girlfriend’s father saw him as a man who couldn’t make aliving.Unit 41.The taxi sped away, its taillights disappearing into the distance.2.Although with significant improvements, data processing andstorage are still at serious risk.3.It is said that the mob threatened to destroy the monument andkill the architect who approved of the design.4.Your report might go against your chance of winning the contract.5.This is an illustration that popular music stars rise to fame at ayoung age.6.Although some members slipped away, the meeting went aheadwithout them.Unit 51.Not until after her death was he recognized as a writer of genius.2.Being assigned to an important task, they had to give up theirplan of touring in Europe.3.It seemed that the little boy could read my mind, and he quietlygave me some newspapers of that day.4.When decorating the room, you should see to it that carpetsmatch the curtains.5.These people have saved during their whole lives to provide fortheir old age.6.The boy stood on tiptoe and reached for the map on the wall. Unit 61.The teacher underlined the words so that the students might payspecial attention to them.2.Colin married my sister and I married his brother, which makesColin and me double in laws.3.Not having enough money, they had to check in at a small hotel.4.If necessary, we will provide an even wider range of products foryou to choose from..5.It makes no difference to me which sides may win.6.In addition to teaching, she also works as a nurse in the holidays. Unit 71.He’s indeed very uncertain as to whether it’s the right job for him.2.Although it’s a big company, the director knows all the staff byname.3.According to her psychological doctor, all her problems stemfrom her difficult childhood.4.I don’t want to drag you away from the party early but I’m onlyacting in your best interests.5.The rescuers could hear the sound of the trapped peopledesperately trying to claw their way through the rubble.6.He has done quite well recently and we expect much from/of him. Unit 81.What if it rains while we are a long way from shelter?2.There have been demonstrations on the streets in the wake of therecent bomb attack.3.The book on cloning she asked for was not within my reach, so Irefereed her to the school library.4.In the first place the couple didn’t want to clone a child, and inthe second they couldn’t afford to.5.The Roman coins that she showed me were identical to the one Ihad found in the garden.6.The job is great in terms of salary, but it has its disadvantages. Unit 91.The hostages were eventually released after undergoing aterrifying ordeal.2.We have been told that under no circumstances may we use thetelephone in the office for personal affairs.3.The war between America and Iraq once made/hit the headlinesof the major newspapers.4.Hoping that he might be able to shed some light on the problem, Iasked Tom to look at the engine.5.What matters is not whether the engaged couple have faith ineach other, but to view the marriage as it is, which has no bearing on love.6.Unwilling to lay bare her private thoughts to a stranger, Maryonly gave him an awkward smile.Unite 101.Whatever you do, don’t look for a pay increase when you knowthe company is going through some difficulties.2.We can but guess at the extent of the problem.3.The news from the front, which came to us by word of mouth,was depressing.4.Since the financial crisis, the banks have imposed very strictconditions on the qualification of the loaners.5.It dawned on her that by postponing the decision she was makinga decision.6.The scientist referred to the discovery as the most exciting newdevelopment in this field.Book 4Unit 11.We missed the last bus, so there was no choice other than to walkhome.2.She is afraid to go home; she must have been slapped around byher husband again.3.He has become very intimate with an American actress since hisarrival in New York.4.I don’t think this criticism is justified by the facts.5.When doing translation, we should follow a principle: thetranslation must be true to the original.6.After working her way around the world, she ended up teachingEnglish as a foreign language.Unit 21.It was a relief to know that he finally finished the book before hisdeath, which was regarded as a fitting memorial to his life as a writer.2.Sad to say, we’ve had to postpone going to France becauseAdam’s got an interview for a job that week.3.I couldn’t remember a fairy story to tell the children, so I madeone up as I went along.4.The interview was really stressful. They were trying to trip me upall the way through.5.When non-Europeans revolved against colonial rule, they woulddo so with the slogans of the Rights of Man and national self-determination on their lips.6.Some of the rivers in the country find their way into the PacificOcean.Unit 31.You’re legally entitled to take faulty goods back to the storewhere you purchased them, but you are supposed to account for why you want to do so.2.She didn’t feel like getting involved in a long argument on thephone, so she hung up.3.They were faced with the financial difficulty, but soon they mademoney on that deal.4.I don’t want to be made a fool of by others. I feel I’m entitled toknow how my money is being spent.5.One year ago, the car dealer tried to drum up buyers by offeringgood services. Now his business is thriving.6.The middle-aged man who tool the boy bled the father for$20,000 as a compensation for the loss of his company.Unit 41.There is little dispute that communications will be a key factorseparating the winners and the losers.2.As compared to other ships crossing the Atlantic, his was theslowest so that it lagged far behind the others.3.The company’s location and its lower distribution costs give itadvantage over its competitors.4.We can ensure that children keep pace with the new developmentof technology by teaching them how to make good use of various information services.5.When he logged on to the computer system, he found amazinglysome data had been deleted.6.The amount of aid which has been offered is hardly going toscratch the surface of the suffering.Unit 51.It is no good waiting for the bus at this time since it is alreadymidnight. We might just as well walk.2.It’s important to stop waiting and settle down and make ourselvescomfortable, at least temporarily.3.Poets and philosophers all speak highly of themselves for seekingout solitude, from which they can draw inspiration.4.The widowed old lady was so lonely that she would talk at lengthto the strangers in the supermarket about her pets.5.The story line was so fascinating that she finished reading thebook at one sitting.6.People refused to talk to him after the scandal and he was cast outby the best society.Unit 61.Suppose that you have any information concerning the accident atthe station, please contact the police.2.While lending you the substantial sum of money, I made it clearto you that if you couldn’t pay it off in time, you might be accused of taking bribes.3.It’s difficult to enforce the new law because people are not readyto stand by it.4.Owing to the introduction of the new equipment, they are likelyto speed up the production rate in the following few months.5.Better informed political opinion can seek to explain how thisparticular proposal squared with the government purposes.6.After running through the numbers in every possible combination,we finally hit on/upon a solution.Unit 71.He read more than Shakespeare’s play; he liked modern music.2.Their dream was nothing less than a more equal society wherethere is no racial prejudice.3.Technology itself, and its effective use, is not to be confined tothe traditional science subjects4.Since the truth of this report was discounted, I was not in aposition to publish it for you.5.His fate in the last election, she said, would serve as a reminder toall politicians that popularity does not last.6.They seem to think that building a new road will improve thetraffic problem, bit in effect, it will make it worse.Unit 81.During this time, white people were different from black peopleto me in that they seemed to speak a strange language.2.Enquiries about the post should be addressed in the first place tothe personal manager.3.I don’t want to tell you that story;I have just mentioned that inpassing.4.I tried to bribe my brother into disappearing for the afternoon byoffering him the use of my car.5.Politicians will pay a heavy price if they don’t listen to thepeople.6.How long is that government likely to survive without the USmilitary force there to keep it propped up?Unit 91.For all her privilege and wealth, life had not been easy and theexperiences of childhood sufferings had left a deep mark on her life.2.Some employees of Euro Disneyland would like to comply withthe company’ rules and shave off their moustaches rather than losing their job.3.Management has granted a 10% pay rise in response to unionpressure.4.The delay is a perfect illustration of why we need a new computersystem.5.It happened in a flash, although in retrospect everything seemedto occur in slow motion.6.Tonight program focuses on the way homelessness affects theyoung.Unit 101.No matter how difficult the work is, we must keep at it or we willnot be successful.2.He had been speaking nothing less than the truth when he putdown what he had seen.3.Routinely he sets some time aside every day to read to hischildren.4.They went on working, taking no note of the passage of time.5.His suicide has been partly assigned to lack of on-campus therapyfor emotional problems.6.We can begin to understand this vital principle he argued forwhen we reflect on/upon how we have been emotionally wounded.。
新编英语教程第三版第四册练习册翻译题答案(总主编李观仪,主编梅德明版)Unit11.每当他午夜下班回家,他总是蹑手蹑脚地上楼,以免吵醒邻居。
Every time he returned home from work at midnight, he would tiptoe upstairs,trying not to disturb his neighbors.2.为了与新来的邻居建立一种和睦的关系,格林先生不失时机地主动帮她把行李搬进屋子。
To establish some kind of rapport with his new neighbor, lost no chance in offering to carry her luggage into the house.3.米勒博士向我们推荐的文章中论述了空气污染问题,同时也提到了诸如水污染、噪音污染和视觉污染等问题。
The article recommended by centers on the problem of air pollution; meanwhile, it touches upon others issues such as water pollution, noise pollution and visual pollution.4.要不是她朋友时常鼓励她、帮助她,她将一事无成。
If it had not been for the constant encouragement and help from her friends, she couldn’t have accomplished anything.5.几天前他还对这项计划嗤之以鼻,可他现在却以高涨的热情去努力落实这项计划,这转变真令人难以理解。
It was only a few days ago that he was full of contempt for the new project, but he is now working hard with zest for its realization. What a baffling change!6.从她的自传可以断定,她对那名钢琴师始终怀有一种复杂的感情。
Unit 1 How was your holiday?Lesson 1三、补全对话A:今天天气真好!去旅游怎么样?B:那真是个好主意!你打算去哪呢?A:我们去北宁公园吧!B:我们乘公共汽车还是骑自行车呢?A:我们可以骑自行车去那。
那不会太贵。
B:好的。
我会骑着我的自行车去,那是我爸爸在我上个月生日的时候买给我的。
A:你想和谁一块儿去呢?B:我们让玛丽和杰克一起去吧。
他们本打算上个星期日去,但是下雨了。
A:好!我认为他们也会很高兴的。
B:我们去那做什么,你有什么好想法吗?A:我们可以躺在草地上好好休息和野餐。
B:那将会很有趣的。
Lesson 2一、找出每组画线部分读音不同的单词,将其序号填入题前括号内。
1、A:年龄、老年B:沿着、顺着C:横越、穿过、在.....那边D:关于、对于2、A:鸡蛋B:大象C:肘部、肘状物D:113、A:生病的、坏的B:因特网、互联网C:冰D:有趣的、有意思的4、A:橙色、橘子B:打开C:办公室D:十月5、A:我们(we的宾格)B:叔叔C:相同的、一致的;制服、军服D:雨伞二、用所给词的适当形式填空1、这本书非常有趣、令人振奋。
2、他的孩子们昨晚在家。
3、上周日我花了很多时间做家庭作业。
4、你应该自己去做它。
5、上个月我去上海了。
6、他的父亲昨晚看足球赛了吗?7、我昨天没有忘记关灯。
8、这个夏天我去天津博物馆了。
9、昨天晚上,我见到我的老师了。
10、昨天的阅读还愉快么?三、1、孩子们在圣诞节前夕玩得很愉快。
2、布朗先生喜欢住在第八层楼。
3、我昨晚太兴奋了,以至于睡不着。
4、你看起来很累,为什么不停下来休息一会呢?5、他们在星期二早上有一个会议。
四、1、放假期间我呆在家里。
2、我们的假期棒极了。
3、我玩得很高兴。
4、你的哥哥每天下午都打篮球吗?5、三亚是一个美丽的城市。
Lesson 3一、1、去、离去2、扮演、充当、行动、表演3、发送、寄出4、看、看见5、学习、研究6、询问、要求、请求7、带去、拿、取8、获得、到达、取出9、做、制造、获得10、有、拥有、吃、喝11、吃12、开始二、1、我妈妈给我买了一双新鞋子。
答案带翻译的英语练习册欢迎来到我们的英语练习册,本练习册旨在帮助学生提高英语水平,同时提供答案和翻译,以便学生能够更好地理解和学习。
以下是一些练习题和相应的答案。
练习一:词汇匹配1. 请将下列英文单词与它们的中文意思匹配。
- a. Apple - 桃子- b. Banana - 苹果- c. Peach - 香蕉答案:a. Apple - 苹果b. Banana - 香蕉c. Peach - 桃子练习二:填空2. 完成下列句子,使用适当的单词。
- I usually go to the _______ after school.- The _______ is very sweet and delicious.答案:- I usually go to the library after school.- The apple is very sweet and delicious.练习三:翻译句子3. 将下列中文句子翻译成英文。
- 我每天早晨都会去跑步。
- 她喜欢在公园里看书。
答案:- I go running every morning.- She likes to read books in the park.练习四:阅读理解4. 阅读下面的短文,并回答问题。
Tom is a student. He likes to play soccer after school. His favorite subject is English because he enjoys speaking with his friends in English. He also likes to read books about history.问题:- What is Tom's favorite subject?- What does Tom like to do after school?答案:- Tom's favorite subject is English.- Tom likes to play soccer after school.练习五:写作5. 写一篇关于你最喜欢的季节的短文,至少50个单词。
Unit 1 How was your holiday?Lesson1三、补全对话A:今天天气真好!去旅游怎么样?B:那真是个好主意!你打算去哪呢?A:我们去北宁公园吧!B:我们乘公共汽车还是骑自行车呢?A:我们可以骑自行车去那。
那不会太贵。
B:好的。
我会骑着我的自行车去,那是我爸爸在我上个月生日的时候买给我的。
A:你想和谁一块儿去呢?B:我们让玛丽和杰克一起去吧。
他们本打算上个星期日去,但是下雨了。
A:好!我认为他们也会很高兴的。
B:我们去那做什么,你有什么好想法吗?A:我们可以躺在草地上好好休息和野餐。
B:那将会很有趣的。
Lesson2一、找出每组画线部分读音不同的单词,将其序号填入题前括号内。
1、A:年龄、老年B:沿着、顺着C:横越、穿过、在.....那边D:关于、对于2、A:鸡蛋B:大象C:肘部、肘状物D:113、A:生病的、坏的B:因特网、互联网C:冰D:有趣的、有意思的4、A:橙色、橘子B:打开C:办公室D:十月5、A:我们(we的宾格)B:叔叔C:相同的、一致的;制服、军服D:雨伞二、用所给词的适当形式填空1、这本书非常有趣、令人振奋。
2、他的孩子们昨晚在家。
3、上周日我花了很多时间做家庭作业。
4、你应该自己去做它。
5、上个月我去上海了。
6、他的父亲昨晚看足球赛了吗?7、我昨天没有忘记关灯。
8、这个夏天我去天津博物馆了。
9、昨天晚上,我见到我的老师了。
10、昨天的阅读还愉快么?三、1、孩子们在圣诞节前夕玩得很愉快。
2、布朗先生喜欢住在第八层楼。
3、我昨晚太兴奋了,以至于睡不着。
4、你看起来很累,为什么不停下来休息一会呢?5、他们在星期二早上有一个会议。
四、1、放假期间我呆在家里。
2、我们的假期棒极了。
3、我玩得很高兴。
4、你的哥哥每天下午都打篮球吗?5、三亚是一个美丽的城市。
英语翻译练习册翻译练习册英译汉练习I. Sentences for TranslationDiction1. Needing some light to see by, the burglar crossed the room with a light step to light the light with the light green shade.2.3. Accession shall be subject to approval of two-third vote of the Directors of the Governing Body.4. Subject to the fulfillment of other formalities, they shall be granted all necessary permits.5. Payments are subject to change in keeping with inflation.6. Before it begins to work, the yeast is subject to disruption caused by 1fluctuations in temperature.7. Perhaps this is the very mechanism of the creators of our nation who hold these truths to be self-evident.8. And, again as a result of the development of modern technology, mechanism in philosophy became an upstart.9. Under capitalism drug and alcohol are used by some as an escape mechanism.10. The two model variants of the socialist eic mechanism are to be distinguished from the point of view of market function.11. But people are apt to marvel at an ingenious mechanism and obliterate the man who makes it.12. The mechanism of the process, slow and delicate , often escapes our attention.Conversion1. Such news was no joke.2. Her sighs made it clear she was unhappy.3. Every man is a fool sometimes, and none at all times.4. Trust not a new friend nor an old enemy.5. He stood watching her go down the street with a slow, self-satisfied sway of her body.26. There is a limit to one’s youth, but no limit to his wisdom. Draw on the limitless wisdom during the short span of youth.7. In the British system, a parliamentary election also determines who shall be Prime Minister, but the American Constitution provides for separate election of President and Congress.8. She cast impatient glances at the footpath.9. We have decided to place a trial order for the following on the terms stated in your letter.10. Lower temperatures are associated with lower growth rate.11. Please let us know if our terms are acceptable.12. Kindly give our claims your prompt attention and let us have your remittance in due course.13. The new contract would be good for 5 years.14. There are many wonderful stories to tell about the places I visited and the people I met.15. Today has seen the practical fulfillment of the historic decision taken on 25 October 1971, when the General Assembly voted to resto re to the People’s Republic of China its lawful rights in this organization.Passive Construction1. Illnesses must be correctly diagnosed before they can be treated with medicine.2. Principles mean very little unless they are acted up.3. Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.4. Their friendship was turned to enmity through idle gossips.5. We were informed that the damage had been caused by rough 3handling when the goods were being loaded on board the ship at the dock.6. Buyer’s request for insurance to be covered up to the inland city can be accepted on condition that such extra premium is for buyer’s at.7. Chinese, overseas Chinese, Hong Kong, Macao, and foreign personnel of the company are requested to pay individual income tax in accordance with Chinese tax laws and regulations.Addition and Omission1. He made sincere apologies to each of the teacher.2. “Impossible” is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.3. We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.4. Children begin by loving their parents. After a time they judge them. Rarely, if ever, do they forgive them.5. Later, Churchill told me that such hesitations were really rare.6. Then I thanked my host and walked down the poad lawn, back to the meadow and the sparkling pook, where I lay on the grass and fell into a sweet sleep.7. Lenin stressed that it is precisely the people who create history.8. It was for your benefit that we decided to return.9. She was sweet and amiable and kindly again.Division and Combination1. I am going to see my grandmother, who was ill in bed, to take her some butter and eggs and a fresh baked cake that my mother has 4made for her.2. The cook turned pale, and asked the housemaid to shut the door, who asked Brittle, who asked the tinker, who pretended not to hear.3. But as the song surged up in increasing loudness, even the most timid lost their fear and joined in, and all the things that King had said at the meeting in the ballroom, things that they hadn’t believed or had only half believed, became suddenly and powerfully true.4. The Civil War, lasting four years and costing at leasta million lives, civilian and military, was the most extensive war ever fought on the soil of the New World, a war that proved to the planters in a revolutionary way that human beings in America could no longer be bought or sold, worked and killed at will to serve the profit of parasitic landowners.Negation1. She earns a good salary, so she shouldn’t be badly off.2. Unless it goes hand in hand with science, democracy will have no future.3. To be poor and independent is very nearly an impossibility.4. Let bygones be bygones.5. First catch your hare and then cook it.6. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.7. This problem can never be taken too seriously.8. Don’t be afraid of calling a spade a spade even when it comes to your boss.9. In the absence of a settlement through negotiation, the case under dispute can be submitted to arbitration.510. As soon as you get the license, please don’t fail to cable us.11. We regret our inability to accept your claim because the cases, when being loaded, left nothing to be desired.12. Some of our export dities are still awash with problems: low technical nature, lower quality and grade.II. Texts for Translation1. British newspapers—all of them some of the time, and some of them almost all the time—behave badly in two ways.They intrude unnecessarily and often hurtfully into people’s privacy; and they publish inaccurate, sometimes made—up stories. The victims have little redress. If they are rich and the article is defamatory, they can sue for libel. Most cannot afford to do so, and even the rich cannot prevent an invasion of their privacy. Fierce competition, particularly between tabloid newspapers, leads to more feet in more doors.2. A new era is upon us. Call it what you will: the service ey, the information age, and the knowledge society.It all translates to a fundamental change in the way we work. Already we’re partly there. The percentage of people who earn their living by making things has fallen dramatically in the “industrialized world”. Today the majority of jobs in the United States, Europe and Japan (two thirds or more in many of these countries) are in the service sector, and the number is on the rise. More women are in the workforce than ever before. There are more part—time jobs. More people are self—employed. But the peadth of the eic transformation can’t be gauged by numbers alone, because it also is giving rise to a radical new way of thinking about the nature of 6work itself. Long—held assumptions about jobs and careers, the skills needed to succeed, even the relationship between individuals and employers—all these are being challenged.We have only to look behind us to get some sense of what may lie ahead. No one looking ahead 20 years ago possibly could have foreseen the ways in which a single invention, the microchip, would transform our world thanks to its applications in personal computers, digital ications andfactory robots. Tomorrow’s peak through in biotechnology, artificial intelligence or even some still unimagined technology could produce a similar wave of innovations. But one thing is certain: information and knowledge will become even more vital, and the people who possess it, whether they work in manufacturing or services, will have the advantage and produce the wealth. Computer literacy will become as basic a requirement as the ability to read and write. The ability to solve problems by applying information instead of pursuing rote task will be valued above all else.3. We all want every human being to be able to enjoy a reasonable standard of living, but conventional belief isthat this can be achieved by eic development. The snag isthat you cannot have eic growth without further increasing the exploitation of natural resources. The world’s ecologyis finite. It is an inescapable fact that long—term survival depends on keeping a balance between eic growth and the sustainable exploitation of the world’s dwindling natural resources. This is going to be difficult enough to achieve, but it will be quite impossible if the national and international aid agencies only invest in eic development, and leave the conservation of natural resources 7and help for population control to voluntary agencies.4. There will be a change to cooler weather. Monday will be cloudy with some rain in the North and the West but sunshine and showers elsewhere. As a deep depression moves into northern Scotland on Tuesday rain will spread across all areas with strengthening winds. During Wednesday and Thursday it will be pighter with blustery showers, which could givesome snow over Scottish mountains. By then it will be noticeably cooler and fresher in all parts of the country. Further rain and strong winds will continue into the weekend.5. Washington, December 2 (Xinhua)—President George Bush"s approval rating with Americans has fallen below 50 per cent for the first time since he took office, according to a poll released on Saturday by Time magazine. The poll of 500 Americans conducted on November 26 fo und Bush’s popularity at 46 per cent. Bush’s rating was as high as 91 per cent in some polls during the January—Fepuary Gulf War but has steadily declined because of the country’s eic recession.6. Ada is a new computer language that is still being designed. It is sponsored by the US Department of Defense (DOD). Ada is called after a “friend” of Charles Babage, who pioneered computers. It will probably become the DOD’s standard for programming the computers built into its weapon system. Some people believe that Ada could also replace every other computer language but one (Cobol) in civilian use. When all the US’s military computer “speak” Ada, other NATO countries will have to follow suit. But the language will be just as 8suitable for controlling all sorts of equipment——from production Lines and robots to ication networks.Ada’s strong point is that it takes in many of the techniques of designing computer language that engineers have perfected over the last ten years. In particular, Ada programs will be “portable” from one computer to another, and engineers will be able to combine them as easily as bolting Meccano together.Programs on general-Purpose computers have to be run with “job control” commands that perform housekeeping dutieslike making sure that the correct files of data are available. The commands usually amount to a language in their own right and differ from computer to computer. Scientists will be investigating whether Ada can be used as a job control, aswell as a programming language.7. A father is busy putting decorations on the Christmas tree but as quickly as he puts them on his two-year-old son pulls them off. He is about to put the child in a playpenwhen his wife suggests that it might make more sense to putthe tree in the play-pen and leave the child outside. Instead of keeping the child away from the tree one can keep the tree away from the child. Lateral thinking involves movingsideways to look at things in a different way. Instead offixing on one particular approach and then working forwardfrom that the lateral thinker tries to find other approaches.You cannot dig a hole in a different place by digging the same hole deeper. A committee that is convinced that parking meters are the only way to control city parking will spendits time deciding what meters to use, where to put them and how to patrol them. A lateral thinker would 9look at other approaches: letting people park anywherethey liked so long as they left their headlights on; giving people licenses which would allow them to park free in townon only one day a week and so encouraging car sharing;visible licenses that the motorist would pay for if he wanted to park anywhere in town.Our thinking traditions are very firmly based on logical thinking in which we start off with a certain way of looking at things and then see what we can deduce from that. This can be called vertical thinking since it involves building on what is accepted as traditional. Vertical thinking is for using ideas and lateral thinking is for changing them.Most of our thinking does not take place at the logical stage but at the perceptual stage which precedes this.Lateral thinking is to do with changing perceptions and finding new ways of looking at things. Lateral thinking is the practical process of creativity. There are various deliberate techniques such as the use of stepping stones (produced, for instance, by reversing the usual situation). Lateral thinking turns creativity into a tool. In a patterning system such as the mind provocation is as important as analysis-and more important for changing ideas.8. London--Unemployment in the United Kingdom topped 10%of the workforce in April,producing anguished new complaints from British labor and industry.The April figures showed an increase in registered joblessness to a seasonally adjusted 2,466,000 persons from 2,380,800 the previous month and 1,456,200 the year earlier. The unemployment rate rose to l0.1 from 9.9%in March and 6%a year ago,the Department of 10Employment said.Len Murray,General Secretary of Trades Union Congress,the British labor confederation,said the“figures set another dismay and depressing post-World War II record.”The Confederation of British Industry,a major employer group, described the jobless rise as a“matter of both regret and concern.”The CBI said it already has predicted that the number of unemployed will rise to three million by the end of the year.9. CARACAS,May l8(Reuter via Xinhua)--Foreignministers and top representatives from l22 developing nations meet today to define their relations with industrialized countries and outline formulas for international co-operation.Thirty-five foreign ministers from the“group of77”developing nations will be present and other member-countries are expected to be represented by high-level non-ministerial delegations at the two-day meeting.Over the past week,working commissions of the group have analyzed objectives on raw materials,energy ,trade,development,finance,exchange of technology,and industrialization. The Group of 77 was set up as an informal grouping within the United nations in 1964.It works closely with the UN Conference on Trade and Development(UNCTAD)to promote trade. The number of member-countries has since grown.The commissions,whose members include countries in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries(OPEC),agreed on a meeting of state-owned energy companies in Vienna next year. 11The group of 77 favors setting up its own multinational energy companies.The two-day meeting in Caraballeda,near Caracas,will be opened by Venezuelan President Luis Herrera Campins.汉译英练习1.人际关系有时候,在工作中重要的倒是能否处理好人际关系而不是有多大的才能。