Unit 1
1.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 neighborhood.
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 neighborhood, Mr. Green lost no chance in offering to carry her luggage to the house.
4.要不是她的朋友时常鼓励她，帮助她，她将一事无成。
If it had not been for the constant encouragement and help from her friend ,she couldn’t have accomplished anything .
5.几天前他还对这项计划嗤之以鼻，可是他现在却以高涨的热情去努力落实这项计划，这真是令人难以理解的转变。
It was only a few days ago that he was full of contempt for the new project ,but now he is working hard with zest for its realization. What a battling 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。
Judging from her autobiography, she always had mixed feelings for that pianist.
7.她在大厅里候机时与两名美国旅行者攀谈起来，谈到了很多有趣的跨文化方面的问题。
Whiling waiting in the lounge for the flight ,he struck up a conversation with two American travelers and touched on many interesting cross-culture issues.
8.这些女孩子都害怕晚上单身一人值夜班。
These girls all dread working alone on night duty.
9.我不在乎加班工作，我在乎的是在周末尽是做一些无意义的琐碎杂务。
I don’t mind working overtime, what I do mind is working on those insignificant trivial things during the weekend.
10.事实上没有人要求他们在开学的第一天去干什么。当他们看到教室里乱七八糟时，便自发地打扫了起来。Actually nobody asked them to do anything on the first day of school. When they saw the classroom in such a mess, however ,they cleaned it spontaneously.
Unit 2
1.这个看上去饱经风霜的渔翁伸出他那由于辛劳而布满老茧的双手，开始讲述了他海上生活的艰难历程。Holding out his work-gnarled hands, the old fishman with a weather-beaten face started to tell us about the hardship of his life on the sea.
2.小女孩显然受伤不轻。她哭了好几个小时，现在仍在呻吟。
The little girl is apparently badly injured. She’s been crying for hours and she’s still moaning . 3.当诺贝尔奖得主由主席陪同走上讲台时，整个大厅顿时爆发出一阵欢呼声和鼓掌声。
As the Nobel Prize winner went onto the platform escorted by the chairman ,the whole hall rocked with cheers and clapping .
4.舞会进行到高潮时，舞厅里一片乐曲和歌声。
When the dance party was in full swing , music and songs swirled all around the ballroom .
5.不知是何原因，许多大学生又表现出对中国传统戏剧如京剧和越剧的浓厚兴趣。
For some unknown reasons ,there has been a revival of strong interest in traditional Chinese drama, such as Beijing Opera and Shaoxing Opera, among the college students.
6.由于人们成群结队地涌向街头去观看一年一度的节日庆典游行，市中心的交通一度被中断了。
The traffic downtown was held up for a while because crowds of people swarmed into the streets to watch the annual holiday parade.
7.当这个小伙子看到心碎了的父母亲时，他为自己给家庭带来这么多麻烦而深感愧疚，他跪在.她们的面前祈求宽恕。When he say his heart-broken parents, the young man felt so ashamed of himself for causing so much trouble to the family that he went on his knees and begged for their forgiveness.
8.看到了久别了的儿子下了船，老人激动不已，可出乎意料的是，小伙子却视而不见转身就走。
He was very excited at the sight of his son ,whom he had not met for a long time ,getting off the
