第一单元
掌握大量的词对于达到一门外语的流利程度是至关重要的。一个非官方的但却是经常被引用的有关剑桥初级证书英语考试的数字表明,词汇量少于三千五百词的学生不大可能在这想考试中成功。最近的研究也表明,其母语为英语的受教育至18岁或18岁以上的人至少认识一万六千个英语单词。除非你已经会讲一种像西班牙语或德语这样的语言,要获得大的英语词汇量是没有捷径可走的:你就的依靠勤奋和专注。当然,你可以从上下文猜出你阅读中遇到的一些生词的意思,但往往你得查词典才能搞清他们的确切意思。一个切实可行的学习新词的方法或许就是大量阅读,最好是读那些你觉得有趣或刺激的故事。反复阅读同一本书常常是很有好处的:你每读一次都会学到不同的生词,而熟悉的背景又有助于将这些新词牢牢地印在你的脑海中。
To reach fluency in a foreign language,it is of vital importance for one to master a considerable number of vocabulary words. An officious but frequently quoted figure concerning Cambridge First Certificate examination demonstrates that students with less than 3500 words are not likely to succeed in such an exam.The latest studies also show that eighteen-year-or-more-olds in English speaking countries know at least 16000 words.Unless you can speak such languages as Spanish or German, there will be no shortcut for you to follow in the course of having a good command of considerable vocabulary words. All that you can rely on is diligence and concentration.Of course, you can figure out the meanings of some of the new words you may encounter in reading. And yet only after you have consulted the dictionary can you make sure of their accurate meanings.A practicable method to learn new words is through wide reading-reading the stories that you find interesting or thrilling. Doing repeated you can learn some different new words while familiar background will help inpress these new words in your mind. 第二单元
1 我认为向他求助是不现实的。事实上,他自己也需要帮助。I don’t think it is realistic to turn
to him for help. As a matter of fact, he himself is in need of help. 2 越来越多的人正在意识到与空 气污染作斗争的迫切需要。More and more people are being awakened to the urgent need of combating air pollution.
3 有明显的迹象表明一些古老的 传统和价值观念不再被年轻人珍 视。There are visible signs that some of the time-honored old traditions and values are no longer cherished by the young people. 4 我们许多人觉得宇宙无限这一 概念难以理解。
Many of us find the notion of a boundless universe hard to grasp. 5 因为在法律和规章中有许多漏 洞,一小撮投机倒把者一夜之间暴
富就没有什么奇怪的了。There being so many loopholes in the laws and regulations, it is little wonder that a handful of speculators got rich overnight.
6 旅游事业的空前兴旺使这个从 前只住三百人的边境小镇突然繁 荣起来。An unprecedented boom in tourism brought sudden prosperity to the small border town, which was formerly inhabited by only three hundred people.
7 根据这一消息,该国已经具有制 造核武器的能力。In the light of this information, that country already has the capabilities to make nuclear weapons.
8 他不顾朋友的反复警告,把所有 的钱都投向了高风险企业。
Regardless of repeated warnings from his friends,he staked all his money on high-risk ventures. 第三单元
如果你着手干一番事业而失败了, 不要丧失信心。“我失败了三次” 与“我是一个失败者”之间有着天 壤之别。只要你对自己不持否定的 想法,不把自己与失败等同起来, 而是试图从失败中吸取教训,你很 可能在未来取得成功。你可曾想 过,那些屡遭失败的人往往是自我 形象不佳的牺牲品?他们的失败 常常不是由于外部原因而是内部 原因。无数的例子证明如果能劝使 这些人改变观点并建立起正面的 自我形象,他们的表现会发生奇迹 般的变化。成功可能在任何时候到 来------三十岁,四十岁,或是在似
乎失败了一辈子之后。早年成功固 然甜蜜,但晚年的成功往往更有滋 味。
If you started on some ventune and failed, do not despair(lose heart. There is a world of difference between”I have failed three times” and “I am a failure”. So long as you do not hold a negative concept of self or indentify with failures but try to learn from them, you stand a good chance to succeed in the future. Did it ever occur to you that those who fail repeatedlly are often victims of a poor self-image? Often their failures are due to internal causes rather than external causes. Numerous cases have borne it out that if they can be induced to
change their viewpoint and construct a positive self-image miraculous changes may take place in their performance. Success can come anytime at thirty , forty or even after a lifetime of apparent failure. Early triumphs may be sweet, but success in later life often tastes even better. Writing
Some young people seem to have a pessimistic outlook on life. They tend to believe they will never amount to much bacause they are not talented in anything whatsoever. Yet I think they are far from justified in feeling that way. There young men and women may have met with failures at one time
of another, consequently they generalize about their abilities and aptitudes and conclude that they won’t be able to get far in life. It needs to be pointed out here, however, that generalization is often dangerous. Just bacause one fails in one area doesn’t mean he will be unsuccessful in another. As a matter of fact, there are other options for his life if the path he chooses leads to failure. Furthmore success belongs to the perseverings, as the saying goes. Instead of asking themselves how much genius they have displayed, young people should ask themselves how hard they have worked. So long as they persist in
their efforts, they are bound to get somewhere. As is known to all, the early life of many a great man was a mess. Thomas Edison’s teacher tried to get him out of the class because he was”addled”. Charles Darwin’s father once shouted”You care for nothing but shooting dogs and rat-catching, and you will be a disgrace to yourself and all your family!”But later they responded to the challenge of their lives by great perseverance and success finally came their way.
Obviously no young people need to be pessimistic about his future. He has one special advantage over the greatest man alive –time! Seize the hour! Seize the minute! It,s never
late for success. 第五单元
Scientists are a small group of people who strive to gain insights into nature and seek order from the seeming disorderliness. They are credited with a special ability to reflect and analyze as well as the infinite patience in making observations and cillecting data. However ,ability and patience do not account for all scientific discoveries, which often have much to do with creative imagination. Indeed ,a leap of imagination is usually the first step towards discovery. In addition scientists are noted for their honesty. They put a high premium
on honesty, largely bacause it is essential testing and every mistake or lie is bound to be found out. Thus ,if scientists find any counter evidence whatever, instead of suppressing or concealing the evidence,they modify or even abandon their ideas. In this way, scientists have built up an enormous body of
knowledge,which helps us to better understand ourselves and the world arround.
科学家是一小群努力洞悉自然, 在表面的杂乱无序中寻求规律的 人,他们具有一种特殊的思考与 分析能力,具有无限的耐心进行 观察和收集数据。但是,并不能 把一切科学发现都归因于能力和
耐心,科学发现常常与创造性的 思想力紧密相关,的确,想象力 的飞跃往往是通向发现的第一 步。另外,科学家也以诚实而著 称。他们非常重视诚实,主要是 因为诚实对他们的事业至关重 要。他们提出的每一个理论都要 受到进一步的检验。每一个错误 或谎言必将被发现,因此,如果 发现了与他们的想法相矛盾的证 据,科学家不是隐瞒证据,而是 修改甚至放弃他们的想法。这样, 他们积累了及其大量的知识,这 些知识帮助我们更好地了解自己 及周围的世界。 期中题
1、A practicable way for foreign language learners to improve their fluency is to learn large numbers
of words their idiomatic usage through reading.外语学习者提高 其流利程度的一个可行的方法是 通过阅读学会大量的词汇及其习 惯用法。
2、An eternal problem that haunts the third world countries is how to develop the economy quickly without damaging the environment. 不断困扰第三世界的一个问题是 如何快速发展经济而不损害环 境。
3、It is hardly consistent with the concept of “user-friendly” banking to charge those high fines.收取这 么高的罚款跟银行方便顾客的概 念很不一致。
4、Bond grabbed hold of the vicious attacker and flung him to
the ground.邦德一把抓住这个凶 狠的袭击者,并把他摔倒在地上。 5、We must set up an effective media network to allow information to circulate rapidly. 我们必须建立起一个有效的传媒 网络以使信息能快速传播。 第七单元
One day, we received an invitation to my father’s birthday party. Jenny thought that my father was voluntarily reaching out to me for a reconciliation and we should accept the invitation. At the same time I was in the midst of abstracting an important case and preparing for the coming exams, so I informed her in the simplest terms that there would never be a reconciliation. My refused obviously made Jenny feel unhappy. As a rational woman, she didn’t quarrel with me but tried her best to persuade me. I was filled with fury bacause I thought Jenny had bugged me deliberately. Going out of my mind, I did an unforgivable thing. I shouted to her, hurled the phone toward her. The instant I hurled the phone, I felt regretful. When I turned to look at Jenny, she had gone.
I searched everywhere. Nothing . I was scared to death and didn’t know what to do next. As I was ready to give up, I suddenly saw Jenny sitting in front of our house. I went up to her and said,”I’m sorry, Jenny------.” But she cut off my apology, then said,”Love means not ever having to say you’re sorry.”
一天,我们收到一份去参加我父亲生日宴会的请帖。詹妮认为我父亲是在主动向我伸出手来求和,我们应该接受邀请。我当时正忙于摘录一个重要案例,忙着对付
即将来临的考试,所以我只用最简单明了的话告诉她永远不会有和解的一天。我的拒绝显然使詹妮很不高兴,但作为一个理智的女人,她并没有跟我争吵。她只是尽量使徒说服我。但这反而使我满腔怒火,以为詹妮是在故意惹我心烦。我当时准时发疯了,因为我做了一件我永远不会原谅自己的事情——我对着詹妮大声叫嚷,把电话对着她掷去。但我刚掷出去就后悔了。当我转身去看詹妮时,她已经不在了。
我出去到处寻找,但哪里也看不到詹妮。我吓得要死,不知道接下来该怎么办。当我正准备放弃努力时,突然看到詹妮坐在我们的房前。我走到她身边说,“詹妮,对不起——。”但她打断了我的道歉,说:“爱就意味着永远不必说对不起。”第八单元
1、During my childhood , I was so fascinated with the idea of travelling around the world that I would spend several hours in my grandfather’s study spinning the globe and dreaming of the places I would like to visit. 我小时候完全被周游世界的想 法迷住了,常在爷爷的书房里一 呆几个小时,一边转动着地球 仪,一边梦想着去游览的地方。 2、This afternoon a time bomb exploded in one of London’s biggest supermarket, evoking a great panic among the popolation.
今天下午一枚定时炸弹在伦敦 最大的超市之一爆炸,在人们之 间引起极大地恐慌。 3、Accompanied by his father. Bill went to the police station and confessed to the police officer that he had robbed an old man of his gold watch two weeks before. 在父亲的陪同下,比尔去了警察 局,对警官坦白说他曾在两周前 抢劫了一位老人的金表。 4、After getting engaged to Jane, Stephen started working hard for the first time in his life.And before long he distinguished himself as a young theonetical physicist.与简订婚后,斯蒂芬生 平第一次开始用功了。不就他便 作为一名年轻的理论物理学家
而崭露头角。
5、Prof.Stone is distinguished for his strictness. But ,to everyone’s surprise, the speech he made at his daughter’s wedding last Saturday was full of wit and humor.斯通教授以严厉而著称。 但令人惊奇的是,他在上周六他 女儿的婚礼上的讲话却妙趣横 生,充满幽默。
6、It is really amazing that so many people are willing to do voluntary work for the benefit of the community.这么多人愿意为 社区的利益做义务工作真是令 人惊奇。 第十单元
1、The increasing prosperity of that country was in a large
measure attributable to the government\"s pursuit of a policy of economic reform.那个国家日 趋繁荣在很大程度上可归功于 政府实行的经济改革政策。 2、The black leader took it as his sacred obligation to fight all his life for the realization of racial equality.这位黑人领袖把为实现 种族平等而奋斗终生当作自己 的神圣义务。
3、The year 1976 saw the successive deaths of Premier Zhou En-lai,Marshal Zhu De and Chairman Mao Ze-dong,the three leading architects of the People\"s Republic.1976年,人民共和国 的三位主要缔造者周恩来总理、 朱德元帅和毛泽东主席相继去
世。
4、I remained the schoolmaster on more than one occasion of his promise to srand up for the legitimate benefits of the retired teachers.我不止一次的提醒校 长,他曾经答应要维护退休教 师的合法利益。
5、 5.The theme of the story is that a person\"s fate/destiny is closely tied up with that of the whole nation.这个故事的主题 思想是,一个人的命运与整个 国家的命运紧密相联。 6、 6.The great fortune to which the young man fell heir helped him to live out his dreams.那个 青年继承的一大笔财产使得他 得以实践自己的理想。
期末试题
Dr.wang, an alumnus of our university, distinguished himself in nuclear physics not long after graduation. He was very much involved in developing the first hydrogen bomb of our country. Last week, in celebration of the centennial of our university, he delivered a speech in the auditorium. His topic in On the Threshold of the 21th Century. He outlined, in very simple terms, the prospects of science in the new century. To our great surprise, he did not dwell on his own special field physics, but talked in excitement about the expected breakthroughs in life sciences. He
said that though it is unrealistic to predict accurately what we can achieve in the near future, we can be pretty certain of one thing at least:man’s knowledge about himself will be greatly enriched in the next century. His speech, full of humor and wisdom, fascinated us all.
我校校友王博士毕业后不久就 在核物理方面崭露头角,他在研 制我国第一颗氢弹中做了很多工 作。上星期,为庆祝我校建校一 百周年,他在礼堂做了一个报告。 他报告的题目是“展望21世纪”。 他以非常简单的语言概述了新世 纪科学的前景。令我们非常吃惊 的是,他没有多谈他的专业物理 学,而是兴奋地讲述了生命科学
方面预期的突破。他说,虽然要 精确预测我们在不就将来能取得 什么成就是不现实的,但至少有 一点我们可以相当肯定。即:在 下一个世纪,人类对其自身的了 解将会大大丰富。他的讲话充满 了幽默和智慧,我们都听得很入 迷。
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