大学英语精读3中译英汇编

1. 发言人（spokesman）明确表示总统在任何情况下都不会取消（cancel）这次旅行。

The spokesman made it clear that the President would not cancel the trip under any circumstances. 2. 杰克对书架上那些书一本也不了解，所以他的选择是很随意的。

Jack didn’t know anything about any of the books on the bookshelf, so his choice was quite arbitrary.

3. 随后发生的那些事件再次证明了我的猜疑（suspicions）是对的。（confirm）

The subsequent events confirmed any suspicions once again. 4. 我认为我们应该鼓励中学生在暑假找临时工作。

I think we should encourage high school students to find temporary jobs/employment during their summer holidays. 5. 令我们吃惊的是，这位常被赞为十分正直的州长(governor)竟然是个贪官。（corrupt official）

To our surprise, the governor who had often been praised for his honest turned out to be a corrupt official. 6. 少数工人得到提升(be promoted)，与此同时却有数百名工人被解雇。

A few workers were promoted, but meanwhile hundreds of workers were dismissed. 7. 如果有机会，约翰也许已成为一位杰出的画家了。(given)

Given the chance, John might have become an outstanding painter. 8. 数小时后，有人看见那个男孩在林子里瞎转。

Several hours later, the boy was found wandering around in the woods. Unit 2

迅速方便地获取信息是很重要，但学会以新的方式看信息甚至更为重要。医学上一次重大突破也许能说明这一观点。科学家本想寻找一种治天花的特效药，但他们没有成功。英国医生爱德华詹纳放弃寻找特效药，靠找到一种预防天花的办法征服了这一疾病。显然，是创造性思维使他的工作获得巨大收获。总之，记住下面这句话肯定大有裨益：有多种方法对待你下载的大量资料。

It is important to have easy and quick access to information, but it is even more important to learn to look at/view information in new ways. A major medical breakthrough may illustrate the point. Scientists had intended to find a cure for smallpox, but they got nowhere. Edward Jenner, a British physician, abandoned the quest for a cure and conquered the disease by finding a way to prevent it. Obviously, it was creative thinking that led to his fruitful work. In short, it

definitely pays to keep this in mind: there is more than one way to look at/view volumes of data you download.

Unit 3

1. 许多美国大学生申请贷款交付学费。

Many American students apply for government loans to pay for their education/tuition. 2. 除阅读材料外，使用电影和多媒体(multimedia)会激发学生学习的兴趣。

Besides reading materials, the use of films and multimedia can stimulate students’ interest in a subject.

3. 这位律师试图说服陪审团(jury)他的当事人(client)是无辜的。（convince sb. of）

The attorney/lawyer tried to convince the jury of his client’s innocence.

4. 提问常常会引发创造的火花。

Asking questions often generates the spark of creativity. 5. 我已经把我的简历（résumé）寄往几家公司，但尚未收到回复。

I have sent off my résumé to several corporations, but haven’t yet received a reply.

6. 她的结论是建立在对当前国际情况进行了认真的分析的基础上的。

Her conclusion is built/based on a careful analysis of current international affairs. 7. 我们满怀希望地来参加会议，离开时却大失所望。

We came to the meeting full of expectations, yet we left very disappointed. 8. 暂时他只得接受了一份给一家化妆品公司发促销传单的活儿。

At the moment he has to take the job of distributing leaflets to promote products for a cosmetic company. Unit 4

你能想象一个身体严重残疾的妇女独自经营一个网站并且像一个专业的体育记者一样详细报道洛杉矶道奇队吗？如果我没有亲眼见到她蜷曲在轮椅里，用固定在头上的一根棍子敲击字键打出她的评论，我是绝不会相信的。我长途驱车希望揭露一个精心策划的，但是，看着她在黑暗的棚屋里添写她的报道，我知道我发现了一个真正的赢家。她对棒球的热情和她对球员的信赖使我回到了积极的态度。

Could you imagine a woman with a severe physical handicap running a website on her own and covering the Los Angles Dodgers as extensively as a professional sportswriter? I would never believe it if I had not seen her with my own eyes, curled up in a wheelchair, typing her comments by hitting the key with a pointer fastened to her head. I had driven a long way in hopes of uncovering an elaborate hoax, but watching her strain in the gloom of her shanty to add to her story, I knew I had found a true winner. Her enthusiasm for the game and her trust in the athletes brought ma back to a positive attitude. Unit 5

1. 就能力而言，我肯定他能胜任这件工作。

As far as ability is concerned, I am sure he will qualify for the job.

2. 认为约翰会因为他的失礼(being impolite)而向他们正式道歉，那就错了。

It is wrong to assume that John will formally apologize to them for being impolite. 3. 这一丑闻（scandal）对正在力争赢得大选的工党（the Labor Party）来说，无疑是件尴尬事。

This scandal will undoubtedly be an embarrassment to the Labor Party, which is trying hard to win the election.

4. 我正在努力地写学期论文（term paper），可是我的小妹妹却不断冲进我的房间打扰我。

I was hard at work on a term paper, but my baby sister kept interrupting me by bursting into my room.

5. 我问了她数次，可她拒绝回答我的问题。

I asked her several times, but she refused to respond to my question. 6. 在西方，人们常常邮购商品，这可以节省许多时间。

In the West, people often send away for mail-order goods, which can save a lot of time.

7. 抱歉，时间不多了，我建议我们跳到最后一章。

Sorry time is running out; I suggest we skip to the last chapter. 8. 既然你决心尽快完成硕士课程（master’s program），那就别让你的社交生活（social life）妨碍你的学习。

Since you have set your mind to finishing your mater’s program as soon as possible, don’t let your social life stand in the way of your studies. Unit 6

1. 装了（fitted with）假肢(artificial leg)，他起初走路走不稳，但经过锻炼他的步子（step）稳了。

Fitted with the artificial leg, he walked unsteadily/shakily at first, but with practice his steps became steady. 2. 医生说我得了重感冒，给我开了四种药，三种是药片，饭后服，另一种是药水（liquid），睡前服。

The doctor said I had caught a severe cold and she prescribed me four different medicines. Three of them are pills to be taken after meals and the other is liquid to be drunk before going to bed. 3. 我妹妹的爱犬被人偷走后，她心里难受了好几个星期。

My sister felt miserable for weeks after she had her pet dog stolen. 4. 汽车早已开走看不见了，珍妮（Jenny）还站在大门口凝视着路的尽头。

Jenny was still standing at the gate gazing at the end of the road long after the car was out of sight.

5. 就我所知，他们相互感情上疏远已有一些时间了。

As far as I know, they have been emotionally detached from each other for some time. 6. 一般来说，通过增加供给或减少需求可以降低物价。

In general, prices may be brought down by increasing supply or decreasing demand.

Unit 8

1. 我们不赞成他认为自己应得到特殊待遇的态度。

We didn’t like his attitude that he deserved special treatment. 2. 即使你是班上最好的学生之一，要保住成绩也得常常温习功课才行。

Even if you are one of the best students in class, in order to maintain your grades you must review your lessons often. 3. 过去有关太空时代的某些幻想已经成为现实。

Some of the old fantasies about the space age have come true.

4. 情况确实是如此，有些人一生中很早就获得成功，而另一些人则要工作很长时间方能实现自己的目标。

It is true that some people achieve success very early in life, while other must work a long time before attaining their goals.

5. 他坚持认为这次实验的失败主要由于准备不足。（inadequate）

He maintained that the failure of the experiment was largely due to inadequate preparation. 6. 如今研究人员提倡我们应该每天花些时间将自己想要达到的目标投射到心灵的屏幕上。

Researchers now recommend that we take time every day to project our desired goals onto the screen in our minds.

选择题

1. Large-scale studies are needed to confirm the encouraging results we have obtained so far. 2. Dr. Smith is starting the first training program himself, and his methods of teaching will be used in all subsequent training programs.

3. Whoever disobeys(不服从) the company’s safety regulations shall be dismissed on the spot. 4. This is a very formal occasion. It is not appropriate to wear casual(非正式的) pant or skirts. 5. All the questions the police asked revolved around what she had been doing on the night of the robbery. 6. The noise turned out to be just the dogs fighting for a bone in the courtyard. 7. Our system has been designed to give the user quick and easy access to the required information. 8. So far only a dozen people who had direct contact with live chickens have contracted the bird flu. 9. Many young women do aerobics every day in their quest to achieve the perfect body.

10. The official version of events is that the police were attacked and were just trying to defend themselves. 11. Despite the warning that smoking kills, the number of smokers does not seem to drop in our country. 12. Why did you have to bring up the subject of religion since you know the guests are sharply divided on it? 13. If schoolchildren are allowed to work at their own pace, their performance will generally improve. 14. Clara was compelled to sell her late husband’s paintings to pay her debts.

15. To attract foreign investors, you have to convince them that their investment will have profitable returns. 16. I don’t think I can ever repay my teachers for their devoted work, but I can in my turn do my best for my students. 17. The conference was an attempt to stimulate discussion of the problem of widening gaps between the rich and the poor.

18. The lawyer outlined the case to him, being careful not to leave out anything important. 19. The clerk held my passport four inched from his face and strained to read it. 20. The wounded woman got to her feet and made a grab at the kitchen knife at the sink. 21. The designers made the most elaborate water gardens to match the houses, with canals, fountains and cascades. 22. Suggesting something which he or she can do adds to the child’s sense of achievement.

23. If these problems are not spotted early in their training, they can be a real danger to themselves and to their

instructors.

24. In order to reach maximum physical fitness for the coming match, he cut out all social activities and concentrated on his training.

25. We can’t assume the suspects to be guilty simply because they’ve decided to remain silent. 26. The professor skipped the whole chapter, saying it was not difficult for us to study it by ourselves. 27. Tourism authorities responded quickly to reports of the attack, claiming that it was accidental and that crime against tourists was quite rare in the scenic areas.

28. It is rarely useful to try and adjust fully to the time-zone transition before the journey, since this will interrupt your life-style too much.

29. To qualify for the position, applicants would need to have a PhD degree and 3 years’ working experience. 30. We must come to a decision and take action quickly, for time is running out faster than we think.

1. Here, as in most other parts of the hilly county, one school served for up to four or five scattered villages. 2. Work commenced on the construction site last April and was completed within fifty-two weeks. 3. As to this product, the technical obstacles to be overcome for designing are much less than for manufacture. 4. The doctor told me I had to expect such things at my age and simply prescribed some vitamin pills. 5. I gazed upwards and could see a few stars twinkling in the sky; one seemed much brighter than the others. 6. Lucy stood at the gate waving to her departing daughter until the car is out of sight.

7. The party should be able to respond to these urgent needs more effectively than any other organization and provide clear leadership.

8. The weed in the pool should be left untouched until the young frogs have departed. 9. The woman and three children were now laughing and I was pleased about that, as they had looked scared when I entered their house a few moments before.

10. Few gardens are large enough to accommodate a full-grown tree like oak or beech. 11. With the spread of vast computer data banks, it will soon be possible to identify individuals walking along a street, whether or not they have committed a crime.

12. In a few hurried situations I forgot to switch on, and missed the picture opportunity while trying to figure out why the camera wasn’t working.

13. Lack of zinc supposedly causes a range of problems, although little scientific evidence supports the link. 14. I am happy in that I have attained what you would call success and what I consider good. 15. It is a common belief that Britain maintains the best university system in Europe.

16. The mood of the conference is plainly hostile to a fixed exchange rate and in favor of letting the currency float

where it will in free-market fashion.

17. Our nation has pursued for decades the policy that has substituted machines and technology for human lives. 18. The statistics show that those who prefer electronic banking amounted to 45 per cent. 19. He took in the scene in front of him and immediately called in the police. 20. As the shortage of skilled workers grows, the competition to recruit new employees is likely to intensify. 21. He turned away for a few moments and I could see that he was upset by the news. 22. There were a few so-called rooms but they were scarcely large enough to qualify as such. 23. The sheer pressure of life pushes prople into having less time to communicate with each other. 24. Planning color schemes involves choosing and balancing colors which will contrast or harmonize in a pleasing

way.

25. Nazism fed on the dark myths of racial purity and the glories of a supposedly great history. 26. The trend towards milder winters is beginning to concern many fruit farmers, ad research confirms that many fruit trees will be confused by the changing climate.

27. It should be noted that the interval between marriage and the birth of the first child has lengthened since the early seventies.

28. In this island country, tourism generates about half of its Gross Domestic Product. 29. The motor industry people now expect the decrease in sales that showed through last month to accelerate in the

remaining months of the yesr.

30. On land, the weight of plants far exceeds the weight of the animals that feed on them.