the north of China.
在中国北方,三月份往往多风。
5. Even so, the government has approved a 6.2 percent increase in total spending.
尽管如此,政府已经同意总支出增加6.2%。 6. Information, defined as knowledge conveyed to the mind by a statement of fact, can take many forms.
信息被定义为通过陈述事实向大脑传达的知识,它可以有多种形式。 第7单元
1. His research is concerned, among other things, with the battle against AIDS in the developing countries.
除了其他内容,他的研究还牵涉到发展中国家与艾滋病的斗争。
2. These people are made aware that the better the service is, the more they will earn. 这些人明白了他们的服务越好,他们就挣得越多。
3. Although her father seemed anxious and worried, Susan did not perceive any change in
his looks or ways.
尽管父亲似乎忧虑不安,但苏珊感觉不到他在表情或行动上有什么变化。
4. The amount of financial aid offered has become more central to students' decisions about which school to attend.
能获得多少经济资助已成为学生选择上哪所学校的更重要的因素。
5. She's already cut down on going out and buying clothes, but she doesn't have enough money to start paying off the debt.
她已经减少了外出和买衣服的花费,但她还是没钱开始还债。
6. One of the keys to controlling stress is to realize that there are many things in our life over which we have no control.
控制压力的方法之一是认识到生活中有很多事情是我们无法掌控的。 第8单元
1. Little did I think five years ago that I would be sitting here today studying English with so many students coming from all over the world.
五年前我几乎不会想到今天我会与这么多来自世界各地的学生坐在一起学习英语。 2. While this position offers you honor and power, it imposes on you a great responsibility. 虽然这个职位给你带来荣耀和权力,但是它也赋予你巨大的责任。
3. In the long run the race between food production and population growth remains too hard to solve easily.
从长远来看,粮食生产和人口增长之间的竞争难以轻易解决。
4. Sometimes we find ourselves climbing the ladder of success, only to find that the ladder is leaning against the wrong wall.
有时我们发现,自己爬上了成功的阶梯,却发现阶梯靠在错误的墙壁上。(即:我们爬上去了,却发现不是自己真正追求的东西。)
5. The new program is meant to put young people on a fast track to management careers. 新计划的目的是让年轻人快速走上管理岗位。 6. The ambitious young man wanted very much to achieve something to make his parents
proud of him.
这个年轻人志向高远,非常希望能有所成就,让父母为他骄傲。 第9单元
1. James is an honest man; I say it, even if I have opposed him.
詹姆士是个诚实的人,尽管我反对他这个人,我还是要这样说。
2. The larger the organization is, the more difficult for a decision to be made there. 组织越庞大,越难做出决定。
3. Only a real hero can remain calm in face of dangers.
是真英雄方能临危不惧。
4. This ticket entitles the bearer to free entry. 持有该票者能免费入场。
5. He is the first man in England to be working consciously at prose and to be making something of it.
在英国,他是第一个有意识的从事散文写作并且有所建树的人。
6. Having been unemployed for half a year, she
signed up for cooking classes in hope of finding a job as soon as possible.
失业半年后,她报名参加了烹饪班,希望能尽快找到工作。
市民抢购瓶装水,就好像接下来几饮用水能会短缺似的。
学会用最适合你自己的办法放松,是一种有助于健康的积极办法。
在战役中,为数不多的战士们英勇抗敌,壮烈牺牲。
他们奋战了4个多小时才将大火控制住,避免了危险的火势蔓延到整个小镇。
他告诉她,不管遇到什么麻烦,她都永远有一位可依赖的朋友。
银行可以贷款给一些小公司以防它们倒闭。