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新编大学英语第二版第一册课后翻译答案
Unit 1
1. I’m tired. I shouldn’t have gone to bed so late last night.
2. I don’t/didn’t know Bob very well, but we go/went out for an occasional drink together. 3. We’re supposed to meet her at the train station.
4. You could clearly see people drowning, but/and yet you took no action to save them. 5. Including weekends, there are only twelve more days to buy Christmas presents. 6. Without immediate action, many kinds of wild animals would die from hunger.
Unit 2
1. That song always reminded her of the night spent in Chicago.
2. There happened to be a policeman on the corner, so I asked him the way. 3. All flights to New York today are/were delayed because of the bad weather. 4. Whoever is responsible will have to pay for the damage. 5. I can’t find my checkbook. I must have left it at home.
6. By the time the football match was going to start, the storm had already stopped.
Unit 3
1. You won’t get the job unless you’ve got the experience.
2. Most of my time is spent studying the differences between Chinese and American cultures. 3. The statement/sentence is so clear that it can’t cause any misunderstanding. 4. He wishes he could give her more help than he does. 5. Put on your coat or you’ll catch cold.
6. She has added a Picasso to her collection.
7. I am not aware of ever having been here before.
8. You will soon find yourself without any friends at all if you keep on being so rude to everybody.
Unit 4
1. It’s far too hot in the room; open the window, please! 2. The noise woke us up in the middle of the night.
3. He shouldn’t have been angry at what I said. It was nothing more than a joke.
4. We invited all our friends to the picnic but it rained and only five of them showed up. 5. She views marriage as a serious matter.
6. To my disappointment, the movie didn’t live up to my expectations.
Unit 5
1. I used to go to the cinema/movies a lot, but I never have the time now. 2. The two workers cooperated with each other to fix the broken pipe. 3. This is a cruel practice which should be stopped immediately.
4. What aspect of your job/work is (the) most difficult, and what aspect is (the)most rewarding? 5. Some people think he is rude, but that’s not the case.
6. I’ll help as much as I can, but there is a limit to what I can do.
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Unit 6
1. Her hard work resulted in a big bonus for her.
2. Children were watching the planes take off and land. 3. As soon as I’m on board a ship I always feel sick.
4. A total of 20,000 people visited the museum on the first day it was open to the public. 5. The committee consists of scientists and engineers. 6. I wouldn’t dare to go home with the job unfinished.
Unit 8
1. World War II took place in 1945. 2. My grandfather drinks a great deal. 3. He was still working by the age of 65.
4. The teacher knows all his students by name.
5. The police have finally succeeded in solving the mystery. 6. He likes all kinds of sports, but most of all, basketball.
7. Talking on the phone is different from talking face to face.
8. They fell in love with each other because they had common interests.
Unit 9
1. The topic of the speech is announced a week in advance, but the name of the speaker is not. 2. It seemed incredible that some students still played football before the exams. 3. Mr. Auden is a happy man who derives pleasure from helping others. 4. Two Americans shared last year’s Nobel Prize for Medicine.
5. First of all I’d like to welcome you to the meeting.
6. I’m not accustomed to such luxury. It’s a waste of money. 7. The results of the exam will be put up on Friday afternoon.
8. Some cruel experiments on animals are carried out in the name of science.
Unit 10
1. The best way to lose weight is to avoid eating fatty foods.
2. One of the main causes of hunger used to be lack of transportation. 3. Wasteful packaging will add to the price of food/food price.
4. Economic reform would not be successful without the development of agriculture. 5. The farmers will grow more cash crops next year instead of grains.
6. At present, there are still places in the world where farmers make use of animal labor.
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新编大学英语第二版第一册课后翻译答案
