Unit 1?
1?独立思考能力是大学生必备的素质之一。(think?for?yourself;?quality)?
The?ability?to?think?for?yourself?is?one?of?the?qualities?that?college?students?must?have.?
2?虽然大家对这部电影好评如潮，我却不怎么喜欢这部电影。(despite;?not?think?much?of)?
Despite?all?the?good?comments?the?film?received,?I?didn’t?think?much?of?it.?
3?有陌生人或外国人在场时，她总是不愿意说话。(in?the?presence?of?sb;?reluctant)?
In?the?presence?of?strangers?or?foreigners?she?is?always?reluctant?to?talk.?
4?正要离开书店时，他发现了自己一直在寻找的一本书。(be?about?to?do?sth)?
He?was?about?to?leave?the?bookshop?when?he?found?a?book?that?he?had?been?looking?for.?
5?会上，大家对如何提高学生的阅读技能进行了更详细的探讨。(at?length)?
How?to?improve?students’?reading?skills?was?discussed?at?greater?length?at?the?meeting.
?Unit?2?
1?虽然体育运动的形式多种多样，但它们有一个共同之处：所有的运动都是为了增强人们的体质(despite;?have?…?in?common)?
?Despite?the?different?forms?of?sports,?they?have?one?thing?in?common:?All?of?them?are?to?strengthen?people’s?health.?
2?四年一次的奥运会对促进各国间的友谊起着重要作用。(play?a?…?role;?promote)??
The?Olympic?Games,?which?take?place?every?four?years,?play?an?important?role?in?promoting?friendship?between?different?countries.?
3?两国间的文化交流在中断了两年后，于去年重新开始。(exchange;?resume)??
After?having?stopped?for?two?years,?cultural?exchanges?betwee
n?the?two?countries?resumed?last?year.?
4?体育锻炼是很重要，但它代替不了健康的饮食。(substitute?for)??
Physical?exercise?is?important,?but?it?is?no?substitute?for?healthy?diet.?
5?在中国，只要说到国球，人们自然会想到乒乓球。(whenever;?speak?of)??
Whenever?people?speak?of?the?national?ball?in?China,?people?will?think?of?table?tennis.?
Unit?3?
1?新闻工作者的职责是提供真实准确的报道，因为公众有权知道事实的真相。(accurately;?be?entitled?to?do)?
The?responsibility?of?a?journalist?is?to?provide?news?accurately,?for?the?public?are?entitled?to?know?about?the?truth.?
2?《中国日报》是中国唯一的全国性英文日报，日发行量达40余万份。(using?phrases?in?apposition)?China?Daily,?the?only?national?English-language?newspaper?in?China,?has?a?circulation?of?over?400,000?copies?daily.?
3.经济发展不能以牺牲环境为代价，否则后患无穷。(at?the?expense?of)?
Economic?development?must?not?be?achieved?at?the?expense?of?environment,?otherwise?it?will?bring?endless?trouble.?
?4?这名记者拒绝透露她的消息来源，以免带来不必要的麻烦。????
The?journalist?refused?to?disclose?the?source?of?her?information,?for?fear?of?bringing?unnecessary?trouble.??
5?他因发表有关人权的错误报道而受到指控。(be?charged?with)??
He?was?charged?with?publishing?false?reports?on?human?rights.?
?Unit 4?
1?我们应立即采取行动反对非法捕猎。(take?action?against)?
We?should?take?immediate?action?against?illegal?hunting.?
2?虽然政府已颁布法律保护濒危动物，但是一些濒危动物仍然遭到捕杀。
(while;?endangered)?
While?the?government?has?enacted?laws?to?protect?endangered?animals,?some?of?them?are?still?being?hunted?and?killed.??
3?成立该组织的目的不仅仅是要保护动物权益，还要推广野生动物保护知识。(not?just?to?…?but?also?to?…)?
The?organization?is?established?not?just?to?protect?animal?rights,?but?also?to?make?knowledge?of?wild?animal?protection?known.
?4?即使在今天，很多药物研究还都是在动物身上进行的。(test?on)?
Even?today,?much?medical?research?is?still?tested?on?animals.?
5?他冒着被蛇咬的危险在森林里生活了数月，收集了大量的第一手资料。(run?the?risk?of;?first-hand)?
He?lived?in?the?forest?for?several?months,?running?the?risk?of?being?bitten?by?snakes,?and?collected?a?lot?of?first-hand?data.
?Unit 5?
1.两年前我对网球产生了兴趣，现在我每周都打两次网球。(take up)
?I?took?up?tennis?two?years?ago,?and?now?I?play?tennis?twice?a?week.?
2.对有年龄段的人来说，看电视仍然是最常见的休闲活动。(using gerund as subject) ?Watching?television?is?still?the?most?common?leisure?activity?fo
r?people?of?all?ages.??
3.现在。青少年上网所花时间有上升趋势，这一现象值得我们关注。(tend;worthy of)
There?is?a?trend?that?teenagers?nowadays?are?spending?more?time?on?the?Internet,?which?is?worthy?of?our?attention.?
?4.事实上，我们应该提倡健康的休闲活动，如爬山、游泳、钓鱼等。(as a matter of fact;advocate)
As?a?matter?of?fact,?we?should?advocate?healthy?leisure?activities?such?as?mountain?climbing,?swimming fishing etc.
新视界大学英语综合教程2汉译英Unit1-8
