(上外第三版)大学英语精读第一册-课后翻译答案[1]
（上外第三版）大学英语精读第一册 课后翻译答案
Unit 1
1. Mrs.Smith complained to me that she often found it simply impossible to communicate with her 16-year-old daughter.
2. I firmly believe that reading simplified English novels is an easy and enjoyable way of enlarging our vocabulary.
3. I don’t think we’re doing enough to protect our environment from pollution.
4. In addition to / Apart from writing composition on a weekly basis, our English teacher assigned us 8 /eight books to read during the summer vocation.
We’ve learned from reliable sources that a native English speaker is going to teach us spoken English next term / semester.
6. Seeing English movies on a regular basis will not only improve your ear, but will also help you build your speaking skills.
7. If you have any questions about these learning strategies, please feel free to ask me. And I’ll explain them in greater detail.
8. The Canadian girl is good at seizing every opportunity to speak Chinese. That’s why she has gained a good command of spoken Chinese in less that three years.
Unit 2
1. Fortunately there was a hospital nearby and we took him there at once.
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2. After succeeding in landing on George Island, the captain sent a radio message to the headquarter.
3. He is determined to continue his experiment but this time he’ll do it another way.
4. When she read the novel, she couldn’t help thinking of the five years she had spent in the countryside.
Mary thought it difficult to carry out her plan all by herself.
6. We didn’t think he could cover the distance in a quarter of an hour, but he succeeded in doing it.
7. Even after his doctor told him he had lung cancer, Chichester would not give up his old dream of sailing round the world.
8. I was busy making a new device for catching rats when Mark came and dragged me out to a flower show.
Unit 3
1. That famous actor seemed content to play a minor part in the play.
2. National Day is round the corner. Let’s give our bedroom a thorough clean.
3. She agreed, very reluctantly, to be operated on by a young doctor.
4. They’ve arranged for us to visit the Great Wall tomorrow. I’m sure we’ll
have
a good time there./(We will enjoy ourselves there.)
5. After reading the letter the old man was so disappointed that he tore it into little bits with trembling fingers.
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6. The old couple were pound of their grandson, who got/ (won) two gold
medals and a bronze at the 28th Olympic Games.
7. Even if his grandmother could not come to his birthday party, she
would send him a lovely present. Tom was sure of that.
8. It was Mary’s twentieth birthday yesterday. Her father sent her a pair of
boots. Her mother bought her a box of chocolates. And her boyfriend brought her a bunch of roses.
Unit 4
1. To take this job would involve working on weekends frequently, but John didn’t mind.
2. It is well known that lung cancer is caused at least in part by smoking too much.
3. My grandparents said that the man who invented television had once lived in their neighborhood.
4. I propose that we go to find Prof. Smith in his office right after the meeting and invite him to our English evening.
5. Having been operated on twice for the disease, she was so weakened that she could barely stand up.
6. Educators think that the generation growing up with television spend so much of their time in front of the TV that they do not have enough time to study.
7. I do hope that you can come up with a better solution than this one.
8. At first glance the picture didn’t look very good, but after examining it
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carefully, we found that it was indeed a masterpiece.
Unit 5
1. Jane picked up a magazine from the bookshelf and started reading here and there at random.
2. With this letter I enclose some illustrations for the story. 3. The ancient building was enclosed by a high wall.
4. Dr. Green is busy working on a cure for AIDS, but from next month on he’ll be able to fit in twenty patients or so on Monday morning.
5. He told a story to illustrate why you should never sign any contract before you have examined its provisions in detail.
6. She was embarrassed when they kept telling her she had a genius for mathematics.
7. God knows when that dumb kid of ours is going to graduate from high school.
8. Henry’s latest novel and his daughter’s first book were both published three months ago, and to their astonishment, the latter has already sold over a million copies.
Unit 6
1. It was reported that the building of the railway had been held up by a flood.
2. The strike resulted in the management’s accepting the workers’ demands.
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(上外第三版)大学英语精读第一册-课后翻译答案[1]
