英语精读第二册

大学英语精读第二册翻译题答案

引导语：下文内容是大学英语精读第三版(上海外语教育出版社 董亚芬主编)第二册Book2Unit1~Unit10 翻译答案，希望能够帮助到您，谢谢您的阅读。

Book2 Unit1 翻译

1.她砰地关上门，一声不吭地走了，他们之间那场争执就此结束。

Their argument ended when she slammed the door and left without a word.

2. 出席晚宴的客人对那个美国人威严的语气感到有点意外。

The guests at the dinner party were slightly surprised at the commanding tone of the American.

3. 约翰尼已长大成熟，不再害怕独自呆在家里了。

Johnny has outgrown the fear of staying at home alone.

4. 当全部乘客都向出口处 (exit) 走去时，他却独自留在座位上，好像不愿意离开这架飞机似的。

While all the other passengers made for the exit, he alone remained in his seat as if unwilling to leave the plane.

5. 这封信必须交给威尔逊博士本人。

The letter is to be handed to Dr. Wilson himself.

6. 南希虽然很想参加辩论，但腼腆得不敢开口。

While she felt like joining in the argument, Nancy was too shy to open her mouth.

7. 你觉得什么时候最有可能在家里找到他?

What do you think is the likeliest time to find him at home?

8. 猎人一看见有只狐狸从树丛中出现并向他设下 (lay) 的陷阱 (trap) 方向跑去，脸上顿时闪出了兴奋的表情。

The hunter’s face lit up with excitement as soon as he saw a fox emerge from among the bushes and run in the direction of / make for the trap he had laid.

Book2 Unit2 翻译

1) 会上有人建议任命一个十一人委员会来制定新章程。

It was suggested at the meeting that a committee of eleven be appointed to make a new constitution.

2) 这些青年科学家通过现场观察，获得了研究工作所需的第一手资料。

By making on-the-spot observations, the young scientists obtained first-hand information they needed in their research work.

3) 他很可能会因视力不好而被拒收入伍。

It is very likely that he will be rejected by the army because of his bad eyesight.

4) 委员会成员在新机场最佳选址 (location) 这一问题上持有不同意见。

The committee members have conflicting opinions as to the best location of the new airport.

5) 亨利创作的艺术品在许多方面比他兄弟的要好。

Henrys works of art are superior in many respects to those of his brothers.

6) 我们产品质量的稳步提高在很大程度上是由于设备有所改进。

The steady rise in the quality of our products owes much to the improvement of our equipment.

7) 吉姆本想按照自己的判断行事，但他没有这样做，因为作为军人他得服从命令。

Jim would have preferred to act on his own judgment, but he didnt because as a soldier he had to obey the order.

8) 如果让我来决定我们是要一个没有自行车的城市呢，还是要一个没有汽车的城市，我会毫不犹豫地选择后者。

Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a city without bikes or one without cars, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.

Book2 Unit3 翻译

1. She got a post as a cashier at a local bank. But she was soon fired because she proved to be incompetent.

她在当地一家银行找到一份出纳员的工作，但不久因不称职而被解雇了。

2. It is obviously/clearly his young assistant who is running the book store.

很明显是他的年轻助手在经营这家书店。

3. No sooner had the proposal been announced at the meeting than she got to her feet to protest.

这项建议在会上一宣布，她就站起来提出异议。

4. Bill has applied to Harvard University for a teaching assistantship, but his chances of getting it are slim.

比尔已向哈佛大学申请助教职位，但他得到它的可能性很小。

5. Being short of funds, they are trying to attract foreign capital.

由于缺乏资金，他们正在想办法吸引外资。

6. The room smells of stale air. It must have been vacant for a long time.

这个房间有股霉味，一定是好久没人住了。

7. As far as hobbies are concerned, Jane and her sister have little in common.

就业余爱好而言，珍妮和她妹妹几乎没有什么共同之处。

8. It is self-evident that the education of the young is vital to the future of a country.

不言而喻，青年人的教育对于一个国家的未来是至关重要的。

Book2 Unit4 翻译

1) 那小女孩跑得太快，身体一下失去平衡，跌倒了。

The little girl ran so fast that she was thrown off balance and fell over / down.

2) 他致力于研究工作的精神 (devotion to research) 给我留下了很深印象，但我对他那些深奥的理论丝毫不感兴趣。

I was impressed by his devotion to research but I did not have the slightest interest in his profound theories.

3) 千万别说可能会被人误解的话。

Be sure not to say anything capable of being misunderstood.

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大学英语精读第二册第三课Lesson from Jefferson

导语：大学英语精读选材力求题材、体裁多样，内容丰富有趣并有定的启发性。下面我讲解大学英语精读第二册第三课Lesson from Jefferson，欢迎学习!

Jefferson died long ago, but may of his ideas still of great interest to us.

Lessons from Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States, may be less famous than George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, but most people remember at last one fact about him: he wrote the Declaration of Independence.

Although Jefferson lived more than 200 years ago, there is much that we learn from him today. Many of his ideas are especially interesting to modern youth. Here are some of the things he said and wrote:

Go and see. Jefferson believed that a free man obtains knowledge from many sources besides books and that personal investigation is important. When still a young man, he was appointed to a committee to find out whether the South Branch of the James River was deep enough to be used by large boats. While the other members of the committee sat in the state capitol and studied papers on the subject, Jefferson got into a canoe and made on-the-spot-observations.

You can learn from everyone. By birth and by education Jefferson belonged to the highest social class. Yet, in a day when few noble persons ever spoke to those of humble origins except to give an order, Jefferson went out of his way to talk with gardeners, servants, and waiters. Jefferson once said to the French nobleman, Lafayette, "You must go into the people's homes as I have done, look into their cooking pots and eat their bread. If you will only do this, you may find out why people are dissatisfied and understand the revolution that is threatening France."

Judge for yourself. Jefferson refused to accept other people's opinions without careful thought. "Neither believe nor reject anything," he wrote to his nephew, "because any other person has rejected or believed it. Heaved has given you a mind for judging truth and error. Use it."

Jefferson felt that the people "may safely be trusted to hear everything true and false, and to form a correct judgment. Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter."

Do what you believe is right. In a free country there will always be conflicting ideas, and this is a source of strength. It is conflict and not unquestioning agreement that keeps freedom alive. Though Jefferson was for many years the object of strong criticism, he never answered his critics. He expressed his philosophy in letters to a friend, "There are two sides to every question. If you take one side with decision and on it with effect, those who take the other side will of course resent your actions."

Trust the future; trust the young. Jefferson felt that the present should never be chained to customs which have lost their usefulness. "No society," he said, "can make a perpetual constitution, or even a perpetual law. The earth belongs to the living generation." He did not fear new ideas, nor did he fear the future. "How much pain," he remarked, "has been caused by evils which have never happened! I expect the best, not the worst. I steer my ship with hope, leaving fear behind."

Jefferson's courage and idealism were based on knowledge. He probably knew more than any other man of his age. He was an expert in agriculture, archeology, and medicine. He practiced crop rotation and soil conservation a century before these became standard practice, and he invented a plow superior to any other in existence. He influenced architecture throughout America, and he was constantly producing devices for making the tasks of ordinary life easier to perform.

Of all Jefferson's many talents, one is central. He was above all a good and tireless writer. His complete works, now being published for the first time, will fill more than fifty volumes. His talent as an author was soon discovered, and when the time came to write the Declaration of Independence at Philadelphia in 1776, the task of writing it was his. Millions have thrilled to his words: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal…"

When Jefferson died on July 4, 1826, the 50th anniversary of American independence, he left his countrymen a rich legacy of ideas and examples. American education owes a great debt to Thomas Jefferson, Who believed that only a nation of educated people could remain free.

declaration

n. document containing an open public announcement 宣言

independence

n. freedom from the control of others 独立

obtain

vt. get through effort 获得

source

n. place from which sth. comes; place where a river starts (来)源;源头

personal

a. done in person; belonging to a person 亲自的;个人的

investigation

n. detailed or careful examination 调查

investigate

vt.

appoint

vt. put (sb.) in a position 任命

appointment

n.

committee

n. a group of people chosen for special duties 委员会

capitol

n. (美国)州议会大厦

canoe

n. light boat moved by a paddle 独木舟

on-the-spot

a. at the place of the action 现场的

humble

a. low in position 地位低下的

origin

n. parentage; birth; beginning 血统;出身;起源

gardener

n. person who works in a garden either for pay or as a hobby 园丁

waiter

n. person who serves food to the tables in a restaurant (男)侍者

nobleman

n. 贵族

dissatisfy

vt. hang over dangerously; utter a threat against 使不满

threaten

vt. hang over dangerously; utter a threat against 威胁

threat

n.

reject

vt. refuse to take, believe, use of consider 拒绝

rejection

n.

nephew

n. the son of one's brother or sister

error

n. mistake; sth. done wrongly

false

a. not true or correct

judgment

n. opinion 判断， 看法

hesitate

vi. feel doubtful; be undecided 犹豫，迟疑不决

hesitation

n.

prefer

vt. like better; choose (one thing) rather than (another) 更喜欢;宁愿

preference

n.

latter

a. nearer to the end 后面的;后半的

n. the second of two persons or things just spoken of 后者

conflict

n. be opposed; clash 冲突

n. disagreement; clash; fight

unquestioning

a. given or done without question or doubt

agreement

n. having the same opinion(s); thinking in the same way 同意;一致的`

criticism

n. unfavourable remarks of judgments 批评

critic

n. person who makes judgments about the good and bad qualities of sth.; person who points out mistakes 评论家;批评者

criticize

vt.

philosophy

n. 哲学

resent

vt. feel angry or bitter at 对...忿恨;对...不满

action

n. the process of doing things; sth. done 行动过程;行动

custom

n. 习惯,风俗

perpetual

a. never-ending; going on for a long time or without stopping 永恒的;连续不断的

constitution

n. 宪法;章程

living

a. alive now 活(着)的

remark

vt. say; comment 说;评论说

n. 话语;评论

evil

n. sth. bad; sin 邪恶,罪恶

a. very bad 邪恶的,坏的

idealism

n. 理想主义;唯心主义

arch(a)eology

n. study of ancient things, esp. remains of prehistoric times 考古学

rotation

n. 轮作;旋转

rotate

v.

conservation

n. protecting from loss of from being used up 保护;保存

conserve

vt.

superior

a. good or better in quality or value 较好的;优的

superiority

n.

existence

n. the state of existing 存在

influence

vt. have an effect on 影响

architecture

n. art and science of building 建筑术;建筑学

constantly

ad. continuously; frequently 不断地;经常地

constant

a.

perform

vt. do, carry out 做,履行

talent

n. special natural ability 才能,天资

central

a. chief; main; most important 主要的

tireless

a. never or rarely getting tired

writer

n. a person who writes esp. as a way of earning money 作家

publish

vt. have (a book, etc.) printed and put on sale 出版

volume

n. book, esp. one of a set of books 卷;册

thrill

vi. have a very exciting feeling 非常激动

self-evident

a. clear without proof 不言而喻的

create

vt. make (sth. that has not been made before) 创造

creation

n.

anniversary

n. the yearly return of a special date 周年纪念日

countryman

n. a person from one's own country 周胞

legacy

n. sth. that one person leaves to another when he dies 遗产

owe

vt. 欠(债等);应把...归功于

debt

n. something owed to someone else 债(务)

educate

vt. train; teach how to read, write, think, etc.

go out of one's way (to do sth.)

take particular trouble; make a special effort 特地

leave...to

leave sb. in charge of 交托,委托

act on

act according to 按照...行事

leave behind

abandon; fall to take or bring 丢弃;留下,忘带

in existence

existing 存在

above all

most important of all 首先,尤其是

Bruce Bilven

布鲁斯.布利文

Thomas Jefferson

托马斯.杰斐逊

George Washington

乔治.华盛顿

Abraham Lincoln

亚伯拉罕.林肯

the Declaration of Independence

《独立宣言》

the James River

詹姆斯河

Lafayette

拉斐特

France

法国

Heaven

上帝;天堂

Philadelphia

费城(美国港市)