新标准大学英语综合教程4unit1~8翻译答案

新标准大学英语综合教程

4unit1~8翻译答案(总4页)

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UNIT1:

If you ask me, taking a second major isn’t good for every undergraduate. In my freshman year as an English major, I took economics as my minor. By all odds, I was the most hardworking student in my class. But try as I might to meet the

requirements of the two different subjects, I still couldn’t do well enough to pass all the exams. Given that the study of economics required a good command

ofmathematics, I had to spend so much time on math that I neglected my English major.

Failing English Literature and Macroeconomics in the second semester sounded the alarm for me. This was the first time I did not pass a course in my life, which had greatly sapped my confidence. Although I was not a man who would easily bow to fate, as the summer break came to a close, I decided to give up economics for fear that I would fail in both subjects. Now that I had only one subject to attend to, everything seemed to be on the right track again.

UNIT2:

It was not after he graduated from university and started to work that Zhang Lei has become aware of the pleasure of reading. Reflecting on his undergraduate studies, he remorses/ laments/ regrets that he only read textbooks, none of which was really worthwhile and could be read in one sitting, while his classmates

immersed themselves in various interesting books they could lay hands on from the library or bookstores. He was deprived of the access to wonderful worlds created by writers, so to speak.

Now, Zhang Lei is an avid and omnivorous reader, as if he wants to read all the good books he hadn’t had a chance to read in his university days. He has by now in his spare time read several hundreds of books, including novels, biographies and travel notes. He has realized that books can not only reveal/display to him a vista of a bright future and help him withstand stresses and strains, they can also help him clear up/clarify some misconceptions/ misunderstandings and discover the truth of life.

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UNIT3:

What you wear/Your dress code seems to dictate/determine/define your

behaviour. For instance/example, one of the hard and fast rules primary school and middle school students have to observe/adhere to is that they must wear school uniforms at school. There is no doubt that school uniforms would not have achieved their currency without a symbolic correlation between the uniformity of clothes and students’ conformity to some code of conduct.

However, years of school life have led to a backlash in the students’ mind against the ubiquitous uniform, which, after all, has suppressed the expression of individuality. For compensation, students usually put on casual wear on weekends. It is not until they go to university that they can really enjoy dressing the way they like. The anarchy of dress is associated with cultivation of creativity, the encouragement of free expression of ideas and talents. But this freedom won’t obtain/stay long. After a relatively/comparatively short time of liberty, they may find themselves under the revived pressure of dress code soon after they become professionals.

UNIT4:

When it comes to the effects of the current economic

downturn/crunch/depression, the decrease of student activities is a good case in point. To enliven/animate campus life, the/a university is always willing to carve out some money for activities organized by student clubs and societies. But such sponsorships have been pared down this year because of huge budget cut.

Apparently, student organizations need to weather their own financial crisis if they want to recover/revive their vitality. Some suggest enrolling more club members, on the ground that the increase of membership fees may help them get out of/go through the difficulty

No doubt, if we have more members paying the annual fee, and if we cut back on our daily expenses, we can spare some money to organize activities. But the bottom line is the expenses of these activities are in proportion to the number of participants, so I’m afraid enrolling more members won’t be of much help. To boost student activities and to avoid going into the red, we still need to pool our ideas and come up with some other ways of raising money, in lieu of just relying on university grants and membership fees.

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UINT5:

Our presumption/s about an ideal husband or wife reveals/tells/indicates our gender expectations and/as well as our responses to them. If most girls/young women expect their fiancés to be tough/strong, capable and reliable, there is no option left for boys/young men other than to be trained as expected so as/if they want to win girls’/women’s heart. If they go against the expectations/act to the contrary, they may/will most likely/probably bemoan their bachelor’s status for the rest of their lives.

Following the same unwritten rule,/This unwritten rule is applicable in reverse. if/If most boys/young men want their fiancées to be caring, patient and faithful more than anything else, girls/young women are prone to let on that they will become faithful wives and loving mothers even if they are not that type/kind of girls/young women .

A further look into the gender expectations uncovers physiological and social factors behind./ Looking into the gender expectations, we will find that they are based on physiological and social factors. It goes without saying thatwomen are physically prepared/built to bear children, while/whereas men are totally/utterly unfit for the job./ a job absolutely beyond men’s capability/a job absolutely impossible for men. Therefore, what a man has to is to commit/devote himself to providing food and necessities for the well-being of the family

UNIT6:

To make the campus safer/For the safety of the campus, the university authorities recently released/announced a new regulation that forbids/prohibits/prevents any vendors from entering the campus. The president called on the students to cooperate/call for the students’ cooperation with the university on this matter/on that, but the students’ opposition was strong/were strongly opposed to the regulation/strongly opposed the regulation, and hundreds of them expressed their anger/ outrage on the university BBS.

They complained that to keep vendors off the campus is like deserting students on an isolated island, as the university was far away/distant from the downtown and the shops on campus did not provide enough commodities/comodities were not

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readily available in the shops on campus. Some claimed that it was precisely/exactly for matters of this kind that the university should listen to students’ opinions and understand their needs. Some students thought/ believed the university had got it wrong in believing/assuming/their belief that this regulation will ensure/grant safety on campus

Shocked by the students’ reaction, the president tried to make amends for his mistake by announcing that the university would look into this new regulation again. / The president was shocked by the students’ reaction. To make amends, he announced/ proclaimed that… He told students that they were absolutely entitled to ( live) a convenient and comfortable life, but safety is just as much an important concern as that. He proposed to build a big supermarket within the campus and some convenient stores near the dormitory buildings/ domitories, which would certainly make students’ life much easier.

UNIT7:

In the graduation ceremony, Thomas Clark, a veteran/an experienced CTO of a renowned IT company, offered some important advice to 140 computer science majors who aspired to pursue a successful career in IT.According to Clark,

information technology is not just about assembling machines and devices; it is a domain where innovation plays the key/critical role.So naturally/it’s only natural that IT workers have to endure/be resilient to great/enormous pressure in their work as they need to/are expected to come up with new ideas on a daily basis.

But Clark also pointed out/reminded the students that the ultimate goal of IT business is (making) profit. If you want to succeed/be successful in this area, you need to/have to keep/bear in mind that innovation is not synonymous with

individualismIt is worth noticing that because of arrogance and poor communication skill many gifted/talented young people have not been able to realize/dig out their potential, thus fail to achieve success. Clark emphasized/ stressed that you must learn to cooperate with people from different departments, so as to make products that will be accepted by the market/adaptable/adapted to the market, then it is how your talent can blossom.

UNIT8:

When the new National Museum was completed/ After the completion of

the …, some citizens and architects were indignant at the presence/ appearance of a modern building amist the most beautiful and exquisite ancient buildings of the city.There was also an outburst of criticism for its high cost of maintenance/ its expensive maintance and its strange shape/ awkward form. Obviously/ With no doubt, some people felt uncomfortable/ uneasy with such fashionable modern

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buildings being erected in the city. But on the other hand, many artists and citizens believed that these criticisms failed to do justice to the architectural beauty and artistic maturity of the new museum.

The debate over this museum leads many people to comtemplate the future of those ancient buildings of the city in an age when the public increasingly worship modern Western technology and styles. With their extravagance and complexity, buildings in an ancient fashion are costly to construct on a large scale. At the same time, modern buildings of Western styles cannot always transend cultural barriers. Maybe a more moderate approach should be adopted. A careful overall plan should be made beforehand to ensure that the ancient buildings are properly preserved and the modern buildings become a harmonious part of the city.

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