Translation Task 1
1. 有朋自远方来，不亦乐乎？ (Use \ It is a great pleasure to meet friends from afar. Suggested answer: It is a great pleasure to meet friends from afar. 2. 不管黑猫白猫，能抓住老鼠就是好猫。(as long as) It doesn't matter whether the cat is black or white as long as it Suggested answer: It doesn't matter whether the cat is black or white as long as it catches mice. 3. 你必须明天上午十点之前把那笔钱还给我。(without fail) You must let me have the money back without fail by ten o'clock to Suggested answer: You must let me have the money back without fail by ten o'clock tomorrow morning. 4. 请允许我参加这个项目，我对这个项目非常感兴趣。(more than + adjective) Allow me to take part in this project: I am more than a little int Suggested answer: Allow me to take part in this project: I am more than a little interested in it. 5. 人人都知道他比较特殊：他来去随意。 (be free to do sth.) Everyone knows that he is special: He is free to come and go as he Suggested answer: Everyone knows that he is special: He is free to come and go as he pleases. 6. 看她脸上不悦的神色，我觉得她似乎有什么话想跟我说。(feel as though) Watching the unhappy look on her face, I felt as though she wished Suggested answer: Watching the unhappy look on her face, I felt as though she wished to say something to me.
Translation Task 2
1. It is getting harder these days for a man with only a secondary education to get a good job. 现如今，仅仅受过中等教育的人要想找份好工作越来越难了。 Suggested answer: 现如今，仅仅受过中等教育的人要想找份好工作越来越难了。 2. As long as the green hills last, there'll aways be wood to burn. 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。 Suggested answer: 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。 3. If you are not satisfied with your purchase, we will be more than happy to give your money back to you. 如果你对所购物品不满意，我们将很乐意退款。 Suggested answer: 如果你对所购物品不满意，我们将很乐意退款。 4. We are thankful for the beauty of this great land, which has welcomed so many to its shores across the years. 我们对这块伟大的美丽的土地心怀感激之情，多年来它迎接了众多的人来这里的海 Suggested answer: 我们对这块伟大的美丽的土地心怀感激之情，多年来它迎接了众多的人来这里的海滩游览。 5. To the teacher's surprise, no one volunteered for the position of monitor. 让老师吃惊的是，没人自愿当班长。 Suggested answer: 让老师吃惊的是，没人自愿当班长。 6. The dog continued to wait for its master at the train station without fail until its own death two years later. 那条狗忠心耿耿地继续在火车站等待主人，直到两年后死去。 Suggested answer: 那条狗忠心耿耿地继续在火车站等待主人，直到两年后死去。
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB Comprehension Task
1. From the story we can tell that the writer was brought to the
concentration camp because __________________.
A. he opposed the Nazi rule
B. he stood with tens of thousands of other Jews
C. he was almost dead
D. he was a Jew
2. When the writer saw the young girl walking past on the other
side of the fence for the first time, he wanted to look away
because he ________________.
A. was ashamed of his own appearance
B. was a shy boy in front of strangers
C. could not take his eyes from hers
D. would not have someone see what he was doing there
3. From the story we might tell that the young girl ____________________.
4. The daily meeting between the writer and the young girl ______________.
5. Years later, the writer came to live in New York, and he ______________.
6. The two of them had a chance to see each other again because _______________.
A. they met by chance in New York
A. went into the insurance business
A. was suddenly broken after around seven months
A. was brought here from another concentration camp
B. was kept in another section of the concentration
camp
C. lived somewhere near the concentration camp D. was a Jew herself
B. went on almost till the end of the war
C. soon came to an end because the girl moved away
D. was discovered by a security guard in the camp
B. opened his own business
C. found life in New York tedious
D. thought of meeting the girl again
B. someone had arranged for them to meet
C. the writer had known the girl's name from the start
D. the girl had been sure that she would meet the writer after the war
7. The writer didn't like talking about his experience in the war because _______________.
8. For the woman, the memory of seeing the writer in the concentration camp _______________.
A. was both painful and sweet
A. the experience was too sad to talk about
B. the experience was ordinary for people of his
generation
C. he was tired of telling the story again
D. he was afraid that the lady might be uninterested
B. caused too much pain to think about
C. caused her heart to pound loudly
D. caused her to think about it every day
Vocabulary Task 1
1.
I assume that as my husband he will be covered by my health
Your answer(s) insurance
insuranceplan.
Correct answer(s) insurance
2.
The pilot, thinking his plane was in danger, have the plane checked at once.
Your answer(s) descended
descendedquickly; he wanted to
Correct answer(s) descended