2． 泛美航空公司给这批白领工人初薪1万8千美元。
Pan-Am(Erica Airways) started this group of white collar workers at $18 000. 3． 游击队员在侦察中历尽千心万苦，将敌情摸得一清二楚。
The guerrillas endured all kinds of hardships in their spying mission, and got detailed information about the enemy.
4． 我每月回家一次，----这并不是因为我离家很远。
I go home once a month, not that I live far away from home. 5． 穷困潦倒的书生将那只古砚忍痛出让了。
The penniless scholar grudgingly sold his ancient inkstone. 6． 亨利收到一封表白爱情的信。
Henry received a letter containing a declaration of love. 7． 他应该得到雇主更好的对待，而不只是每月领几镑退休金。
He deserved better of his employer than to be sent away with a pension of a few pounds a month. 8． 驳船从船首到船尾都装满了货物。
The barge was loaded with goods fore and aft. 1． 这个士兵装病逃避危险的差使。
The soldier evaded a dangerous mission by pretending to be malingering/ill. 2． 他对自己的行踪躲躲闪闪，避而不答。
He was very evasive about where he had been.
3． 在讲话中，他含含糊糊地回避了别人对他理论的评价。
In his speech he responded to criticism of his theory with evasions. 4． 除了观看涨潮之外，我无事可做。
I had nothing to do but to observe the rising tide.
5． 五月一日被定为“国际劳动节”，成为各国工人的节日。
May 1 was designated as International Labor Day to be observed by the workers of all countries. 6． 你越注意观察，就越能搜集到更多的素材。
The more you observe, the more source material you will collect.
7． 我们需要的是准确的观察，而不是主观的臆测。
What we need is accurate observation rather than subjective assumption. 8． 教练坚持要严格地遵守训练规则。
The coach insists that the training rules be strictly observed. 9． 探险家们毫不畏缩地忍受着北极冬天的严寒。
The explorers fearlessly endured the severe cold of the arctic winter. 10． 她出色的表演已留在人们的记忆里。
Her wonderful performance has endured in people’s memory. 11． 一个长跑运动员必须有耐力。
A long-distance runner must have endurance. 12． 参观者对永久长存的埃及金字塔大加赞赏。
The visitors greatly admired the enduring Egyptian pyramids. 13． 一切实际工作者必须向下作调查。
All those engaged in practical work must investigate situations at the lower levels. 14． 战士们冲向前去和敌人拼刺刀。
The soldiers charged at the enemy and engaged them in bayonet fighting. 15． 我听说她已同亨利解除婚约。
I hear she has broken off her engagement to Henry. 16． 在首次交战中，他们击落了三架敌机。
They shot down three enemy planes in their first engagement.
Lesson 5 (P117)
1． 他的病是由于吸烟过度引起的。
His illness was brought into being as the result of heavy smoking. 2． 现已收集到的钱还满足不了救灾的需要。
The money raised so far will not suffice to provide disaster relief. 3． 你做衣服时，必须考虑到这些布料的缩水性。
When making clothes, (you must) allow for some shrinkage of these materials. 4． 他不断用那些愚蠢的话插入我们的对话中。
From time to time he interposed silly words in our conversation. 5． 新的系主任昨天接任。
The new dean took over yesterday. 6． 他的评论虽然文字流畅，但并不太切题。
His review is not much to the point though the writing is quite smooth. 7． 在现代世界里，科学家们走在一切工业发展的前列。
In the modern world, scientists are in the vanguard of all industrial development. 8． 在工作中试用一个人是检验他能力的最好方法。
The best way to test one’s ability is to try him out in practical work.
1． 我要学生描述这些画面中表现的动作。
I asked the students to represent the actions described by those pictures. 2． 很少有人能给听众清楚阐述相对论。
Few people can represent clearly (the theory of) relativity to an audience. 3． 这位政治家把核扩散描述成对世界和平的最大威胁。
The statesman represented nuclear proliferation as the greatest threat to world peace. 4． 我们从具有代表性的被调查的人群中获得了意见。
We gathered opinions from a representative group of the people under survey. 5． 中华民族以许多重要发明对世界文明做出了贡献。
With so many important inventions, the Chinese people have made great contributions to world civilization. 6． 空气污染造成了呼吸系统的疾病。
Air pollution contributes to diseases in the breathing system. 7． 我们都应该对我国的现代化作出贡献。
We should all make contributions to the modernizations of our country. 8． 这些钢铁企业第一季度的开工率不到百分之八十。
In the first quarter of the year, the steel works operated at less than 80 percent of capacity. 9． 有好几个原因起了作用，从而引起了这场战争。
Several causes operated to bring on the war. 10． 他们很快挫败了敌人的扫荡。
Soon they frustrated the enemy’s “mopping-up” operations.
11． 对于那些住在乡下的人来说，在城里看戏是一件需要周密计划的大事。
For those who live in the countryside, going to the theatre in town is a major operation which involves considerable planning. 12． 河水涨到与河岸相平的高度。
The river rose to the level of its banks. 13． 一场龙卷风把那一整片商业区夷为平地。
A tornado leveled (off) the entire business district. 14． 这两名儿童在语言上能力不相上下。
The two children are level in their language ability.
Lesson 6 (P143)
1． 对上海这样一个大城市来说，清除所有的垃圾不是一件容易的事情。
For such a big city as shanghai, it’s by no means an easy job to dispose of all its garbage. 2． 他很不受人欢迎，因为他总是嘲笑别人的错误。
He is never popular, for he is always scoffing at other people’s blunders. 3． 他一意孤行，这只能进一步加深我们的困境。
His perverse behavior will only put us in a more difficult situation. 4． 不管事态如何发展，最终她将被证明是无罪的。
No matter how things might develop, she would be proved innocent in the final analysis. 5． 别去干预他的事。
Don’t meddle in his affairs.
6． 尽管她已经35岁了，但乍一看她象是才二十岁。
Though she is 35, she can easily pass at first sight for a girl of 20. 7． 我太忙了，还没有着手做老师的作业。
I’m too busy to get round to doing the teacher’s assignment. 8． 我建议学生们把那篇文章从头至尾看一遍。
I suggested that the students (should) read the article in its entirety at least for once. 9． 我已经尽可能清楚地解释了这个计划，但他仍然抓不住要领。
I have explained the plan as clearly as I can, but he still hasn’t got the hang of it. 10． 那个商标已在专利局注册。
The trade mark has been registered on the books of the patent office.
1． 薪水高，干活时间短，使他倾向于干这件新的工作。
The high pay and short working hours disposed him to take the new job. 2． 这项声明旨在排除一切可能的疑虑。
The statement aims to dispose of all possible doubts.
3． 那天余下来的时间完全由他自己支配，用做消遣性的阅读。
The rest of the day was entirely at his disposal for reading for pleasure. 4． 委员会不愿意再举行一次会议。
The committee was not disposed to hold another meeting. 5． 他虽然出了名，但仍然很谦虚。
Although he became famous, he retained his modesty. 6． 怀特先生聘请州内最好的律师来为他的案件辩护。
Mr . White retained the best lawyer in the state to defend his case. 7． 建造这道堤岸是为了防止水从河里泛滥出来。
The wall was built to retain the water from the river in order to prevent flooding. 8． 我们大家都承认他是棒球队中最好的投手。
We all acknowledge him (to be) the best pitcher on the base-ball team. 9． 为了感谢他对公司多年的忠心效劳，经理奖给他一枚奖章。