4) Should college students be required to attend classes? Some say it should be up to the students to decide. What do you think?
大学生应该需要上课吗?有人说应该由学生来决定。你怎么认为?
5) We constantly give presents all the time, for plenty of reasons; knowing how to wrap a present well is a useful skill to have -- you'll use it over and over again.
我们经常给礼物,原因很多,知道如何包装礼物是一个有用的技巧,你会使用它一遍又一遍。
6) When Jessica opened her birthday gift, she was overjoyed.\beautiful!\exclaimed.
当杰西卡打开她的生日礼物,她喜出望外。“多么美丽!”她大声说道。 7) Amanda hasn't responded to my emails yet. I can't tell if she is just lazy or has never received them.
阿曼达还没有回复我的电子邮件。我不能告诉她是懒惰,还是从未接受过他们。 8) The article lists three reasons why we should take the time to regularly review our credit card statements(信用卡账单).
本文列出了三个理由为什么我们应该花时间去定期审查我们的信用卡对账单 9) I want to write a letter addressed to the hotel, to reserve a room for my guest who will stay two nights there.
我想写一封写给酒店,为我的客人会预定一个住两个晚上的房间。
10) The doctor assured me that my shortness of breath was nothing to worry about, that I was just overweight(超重的) and needed to exercise.
医生向我保证,我的呼吸急促是没有什么可担心的,我只是超重了,需要锻炼。
11) As Rick prepared to leave, Jenny whispered something in his car that we could not hear.
里克准备离开时,珍妮在他的车里耳语,我们无法听到。
12) Fashion(时尚) is constantly changing from one day to the next: what is in(时兴的) one day may be out(不时兴的) the next.
时尚是不断变化从一天到下一个:是时兴的一天也可能是不时兴的下一个。
Model(英译中)
1.My father used to smoke,
but he gave it up a couple of years ago.(过去常常抽烟)
我父亲过去常吸烟,但他在几年前戒烟了。
2.We are used to the traffic noise now.(对交通噪音已感到习惯)
我们现在对交通噪音已感到习惯。
3.Don't worry—you'll soon get used to his had temper.
别担心—你很快就会习惯他的脾气。
4.I used to enjoy gardening,but I don't have time for it now.(过去喜欢园艺)
我以前喜欢园艺,但是现在我没有时间。
5.Where did you use to live before you moved here?(过去曾住哪里)
在你搬到这里之前过去曾住哪里?
6.I didn't think I could ever get used to after living in the city,but I have.(习惯在大城市生活)
我不认为我能够习惯在大城市生活,但我做到了。
Translation
1) 文章交上来之前,务必仔细检查一遍。(make sure, review,hand/turn in) Make sure you review your paper carefully before you hand/turn it in.
2) 自从我最后一次见到他,5年过去了。他已长成一个高大的小伙子了(go by,grow into)
Five years have gone by since I last saw him. He has grown into a tall young man.
3) 老师要求学生们详细描述他们在展览会(exhibition)上看到的一切。(require,in detail)
The teacher required the students to describe in detail what they saw at the exhibition.
4) 坐在我前面的两个学生窃窃私语,我很难把注意力集中在老师身上。(whisper, pay attention to)
It’s hard to pay attention to the teacher when the two students sitting of me are whispering to each other.
Unit3
Phrases and Expressions
vote on 投票表决 sure enough 果然 take notes 做笔记 jot down 匆匆记下 back and forth 来回地 come up with 找到(答案) cool down 变凉
Vocabulary
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1)We cannot eat the same food all the time . Our desire for food tends to vary from day to day.
我们不能一直吃同样的食物。我们对食物的渴望每天都会有所不同。
2)She speak with an almost childlike directness that wins over the most skeptical audience
她稚气十足的赢得了大部分持怀疑态度的观众说话。
3)On that day thousands of people came to observe ship leaving the harbor .
在那一天成千上万的人来观察船离开港口。
4)The taxi driver blamed the fog for his accident .
出租车司机把事故归咎于雾。
5)He plans to continue the family tradition and seek a career in politics .
他计划继续家庭传统,寻求从政。
6)I didn’t win , but at least I have made the effort .
我没有赢,但至少我已经付出了努力。
7)We often hear bitter complaints about the city’s water supply . Something should be done about it .
我们经常听到的抱怨这个城市的水供应。应该做点什么。
8)We bought another car ; it was the solution to all our problems .
我们买了另一辆车;这是我们所有问题的解决方案。 9)As we cannot agree on the matter , let’s vote on it .
我们不能达成一致,让我们投票表决吧。
10)The poor just wanted a job , any sorts of a job .
穷人只想找一份工作,任何类型的工作。
11)It is not unusual for a woman executive to have a man as her assistant.
对于一个女人来说执行一个男人作为她的助手这不是不寻常的。
12)The man didn’t dare to look at us when he said that . Obviously, he
was telling a lie.
当他说那人说的时候,他不敢看我们。显然,他在说谎。
13)If you had done it more carefully you could have avoided that mistake .
如果你再仔细一点的话,你就可以避免这个错误了。
14)He hasn’t started his paper yet . He is still collecting data for it.
他还没有开始他的论文呢。他仍然在为它收集数据。
15)Whenever the man came back from a business trip , he would buy his wife a present .
当一个男人从出差回来的时候,他会买他的妻子一个礼物。
16)Keep the onions separate from the bread or they will make it smell .
把洋葱和面包分开,否则会让他们闻到。
17)I think she was crazy to drive after drinking so much beer .
我想她是疯了,喝那么多啤酒后驾驶。
18)In America , some people are even allergic to eggs .
在美国,有些人甚至对鸡蛋过敏。
19)On Mother’s Day , I wrote a sincere thank-you letter to my dear mom .
在母亲节那天,我写了一个真诚的感谢信,我亲爱的妈妈。
20)Peter studies in the same class as John . The former likes sports and the latter enjoys music.
彼得和约翰在同一个班级学习。前者喜欢运动,后者喜欢音乐。
Structure(英译中)
1)You can always learn something new no matter how old are you. (不论你年纪有多大)
无论你多大,你都可以学到一些新的东西。