新標(biāo)準(zhǔn)大學(xué)英語綜合教程4(unit1-7)課后答案及課文翻譯(編輯修改稿)

　

【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 se.I think you have given more personal information than is wise.collocations6 Read the explanations of the words. Answer the questions.1 highlight A highlight is the most exciting, impressive, or interesting part of an event.(a) What would you like to be the highlight of your career?I would like the highlight of my student career to be to receive a national award for the best student research project.(b) How can you highlight an important sentence in a text?You can underline it in pencil or pen or you can use coloured pens or highlighters.(c) What are the edited highlights of a football match?The highlights are when someone scores a goal or prevents one from being scored.2 loan A loan is an amount of money someone borrows from someone else.(a) Have you ever taken out a loan?No, I haven?t. But my parents have taken out several loans to buy kitchen equipment.(b) What is the best way to pay off a loan?It is best to pay a loan off quickly, although you will still have to pay some interest.(c) If you have a library book on loan, what do you have to do with it?You have to return it before the date it is due, otherwise you may have to pay a fine.3 thrive To thrive means to be very successful, happy or healthy.(a) What sort of business thrives best in your part of the country?In my part of the country, light industries and electronics panies thrive.(b) Which sort of plants thrive in a hot climate?In a hot climate you can see tropical fruit and vegetables thrive and also tropical plants and trees.(c) Why do you think some couples thrive on conflict?It is difficult to understand why some couples thrive on conflict. Maybe each one wants to pete with the other or maybe they enjoy ?kissing and making up? after the conflict.7 Translate the paragraphs into Chinese.If you ask me, real life is not all it?s cracked up to be. Twelve years at school and three years at university, teachers banging on about opportunities in the big wide world beyond our sheltered life as students, and what do I find?Try as I might to stay cheerful, all I ever get is hassle, sometimes with people (especially boys, god, when will they grow up?), but mostly with money. It?s just so expensive out here! Everyone wants a slice off you. The Inland Revenue wants to deduct ine tax, the bank manager wants repayments on my student loan, the landlord wants the rent, gas, water, electricity and my mobile bills keep ing in, and all that’s before I’ve had anything to eat. And then some bright spark calls me out of the blue, asking if I’m interested in buying a pension. At this rate, I won’t even last till the end of the year, let alone till I’m 60.（? 翻譯時(shí)可以根據(jù)上下文增譯，即增加原文暗含了但沒有直接表達(dá)出來的意思。如最后一句譯文加了“領(lǐng)養(yǎng)老金”，點(diǎn)出了與上一句的關(guān)聯(lián)。）依我看，現(xiàn)實(shí)生活與人們想象的不一樣。我們上了12年的中、小學(xué)，又上了3年的大學(xué)，這期間老師們一直在沒完沒了地談?wù)撛诎矊幍膶W(xué)生生活之外那個(gè)廣闊天地里的各種機(jī)會(huì)，可我遇到的又是什么呢？無論我怎么想保持心情愉快，麻煩事總是接踵而來：有時(shí)是跟人爭(zhēng)吵（尤其是跟男孩，天哪！他們什么時(shí)候才能長(zhǎng)大？），但通常是為錢發(fā)愁。這個(gè)地方什么東西都很貴！人人都想從我身上拿點(diǎn)錢去：國(guó)稅局要收個(gè)人所得稅，銀行經(jīng)理要我償清學(xué)生貸款，房東催我交房租、燃?xì)赓M(fèi)、水費(fèi)、電費(fèi)，手機(jī)賬單也不斷地寄來。所有這些還沒算上吃飯的錢。更可氣的是，不知從哪里冒出一個(gè)自作聰明的家伙冷不丁地給我打電話，問我要不要買養(yǎng)老金。照這樣下去，我連今年都活不過去了，更別提活到60歲領(lǐng)養(yǎng)老金了。8 Translate the paragraphs into English.我認(rèn)為，選修第二專業(yè)并不適合每一位本科生。我大學(xué)本科主修英語專業(yè)，大一時(shí)就開始輔修經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)了。無疑，我是班里最用功的學(xué)生。我竭盡全力想同時(shí)達(dá)到兩個(gè)不同專業(yè)的要求，但還是有不及格的時(shí)候。因?yàn)榻?jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)需要良好的數(shù)學(xué)基礎(chǔ)，我不得不花大量時(shí)間鉆研數(shù)學(xué)，因而忽略了英語學(xué)習(xí)。第二學(xué)期,《英國(guó)文學(xué)》及《宏觀經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)》兩門課不及格給我敲響了警鐘，這可是我一生中第一次考試不及格，這大大打擊了我的自信心。雖然我不是一個(gè)容易向命運(yùn)低頭的人，在暑假結(jié)束的時(shí)候，我還是決定放棄經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)，以免兩個(gè)專業(yè)都難以完成。當(dāng)我只需修一個(gè)專業(yè)的時(shí)候，一切似乎又回到了正軌。 (if you ask me。 odds。 try as … might。 sap one’s confidence。 given that。 bow to fate。 e to a close。 for fear that。 now that)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 mand of mathematics, 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.Translation of the passagesActive reading (1)大學(xué)畢業(yè)找工作的第一要義：別躺在沙發(fā)上做夢(mèng)今年夏天，超過65 萬的大學(xué)生畢業(yè)離校，其中有許多人根本不知道怎么找工作。在當(dāng)今金融危機(jī)的背景下，做父母的該如何激勵(lì)他們？七月，你看著21 歲英俊的兒子穿上學(xué)士袍，戴上四方帽，驕傲地握著優(yōu)等學(xué)士學(xué)位證書，拍畢業(yè)照。這時(shí)，記憶中每年支付幾千英鎊，好讓兒子吃好、能參加奇特聚會(huì)的印象開始消退?？偹惆镜筋^了。等到暑假快要結(jié)束，全國(guó)各地的學(xué)生正在為新學(xué)期做準(zhǔn)備的時(shí)候，你發(fā)現(xiàn)大學(xué)畢業(yè)的兒子還歪躺在沙發(fā)上看電視。他只是偶爾走開去發(fā)短信，瀏覽社交網(wǎng)站Facebook，去酒吧喝酒。這位前“千禧一代”的后裔一夜之間變成了哼哼一代的成員。他能找到工作嗎？這就是成千上萬家庭所面臨的景象：今年夏天，超過65 萬大學(xué)生畢業(yè)，在當(dāng)今金融危機(jī)的背景下他們中的大多數(shù)人不知道自己下一步該做什么。父母只會(huì)嘮叨，而兒女們則毫無緣由地變成了叛逆者，他們知道自己該找份工作，但卻不知道如何去找。來自米德爾塞克斯郡的杰克古德溫今年夏天從諾丁漢大學(xué)政治學(xué)系畢業(yè)，獲得二級(jí)一等榮譽(yù)學(xué)士學(xué)位。他走進(jìn)大學(xué)就業(yè)服務(wù)中心，又徑直走了出來，因?yàn)樗匆姾芏嗳嗽谀抢锱砰L(zhǎng)隊(duì)。跟他一起住的另外5 個(gè)男孩也都跟他一樣，進(jìn)去又出來了。找工作的壓力不大，雖然他所認(rèn)識(shí)的大多數(shù)女生都有更清晰的計(jì)劃。他說：“我申請(qǐng)政治學(xué)研究工作，但被拒了。他們給的年薪是1 萬8 千鎊，交完房租后所剩無幾，也就夠買一罐煮豆子，可他們還要有研究經(jīng)歷或碩士學(xué)位的人。然后我又申請(qǐng)了公務(wù)員速升計(jì)劃，并通過了筆試。但在面試時(shí)，他們說我‘太冷漠’了，談吐‘太像專家治國(guó)國(guó)論者’。我覺得自己不可能那樣，但我顯然就是那樣的。”打那以后他整個(gè)夏天都在“躲”。 他能夠輕松復(fù)述《交通警察》中的若干片段，他白天看電視的時(shí)間太多，已經(jīng)到了影響健康的地步。跟朋友談自己漫無目標(biāo)的日子時(shí)，他才發(fā)現(xiàn)他們的處境和自己的并沒有兩樣。其中一位朋友在父母的逼迫下去超市擺貨，其余的都是白天9 點(diǎn)到5 點(diǎn)“無所事事”，晚上去酒吧喝酒打發(fā)時(shí)間。要么，干脆就在酒吧工作？這樣還可以掙些酒錢。“我不想在酒吧工作，我上的是綜合性中學(xué)，我拼命讀書才考上了一所好大學(xué)。到了大學(xué)，我又埋頭苦讀，才得到一個(gè)好學(xué)位?？涩F(xiàn)在我卻跟那些沒上過大學(xué)的朋友處在同一個(gè)水平線上，他們整天給客人倒酒，干無聊的活。我覺得自己好像兜了一圈，又回到了原來的起點(diǎn)。他的母親杰奎琳古德溫為他辯護(hù)。她堅(jiān)持認(rèn)為她的兒子已經(jīng)盡力了，她自己中學(xué)畢業(yè)后一直都在工作，可是她和她的丈夫發(fā)現(xiàn)，建議兒子如何繼續(xù)找工作是件很棘手的事情。她說，“我一直都必須工作?，F(xiàn)在找工作很難，因?yàn)槿绻阌辛藢W(xué)位，學(xué)位就會(huì)為你提供新的機(jī)會(huì)，至少你自己會(huì)這么想。”雖然現(xiàn)在她對(duì)兒子的態(tài)度還比較溫和，但是她心里很清楚，去南美度三星期的假之后，他的休假就結(jié)束了。他可能還得付房租，分擔(dān)家庭開支。她說，“在某個(gè)時(shí)候他們總該長(zhǎng)大成人，我們已經(jīng)幫了他們交了大學(xué)的學(xué)費(fèi)，所以他們也該給我們一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)回報(bào)了。南美度假就是一個(gè)分水嶺，他回來以后如果找不到工作，那就打圣誕節(jié)零工好了?！毙睦碇委煄熒w爾林登費(fèi)爾德是《情感康復(fù)策略》的作者。她說古德溫家長(zhǎng)的說法是很恰當(dāng)?shù)?，從上大學(xué)到工作的轉(zhuǎn)換對(duì)孩子和父母來說都很艱難，關(guān)鍵是他們要在支持理解孩子和不溺愛孩子之間取得平衡。“父母的主要任務(wù)就是支持他們，如果他們教導(dǎo)孩子該如何做就會(huì)引起矛盾，”她說。“如果有熟人，一定要找他們想辦法。但很多父母心太軟了。必須限制孩子的零花錢，要求他們交房租，或分擔(dān)日常生活或養(yǎng)寵物的花銷。父母要過正常的生活