第一章 第一节 不及物动词
1、这条河真臭。
The river smells stinks.
The river smells stinks /bad.
The river is evil smelling/smelly /foul/stinky.
The river is really smelly/bad/disgusting /foul/stinky.
2、这年头，不少没文化的人发了财。
Nowadays ,many poor-educated people make their fortune.
Many people who is poor-educated/who received little education/with little education/receiving little education make a big /considerable money.
3、对于普通老百姓来说，物价实在涨得太快了。
The price is roaring for the common people .
The price is really increased too fast for the common people.
4、实施新规则时出现了许多问题。
A lot of problem arise/appear/come up when the new principle are carried out/taken into effect.
There appears a lot of problems while carrying out the new rule.
5、总共有287人在飞机坠毁事件中丧生。
There are 287 died in the crash.
In total ,287 people lost their life in the crash.
Altogether,287 people crashed to death in the airplane accident.
6、新规则明年起生效。
The new principle will be taken into effect from next year.
7、去长城的往返车票要15元。
The round-trip ticket to the great wall takes/costs /charges for 15yuan.
A round-trip to Great Wall costs 15 yuan.
8、她长得很像我的一个朋友。
She is much like a friend of mine in appearance.
She resembles one of my friends.
She looks like one of my friends very much.
9、多吃蔬菜对你的健康有好处。
Beneficial for /be good for / do sb. good make you healthy /improve your health
It's good for you to eat more vegetable.
If you eat more vegetable ,you'll be more healthy.
The more vegetable you eat, the healthier you will become.
Eating plenty of vegetables will be good for your health.
Eating plenty of vegetables will be benefit for you.
10、这种方便面不含防腐剂。
This kind instant noodles doesn't contain/have any antiseptic(医疗上用的）。
There isn't antiseptic in the instant noodles.
Antiseptic doesn't exist in the instant noodles.
This brand of instant noodles is preservative（食品上用的） free.
No preservative is in this brand of instant noodles.
11、她好几分钟说不出话来。
Speechless/tongue-tied/wordless/can't say anything
For several minutes ,she was unable to speak.
She remained speechless/tongue-tied/wordless for quite a few minutes.
No word came out out of her mouth in quite a few minutes.
12、地震把村子夷为平地。
The village was levelled /razed to the ground by the earthquake.
The earthquake razed/levelled the village to the ground.
After earthquake, nothing remained for the village.
13、近几年来，他们家的经济状况每况愈下。
(downhill,be on the side, get worse and worse, from bad to worse)
In resent years, the financial situation of his family has been going downhill.
In resent years, the financial situation of his family has become steadily worse.
In resent years, the financial situation of his family has been going from bad to worse.
In resent years, the financial situation of his family has deteriorated steadily.
14、你的月票还能用三年。
You can use your monthly pass ticket for three more/other days /another 3days.
Your monthly ticket /pass can be used for another 3 days.
Your monthly pass is valid for 3 days.
Your monthly pass/will expire/expires in 3days.
Your monthly pass is due to expire in three days.
15、这篇文学评论我实在看不懂。
I really can not understand/comprehend this piece of literary criticism.
This literary criticism is really very hard/difficult for me to understand/comprehend.
I found this piece of literary criticism really incomprehensible to me.
I can't really figure out this literary review.
This literary review is beyond me/beyond my comprehensible to me/above my head
This piece of literary criticism is really very hard/difficult for me to understand/comprehend.
It is very difficult /hard for me to understand/ comprehend this piece of literary criticism.
This piece of literary criticism doesn't make any sense to me.
16、明朝末年，叛乱四起。
At the end of the Ming dynasty,revolts/rebellious broke out everywhere.
Toward the end of the Ming dynasty, revolts/rebellious broke out all across/around the country.
In the final/last years/stage/phase/of the Ming dynasty,revolts/rebellious broke out on all sides.
17、这种药物尚在试验阶段，至少要等两年后才能批量生产。
This brand of medicine /drug is still under test and it will be two years before it is produced in batches.
The drug is still under test and will not be on the market for at least two years.
This medicine is still at an experimental stage/under test/on trial and will not appear on the market /and will take at least 2 years before going on the market.
18、申请人必须至少精通两门外语。
The applicant/candidate must have a good command/have a mastery of/well-versed in at least two foreign languages.
The applicant should have a good command of at least 2 foreign languages.
Proficiency in/a good command of at least two foreign languages is required of the candidate /applicant.
Proficiency in/a good command of at least two foreign languages is a must for the candidate.
Have a good command of/perfect oneself in a/it takes a lot of efforts to perfect oneself in a foreign.
第一章 第二节 及物动词及其搭配
1、你喝咖啡加不加糖？
What kind of coffee would you like,with or with out sugar?
Would you like some sugar in your coffee?
How would you like your coffee,with or without sugar?
What kind of coffee do you prefer,with sugar or without sugar?
Do you want/like to add sugar to your coffee or not?
2、能为你工作我感到很荣幸。
I take it as my privilege to work for you.
I consider it a privilege to work for you.
I am /feel greatly honored /flattered to woke for you.
3、我认识李先生已经有二十多年了。
Mr . Li has been an acquaintance of mine for twenty years.
I have got acquaintance with Mr. Li for twenty years.
I have made acquaintance with Mr.li for twenty years.
4、他负责把手稿录入电脑。
He is responsible for /in charge of (bad)keying in the manuscripts.
It is his job/duty to key in the manuscripts.
His job is to key/type the manuscripts into the computer.
His work is typing the manuscripts into the computer.
5、他的话引起了哄堂大笑.
His remarks /words made the whole room rock with laugher /Exploded with laughter .
His remarks/words set the room laughing/set the room in an uproar.
His remarks/words filled the room with laugher.
At his words every one (in the room)burst out laughing.
Burst into tears/laugher/song for no reason=burst out doing
The whole room rocked with laugher at his words.
6、我建议你在会上不要引人注意。(keep a low profile it would be advisible/think/in my opinion/it's my view that/i would suggest/i don't think)
In my opinion /i think /from my stand point,it would be advisable to make yourself in conspucious at the meeting.
I think ,it is best for you to avoid drawing attention to yourself at the meeting.
It is my view that you'd better not draw attention to yourself at the meeting.
I don't think it's a good idea/thing to draw attention to yourself at the meeting.
7、她不喜欢别人叫她绰号。
She doesn't like others calling her nickname/agname.
Don't call her nickname for she doesn't love it.
She dislike/hate others call her nickname.
喜欢：hate/like sht /doing sth/ like sb to do sth/dislike sth/ hate it when/ call sb sth/ call sb by...nickname
8、你要避免公开和老板唱反调。
You must avoid disagreeing openly with your boss.
You must avoid any open disagreement with your boss.
You had better follow what your boss says.
It is not a good thing to disagree openly with your boss.
9、我们今天把药品和食物空运给被洪水围困的市民。
Today we will airlift medicines /drugs and food(s)to the city residents(who are)surrounded /stranded/besiged /trapped/ marooned by flood.
Today we will deliver medicine and food by air to the flood-stranded city residents.
We will fly medicines as well as food to the city residents.
10、在这个公司里，办公室助理一周工作七十到八十小时不算新鲜。
In this company it's not unusual /a strange thing for an office assistant to work(vi)for seventy or even eighty hours a week.
It's quite common/normal for an office assistant of this company to work for seventy or even eighty hours per week.
11、他的出色发挥使我们赢得了比赛。(his wonderful/excellent/superb performance helped/made us win the match.)
His excellent superb performance enabled us to win the match.
His excellent /wonderful /performance helped/made us win the match.
We attribute our success of the match to his superb performance.
We won the match ,on grounds that he did a very good job.
If it had not been for his good performance ,we won't win the match.
His excellent performance put us on the winning side.
12、她最近的独唱专辑使她在流行乐坛名声大振。
Her latest solo album make her reputation mushroomed in the world of pop music.
She has been very famous in the world of pop music.
She gained/earned/won/a great reputation for herself in pop for she had released her latest solo album.
Her latest solo-copy brings her instant fame in pop-music area.
Her latest solo album made her rise to fame in the world of pop music.
13、他最近一次画展使她赢得了国画大师的名声。
His latest exhibition has earned/won /gained him the reputation as a master of traditional Chinese Painting.
14、外来干涉也许会使这个国家陷入全面内战。
Foreign/outside interference may/precipitate plunge/land the country into all-not/full-scale civil war.
External intervention may result in full-scale civil war in this country.
This country may be plunged into full-scale civil war because of /due to outside interference.
Full-scale civil war may break out because of /due to outside interference.
15、在这个国家，你若酒后开车会被判三个月的监禁。
You'd be sentenced to 3 months in jail for drunk driving in this country.
Drunk driving in this country will /may /could land you in jail for 3 months.
In this country, drunk driving could/may result in a 3 mouth imprisonment.
16、冬天桂林天气寒冷潮湿，作为旅游点就不那么吸引人了。
In winter Guilin /Guilin in winter/becomes less attractive /inviting/appealing /popular for tourists because of/due to/owing to its cold and humid weather.
Damp and cold weather makes Guilin less popular as a tourist destination in winter.
Damp and cold weather makes Guilin a less popular tourist destination in winter.
Damp and cold weather in Guilin results in its less popularity for tourist in winter.
Guilin's damp and cold weather makes its tourism not so/that thriving in a off season.
第1章 第三节 形容词词性从句
1、她不喜欢他那样盯着她看。
She hates his staring at her like that /in that way/manner.
The way he stares at her makes her unhappy.
The way he fix his eyes on/upon her like that makes her unhappy.
2、在孩子面前不应该说那种话。(talk like that)
That is not the kind of thing you should say/speak /talk in front of children.
Make such a remark/say such a thing /speak in that way/manner
It's not good thing/idea that...
3、这对老夫妇有三个孩子，都已长大成人，建立了自己的家庭。
This old couple have three children, who are all grown up and get married.
The old couple has three children, who are all grown up with families of their own.
The old couple's three children are all grown up with families of their own.
This old couple have three children, who have all grown up and established their own families.
4、对此我确实为力。
I am really helpless.
I have no power /am powerless to change /do it/ help you.
I'm not in a position to do/ in capable of doing anything about it .
My hands are tied.
I'm hopeless (not skill)at that.
There is really nothing i can do.
It is beyond my power/beyond me /above my head to help you.
5、一个人的精力是有限的。
There is a limit to what one can do .
There is only so much work that one can manage.
There is only so much that one can do .
It is really a gone goose for me.
There is only so much work that one can cope with.
6、我们的忍耐是有限度的。(stand/bear用于否定或疑问句中 忍耐：endure/tolerate/put up with/live with sth/endurance)
There is a limit to what one can endure/tolerance/put up with/ live with .
Our patience is limited.
Don't challenge our tolerance.
There is only so much we will /can put up with.
There is a limitation of our patience.
7、总经理出国联系业务了，王先生代表他向董事会提交了报告。
Mr. Wang handed in a report to the Board of Directors on behalf of the general manager, who was abroad on business.
On the behalf of the general manager, who was on a business trip abroad ,Mr.Wang submitted a report to the Board of Direction.
Mr. Wang delivered up (formal word)in a report to the Board of Directions on behalf of the general, who was on a business trip abroad.
The general manager was abroad on business, so Mr. Wang submitted a report to the Board of Directors on behalf of the general manager, who was abroad on business.
8、从第一次见到他，我就知道他这个人不易相处。(not an easy-going man/difficult man to get along with/he was not easy to get along with)
I knew he was a difficult man to get along with /he was not easy to get along with/he was very difficult to get along with./ he was a man difficult to get along with to the first time/the moment i saw him.
I have realized /known that he is a difficult person to get along with since i first met him.
I have realized /known that it was hard to throw myself into close contact with him the first time i met him.
From the first time i saw/set my eye on him, i have realized/known that it was hard to get along with him.
9、厂长已决定让三百多名工人下岗，对此他们本人暂时还一无所知。
The factory director has decided to make over 300 workers redundant, none of whom knows anything about it yet.
Over three hundred workers are utterly uninformed about the decision that they are made redudant.
The factory director has decided to lay off over 300 workers,who for the moment are kept utterly /totally/absolutely in the dark about it.
More than 300workers are totally uninformed about the fact that they would be laid off, which the factory director has already decided.
10、照我看，你八成通不过测试。
In my opinion, there is an eighty percent chance that you will fail the test.
I'm afraid/i think it is very /most likely/most probably that you will fail the test.
It is my view /opinion that you have a eighty percent chance of failing the test.
In my opinion ,the odds(pl.) are four to one that.
11、人际关系复杂是我不喜欢在那儿工作的原因之一。
Complicated interpersonal relationship was one of the reasons i didn't like working there.
One of the reasons that i disliked working there was the complicated interpersonal relationship among the staff.
Intricate interpersonal relationship was one of the things.
I disliked/ hated working there partly because the interpersonal relationship was very complicated.
I disliked/ hated working there partially because of the interpersonal relationship was very complicated.
12、孩子上学第一年成绩不好并不说明他智力有问题。
For there first year school children, low score doesn't mean poor intelligence.
It doesn't necessarily mean that/follow that the child has poor intelligence as/ through he got low scores in his first school year.
The poor scores the child got in his first year in school/ his first school year should be no reflection/ should not reflect on his intelligence.
The poor scores the child got in his first year in school/ his first school year is not closely related to his poor intelligence.
The fact that the child scored low in his first school year does not mean he has poor intelligence.
It doesn't necessarily follow that the child has poor intelligence as/through when he got low score in his first school year.
A child should not be seen as one with poor intelligence as/through when he got low score in his first school year.
A child should not be seen as one who has some intellectual problem only for/because of his unsatisfactory grades during the first school year.
13、饮食中如果不含有人体健康和成长所需的营养成分，就会导致营养不良。(不含有：doesn't contain）
Any diet that fails to provide /contain nutrients needed for health and growth can result in /lead to malnutrition.
Any diet lacking/without nutrients (that is/are) needed for health and growth can result in /lead to malnutrition.
Nay diet short of nutrients needed for health and growth can result in /lead to malnutrition.
14、超市警卫拦住了一名中年妇女，在她的包中发现价值数百元的未付钱的商品。
A security guard at the supermarket accosted /stopped a middle aged woman and found unpaid for goods/ merchandise/commodity(food products or fuel products)(which are /is )worth several hundred yuan/hundreds of yuan in her bag.
A security guard at the supermarket stopped a middle aged woman and found in her bag several hundred yuan's worth of unpaid for goods /merchandise/commodity .
The security guard at the supermarket stopped a middle aged woman,in whose bag were found unpaid for merchandise worth several hundred yuan.
The ecurity guard at the supermarket stopped a middle aged woman, only to find/so that he found that /there were several hundred yuan's worth of unpaid for goods in her bag.
15、开发商成落该楼明年八月竣工，对此我们深感怀疑。
The developer promised the building would have been completed by August next year/next August/would be completed in next August, which we doubt very much /feel quite doubtful/ makes us very suspicious / is very dubious to us.
We very much doubt / are quite doubtful about the developer's promise that the building would be completed in August next year/ that the developer promised.
The fact that the developer promised to complete the building by next year.
It doubted us/we had doubts about whether the building would be completed in next August as the developer promised.
Much to our doubt, the developer promised the building would have been completed by next August.
16、今年春季，旅游业受到不良天气影响的不止杭州一个地方。
Hangzhou was not the only place /city where tourism suffered (vi.)due to /because of unfavorable /bad whether this spring.
In spring this year, it is not only in Hangzhou that tourism has suffered because of bad weather /under the influence of bad whether.
Tourism was affected /influenced by bad whether, which is not the only case with Hangzhou.
Tourism suffered because of bad weather not only in Hangzhou but((also)in some other places/but in some other place as well.
Besides Hangzhou,(some)other places also suffered a decline in tourism due to bad whether.
This spring,unfavorable weather resulted in a decline in the number of the tourists /tourism not only in Hangzhou ,but also in some other places.
This spring, a bad influence on tourism from unfavorable weather resulted in its decline /made its industry go downhill/made it an off season.
This spring,unfavorable weather cast a shadow on the tourism in Hangzhou as well as in many other places.
17、很高兴向你提荐我的老朋友比尔，他具有丰富的营销经验，是贵公司空缺职位的理想人选。
I am very pleased /glad to recommend my old friend Bill,who has rich marketing experience/ is well-experienced in marketing /is very sufficiently experienced in marketing and should be all ideal candidate for the vacancy in your company.
It is my pleasure to recommend my long-time friend Bill whose rich marketing experience makes him an ideal candidate for the vacancy in your company.
It is my pleasure to recommend my long-time friend Bill,who should be the very candidate for the vacancy in your company /with /for his rich marketing experience.
My long-time friend Bill that I recommend to you has rich marketing experience is the very candidate for the vacancy in your company.
18、对于不得不忍受空气、噪音和光污染的大城市居民而言，感官灵敏绝非福分。
For residents of/in big cities who have to live with /put up with / tolerate /endure air,noise and light pollutions,keen senses may not be consider (to be)an asset.
For the big city residents who have to live with pollutions in the form of air, noise and light, it is no blessing that they have keen senses.(blissful)
Keen senses are no blessing /by no means good/ for someone who has to endure all the air,noise and light pollution in a big city.
It is not a good thing that residents in big cities who have to put up with air, noise and light pollutions have keen senses.
第1章 第四节 名词从句
1、毫无疑问，他输了钱。
There is no doubt/no question that he stole the money.
It is absolutely certain that he has stolen the money.
It leaves no doubt that he has stolen the money.
Without (a) doubt, he has stolen the money.
Undoubtedly (conversion, comments),it is he who has stolen the money.
The fact that he has stolen the money is out of question/leaves no doubt to us.
Out of the question VS out of question
2、他在这么短的时间里有这么大进步，真让人难以置信。
In such a short time he has made such great progress, which is truly incredible/makes us unbelievable/ we don't believe.
He has made such great progress in such a short time,something that is truly incredible.
It is so incredible that he could have made such great progress in such a short time/period.
Unbelievably ,he has made such great progress in such a short period.
It is incredible to us that .......
We don't believe that......
The fact that he has made such great great progress in such a short period is incredible/really make us shortend.
3、他突然想起忘了告诉他妻子他晚上要加班。(suddenly strike him/remember/occur to sb/came to his mind/sprang up in his mind)
He suddenly remembered that he had forgotten to tell his wife (that)he would work some extra hours that evening.
It suddenly occurred to him/come to his mind /sprang up in his mind that he had forgotten to tell his wife he would have to work overtime/put
4、选修课考试不及格者将被处以五十元的罚款。
Anyone who/the person who /fails the exam of an elective/optional/selective course will be fined fifty yuan.
Whoever fails on optional course will be fined fifty yuan.
If/ when you fail an elective course, you'll be fined fifty yuan.
One is supposed to be fined fifty yuan for his failure in an optional course.
5、他们来不来我根本无所谓。
I couldn't careless whether they come or not.
Whether they come or not is none of my business.
Whether they come or not has nothing to do with me.
I don't care at all whether they came or not.
Whether they come makes no difference to me.
It makes no difference to me whether they come.
6、她们在那些秘密会议上究竟讨论了什么，我们至今所知甚少。
What on earth they have discussed at the secret meeting remains almost unknown tolls.
Up till now ,we have had little knowledge of what they discussed at those secret meetings.
We still know very little about what they have discussed at these secret meetings.
We are (kept) almost completely in the dark(darkness) about what they discussed at these secret meetings.
So far, little is known about what was discussed at these secret meetings.
7、你可以按照最适合你的方式，选择用现金、支票或者信用卡支付。
You can choose to pay in the way/which is most suitable for you/that suits you best----in cash,by check or credit card.
You can choose to pay in cash,by check or credit card------whichever suits you best/most.
You can pay in an/one of the following ways that/which suits you most-----in cash,by check or credit card.
8、工人们抱怨工资太低，工作时间太长。
The workers complained that wages were too low and working hours (were)too long.
The workers complained that the wages were too low for such long hours.
The workers complained of /about /have a complaint about low wages and long working hours,/long working hours with.
9、虽然没有人说话，但大家心照不宣：这件事只有打官司解决。
No one said anything about it,but it was understood by all of us that they had to take legal action to resolve the matter/problem.
Although everybody kept wordless, they know that the only thing/job they can do is to take legal action/go to court.
Though everybody present stays/kept/remains silent,they know that the only thing/job they can do is to take legal action/go to court.
Though nobody said anything about it,we all had a tacit understanding that only by law can this matter/thing be resolved.
It is an understood thing that we can only make/lodge a complaint to resolve this matter, though/although nothing was said about it.
Though no one said anything about it,the
Although everybody kept wordless,there was still an understood thing that only by law can this matter/thing be resolved.
Though everybody present stays/keeps /remains silent about it,we all had a tacit understanding that only by law can this matter/thing be resolved.
Though everybody keeps/remains/stays silent about it,they have no choice but take legal action to have this matter resolved/have a clear mind that only by law can this matter be resolved.
Though everybody remains silent about it ,they understand with their eyes open that only by law can this matter be resolved.
10、只有在紧急情况下才能冬衣储备基金。
Only under emergencies is the reserve fund to be used.
Only under emergencies can we use the reserve fund.
It is only under/in emergencies can we use the reserve fund.
We can not use the reserve fund unless it is under emergency/there is an emergency.
11、我吧知道你干嘛为这么一件小事生这么大的气。
Fly into a rage /get angry /cross/irritated.
I have no idea why you bristle with anger at such a trifling matter/thing.
What's biting you?(colloguial)
I don't understand /know why you flew into a fury for such a trifle.
I feel puzzled/ am perplexed why you got so angry about such a small matter/thing.
Why you flew into a fury/rage at such a small thing really perplexed me.
It baffles /perplexes /puzzles me why you hit the roof/hit the ceiling (colloquial)because of such a trifle matter.
Why you hit the roof/hit the ceiling (colloquial) at such a trifle.
12、你知道你的错误给公司造成了多大的损失吗？
Do you know/understand/realize how much loss your mistake has brought the company?
Do you realize what heavy losses the company suffered because of your mistake?
Do you have any idea how much the company paid for your mistake?
Do you have any idea what heavy losses the company suffered as a result of your mistake?
13、你必须认识到，你犯得一个小错误就可能使公司失去一个重要客户。
You must realize/know that our company/would/would easily/possibly/probably lose an important customer/client through/on account of your would be mistakes.
You must realize that a/any small mistake on your part could cause our company lose a major client.
You must realize that a/any small mistake on your part may cost the company a major account.
14、董事们一致认为，除非发生奇迹，公司难逃倒闭命运。
The directors /the board of directors/the board all agreed
It is unanimously agreed by the directors/the directors unanimously agreed that only a miracle could save the company from bankruptcy.
The directors all agreed that unless a miracle happened, the company would go bankrupt.
15、如今孩子们心目中的超级英雄往往令其父母不敢恭维。
Today super heroes in children's eyes are not quite accepted by their parents,/are not quite acceptable by their parents.
Nowadays the super heroes in children's eyes are often regarded with much disapproval by their parents.
Todays parents usually have a low opinion of what the children regard as super heroes.
When it comes to the super heroes in children's eyes,their parents quite often take a somewhat/kind of different attitude/show low opinion toward them.
16、前言中概括论述了读者需要预先掌握什么知识才能彻底理解本书所探讨的课题。
(Foreword/preface/introduction /summarize /outline/survey/generalize /epitomize/.)
The introduction outlines what prior/previous knowledge (that )the reader need/have in advance.
The preface outlines that what previous knowledge is a must for readers to totally understand the topic of the book.
The introduction what prior/previous knowledge is required of the reader for a thorough understanding of the topics treated/discussed.
17、我并不否认他聪明能干，但我认为他太不负责，不能担当如此重任。
I do not deny(that) he is capable/able/talented and intelligent/clever/bright ,but i think he is too irresponsible to be given such an important position/task/post.
I do not deny(that) he is capable/able/talented and intelligent/clever/bright , but i think he is so irresponsible that we cannot trust him with such a key position.
I do not deny he is clever an talented/ he is a bright and talented man, but i think his irresponsibility makes him unqualified for such a key post.
I do not depute his intelligence and ability, but i find/think him too irresponsible to be trusted /be entrusted with such an important task.
There is no denying that /There is no doubt that he is a bright and talented man, but i think his irresponsibility makes him unqualified for such a key post.
Undoubtedly /Obviously ,though he is talented an clever/ talented and clever as he is, i think his irresponsibility still makes him unqualified for such a key post.
I do accept /acknowledged that~
It leaves no doubt that~
Without a doubt that~
18、削减公共支出，以增加对经营亏损的国有企业的补贴，对此多数人感到难以接受。
Cut/reduce /cut down on/ cut back on/ curtail/ curb
The enterprise(that is )losing money /operating/running at a (heavy)loss/incurring a heavy loss/heavy losses.
The government cut public expenses to increase subsidies for state-owned enterprises operating at a loss, a move/something (that)most people found unacceptable/a move that makes the majority of people unacceptable/ opposite.
Most people found/thought /felt it unacceptable /it is unacceptable /incredible to most people that the government should increase subsidies for state-owned enterprises incurring a heavy loss by curtailing /curbing public spending.
Most people found it was unacceptable that the~
19、她很奇怪到会者全都对前不久发生的事故只字不提。
Say nothing about /make no mention of /make no reference to
She was/felt surprised /odd/strange that people attending the meeting /present at the meeting said nothing about the accident that/which has happened lastly/recently.
It was very odd /strange to her that none attending the meeting made any reference to the recent accident.
She found it strange that no mention was ever made of the recent accident by anyone present at the meeting.
The fact that~makes her very surprised~
The attendees' silence toward the accident~
20、若需要任何物品进行公共活动，请填写这张表格，向部门主管提出申请。
If /when/whatever to do sth PR/HOD =head of department chief/supervisor of the department.
If /when anything is needed for a public relations/PR campaign, please apply to the head of your department by filling out in this form.
Whatever/anything that/you need for public relations purposes/for the sake of PR/for the purpose of PR campaign,please fill out this form and apply to the HOD/submit it /hand it in to the supervisor of your department.
To apply for what(ever)/any items needed for a PR exercise,please fill out this form and ...
21、这些研究表明，一个人是否得到父母经常性的夸奖对其生活有着重要影响。
These studies/researches /survey /show/suggest/indicate /manifest /whether he or she/ one receive frequent praises from his /her/one's parents had a great influence /impact /a deep effect on his/her/one's life.
These studies show a /every person's life is largely shaped/greatly influenced by whether he or she received frequent parental praises.
These studies leave no doubt whether one received frequent parental
As (is)shown by/in these studies ,a person's life is deeply affected (a lot/a great deal)by whether he or she often received parental praise.
According to the studies, frequent praise to a person is of great effect on his life.
22、并不是我不同情你，可是在公司里老板说什么就是什么。
We do/really sympathize with you, but in this company the boss's words/what our boss said is/Bible/are sacrosanct /orders/saint's words.
It is not that we do not sympathize with you ,but here in this company we have follow whatever the boss says.
It is not that we feel/have no sympathy for you,but here in this company what the boss says goes.
As Alert Ainstain goes, life is my sympathy for you can not change the fact that the boss's words are the orders in this company.
We do sympathize with you ,but this company is the boss's domain.
23、这个问题多年得不到解决，原因在于单位领导为了保护其既得利益而要维持现状。
The leadership of the working unit/company /enterprise
This problem /matter cannot be solved /remains/stays /keeps unresolved after so many years because/as /in that/the leadership of the working unit/company /enterprise want to maintain (v)the status quo(in order)to protect their vested interests.
the reason(why)the problem has remained/got unsolved for years/for so many years is that the leadership of the unit has a vested interests in maintaining the status quo.
The reason(why)this matter has not got resolved for years is that the leadership of the unit protect their vested interests by/in maintaining the status quo
Problem being unsolved ~lies in~
24、此包装公司声称其所有产品都可以自然降解，但许多环境学家对此表示怀疑。
Allege(charge, involved into case),profess
The packaging company claims/declares /announces/states that their products are all biodegradable but many environmental scientists expressed their doubts.
The packaging company claims/declares /announces/states that their products are all biodegradable ,about which many environmental scientists feel doubtful in
The company's claim that all their products are biodegradable makes environmental experts suspicious.
Many environmental exports doubted the packaging company's claim that all their products are biodegradable .
It is ...
25、他真正关心的是他个人能从这笔交易中得到多少好处，而不是公司的利益。
(not...but...)/is A ...rather than B/ instead of/ More ...than....（不好） Benefit interests in...
What/all the thing that /he really cares about /has(takes)an interest in is how much (benefit)he can personally get/obtain from this deal/transaction rather than the company's interests.
What really concerned him was how much he could profit/benefit personally from the transaction rather than the company's interests.
It is not the company's interests that he really cares about but how much he can benefit from this deal.
It is not the company's interests but how much he can benefit from this deal he really cares about.
His genuine interest lies in how much he can benefit/rape from this deal instead of the interests of the company.
第5节 副词从句
1、在我 最需要你的时候，却哪儿都找不到你。
When(ever)I need you most, I find you nowhere /you are nowhere to be found.
When you are most needed, you can't be found anywhere.
You are nowhere to be found when I need you very much.
The time I need you so much,I can't find you anywhere.
2、等我说完你再说。
Please allow me to finish my words/remarks first.
Please let me finish my words first.
Please hear me out(before you say).
Please don't interrupt me!
3、完事开头难。
All things are difficult before they're done./they are easy.
Nothing is easy at the beginning .
Everything is difficult /hard at/in the beginning.
There is no such thing that has an easy start.
It's hard to make a start.
Everything has a difficult start.
4、我觉得最好别当老板心情恶劣时向她要求加薪。
I think /believe/suppose (that)you'd better not ask for a (pay)raise when your boss is in sulky mood.
I don't think it is advisable for you /wise of you to ask your boss for a raise /(pay)increase when your boss is not in a good mood.
In my opinion,when /if your boss is in a bad mood/low spirits/in a bad temper, you'd better not ask for a raise in pay.
I don't think it's a good thing for you to ask your boss for a raise when he/she is in a bad/foul mood.
5、当客户提出更高的折扣，否则面谈时，我并不感到惊讶。
I didn't feel surprised/i was not surprised when our client said he wanted a bigger discount ,or/otherwise there would be no deal.
I didn't feel surprised/i was not surprised when our client said there would be no deal unless he could get a bigger discount /we gave /offer a bigger discount to him.
When our client said there would be no deal unless he could get a bigger discount /we gave /offer a bigger discount to him, which didn't surprise me a lot.
The client insisted that there would be no deal unless he could get a bigger discount /we gave /offer a bigger discount to him,which didn't surprise me a lot./at which I didn't feel surprised.
6、她想躲起来让谁也找不到。(hide oneself:藏人 hide away:藏物）
She wants to hide herself so that no one can find her.
She wants to find a hiding place/hideaway where nobody can find her.
In order not to be found, she wanted to hide herself so as not to be found.
She wants to hide where no one can find he .
7、父母越是贫穷，孩子越是难以得到良好的教育，这使整个家庭陷入恶性循环。
The poorer parents are, the harder it is for their parents to receive /get a good education /schooling ,(and)thus the family fall into a vicious circle.
The poorer parents are,the harder their children are to get a good education,which traps/lands/puts/gets/forces the family in a vicious circle /which makes the family fall into a vicious circle.
The poorer parents are,the harder their children are to get a good education,as a result it makes the whole family trap in a vicious circle.
The poorer parents are,the more difficult it is for their children to get a good education, which traps/lands/puts/gets/forces the family in a vicious circle /which makes the family fall into a vicious circle.
It's harder for children to get a good education because their parents are much poor, which causes the whole family descend into a vicious circle.
8、我对这项庞大计划了解得越多，越不想参与其中。
The more i learn/know about the giguntic/huge scheme/plan/project/program,the more reluctant /unwilling i am to get involved (in it). I am reluctant to get involved.
The more i learn/know about the giguntic/huge scheme/plan/project/program,the less i want to be part of it.
The better /more knowledge i have of the giguntic/huge scheme/plan/project/program,the less i want to be part of it.
When/if/as i learn more about the plan ,i will be less willing to be part of it.
9、他用在学习上的时间比以前少多了，这在大学四年级学生当中是很常见的。
It's very common for the senior like him to spend
It's very typical of the senior to spend...and he is no exception.
He spends much less time on her studies than before,which is quite typical of senior students.
As is often the case with fourth-year students, he spends much less time studying than before,
The time he spends on study is much /for less than before,which is...
Like many other fourth-year students, he spends...
10、无论你是否喜欢，你都要遵守规则。
Whether you like or not, you must /have to obey/follow the rules.
Whether you like or not ,you can do nothing but follow/obey /abide by the rules.
Whether you like them or not ,you have no choice but to follow the rules.
11、你一旦成为我公司的雇员，就会享受高薪和各种福利。
Once /as soon as /when once you become an employee of out company/you become a member of our company,you will have a high salary and all other benefits.
If you are employed of our company/if you join us ,you'll have a high salary and all other benefits.
As an employee of our company, you would enjoy a high salary and a wide range of /a variety of benefits.
12、你已经是入土半截的人了，还那么拼命地赚钱干什么？
You have already had one foot in the grave ,so why are you working your fingers to the bone/breaking your back to earn money?
Since you already have one foot in the grave,why are you working your fingers to the bone/breaking your back to earn money?
Why are you working like crazy a horse/dog/the devil/keeping your nose to the money?
Why are you breaking your back to earn money when/as you already have one foot in the grave?
13、新经理虽然有才干，也将和他的前任一样无力扭转公司亏空的局面，除非他可以全权掌管人事。
Although/though he is talented, the new manager can no more get/help the company out of red that his predecessor unless he is given full power in personnel management.
(As)Talented as he is ,the new manager cannot get the company out of the red any more than his predecessors unless he has/can get manage the administration totally.
Although the new manager has great talent, they also can't change the situation of the deficit of the company ,unless he can manage the administration totally.
Talented as he is,if he is not given full power in personnel management, the new manager will fail to get the company out of red, like the precess manager.
14、由于怕他盗用公司的名义行骗，公司在报上登了声明说他已经离职。
The company was afraid/ was scared/ feared that he might usurp its name to commit frauds/commmit frauds/commit frauds in the company's name /use the company's name frauducently,so it placed/put /made an announcement /notice /claim in the newspaper /paper stating (that)he was no longer its employee.
The company was afraid/scared/feared that he might uswrp its name to commit frauds,so it placed an announcement that he had he had already left his position in case of/in the event of /for fear of his fuaudulent use of the company's name.
The company placed /put announcement /made a statement in the paper declaring/stating he had already left his position,because of afraid that he might usurp the company's name to commit frauds
To prevent him from committing frauds by usurping its name, the company claimed in the newspaper that he had already left his position.
15、他对这项决定反应失常，我怀疑有人向他传了什么谣言。
Her reaction to the decision was very unusual /odd/abnormal, so I suspect someone had fed her rumour.
Her response to the decision was so unlike her that I suspect someone had fed her rumour.
I was in doubt that someone had told her rumour because of her unusual response.
Her unusual response made(trigger) me suspect that somebody had told her rumour.
16、这对新人郎才女貌，真称得上是天作之合。
Heaven-made marriage make a perfect match
It can truly be said of the newly weds/newly married couple that their marriage is made in heaven,for he is as talented as she is flair/beautiful/pretty.
The newly weds make a perfect match as he is talented and she is flair /beautiful/pretty/good-looking.
17、是否真的像许多人认为的那样，婚姻是爱情的坟墓？
Is marriage really put an end to romantic love,as many (people )think/believe/assume?
Is marriage really the death knell of romance, as many presume?
Is marriage really the tomb/grave of love, as many (people)think/believe/assume/presume/suppose?
Is it true as many think that marriage is the tomb/grave of love?
Is marriage the end of romance, as many think?
18、这场比赛中国队本来可以赢，结果却输掉了。
The Chinese team should/have won this game,but they failed to do that/lost it.
The Chinese team lost the match when/they could have won.
19、应该立即下令禁止这类集资活动，以免更多的人上当受骗。
The government should immediately ban/put an immediate ban on such fund raising activity to prevent many more people from being cheated/tricked.
The government should immediately bar/ban such fund-raising activities in case/lest/before more people become victims./fall victims to them.
The government should immediately bar/ban such fund-raising activities to avoid more victims of frauds.
第7节 介词与介词短语
1、那孩子见到一只大狗，害怕的往后退。
The child stepped back fearfully on account of large dog.
The kid stepped back in fear at the sight of the dog.
2、看到他满脸不情愿的样子，她心里一沉，知道这回说不动他了。
At the sight of the reluctant/unwilling look/expression on his face, her heart sank as/when she realized that it was impossible to bring him around this time.
Seeing/catching the sight of the unwilling /reluctant look/expression written all over /on his face,her heart sank as/when she realized that it was impossible to bring him around this time.
3、法律面前人人平等。
All people are equal before(in front of) the law.
The law is no respecter of persons before the law.
All people are equal in the sight of/in the eyes of the law.
Every body is supposed to be equal before law.
4、因为感谢他的帮助，我送给他一份昂贵的礼物。
I send/give him an expensive present/gift to thank him for his help/express my gratitude/appreciation for his help.
Out of gratitude for his help, I sent him an expensive gift.
I sent him an expressive present in appreciation of his help.
Thankful for/grateful for his help, I sent him an expressive present.
5、尽管他在法律上是无罪的，但他的行为应该在道德上受到谴责。
Though he was not guilty in the sight of the law, his conduct(formal)/act/behaviour was reproachable on the grounds of moral/morally reproachable.
He has not broken the ,but his act should be denounced/condemn on moral grounds.
No being guilty in the sight of the ,his conduct was reproachable on the grounds of moral.
6、你早上在饭桌上说的那些话弄的她一整天都情绪低落。
What you said at the table in the morning made her be down in spirits for a whole day.
7、火警请拨119。
Please dial 119 if you have fire issues.
8、这台计算机内部装有电池以防止停电。
This computer is equipped with battery to prevent the power failure.
9、我们的房子安的不是保险丝，而是安全电闸，它可以在线路超载时自动断电。
Our house is not installed with fuse wire, but the safety elect
10、无论对于一个国家还是整个世界，以损害环境为代价来维持经济快速发展绝非长久之计。
11、一想到那天晚上发生的事情，他就心情沮丧。
12、我们惊愕的发现你方交付的货物在质量上远不如样品。
13、我们公司的经济实力和知名度都比不上竞争对手。
14、考虑再三，他决定不接受那份外企工作，而与现在的雇主续签合同。
15、根据公司在过去一年的经营状况，董事会批准了一批新的投资计划。
16、出于对妻子身体的考虑，他在乡间买了所房子。
17、出于安全的考虑，他每天离开办公室时都关掉电闸。
18、看在往日交情的份上，请帮我一把。
19、从目前的形势考虑，我觉得我们最好设法与他们达成妥协。
20、随着新世纪的临近，环境问题在世界范围内收到越来越多的关注。
第8节 分词和分词短语
1、他最大的业余爱好是养花种草。
Gardening is his favourite /chief hobby.
Gardening flowers is his cup of tea in his spare time.
Tending flowers is his favourite activity in his leisure time.
He likes gardening most in his spare time.
2、他腋下夹着公文包急匆匆的走着。
He walked in a hurry/hurriedly/briskly with a briefcase under his arm.
He walked briskly carrying a briefcase under his arm .
3、我记得走过一家二手电脑的小店。
I remembered walking /going by /past /passing a small shop selling secondhand/used computers.
I remembered walking by/past a small secondhand computer shop.
4、他往后视镜里看了看，意识到有辆车一直在跟着他。
He looked into /in the rearview mirror and realizeed /found that a car was following him all along/had been following /trailing him all along.
Looking into the rearview mirror, he realized that there was a car following him all the way.
He looked into the rearview ,realizing /aware/conscious that a cat was following him all the time.
5、他站在窗子边凝视着远方，不知道怎么办才好。
Standing by /at the window and gazing/staring into the distance, he didn't know what to /he was at a loss to know how to do it.
He stand at the window and stared into the distance ,not knowing how to do it.
6、他整晚都在办公室里为次日的会议做准备。
He spent the whole night in his office (in )prepare for the next day's meeting .
He was preparing for the next day's meeting.
7、他的刻薄真是无穷无尽。
His acid remarks the truly inexhaustible /endless.
The is no end to his caustic utterances. Supplying endless acid remarks is his major.
He certainly has no difficult (in)supplying acid remarks.
Supplying endless acid remarks is his major.
Caustic remarks are surely something he has no difficulty in supply.
He has an inexhaustible /endless supply of acid words.
8、他自信但不自负，严谨又不墨守成规。
He is confident but not/rather than conceited, prudent but not/rather than inflexible.
He is confident without being conceited and prudent without being inflexible.
Confident as he is, he is not conceited;prudent as he is,he is not inflexible.
9、每天他都会得到关于公司的一些不利的消息。
She heard some bad /unfavorable news about the company everyday.
Not a (single)day went/passed by without her learning /hearing some bad news about the company.
10、跟他争论这件事徒劳无益，因为他只是老板的传声筒。
It is no use trying to argue with him over the matter when/as he only serves as the boss's mouthpiece.
There is little point in arguing with him about it, since he is no more than /nothing but the boss's mouthpiece.
11、销售主任正在作报告，差不多每分钟都要停下来看他的笔记。
The sales director was giving /making/ delivering his report, pausing every minute or so to take/have a look at his notes.
While making a report, the sales director paused nearly every minute to refer to his notes.
12、天坛首建立于1420年，是中国传统建筑的一个典范。
Tiantan, first built in 1420, is a masterpiece of traditional Chinese architecture .
First built in 1420, the temple of heaven is an example of traditional Chinese architecture .
13、他决心自行其道，对朋友们的劝告置若罔闻。
He was determined to go/have /cut his own way, so his friends' counsel fell on deaf ears.
Determined to act his own way, he paid no attention to friends' advice.
Having decided to go his own way,he turned a deaf ear to his friends' advice.
14、有时联合国的干预大大有助于平息地区性争端。
Sometimes the United Nations intervention is very helpful for setting regional disputes.
Sometimes the UN interference is highly conductive to the settlement of regional disputes.
15、如果不算胶卷和电池，这架相机仅重200克。
If/when its film and battery excluded, this camera weighs only 200 grams.
This camera only weighs 200 grams without film and battery.
Not counting/taking its film and battery into consideration /account, the camera weighs only 200 grams.
16、今天剩下的时间里尼你就把明天会上要用的文件校对一下。
You should check the documents to be used at tomorrow's meeting in the rest(time) of the day.
You can spent the rest of the time today in proofreading /checking the documents needed /used for the meeting tomorrow.
17、他每天的工作包括打字、接电话、为老板安排约会，以及通过传真和电子邮件与公司总部联系。
His regular duties are typing ..
His routine work includes typing...
18、本公司是一所专业医疗机构，由数百名心脏病医生和其他专家组成，致力于心脏病的治疗和研究工作。
Our company is a professional medical organization/institution composed of several hundred cardiologists and other experts and dedicated to the research and treatment of heart diseases.
小测验
1、他简要地告诉我们在董事年会上发生的情况。
He told us briefly /concisely what had happened at the annual /yearly meeting of the board of directors (in brief adv.=prep.+n.)
He told us in a nutshell what went on /was going on at the annual meeting of the board of directors.
To put it in a nutshell,we loose the game.
2、她得到那份工作的可能性似乎不大。
The chance of getting that job seems to be slim.
The possibility that he will get the job seems to be slim.
There have/has been ~/there was/were~~/there will be /there is going to be/there existed/there seems to be/there used to be
It seems that the chance of his getting /obtaining that job is slim.
There seems to be little possibility /likelihood that he can /will get that job.
It doesn't seem likely that he will get the job,(it is likely that~/he is likely to do/it seems that~/sb seems to do)
He doesn't seem to stand much of a chance of getting that job .
The odds are he won't get the job./chances are he won't get the job.
Chances seems to be against his getting the job.
3、我要和你们这儿的负责人讲话。
In charge of/is responsible for HOD=head of the department
I want to speak to /talk to /have a talk with whoever/anyone who/the person(who is)in charge here.
4、那些钱藏在哪里至今仍是个谜。
It is a mystery where (all)the money was hidden./where (all)the money was hidden.
Where all the money was /has been hidden is still unknown.
5、饭店合适开业据说是个秘密。
When the hotel will open is supposed to be/said to be a business /commercial secret.
The opening time of the hotel is said to be ~
What is the opening time of the hotel is said to be a commercial secret.
It is said that the opening time of the hotel is/remains a business secret.
6、她连续三次被提名为年度最佳女歌手并非偶然。
It is not by chance /by accident that she has been nominated as Best Female Singer of the Year for three times running/on end/in a row/in succession/successively.
For three successive times~
I live in comfort =i live comfortably
It is not accidental/an accidental thing/ event that she has been nominated as Best Female Singer of the Year three times in succession which is not by accident.
That she has been nominated as Best ~is not accidental.
7、他今天的敌视态度说明，不管我们提出什么建议，他都会拒绝接受。
Vegative/hatred/aggressive/malicious /evil verify /proves/illustrates/deny /advice
His hostile /unfriendly attitude today indicates/shows/suggests/implies that he will turn down/ reject whatever proposal/suggestion(s)we can come up with /put forward /make
Judging by his hostile attitude attitude today, he will reject whatever proposal/suggestions we submit.
His hostile /unfriendly attitude today shows he will reject no matter what suggestion we put forward.
8、他最后离开那家公司，倒不是因为受到不公平待遇，而是因为在事业上已经没有发展余地了。
she finally left that company not because she had been subject to unfair treatment but because her career had reached a dead end.
She finally left that company not because he received the unfair treatment but because he has no potential to develop further/no fair prospects in his career.
That .....she is .....is not due to/ for ...but due to/for he said that clause and that clause2
In the end,she left the company is not for unfair treatment but for no fair prospects in his career.
The reason (why)she finally left that company was not so much that she was treated unfairly as that...
9、店员告诉我们力士香皂多买有优惠。
The shop assistant told us that there would be discount for quantity on Lux soap.
The shop assistant said he could give us a discount on Lux soap if we bought in quantity.
The shop assistant told us it would be preferential if we bought more Lux Soap.
10、教书不到一个月，他就开始怀疑自己是否适合干这一行。
After less than /barely /a month as a teacher, he began /came to wonder if he was really fit for this profession /job.
After teaching for barely /less than a month, he began /came to wonder whether he had chosen the wrong profession.
Having taught for less than a month ,he began to doubt whether he had chosen the wrong profession.
Within less than a month's teaching ,he began to doubt whether he had chosen the wrong profession.
After he had taught for less than a month,he began to doubt whether he had chosen the wrong profession.下载本文
