现代大学英语 第二版 精读3 课后翻译答案

Unit 1 1) He so devoted to his research that it never occurs to him that he will soon have to retire. 2) Many people have observed that, without effective checks, we all have a tendency to abuse our power. 3) Some countries refuse to get involved in this dispute and the resent any foreign interference. 4) The control of sand storms will involve a tremendous amount of work and money. 5) You have to take the local conditions into consideration when you apply these technologies. 6) All applicants will have to fill out these s and mail in an application fee of 50 dollars. 7) Based on his careful observation of children s behavior, he came to the conclusion that learning is a natural pleasure. 8) In a country of many nationalities, ethnic harmony requires very careful handling. 9) The government is determined to punish all the corrupt officials involved. 10) Cheating at/on exams does not occur very often. But when it does, the school takes a very tough position. Unit 2 1) I suspected that the book might not be in print. I checked with the bookstore people, and they told me that I was right. The book had been out of print for years. 2) One memorable story in the novel concerns how Liu Bei tried not to rouse Cao Cao s suspicion about his ambitions, because if he did his life would be at stake. 3) When Cao Cao called him a real hero, Liu Bei was so shocked that he dropped his chopsticks. But he cleverly covered up his suspicious behavior. 4) The first suspect was the victim s son. The police suspected him of murdering his father because the neighbors had heard them fighting on the night of the killing. 5) In learning, the important thing is not to commit everything to memory, but to use your imagination and think creatively as well as critically. 6) He must have been the funniest burglar imaginable. He broke into a house, ate and drunk to his heart s content, and remained dead drunk until discovered the next morning, with a perfectly content look on his face. 7) I have trouble remembering people s names. I imagine it must result from old age. 8) We often live under many imaginary threats and feel disheartened as a result. 9) I suspect we teachers sometimes underestimate students mental capacities. Young people actually have very imaginative minds. 1) Where there is a will, there is a way. 2) As the saying goes, behind every successful man there stands a woman. 3) There was a time in this town when the residents didn t have to lock their doors at night. 4) On his first day at school, the boy realized that there was no question of ever returning to the paradise of home. 5) Nelson Mandela says in his autobiography: Sometimes there is nothing one can do to save something that must die. 6) There s something to be said for/about living in an out-of-the-way place in the mountains. 7) There s no telling what those terrorists might do next, we must be on t