21世纪大学英语读写教程（第二册）课后翻译答案.doc

21世纪大学英语读写教程(第二册)课后翻译答案
Unit1
l 老伴60多岁中风去世时,那位72岁的退休教授不胜悲痛。无人依靠的生活对他来说将是非常困难的。
When his wife died of a stroke in her sixties, the 72-year-old retired professor was overwhelmed by grief. Life would be too difficult for him without anybody to rely on.
l 两位业余画家上个月在伦敦举办了一次个人画展。许多人前去参观,其中包括一些著名的专业画家。
Last month two amateur painters held an exhibition of their pictures in London. Many people went to see it, including a few celebrated professionals.
l 当20世纪80年代中期,7名宇航员在“挑战者”号的灾难中遇到困难时,全世界一下子陷入了震惊与悲痛之中。
When seven astronauts died in the Challenger disaster in the mid-1980s, it plunged the whole world into shock and grief.
l 在结束了其第二届首相任期之后,她仍积极参与政治事务。当政府遇到困难时,她屡次前来帮忙。
pleting her second prime ministry, she remained actively involved in political affairs. She came to the rescue several times when the government was in difficulty.
l 大选失败之后,史密斯博士隐退到一个小村庄,在那里尝试工作。
After his failure in the election campaign, Dr. Smith retired to a small village, where he tried his hand at farming.
l 只要你一辈子不停地努力工作,你在回忆里往事时就会感到心满意足的。
As long as you keep working hard all your life, you will recall your past with a glow of satisfaction.
l 我们现在必须唤醒人们认识到环境保护的重要性。否则很快就为时太晚了。
We must awaken people to the importance of environmental protection, or it will be too late.
l 那位官员因卷入一件政治丑闻而被撤职。如果早知会落到这般地步,他当初也许就会以不同的方式行事了。
That official was removed from office for being involved in a political scandal. Had he known this would happen, he might have acted differently.
Unit2
l 我们班女生占大多数。相比之下,他们的班级全由男子组成。
Female students constitute the majority of our class. By contrast, their class is made up of males only.
l 美国孩子通常每天看三小时电视,而中国孩子必须将放学后的大部分时间用于做家庭作业。
American children can usually watch TV (for) three hours a day, whereas their Chinese counterparts have to work on their homework most of the time after school.
l 他开发的一系列新研究方法使他获得了巨大的成功。他说这一切都得归功于他父母的鼓励。
His development of a series of new research methods led to his great ess. He said he owed all this to his parents’ encouragement.
l 讨论直接涉及他的未