英语期末复习资料整理

Unit 1

1.Do you think that making music and art compulsory subjects in schools would reduce some children’s enjoyment of

them?

2.Bob’s one of those people who relish risk and danger-he’d be bored in a safe, steady job.

3.Elizabeth is certainly talented enough to succeed in her career; she just doesn’t have enough confidence in her own

abilities.

4.I’m sorry you’re in trouble, but as you made your decision on your own you’ll just have to face the consequences.

5.Many educators would be delighted to abolish exams, but they also worry that without them there would be too little

incentive for students to work hard.

6.The teacher accidentally hit the boy’s hand with an eraser and was henceforth known as “Dead-Eye Bean.”

7.If I had money, I’d invest it all in Internet companies.

8.Psychologists say that our behavior is influenced by many factors too subtle for us to consciously perceive.

9.He’s always had a passion for books. If he could work in a library, it would be a dream come true.

10.Look at those three whispering in the corner again- they’re scheming something, I just don’t know what!

Unit 2

1.In a healthy relationship, the partners’ strengths and abilities complement each other, rather than being identical.

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3.I never felt I had a right to expect any special privileges because of my university education.

4.The marketing strategy that Edward proposed would be brilliant if only he had n’t forgotten about good business ethics.

5.It’s true that not having a car imposes some constrains, but owning one also complicates life in many ways.

6.According to Chinese law, every child is entitled to nine years of free education.

7.Life should consist of more than just a struggle for survival.

8.The sight of the helpless child aroused her maternal instinct.

9.The winners of the contest were chosen randomly; no consideration was given to age, gender or income.

10.He has lost the use of his limbs but he is still in possession of all faculties.

11.Please give the highest priority to this very urgent matter.

12.She enjoyed parts of her trip to India, but said she found the poverty she saw there rather depressing.

Unit 3

1.Colors often have symbolic meanings that vary from culture to culture.

2.All the years that have passed have not dimmed my memory of our first glorious autumn in Beijing.

3.His most recent essay focused on the problems that people confront in everyday life.

4.His failure in business was due not so much to misfortune as to his own mistakes.

5.If you have any questions concerning our products, please feel free to contact our customer service department.

6.My boss’s moods change very quickly; one moment he’s light-hearted and cheerful, and the next he hates everything

and everybody.

7.Christy is bright, creative and quick to assimilate new ideas.

8.She loves to sit on the hill alone at night, gazing at the stars and pondering the mysteries of life.

9.These educational toys give children a feeling of self-worth by arousing their interest in challenging tasks.

10.Despite widespread public recognition of the worsening air quality in these areas, little has been done to control air

pollution.

11.The human body has great self-healing powers, and sometimes all it needs to overcome a mild illness is rest and a

healthy diet.

12.Dogs and wolves rely on their keen sense of smell to find food and recognize danger.

Unit 4

1.When every student imagines that every other student is working harder and doing better, stress is the inevitable

result.

2.It is my firm conviction that violence is never a reasonable solution to conflict.

3.Everyone jumped up when a piercing scream suddenly broke the silence.

4.In many cultures a memorial service is a joyful celebration, not a solemn event.

5.The recession has put increasing pressure on the job market, so employment prospects for this year’s graduates are

unfortunately rather grim.

6.If you keep too firm a grip on your children, they’ll never learn to think for themselves.

7.I don’t know what induced Alfred to read your letter. Presumably he thought it was addressed to him.

8.What are you thinking of!? This medicine is much too potent for a small child!

9. A large segment of the population-reckoned at about 20%-still takes spirit-worship(神灵崇拜)seriously.

10.Before going on a camping trip, it’s wise to make sure you’re well equipped for a wide range of emergencies.

11.As soon as the director left the room, Sam Commenced entertaining us with his wild stories.

12.I talked to Alice last week-i ncidentally, has she returned the book you lent her? I’d like to borrow it, if you don’t mind.

Unit 5

1.Politicians are always promising to introduce legislation to raise salaries and lower taxes.

2.The new poetry collection was compiled from a wide variety of sources and includes poems from twelve countries and

seven centuries.

3.Every culture is full of beliefs and assumptions the most people never question until they come into contact with

another culture.

4.Many people who emigrate to America in hopes of becoming rich are surprised at how hard they have to work.

5.He has a wide circle of acquaintances but very few close friends.

6.She’s a renowned tennis player, but her real ambition is to become a writer.

7.To avoid confusion, you’d better start by explaining the whole idea from beginning to end in an orderly way.

8.When you take a small child on a long trip, you need to bring lots of books and toys to keep him or her amused.

9.Most visitors to Shanghai find it a very impressive city.

10.They teach at night school to supplement their income, which otherwise wouldn’t be sufficient to live on.

Unit 7

1.My hobbies are watercolor painting and stamp collecting. What are yours?

2.Lisa has always had a peculiar sense of humour-she finds the strangest things amusing.

3.I wonder how she squeezes herself into such tight clothes-and why! She certainly looks uncomfortable!

4.I thought gadgets like microwaves and computers were meant to give us more leisure time, but in fact they just seem to

add to the pressures of modern life.

5.He would’ve won the race, but he stumbled and nearly fell just before he reached the finish line.

6.You shouldn’t get discouraged just because you don’t succeed the first time you try something new.

7.Sorry, but I couldn’t help overhearing your conversation. If you’re lost, perhaps I can help you.

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activities.

9.Families in which the woman is the sole wage earner have to cope with many social and financial pressures.

10.I had an accident last week and my bicycle got wrecked. Could I borrow yours?

中译英

1/1、汤姆去年转来我校。他全神贯注地听杨小姐上课并很快成了她最喜欢的学生。

Tom transferred to our school last year. He hung on Miss yang’s every word in class and soon became the apple of her eye.

2、看到女儿高中毕业，他感到一阵难以用语言表达的爱和骄傲。

Seeing his daughter graduate from high school, he felt a surge of love and pride that he couldn’t express in words.

3、当李先生去年开始涉足股市时，他做梦也没想到会变成百万富翁。

Last year when Mr. Li first began his venture into the stock market, becoming a millionaire was beyond his wildest dreams.

4、在休假日，我有幸看到一些野生海豹在吃鱼。我拍了几张相片，可惜焦点都没对准。

On my holiday, I was luckly enough to witness some wild seals feeding on fish. I took several photos of them, but unfortunately they were all out of focus.

5、王子跟那位女演员保持确定的情侣关系已三年。没有任何东西能改变他们在下周结婚的决定。

The prince has been going steady with the actress for three years and nothing can alter this plan to get married next week.

6、因为穷人连饭都吃不饱便认为他们不需要义务教育的看法完全是一种错误的想法。没有教育人们怎能克服贫穷？It is a complete misconception that the poor do not need compulsory education because they do not even have enough to feed on. Without education, how can poor people ever overcome their poverty?

7、大卫所有的同班同学都困惑不解----没有人想得出他怎么突然变成了优等生。

All of David’s classmates are completely stumped---no one can work out how he became a top student overnight.

8、很明显，她拒绝他的求婚给了他沉重的打击，但他最终还是从痛苦中恢复了过来。

It was obvious that her rejection of his proposal hit him hard, but in time he recovered from his wounds.

2/1、独立生活的能力对于任何一个成年人来说都是必不可少的，但真正的成熟远远不只是一整套的生存策略。

The ability to fend for oneself is indispensable to any adult, but real maturity is more than just a set of survival strategies.

2、孩子们在儿童节有资格免费进入每一个城市公园。这是对他们全年长期呆在学校里的一种补偿。

On Children’s Day, kids are entitled to free entry to all the city parks. It’s a way of compensating them for the long hours they spend in school all year.

3、你更注重个人的生活而不是学习，难怪你的成绩下降了。

You’re giving more priority to your personal life than to your studies. It’s no wonder your grades are suffering.

4、鉴于当今社会大多数的妇女在外谋职，很自然她们反对丈夫把她们作为管家来对待。

Given that most women nowadays have jobs outside the home. It’s natural that they object to their husbands treating them like housekeepers.

5、美国的不少百万富翁都至少拥有两座房子和一架私人飞机。

Quite a number of American millionaires own at least two houses and a private plane.

6、当约翰从癌症中意外地康复时，他的医生把此归功于他坚强的毅力和对未来的信念。

When John recovered unexpectedly from cancer, his doctors attributed it to his strong will and faith in the future.

7、没有任何实际理由要保留为女性开门的那种习俗，更不用说保留“妇女和儿童优先”的传统了。

There’s no practical reason to perpetuate the custom of opening doors for women, let alone the tradition of “women and children first”.

8、许多女权主义者反对男人养育孩子不如女人的想法。

Many feminists object to the notion that men can’t nurture children as well as women can.

3/1、我们不久就对她无休止的抱怨感到厌倦，并尽量避开她。

We soon grew weary of her constant complaints, and avoided her as much as possible.

2、市长将在今天下午主持会议，为建设一条新公路的规划作准备。

The mayor will preside over a meeting this afternoon that will pave the way for plans to build a new highway.

3、如果我们有更多的时间可支配，我会带你上这座山。从山顶上四下观望真令人惊叹。

If we had more time at our disposal, I’d take you up this mountain. The view from the top is truly awe-inspiring.

4、任何热爱生活的人都不难发现鸟类迁徙中的象征性美和实际美。

Anyone who is in love with life will have no difficulty in finding the symbolic as well as the actual beauty in the migration of the birds.

5、观看壮观的潮涨潮落景色使我感到一种在其他地方感受不到的内心的满足。

Watching the magnificent view of the ebb and flow of the tides fills me with an inner contentment that I find nowhere else.

6、他的不幸激起了听众深深的同情。他们热切地想帮他抚平心头的创伤。

His misfortune aroused great sympathy among the listeners. Who are keen to help heal his mental wounds.

7、对一个门外汉来说，要认识霍金博士研究的重要性也许是困难的或不可能的，但它肯定会对我们的生活产生经久的影响。

Recognition of the importance of Dr. Hawkin’s research may be difficult or impossible for a layman, but it is sure to have a lasting impact on our lives.

8、史密斯先生早就希望能有机会向周围的年轻人讲述他的登月经历，但他一直没有足够的支配时间。

Mr. Smith has long wished for a chance to relate his lunar landing experience to the young people around him, but he never has enough time at this disposal.

4/1、我们想提醒亲爱的观众，敬请体谅他人，在晚上十点以后调低你的电视机音量。

We’d like to remind our viewers to be considerate to your neighbors and keep your TVs turned down after 10 PM.

2、我希望我的忠告对处于压力下的学生们会起作用：前面的路充满了不能预见的机遇。

I hope my advice will work with students under pressure ---the road ahead is full of unforeseen opportunities.

3、顺便说一句，琳达是个腼腆的人，在那么多的生人面前讲话，她会感到不自然。

Incidentally, Linda is a shy person who might feel uneasy about speaking in the presence of so many strangers.

4、要在学习上取得进步，学生需要具备独立学习的技能而不是事事都依靠教师。

In order to get ahead in their studies, students need to equip themselves with independent study skills instead of relying on their teachers for everything.

5、现在的年轻人变得老成，他们确信成就是以拥有多少财产来衡量的。

Young people nowadays are growing up old, with the conviction that achievement is measured by how many possessions one owns.

6、许多学生为他们利用课余时间打工辩解，说这会减少他们的经济压力。

Many students justify their working part time by saying that it reduces the economic pressure on them.

7、你现在必须马上做的是填好在你来时给你的表格。

What you need to do right now is fill in the forms you were given when you arrived.

8、就事业本身而言，需要一个人毕生的奉献，但是这并不意味着进入一种职业后就要坚持不懈地一直干下去。

A career in itself requires one’s lifelong devotion, but it does not mean that after you get into a certain profession you must continue in that same one all along.

5/1、为了帮助外国投资者更好地了解上海，他们根据能找到的各种资料来源汇编了这本小小的指南。

To help foreign investors get a better understanding of Shanghai, they’ve compiled this little guide from the various sources they could find.

2、他是那种在计划实现之后才让大家知道的那种人。

He’s the sort of person who prefers to keep his plans to himself until they’re realized.

3、我千里迢迢到纽约来看他，结果却发现他两天前出国了。

I came to New York from far away to see him, only to find he had gone abroad two days before.

4、现在很难想象没有电、没有电视、没有电话、我们是如何生存了如此之久的。

It is difficult to imagine now how we’ve survived for so long without electricity, television or telephone.

5、只要钱是老老实实赚来的，新政策鼓励人们变得富有。

The new policy encourages people to become wealthy if the money has been acquired honestly.

6、如果我负责这个项目，我会更好地利用现有的资金。

If I were in charge of the project, I’d make better use of the money that’s available.

7、他们拒绝给他进入这个国家的签证，理由是他是个危险分子。

He was refused an entry permit on the grounds that he was a dangerous person.

8、老师没有多久就发现，汤姆总有迟交作业的借口。

It didn’t take the teacher long to catch on that Tom always had an excuse for turning in late assignments.

7/1、只要你喜欢你的业余爱好，那么你不必因为自己水平一般而感到羞愧。别人怎么看你无关紧要。

As long as you enjoy your hobby, you don’t have to feel ashamed of being mediocre at it. It doesn’t matter what others think of you.

2、金钱在竞技体育中正显出其重要性，但我们必须确保它不会影响一些重要的东西。

Money is becoming a big deal in competitive sports, but we must make sure that it doesn’t get in the way of what’s important.

3、我们都需要不时地进行某种锻炼来使自己保持身体健康。

We all need some form of exercise every now and then to keep ourselves in good shape.

4、我一再说该是你整理自己房间的时候了，但你老是拖着。

I’ve said over and over it’s time you tidied up your room, but you keep putting it off.

5、一两年前他才开始学画画，所以技法还未达到专业水准。你能给他指点指点吗？

He only took up painting a couple of years ago, so his technique isn’t up to professional standards. Can you give him some instruction?

6、健康专家正试图通过宣传吸烟的种种害处来使人们戒烟。

Health experts are trying to discourage people from smoking by informing them of its dangers.

7、敬业当然是好的，但你不能让工作蚕食了你的全部休闲时间。

Being committed to your job is fine, of course, but you shouldn’t let work eat up all you leisure time.

8、对于我来说，工作和业余爱好都必须严肃认真地对待。

As far as I’m concerned, both jobs and hobbies should be seriously considered.

英译中

A common misconception among youngsters attending school is that their teachers were child prodigies. Who else but a bookworm, with none of the normal kid’s tendency to play rather than study, would grow up to be a teacher anyway?

I’ve tried desperately to explain to my students that the image they have of me as an enthusiastic devotee of books and homework during my adolescence is a bit out of focus. On the contrary, I hated compulsory education with a passion. I could never quite accept the notion of having to go to school while the fish were biting.

上学的孩子们中间有一种普遍的错误想法，即认为他们的老师当年都是些神童。不管怎么说，除了不像一般孩子气那样生性贪玩、不愿学习的书呆子之外，还有谁愿意长大后当老师呢？

我竭力向我的学生们解释我在他们心目中的形象---一个在青春期热衷于书本和作业的人---有一点被扭曲了。相反，我极为憎恨义务教育。我永远都无法接受在鱼儿上钩时不得不去上学的想法。

(Reading Aloud)Children are entitled to special consideration for two reasons: helplessness and innocence. They have not yet acquired either the faculty of reason or the wisdom of experience. Consequently, they are defenseless (incapable of fending for themselves) and blameless (incapable of real sin). That’s why we grant them special protection. In an emergency, it is our duty to save them first because they, helpless, have put their lives in our hands. And in wartime, they are supposed to be protected by special immunity because they can have threatened or offended no one.

孩子们之所以有权享受特殊照顾有两个理由：无助和无辜。他们还不具备推理的能力或来自经验的智慧。所以，他们不能自卫（不能照料自己），无可指责（不可能真正犯罪）。这就是我们给予他们特殊保护的原因。在紧急情况下，我们有责任先救他们，因为孤弱无助的他们已将生命交付于我们手中。在战时，他们应该受到特殊豁免权的保护，因为他们不可能会威胁或冒犯到任何人。

(Reading Aloud)I sincerely believe that for children, and for parents seeking to guide them, it is not half so important to know as it is to feel. If facts are the seeds that later produce knowledge and wisdom, then the emotions and the impressions of the senses are the fertile soil in which the seeds must grow. The years of early childhood are the time to prepare the soil. Once the emotions have been aroused --- a sense of the beautiful, the excitement of the new and the unknown, a feeling of sympathy, pity, admiration or love --- then we wish for knowledge about the object of our emotional response. Once found, such knowledge has far more lasting meaning than mere information. It is more important to pave the way for children’s desire to know than to put them on a diet of facts they are not ready to assimilate.

我真诚地相信，对于孩子们来说，对于想要指导他们的父母们来说，感受比知道要重要得多。如果事实是以后能长出知识与智慧的种子，那么情感和感官印象则是种子必须赖以生长的沃土。幼儿时期就是培育土壤的时候。一旦感情被激起---一种对美的感受，对新的和未知事物的激动，一种同情、怜悯、敬慕或爱恋的感觉---我们就会渴望了解引起我们情感反应的事物。一旦找到，这种知识就比纯粹的信息具有持久得多的意义。为孩子们的求知欲铺平道路比向他们灌输一堆他们不准备吸收的事实更为重要。

(Reading Aloud)What I wish for all students is some release from the grim grip of the future. I wish them a chance to enjoy each segment of their education as an experience in itself and not as a tiresome requirement in preparation for the next step. I wish them the right to experiment, to trip and fall, to learn that defeat is as educational as victory and is not the end of the world.

My wish, of course, is na?ve. One of the few rights that America does not proclaim is the right to fail. Achievement is the national god, worshipped in our media --- the million-dollar athlete, the wealthy executive --- and glorified in our praise of possessions. In the presence of such a potent state religion, the young are growing up old.

我希望于所有学生的是从未来的严酷无情中得到一些解脱。我希望他们有机会反他们每一阶段的教育纯粹作为一种经历来享受，而不是作为一种为下一步作准备的令人厌倦的需要。我希望他们有权利试验、跌跤、并懂得失败如同胜利一样具有教育意义，而不是世界的末日。

当然，我的希望是天真的。在美国人没有声明而拥有的为数不多的权利之中，有一个便是失败的权利。成就是民族之神，它在我们的媒体中受到崇拜---身价百万的运动员，富有的主管人员---它在我们对财富的赞扬中得到荣耀。年轻人就是在这样一种强有力的国教的熏陶下长大的。

America can be a strange experience for a foreigner. My wife and I arrived in the United States in January after seven years overseas --- four in France, three in Poland. From the jumble of first impressions, we compiled an A-to-Z explanation of why America can be such a foreign country to those who arrive here from Europe.

I should explain at the outset that I am from Britain, but my Florida-born wife Lisa is as American as apple pie. In our list, however, A doesn’t stand for apple pie. It stands for:

Ambition. In the Old World, people are taught to hide it. Here it’s quite proper to announce that you’re after the boss’s job or want to make a million dollars by the age of 30.

对一个外国人来说，身在美国可能是一次奇特的经历。在国外7年以后---4年在法国，3年在波兰，我和妻子于一月份到达美国。从杂乱的初步印象中，我们编了一套从A到Z的解释，来说明为什么对那些从欧洲到这里的人来说，美国会是这样陌生的一个国家。

我应该一开始就说明我是一个英国人，但在佛罗里达出生的我的妻子莉萨却是个如苹果馅饼般地道的美国人。不过，在我们列出的清单中，A并不代表苹果馅饼。它代表的是：

雄心。在旧大陆中，人们受的教育是要掩饰它。在这儿，宣称你在追求老板的职位或者想在30岁以上赚上100万美元，并没有什么不合适。

Unfortunately, doing things badly has gone out of style. It used to be a mark of class if a lady or a gentleman sang a little, painted a little, played the violin a little. You didn’t have to be good at it; the point was to be fortunate enough to have the leisure time for such pursuits. But in today’s competitive world we have to be “experts” even in our hobbies.

遗憾的是，“三脚猫”已经过时了。过去如果一位女士或先生会唱一点，画一点，拉一点小提琴，那就是一种地位的标志。你不必很出色：问题是你很幸运，拥有这一份闲情逸致。但是在今天充满竞争的世界里我们甚至在业余爱好方面也必须是“专家”才行。