工程碩士研究生英語基礎(chǔ)教程 英譯漢

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1、工程碩士研究生英語基礎(chǔ)教程 英譯漢 （Unit 1-10、13、14） Unit 1 1. Two noted Americans explain why it’s not what you earn-it’s what you learn. 兩位美國名人解釋為什么不是你所掙的而是你所學(xué)的更重要。 2. I have never thought I was better than anyone else, but I have always believed I couldn’t be outworked. 我從不認(rèn)為我那時比其他任何人強，但我一直相信我當(dāng)時干的活兒別人都趕不上。

2、 3. Watching my money grow was more rewarding than anything I could have bought. 看著存款數(shù)增加比我當(dāng)時原本可以買到的任何東西都更讓我滿足。 4. I took a genuine interest in their questions and was able to translate what they wanted into makeup ideas. 我發(fā)自內(nèi)心地關(guān)心她們的問題，并能理解她們的愿望，給她們出些該如何化妝的點子。 5. I ended up selling a record amoun

3、t of cosmetics. 結(jié)果我創(chuàng)下了化妝品銷售的最好成績。 Unit 2 1. With the click of a mouse, information from the other end of the globe will be transported to your computer screen at the extremely fast speed of seven-and-a-half times around the earth per second. 只要用鼠標(biāo)點擊一下，在地球另一端的信息馬上就會以每秒鐘繞地球七周半的驚人速度傳輸?shù)侥愕碾娔X屏幕上。 2

4、. Besides, if everyone shops on the Net , what will happen to the hundreds and thousands of shopping malls? 此外，如果大家都在網(wǎng)上購物，那么成千上萬的購物中心該怎么辦呢？ 3. The huge power of electronic commerce (e-commerce) will change the face of trade dramatically. 電子商務(wù)的驚人威力會使貿(mào)易的局面發(fā)生激動人心的巨變。 4. The development of e-commerc

5、e may well bring the world into a brand new era of “electronic currency” . 電子商務(wù)的發(fā)展很可能會把世界帶進一個“電子貨幣”的嶄新時代。 5. As the Net pushes the economy ahead rapidly, the economy is also bringing the Net market forward , resulting in the Internet itself becoming the world’s largest emerging market. 在網(wǎng)絡(luò)化高速地推動

6、經(jīng)濟發(fā)展的同時，經(jīng)濟也反過來促進網(wǎng)絡(luò)市場的發(fā)展，其結(jié)果是國際互聯(lián)網(wǎng)本身將成為全球最大的新興市場。 Unit 3 1. So, if you lose a key species, you might cause a whole flood of other extinctions. 所以，如果失去一個重要的物種，那也許會引起大量其他物種的絕跡。 2. Instead of depending on largely ineffective laws against illegal hunting, it gives local people a good economic reason

7、to preserve and animals. 這種辦法使當(dāng)?shù)厝藗兛梢詾榱私?jīng)濟上的原因而去保護動、植物，而不是依靠在很大程度上難以奏效的那些反非法偷獵的規(guī)章制度。 3. With corruption popular in many developing countries, some observers are suspicious that the money will actually reach the people it is intended for. 由于許多發(fā)展中國家普遍存在腐敗，一些觀察家對這些錢財實際上能否到達應(yīng)該接受這筆財物的人們手中表示懷疑。 4. Susta

8、inable management of forests requires controls on the number of trees which are cut down, as well as investment in replacing them. 森林的可持續(xù)管理既需要投資種植新樹以取代被砍伐的樹木，也需要對被砍伐樹木的數(shù)量進行控制。 5. In theory, consumers would buy only this wood and so force logging companies to go “green” or go out of business. 理論上講

9、，消費者只能購買這些獲得認(rèn)可的木材，這將迫使伐木公司開始保護“綠色”，否則將無生意可做。 Unit 4 1. The trend began in earnest in 1995, when the Queen of England admitted that the Maori people of New Zealand had been shamefully treated, when the country was a British colony. 這個潮流是從1995年才真正開始的。當(dāng)時英國女王承認(rèn)當(dāng)新西蘭還是英國的殖民地時，新西蘭的土著毛利人曾遭到英國人的羞辱。 2.

10、Many political leaders, like most of their citizens, belong to post-war generations, who now look on the conflict as more than simply the victory of good over evil. 許多政治領(lǐng)袖，和他們的國民一樣，屬于戰(zhàn)后的一代，他們現(xiàn)在認(rèn)為那次戰(zhàn)爭并不是簡單的正義戰(zhàn)勝邪惡的戰(zhàn)爭。 3. But it’s not just a sense of conscience, nor demands from pressure groups, whic

11、h lies behind these apologies. 支撐這些道歉的并不僅僅是良心的發(fā)現(xiàn)，也不僅僅是壓力群體的要求。 4. The Swiss government is still trying to put right the public-relations disaster that resulted from their partial apology from Switzerland’s dealings with the Nazis in the 1930s and the 1940s. 瑞士政府仍然還在擺平一場公共關(guān)系的徹底失敗，其發(fā)生的原因在于他們對他們國家在2

12、0世紀(jì)30和40年代與納粹分子的交往所做的道歉是有失公允的。 5. So academic, in fact, that there is a concern that “sorry” might turn out to be the easiest word after all. 事實上，這些風(fēng)險是如此的空泛，以至于有一種擔(dān)心，認(rèn)為“對不起”這個詞居然會成為一個脫口而出的說辭。 Unit 5 1. The irony is that children start out as natural scientists, instinctively eager to investiga

13、te the world around them. 有諷刺意義的是，孩子就是天生的自然科學(xué)家，本能地渴望探索周圍的世界。 2. This began a barrage of questions that lasted nearly two hours. 一下子一大堆這樣的問題就提了出來，時間持續(xù)了將近兩個小時。 3. Science is not just facts but the meaning that people give to them-by weaving information into a story about how nature probably operat

14、es. 科學(xué)不僅僅是事實，而是人們賦予它的內(nèi)涵——即各項信息匯總成為大自然的有根據(jù)地運行實況。 4. Studies over the past three decades have shown that, after asking a question, adults typically wait only one second or less for a response – no time for a child to think. 過去30年代研究也表明了這一點，當(dāng)問了一個問題后，成年人一般等待回答的時間也就是1秒鐘甚至更少，沒有留出時間讓孩子進行思考。 5. Instead,

15、 keep the ball rolling by saying, “That’s interesting” or “I’d never thought of that way before”, or coming up with more questions or ideas. 反過來，要鼓勵他們繼續(xù)討論，可以這樣說“這個想法很有意思！”或者“我以前從來就沒有這樣想過?！被蛘?，提出更多的問題和觀點。 6. Real-life impressions of nature are far more memorable than any lesson children can extract

16、from a book or TV program. 對孩子們來說，從書本和電視節(jié)目上學(xué)到的課程一點也沒有他們對自然的親身體會那么記憶深刻。 7. By sharing your children’s curiosity, you can give them a valuable lesson that extends far beyond the realm to experiment, in the face of difficulties. 通過分享孩子的好奇心，你還能給他們提供超出科學(xué)試驗領(lǐng)域之外的如何面對困難的有價值的教誨。 Unit 6 1. Engineers ha

17、ve had a direct role in the creation of most of modern technology – the tools, materials, techniques, and power sources that make our lives easier. 工程師在絕大部分現(xiàn)代科技的創(chuàng)新中發(fā)揮直接的作用，例如，為使生活更輕松自如，我們靠他們才有了工具、材料、技術(shù)和能源等。 2. They develop complex scientific equipment to explore the reaches of outer space and the

18、depths of the oceans. 他們開發(fā)復(fù)雜的科學(xué)設(shè)備來勘探外層空間和海洋深處。 3. They may work to reduce environmental pollution, increase the world’s food supply, and take transportation faster and safer. 他們致力于減少環(huán)境污染，增加世界糧食的供應(yīng)，以及使運輸更加快捷和安全。 4. The construction of the gigantic Egyptian pyramids at Giza during the 2500s B. C.

19、was one of the greatest engineering feats of ancient times. 公元前26世紀(jì)，在吉扎建造的巨大的埃及金字塔是古代最偉大的工程奇跡之一。 5. Then growing interest in new types of machines and new sources of power to drive them helped bring about the Industrial Revolution of the 1700s and 1800s, during which, their role expanded rapidly.

20、 對新型機械和驅(qū)動這些機械的動力源不斷增長的興趣引發(fā)了18和19世紀(jì)的工業(yè)革命。在工業(yè)革命時期，工程師的作用得到迅速擴展。 Unit 7 1. In this essay, Greene regrets that people can no longer trust each other and have to resort to elaborate security systems to protect themselves and their valuables. 在本文中，格林遺憾地指出人們已經(jīng)不再彼此信任，不得不求助于各種復(fù)雜的安全設(shè)施來保護自身及其財產(chǎn)。 2. Stati

21、stics show the crime rate is rising more dramatically in those allegedly tranquil areas than in cities. 統(tǒng)計數(shù)字表明在那些據(jù)稱是平靜的地區(qū)，犯罪率的上升較之城市還要顯著。 3. The ad pointed out that, yes, it is the insurance companies that pay for stolen goods, but who is going to pay for what the new atmosphere of distrust and fe

22、ar is doing to our way of life? 誠然，廣告顯示的是保險公司會為你失竊的東西負(fù)責(zé)，但是又有誰會補償這種不信任和恐懼的氣氛給我們生活方式帶來的改變呢？ 4. It simply didn’t occur to managers that the proper thing to do was to distrust people. 經(jīng)理們從沒想過懷疑別人是正常行為。 5. It was such a relief to solve this problem that we did not think much about what such a state o

23、f affairs says about the quality of our lives. 解決這樣的問題使我們松了一口氣，以至于我們不去考慮這種情況對我們的生活質(zhì)量意味著什么。 Unit 8 1. As she stood in front of her 5th grade class on the very first day of school, she told the children an untruth. 開學(xué)第一天，當(dāng)她站在五年級班級的面前，她對孩子們說了一句不實在的話。 2. Mrs. Thompson had watched Teddy the year b

24、efore and noticed that he didn’t play well with the other children, that this clothes were messy and that he constantly needed a bath. 湯普森女士一年前就見到泰蒂蓮，還注意到他無法和其他孩子融洽地在一起玩，他衣服很臟，總是一副沒洗澡的樣子。 3. Teddy is an excellent student, well liked by his classmates, but he is troubled because his mother has a te

25、rminal illness and life at home must be a struggle. 泰蒂是很優(yōu)秀的學(xué)生，很受同學(xué)們喜愛。但他母親得了絕癥，他為此而困擾，家里的生活一定很艱苦。 4. But she stifled the children’s laughter when she exclaimed how pretty the bracelet was, putting it on, and dabbing some of the perfume on her wrist. 但她驚喜地稱贊手鐲的漂亮，把它戴到手上，并把香水輕拍在她首位上。這些動作止住了孩子們的笑聲。

26、 5. Four years after that, she got another letter, saying that while things had been tough at times, he’s stayed in school, had stuck with it, and would soon graduate from college with the highest of honors. 四年以后，她收到另一封信，說他盡管時常遇到困難，他仍留在學(xué)校學(xué)習(xí)，堅持了下來，他即將以優(yōu)異的成績大學(xué)畢業(yè)。 Unit 9 1. The globalization of th

27、e world’s capital markets that has occurred in the past 10 years will be replicated right across the economy in the next decade. 過去10年世界資本市場出現(xiàn)的全球化在未來10年中，也將在整個經(jīng)濟中重現(xiàn)。 2. Demography and changing social mores mean that white males will become a smaller fraction of the work force as women and minoriti

28、es grow in importance. 人口統(tǒng)計和不斷變化中的社會習(xí)俗意味著，隨著婦女和少數(shù)民族重要性的增加，白人男子在勞動力群體中所占比例將會減少。 3. In addition, the need to produce goods and services at quality levels previously thought impossible to obtain in mass production and the spreading use of participatory management techniques will require a work force

29、with much higher levels of education and skills. 此外，提供有質(zhì)量的產(chǎn)品和服務(wù)的需要（而過去則認(rèn)為大批量生產(chǎn)是不可能做到這一點的），以及參與型管理技術(shù)的推廣應(yīng)用，都將要勞動力具有更高的教育和技術(shù)程度。 4. In a very real sense the world was not technologically competitive. 完全可以說，當(dāng)時世界上不存在技術(shù)競爭。 5. Today we live in a world where American firms no longer have automatic techno

30、logical superiority. 今天，在我們所生活的世界中，美國公司已不再是自然而然地具有技術(shù)上的優(yōu)勢。 Unit 10 1. Taxes put a big dent in family fortunes, and unless the heirs are careful and invest wisely, they can lose their millions as fast as their ancestors mad them. 遺產(chǎn)稅大大削弱家族的財富，獲取遺產(chǎn)的后人如果不小心或不諳投資，他們失去財富的速度就將像其先輩當(dāng)年獲得它一樣快。 2. Today’

31、s Horatio Alger heroes often come from modest backgrounds and rise to the top on pluck, luck and a clear idea of what they want. 今天的具有霍雷肖?艾爾格筆下主人公特征的富豪們往往來自平凡的 背景，他們攀上巔峰靠的是膽識、運氣以及有清楚的奮斗目標(biāo)。 3. Bill Gates, the Microsoft whiz, left Harvard to tinker with software and developed the operating brain tha

32、t is installed in nearly every personal computer. 比爾?蓋茨，那個微軟的大能人，沒有上完哈佛大學(xué)就去鉆研軟件，開發(fā)出一種幾乎每臺個人電腦都安裝的工作大腦。 4. They didn’t drop out to avoid work – they dropped out to start a company or devote themselves to an interest. 他們退學(xué)并不是逃避工作——實際上他們都是為了創(chuàng)辦一家公司，或去從事自己感興趣的事業(yè)。 5. Eventually, you may reach the poin

33、t where you can afford to spend the rest of your life at the side of a swimming pool with a drink in your hand, but you probably won’t. 這樣，有朝一日你或許可以有資格把余生打發(fā)在游泳池邊，手里端著飲料——不過你很可能不會如此。 Unit 13 1. Each of us owes it to our spouses, our children, our friends to be as happy as we can be. 為了我們的配偶、孩子、

34、朋友，我們每一個人都有責(zé)任盡可能感受幸福。 2. The concept that we have to work at happiness comes as news to many people. 對于很多人來說，我們需要努力感覺幸福的這種說法可能是前所未聞的。 3. I once met a young man who struck me as particularly successful and happy. 我曾經(jīng)遇到過一位年輕人，他給我的印象是他特別成功、幸福。 4. Only rarely do people’s jobs, spouses and children

35、live up to these imagined ideals. 人們的工作、配偶、孩子很少能達到這些想象出來的理想狀況。 5. The most obvious sources are those pursuits that give our lives purpose. （幸福）最明顯的來源是那些給我們生活帶來目的的追求。 Unit 14 1. By enabling us to access stored information orally-aurally, talking computers will finally make it possible for huma

36、ns to replace all written language with spoken language. 話語電腦由于能使我們用聽、說的方式存、取信息，我們最終可能以口頭語言取代書面語言。 2. From a Darwinian perspective, written language is the bridge spanning humanity’s first golden age of oral culture to the second. 從達爾文進化論的角度來看，書面語言是連接人類口語文化第一黃金時代和第二黃金時代的橋梁。 3. The second golden

37、age of oral culture has been visible to us since the invention of the phonograph in 1877. 口語文化的第二個黃金時代自1877年留聲機的發(fā)明以來已展露在我們面前。 4. Like most technologies, written language will serve its function until some better technology comes along to replace it. 正如大多數(shù)技術(shù)一樣，書面語言的功能在有更好的技術(shù)出現(xiàn)來取代它后，即告停止。 5. This reality check will help us prepare ourselves to say goodbye to written language and to welcome back its replacement: our old friend, spoken language. 在現(xiàn)實中的行不通有助于我們告別書面語言，并迎接它的取代物——我們的老朋友，口語的歸來。