【正文】 because the car was expensive and was bought in Hong Kong, a place which seemed to us as far away as America.Unit 31 這些文件很重要，內容要絕對保密。如果要處理掉的話，應先把它們切碎，而不是直接當垃圾扔掉。 ( content of which。 tear up。 instead of)These are important documents, the content of which should be kept strictly confidential. If you need to dispose them, you must shred them instead of throwing them out with the trash. 2 現在，像偽造支票、身份證和信用卡這類的白領犯罪已變得相當普遍。盡管我們學會了許多防止被騙的招數，可是看起來我們隨時都可能被騙。( forge。 prevent…from)Nowadays, whitecollar crimes such as forging checks, ID cards and credit cards have bee very mon. Though we have learnt much about how to prevent ourselves from being cheated, it seems that we could be its victims at any time.3 地震已過去了好幾個月，生活恢復了正常。人們與平時一樣忙著各自的事情。但一個無法回避的事實是，地震給人們帶來的精神創(chuàng)傷也許永遠無法抹去。( go about。 there is no escaping the fact that…。 mental trauma。 wipe out)It has been several months since the earthquake. Life has returned to normal, and people are busy going about their business. But there is no escaping the fact that the mental trauma the earthquake brought to people will never be wiped out.4 為什么說一個圖書館擁有大量可供隨時閱覽的新書及電子圖書資源很重要呢？因為那樣的話，學者們就可以了解自己學科領域里的最新進展，知道自己的研究是否有價值。 ( matter。 readily available to。if so)Why does it matter that a library has many new books and electronic resources readily available to the readers? This is because if so, the scholars know the latest development in their own fields and know whether their research is valuable.Unit 41 這個消息來得如此突然、如此令人震驚，我在沙發(fā)上呆呆地坐了幾分鐘。我的第一本能就是趕緊打電話把這件事告訴領導，看看我們能為那些在這起交通事故中死傷的同事做些什么。(so… that。 first instinct)So sudden, so striking was the news that I sat motionless on sofa for a few minutes. My first instinct was to call our leaders to tell them what had happened and see what we can do for those colleagues who died or got injured in this traffic accident.2 紙版的兒童書與電子書相比有很大的優(yōu)勢。對孩子們來說，一本印刷精美的紙版書不僅是一本書也是一個玩具。讀紙版書的感覺與在屏幕上讀書的感覺是很不同的。( have advantage over。 be different from)Paper books for children have an enormous advantage over ebooks. For children, a beautifully printed paper book is not only a book but also a toy they can play with. Reading a paper book is rather different from reading a book on the screen.3 近年來在西方國家，傳統(tǒng)媒體呈現出衰退的趨勢，新媒體迅速發(fā)展。然而新媒體的收入又不足以彌補傳統(tǒng)媒體丟失的市場份額。（ in the tendency of。 not necessarily。 when it es to）In recent years, traditional media in the western countries are in the tendency of decline and new media are developing rapidly. However, this does not necessarily mean that tradition media have lost the market. When it es to reading things like news, people are still used to such traditional media as newspaper.4 隨著金融危機的爆發(fā)，許多企業(yè)陷入了困境。對于那些因缺乏流動資金無法進行再生產又不想讓惡性循環(huán)繼續(xù)下去的企業(yè)，他們唯一能做的事情就是向政府求助。( find oneself in difficulty。 turn to )With the explosion of the finan