【正文】 The journey took three days longer than we had expected. /The trip took three more days than we had expected.43. 雙方都不肯妥協(xié)，談判因而破裂。When the enemy advanced,we retreat。The poorer parents are,the harder it is for their children to get a good education,thus the family is trapped in a vicious circle./The poorer parents are,the harder it is for their children to get a good education,which traps the family in a vicious circle.12. 我對這項龐大計劃了解得越多，越不想?yún)⑴c其中。I think you’d better not ask the boss for a pay rise when he is in a bad mood. /I don’t think you should ask the boss for a pay increase when he is in a bad mood.5. 萬事開頭難。擇其善者而從之，其不善者而改之。We promised to order from him in the future so that he would give us a bigger discount this time. /We made promises of future orders so we could get a bigger discount from him this time.35. 光抱怨自己的處境，卻不努力加以改善，那是徒勞無益的。Only after the old one goes can the new one e. /How can you expect the new to arrive before you get rid of the old?。For fear that I might not be able to pass the exam,I studied all night. /I studied all night because I feared failing the test.33. 服務(wù)行業(yè)的增長比許多經(jīng)濟學(xué)家所預(yù)計的要快的多。Though the new manager is talented,he can on more get the pany out of the red than his predecessor unless he is given full power in personnel management. /Talented as he is ,if the new manager is not given full power in personnel management,he will fail to get the pany out of the red just like his predecessor.20. 由于怕他盜用公司名義行騙，公司在報上登了聲明說他已經(jīng)離職。I was not surprised when our client said there would be no deal unless he could get a bigger discount. /It did not surprise me when our client said there would be no deal unless we gave him a bigger discount.3. 等我說完你再說。She is as quarrelsome as when I first met her many years ago. /She is n