【正文】 e business than ，房地產(chǎn)經(jīng)紀(jì)人正處于或降低房價或減少銷售量的兩難境地。(dilemma)Because of the economic depression, real estate agents are in the dilemma of whether to lower prices or let sales fall 。(more ofen than not)More often than not, earns great profits by careful investment of his ，但在體育方面倒是身手非凡。(excel at)John did not make much of a mark in his studies at school, but he excelled at 。(transition。longrange)Orderly transition of responsibilities is a condition for the longrange prosperity of a family ，你最好對投資前景有個清楚地了解。(have a clear picture of)You had better have a clear picture of prospects before formulating a plan for ，但是仍有一些人以雕塑為職業(yè)。(timeconsuming)Although sculpture is a timeconsuming art, there are still some people following it as a 。(in the midst of)The software pany is in the midst of being transformed from an individual proprietorship to a joint 3，不就就替代了馬。(displace)The automobile was improved very rapidly after it was invented and soon displaced ，甚至殺人，我們可能不得不削減私人擁有汽車的數(shù)量而更多地依賴公共交通系統(tǒng)。(mass transit systems)We may have to cut down on the number of privately owned cars and depend more on mass transit systems because cars pollute and maim or even kill 、更為便利的交通時，它也應(yīng)對諸如空氣污染、交通事故、交通擁擠之類的許多問題負責(zé)。(be guilty of)While wheels(automobiles)have brought with them better or more convenient transportation, they are guilty of many sins, such as air pollution, traffic accidents and traffic 。(be noted for)Americans are noted for their love for cars and great job ，那該多好啊。(if only)If only advances in fuel quality and efficiency and in technology would radically reduce the emissions from ，高速發(fā)達的公路網(wǎng)使在各地之間來來往往成為可能。(from coast to coast)A highly developed highway network has made possible the easy movement from coast to coast in the United ，參觀者都感到很吃驚：這條路不久前還在開挖及鋪設(shè)排水管。(the very thought of。tear up)The very thought of the speed at which the beautiful avenue was constructed electrified every visitor。the road had only recently been torn up to lay drainpipes not long ，認(rèn)為汽車是產(chǎn)生空氣污染的主要因素。(denounce)Environmentalists have denounced automobiles, believing they are a major factor in the production of dirty ，在大都市的市郊，許多新建的住宅群拔地而起。(rise up,plex)Many new residential plexes have risen up in the suburbs of metropolitan cities because of the availability of convenient public ，許多人還是相信廣泛的使用公共交通系統(tǒng)能緩解交通擁擠。（lend credence to）Despite their love for cars, many people lend credence to the extensive use of the public transport system, which can cut down on traffic 4 ，現(xiàn)在的年輕人不再對政治和事業(yè)感興趣，他們越來越關(guān)注與他們自身關(guān)系更為密切的問題。(preoccupied with)Some professional observers believe that young people today are no longer interested in politics and causes, but rather, have bee increasingly preoccupied with issues closer to ，就越有可能走出小家庭這個環(huán)境，到社會上去實現(xiàn)自我。（be likely to,realize oneself）The higher a woman’s educational attainment, the more likely she is to go out of the private setting of the nuclear family and to realize herself in the ，一些已婚夫婦做出選擇不要小孩的真正原因是他們非常自戀，以至于他們沒有多余的愛給別人。(start a family,lie behind,have no margin of,spare)As far as I am concerned, what really lies behind the decision of some married couples not to start a family is that they are so narcissistic and have no margin of love to spare ，就將其一項注冊過的新發(fā)明投放市場。這一行為違反了專利法。(go against)The pany put on the market a registered invention even without asking the inventor’s permission, which goes against the patent ，聯(lián)合國對該國施加壓力，迫使其放棄研制和使用核武器。（pressure sb to do）Urged by some other countries, the United Nations has pressured the country to give up developing and using nuclear ，懷特先生及其太太只好退出NonParent協(xié)會，因為他們很快就要當(dāng)父母了。(alternative,parenthood)According to the rule that every member should remain childless, have no alternative but to withdraw from the NonParent Association, for they will attain parenthood 。(implicit)He expects to reveal, by presenting a soap opera, the plexity implicit in real ，嗜用麻醉品，酗酒和摧殘兒童都有變?yōu)樽盍钊松钏嫉纳鐣栴}的趨勢。(loom as)In virtually every country, drug abuse, alcohol abuse and child abuse loom as most challenging social ，這些老年人合理地解釋了為什么會對當(dāng)今青年人產(chǎn)生矛盾心理的原因。(be ambivalent about,rationalize)When interviewed, these elderly people rationalized why they were ambivalent about today’s young ，怎樣在這個充滿競爭的社會里迅速得到提升。(be concerned with)Many college students are far more concerned with how to get a highlypaid job on graduation and how to receive a quick promotion in the petitive 5，人變得越來越有同情心；不少家庭收養(yǎng)了來自市孤兒院的孤兒。(take in,orphanage)Generally, people have bee more passionate and quite a few families have taken in an orphan from the municipal ，又要設(shè)法保有這份工作，是一件非常困難的事情。(hold down)It is a demanding task for a workingwoman to look after her parents and her children while holding down a ，我們對他們初次在異國他鄉(xiāng)生活感到擔(dān)憂，但是結(jié)果他們在那個國家生活得相當(dāng)不錯。(work out)At first we were worried about their first stay in a foreign country, but things there worked out much better for ，中年人的孩子比他們父母的孩子要少得多；40年后人口老化問題可能成為他們孩子的沉重負擔(dān)。(weigh on)Today39。s middleaged people have fewer children than their parents did, and the aging population problem may weigh on them in about 40 。(set up)It is hoped that the current reform in education will better set students up to meet the challenges from ；但是家庭成員并不總是有空的，因為他們不能離開工作來照顧生病的老人。(break away from)The government intends to transfer some of the healthcare burden to the individual family。but family members are not always available for the task because they cannot break away from their jobs to look after the sick ，我們不得不想盡一切辦法騰出床位。(free up)There is an increasing demand for beds in the nursing home, and we have to try every possible means to free them ，為醫(yī)療保健和養(yǎng)老金提供資金可能使政府感到恐懼。(scare the devil out of)With the increase of elderly population in this country, financing health care and pensions could scare the devil out of the ，以避免使他們年邁的慈父傷心。（let down）The young couple has to make some sacrifice to avoid letting their old beloved father 。(go through)What they had gone through in looking after their sick old father made them more passionate, and they made a donation to the nursing home第五篇：英語課后題翻譯第一單元。(other than)The plant does not grow well in soils other than the