【正文】 （consumption） 7. The petrol consumption of the big car is very high. 消費(fèi)那名官員成功地完成了使命。（pensate） 5. Nothing can pensate for the loss of one39。（a variety of） 2. The shoppingcentre sells a variety of goods.他們僅能大致估計(jì)出人群的規(guī)模。5. People tend much to prefer, say, $100 now to $115 next week, but they are indifferent between $100 a year from now and $115 in a year and a week.5．人們更傾向于，譬如，現(xiàn)在獲得100美元的回報(bào)，而不是下一周獲得115美元的回報(bào)。（perform）10. You should always perform what you promise.Unit 15A．Translate the following into Chinese.1. In decisions from how much to whether to save and invest, humans have been assumed to be coolly rational calculators of their own selfinterest.1．在決策過(guò)程中，從生產(chǎn)多少到要儲(chǔ)蓄還是要投資的問(wèn)題，人類(lèi)都被理所當(dāng)然地認(rèn)為是其自身利益的冷酷的理性計(jì)算器。（lack for）6. In the terrible age of famine, I lacked for bread but never for time.偶爾回顧過(guò)去有助于展望外來(lái)。這完全是胡說(shuō)。5. This reality check will help us prepare ourselves to say goodbye to written language and to wele back its replacement：our old friend, spoken language. 5．在現(xiàn)實(shí)中的行不通有助于我們告別書(shū)面語(yǔ)言，并迎接它的取代物——我們的老朋 友，口語(yǔ)的歸來(lái)。2. From a Darwinian perspective, written language is the bridge spanning humanity’s first golden age of oral culture to the second. 2．從達(dá)爾文進(jìn)化論的角度來(lái)看，書(shū)面語(yǔ)是連接人類(lèi)口語(yǔ)文化第一黃金時(shí)代和第二黃金時(shí)代的橋梁。s a high correlation between smoking and lung cancer.這家公司主攻歐洲市場(chǎng)。（owe） 3. I think you owe me an explanation. 欠他們花了兩個(gè)小時(shí)才控制住火勢(shì)。B. Translate the following into English.事實(shí)正好相反。對(duì)于很多人來(lái)說(shuō)，我們需要努力感覺(jué)幸福的這種說(shuō)法可能是前所未聞的。（psychological）3. Sometimes psychological abuse is worse than physical abuse.價(jià)格下調(diào)是由于供應(yīng)商之間的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)引起的。遺憾的是， 他們可能設(shè)有認(rèn)識(shí)到廣告的強(qiáng)大作用。每個(gè)人都相信通過(guò)購(gòu)買(mǎi)自己的品牌可以表達(dá)自己的個(gè)性。（hold one’s breath） 10. We held our breath while Mr. Evens read the exam results.Unit 12A．Translate the following into Chinese. not only leads us to buy things that we don’t need and can’t afford, but also confuses our sense of reality.1．廣告不僅誘使我們買(mǎi)那些我們并不需要而且買(mǎi)不起的東西，同時(shí)還混淆丁我們的真實(shí)感。 rioters may try to overthrow the government. Riot 騷亂汽車(chē)電話是20世紀(jì)80年代的創(chuàng)新，但是現(xiàn)在他們已經(jīng)很普遍了。（stuck） 1. I am struck on this problem: I can’t figure it out.我的毛衣洗過(guò)之后縮水了。3. When powered by hybrid technologies that bine electricity with the internalbustion engine, such light vehicles will produce enormous oil saving.如果汽車(chē)靠結(jié)合電能和內(nèi)燃機(jī)的復(fù)合技術(shù)驅(qū)動(dòng)，那么這種輕型交通工具會(huì)節(jié)約大量燃油。（ring) His answers often ring true.9．令人吃驚的是他炒股發(fā)了財(cái)。(decent) At that time, it was still possible to land a decent job without a college education.6．前院布滿了保安人員。(make for)Cultural exchanges make for mutual understanding. 2．當(dāng)三家公司都決定要她的時(shí)候，她知道自己已經(jīng)成功了。3. Bill Gates, the Microsoft whiz, left Harvard to tinker with software and developed the operating brain that is installed in nearly every personal puter.，那個(gè)微軟的大能人，沒(méi)有上完哈佛大學(xué)就去鉆研軟件，開(kāi)發(fā)出一種幾乎每臺(tái)個(gè)人電腦都安裝的工作大腦。（dominate）Successful leaders dominate events rather than react to them.他必須將重?fù)?dān)從一肩移至另一肩。(when it es to)When it es to modern jazz, very few people know more than Tom.5．這項(xiàng)研究的重要性在于它證實(shí)了A與B之間存在聯(lián)系。B. Translate the following into English.1. 很可能她把這事全忘了。2. Demography and changing social mores mean that white males will bee a smaller fraction of the work force as women and minorities grow in importance.人口統(tǒng)計(jì)和不斷變化中的社會(huì)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(dòng)力群體中所占比例將會(huì)減少。(smell)They were all hungry and the food smelt good.樹(shù)越高，風(fēng)越大。(reserve for)She wanted to check if there was a room reserved for her.當(dāng)你打開(kāi)立體圖書(shū)，你肯定會(huì)打吃一驚。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(shuō)他盡管時(shí)常遇到困難，他仍留在學(xué)校學(xué)習(xí)，堅(jiān)持了下來(lái)，他即將以優(yōu)異的成績(jī)大學(xué)畢業(yè)。3. Teddy is an excellent student, well liked by his classmates, but he is troubled because his mother has a terminal 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(ài)。 simply didn’t occur to managers that the proper thing to do was to distrust people. 經(jīng)理們從沒(méi)想過(guò)懷疑別人是正常行為。(hook up)They could not use the gas stove because it had not been hooked up. micro/macro(微小/巨大)wave 1他忘記自己應(yīng)該維持秩序了。(margin)They won by the small margin of five seats.回想起我們?cè)谀抢锒冗^(guò)的一個(gè)月，我們心中充滿了感激之情。(attach to)Don’t attach too much importance to what he said.住宅逐漸消失，慢慢變成了辦公室(take over)The home is vanishing and the business office is taking over.他應(yīng)該已經(jīng)在工作，但是他卻在忙別的事情。(assist, pile) assisted the professor in piling the dictionary. 5．請(qǐng)你確信鎖上房間后再離開(kāi)。s food supply. and make transportation faster and safer.,增加世界糧食的供應(yīng),以及使運(yùn)輸更加快捷和安全.4. The construction of the gigantic Egyptian pyramids at Giza during the 2500s . was one of the greatest engineering feats of ancient times.,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. The 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.,工程師的作用得到迅速擴(kuò)展.B. Translate the following phrases into English. 1．一個(gè)健壯結(jié)實(shí)的孩子 1. a sturdy child 2．利用河流發(fā)電 2. to harness the river 3．在史前時(shí)期 3. in prehistoric times 4．使他成為合格的工程師 4. to qualify him for an engineer 5．對(duì)知識(shí)充滿好奇心 5. to be curious about knowledge 6．按時(shí)完成工作 6. to meet the deadline.C Translate the following sentences into English.1． 很明顯，與他爭(zhēng)論無(wú)濟(jì)于事。（leading question） leading questions can help the children to think for themselves.。 impressions of nature are far more memorable than any lesson children can extract from a book or TV program.對(duì)孩子們來(lái)說(shuō)，從書(shū)本和電視節(jié)目上學(xué)到的課程一點(diǎn)也沒(méi)有他們對(duì)自然的親身體會(huì)那么記憶深刻。3. Science is not just facts but the meaning that people give to them by weaving information into a story about how nature probably operates.科學(xué)不僅僅是事實(shí)，而是人們賦予它的內(nèi)涵——即各項(xiàng)信息匯總成為大自然的有根據(jù)的運(yùn)行實(shí)況。(look on… as) now look on a television set as an essential facility for life.4. 對(duì)人民的疾苦視而不見(jiàn)的政治領(lǐng)袖是不會(huì)受到人民的擁護(hù)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(shí)上，這些風(fēng)險(xiǎn)是如