【正文】 (know sth. inside out。As long as one does not know another person well enough it is convenient to have present an intermediary or gobetween, someone who knows and is trusted by both parties. (intermediary中間人 gobetween介紹人)只要他們對某個人還不夠了解，就會讓一位雙方都認識并信任的中間人或介紹人在場，這樣做會比較方便。For the Swedes, business is done with a pany。Because of the stellar quality of its sophisticated guests: politicians, diplomats, movie actors, halloffame athletes, journalists, writers, rock stars and Nobel Prize winners – in short, anyone who was anyone in this city of power brokers.( stellar明星的 sophisticated厲害的 diplomats外交家)因為這里匯集了有頭有臉的賓客，可以說是星光璀璨，他們中有政客、外交家、電影明星、載入名人堂的體育明星、記者、作家、搖滾明星、諾貝爾獎得主等等——總之，這里的每一位客人都是這座權(quán)力之城里的一個人物。It is not difficult to conclude that what he represented was nothing if not the elite class of the country in the wake of World War II, who were rather conservative in terms of religious and political views.(be nothing if not極其 elite精英 in the wake of緊接著 conservative保守的 in terms of在……方面)Unit5英譯中1 Josh shivered as he checked the address on the slip of paper in his hand. 喬希打了個冷戰(zhàn)，他打開手里的紙條核對了一下地址。 in the wake of。It was a safe bet that we were as much baffled about their way of thinking as they were about ours.（baffled困惑）我認為應(yīng)該安排一次面談，讓大家消除誤會，掃除溝通的障礙。 as baffled … as)我們根本就看不懂他們的計劃書，因為他們的觀點不太容易把握。 e to grips with。Yet there is a good case that we do not, in fact, live in very interesting times at all.但是，有一個很好的例子可以用來證明，實際上我們并沒有生活在多么有趣的時代。2 (也是背誦段落)But it is only our obsession with novelty, ignorance of deeper historical patterns and arrogant insistence on our own importance that leads us into this kind of talk. 可是，讓我們有這種論調(diào)的正是緣自我們對新奇事物的過度迷戀，對深層次歷史模式的無知，以及我們的狂妄自大。So she specially decided a couple of simple topics and engaged them in the discussion, in order that they might bee more confident and closer with each other.Unit4英譯中1 Even grown men who do market research have trouble visualizing what a public relations man does with his day. (visualize: 想象)即使是那些從事市場研究工作的成年人也難很想象公關(guān)部的人每天都在做些什么。 engage sb. in)她知道中國學生總是不愿意表達自己的情感和想法，這不僅僅因為他們對自己的英語口語不夠自信，還因為他們相信穩(wěn)重是一種美德。As the wedding ceremony was approaching, Susan had bee quite anxious. She could not pin down what exactly was troubling her.（pin down：確定）在同好友凱特長談了一次后，她才意識到，盡管自己已經(jīng)28歲了，但在情感方面還不夠成熟，還沒有為婚姻做好準備，也不知道這樁婚姻是否會給自己帶來美滿的家庭生活。 guarantee)隨著婚禮的臨近，蘇珊變得非常焦慮。They attempt to answer some of the questions about the painting, as well as one, which is immediately more appropriate to the medium of the novel or the film: Are her wide eyes and enigmatic halfsmile innocent or seductive? (enigmatic: 神秘的 seductive：誘惑的)它們都試圖揭開有關(guān)這幅畫的一些謎題，其中一個是：女孩那雙睜得大大的眼睛，以及那一絲神秘的微笑，到底是天真還是誘惑？像小說或電影這類媒介更適合作出回答。 is it fatefully sad or smilingly sad?是悲觀厭世的悲傷，還是無可奈何的悲傷？是時運不濟的悲傷，還是強顏歡笑的悲傷？Indeed, the unexplainable lack of background information may even contribute to the worldwide popularity the painting enjoys.實際上，這種無法解釋的背景資料的缺失甚至會使得該畫更受歡迎。Now study the sad one a little closer. Try to pin down the exact quality of its sadness. (pin down: 確定 exact：準確的)那么就更仔細地聽一下這個悲傷的主題吧，要明確悲傷的性質(zhì)。Yes, you will certainly know whether it is a gay theme or a sad one. 是的，你當然知道那個主題是歡快的還是悲傷的。Policy has also raised the environmental awareness of the local residents and prompted them to save energy as possible as they could.（resident：居民 prompt: 促進）Unit3英譯中1 Listen to each theme, one after another. You will soon realize that each theme mirrors a different world of feeling. (mirror: 映射)依次地、一個個地聽聽其中的每一個主題，你很快就會意識到每個主題都反映了一個不同的情感世界。Effective environmental policy might bring about a good environment, as well as reducing energy consumption.回顧這個地區(qū)近年來的發(fā)展情況，我們