【正文】 ，他們?cè)谧诮毯驼畏矫娴挠^念較為保守。( shiver戰(zhàn)栗) He’d never been to Joanne’s, but knew it by reputation, not because of its food, which had often been maligned, or its jazz orchestra, which had a guest slot for a wellknown movie director who played trumpet.(trumpet)之前他沒來過喬安妮餐廳，但對(duì)于它的鼎鼎大名卻早有耳聞，倒不是因?yàn)檫@里的飯菜有多美味，其實(shí)這里的菜品屢遭惡評(píng)，也不是因?yàn)檫@里的爵士管弦樂隊(duì)有一位知名電影導(dǎo)演客串吹小號(hào)。2 The Swedes and the Saudis in this true story have different concepts of the role of personal relationships in business. 在這個(gè)真實(shí)的故事里，瑞典人和沙特人對(duì)人際關(guān)系在商業(yè)中的作用有著不同的理解。 for the Saudis, with a person whom one has learned to know and trust. 對(duì)瑞典人來說，他們是在和一個(gè)公司做生意；但對(duì)沙特人來說，他們是在和一個(gè)他們了解并且信任的人做生意。 At the root of the difference between these cultures is a fundamental issue in human societies: the role of the individual versus the role of the group.(versus對(duì)抗)這兩種文化的差異源于人類社會(huì)的一個(gè)根本問題：即個(gè)人角色與集體角色的問題。 track down)這位年輕人是個(gè)偵探小說迷，在看了福爾摩斯探案故事之后，他自以為完全掌握了偵探技巧，于是就開始調(diào)查一起搶劫案。After a few weeks of close investigation, he tracked down three suspects, who turned out to be abroad when the robbery took place.（track down查出）2 (dwell on。 loyalty)不過作者沒有詳細(xì)敘述這些差異，而是仔細(xì)討論了兩種文化的相同點(diǎn)，其中說得最多的是為什么這兩種文化都如此強(qiáng)調(diào)工作的熱忱?！被蛘呤恰拔覀兛隙〞?huì)在大火中碰面的。Meaning, no matter how big this fire is, there’ll be another one bigger, somewhere down the road. 意思是不管這場(chǎng)火有多大，以后在別處還會(huì)有比這更大的。I always said it, at big fires, and I always heard it back, and here I was, thinking I would never say or hear these words again, because there would never be another fire as big as this. 遇到一場(chǎng)大火時(shí)，我總是這么說，也總聽別人這么說，可現(xiàn)在，我呆在這兒，想著自己再也不會(huì)說這樣的話了，也不會(huì)再聽到別人這么說了，因?yàn)樵僖膊粫?huì)有比這更大的火了。2 Named as the first chairman of the UN Human Rights Commission, Roosevelt oversaw the twoyear process of drafting and securing passage of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 作為聯(lián)合國人權(quán)委員會(huì)的首任主席，羅斯福監(jiān)督了《世界人權(quán)宣言》歷時(shí)兩年的起草和通過的全過程。要用平常的語言來評(píng)價(jià)她高超的外交手腕，一時(shí)間還真不知道該怎么說。 point。（堅(jiān)持stick with）People are quite puzzled about the fact that he has stuck with the same job for 30 years when most people of his age have changed at least four or five jobs.也許對(duì)他來說，為了獲得更高的薪水或是尋求體驗(yàn)新事物的刺激而換工作毫無意義。 win over。 utmost)協(xié)會(huì)中的大多數(shù)會(huì)員認(rèn)為應(yīng)該竭力游說政府，確保這項(xiàng)計(jì)劃獲得批準(zhǔn)。It’s essential to win over some of the objectors among the policy ，但是他們下定決心要作最大的努力。 it’s just that the disadvantage of the red light is considerably less if time is not critical. (critical關(guān)鍵的)司機(jī)不趕時(shí)間的時(shí)候碰到的紅燈其實(shí)和趕時(shí)間的時(shí)候一樣多；只是如果時(shí)間不緊急，紅燈帶來的不便要小得多。The reason for this is simply that a driver has more time to think about a red light than a green light, because while the latter is gone in seconds. 產(chǎn)生這種錯(cuò)覺的原因很簡單，因?yàn)樗緳C(jī)有更多的時(shí)間去想紅燈，而綠燈的時(shí)候，車子幾秒鐘之內(nèi)就疾馳而過了。Red lights stick in the mind, while green lights are instantly forgotten. 所以紅燈會(huì)深深地印在司機(jī)的腦海里，而綠燈轉(zhuǎn)瞬間就被拋到腦后了。My research had persuaded me that musicality is deeply embedded in the human genome, with far more ancient evolutionary roots than spoken language. (embed嵌入 genome基因)我做的研究讓我相信音樂才能是深深植根于人類基因中的，從進(jìn)化史的角度來說，它比人類的口頭語言都要古老得多。So humiliated was I by music teachers who made me “sing” alone in front of the class that I dropped music at the first opportunity and haven’t participated in anything musical for over 35 years.( humiliated屈辱的)記得小時(shí)候，音樂老師們讓我在全班同學(xué)面前獨(dú)“唱”，讓我覺得很丟臉。中譯英1 (consecutive；independent of。 when it es to。（consecutive連續(xù)的 responsive回應(yīng)的）The media doubt the claim that the two consecutive tragedies were independent of each other, and are dissatisfied with the fact that the President was not responsive immediately.談到總統(tǒng)的執(zhí)政能力，媒體早已失去信心，除非他能在隨后的任期中有所作為。 humiliate。 identify)時(shí)刻牢記不要因?yàn)槟愕暮⒆映煽儾缓枚呷杷麄儭? Their memory of the humiliation will haunt them for a long time, turn them off from learning at an early age and prevent them from gaining positive attitudes towards life.只有當(dāng)父母發(fā)現(xiàn)孩子身上的優(yōu)點(diǎn)，并且不斷鼓勵(lì)他們，孩子的發(fā)展才能得