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Unit One
1)我不曾想到，随着时间的流逝，我果真以身为社工而自豪。
What I didn’t count on was that over time I would sincerely take pride in being a social worker.
2)奶奶迅速瞥了一眼墙上的闹钟，发出一阵惊呼：“天哪，我们要赶不上火车了！”
Shooting a quick look at the clock on the wall, Grandma let out a cry, “Oh, My dear /My goodness/My gracious, we’re going to miss the train!”
3)我总在幼儿园门口看见一些孩子抓住父母不让走。请问：在这种情形下，年轻的父母们是否得对孩子严厉些，赶紧离开？
At the kindergarten entrance, I always e some kids/children holding firmly on to their parents. Should young parents be sterner towards their kids/children and leave immediatel
y under the circumstances?
4)昏暗的路灯下站着一个哭泣的小女孩。
In the dim street light stood a weeping little girl/ a girl weeping.
5)富人捐赠时要尽量考虑周全，不要让受赠者陷入难堪的境地。
When making donations, rich people should be as considerate as possible in order not to put the recipient in an embarrassing situation.
6)从上个月起，我的工作就是围绕日常办公事务转，所以现在每天掰着指头算什么时候才到国庆节：我和朋友们要去乡下远足呢！Since last month, my work has been revolving around the routine office duties, so now I am counting the days until the National Day comes, when my friends and I are going hiking in the countryside.
Unit Two
1)无论是友情还是爱情，你都不可能期待自己付出最少而获得最多。In either friendship or
love / In both friendship and love, you should never expect to take / receive the maximum while you give the minimum.
2)我把全部希望寄托在他的承诺上，结果却发现他根本不是个真诚的人。
I built all my hopes on his promi(s), only to find that he was not a man of sincerity at all.
3)我们带母亲去了所有我们能找到的最好的医院，但一切努力都是徒劳的，母亲还是没能熬过那次疾病。
We took Mother to all the best hospitals we could find, but all our efforts were in vain; she failed to survive the dia.
4)情人节是个一年一度在2月14日庆祝的节日，一个向自己心仪的对象表达爱意的好日子。
Valentine’s Day is an annual holiday celebrated on February 14, a perfect day to express love to the object of your / one’s affection.
5)在信息时代，通过电子邮件方式跟远方的朋友交流几乎可以是同步的。
In the information era, communications with far-away friends via e-mail can be almost / virtually simultaneous.
6)爱情需要培育，我们梦想拥有的“永恒的爱情”只有双方学会欣赏对方，包容对方之后才可能创造。
Love needs to be nurtured, and the “eternal / everlasting love” that we all dream to have is not forged until we learn to appreciate and tolerate the other.
Unit Three
1)以共同兴趣为基础的友谊是不容易破裂的。
The friendship grounded on common / shared interest does not break up easily. / It is not easy for the friendship grounded on common / shared interest to break up.
2)孩子们必须学会将电脑游戏中的暴力和勇敢区分开来。
Children must learn to distinguish between violence and bravery / courage in computer games.
3)当今世界每天涌现如此多新鲜事物，要求一个人什么都知晓是不合情理的。
There spring up so many new things every day in the world that it is no longer nsible to expect a person to know / keep track of everything.
4)诸如背弃朋友这类事并不受法律制约，所以才有了我们称作的“道德法庭”。
Laws do not regulate such things as betrayal to friends; that is why there is what we call / is called “the court of morality”.
5)有人把今天的文化描述为“快餐文化”无论做什么事，人们只是追求用最短的时间达到最大的满足。
Today’s culture is described as “fast-food culture”. Whatever they may be / are doing, people just pursue the greatest / maximum satisfaction within the shortest time.
6)常言说，天下没有免费的午餐。如果你想要什么，就得去挣。
As the saying goes, there is no such thing as a free lunch. If you want something, go and earn / work for it.
Unit Four
1)当下汽油价格达历史新高，这引发了公众广泛关注。
The gasoline price is now at an all-time high, which has brought about wide public concern.
2)他发现鱼和米是日本人的饮食特色，随即开始就日本饮食文化撰写一份报道。
He found that fish and rice feature the Japane diet, and he then proceeded to write a report on Japane cooking culture.
3)观众们以为我会轻而易举的名列第一，哪知我使他们大吃一惊。因为跌倒，我获得花样滑冰金牌的希望就化为泡影了。
