全新版大学英语第一册词汇和翻译练习最新修改稿
第一单元
EXERCISES
Vocabulary
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1) Alan was always in trouble with the police when he was young but he’s
now a ___________ married man.
1) respectable
2) The people who had been hurt in the car accident lay screaming in
_______.
2) agony
3) Becau his condition’s not rious they’ve __________ his name _______ on the hospital waiting list.
3) put …down
4) The cond part of the book describes the strange ___________ of events that lead to the King’s fall from the power.
4) quence
5) When I saw my little boy crying bitterly over the death of his pet dog, I could hardly ________my tears.
5) hold back
6) They are going to ________ tho clothes and blankets among the flood victims.
6) distribute德瑞克 韦伯利
7) Linda managed to support herlf by working ____________ as a waitress.
over the rainbow
7) off and on
8) Parts of my childhood are so _______ to me that they could be memories of yesterday.
8) vivid
9) People often _________the old days with good times, and em to forget the hardship they suffered.
9) associate
10) Andrew ________decided, after much thought, to leave his job.
10) finally
11) Jane’s worried she won’t be able to _________her paper on time.
11) turn in
12) The President came under attack from all sides for his inability to __________the country’s vere social problems.
12) tackle
Translation
1) 那是个正规宴会，我照妈妈对我讲的那样穿着礼服去了。(formal)
1) As it was a formal party, I wore formal dress as my mother told me to.
2) 他的女友劝他趁抽烟的坏习惯尚未根深蒂固之前把它改掉。(take
hold)
2）His girlfriend advid him to get rid of /get out of the bad habit of smoking before it took hold.
3) 他们预料到下几个月电的需求量很大，决定增加生产。(anticipate) 3）Anticipating that the demand for electricity will be high during the next few months, they have decided to increa its production.
bonded
4) 据说比尔因一再违反公司的安全规章而被解雇。(violate)
4) It is said that Bill has been fired for continually violating the company’s
safety rules. / Bill is said to have been fired for continually violating the company’s safety rules.
5）据报道地方政府已采取适当措施避免严重缺水的可能性(avoid, vere)。
5) It is reported that the local government has taken proper /appropriate
measures to avoid the possibility of a vere water shortage. / The local government is reported to have taken proper /appropriate measures to avoid the possibility of a vere water shortage.
Passage Translation:
Susan lost her legs becau of / in a car accident. For a time, she didn’t know how to face up to the fact that she would never (be able to) walk again.
One day, while she was scanning (through) some magazines, a true story caught her eye /she was attracted by a true story. It gave a vivid description of how a disabled girl became a writer. Greatly inspired, Susan began to feel that she, too, would finally be bale to lead/live a uful life.
第二单元
1. Fill in the gaps with words or phras given in the box. Change the
form where necessary.
色散系数available, go ahead, keep in touch, absolutely, urge, estimate, reunion, hang out, destination, or something, go by, every now and then, mostly, know by heart, right away, reference
护肤祛痘1) There was no wind and the oak tree behind the hou as standing
_________ still. (absolutely)
什么叫俚语2) If you don’t want to buy a kite, you can make your own using directions
________ in books at your local library. (available)
3) The girl walked steadily north, pausing ___________ to check her
direction. (every now and then)
4) The trade unions ____________ employers to invest more money in
staff training. (are urging/ urged)
5) As a sailing ship has a ___________, so we must have a definite goal in
our life. (destination)
6) Before people knew how to make and u metals, engineering
constructions were ________ built of wood or stone. (mostly)
7) You’ll probably find Dave at the school disco--- he often __________
there. (hangs out)
8) If your hou has been broken into, don’t touch anything. Call the
police __________. (right away)
9) We had a family ____________ where I saw relatives I hadn’t en for
20 years. (reunion)
10) I guess Henry has been busy writing an article _________ recently.
That’s why he couldn’t accept the invitation. (or something)
11) Scientists _________ that smoking reduces life expectancy by around
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12) Although it is unlikely that everyone will be able to come, they are
still ________ with the plan to hold a class reunion. (going ahead)
2. Translate the ntences into English, using the words or phras in
brackets.
1) 半个小时过去了，但末班车还没来。我们只好走回家。(go by) Half an hour had gone by, but the last bus hadn’t come yet. We had to walk home.
2) 玛丽看上去对汉语考试很担心，因为她还没有背熟课文。(lean…
by heart)
Mary looks as if she is very worried about the Chine exam becau she hasn’t learned the texts by heart.
3) 既然篮球赛已被推迟，我们不妨去参观博物馆。(postpone)
Since the basketball match has been postponed, we might as well visit the muum.
4) 整个二次世界大战期间他一直和父母住在澳大利亚。(all the way)
He stayed in Australia with his parents all the way through World War II.
5) 自1985年从南京大学毕业至今，可以说我与我的大学同学失去了
联系。(kind of, lo touch)
Since I graduated from Nanjing University in 1985, I have kind of lost touch with my classmates.
Passage Translation
It is not easy to keep in touch with friends when they are far away. This is certainly true in my ca.
It has been a couple of years since I left my old neighborhood and all the friends I had there. I’ve been meaning to write to them but something or other comes up and I just don’t em to find the time. Now I have kind of lost touch with them. They are always on my mind, however, and I think I will certainly make an effort to keep up correspondence with them in future.
第三单元
5.1 Vocabulary
Fill in the gaps with words or phras given in the box. Change the form where necessary.
initiative evident preci grasp
put across anyway in the form of cut off
tend convey concept in two minds
brief proportion in terms of sufficient
1. It’ll only be a ________visit becau recently we haven’t much time.
brief
2. The job is great________ advancement, but the starting salary is rather low.
英文商务邀请函范文in terms of
3. We’d better pay that electricity bill before they________ us ________ .wifa
cut …off
4. As pace of life quickens things ________to change fast in the city.
tend
5. Why don’t we get rid of the old chairs, since we don’t u them________? anyway
6. The earth’s atmosphere makes________ obrvation of distant stars difficult.
preci
7. The lawn was laid out ________the figure 8.
in the form of
8. I shouldn’t always have to tell you what to do, u your own________.
initiative
9. Words cannot ________how grateful we are for his timely help.
convey
10. It ems to me that the board of directors is ________ over the opening of
prize是什么意思a branch office in South African.
in two minds
11. I find it difficult to grasp the________ of infinite space.
concept
12. Phillip prented a complex argument that was completely beyond my________.
grasp
5.2 Translation
1) 正如科学家所预言的那样，全球污染成了人类面临的最严重的问题之一。（global）
1) As is predicted by scientists, global pollution has become one of the most rious problems humans are faced with.
2) 谋求这些职位的竞争很激烈-----今年的求职者（applicant）是去年的五倍。（competition）
2) Competition for the jobs is very tough –we have five times as many applicants this year as we did last year/ there are five times as many applicants this year as there were last year.
3) 正如事实表明的那样，教育大纲应当符合国家的经济发展计划。（fit into）
3) As the facts show, educational programs need to fit into the national plan for economic development.
4）这辆汽车太费油（burn too much gas），而且价钱几乎是我想付的两倍。（moreover）
4) The car burns too much gas, and moreover, the price is almost twice as much as I intend to pay.
5）要了解一起重大的国际事件，我们首先要考虑其历史与政治背景。（background）
5) To understand a great international event, we, first of all, need to consider the historical and political background to it.
Passage Translation
It is hard to imagine how our forefathers could do without so many conveniences that modern technology has brought about. Back then only a
