現(xiàn)代大學英語3重點句子以及翻譯.

1、Lesson11)Has it ever occurred to you that your professors and other school personnel have certain goals for your growth and maturity during your college years?(P)Have you ever thought of the fact that your teachers and the staff have high expectations of you as you progress in both years and knowled

2、ge. (T)你是否曾經(jīng)想到過你的教授和教務人員人員在大學學習期間為你確定了某些成長目標？2) identity is determined by genetic endowment (what is inherited from parents), shaped by environment, and influenced by chance events.（T）性格特征是由先天基因（即父母的遺傳物質）所決定，/在環(huán)境中成形/ 由外部環(huán)境而塑造，并受偶然事件的影響。3)First, there is functional independence, which involves the ca

3、pability of individuals to take care of practical and personal affairs, such as handling finances, choosing their own wardrobes, and determining their daily agenda.(T)第一，獨立處理日常生活的能力，它包括個人獨立處理實際和自身事務的能力，如理性消費的能力、選購服裝的能力和決定每天工作日程的能力。4)Hoffman defines this process as "freedom from an excessive nee

4、d for approval, closeness, togetherness, and emotional support in relation to the mother and father.“(P) According to Hoffman, emotional independence means the student no longer needs his parentsconsent, company, their love and care. 霍夫曼將這一過程定義為“擺脫父母的認可、親近、陪伴和情感支持的過分依賴”5) Has it ever dawned on you t

5、hat certain developmental changes will occur in your life as you move from adolescence to young adulthood?你可曾注意過你在從青少年漸漸成人的過程中會發(fā)生某些變化？6) In fact, it may be heightened by their choice to pursue a college education.事實上，這種沖突很可能因為他們選擇繼續(xù)接受大學教育而愈發(fā)激烈。7) That same young man came into my office less than a w

6、eek later, dragging his feet with a dismayed, dejected look on his face.而不到一個星期，同一個年輕人卻拖著腳步神情沮喪的進了我的辦公室。P: walking slowly and listlessly, looking very unhappy and disappointed8) While my world was expanding and new options were opening for me, my father ,who was in his sixties, was seeing his world

7、shrink and his options narrow.當我的世界不斷擴展，新的機遇不斷出現(xiàn)時，我的父親，一個年過花甲之人，正在親眼目睹自己的世界在變小，選擇在變少.(P) was experiencing a world that is becoming smaller and he had fewer and fewer choices as he grew older. 9) Another change for college students is internalizing their religious faith, their values, and their moral

8、s.大學生的另一個變化就是內化他們的宗教信仰、價值尺度和道德觀念.to make internal10) In the late sixties, a young woman from a background that was extremely prejudiced against people from other races came to college convinced that her race was superior.(T)60年代末，一位年輕女子來上大學，她在極度歧視其他族裔的環(huán)境中長大，對自己種族優(yōu)越感深信不疑。11) These religious, moral, a

9、nd ethical values that are set during the college years often last a lifetime. 這些在大學時代建立起來的宗教、道德和種族價值常常會伴隨他們的一生(P) These beliefs and values we develop in college years often last to the end of our lives. 12) I can no longer read the newspaper or watch a television newscast without seeing the people

10、from other countries in a different light.而且，在看報和電視新聞時，我已經(jīng)以一種不同的視角去看待其他國家的人民了。 13) ,but they are also acquiring new ways of assembling and processing information.而且還在習得那些搜集和處理信息的新方式P: They are also finding or learning new ways of arranging, organizing, analyzing or understanding information. 14) The

11、 dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called truth. 是老師的信任為你的夢想插上翅膀：他拉著你、推著你，有時用真理的教鞭驅趕著你，帶領你登上又一座高峰。Lesson21）You hear it said that fathers want their sons to be what they feel they cannot them

12、selves be, but I tell you it also works the other way. (T) 人們常說父親們想讓他們的兒子們成為他們認為自己無法成為的人，但是我告訴你這句話反過來說也對。(反之亦然)2） Before he went broke, running a harness shop, there were always a lot of men loafing in the shop. He went broke, of course, because he gave too much credit. 破產(chǎn)以前，父親經(jīng)營一家馬具店，店里總有很多人在閑逛。當然，

13、由于他大量賒賬，終于導致了破產(chǎn)。3） Thered be men I didnt think would want to be fooling around with him.還有一些人是我沒想到愿意和他在一起混的。4） To hear him tell it hed been in about every battle. (P) If you heard him tell the story, you would think that he had been in about every battle. (T) 根據(jù)他的講述，你會以為他參加過幾乎所有的戰(zhàn)斗。5) It seems he an

14、d Grant used to slip off sometimes to slip off: to go off quietly or secretly without being noticed 溜走6) I knew we had them licked. 打敗了他們7) He was a story-teller as I was to be. P: It means that looking back, the author realized that he himself had become a story writer because of his fathers influe

15、nce, because he had his fathers genes of literary creation.他是一個會講故事的人，我后來也成為了一個這樣的人。8）It was as though I had jerked suddenly out of my world of the schoolboy, 仿佛突然間我被從孩童世界猛拽了出來，從一個以父親為恥的世界里猛拽了出來。9） He had become blood of my blood; 他和我血脈相通。Lesson3 1) , painstakingly putting together a trotline, a maz

16、e of ropes to which several hooks could be attached. painstakingly: carefully and thoroughly 十分小心地；極其仔細地 a maze of ropes: 一團亂繩 to be attached to: to be connected with 連接2) everyone else was ready to call it a day3) “Grab a pole and join in the fun.” “拿起魚竿，享受樂趣吧！”4) from teen to tycoon (P) from a tee

17、nager to a wealthy and powerful businessman. 由一個十幾歲的少年一躍成為了超級大亨5) Growing up in Houston, Michael and his two brothers were imbued by their parents with the desire to learn and the drive to work hard. （P）Michael and his two brothers grew up in Houston where they learned from their parents that young

18、people should enjoy learning new things and being motivated to work hard. (T)邁克爾和他的兩個兄弟在休斯敦長大，他們深受父母的熏陶，具有強烈的求知欲和勤奮工作的動力。6） Newlyweds, he figured, were the best prospects. 他認為，新婚夫婦是最佳的銷售對象(P) He guessed that newly-married people were the most likely to buy the subscriptions. 7） He also knew that hol

19、ding excess inventory was costly. So he bought dealers surplus stock at cost. inventory: all the goods in a shop/stock excess inventory: too many goods in stock (T) 戴爾也知道保留多余的庫存很費錢，所以他以成本價格購買了經(jīng)營者的剩余庫存。8） , but back in Austin he felt the opportunity of a lifetime was passing him by. the opportunity o

20、f a lifetime: a rare opportunity; a golden opportunity 千載難逢的機會(T), 但回到奧斯丁之后，他卻感到千載難逢的機會正在與他擦肩而過。 9） After one month he started selling computers againwith a vengeance. 一個月后，他又賣起了電腦，而且更加瘋狂（更賣力）10） It was time to come to grips with the magnitude of what he had created.P: It was time to deal with the g

21、reat size of the things that he had created.(T)是時候去把握住他所創(chuàng)造出的龐大財產(chǎn)了11）Under a deadline, his pace was frantic. (P) He had to work extremely hard and fast because he had to meet a deadline.(T) 期限就要到了，他的工作節(jié)奏近乎瘋狂。12） Just when it seemed the sky was the limit 就在看起來前途無量的時候13） So Dell guaranteed next-day on-

22、site service for his products, and introduced a 24-hour-a-day toll-free line for customers to talk directly with computer technicians. (T)所以戴爾做出如下承諾，客戶的電腦一旦發(fā)生故障，技術人員保證次日登門排除。他還開通了24小時免費服務熱線，讓客戶直接與電腦技術人員通話。14） Theres too much of an entitlement attitudes nowadays.(P) There is a prevailing thought in A

23、merica that people have the right to enjoy everything that is readily made. (T)現(xiàn)今，有太多的人抱有一切都是理所應得的態(tài)度。15） He credits his own success to the fact that Alexander and Lorraine Dell expected their three sons to learn and work hard. (T) 他把自己的成功歸于他們的父母(亞歷山大.戴爾和羅琳.戴爾 ) 對他們兄弟三人的期望：發(fā)奮學習，努力工作,而且他從中受到了啟發(fā)。 Lesso

24、n5、61) I think its customary to take a preliminary vote.(P)I think it is common practice to take a vote first just to find out where we are before we start our discussion. (T) 我認為按慣例我們應該先來一次預備投票。2) Weve got to send him to the chair. 電椅 If we found him guilty, he would be electrocuted. 3)Since when i

25、s dishonesty a group characteristic? (21)(P) Im surprised to hear you say that as if dishonesty has ever been a group characteristic. (T) 從何時起，不誠實居然成了一種群體特征？4) If her testimony dont prove hes guilty, then nothing does. （T）如果她的證詞還不能證明他有罪，那再沒有別的能證明了！5) This boy has been hit so many times that violence

26、 is practically a normal state of affairs with him. I just cant see two slaps in the face would have provoked him into committing murder. (T) 孩子挨過很多次打，對他來說，暴力事實上已成為家常便飯。我不明白，挨了兩巴掌就會使他殺人。6）It may have been two too many. too many: too many to endure 到了不能容忍的地步（P）These two slaps may have been beyond the

27、 boys endurance. 7） It is no secret children from slum backgrounds are potential menaces to society. slum 貧民窟 menaces 威脅 （P）It is known to all that children who were brought up in slums are very likely to be threats to society. 8） I began to get a peculiar feeling that the defense counselor wasnt co

28、nducting a thorough enough cross-examination. He let too many things go by, little things. He ignored/ failed to give consideration to a lot of details. 9） The discovery of the age or something. （76）你認為這是劃時代的發(fā)現(xiàn)或是別的什么東西嗎？10） It takes a lot of courage to stand alone. stand alone 堅持11） Hes got to burn

29、and you let him slip through our fingers! 12） No. 8 What it must feel like to want to pull the switch. You are a sadist! (48) 13） P: I cant understand what kind of feeling it is that will make you want to pull the switch. The only possible answer is that you are a sadist. You enjoy watching people s

30、uffer.真不知道想拉電閘是一種什么樣的感覺。 sadist 虐待狂14)Its always difficult to keep personal prejudice out of a thing like this.(115)P: Its not an easy thing to make sure that our discussion of the case is not affected by our personal prejudice. Lesson 71)He was by nature a sociable, chatty man and he had reckoned t

31、hat his action would infallibly produce conversation.(P) He was the kind of man who likes to talk and enjoys company, and had guessed that what he did would invariably start a conversation.(T)他天生是一個喜歡交際、愛閑聊的的人，他認為他的行為肯定會引發(fā)一番交談。 2） . while Mr. Harraby Ribston resumes his seat and sat for a while puff

32、ing a little and with a heightened color as a result of his exertion. (P) . while Mr. Harraby Ribston sat down again breathing heavily for a few minutes, his face turning red as a result of the great effort he had made when pitching his suitcase out of the window.(T)哈羅畢·里勃斯頓先生重新坐下來。由于剛才費了不少力，他喘

33、著氣，臉都紅了。3) for Mr. Crowthers glance had betrayed not the smallest emotion. (P) because one could not see any feelings revealed or shown in Mr. Crowthers quick glance. (T) 因為克勞瑟先生的一瞥沒有顯露出一丁點兒興趣。4）Such were the thoughts that buzzed round Mr. Harraby-Ribston, robbing him of the satisfaction and refresh

34、ment that were his due. (T) 這些就是哈羅畢.里勃斯頓當時的想法,這些想法在他的頭腦里縈繞, 使他無法享受本該屬于他的滿足與休閑。5) he considered it an annoying infringement of his privacy. 他認為對方的所作所為都令人討厭，侵犯了他的隱私。6) doubly charming when I have them to myself. 當我獨自擁有時，它們更加迷人了。my house, my home is much more charming now since Im the only one to have

35、the house. 7）Mr. Harraby Ribston took the disclosure remarkably well.（T）對于克勞瑟先生所透漏的信息，哈羅畢.李博斯特先生的反應相當不錯。8) It rolls down the embankment and lands up against their railings. 提箱會沿著路基滾到他們的圍欄邊。9) reticence was not your strong point。 沉默并不是你的強項。Lesson101)He thought everybody lived far too elaborately, exp

36、ensively, anxiously.P: He thought that our life is too complicated, too costly, and gives us too much pressure.(T)他認為人們?yōu)樯钌焚M苦心，過于講究奢華。2) His lifes aim was clear to him: it was “ to restamp the currency”: to take the clean metal of human life, to erase the old false convention markings, and and to im

37、print it with its true values.他十分明確自己的生活目標，就是把人生中潔凈的金屬提煉出來，抹去陳舊的虛偽習俗的印跡，在上面重印其真正價值。（P）Life is like a metal marked with false and conventional values. His life task is to remove those false markings and imprint a true value on it.3) Sometimes they threw bits of food, and got scant thanks; sometimes a

38、 mischievous pebble, and got a shower of stones and abuse.(T)有時他們丟給他一點兒食物，他會勉強地道一、兩聲謝謝；有時他們故意戲弄他，扔給他一塊石子，他便破口大罵，毫不客氣地用一通石子回敬他們。4) They were not quite sure whether he was mad or not.He knew they were mad, each in a different way. 他們拿不準他是不是瘋了。他卻認定他們瘋了，只是他們的瘋各有各的不同P)He knew that other people were all i

39、nsane in this way or another. 5) He spent much of his life in the rich, lazy, corrupt Greek city of Corinth, mocking and satirizing its people, and occasionally convert one of them.他一生大部分時光都在希臘的克林斯城邦度過，那是一個富裕、懶散、腐敗的城市，他挖苦嘲諷那里的人們，偶爾勸說他們的其中一個改變信仰。(P)He chose to live among the wealthy, lazy and dishone

40、st citizens of Corinth for many of his years, ridiculing and criticizing them. And he occasionally persuading one of them into adopting his belief.6). He was not the first to inhabit such a thing. But he was the first who ever did so by choice, out of principle.(P) He was not the first to live in a

41、cask. Yet he was the first to do so because he wanted to, based on his principle, not because he was forced to by necessity.7)But he taught chiefly by example. 但是他言傳身教（自己先去做）(P) Diogenes sometimes taught by talking to people, but he mainly taught by setting an example for others to follow.8)Live wit

42、hout conventions, which are artificial and false; escape complexities and extravagances: only so can you live a free life. (P)Only when you get rid of those man-imposed and false conventions and avoid living complex and luxurious lives can you live a real, free life.(T)拋開那些造作虛偽的習俗；擺脫那些繁文縟節(jié)和奢侈享受：只有這樣

43、，你才能過自由的生活。9) In order to procure a quantity of false, perishable goods he has sold the only true, lasting good, his own independence.為了攫取這些虛假浮華的東西，他出賣了自己的獨立，這惟一真實長久的東西。(P) People all toil to get only those material things that are false and fleeting, but at the sacrifice of their own everlasting in

44、dependence.10） Diogenes took his old cask and began to roll it up and down. “When you are all so busy,” he said, “ I feel I ought to do something!”When the Corinthians were busy preparing for the coming war, Diogenes rolled his cask up and down to ridicule their silly behavior.11)Now he was lying in

45、 the sunlight, contented and happy, happier (he himself used to boast) than the Shah of Persia.此刻他正躺在陽光下，心滿意足，樂也悠悠，比波斯國王還要快活（他常這樣自我吹噓）12)Only twenty, Alexander was far older and wiser than his years。年僅20歲，亞歷山大比他的年齡要成熟和睿智得多(P)Alexander looked far older than a man of his age normally does, and was muc

46、h wiser than a man of his age normally is.13) Like all Macedonians he loved drinking, but he could usually handle it; and toward women, he was nobly restrained and chivalrous. (T)他像所有的馬其頓人一樣嗜酒，但他一般能夠適可而止；對于婦女，他表現(xiàn)得高尚拘謹，彬彬有禮，不失騎士風度。14)He was the man of the hour, of the century. 他是時代的風云人物。15)With his h

47、andsome face, his fiery glance, his strong body, his purple and gold cloak, and his air of destiny, he moved through the parting crowd toward the Dogs kennel 亞歷山大相貌英俊，眼光炯炯有神，身體強健，他披著鑲金的紫色斗篷，帶著命運主宰者的氣派，穿過向兩邊閃開的人群，向“狗窩”走來。16） He was what Diogenes called himself, a “citizen of the world”. Like Diogenes

48、, he admired the heroic figure of Hercules, who labored to help mankind while all others toiled and sweated only for themselves.他是狄奧根尼所自稱的“世界公民”。像狄奧根尼一樣，他崇拜海格立斯的英雄形象。當別人只為自己的利益費盡心機之時，這位英雄卻在為人類而奮斗。Lesson111) There was once a town in the heart of America where all life seemed to live in harmony with i

49、ts surroundings.(P): Once upon a time there was a town in the central part of America where all living things seemed to co-exist peacefully with their environment. 2) The town lay in the midst of prosperous farms, where, in spring, white clouds of bloom drifted above the green fields.(P)The town lay

50、 among booming (or well growing) farms. In spring, white flowers floated above the green fields just like clouds.3) In autumn, oak and maple and birch set up a blaze of color that flamed and flickered across a background of pines a blaze of color: an impressive and noticeable show of colors(P)In aut

51、umn, the oak, maple and birch trees turned yellow, red or brown, thus making a beautiful show of colors against the dark green of pine trees.4) Then some evil spell settled on the community: mysterious diseases swept the flocks of chickens; the cattle and sheep sickened and died.(P)Then, as if by so

52、me evil power, disaster fell on the community: Strange diseases quickly struck down large numbers of chicken; the cattle and sheep became ill and died.5) On the mornings that had once throbbed with the dawn chorus of scores of bird voices there was now no sound. The morning air used to vibrate with

53、the singing of birds, but there was now no sound.6) Considering the whole span of earthly time, the opposite effect, in which life actually modifies its surroundings, has been relatively slight.When we think of the long history of life on earth, the degree (or extent) that living things affect their

54、 environment has been insignificant as compared with the effect of the environment on plant and animal life. 7) Chemicals sprayed on croplands or forests or gardens lie long in soil, entering into living organisms, passing from one to another in a chain of poisoning and death.8) Given time-time not

55、in years but in millennia-life adjusts, and a balance has been reached.-When the environment changes, living things can adapt to their new surroundings, but it is a long process and it takes millennia of years for life to be in harmony with their modified world again.9) The rapidity of change follow

56、s the impetuous pace of man rather than the deliberate pace of nature.The environment no longer changes slowly according to the laws of nature. Rather, it is rapidly changed by shortsighted, profit-seeking mankind.10) Radiation is now the unnatural creation of mans tampering with the atom.11) The ch

57、emicals are the synthetic creations of mans inventive mind, having no counterparts in nature.12) Among them are many that are used in mans war against nature.13) These chemicals are now applied almost universally to farms, gardens, forests, and homes,killing every insect, the good and the bad,to sti

58、ll the song of birds and the leaping of fish,to coat the leaves with a deadly film, and to linger on in soil. apply sth to: to put or spread sth on the surface of e.g.She never goes out without applying sun cream to/on her face and neck.(T)14) The whole process of spraying seems caught up in an endless spiral(T)15) Insect problems arose with the intensification of agriculturethe devotion of immense acreage to a s