《研究生英语读写译教程》（第二版）练习参考答案及参考译文（注：第二版只有第六单元为全新单元，其余单元只是有些调整。
）各单元练习答案UNIT ONE STAY HUNGRY. STAY FOOLISH. COMPREHENSION1 He dropped out of Reed College because he did not see the value of it. (The answer to the second part of the question is open.)2 Life was tough –he slept on the floor in friends’ rooms, he returned coke bottles and he walked 7 miles to get one good free meal…3 He cited the example to demonstrate that what he had learned in his calligraphy class worked when designing the first Macintosh computer.4 Jobs’ first story tells that the dots will somehow connect in your future. (What you have learned/experienced might help in your future career.)5 He was publicly out. (The company that he and Woz established dismissed him.) The fact that he still loved what he did made him start over again.6 He has learned a good lesson from his failure.7 Do the things we love to do.8 Open.9 Open.10 Open. (We should always want more, never be content and when we want to do something that others say is foolish, do it anyway.)VOCABULARY AND STRUCTUREA1 naively2 curiosity3 combination4 let down5 vision6 baton7 creative8 mirror9 trap 10 inventionB1 drowned out2 tuition3 Commencement4 deposit5 typography6 make way for7 animation8 intuition9 destination 10 divergeC1 follow: orders, rules, advice, fads, an ideal, one’s instinct2 trust in: honesty, the Lord, power, intuition, sixth sense3 wear out, fade out, put out, make out, get out, break out4 play writer/playwright, speedwriter, blog writer, letter writer, editorial writer5 habitual, textual, accentual, sexual, spiritual, conceptual6 shocking, stunning, eye-catching, astonishing, striking, dazzling SPEAKING: Open.TRANSLATIONA1热烈的鼓掌2波涛汹涌的海面3熟睡4烟瘾大的人5油腻而难消化的食物6烈酒7悲痛的消息8沉闷冗长的读物9〈化〉重水10他在一家法国银行拥有外国人账户。
11那老实的男孩毫无隐讳地说明了他的行为。
12他突然感到一阵莫明其妙的不安情绪。
13脚踩两条凳,早晚要坠地（即：脚踏两条船）。
14骄者必败。
15 我们遇到一对从巴黎来的夫妇，他们很有趣。
B 见译文部分。
WRITINGA1.I was asked to do the assignment. So I think there are three reasons for the failure in theexperiment.2.Although I worked hard to acquire more knowledge, I couldn’t improve my En glish.3.Though…..4.therefore---However5.If we compare the number of people who worked in this department between 2001 and 2003,it only increased from five people to twenty but the orders were twice more.6.We have three ways of recruitment. The first is the recruitment agency, which we used twoyears ago. The expenditure was very high and the people provided were not very suitable.The second is online recruitment. We have never used this method before, so we cannot say this is good or not. However, online recruitment is risky because of the unbelievable resources of the applicants.7.are-is8.including---include9.has a negative impact,have a positive and powerful effect10. There never seems to be anything worth watching on television. Young people tend to listen to the radio more than older age groups while older people find it more enjoyable to chat with people of their age.UNIT TWO TWO TRUTHS TO LIVE BYCOMPREHENSION1.According to Rabbi Alexander Schindler, we should hold fast to many gifts suchas beauty, love.2.The author exploits the parable of open and closed hand in the very beginning ofthe text to control the idea of the whole text. “Life is a paradox”, because it encourages us to grasp its many gifts although it predetermines their final disappearance.3.The author tells the audience his experience in hospital to prove the fact thatpeople are indifferent to the grandeur of each day, and nobody sees the beauty of sunlight or responds to it.4.According to the author, people are reluctant to accept losses and failures becausethey think that the world is theirs to command especially when they are young. 5.Since all of us will perish in the end, we must seek a wider perspective, viewingour lives as through windows that open on eternity, whereby to reconcile on life’s paradoxical demands. Though our lives are finite, our deeds on earth weave a timeless pattern.6.Life is a process. During the process, we should hold fast to life, but not so fastthat we cannot let go; we must accept our losses, and learn how to let go.7.According to the author, we should pursue the ideal, for ideals alone invest lifewith meaning and are of enduring worth.8.Alexander Schindler encourages the students to exalt above their personalconsiderations and to perfect the present world.9.There is strong religious color in the text. Alexander Schindler asks us to hold fastto God’s gifts, to be reverent before each dawning day, to view our lives as through windows that open on eternity, and to add religion to the humblest of edifices.10.The author delivers this speech to the university students in order to teach themhow to cope with life’s paradoxical problems in a wise way, and what to pursue. VOCABULARY AND STRUCTUREA1. renounce2. tender3. petty4. relish5. gleaned6. abounds in7. parable8. evanescent9. redeem 10. sanctuaryB1. indifference to2. Preoccupied3. redeem4. cling ing to5. relentless6. paradox7. ordained8. wanes9. exalted10. dawn/have dawned onC1.the meaning the opportunity the door happiness the purpose2. the question the jokes the advertisement the film the lecture3. run drive speak sail stick4. arrival survival refusal approval renewal5. restless priceless endless homeless aimless6. widen quicken deepen lengthen shortenSPEAKING: OPENTRANSLATIONA1成功与否取决于她的努力。