TranslationUnit one Another School Year --- What For?1.It's wrong to raise our children the way we grow flowers in the greenhouse. We must expose them to all social problems because very soon they will be d ealing with them as responsible citizens.2.As time goes on we are inevitably going to get more and more involved in international affairs. And conflicts are sure to occur because there always exist different views and interests among nations.3.We are proud of our accomplishment, and we have reason to be. But we must never become arrogant. Otherwise we will lose our friends.rmation is now easily available. An average computer can store the information of a small library.5.That construction company is not qualified to handle the project. They d o not have any legal d ocument to certify that they have the necessary expertise. We must find a company that specializes in building theaters.6.These think tanks d o not make d ecisions. They are out to generate new id eas and penetrating analyses that will be extremely useful for d ecision makers.7.The growth of GDP is not everything. our country cannot besaid to have been mod ernized unless the quality of our people's lives is really improved.8.Poor as we were in many ways at that time, we were still quite happy as children, for there was cl ean air, clean water, a lot of fish, crabs and eels in the rivers, lakes, and ponds; and a lot of flowers, trees and birds in the fields.9.Give absolute power to any individual or any particular group of people, and that person or group is sure to abuse that power because, just as Lord Acton says," Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."10.Traditionally in our country, school education was always said to be more important and useful compared with all other pursuits./To be a scholar is to be the top of society.1. The premier is leaving for New York for a UN conference tomorrow.2. He is to meet the heads of state of several countries d uring his stay in New York.3. What are you going to d o during the National Day holidays? Are you going home or staying on campus?4. --- What d o you think school will be like in twenty years' time?--- I think children will probably learn at home with amechanized teacher.5. Thirty years ago, my grandparents never thought they would be able to move into a two-storey house with all the mod ern facilities.6. Whatthey lack is not money but experience.7. They have come to China not only to learn Chinese, but to learn about Chinese culture as well.8. What children want most from their parents are not material things but love and attention.9. You may either write your essay in your regular exercise book or d o it on your computer.10. I'm not quite sure why he didn't show up. Either he was not interested, or he simply forgot about it.11. A society should respect both its scientists and its g arbage collectors.12. He is miserly both with his money and with his time.Unit 2• 1. The three computer companies have all invested a large amount of money in technical innovations to contend for a greater share of the market.• 2. He seems to have changed into a totally different person;what he's d oing d oesn't make sense to me.• 3. The reason why his novels always sell well is that he can always d elineate his characters d elicately.• 4. I may not like her but I will stop short of calling her names.• 5. Attracted by the promise of success, people swarmed to this city which had been a small fishing village only several years before.• 6. Seeing into his eyes with unalloyed loyalty, I told myself that this is the person I could d epend on．•7. We wanted to walk along as much of the coastline as we could in these several hours．•8. After this incid ent, it was barely possibl e for the coupl e to recapture their past love and intimacy．• 1. Many Americans d o not trust the government to d o anything more, let alone making d ecisions about life andd eath.• 2. I und erlined the idiomatic expressions in the passage to catch your eye.• 3. Frost is the greatest enemy that fruit-growers have to contend with.• 4. Can you make sense of what this American is saying？• 5. They not only mad e unreasonabl e d emands on the tourist guid e, but also quarreled with their fell ow travelers.• 6. I stopped short of telling him the truth.•7. Please forgive him once for not attending that important meeting．•8. We d ecid e against buying the TV set because of shortage of money.Unit 31. One shop began to prolong the shop hours, and all the other shops along the same street followed suit．2. When it comes to making friends, you cannot be too careful.3. The two computer systems are incompatible with each other．4. In this article, I’m going to show you a way to circumvent that problem．5. We shoul d not d elud e ourselves into thinking that monetary policy can save the world．6. Producers may respond to the challenge of greater foreign competition and cut their costs and prices．7. The author reveals this gradually to the read er by way of hints．8. In the 1820s, many people migrated to California with the hope of getting rich．9. I often recall my childhood which is d ead and gone．10. He uses his wife as a kind of crutch because of his lack of confid e. The newly d eveloped industries took over the past manual labor.2. They have been connecting with each other for more than a year, but have never met．3. They have tried to reach out to these unfortunate people.4. Since her husband died she has been very distressed. She seems to be living in a world of her own．5. The alternative book to study for the examination is War and Peace．6. Now experienced teachers focus more on giving kids access to the Information Highway．7. Advanced science and technol ogy in mod ern times are the incomparable sharp edges of a sword.8. I still cannot believe that he hit the jackpot to win the first prize．9. They want a house, whereas we would rather live in a flat．10. You always go without me and I’d rather you didn’t.ParaphraseUnit 2SentenceA. 1. ... while I was drinking the juice, I always had a pleasant feeling of hope that pure sweetness would come at the end．2. I didn’t look my friend in the eye, so I’m not sure whether at that time my friend was feeling embarrassed just as much as I was feeling uncomfortable．3. Although her parents nearly expressed the meaning that she was ungrateful for their sacrifice, they stopped and didn’t speak it out．4. ... I could only watch her gradually lose the ability to move around the place where she could easily go and to d o the things which she used to d o easily．5. I mad e some foods which took a long time to prepare and cook;I had eaten a lot of such foods cooked by my mother during the time of my growth ...6. ...the dumplings I mad e had an awful taste and an ugly look,unlike the dumplings she used to make．Unit 3SentenceA. 1. When we grew old er, we came to see that concerning the issues related to human emotions, the result would not occur quickly．2. Those days when men and women happily communicate with each other in real life to look for a love relationship no longer exist．3. If love affairs did not turn out successfully, we would accept the failure and think that we didn’t suit each other because of important differences or we didn’t meet at the right time.4. By means of technol ogy, we are able to avoid the requirements that are not necessary for a partnership between a man and a woman, as in marriage．5. ... a person may fall in love with someone he/she meets immediately and soon after that, the love relationship may come to an end．6. ... the d esire to win gives us excitement, which is more powerful than any other feeling in the world．VocabularyUnit 11. to see to it; exposed to2. out for; succeed in3. averages out4. specialize in5. stuck for6. presid e over7. stuck for; see to it that8. true of; true of9. out to; see to it that 10. have no businessUnit 2B. 1. stop short of 2. let alone 3. in terms of4. make sense5. become too much for6. lose access to7. came close to8. accused of9. in halfUnit 3B. 1. took over 2. hit the jackpot 3. reaching out4. run its course5. connect with6. respond to7. access to 8. chalk...up to 9. work out。