1、一个政府的首要任务是维护法律和秩序。
The first duty of the government is to maintain law and order.2、这家博物馆靠公费维持。
This museum is maintained with a public fund.3、所有其他发言者都仍然坚持认为义和团起义是一次反帝革命运动，而他却主张它和60年代的红卫兵运动是基本上相似的。
All other speakers still insisted that the Boxers’ Rebellion was an anti-imperialist revolutionary movement where as he maintained that it was basically similar to the Red Guard movement in the60s.4、那本书里包含着不少乌七八糟的东西，但它的最后一章是值得一读的。
That book contains a lot of rubbish, but the last chapter is worth reading.5、那家工厂的沸水里含有诸如金、银之类有用的东西。
The waste water of that factory contains some useful stuff such as gold and silver.6、这套装备将用集装箱船运到那里。
The equipment will be sent there in a container ship.7、你只能忍住你的怒气，发脾气解决不了你的问题，它只会使情况变得更糟。
you just have to contain your anger. Losing your temper will not get you anywhere. It’ll onlymake things worse.8、这些都是空话，它们对我实在不说明任何问题。
these are empty words. They do not really convey any-thing to me.9、我很难表达我当时的感情，我觉得我都能为她而死。
It was hard to convey my feelings at the moment. I felt that I could die for her.10、你见到他的时候，请为我向他转达我衷心的感谢。
When you see him ,please convey my heartfelt gratitude to him.11、我确信只要我们能使人口的增长得到控制，我们国家到二十一世纪就能发展成一个伟大的经济强国。
I’m sure our country will develop into a great economic power in the 21st century, providedwe keep our population growth under control.12、所有伟大的理论都得到它们信仰者的竭力的维护。
但是捍卫一种理论的最好办法也许是去发展它，使之切合实际。
All great theories are defended firmly by their believers. But the best way to defend a theoryis perhaps to develop it and make it relevant to reality.13、在过去几年里，我们发展了一种新的教学方法。
In the past few years we have developed a new teaching method.14、有一个集资的有效办法也许是开发我们的土地资源。
One effective way to raise fund is perhaps to develop our land resources.15、三年以后，他开始出现艾滋病的症状。
一开始，他以为只不过是一场重感冒。
Three years later ,he began to develop AIDS symptoms. At first he thought it was just a badcold.16、这场政治危机可能演变成一场内战。
This political crisis might develop into a civil war.17、一切都准备就绪。
我们什么时候开始?Everything is order. When shall we start?18、通讯系统出毛病了，我们已经失去了联系。
The communication system is out of order. We have lost contact.19、有时候你得忘掉过去才能记住现在和将来。
Sometime you have to forget the past in order to remember the present and the future. 20、他们决定使那条新的铁路穿越那个贫困地区，以便使当地的经济能得到更快的发展。
They decide to make the new railway go though that poor area in order that the local economycould be developed more rapidly.Lesson21．这个沙漠绵延近100英里2．这个故事讲了整整三代人3．休息一下，出去活动活动（伸伸胳膊和腿）4．那里是一片美丽的开阔地5．他就爱听自己的声音，经常说起来一说几个小时6．假如你超过那个限度的话，经济就会崩溃7．这张票月底以后就无效了8．他瞧了那辆损坏了的车一眼就知道它已经无法修复了9．这地方已经变的认不出来了10．这些企业非国有化以后，工人怎么办呢？11．你不能就挖个洞，种上树木了事12．这是个原则问题。
你不能就此罢休13．尽管我们做了很大努力和牺牲，生活却没有改善14．他有那种什么都知道的神气15．手术以后，他似乎成了完全不同的一个人16．他的一举一动就像是他他是一个百万富翁似的17．那时候国家规定价格，拿周全部盈利，同时也承担全部亏损18．根据合同，由甲方承担费用19．那个城市的空气污染如此严重，我实在再也不能忍受了20．她当时处境十分为难。
她既无法忍受他，又不能离开他21．这次你要再不能把车修好，后果就得由你负责了1．The desert stretches for nearly a hundred miles2．The story stretched over three generations3．Take a break. Go out and stretch yourself abit4．That was a beautiful stretch of open land5．He loves to hear his own voice often he talks for hours at stretch6．If you go beyond that limit the economy will collapse7．This ticket is not valid beyond the end of the month8．One look at the damaged car told him that it was beyond repair9．The place had changed beyond recognition10．What will become of the workers when theses enterprises are denationalized?11．You can’t just dig a hole and plant the tree and let it go at that12．This is a matter of principle. You can’t let it go at that13．For all our efforts and sacrifice, life did not improve14．For all his power and property, he still had no support from the people15．He had the air of a man who Knows everything16．After the operation , he became , as it were, an entirely different person17．He behaved as if he were a millionaire18．In those days, the state fixed the prices, took all the profits, and also bore all the losses 19．According to the contract, Party A should bear the coast.20．The air was so polluted in that city . I couldn’t bear it any longer21．She was in a terrible fix . She could not bear him and she could not leave him.22．If you can’t fix this car in time, you’ll have to bear the consequencesLesson31．虽然爱迪生面临无数次失败，他毫不退缩，继续他的试验2．当他出任总统时，国家面临着内战的严重危险。
3．新政府面临各种巨大困难：通货膨胀，饥荒，失业，以及人民中一种普通的绝望情绪。
4．香港回归将使中国在世界经济中处于强有力的地位5．水门事件丑文使尼克松政府处于极为困难的境地。
尼克松最终不得不辞职6．这人苏醒时，发现躺在床上，四周围者医生和护士7．如果你不休整你的方法，那么你就会陷入困境8．他当时正在街上走路，突然被人挤进了人群9．在那座城市里，人们始终得保持警惕，防止被抢劫10．政府让全城都保持警惕，防止可能发生的地震11．莎士比亚的影响超越了他生活的时代12．改革政策的影响已经超出了经济领域13．这个问题在即将召开的中央全会上提出来14．这本杂志是月刊，用中文和英文发行15．协议的第一稿被拒绝了16．一个好的扎略家知道，假如他想打败敌人，他就必须考虑到各种因素17．1958年，我们天真地以为如果我们把全国每个人都动员起来参加之一工作，我们就能在一年之内使钢铁产量翻倍18．我并没有选多少门课，但仍完不成布置的阅读任务19．罗斯福明白他面前的首要任务是把经济给修补起来20．我们不能盲目抄袭国外，想想吧，如果每一个中国人都有一辆汽车，我们到哪里去找那么多地建造高速公路呢21．你们在指定该地区发展计划时，得考虑一下当地条件22．我们仍觉得自己很幸运，因为我们都有体面的工作23．20岁时，他被征入伍，被派到一个小岛工作24．她很能体贴人，她关上所有窗户，以免让我做在风口里1．Though faced with numerous failures, Edison was undaunted and went on with his experiments2．When he became the president , the nation was faced with the gravest danger of a civil war3．The new government is faced with great difficulties inflation, famine, unemployment and a general sense of despair among the people4．The return of Hongkong will put China in a very strong position in the world economy 5．The Watergate scandal put the Nixon Administration Into a very difficult position. Nixon was finally compelled to resign6．When the man came to , he found himself in bed, surrounded by doctors and nurses7．If you don’t mend your ways, you’ll soon find yourself in trouble8．He was walking along the street when he found himself pushed into the crowd9．In that city people have to be constantly on guard against mugging10．The government put the whole city on guard against a possible earthquake 11．Shakespeare’s influence goes beyond the age he lived in12．The impact of the reform policy went beyond the economic field13．This issue will be taken up at the coming Plenary Session of the Central Committee 14．This magazine is a monthly it is issued in both Chinese and English15．The first draft of the agreement was rejected16． A good strategist knows That he has to take all elements into consideration if he wants to defeat the enemy17．In 1958, we innocently believed that we could double the output of steel in one year if we drafted everybody into these national effort18．I didn’t take too many courses, but I still couldn’t handle the reading assignments 19．Roosevelt knew that the initial task facing him was to path up the economy20．We can’t copy other countries blindly. Consider what might happen if every Chinese hasa car. Where are we going to get all the land for building super-high-ways?21．You have to consider the local conditions when you make development plans for that area22．We still consider ourselves lucky because we have decent jobs23．At twenty, he was drafted into the army and was assigned to work on a small island 24．She was very considerate. She closed the windows so that I would not be sitting in the draftLesson4(1)1．由于又是水灾，又是旱灾，全村人口减少了一半2．我到电影院时，电影都要演完了3．你应该找人帮你，你一个人对付不了这么多难题4．我觉得止痛药不会有多大效果，你为什么不抽时间去找牙科医生去看看5．那时新婚姻法生效已经两年，但是许多老人还坚持认为孩子的婚姻应该有媒人来安排6．如果你想使这些措施真的有效，你必须努力工作使人们认识到采取这些措施的道理7．我叫我的秘书将这些文件存档8．他几个月大的时候，母亲就趋势了。