世纪大学实用英语课后翻译.doc

21世纪大学实用英语（1～6）课后翻译 Unit 1 由于下大雪，旅客们只能在机场等到午夜雪停为止。 Because of the heavy snow, the passengers had to wait at the airport until midnight when the snow stopped. 火车开动20分钟后，两个男孩才发现他们登上的是一辆开往杭州，而不是他们家乡苏州的火车。 Twenty minutes after the train started, the two boys found that they had got on a train heading for Hangzhou instead of their hometown, Suzhou. 发音相似的英语词常常引起讲英语者之间的误会。 Similar-sounding English words often result in misunderstandings among English-speaking people. 驾驶员听到从汽车引擎里传出异常的声音，于是他马上靠边停车检查，但是最终一切正常。 The driver heard an unusual sound from the car engine, so he pulled over immediately to check, but it turned out all right in the end. 当李先生意识到自己犯了一个在把英语作为第二语言的人群中常见的错误时，他感到很尴尬。 Mr. Lee felt very embarrassed when he realized that he had made a very common mistake among speakers of English as a second language. 玛丽想学日语，并希望能很快学会，但很久就发现日语太难了，短期内她无法学会。 Mary felt like learning English and hoped she could learn it quickly, but soon found it was too difficult for her to learn in a short period of time Unit 2 公众注意到自从那位地方官员离去之后，他的职位已经空了几个月了。 The public noticed that since that local official left, his position had been vacant for a couple of months. 看到女孩站在台上无助地四下张望，年轻的搬运工客气地问她是否需要帮助。 Seeing the girl looking around helplessly on the platform, the young porter asked politely if she needed any help. 你的同伴在门口一露面我就认出来了，他跟你描述的一模一样。 I recognized your companion the minute he appeared at the door. He looked just as you had described. 我们省去了找旅馆的麻烦，因为我的好朋友邀请我们住在他家，还有一辆豪华汽车任由我们使用。 We didn’t bother to find a hotel, for my good friend invited us to stay in her house and put a luxurious car at our disposal. 教授翻箱倒柜地找眼镜的时候，他的妻子却舒舒服服地坐在扶手椅上注视着整个场面。 While the professor was turning the suitcases inside out to find his glasses, his wife was sitting comfortably in an armchair watching the whole scene. 我没有理睬她因为她期望我像对女王那样对待她。 I turned my back on her because she expected me to treat her like a queen. Unit 3 为了集中精力练跳远，他已经放弃了跑步。 He has given up running in order to focus on the long jump 在《我不能接受不努