Unit 1
课后习题翻译：
1、 我们像在暖房里种花那样养孩子是错误的。我们必须让他们接触各种社会问题，因为不久他们就将作为公民来应对这些问题。
It is wrong to rear children the way we grow flowers in the greenhouse, we must expose them to(put exposure to) all kinds of social problems/issue, for/because soon they will face/deal with /handle problems as a responsible citizen.
2、 随着时间的推移，我们不可避免地会越来越多的卷入国际事务。而冲突必然会发生，因为国家之间总有不同的观点和利益。
As time goes by /on we will inevitably get more and more involved in international affairs. Conflicts are sure to take place.
3、 我们为我们的成就而骄傲，我们有理由感到骄傲。但是我们永远不能变得狂妄，不然我们就会失去我们的朋友。
We are proud of our accomplishment/achievement, and we have every reason to be so. Nevertheless we should never become arrogant; or/otherwise we will lose our friends.
4、 信息现在唾手可得。一个普通的电脑就能储存一个普通图书馆的信息。
Information nowadays is easily available. An average computer can store the information of an ordinary library.
5、 那家建筑公司没有资格操作这个项目。他们没有任何法律文件能证明具备必要的专门技术。我们必须一个专门建造歌剧院的公司。
That construction company has no business working (is not qualified to handle) this project. They don’t have any legal documents to certify. They have to find a company which is specialized in building operas/theatres.
6、 这些智囊团不做决策。他们力图提出一些对决策者十分有用的新主意和深刻的分析。
This thinking tank doesn’t make decisions, they are out to raise/ put forward new ideas and penetrating analyses which are of vital importance to the decision makers.
7、 国内生产总值不是一切。如果人民的生活质量没有真正改善的话，我们国家就不能说已经现代化了。
奇瑞艾瑞泽3GDP (Gross Domestic Product) isn’t everything. If people’s living standard isn’t really improved, then it cannot to be said that we have reached/achieved /realized modernization.
8、 虽然那时候我们在很多方面都很困难，但作为孩子我们仍然很幸福，因为有干净的空气和水，江河湖泊里有很多鱼，螃蟹，黄鳝，田野里有花有树有草。
Poor as we were in many ways at that time. We still felt happy as children ,because/for there was clean air ,water, a great many fishes, crabs ,eels in rivers and lakes and flowers, trees ,birds in filed。
9、 只要给某一个人或某一人以绝对权力，那这个人或这人就肯定会滥用权力，因为正如阿克顿勋爵所说，权力使人腐败，绝对权力绝对使人腐败。
As long as/ if give a person or a group absolute power, then he or this group is sure to ab
use power, just as A黑豹轻卡nton says power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
10、 在我们国家传统上都认为，万般皆下品，惟有读书高
Traditionally in our country, people believe that school education is more important and useful compared with other pursuits.
1、 总理明天将赴纽约出席联合国会议。
Premier will leave for New York to attend the UN conference tomorrow.
越来越贵的中国汽车走向全球2、 在纽约期间他将会晤一些国家的政府首脑。
He will meet heads of some states during in New York.
3、 国庆长假期间你打算干什么？回家还是待在校园里。
What do you plan to do in National holiday? Go back home or stay at school?
4、 你认为20年后学校会是什么样子？
我想孩子们很可能会在家里跟老师学习。
---What do you think the school will be like in 20 years?
---I think children probably stay at home and learn from robot teachers.
5、 30年前，我的祖父母根本想不到他们能搬进一栋有现代设施的二层小楼里住。
30 years ago,my grandparents never imaged that they would be able to move into a two-store house decorated with modern facilities.
6、 他们缺少的不是而是经验。
What they lack isn’t money, but experience.
7、 他们到中国来不仅仅是为学汉语，而且是为了了解中国文化。
They come to China not only to study Chinese ,but to learn Chineseculture.
8、 孩子们从父母那里最想得到的不是物质的东西而是爱和关注。
What children most want to get from their parents is not material but love and care.
9、 你们既可以在练习薄里写作文，也可以在电脑上写。
You can write articles both in exercise books and on the computer.
10、 我不太清楚他为什么没有来，即可能是他不感兴趣，也可能是忘了。
I am not sure why he didn奥迪召回’t come, either he wasn’t interesting or he forgot.
11、 社会应该既尊重科学家，也尊重环卫工人。
Society not only respects scientists but also garbage collectors.
12、 他对自己的钱和时间都挺抠门的。
He is mean / miserly with both money and time.
听写：
1、 Tom is fresh out of Kansas city.
成都货拉拉2、 Lily is new to the English department .
3、 Bill couldn’t reach for his purpose.
4、 This is to certify that Mrs zhang worked for IBM Beijing office from January 1998 to June 2000.
5、 Professor zhang specializes in American drama  .
6、 My sister specializes in contract law.
7、 At the age of thirty , he started a company specializing in home computers .
8、 They have a large body of young peopleh5红旗 who are capable of generating new ideas .
9、 This machine can generated electricity in case of power failure .
10、 He is enrolled in a two-month course for TOFEL.
11、 It doesn’t matter whether or not you agree ,my mind is made up .
12、 Does it matter if I write in pencil  ?
13、 Can you put it in another way ?
14、 I really don’t know how to put it ,I don’t really hate it ,but I really love it either .
15、 Meals at university average out to about 10yuan per day .