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1、工程硕士研究生英语根底教程 英译汉 Unit 1-15Unit 11. Two noted Americans explain why its not what you earn-its what you learn.两位美国名人解释为什么不是你所挣的而是你所学的更重要。2. I have never thought I was better than anyone else, but I have always believed I couldnt be outworked.我从不认为我那时比其他任何人强，但我一直相信我当时干的活儿别人都赶不上。3. Watching my money gr
2、ow was more rewarding than anything I could have bought.看着存款数增加比我当时原本可以买到的任何东西都更让我满足。4. I took a genuine interest in their questions and was able to translate what they wanted into makeup ideas.我发自内心地关心她们的问题，并能理解她们的愿望，给她们出些该如何化装的点子。5. I ended up selling a record amount of cosmetics.结果我创下了化装品销售的最好成绩。
3、Unit 21. With the click of a mouse, information from the other end of the globe will be transported to your computer screen at the extremely fast speed of seven-and-a-half times around the earth per second.只要用鼠标点击一下，在地球另一端的信息马上就会以每秒钟绕地球七周半的惊人速度传输到你的电脑屏幕上。2. Besides, if everyone shops on the Net , wh
4、at will happen to the hundreds and thousands of shopping malls?此外，如果大家都在网上购物，那么成千上万的购物中心该怎么办呢？3. The huge power of electronic commerce (e-commerce) will change the face of trade dramatically.电子商务的惊人威力会使贸易的局面发生冲动人心的巨变。4. The development of e-commerce may well bring the world into a brand new era of “
5、electronic currency .电子商务的开展很可能会把世界带进一个“电子货币的崭新时代。5. As the Net pushes the economy ahead rapidly, the economy is also bringing the Net market forward , resulting in the Internet itself becoming the worlds largest emerging market.在网络化高速地推动经济开展的同时，经济也反过来促进网络市场的开展，其结果是国际互联网本身将成为全球最大的新兴市场。Unit 31. So, i
6、f you lose a key species, you might cause a whole flood of other extinctions.所以，如果失去一个重要的物种，那也许会引起大量其他物种的绝迹。2. Instead of depending on largely ineffective laws against illegal hunting, it gives local people a good economic reason to preserve and animals.这种方法使当地人们可以为了经济上的原因而去保护动、植物，而不是依靠在很大程度上难以奏效的那些
7、反非法偷猎的规章制度。3. With corruption popular in many developing countries, some observers are suspicious that the money will actually reach the people it is intended for.由于许多开展中国家普遍存在腐败，一些观察家对这些钱财实际上能否到达应该接受这笔财物的人们手中表示疑心。4. Sustainable management of forests requires controls on the number of trees which ar
8、e cut down, as well as investment in replacing them.森林的可持续管理既需要投资种植新树以取代被砍伐的树木，也需要对被砍伐树木的数量进行控制。5. In theory, consumers would buy only this wood and so force logging companies to go “green or go out of business.理论上讲，消费者只能购置这些获得认可的木材，这将迫使伐木公司开始保护“绿色，否那么将无生意可做。Unit 41. The trend began in earnest in 19
9、95, when the Queen of England admitted that the Maori people of New Zealand had been shamefully treated, when the country was a British colony.这个潮流是从1995年才真正开始的。当时英国女王成认当新西兰还是英国的殖民地时，新西兰的土著毛利人曾遭到英国人的羞辱。2. Many political leaders, like most of their citizens, belong to post-war generations, who now lo
10、ok on the conflict as more than simply the victory of good over evil.许多政治领袖，和他们的国民一样，属于战后的一代，他们现在认为那次战争并不是简单的正义战胜邪恶的战争。3. But its not just a sense of conscience, nor demands from pressure groups, which lies behind these apologies.支撑这些抱歉的并不仅仅是良心的发现，也不仅仅是压力群体的要求。4. The Swiss government is still trying
11、 to put right the public-relations disaster that resulted from their partial apology from Switzerlands dealings with the Nazis in the 1930s and the 1940s.瑞士政府仍然还在摆平一场公共关系的彻底失败，其发生的原因在于他们对他们国家在20世纪30和40年代与纳粹分子的交往所做的抱歉是有失公允的。5. So academic, in fact, that there is a concern that “sorry might turn out t
12、o be the easiest word after all.事实上，这些风险是如此的空泛，以至于有一种担忧，认为“对不起这个词居然会成为一个脱口而出的说辞。Unit 51. The irony is that children start out as natural scientists, instinctively eager to investigate the world around them.有挖苦意义的是，孩子就是天生的自然科学家，本能地渴望探索周围的世界。2. This began a barrage of questions that lasted nearly two
13、hours.一下子一大堆这样的问题就提了出来，时间持续了将近两个小时。3. Science is not just facts but the meaning that people give to them-by weaving information into a story about how nature probably operates.科学不仅仅是事实，而是人们赋予它的内涵即各项信息汇总成为大自然的有根据地运行实况。4. Studies over the past three decades have shown that, after asking a question, ad
14、ults typically wait only one second or less for a response no time for a child to think.过去30年代研究也说明了这一点，当问了一个问题后，成年人一般等待答复的时间也就是1秒钟甚至更少，没有留出时间让孩子进行思考。5. Instead, keep the ball rolling by saying, “Thats interesting or “Id never thought of that way before, or coming up with more questions or ideas.反过来
15、，要鼓励他们继续讨论，可以这样说“这个想法很有意思！或者“我以前从来就没有这样想过。或者，提出更多的问题和观点。6. Real-life impressions of nature are far more memorable than any lesson children can extract from a book or TV program.对孩子们来说，从书本和电视节目上学到的课程一点也没有他们对自然的亲身体会那么记忆深刻。7. By sharing your childrens curiosity, you can give them a valuable lesson that
16、 extends far beyond the realm to experiment, in the face of difficulties.通过分享孩子的好奇心，你还能给他们提供超出科学试验领域之外的如何面对困难的有价值的教诲。Unit 61. Engineers have had a direct role in the creation of most of modern technology the tools, materials, techniques, and power sources that make our lives easier.工程师在绝大局部现代科技的创新中发挥直接的作用，例如，为使生活更轻松自如，我们靠他们才有了工具、材料、技术和能
