1. The prospect of increased prices has already provoked worries.
物价上涨的前景已经引起了忧虑。
2. The government is trying to do something to promote better
understanding between the two countries.
政府正在努力采取措施促进两国间更进一步了解。
3. We are writing to the manager with the purpose of the repairs
recently carried out at the above address.
我们正给经理写信，内容是关于近期在上述地点进行修理的事。
（with独立主格结构，with the purpose of 为了...）
4. I have no objection to hearing your story again.
我不反对再听一遍你的故事。 （have...objection to sth./doing 反对..
是固定句型，来源于object to do sth./doing sth.）
5. The writer tired to be as objective as possible in this article.
作者在这篇文章中尽量不偏不倚。（objective n.目的，目标 adj.客观的，不带
偏见的）
6. Parents have a legal obligation to ensure that their children are
provided with efficent education suitable to their age.
（ suitable to/for适应适合.. with独立主格结构:
with +名词(代词)+现在分词/过去分词/形容词/副词/不定式/介词短语）
7. Her interest in redecorating the big house kept her occupied for
a whole week.
她热衷于重新装饰这所大房子，为此她整整忙活了一周。
（keep sb. adj. --- occupied：过去分词在这里视为形容词，作宾语补语）
8. I am afraid that you have to alter your optimistic views in light
of the tragic news that has just arrived.
根据刚得到的不幸的消息，恐怕你得改变你的乐观看法了。（in light of根据）
9. We will be there by six, as long as nothing out of the ordinary.
happens.
只要没有特殊的事情发生，我们将会在6点钟到那里。
10. This is the original piano on which the composer created some of
his greatest works.
作曲家最初就是在这架钢琴上创作他的某些杰作的。
（on which = where）
11. A good leader is supposed to make himself naked of all
privileges.
一个好的领导应该消除自己的一切特权。
（naked adj.赤身的，裸露的，赤裸裸的，无遮蔽的； supposed常用被动语态
be supposed 表示：期望，认为应该。）
12. The animal has a brain which is nearest in size to man's.
该动物大脑的大小十分接近人脑。
（形容词near表示“接近...的，和...差不多”时，后面接介词to，另外，表示
在哪方面接近用介词in。）
13. Emphasis is laid on the necessity that all the objectives to be
attained be taken into account before starting a new plan.
要强调的是，在开始一项新的计划之前，将所要达到的目标都考虑进去是必要的。
（necessity之后的that从句中谓语动词用(should)+动词原形; lay/put/place
emphasis on 意为“把重点放在，着重于）
14. Because of the strong emphasis placed on classroom work, the
instructor will report your absences to the adviser.
由于非常重视课堂作业，指导教师将向导师汇报你的缺席情况。
（同上）
15. The joys of travel, having long neglected the disabled, are
opening up to virtually anyone who has the means.
旅游业长期以来不重视残疾人，而现在只要有条件，几乎每个人都可以享受旅游
的乐趣。
16. Neither of the yong men who had applied for a position in the
university was accepted.
这两个到大学求职的年轻人都没有被聘用。
（neither意为两者中的任何一个都不，因此后面谓语动词用单数was，类似的还
有one of +复数名词， either of+复数名词等。此外，没有用完成时has been
accepted 因为陈述的是事实，因此不需用完成时。）
17. When he arrived, he found none but the aged and the sick at
home.
他到家时，发现家里只有老人和病人。
（none but意为除...之外没有..，but相当于except, none相当于no one
指代人；若用nothing but虽然相当于“only”，但nothing通常指代物）
18. The man was none (no) other than my husband.
那个人（不是别人）正是我的丈夫。
（none other than和 no other than同义，表示正是，除...之外无可能）
19. I could not persuade him to accept it, nor could I make him see
the importance of it.
我无法说服他接受这件事情，也无法使他认识其重要性。
（neither, nor, seldom, rarely等否定副词位于句首，通常要引导倒装）
20. When he realized the police had spotted him, the man made off
the exit as quickly as possible.
当意识到警察认出他来时，这个人以最快的速度奔向出口。（make off逃跑）
21. In Britain today women make up 44% of the workforce, and nearly
half the mothers with children are in paid work.
在当今的英国，妇女占到就业总数的44%，其中有将近一半带小孩的母亲工作赚钱。
（make up占[比例]；另外的解释还有：弥补；虚构；化装）
22. The destruction of these treasures was a loss of mankind that
no amount of money could make up for.
这些珍宝遭到毁坏对人类来说是金钱难以弥补的损失。（make up for补偿，弥补）
23. When we finally managed to get home after the tiring journey, we
could hardly move a step further.
在疲劳的旅行之后，我们终于设法回到家，我们几乎多一步都迈不动了。
（manage to do sth.设法做成某事，含有成功的意思； try to do sth.尽力做
某事，只指作出努力，但不表示是否成功。 此外，succeed in成功；endeavour
to do sth.努力做某事）
24. Many a man forgets his wife's brithday, which will have had
effect on the marital life.
许多男人不记得妻子的生日，这必然会对婚姻生活产生不良影响。
（many a man指许多种的个别，所以谓语动词用单数；a great/good many
+复数名词，谓语动词用复数形式）
25. I don't think those curtains go very well with the wallpaper.
我不认为那些窗帘与壁纸很相配。
（go [well] with与...[很]协调，与...[很]匹配； suit,fit,match都是
及物动词，直接跟宾语；此句还可改为： I don't think those curtains
match with wallpaper very well. fit和suit表示适合的意思，不能用
在这里，此外fit在表示与...相匹配时用，fit in with。）
26. There is a man at the reception desk who seems very angry and
I think he means to make trouble.
服务台那里有个人，看上去很生气，我想他是存心要找麻烦。
（mean to do sth. 有意做... 存心做...）
27. He is a mere nobody,which is only a matter of time for people
to get to know.
他是个十足的小人物，要大家认清这一点只是个时间问题。
（mere与only的区别在于所处冠词的位置不同）
28. I don't mind you delaying making the decision as long as it it
not too late.
我不介意你迟些作决定，只要不是太晚。
（mind和delay后面需接动词时，只能用动名词）
29. Excuse me. If your call's not too urgent, do you mind if mine
first?
对不起，如果你的电话要是不很急的话，能否让我先打？
（当从句表达“是否”之意时，否定句用whether引导，疑问句用if引导：I don't
mind whether I go or not.我去不去无所谓。 Do you mind if I go there
? 我去你不介意吧？）
30. To prevent flooding in winter the water flowing from the dam is
constantly monitiored by a computer.
为防止冬季洪水泛滥，坝上的水的流量一直由电脑监控。
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