加载中…15, with minimal investment for sewer pipes, chicken feed and breeding crickets, and help from university entomologists and a self-sufficiency project sponsored by the royal family, the village will be able to propagate 3-5kg of crickets in each tube every 45 days.
除了排水管，鸡饲料和用来繁殖的蟋蟀这些有限的投资外，他们还获得了大学昆虫学家的指导，以及由皇家发起的一个自给自足的项目的帮助。该村每个试管45天就能够繁殖3-5公斤蟋蟀.----用多个句子表达一个英文结构。一词多义
Forage 军粮，牲口的口粮
Minimize the risks将风险降到最低—〉在最大程度上发挥有关双方的优势maximize the strengths of both parties concerned.-àoptimize充分利用,optimize the opportunities coming along with china’s WTO entry.
Propagate繁殖< multiply(人和物)---〉中华民族繁衍生息在中国这块土地上，各民族互相融合。The Chinese people have lived and multiplied on this land, where people of all nationalities have been highly integrated/ have mixed together.
Integrated services /facilities配套设施
The sewer pipes排水管—〉sewerage排水系统=drainage
The tormenting rain posed a big challenge to the outdated sewerage/drainage system of the city
Pose threat to 构成威胁
Other people in Africa have found that a roof of broad leaves sheds rains quickly
Feasible à feasibility study 可行性研究
Joint ventures
Unit three
House
Reading A
Modern houses are airy, light and comfortable. They are built to keep out the cold and wet and to stay warm
现代的房子空气流畅，光线充足，安逸舒适.建造房子是为了挡风遮雨，保暖防寒—中文的四个字表述，在英文中多为一个词汇。同时诸多表述可以换换顺序。
The big old house is cozy
这个老房子及宽敞又温馨
Such an agreement would need to achieve the following things: fix a realistic new overall ceiling on OPEC’s annual production
（对---产量做出一个符合实际的，新的，全面的、整体的，顶限规定）这样的一个协议需要做到如下：从现实的角度/从实际出发对欧佩克石油年产量上限在总体上做出新规定。
Keep out the cold and wetàthey found shelter from the storm in the warehouse.在仓库里躲避风雨--〉遮蔽，庇护，find shelter from political persecution
shelter an escaped prisoner窝藏逃犯
解决人民的衣食住行问题，历来是各个朝代要解决的首要问题the solution of the food, clothing, shelter /housing and transportation problems has always been the major challenge for successive governments of different dynasties.
Today, houses are built from a wide variety of different materials, and in many shapes and sizes.
The production is expected/supposed to /estimated to exceed 100 tons
House workers
Lager numbers of cheap apartments are built to house those with a single income or low income.
House =collect 收藏，收集
This museum houses/collects the best works of the local artists.
这个博物馆收藏当地艺术家的精品佳作
如今的房屋用材广泛，形状各异，大小不一。在翻译中尽量避免被动的翻译。
Shape—at 40, she still stays in good shape.四十岁时，身材仍然保持的很好。The tough environment has reshaped me.
近年来，在亚洲国家的努力下，互利，健康，开放的合作局面正在形成through
the joint efforts of Asian countries, a mutually beneficial,
healthy and open cooperation is taking shape.
Size=scale 将上海证券交易所建成国内具有相当规模和影响力的重点单位 build/establish shanghai stock exchange into a key unit with considerable size and influence.
Visitors will marvel at the size and variety/diversity/abundance of this country
中西部地区的大开发the large scale development of the central and western regions of china .
大规模生产mass produce/ bulk manufacturing
Place a bulk order 下一个大的订单
Purchase in large quantities
Dig 挖（人/动物）
Burrow （动物）（啮齿类）--〉burrow under the fence
Dredge 挖（淤泥）（吸）
3 some are putting together the steel frame, some are mixing and pouring concrete, and some are laying bricks.
Frame框架-à你可以以自己喜欢的方式经营合资企业，当然不能超越中国的法律范围
you may run the company in whatever way you like, but within the frame /limits/restrictions of Chinese laws.
你可以同中方合资办企业，也可以独资办公司
Mingle通常指两种液体型物质：大河交汇，用水兑酒< mix , blend
Mix搀和，混合=Blend仅仅表示两种以上不同的东西被放在一起，
blend还可以表示"融合"，两种以上的东西很和谐:those village houses blend perfectly with the landscape农舍与周围的景色融为一体，海天一色the sky and the sea blend into each other
The queen blended a sense of majesty and a sense of fun so comfortably that national feeling and natural feeling chimed.
女王既高贵尊严又幽默风趣，两种性格融合的如此完美，全国人民都在自发的颂扬。（national/natural如何把握）chime指吟唱
到了清朝中期，北京的戏班子将二黄和西皮融合起来，同时还采用了其他唱腔的一些成分，推出了一种新的皮黄调，就是现在京剧的前身
In the mid-Qing dynasty, Beijing’s performing troupes blended er-huang and xi-pi, and also adopted elements of other vocal styles, thus producing a new type of pi-huang, the predecessor of the nowadays Peking opera.
编钟可以很好的同中国民乐协奏，也能和谐的同西方交响乐队协奏 the chimes sound harmoniously /blend perfectly with the Chinese folk music and with western symphony music.
Unit four shopping
Reading A
1，Some people love window-shopping. They love walking up and down in front of shop windows, looking at the range of goods on display。
Window-shopping/ hang out（经常去某个地方）those young ladies often hang out in the boutiques 精品店a junk shop旧货店
up and down，起伏，波折, 几年来，中美关系跌宕起伏over the years there have been ups and downs in sino-us relationship. 中国的证券市场几近波折，如今呈现出一片繁荣.after all those ups and downs, the stock markets in china now generally have prospered/boomed.中国改革开放的总设计师邓小平同志，一生几起几落Mr Denxiaoping, the chief architect of china’s reform and opening-up, went through several ups and downs in his lifetime---〉financial/market turmoil /disturbance金融动荡混乱
the range of goods on display展出的产品系列= the variety of goods on display -à我们的服装系列our lady clothing collection， footwear collection.
我们要展示的内容包括中国在教育，文化，建筑，和科技方面所取得的成就。我们还要展示中国陶瓷，京剧服装，中国编钟和中国出土文物的精品
The exhibition includes the achievements in china’s education, culture, architecture, science and technology. Also on display you will find the best works of Chinese pottery, costume of Beijing opera, Chinese chimes and the cultural relics unearthed in china.
2， many people enjoy going there and they think they can find bargains
Bangkok is one of the best bargains for tourists from all around the world. For leisure, it’s also hard to beat.
曼谷是全世界游客最实惠的旅游目的地之一，从休闲的角度来说，曼谷也无与伦比。
杭州市国内外游客最划算的路有目的地之一，从休闲娱乐的角度讲，杭州也无与伦比hangzhou offers one of the best bargains for visitors both at home and abroad, for leisure and recreation, it’s also hard to beat.
香港是海内外游客最钟情的场所，从购物的角度来说，香港举世无双.HK is one of the most preferred places for people both at home and abroad, for shopping, it is unparalleled/unmatchable.
萧山是国内外投资者的理想场所，从投资的环境来说，萧山得天独厚。Xiaoshan offers an ideal place/destination for businesspeople from china and overseas, for the investment environment, it’s uniquely favored by the heaven
3, for summer holiday, most British people try to get away somewhere. At Christmas, which is a home and family festival, those who live away try to get back home.
到了重要假日，大部分居民都设法出游。但是到了春节，这个家庭团圆的大日子，远方的亲人千里迢迢赶回家for most holidays in china, people try to get away somewhere. During the spring festival, which is a home and family reunion day, those who live away try to get back home despite all the distance and the troubles.
5月5日的端午节是为了纪念跳江自杀的屈原
The dragon boat festival, on 5th of may, memorizes/is in memory of quyuan, who drowned himself in miluo river
4, as Christmas approaches, the big shops, gaily decorated and brightly lit, stay open long after dark, and get more and more crowded.当圣诞节临近，大商店装饰的喜气洋洋，灯火辉煌。一直营业到很晚，并且人越来越多。
Resplendent表示人以及人的笑容， majestic 表示人和物， 表示宴会的豪华elaborate banquet 盛宴 deluxe suite豪华套房 platinum service箔金服务
The Christmas tree with its branches decorated with shinning ornaments and colored lights, and sometimes hung with gifts. 圣诞树上装饰着闪闪发亮的小饰品，彩灯，有时候还有礼物。
They think father Christmas is a merry old man with a long white
beard and long red coat trimmed with white
fur他们认为圣诞老人是一个欢快的老人，他蓄着长长的白胡须，穿着毛皮修边的红外罩
Single parent household 单亲家庭
The number of computers in every household
Household appliances
Stir one’s stomach 反胃
Stir the imagination 让人浮想联翩
5， this includes poultry for the main course. 主菜包括禽类
Sleep in fine linen sheets and eat seven-course dinner锦衣玉食
除了常见的家禽和海鲜外，人们按照各自的地方习俗烹制一些传统菜肴apart from the common poultry and sea food, people cook and consume some traditional food according to the local customs.
6， the theatre plays its part by putting on special shows for children called pantomimes
圣诞节时期剧院的作用是为孩子们送上一些特别的表演—童话剧
人：present
展出期间我们将安排三场演出，又编钟音乐会，由民间歌舞演出。
During the exhibition we will stage/ arrange for/ present three performances, including a chime music concert, folk songs and dances.
+Reading C
1, consumers now face a bewildering array of options for air travel, phone service, medical care, even postal service. 如今消费者面对诸多选择，从坐飞机旅游到电话服务，医疗甚至邮政服务，品目繁多，令人晕头转向。--还是提出形容词来
Tongchart’s freezer holds 10tons of boiled and freeze-dried giant bugs, beetles, grasshoppers and a fine assortment of succulent worms他的冷冻箱里有10吨煮好的或冻干的货物，从大昆虫到甲虫，蚂蚱，以及鲜美多汁的蠕虫，琳琅满目。
They love walking up and down in front of shop windows, looking at the range of goods on display。他们喜欢在橱窗面前走开晃去，看着这些展示的产品。---〉圣诞时节，橱窗里货物琳琅满目during the Christmas festival, we have a fine assortment of goods on display.
Translate advanced science and technology into productive forces 将先进的科学技术转化为生产力
我们效益的增长最后体现在我们股价的上涨上
Our better performance translates into the stock earnings
2， one of the persistent myths of capitalist culture is that business people love competition. They don’t, they spend their walking hours plotting ways to avoid it and keep price high. 对于资本主义文化，又一个老生常谈的观点，即商人喜欢竞争。实际上他们不是，他们连走路的时间都用来算计如何避免竞争，并且保持价格高位。
Plot 构思，密谋---〉夸张形象的手法
In the new economy, competition is so strong that fewer stores and services are immune to pricing pressure.新经济体系下，竞争如此强烈，越来越少的商品和服务能够坚持不降价
As competition heats up and pushes prices down, businesses scramble to boost their profits by heaping on extras: rust proofing your car, service contracts on your appliances, prepaid gasoline for your rental car.随着竞争变得激烈，价格被迫下降，各个公司通过向消费者推销大量的额外服务设法提升利润，诸如汽车防锈技术，设备维修合同，租车汽油预付等。---〉平安夜各大商场竞相向消费者提供客观的折扣和优惠礼券赠送来提升业绩on Christmas, stores scramble to boost their profit/sales by offering customers considerable discounts or coupons
Proof 抗---的，防---的，耐---的leak-proof, water/bullet proof
Scramble=climber（从解释看，更为艰难），争夺（struggle, compete）people scrambling to get the bargains争先恐后的抢廉价货
Unit five
Reading A
1,At first, they attached artificial wings to their arms and tried to flap them.开始时，人们将人造翅膀绑在胳膊上，用力扇动。
attach系，接—〉浙江大学附属中学zhejiang university attached middle school
我校创办于1963年，隶属上海外国语学，是全国创建最早的几所外国语学校之一
Shanghai foreign language school, attached to Shanghai international studies university, was established in 1963 as one of the earliest foreign language schools of its kind in china
Motor vehicles 机动车辆
Financial vehicles 金融工具
2, an air carrier sues its repair shop, alleging sloppy work.一家航空公司控告其修理公司，称其工作不合格。
sue控告，提起诉讼 if you don’t finish the work I will sue you (for damages要求支付损害赔偿金)
suit 诉讼
prosecute对—提起诉讼trespassers will be prosecuted闲人免进，违者必究。Any violation will be prosecuted(光碟) 违者必究. He was prosecuted for exceeding the speed/selling fake brand-name products因超速/销售假冒名牌而被起诉
Bowles is charging in a law-suit filed last
Thursday
allege (无证据的)宣称，声称the suspect alleged he was not at home on the night of the crime嫌疑犯宣称案发当晚他不在家。
Mechanics at Evergreen also allegedly left an unusual and potentially dangerous array of items (including a screwdriver， an evergreen security ID, and even a lapel pin) loose inside the fuselage.
New Zealanders have a strong and increasing
involvement in a wide range of cultural activities throughout the
country.
she extended herself so easily and so warmly to her people
Suspect有---存在或属实的想法I suspect that they are trying to get rid of me我觉得他们要除掉我。（我觉得这里有陷阱） I suspect there is a trap here.
Sloppy（粗心的，草率的） work马虎的修理工作，botched repair 搞砸了的修理（botch笨手笨脚的将—弄得很糟糕）the mechanic tried to repair my car, but he really botched it up.修的一大糊涂。
3 these government-approved forms are used to document repair or maintenance of all aircraft.
我公司的排污达到国家规定的标准the pollution discharge of our company has reached government-approved standard---〉state-specified standard.
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