Unit One
Section A
1. With his index finger, Patterson pointed toward a plain color-coded box beneath在长木桌下 a
long wooden table.
佩特逊用食指指向长木桌下一个无花纹的带有彩色编码的箱子。
2. He disguised 伪装成 himself as a waiter 一个侍者 and watched what was going on around.
他假装成一名侍者,注视着周围发生的一切事情。
3. He often whistles a tune 用口哨吹一曲 during the morning tea break when his boss is not
around.
在上午茶休息期间,老板不在附近时,他常用口哨吹一曲。
4. And again she shouted in a high-pitched voice, word by word, with no attempt to restrain 控制
herself, “I cannot stand any more.”
她再次提高嗓音,一字一字地,毫无克制地喊道:“我再也受不了了。”
5. There were certain people in that room, like Peter and John, who had failed to grasp 不理解
what I was saying.
那个房间里有些人,例如彼得和约翰,不明白我在说什么。
6. During that time I was overwhelmed with longing for 渴望 those innocent days of early
childhood.
那段时间,我强烈渴望重返童年时期那些纯真的日子。
7. I am just praying 祈祷 that the board of directors 董事会 will take steps before it is too late.
我只能祈祷董事会采取措施,以防为时过晚。
8. She was the director’s faithful assistant 忠实助手 in whom he could have absolute confidence.
她是经理的忠实助手,让他完全信赖。
9. These developers pledge to 承诺修建 build low-income housing units when the supply of
affordable housing for poor people continues to shrink.
当低收入人群可支付得起的住房供应量继续下降时,这些开发商承诺会修建经济适用房。
10. People have been mobilized to build defenses and drain 排水 flooded land 淹没的土地 as
heavy rains continue to fall.
人们已经被调动起来修建防御工事,并排干被持续大雨所淹的大地。
Section B
1. Life without a goal is hollow.空虚 Try to find something meaningful to do.
生活没有目标会很空虚。设法去做些有意义的事情吧。
2. It stands to reason that if you are considerate 体贴 and friendly 友好 to people you will get a
lot more back.
你对人们投之以桃,他们当然就会报之以李。
3. When the two men came head-to-head for the first time as bosses of rival clubs竞争的俱乐部,
it was the Frenchman who came out on top.
当两家相互竞争的俱乐部老板首次见面时,是那个法国人占了上风。
4. Our plan is elastic.灵活的 When necessary, we can make changes to it accordingly 相应的.
我们的计划是灵活的,必要时我们会进行相应调整。
5. The experts are fascinated by the idea of computers with intellects paralleling 相匹敌 or
exceeding Man’s.