一单元

1. 与以英语为母语的人交谈是非常有益的体验，从中我们能学到许多东西。

We can reap a lot from the rewarding experience of communicating with native speakers of English.

2. 在市长的帮助下，我们最终获准接触这起交通事故的受害者。

With the mayor’s help, we were at last allowed access to those people who suffered from the traffic accident.

3. 鲍勃和弗兰克一直不和。令他们尴尬的是，他们将到同一个部门工作。

Bob and Frank didn’t get along well with each other. It was embarrassing that they were to work in the same department.

4. 小时候，我总告诉妹妹说狼来了，把她吓得直哭。

As a boy, I used to intimidate my sister into crying by telling her that a wolf was coming.

5. 做科学研究不容易，不仅需要时间、精力和经费，还需要具有自制力和奉献精神。

It is not easy to do scientific research; it requires time, energy and money as well as discipline and commitment.

二单元

1. 芬奇先生冲进她的房间，朝着她喊道：“难道你就不能把音乐关小一点？”

Mr. Finch burst into her room and shouted at her: “Can’t you turn down the music a little bit?”

2. 我喜欢摇滚音乐，因为它通常节奏强，寓意深。

I like rock music because it usually has a strong rhythm and a powerful message.

3. 像往常一样，当他的父母不喜欢他的穿着时，便开始唠叨他。

As usual, when his parents don’t like what he wears, they start to bug him.

4. 代沟美国有，中国也有。

Generation gaps exist in the United States as well as in China.

5. 桑迪的母亲比以前更烦她，而她与母亲的争论较之平常也就更多。

As her mother bugged Sandy much more than before, she argued with her mother a lot more than usual, too.

三单元

1. 既然你计划移居加拿大，那你必须努力适应寒冷的气候。

Now that you are planning to move to Canada, you must try to adjust to a cold weather.

2. 他承诺帮助我们买下那栋房子，但有点勉强。

He promised to help us to buy the house, but with a little reluctance.

3. 这是一次重要的会议，请务必不要迟到。

This is an important meeting. Please see to it that you are not late for it.

4. 他是个有经验的商人；他做国际贸易已有好几年了。

He is an experienced businessman; he has engaged in foreign trade for quite a few years.

5. 她力劝我接受那个新职位，虽然那职位报酬并不优厚。

She urged me to accept the new post, although the job is not very well paid.

四单元

1. 不管是有意识还是无意识，人们往往用眼神、面部表情、形体动作和态度表露真情，从而使

他人产生包括从舒适到害怕的一连串反应。

Consciously or unconsciously, people show their true feelings with their eyes, faces, bodies and attitudes, causing a chain of reactions, ranging from comfort to fear.

2. 想想你与一个陌生人的偶遇，把注意力集中在最初的七秒钟。你当时有何感想，你是如何“解

读”他的呢？