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Unit 2
1.无论是友情还是爱情，你都不可能期待自己付出最少而得到最多。
In either friendship or love, you should never expect to take the maximum while you give the minimum.
2.我把全部希望寄托在他的承诺上，结果却发现他根本不是个真诚的人。
I built all my hopes on his promises, only to find that he was not a man of sincerity at all.
3.我们带母亲去了所有我们能找到的最好的医院，但一切努力都是徒劳的，母亲还是没能熬过那次疾病。
We took mother to all the best hospitals we could find, but all our efforts were in vain; she failed to survive the disease.
4.情人节（Valentine’s Day）是个一年一度在2月14日庆祝的节日，一个向自己心仪的对象表达爱意的好日子。
Valentine’s Day is an annual holiday celebrated on February 14, a perfect day to express love to the object of your lone’s affection.
5.在信息时代，通过电子邮件方式跟远方的朋友交流几乎可以是同步的。
In the information era, communications with far-away friends via e-mail can be almost simultaneous.
6.爱情需要培育，我们梦想拥有的‘永恒的爱情’只有在双方学会欣赏对方，包容对方之后才可能缔造。
Love needs to be nurtured, and the “everlasting love” that we all dream to have is not forged until we learn to appreciate and tolerate the other.
Unit 3
1.以共同兴趣为基础的友谊是不容易破裂的。
The friendship ground on common interest does not break up easily.
2.孩子们必须学会将电脑游戏中的暴力与勇敢区分开。
Children must learn to distinguish between violence and courage in computer games.
3.当今世界每天涌现如此多的新鲜事物，要求一个人什么都知晓是不合情理的。
There spring up so many new things every day in the world that it is no longer sensible to expect a person to know track of everything.
4.诸如背弃朋友(betrayal to friends)这类事并不受法律制约，所以才有了我们称作的‘道德法庭’。
Laws do not regulate such things as betrayal to friends; that is why there is what we call “the court of morality”.
5.有人把今天的文化描述为“快餐文化”。无论做什么事，人们只是追求用最短时间达到最大的满足。
Today’s culture is described as “fast food culture”. Whatever they may are doing，people just pursue the greatest satisfaction with in the shortest time.
6.常言说，天下没有免费的午餐。如果你想要什么，就得去挣。
As the saying goes, there is no such thing as a free lunch. If you want something, go and work for it.
Unit 5
1.由于不了解艾滋病，以前人们称HIV为“祸害”。
Owing to ignorance of AIDS, people used to label HIV infected as evils.
2.普及艾滋病知识的活动需要继续开展，这个阶段的重点放在这种病的传播途径。
The campaign of Knowing More About AIDS needs to be carried on, and at this stage the emphasis needs to be on the way the disease is contract.
3.我们真切的向青年人呼吁:请保重身体，良好的健康将使你们能最好地应对生活中的任何困难。
We appeal to the young earnestly: Take care of your health, with which you’ll be best equipped to handle any tough problems in your life.
4.众多杰出科学家们将于本周五齐聚日内瓦（Geneva），讨论主要源于现代社会激烈竞争的诸多问题。
The leading scientists will be meeting in Geneva on Friday to discuss problems largely caused by the fierce competition in modern society.
5.他的恐高归因于童年时期一次非常痛苦的经历。他曾经被迫独自一人站在10米跳台上长达10分钟。
His fear of heights was attributed to an extremely painful experience in his childhood. He was once forced to stand alone on the 10-meter diving board for up to 10 minutes.
6.我们相信新发布的关于改善农村医疗系统的文件必将终结农村地区缺医少药的时代。
We believe that with the newly issued document on improving the medical system in rural areas, the era is to be brought to an end when such areas are always short of doctors and medicines.
Unit 6
1．我们应该对自己诚实，千万不要被欲望迷住了双眼，为没有得到的东西而唏嘘哀叹。
We should be honest with ourselves and never become fogged up by greed and cry over what we have failed to obtain.
2.诸如财产、金钱等物质上的东西带来的快乐是短暂的，这是一个无可争辩的事实。
It is a fact of life that happiness brought about by material things such as property and money is temporary.
3.千百年来哲学家们费尽心机地从各自的角度阐述幸福的意义。
For thousands of years philosophers have taken pains to interpret the meaning of happiness from their own perspectives.
4.如果你用物质东西代替爱和拥抱，你将无法得到快乐，应为精神上的快乐与物质上的财富并无多大关系。
If you substitute material things for love or a hug, you will not get happiness, because spiritual happiness has little to do with material wealth.
5.得知自己得了绝症后，他告知孩子们除了他自己住的这座房子以外他再无财产留给他们了。
After he learned that he was terminally ill, he informed his family that he had nothing to leave them other than the house he was living in.
6.在地里劳动了漫长的一天，他们精疲力竭。看着太阳已经落到地平线下面，他们迫不及待要回家。
They were worn out after a long day’s work in the fields. So seeing the sun dip below the horizon, they couldn’t wait to go back home.
Unit 7
1.积极乐观的生活态度是极其必要的，因为他可能为一个人将来学习和生活的成功奠定基础。
A positive attitude towards life is indispensable because it lays the foundations for the successes of one’s future work and studies.
2.中国西部发展需要人才，政府为此制定了优惠政策，号召更多大学毕业生去西部工作。
West China is crying out for talented for its development. To this end, the government has made favorable policies, calling for more college graduates to go and work there.
3.毕业时，校长将授予你毕业文凭。文凭证明你的专业是工商管理，顺利通过了你必须参加所有的考试。
On graduation, the president will present you with the diploma, which certifies that you have specialized in business administration and passed all the exams you are required to take.
4.网虫们(Web addicts)很多时间都泡在网上，以至于他们无法分辨虚拟世界与现实世界。
Web addicts spend so much time on the Internet that they are unable to draw a distinction between the virtual world and the real world.
5.大学将确保每个学生都接触到人类的精神财富，哪怕只是伟大思想家们一部分的思想和经验。
A university will see to it that every student is put in touch with mankind’s spiritual resources, even if they are merely fragments of those great thinkers’ minds and experience.
6.远程学习是个全球化的趋势。随着他的迅速发展，人们无论身处何地都能有同样方便的途径享受教育资源。
Distance learning is a global trend. With its quick growth , people are can enjoy an equally convenient access to educational resources, no matter where they are.
Unit 8
1.在饭桌上我们中国人会习惯性劝客人多吃菜，以证明我们热情好客（hospitality）。
As a proof of our hospitality, we Chinese will habitually urge our guests to help themselves to more dishes on the table.
2.移居到一个新的国家，你可以通过倾听人们谈话，观察他们的举止来适应当地文化。
When you move to a new land, you can orient yourself to the local culture by means of listening to what people say and observing how they act.
3、熟悉的环境给人安全感，所以人们往往有意无意地抵制或避开陌生环境。
Familiarity with the environment gives a person a sense of security; so people have the tendency to resist or avoid new situations, consciously or unconsciously.
4.对某地区的人产生偏见甚敌意，这经常源于我们对他们缺乏据了解。
Prejudice against or even hostility towards people from a certain region often results from the fact that we know very little about them .
5.我觉得直接拒绝是一种礼貌，而我父母却很少说‘不’，以免使对方为难。
I believe it is polite to decline directly, while my parents seldom say “No” so as not to embarrass others.
6.知识积累有两种方式：亲身经验和间接体验。能为我们打开不同文化世界的阅读属于间接体验。
There are two means to build up knowledge: to get it personally or by second-hand experience. Reading, which opens up a new world of different cultures for us, belongs to second-hand experience.
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