Unit 1
1. 他相当足球明星的梦想随着时间的推移慢慢消退了。
His dream of becoming a football star faded out as time went by.
2. 一架波音747 飞机没有升到足够的高度以飞越那座高山，转瞬间一头撞向大山爆炸了。机上无人生还。
A Boeing 747 aircraft didn 't gain enough height to clear the mountain. In a twinkling, it crashed into the mountain and blew up. No one survived the accident.
3. 学生们可以很容易地获得图书馆的资源，所以他们应该充分地利用好图书馆。Students have easy access to the resources in the library, so they are supposed to make the best of
it.
4. 当时世界上最豪华的游轮泰坦尼克号在她前往美国的途中撞到了冰山，结果轮船沉没在大西洋中，成百上千的人死于这场海难。
Titanic, the most luxurious ship in the world at that time , hit an iceberg when she was under way to the US. Consequently, the ship sank into the Atlantic Ocean and thousands of people died in this shipwreck.
5. 每天夏天，游客们都涌向这一著名的海滩。来此享受日光浴的游客像沙丁鱼一样挤满了海滩。
Every summer, all the tourists pour into this famous beach. They lie packed like sardines on the beach to enjoy the sunbathing.
6. 他们曾经到圣路易斯去过一次，对于哪里的新奇事物稍微知道一个大概，可是现在他们的光荣时代已经成过去了。他们从此自知没趣，再也不说话了，而且每逢这个毫不留情的机匠走过来的时候，他们就知道赶快躲开。
The have been to St. Louis once and have a vague general knowledge of its wonders, but the day of
their glory is over now. They lapse into humble silence and learn to disappear when the ruthless
engineer approaches.
Unit 2
1. 有些网络专家认为因特网可以防止战争、减少污染，还能克服种种形式的不平等。Some cyber gurus claim that the Internet will prevent wars, reduce pollution, and combat various forms of inequality.
2. 不可否认，因特网可以增进交流，但他却无法消除战争，因为战争的爆发并不仅仅是由于不同种族间缺乏充分理解而引起的。
Although the Internet undeniably fosters communication, it will not put an end to war, since wars are by no means caused simply by the failure of different peoples to understand each other adequately.
3. 只有当网上的活动能够真正取代现实世界中的行为时，因特网才能帮助节约能源，减少污染。
The Internet can help reduce energy consumption and pollution only if doing things online genuinely displaces real-world activities.
4. 穷人不用因特网并不是因为他们买不起，而是因为他们缺乏必要的技能来有效地利用它，所以提高老百姓的文化水平要比给他们提供上网机会更有意义。
The poor are not shunning the Internet because they cannot afford it. The problem is that they lack the skills to exploit it effectively. Therefore, it makes more sense to aim for universal literacy than universal Internet access.
5. 因为有了因特网，在不同国家从事类似工作的人们之间收入上的不平等减少了，但是贫穷国家中从事信息产业的人们与他们最贫穷的同胞之间在收入上的差距却拉大了。
Thanks to the Internet, income inequality between people doing similar jobs in different countries has been reduced. However ，the inequality between information workers in poor countries and their poorest compatriots has been increased.
6. 如果人类的本性始终固执地保持不变，不管科技预言家的语言是什么，人类的发明也绝对不能克服其自身的缺陷。
If human nature remains stubbornly unchanged, despite the claims of the techno-prophets, humanity cannot simply invent away its failings.
Unit 3
1. 许多研究表明沙漠中的空气太干燥了，几乎没有任何湿气。
Many studies indicate the desert air is so dry that it contains hardly any moisture.
2. 虽然根据法律每个英国儿童从5岁到16岁都必须上学，但1%的儿童到小学毕业时仍不会阅读。
Although the children from 5 to 16 must go to school in Britain according to the law, about 1%of the children still cannot read when they leave primary school.
3. 听到这个消息后，我知道在两个星期之内，我又会坐立不安。
After hearing the news, I knew that within a fortnight I should feel restless again.
4、我们一致认为要回答这个问题，就必须更仔细地查清这些事实。
We think unanimously to answer this question; we must look more closely at the facts.
5. 在全世界范围内，各级政府正采取有效措施控制环境污染。
Throughout the world, governments at all levels are talking effective measures to prevent environment pollution.
6. 有些人认为考试中应采取客观题，如多项选择；也有人不同意这种观点，认为这种考试会对学生的学习产生不良影响。
Some people think that objective items such as multiple choices should be used for an examination; others don 't agree because they believe that this kind of test has some bad effects on
students'learning.
Unit 4
1. 我发现在办公室里做了一天之后，晚上沿着静静的湖边散散步会令人神清气爽。
I find that walking along the quiet lake can provide refreshment from a day 's sedentary job
2. 锻炼和放松自己通常被认为是治疗疲劳症的有效方法。
Exercising and relaxing yourself is often prescribed as an effective cure for fatigue.
3. 你的活动量越小，机体老化的过程就越快，你就越容易面临生理和心理方面的种种问题。
The less active you are, the faster this aging process accelerates, and the more vulnerable you become to physical and psychological problems.
4. 即使你坚持节食，你也不可能减到你所希望的那种身材的程度。
Even if you keep up dieting, you cannot reduce to the point where you achieve the kind of body-
