第一单元： 1. In either friendship or love / In both friendship and love, （1）以共同兴趣为基础的友谊是不容易破裂的。(ground; break up) you should never expect to take / receive the maximum while you • 1. The friendship grounded on common / shared interest does give the minimum
not break up easily. / It is not easy for the （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friendship grounded on common / shared interest to break up 的人。(build on; sincerity） （2）. 孩子们必须学会将电脑游戏中的暴力与勇敢区分开来。(distinguish between; violence) 2. Children must learn to distinguish between violence and bravery / courage in computer games. （3）当今世界每天涌现如此多新鲜事物，要求一个人什么都知晓是不合情理的。(sensible) 3. There spring up so many new things every day in the world that it is no longer sensible to expect a person to know / keep 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”。 (regulate) 4. Laws do not regulate such things as betrayal to friends; that is why there is what we call / is called \"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。 (describe as; pursue) 5. Today’s culture is described as “fast-food culture”. Whatever they may be / are doing, people just pursue the greatest / maximum satisfaction within 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) 6.As the saying goes , there is no such thing as a free lunch. If you want something, go and earn / work for it. 第二单元： （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。(maximum; minimum)
2. I built all my hopes on his promise(s), 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。(in vain) 3. 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。(affection) 4. Valentine’s Day is an annual holiday celebrated on February 14, a perfect day to express love to the object of your / one’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 (simultaneous)。 (era; via) 5. In the information era , communications with far-away friends via e-mail can be almost / virtually simultaneous. （6）爱情需要时间，因为只有慢慢习惯和学会欣赏对方才会产生出爱情。(grow used to; forge)
6. Love takes time, for it is not forged until you have grown used to the other’s company and learned to appreciate the other. 第三单元： 1）千百年来哲学家们费尽心机从各自的角度阐述何为幸福。(take pains; point of view) 1. For thousands of years philosophers have taken pains to illustrate / explain / interpret the meaning of happiness from their own points of view. （ （ （2）刚上大学时，突然发现自己得处理所有日常事物，直到那时自己 1) They took their sick father on a long journey to Beijing in 才觉得在父母身边生活真是幸 福。(leave „ with „) the hope of finding a cure for /in the hope of curing his heart 2. When I first came to college, I suddenly found myself left disease / problem.
with everything to deal with by myself. It was not until then did （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I realize that living with my parents was truly a happy 的传播途径。(carry on; contract) experience. 2) The campaign of Knowing More About AIDS needs to be carried （3）你不要总是和别人攀比，否则你可能会陷于忧郁之中，因为毕竟有on , and for / at this stage the emphasis is put on the way (how) 许多人比你强。(comparison; depression) the disease is contracted. 3. You shouldn’t always make comparison with others; otherwise, （3）权力如果运用得当则百姓安居乐业，运用不当则殃及百姓日常生计。
you may be trapped in / fall into depression, for there are always (render) many others who are better than you. 3) If power is properly applied / used / xercised, the lives (4)今天人们生活比以前富裕多了，闲暇时间也多了，奇怪的是人们反而of the common people will be rendered happy. If not, their daily 觉得生活乏味了。(better off; leisure) life will be placed under threat.
4. Today people are much better off and enjoy more leisure. （4）使用核武器来防御恐怖袭击算是正当行为吗？(justifiably;
Strangely enough, they find life boring / dull. guard against) (5)事实上，人生是漫长而缺少兴奋的。如果期待每天都如戏剧般精彩 4) Could a government justifiably use nuclear weapons to guard 必定会遭遇失望。(in effect; inevitable) against terrorist attacks ? 5. Life, in effect, is long but short of excitement. You are sure （5）由于缺乏对这种病的了解，许多人依然认为HIV受害者都是自作自
to suffer from inevitable disappointment if you expect everyday 受。(owing to; ignorance) life to be as exciting as a drama. 5) Owing to ignorance of the disease, many people still believe (6)过于顺利的生活可能具有破坏性，因为人们没有机会学会怎样应对that HIV victims deserve what they suffer. 挫折。这能部分解释年轻人居高不下的自杀率。(destructive; in （6）新发布的关于改善农村医疗系统的报告让我们相信农村地区缺医少part) 药的时代终将结束。(issue; bring sth. to an end) 6. A life that is too easy / smooth may also be destructive 6) The newly issued report on improving the medical system in because it offers no opportunity for one to learn how to deal with rural areas leads us to believe that the era is to be brought to / handle failures / frustrations / setbacks. That / This in part an end when such areas are always short of doctors and medicines. explains / accounts for the high rates of suicide among young 第五单元： people. (1)培养正确的感情是极其必要的，因为它可为一个人将来学习和工作的第四单元： 成功奠定基础。 (indispensable; lay the foundations for) （1）他们带着生病的父亲远赴北京，希望能治好他的心脏病。(in the hope of)
1. Cultivating the right emotions is indispensable in that / 第六单元：
because it lays the foundations for the successes of one’s future （1）我们中国人会再三地请客人多吃饭桌上的菜，以表明我们好客。work and studies. (help oneself to „; proof) 1】中国西部发展急需人才，为此制定了优惠，号召更多大学 1. As a proof of our hospitality, we Chinese will repeatedly ask 毕业生去西部工作。(cry out for; to this end) our guests to help themselves to the dishes on the table. 2】 West China is crying out for talented people for its （2）正是通过倾听人们的谈话和观察他们的举止，我们才加强了了解
development. To this end, the government has laid down / made favorable policies, calling for more college graduates to go and work there. 3】你怎么可以在我这样艰难的时候对我置之不理呢？我们患难与共差不多半个世纪了。(turn one’s back on; practically) 3】 How can you turn your back on me when I am in such difficulty? We have gone through trials and tribulations for practically half a century. 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。(draw a distinction between; virtual) 4】 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】生活在城市的人常常有这样的幻想：乡村生活是闲适安逸的。其实不一定是这回事儿。(resident; rural; be the case) 5】Urban / City residents often have the illusion that rural life is always leisurely and comfortable. In fact, that may not be the case . 6】、远程学习是个全球化的趋势(trend)。随着它的迅速发展，人们无论身处何地都能有同样方便的途径享受教育资源。(global; access)• 6. Distance learning is a global trend. With its quick growth / development, people are given / can enjoy an equally convenient access to educational resources, no matter where they are. 社会的能力。(by means of; capacity) 2. It is by means of listening to what people say and observing how they behave that we’ve strengthened our own capacity to learn about / understand society. （3）安全感常常来自对环境的熟悉，所以人们对于陌生的环境往往会抵制或避开。(familiarity; resist; tendency)
3. One’s sense of safety comes from familiarity with the environment; so people have the tendency to resist or avoid new situations.
（4）我们往往对某地区的人产生偏见甚至敌意(hostility)，这是由于我们不熟悉他们。(attribute) 4. We tend to show prejudice against or even hostility towards people from a certain region, which can be attributed to the fact that we are unfamiliar with 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。(decline)
5. 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：亲身体验和间接体验。能为我们打开不同文化世界的阅读属于间接体验。 (build up; open up)
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.
6. There are two means to
