1.科学家们找到火星上有水的证据了吗？
Have scientists found proof ofwater on Mars?
2.计划委员会已经将建核电厂的可能地点缩小到了两个沿海城镇。
The planning committee hasnarrowed down the possible locations for
nuclear power plant to two coastal towns.
3.山姆不仅失去了工作，而且还失去了双腿，他只好靠社会救济度过余生。
Sam not only lost the job butalso both legs, he had to live on welfare for the
rest of his life.
4.有十二人组成的陪审团一致表决认为玛丽有罪。
A jury consist of 12 membersvoted in unison that Mary was guilty.
5.听到有人质疑他的才能，肖恩觉得受了奇耻大辱。
Seanfelt humiliated to hear that someone was questioning his talent.
Unit5
1. 是工人和主管人员的创造力和敬业精神将这个公司变成了一个盈利的企业。
It is the creativity anddedication of the workers and executives that changed
the company into a profitable one.
2.食品和医药的价格在过去的三个月里急剧增长。
The prices of food andmedicine have soared in the past three months.
3.我们打算重新粉刷这栋办公大楼的上面几层楼。
We mean to going to repaintthe upper floors of the office building.
4.他的成功表明流行与艺术价值有时候是一致的。
His success shows thatpopularity and artistic merit sometimes coincide.
5.我不愿意看见我所敬爱的祖母躺在医院病床上痛苦地呻吟。
I don’t want to see mybeloved grandmother lying in a hospital bed and
groaning painfully.

Unit 6
1.他这人话不多，但要说玩电脑那他就太机灵了，同学们都不是他的对手。
He is a man of few words, but when it comes to computer gamesabout
computer, he is incomparable among his classmates.
2.无知的孩子们可能认为这些动物很可爱并开始跟他们玩起来。
The innocent children may think these animals are pretty cuteand start
playing with them.
3.没有办法获得贷款，所以，要购买新设备，我只得咬紧牙关，卖掉我的混合型动力汽车。
There is no way to get a loan, so I will have to grit my teethand sell my hybrid
car to buy the new equipment.
4.如果猎人没有看到一群象朝他的营地走来，他就不会开枪。
The hunter wouldn't have fired the gun if he hadn't seen a herdof elephants
coming towards his campsite.
5.我觉得具有讽刺意味的是汤姆的记忆是有选择性的，他好像不记得过去痛苦的经历，特别是那些由他自己造成的痛苦经历。
I find it ironic that Tom's memory is selective------he doesn'tseem to remember
the painful experiences in the past, particularly those of his owndoing.
Unit 7
1.自从新政策生效之后，很多小企业在这个城市涌现出来。
Since the new policy was put into effect,many small busihesseshas sprung up
in the city.
2.听到这一消息后，她略微一笑，然后便又习惯性的皱起眉头。
On hearing the news, she smiled a little bit, and then returnedto her habitual
frown.
3.他稍微停顿了一下以加强讲话的效果，然后说，“我们可以通过新的渠道进入这些市场。
He paused for effect, and said: “We can enter these marketsthrough new
channels.”
4.学校新添的音乐厅可以帮助它培养年轻的音乐人才。
The newly built concert hall in the school will contribute tothe nourishment of
young musical talents.
5.我们必须首先建立一个主权国家，否则就无法保护我们的人身自由。
We cannot protect our personal liberties unless we establish asovereign
country. / We can’t protect our personal liberties unless we, first ofall,
establish a sovereign state.

Unit 8
1.这是一个繁荣的小镇，但是在财富和富裕之中仍然存在着贫困。
This is a prosperous smalltown, but there is still poverty in the midst of wealth
and abundance.
2.布朗一家遭受了一个接一个的不幸，但是他们家的孩子们从来没有抱怨
The Browns was stricken withone misfortune after another, but their children
never complained.
3.这个博物馆的设计让它与周围的环境完全和谐。
The museum is designed to bein perfect harmony with its surroundings.
4.这些花在火辣辣的太阳下一点都没有枯萎，真是一个奇迹。
It is a miracle that theseflowers didn't wither at all in the blazing sun.
5.一群群的羊在从冬天的积雪中冒出来的一片片植被上面吃着草。
Flocks of sheep feed on thepatches of vegetation that rise above the winter
snow.