Unit10?Reflections on Life

Vocabulary (P423)

1. 1) A ?2) A ?3) B ?4) A ?5) A ?6) B ?7) A ?8) A ?9) A ?10) B

2. 1) Judging fro ? 2) regardless of ??3) In my opinion ?4) Now that

5) let alone ???6) lost touch with ??7) at peace with ?8) get along with

3. 1) inherited from ?2) distracts…?from ?3) confronted with ?4) probe ?5) regardless of/ in spite of

??6) perceive ?7) have identified ?8) make up ?9) limitations ?10) genius

Translation?(P425)

1) When he returned to his office, he was confronted with an enormous pile of work.

2) The captain of this football team scored two wonderful goals early on in the game.

3) provided they are fit, I?don’t know why they won’t go on playing for another three or four years.

4) In emergencies he can still make sound judgments.

5) While I?admit that there are problems, I?don’t agree that they cannot be solved.

6) He went on listening to her, at times impatient and at times fascinated.

7) We must find a way to resolve these problems before it is too late.

8) Parents cannot always have the school of their choice for their children.

Writing and Translation

2. Translation practice (P452)

A. 歲月可以在皮膚上留下皺紋，但是熱情的喪失卻會讓靈魂生長皺紋。憂慮、恐懼、缺乏自信只會讓人胸?zé)o大志，變成一堆行尸走肉。無論是60歲還是16歲，每個人都會被好奇所吸引，都會對未來、對人生這場游戲帶給我們的歡樂懷著孩子般永不消減的渴望。在你我心靈的深處都有一個無線電臺：只要它不停地從人群中、從無限的時空中接受美好、希望、激勵、勇氣和力量的信息，你我就都會年輕。

B. 1) 老年遠(yuǎn)不只是頭上有白發(fā)，臉上有皺紋，也不只是一種感覺。真正的不幸不在于身體的虛弱，而在于心靈的冷漠。

2) 人的青春是美妙的：它充滿著痛苦和魔力，青年人在當(dāng)時并不知道什么是青春，只有當(dāng)它永遠(yuǎn)地消失時，他才真正明白。

3) 我認(rèn)為那些有強(qiáng)烈的非個人性興趣愛好又參與各種適當(dāng)活動的人最容易做好頤養(yǎng)天年。

4) 當(dāng)青春逝去時，每個人都會帶著無限的悲哀和悔恨回首人生那段時光。他這時才知道，他曾經(jīng)擁有非凡的才能，卻浪費(fèi)了；曾經(jīng)擁有大筆的財富，卻未曾利用，從中什么也沒有得到。