Translate the following trade names into Chinese. 4.British Broadcasting Corporation

Directions: Translate the following sentences into Chinese. (10 points, 2 points each) 1. It could have been depressing, but it wasn't: each salvaged item represented a little victory over the wrath of the storm. 2. The very act of stepping on this soil, in breathing this air of Hiroshima, was for me a far greater adventure than any trip or any reportorial assignment I'd previously taken. 3. Springing to her feet, her face wrathful, gray-green eyes blazing, she faced the grossness of the house detective squarely. 4. It is impossible to put down the wallpaper that defaces the average American home of the lower middle class to mere inadvertence, or to the obscene humor of the manufacturers. 5. His descriptions of the rough country settlers there ring familiarly in modern world accustomed to trend setting on the West Coast.

Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words or phrases in the brackets. 1.The exchange students ____________________ (发现适应新学校很困难). (adapt to) (填空题) 2.Mother knew that she was the person who ____________________ (孩子们愿把自己的故事与她分享). (share … with) (填空题) 3.After heated discussion, the group finally ____________________ (推举他们中的一员作为发言人). (elect) (填空题) 4.The team tried hard to apply for government funds, ____________________ (却发现他们必须自己克服财政困难). (only to find; overcome) (填空题) 5.Doctors always____________________ (强调平衡饮食的重要性). (stress the importance of ) (填空题)

Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words or phrases in the brackets. 1.To our surprise, she ____________________ (毫不犹豫地同意了). (hesitation) (填空题) 2. ____________________ (绝望中我给医院打了个电话) in case there’d been an accident. (in desperation) (填空题) 3. The birth of my first child ____________________ (促使我写这篇文章). (prompt ) (填空题) 4.The teacher asked the students whether that was ____________________ (他们能够想出的最佳解决方案). (come up with) (填空题) 5. ____________________ (尽管钢材供应不足), industrial output has increased by five percent. (despite) (填空题)

Translate the following paragraphs into proper Chinese: It is one of the most popular myths identifies Heracles and his father Zeus as the progenitors of the Games. According to legend, it was Heracles who first called the Games “Olympic” and established the custom of holding them every four years. In 776 BC. The Games reached their zenith in the 6th and 5th centuries BC, but then gradually declined after the Roman Empire came to dominate the ancient Greece. After the abolition of the Games in 393 AD. Not until about 1,500 years later, when a young French educator, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, proposed that the ancient Games be revived on an international scale.

A、有偿付能力的

B、无偿付能力的

C、有利可赚的

D、获利能力

Translate the following paragraphs into proper Chinese. Even now, back on terra firma, walking down a Vermont road, I sometimes hear an airplane and look up at that small, glinting piece of metal. I remember the passengers on that fateful, lucky flight and wish I could thank them for the many acts of kindness I witnessed and received. I am indebted to my fellow passengers and wish I could pay them back. But then, remembering my aisle mate's hand clutching mine while I clutched the hand of the high school student, I feel struck by lightning all over again: the point is not to pay back kindness but to pass it on.

Translate the following paragraph into Chinese. English is known as a world language, regularly used by many nations whose English is not their first language. Like other languages, English has changed greatly. The history of the English language can be divided into three main periods : Old English, Middle English and Modern English. The English language started with the invasion of Britain by three Germanic tribes during the 5th century AD, and they contributed greatly to the formation of the English language. During the medieval and early modern periods, the influence of English spread throughout the British Isles, and from the early 17th century its influence began to be felt throughout the world. The processes of European exploration and colonization for several centuries led to significant change in English. Today, American English is particularly influential, due to the popularity of American cinema, television, music, trade and technology, including the Internet.