8) 乍一看，这幅画并不好，但经过仔细观察，我们才发现它的确是一幅杰作 (masterpiece)。
At first glance the picture didn't look very good, but after examining it carefully, we found that it was indeed a masterpiece.
Unit5 翻译
1) 简从书架上拿了一本杂志，开始东一页西一页地随便翻阅。 Jane picked up a magazine from the bookshelf and started reading here and there at random.
2) 我随信附上这篇故事的几张插图。
With this letter I enclose some illustrations for the story. 3) 那幢古老的建筑物四周有一圈高墙。 The ancient building was enclosed by a high wall.
4) 格林大夫忙着研制一种治艾滋病 (AIDS) 的药物，但从下月起他就能安排时间在星期一上午看二十个左右的病人了。
Dr. Green is busy working on a cure for AIDS, but from next month on he'll be able to fit in twenty patients or so on Monday morning. 5) 他讲了个故事来说明为什么在详细查看其条款 (provisions) 之前决不要在任何合同上签字。
He told a story to illustrate why you should never sign any contract before you have examined its provisions in detail. 6) 他们老是对她说她有数学天才，她感到很不好意思。
She was embarrassed when they kept telling her she had a genius for mathematics.
7) 天知道我们那个傻小子什么时候能中学毕业。
God knows when that dumb kid of ours is going to graduate from high school.
8) 亨利的最近一部小说和他女儿的第一本书都于三个月前出版，令他们惊讶的是，后者已经售出一百多万册。
Henry's latest novel and his daughter's first book were both published three months ago, and to their astonishment, the latter has already sold over a million copies.
Unit6 翻译
1) 据报道，那条铁路曾因洪水而停止修建。
It was reported that the building of the railway had been held up by a flood.
2) 罢工结果，资方接受了工人的要求。
The strike resulted in the management's accepting the workers' demands.
3) 煤矿工人们决定为争取更好的工作条件举行罢工。
The coalminers decided to go on strike for better working conditions. 4) 我很想买这本英文词典，遗憾的是我身上带的钱不够。
I'd like very much to buy the English dictionary. Unfortunately, I
haven't got enough money on me.
5) 我想先和你讨论一下这篇文章的英译稿，然后再把它寄给霍布斯先生。
I'd like to talk over with you about the English translation of the article before sending it to Mr. Hobbs.
6) 那位外国专家希望在三年内达到所有的目标。
The foreign expert hopes to achieve all his aims in three years. 7) 一个科学家要跟上本领域的新发展，你认为必须做些什么? What do you think a scientist must do in order to keep up with the latest developments in his field?
8) 作者认为，如果优秀工人经常得到加薪和提拔，他们就会有更大的生产积极性。
The author thinks that if excellent workers get frequent pay increases and promotions, they will have greater incentive to produce.
Unit7 翻译
1) 萨姆买不起他极想要的那种照相机，因为那相机太贵了。 Sam could not afford (to buy) the camera he longed for because it was too expensive.
2) 整个上午他都在忙于写那篇故事，只是偶尔停下来喝杯茶。 He was busy writing the story all the morning, only breaking off occasionally to have some / a cup of tea.
3) 他是个富人家的儿子，不过看上去已经家道中落了。
He is the son of a wealthy family, but he seems to have come down in the world.
4) 他常利用她缺乏生意头脑(business sense)而欺骗她。 He often took advantage of her lack of business sense to cheat her. 5) 王教授，请您赏光来参加我们星期六的英语晚会好吗?
Prof. Wang, would you do us a favor by coming to our English evening this Saturday?
6) 看外表他一点也不像是个八十多岁的老人。
He does not seem to be an old man in his eighties, considering his appearance.
7) 他们肯定没打算把他培养成一名工程师，我猜想他们永远也不会这样做。
Undoubtedly they do not have the intention of making an engineer of him, and I suspect they never will.
8) 我怀疑这家工厂什么质量控制也没有。经过一周的观察，我发现情况果真如此。
I suspected there was no quality control whatsoever in the factory. After making observations for a week I found this was indeed the case.
Unit8 翻译
1) 我很幸运，在我年轻的时候就学会了许多不同的技能。 I am lucky to have acquired a wide range of skills when I was young. 2) 这些画价值在五千万美元左右，绝不能直接暴露在阳光之下。 These drawings, which are worth something like 50 million dollars, must not be exposed to direct sunlight.
3) 我儿子写出他第一首诗的时候，我就知道他有天赋。 I knew my son got talent when he composed his first poem.
4) 由于流感(the flu)在社区传播，她用暖和的冬衣将自己裹起来，以防传染上这种疾病。
As the flu was spreading in the community, she wrapped herself in warm winter clothing to avoid catching the disease.
5) 被告(defendant)否认他曾经向政府官员付钱以获得合同。 The defendant denied that he had ever made any payment to the government official to get a contract.
6) 我吃惊地看到，当他妻子泄露了一个家庭秘密的时候，他掴了她一记耳光。
I was startled to see he slapped his wife in the face when she revealed a family secret.
7) 他说他掌握了一个关于战争的秘密文件，这使每一个在座的人都大为吃惊。接着他啪地一声打开公文包(briefcase)便开始读起来。 He astonished everyone present by saying that he possessed a secret paper about the war. He then snapped open his briefcase and began