二单元
1、表现自己男子汉大丈夫的气概：assert one’s manhood 2、在头脑中掠过：cross one’s mind 3、丈量土地：measure the ground 4、设法弄到食物：secure one’s food 5、驱散黑暗：scatter the darkness 6、揉揉他的眼睛：rub his eyes
7、大声咀嚼她的面包和黄油：munch her bread and butter 8、抑制住了恐惧的感觉：overpower that feeling of dread 9、（声音）传得很远：carry a long way 10、弯下他们的腰：bend their backs 11、燃烧着的煤：live coals
12、他那张长有雀斑的脸：his freckled face 13、淡淡的八字须：a fair moustache
14、事情的紧迫性：the imminence of the event 15、一位精明的妇女：a shrewd woman 16、一家之主：the head of the family 17、一颗砰砰直跳的心：a throbbing heart 18、一群山间小屋：a cluster of cabins 19、一块狭长的地：a strip of ground
20、一副凶猛严厉的表情：a fierce and hard look
21、诸葛亮装作十分镇静，成功地瞒过了司马懿，使他不知道这座城
实际上是没有守卫的空城。他证明了自己值得受到人们的崇拜和尊敬：Zhuge Liang pretended to be very calm and succeeded in hiding the fact from Sima Yi that the city was really unguarded. He proved himself worthy of the admiration he had received.
22、他知道大战在即，而且他的军队和敌人众寡悬殊，所以他假装正在迅速往后方撤退。实际上他是在给敌人准备一个大陷阱：He knew that a bloody battle was imminent and his army was terribly outnumbered. So he pretended to be retreating quickly to the rear. Actually he was laying a trap for the enemy troops.
23、社会达尔文主义者认为我们可以把人类社会比作动物世界。他们头脑里似乎没有想过人和动物会有不同。人所依靠的是他们的头脑，而不是动物本性：Social Darwinists asserted that we can compare human society to the animal world. It did not cross their minds that human being could be different from other animals. They relied on their brain rather than their instinct.
24、这种大规模养殖的鸡和我们以前家养的鸡没法比。现在的养鸡场也许提高了产量，但鸡的美味给弄没了：These mass-produced chickens do not compare with the chickens we used to raise at home. Chicken farms may have increase the output, but they have robbed the chickens of their good taste.
25、金融泡沫的最后破灭造成了席卷全球的严重危机：The financial bubbles finally burst, causing a serious crisis that swept over the whole
world.
26、由于我们的价格优势，我们今年向那个地区的出口与去年同期同比增长了30%：Thanks to our price edge, our exports to that region increased by 30% compared with the same period the previous year. 27、记者们有一大堆问题要问，但政府发言人说，他所知道的只是大约30多个持枪的恐怖分子突然闯进剧院的时候人们正在看话剧：The reporters were all bursting with questions. But the government spokesperson said that all she knew was that people were watching a play when some thirty armed terrorists burst into the theater.
28、当犯人们突然放声歌唱的时候，监狱长十分恐慌：When the prisoners burst out singing, the prison warden was frightened.
29、这个地区遍布工厂，而且整个岛上到处都是度假村。但是已经有迹象表明很多当地百姓将起来反对这种趋势：The area is dotted with factories, it also has holiday inns dotted around the whole island. But there are already signs that many local people will rebel against this trend.
30、他宣布，反叛者如果放下武器，就能得到宽恕：He declared that all the rebels would be pardoned if they laid down their arms.
31、俗话说，无风不起浪：As the saying goes, there’s no smoke without fire.
32、不可否认，这部电影在电影史上无片可及：There’s no denying that the film has no equal in cinema history.
33、我提醒过他各种危险，可他不予理会：I warned him about the danger involved, but he paid no heed to my warning.
34、关于幸福的含义，没有广泛为大家接受的定义：There’s no generally definition of happiness.
35、这可不是些一般的学生，他们即将接受宇航员的训练：There are no ordinary students, they are going to be trained as astronauts. 36、该公司财务问题根本就没有易行的或是毫无痛苦的解决办法：There are no easy or painless solution to the company’s financial problems.
37、第一次离开家生活，大学生不得不自己干日常的杂事，不过这不是什么坏事：Away from home for the first time, college students have to do day-to-day chores themselves. It’s no bad thing, though.
38、双方对主要议题分歧太大，所以说不好谈判会拖多久：The two sides are so far apart on key issues that there’s no telling how long the talks could drag on.
39、这就是我梦寐以求的假日——没有电话、没有电视、也没有忧虑：That’s the kind of holiday I dream of —no telephone, no TV and no worries.
40、这个国家的一些顶级经济学家说，他们没看到改过经济复苏的迹象：Some of the nation’s top economists say that they see no sign of economic recovery in the country.