2 Whenever my boss makes a decision that I don’t agree with,I
tell him what I really think, though its tempting（对的）to make him happy by telling him his ideas are always right. 每当我的老板做出我不同意的决定时，我会告诉他我的真实想法，尽管告诉他自己的想法总是对的，这很容易让他高兴。
3 As can be probably perceived, a manned trip to Mars may soon
commence（开始）since scientists have achieved the manned moon mission.
人们可能会认为，自从科学家完成了载人登月任务之后，载人火星之旅可能很快就开始了。
4 A number of countries are coordinating（协调）their efforts
to send out food to the area worst affected by the flood. 许多国家正在协调努力发送食物洪水影响最严重的地区。 5 State governments and the colleges themselves have granted
（授予）financial help to students with special abilities and those with financial needs.
州政府和大学本身已经向有特殊能力和经济需要的学生提供了财政帮助。
6 The committee agreed that his papers deserved（应得的）a wider
circulation because of their essential and fundamental interest to a larger audience.
委员会一致认为，他的论文应该得到更广泛的传播，因为这些论
文对更多的读者具有根本和根本的意义。
7 The anger and frustration displayed（显示）by the local people
who do not understand what is happening to them will be a terrible and dangerous force.
当地人的愤怒和沮丧，他们不明白发生在他们身上的事情将是一种可怕和危险的力量。
8 Americans defend the right,to obtain a gun,and they have
consequently（因此）been willing to turn a blind eye to the harm that people owning guns have caused.
美国人捍卫获得枪支的权利，因此他们愿意对拥有枪支的人所造成的伤害睁一只眼闭一只眼。
9 As the finance ministry rejected the, deal for its “lack of
clarity\lodged（提出）a complaint with the European Commission that this deal was against the law.
由于财政部拒绝了该协议，因为它“缺乏透明度”，它向欧盟委员会提出申诉，称该交易违反了法律。
10 Dogs cannot distinguish the color of traffic lights, so the
master must make the decision of when it is safe to proceed （进行）across the road.
狗不能区分红绿灯的颜色,所以主必须做决定的时候是安全的进行过马路。
Unit 5
1 The “discipline” message asks people to save,while the
“enjoy yourself” message asks people to spend; therefore, they contradict（矛盾）each other.
“自律”信息要求人们存钱，“享受自己”信息要求人们花钱;因此，
他们互相矛盾。
2 It is a(n) paradox（矛盾）that in some odd way world peace
appears to depend on our spending millions of pounds on weapons that can kill us all.
这是一种自相矛盾的现象，在某种奇怪的情况下，世界和平似乎依赖于我们花费数百万英镑购买可以杀死我们所有人的武器。 3 It is far more effective for parents to allow for the child's
perspective（观点）and let him make his own choice rather than make a decision for him.
父母考虑到孩子的观点，让他自己做决定，而不是替他做决定，这样做会更有效。
4 When you are writing any directions for people,you’ve got
to be direct and explicit（明确的）to make everything rightly understood.
当你为别人写任何指示时，你必须直接而明确地让别人明白你的意思。
5 The new teaching program was suspended（暂停）last semester
because the teachers in the department protested its demand for more intense work.
由于系里的老师们抗议要求更加紧张的工作，新的教学计划在上学期被暂停了。
6 He is a very considerate and generous person,and he is also
one of those who can often derive （获得）pleasure from helping others.
他是一个非常体贴和慷慨的人，他也是那些经常从帮助别人中获得快乐的人之一。
7 Many children are addicted to computers, so they often defy
（违抗）their parents and play the computer games for hours every day.
许多孩子对电脑上瘾，所以他们经常违抗父母，每天玩几个小时的电脑游戏。
8 My roommate is always very optimistic, and that's why he still
retains（保持）his good humor after all the setbacks. 我的室友总是很乐观，这就是为什么他在经历了所有挫折后仍然
保持着良好的幽默感。
9 There is a widely held suspicion that the politician, though
retired, still has great power and is manipulating（操纵）events behind the scenes.
人们普遍怀疑，这位政客虽然已经退休，但仍然拥有巨大的权力，正在幕后操纵事件。
10 The organization has been working with local authorities as
well as regional government and officials to tackle（解决）the problem of climate change.
该组织一直在与地方当局、地区政府和官员合作，以解决气候变化问题。
Uint 6
1 When employees participated in the problem-solving process,
they were much more willing to implement（实施）solutions to the problems.
当员工参与解决问题的过程时，他们更愿意为问题实施解决方案。 2 A strong police force has been placed between the two rival
（敌对）groups in thevillage to prevent fighting and killing.
为了防止冲突和杀戮，在村子里的两个敌对组织之间设置了一支