高职英语2章节答案
第一单元
P20 选词填空 1. What’s your guideline in choosing songs for your audience?
2. The seminar starts on Friday and the experts will be discussing the
impact of technology on the future.
3. Barclays appointed Bob Diamond,the head of its investment-banking
business,as its new chief executive from March 2011. 4. Frankly speaking,I cannot uphold such conduct.You see,it is aimed only
at the personal interest.
5. However,just because you can write statements in purely mathematical
notations,this doesn’t mean that you necessarily should.
6. That was good timing because his work was influential in shaping the
project plan.
7. Those studying abroad will most likely return home for better
employment because of the tight job market abroad.
8. It gives me great pleasure to express once again my deep appreciation
for the grand reception and generous hospitality we enjoy here.
P20 汉译英 1) 美国人一般早早就安排好他们的退休生活。Americans usually make a plane
for their retirement well in advance. 2) 他们通常被看做最有希望的歌手。They are commonly regarded as the most
promising singers.
3) 我从你的推荐人那里听说雇主曾给他们打过电话。I have heard from
references that your employer had called them.
4) 请告诉我们具体时间，以便我们做好适当的准备。Please inform us the
exact time so that we can make proper arrangements. 5) 我们对出席派对人数的估计与实际来的人数相差了一大截。Our estimate of
how many people would show up at the party
6) 只要不成为阅读负担，你的报告可以包括足够多的细节。Your report can
include enough details as long as it will not be a burden to read.
P21 英译汉 1. Although invitations are usually sent through the mail , informal
invitations such as e-mail and phone invitations are becoming more acceptable .虽然邀请通常是通过信函的方式发出，但电子邮件和电话邀请与非正式邀请方式越来越多被人们接受。
2. Although he has only studied English for two years , he can speak it
quite well now .尽管他只学习了两年的英语，但现在已经说得非常流利。 3. For most formal occasions , its best to invite guests three or four
weeks in advance.对于大多数正式场合，最好提前三至四星期邀请客人 4. It’s best to slice into a rich cake from the middle .最好把一个大
蛋糕从中间切开。
5. A company can use any color of paper it desires ,as long as it upholds
and promotes the company’s image公司也可以根据自己的喜好选择任何颜色的纸张，只要有利于维护和提高公司的形象
6. Your college or university will provide a report about your education
as long as you continue to study three 只要你继续在哪里学习，你的学院或大学将会提供你的教育报告 7. Either use the address or phone number printed in the lower left corner
of the invitation or return the RSVP card sent with the invitation或者使用邀请函做下角的地址或电话号码回复，或者用邀请函所附的回复卡回复
8. The interviewers will either ask you some basic questions about
yourself or ask you to give a brief self-introduction.面试官会问你一些基本的个人问题或让你做一个简短的自我介绍
9. never ask to bring a guest unless the invitation states “MR.LOUIS
WINTHORP and Guest”如果邀请函上没有说“邀请LOUIS WINTHORP先生和朋友”就不能要求带客人赴宴
10. people will never improve themselves unless they look to some higher
standards 除非人们看到更高的标准，否则不会提高自己
11. showing up with an uninvited friend could turn out to be an
embarrassing situation for everyone 如果带上未受到邀请的朋友出席，就会造成让大家都尴尬的局面
12. whatever the facts turn out to be ,we make them public regardless of
the consequences无论真相是什么，我们都会不计后果的公之于众
第二单元
P46 选词填空 1) The world leaders outlined joint efforts to combat the spread of nuclear weapons. 2) He didn’t look nervous. If anything, he looked only slightly confused. 3) You can omit the last two sentences in the report.
4) Health and understanding are the two great blessings of life.
5) The amount of money spent on the design of interactive advertising on television is still small.
6) The noisy traffic is a continual annoyance to the citizens.
7) To our great disappointment, she did not come as expected that day. 8) In order to notify him, I put the notice on his door, but he didn’
t come back to look at it.
P47 汉译英 1) 就个人而言，我将永远都习惯不了退休。Personally ,I will never get used
to being retired
2) 你想找个机会去中国的西南部发现一个神奇又美丽的地方吗？Would you
like the chance to discover a place of mystery and beauty ?
3) 你学习英文时，会发现把英文句子逐字翻译成自己的母语并不是聪明的办
法。When you are leaning English，you well find out that it is not clever to translate put the English sentences word for word into your own language .
4) 如果我可以重提我们刚才讨论过的问题的话，我认为我们应该尽一切努力保
护大熊猫。If I would refer back to the problem that we were talking ,I think (that) we should try our best to protect panda .
5) 我们没有一些线索可以串联起来，以便更好的理解这件事。Do we have any
clues and hints piece together so that we could have a better understanding of this matter.
P47 英译汉 1. Either way , it’s not an interactive conversation.无论那种情况，
这都不是互动交流。
2. Either way , without the needed technology we can do nothing.无论
那种情况，没有所需的技术我们都是寸步难行。
3. Too many e-mail users assume that the minute someone receives an
e-mail ，the person will read it .太多的电子邮件用户以为：人们收到电子邮件，就会马上阅读。
4. I wrongly assumed that the minute he fished his paper ,he would hand
it in to me .我错误的认为他一完成论文，就会提交给我。
5. The chance that all the participants will read that message within
the hour will be pretty small .所有与会者都能在一个小时内读到邮件的几率将会很小。 6. The chance that they will receive the invitation in time will be pretty
high.他们都会及时收到邀请的机率将会很大。
7. It bas no way to know if the person has read the message word for word.
你无法知道那个人是否已经逐字逐句的阅读了邮件信息。
8. We have no way to guess what she was like in her younger years.我
们无法猜想她年轻时候是什么样子的。
9. All it can do is assure you that the person has looked at the first
screen of the message.我们所能做的就是使你明确对方已经看了邮件的第一页。
10. The doctors could not his disease .all they could do was delay his
death for a few months.医生都无法治愈他的顽疾，他们所能做的就是为