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unit1
诗歌和艺术是她的生命之源。
现今的生活没有乐土。
I don’t remember when all this took place. Perhaps it was when Adam and
Eve lived.
我不记得这所有的事是何时发生的,也许是在很久很久以前。
在他母亲那系有长寿的趋向。他的外祖父和外祖母都活到了九十多岁,就像
他们说的,要长命百岁。
他总是想要在退休后从事园艺工作。
The trade union was bone of the bones and flesh of the flesh of the
workers.
工会和工人们休戚相关。
unit2
他的父亲英年早逝,这苦难使他不能继续上学因为他要帮他母亲撑起整个大家庭。
在辛勤劳作下,这对农民夫妇把他们的孩子全送进了大学
4. For dust you are and to dust you will return 因为你是尘土,你将回归尘土
I see no point accumulating material possessions by the sweat of one’s brow. After
all, for dust you are, and to dust you shall return.
我认为辛苦工作来积攒物质财富毫无意义。毕竟,人生不带来死不带去。
强烈的愿望和努力工作就像是救命稻草把人们从苦难之中解救出来。
他的上台可能会给中东地区带来和平。
They are flying flag of dove and olive leaf instead of skeletons, for the first times in
forty years’ civil war.
在四十年内战中,他们第一次高举和平的旗帜而不是死亡之旗。
叽叽喳喳的声音从教室里传来。
His further statement, instead of shedding light on the situation, set up a tower of
Babel among the listeners.
他进一步的阐述,没让情况更明朗,反倒让听者更迷惑了。
unit3
1. land of promise/ the promised land 应许之地
对许多移民家庭来说美国是一片乐土。
这个村庄在后世有罪恶之城之称。
She thinks that one will suffer fire and brimstone after death if he has
done wrong.
她认为人如果犯了错的话死后会受地狱之火。
When the disorderly students finally saw the principal, she was breathing
fire and brimstone.
当混乱的学生终于看到校长的时候,她正火冒三丈。
Curious as Lot’s wife, she has made himself unpopular among her friends.
她在她的朋友中不受欢迎因为她的八卦。
Jason has given up his legal studies to work on an oilrig 石油钻台, and
although he’s earning a lot, it seems to me that he’s sold his birthright
for a mess of pottage.
杰森放弃了他的法律研究去致力于石油钻台,尽管他赚了很多,但在我看来他捡
了芝麻丢了西瓜。
2. My brother Esau is a hairy man, and I’m a man with smooth skin. 我
哥哥以扫是一个有毛的人,我是一个光滑的皮肤的人。
He wanted me to take the exam for him by sticking my photo onto his exam
certificate but I refused. I loathed the idea of cheating on the test.
Besides, my brother Esau is a hairy man, and I’m a man with smooth skin.
他想让我代他考试通过把我的照片贴在他的考证上但我拒绝了。我痛恨考试作弊
的想法,另外,我们俩截然不同。
3. The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau
Be cautious, for in the market nowadays there exist so many articles that
谨慎一点,现金的市场上有很多假冒伪劣产品。
After his successful negotiation with a foreign company, our boss gave
him a coat of many colors.
在他成功地和一家外国公司谈判后,我们的老板很器重他。
Though that is a small country, its natural resources are as rich as corn
in Egypt.
尽管这是一个小国家,它的自然资源取之不尽用之不竭。
We put the same effort in that business, but Benjamin’s mess of the profit
went to him.
我们在这笔生意上付出了同样多的努力,但是利益的大部分都给了他。
unit4
1. Land flowing with milk and honey 流着牛奶和蜂蜜的土地
This part of China is considered to be a paradise on earth, a land flowing with milk
and honey.
中国的这一部分被认为是人间天堂,是一个美丽富饶的地方。
4. Golden Calf 金牛
Anything can become a golden calf.
任何东西都能成为崇拜对象。
Today’s youth grew up from a culture, in which most people worship the golden calf.
现在的年轻人在一种大多是人都拜金的文化中成长。
5. Stiff-necked 脖子硬的
He is so stiff-necked that he insists on going the wrong way in spite of the sensible
advice from his family and his friends.
他是如此顽固以至于他不顾亲朋好友合理的建议坚持他错误的道路。
unit5
----我想是对取得成功的强烈渴望。
比赛看上去像是一场力量悬殊的较量。
4. Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands 扫罗杀死千千,大卫
杀死万万
Compared with those heroes, I did very little indeed. Saul has slain his thousands,
and David his ten thousands.
与那些英雄相比,我做的实在太少,差距还很大。
Among the members of his church there was one young man, a little older than
himself, with whom he had long lived in such close friendship that it was the custom
to call them David and Jonathan.
在他的教会中有一个比他大一点的和他一直住在一起的年轻人,他们的这种亲密
友谊被叫做生死之交。
If you are in trouble, get Chris to advise you. He's as wise as Solomon.
如果你有麻烦,让克里斯给你建议,他十分聪明。
We have many retired professionals as senior consultants in our company, who are
wise as Solomon and rich in experience.
我们有许多退休的专业人员作为我们公司的资深顾问,他们非常聪明而且有经验
丰富。
unit6
The murderer was eloquent in defending himself on the court. Devil can cite
You should not have cheated a girl like her who has always been the salt of the earth.
你不应该欺骗像她那样青春常在的女孩子。
-Don’t you think it a waste to treat the sick murderer before he is sentenced to
death?
难道你不认为在生病的杀人犯除以死刑之前治好他是一种浪费吗?
-Well, the sun shines on the evil as well as on the good, or you may call it
humanitarianism.
好吧,善恶应被平等相待,或者你可以称之为人道主义。
If your mother can’t get along with your wife, you will find yourself difficult to serve
two masters and make them both happy.
如果你的母亲不能跟你的妻子好好相处的话,你会发现你两边不是人,而且很难
让她们两个人都开心。
Let’s go. Don’t try to do tomorrow’s work. Tomorrow will worry about itself.
走吧。不要试图做明天的工作,船到桥头自然直。
8. Prodigal son 浪子
The old man cast off his prodigal son and disinherited him.
老人断绝了与他的不肖儿子的关系,并剥夺了他的继承权