Translating Practice_大学英语教程

    ---basic
    a. complete the following sentences :
    1.ecologist constantly call for people to _____________ (为了保护自然人们应该停止砍伐树木).
    2.as a matter of fact, more and more people have realized that ____________________(人类的命运与环境紧紧联系在一起).
    3.humans are to be blame for ________________________ (地球环境的恶化).
    4.___________________(科技的发展)has brought pollution while improving people's life .
    5. destruction of their habitat is the greatest threat _______________ (对野生动物的生存).
    6. a warm smile is the ______________________(表示友好的大众化语言).
    7. when a fire breaks out,_______ (最要紧的事)is to make sure everyone is out of the building.
    8. environmentalists have protested for years against killing whales _______( 以研究之名).
    b. translate the following sentences into chinese :
    1.our environment is being seriously polluted.
    2. we must aware that our environment is a closed system ,and therefore we should try our best to keep it clean.
    ---intermediate
    directions:translate the flowing sentences into english.
    1.汽车的发明喜忧参半,带来方便的同时也污染了空气。
    2.空气污染可以使人感到恶心,呼吸困难,还会导致癌症。
    3.塑料袋的燃烧会产生有害气体对环境不利。
    4.污染是没有国界的,所以需要全球的共同努力来对抗它。
    5.臭氧层减少和温室效应都是人类的灾难。
    6.理性的环境保护论对地球不感情用事。
    ---advanced
    directions:translate the flowing passage into english, using the words and phrases given below.
    on the ground of    call for    fatal    proposal
    nothing more than   excess      bind     debate    
    in the name of      current        consequence          
    to the point of     distinguish    well-being
    相对而言,要求没有受过的人节约资源比较困难。他们往往认为资源只是唾手可得的原料罢了,用得再多也不会过分。他们很少注意到大自然的毁灭所造成的致命后果。跟没有受过教育的人相对照的是,大多数受过教育的人把他们的幸福跟大自然联系在一起,并且为了保护自我而努力保护大自然。尽管在当前环境问题的讨论中,人们可能很难区分各种建议孰优孰劣,但是一位当代评论家主张以人的名义保护大自然应该成为我们的指导原则。