Unit10 Reflections on Life
Vocabulary (P423)
1. 1) A 2) A 3) B 4) A 5) A 6) B 7) A 8) A 9) A 10) B
2. 1) Judging fro 2) regardless of 3) In my opinion 4) Now that
5) let alone 6) lost touch with 7) at peace with 8) get along with
3. 1) inherited from 2) distracts… from 3) confronted with 4) probe 5) regardless of/ in spite of
6) perceive 7) have identified 8) make up 9) limitations 10) genius
Translation (P425)
1) When he returned to his office, he was confronted with an enormous pile of work.
2) The captain of this football team scored two wonderful goals early on in the game.
3) provided they are fit, I don’t know why they won’t go on playing for another three or four years.
4) In emergencies he can still make sound judgments.
5) While I admit that there are problems, I don’t agree that they cannot be solved.
6) He went on listening to her, at times impatient and at times fascinated.
7) We must find a way to resolve these problems before it is too late.
8) Parents cannot always have the school of their choice for their children.
Writing and Translation
2. Translation practice (P452)
A. 岁月可以在皮肤上留下皱纹，但是热情的丧失却会让灵魂生长皱纹。忧虑、恐惧、缺乏自信只会让人胸无大志，变成一堆行尸走肉。无论是60岁还是16岁，每个人都会被好奇所吸引，都会对未来、对人生这场游戏带给我们的欢乐怀着孩子般永不消减的渴望。在你我心灵的深处都有一个无线电台：只要它不停地从人群中、从无限的时空中接受美好、希望、激励、勇气和力量的信息，你我就都会年轻。
B. 1) 老年远不只是头上有白发，脸上有皱纹，也不只是一种感觉。真正的不幸不在于身体的虚弱，而在于心灵的冷漠。
2) 人的青春是美妙的：它充满着痛苦和魔力，青年人在当时并不知道什么是青春，只有当它永远地消失时，他才真正明白。
3) 我认为那些有强烈的非个人性兴趣爱好又参与各种适当活动的人最容易做好颐养天年。
4) 当青春逝去时，每个人都会带着无限的悲哀和悔恨回首人生那段时光。他这时才知道，他曾经拥有非凡的才能，却浪费了；曾经拥有大笔的财富，却未曾利用，从中什么也没有得到。
