1、Unit 1.D. Translate the following into EnglishBefore you deliver an academic speech, you should, first of all, get well prepared for it. Then, you should make your major points clear in your speech, and your speech should be well organized. When speaking, you should not speak too fast, and your lang
2、uage should be explicit. Dont always read the notes you prepared beforehand. From time to time, you should look at your audience. On one hand, you can show your respect to your audience, and on the other hand, you will be able to go on with your speech more smoothly.Unit 2.D. Translate the following
3、 into EnglishIt is difficult to quantify the total contribution of all these factors to the monetary costs of energy supply, in part because factors not related to the environment are often entwined with environmental ones. For example, construction delays have been caused not just by regulatory con
4、straints but also by problems of engineering, management and quality control. Nevertheless, in the US, environmental impacts have increased the monetary costs of supplying petroleum products by at least 25 percent during the past 20 years, and the costs of generating electricity from coal and nuclea
5、r power by 40 percent or more.Unit 3.D. Translate the following into EnglishUsing a driving simulator, some US researchers studied of 40 people. Some of them drove while talking on a cell phone, others navigated while drunk, and others drove with no such distractions or impairments. The results show
6、ed that there were three accidents in which the drivers were talking on the cell phoneall of them involving a rear-ending. The research has found that those talking on the phone while driving more sluggish. In addition, talking on the cell phone can reduce reaction time by 9 percent in terms of brak
7、ing and 19 percent in terms of picking up speed after braking.Unit 4.DTranslate the following into Chinese. In her best-selling book You Just Dont Understand, Deborah Tannen points out that, although American boys and girls often play together, they spend most their time playing in same-sex groups.
8、She also points out that boys and girls do play some games together, but their favorite games are very often quite different, Tannen and other researchers on this topic have found that young boys, say ages 8 through 12, tend to play outside the house rather than in the house, and they play in large groups that are hierarchically structured. A group of boys generally has a leader who tells other boys what to do and how to do it. It is by giving orders and making the other boys play by the rules that boys achieve higher or more dominant status in their play group.
