《工程硕士研究生英语基础教程》.ppt

Table of Contents 1. Text 2. Exercise 3. Part B: Grammar 4. Part C Text A: A Time for Apologies EXERCISES I. Reading Comprehension II. Getting Information III. Vocabulary And Structure A B C IV. Translation A B C Grammar Ex.1 Ex.2 READING COMPREHENSION 1-5: CDCBA GETTING INFORMATION OMITTED VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURE: A apology liable authority famine predecessor erase generation suffering compensation investigation phenomenon disaster VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURE: B issued celebrate was apologizing appropriate supplicated suffering academic conscience was sympathetic historic VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURE: C resulted from turned into turned out to be in earnest belong to turn a blind eye to look on … as carried out find to my cost in the event Translation: A 1.这个潮流是从1995年才真正开始的。当时英国女王承认在新西兰还是英国的殖民地时，新西兰的土著毛利人曾遭到英国人的羞辱。 2.许多政治领袖，和他们的国民一样，属于战后的一代，他们现在认为那次战争并不是简单的正义战胜邪恶的战争。 3.支撑这些道歉的并不仅仅是良心的发现，也不仅仅是压力群体的要求。 4.瑞士政府仍然还在试图摆平一场公共关系的灾难，灾难发生的原因在于他们对他们国家在本世纪30和40年代与纳粹分子的交往所作的道歉是不公平的。 5.事实上，这些风险是如此的空泛，以至于有一种担心，认为“对不起”这个词竟然将成为最容易说的词。 Translation: B to turn a blind eye to the sufferings of the war. the 50th anniversary celebration to make public apologies to a well-timed apology to promote a head of state’s public image. to put right the public-relations disaster. to say sorry for past wrongs. recently declassified documents. to admit one’s own past wrongs. to pay compensation for war damage. Translation: C We hope that the Japanese government would make a formal apology to the Chinese people for their cruelties committed during World War II. It turned out that two travelers had been killed. People now look on a television set as an essential facility for life. The head of state who turns a blind eye to the people’s sufferings will not gain support from them. The brave young man risked his life in trying to save the child from the lake. Part C Life and Times of Bill Clinton [11]然而，在托里?布莱尔宣布道歉以前，他将不得不考虑受害者家属要求赔偿的可能性。接受或拒绝类似的索赔要求的代价可能会大大超过任何政治上所获取的好处。并且，由于这次事件发生的时间比较近，有关北爱尔兰问题双方的关系可能