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9、 由于有便利的公共交通,在大都市的市郊,许多新建的住宅群拔地而起。
Many new residential complexes have risen up in the suburbs of metropolitan cities because of the availability of convenient public transportation.
10、 尽管非常的喜欢汽车,许多人还是相信广泛的使用公共交通系统能缓解交通拥挤。
Despite their love for cars, many people lend credence to the extensive use of the public transport system, which can cut down on the traffic congestion.
第四章
1、 一些职业观察家认为,现在的年轻人不再对政治和事业感兴趣;他们越来越关注与他们自身关系更为密切的问题。
Some professional observers believe that young people today are on longer interested in politics and causes, but rather, have become increasingly preoccupied with issues closer to themselves.
2、 一个妇女所获得的教育程度越高,就越有可能走出小家庭这个环境,到社会上去实现自我。
The higher a woman’s educational attainment, the more likely she is to go out of the private setting of the nuclear family and to realize herself in the community.
3、 就我而言,一些已婚夫妇做出选择不要小孩的真正原因是他们非常自恋,以至于他们没有多余的爱给别人。
As far s I’m concerned, what really lies behind the decision of some married couples not to start a family is that they are so narcissistic and have no margin of love to spare others.
4、 这家公司甚至在未征求发明人的同意的情况下,就将其一项注册过的新发明投放市场。这一行为违反了专利法。
The company put on the market a registered invention even without asking the inventor’s permission, which goes against the patent law.
5、 在一些国家的敦促下,联合国对该国施加压力,迫使其放弃研制和使用核武器。
Urged by some other countries, the United Nations has pressured the country to give up developing and using nuclear weapons.
6、 按照每个会员必须是无子女的这一规定,怀特先生及其太太只好退出Non-Parent协会,因为他们很快就要当父母了。
According to the rule that every member should remain childless, Mr. and Ms. White have no alternative but to withdraw from the Non-parent Association, for they will attain parenthood soon.
7、 他期望通过上演一部肥皂剧来揭示现实生活所固有的复杂性。
He expects to reveal, by presenting a soap opera, the complexity implicit in real life.
8、 几乎在每个国家,嗜用麻醉品、酗酒和摧残儿童都变为最令人深思的社会问题的趋势。
In virtually every country, drug abuse, alcohol abuse and child abuse loom as most challenging social problem.
9、 在接受采访时,这些老年人合理的解释了为什么会对当今青年人产生矛盾心理的原因。
When interviewed, these elderly people rationalized why they were ambivalent about today’s young people.
10、 不少大学生更关心怎样在毕业后谋得一份报酬优厚的工作,怎样在这个充满竞争的社会里迅速得到提升。
Many college students are far more concerned with how to get a highly-paid job on graduation and how to receive a quick promotion in the competitive society.
第五章
1、 总的来说,人变得越来越有同情心;不少家庭收养了来自市孤儿院的孤儿。
Generally, people have become more compassionate and quite few families have taken in an orphan from the municipal orphanage.
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