一、Nothing can be compared, he maintains, with the first cockcrow, the twittering of birds at dawn, the sight of the rising sun glinting on the trees and pastures.
他堅持認為，凌晨雄雞第一聲啼叫，黎明時分小鳥嘰喳歡鳴，冉冉升起的朝陽染紅樹木、牧場，此番美景無與倫比。
【解析】
1. Nothing can be compared with: “沒有什么能與……相比”，這個句型也可以廣泛地運用到寫作中來，表達“最……”的這層意思，比如：As for parents, nothing can be compared with their children's physical and mental health. 對父母而言，沒有什么能與孩子的身心健康相比。
2. Maintain: “堅持（意見）”，比如，She has always maintained her innocence. 她一直堅持說她是無辜的。我們也可以用這個詞來替換insist.
作業(yè)一、我認為，沒有什么能夠與有愛的家庭和慈愛的父母相比，他們總能在我們迷路的時候像燈塔一樣為我們指路。
I maintain that nothing can be compared with a lovely family and a pair of affectionate parents, for they are like a lighthouse showing us the way when we lose our sense of direction.
二、Relatively few people are prepared to sacrifice holiday time for the pleasure of traveling by sea.
沒有多少人會為了享受坐船旅行的樂趣而犧牲假期的時間。
【解析】
sacrifice holiday time for: 這里是sacrifice A for B的結(jié)構(gòu)，即“犧牲A來換取B”，比如：She sacrificed everything for her children. 她為子女犧牲了一切。另外，sacrifice也可以作名詞，表示“犧牲，舍棄”，比如，Her parents made sacrifices so that she could have a good education. 為了讓她受良好的教育，她的父母作了很多犧牲。
作業(yè)二、當今社會，越來越多的年輕人不愿意為了結(jié)婚而失去自由，這會在接下來的數(shù)十年間產(chǎn)生巨大的社會和經(jīng)濟影響。
Nowadays a growing number of young people are unwilling to sacrifice freedom for marriage, which will have great social and economic implications in the decades to come.
三、Visits to really remote villages are seldom enjoyable - as my wife and I discovered during a tour through the Balkans.
到真正偏僻的村莊去旅游并不是一件愉快的事情，我與妻子在一次周游巴爾干半島時對此深有體會。
【解析】
1. As引導狀語從句, 表示“正如……一樣”，這里是一個方式狀語從句，意思是“正如我和我妻子…發(fā)現(xiàn)的那樣?！北热纾篟epeat these five steps, as in the last exercise. 照前面的練習一樣，重復(fù)這五個步驟。
2. Seldom:“不常；很少；難得”，相當于rarely，比如，She seldom, if ever, goes to the theatre. 她難得上劇院看場戲——即便不能說從來不去。
作業(yè)三、追星很難帶來積極的影響，這是因為在偶像身上花太多時間的青少年通常無法專注學習，造成了成績下滑。
Celebrity worship seldom brings positive outcomes,for teenagers who spend too much time on their idolscannot concentrate on their study,leading to a decline in academic performance.
四、An all-night party on New year’s Eve provided me with a good excuse for not carrying out either of these new resolutions on the first day of the year, but on the second, I applied myself assiduously to the task.
新年除夕舉辦的一次通宵晚會，使我理直氣壯地在新年頭一天免去了這兩項任務(wù)。不過，新年第二天我全力以赴照著去做了。
【解析】
1.Apply oneself to: “致力于，專心致志于”，比如，One must apply oneself to the present and keep one's eyes firmly fixed on one's future goals. 人們必須讓自己立足于現(xiàn)在，把眼光堅定地鎖定未來目標。
2.Assiduously: “刻苦地，勤勉地”，比如，They labour assiduously for the benefit of future generations. 他們?yōu)樵旄Ｓ诤蟠趭^地勞動。
作業(yè)四、人們經(jīng)常說，只有全身投入，勤勉付出，才能在某一領(lǐng)域嶄露頭角。
It is often said that people can only achieve something substantial in a certain field if they assiduously apply themselves to it.五、No one suspected that there might be someone else on the farm who had never been seen.誰也沒想到農(nóng)場里竟會有一個從不露面的人。
【解析】
suspect that...: “疑有，覺得（尤指壞事可能屬實或發(fā)生）”，比如：I suspected that there was something wrong with the engine.我懷疑發(fā)動機出了什么故障。需要注意的是，這個詞不用于進行時。
作業(yè)五、過去很多人會懷疑讓新父母接受培訓的必要性，但最近有很多虐待兒童的媒體報道，這引發(fā)了關(guān)于父母是否需要持證上崗的爭論。
Most people would suspect the necessity of training new parents in the past, but recently there have been a number of media reports about child abuses,which raises the argument about whether people should get a certificate before becoming parents.
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