第二节 语法关系混淆型错误
1、He tried to seem angry,but his smile betrayed him.
2、He stole her a watch.
3、It was not that he had plenty of money
答案及解析如下
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1、
误：他试图看上去很生气，但是他的笑容背叛了他。
正：他假装生气的样子，但是他的笑容暴露了他的真实感情。
析：这里 him 是指 his true feelings.应该注意的是，英语中的人称代词并非都是指代人，所指内容要根据上下文而定，

第一节 望文生义型错误
1、Fight shy of the theoretical method of approach to the learning of English.
2、This failure was the making of him.
3、They made an example of the boy.
答案及解析如下
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1、
误：从理论上讲，学英语的方法就是要战胜害羞。
正：学英语要避免只讲理论（而不实践）。
析：fight shy of 是习语，意为 回避，避免。
2、

　            Unit 5
I、上次课外练习参考译文：
第一印象常常是持久的印象。的确，如果处理得当，你就能有幸获得社会学家称之为“光环效应”带来的种种好处。这就是说，要是在一开始关键的几分钟里你就给人留下好的印象，初遇者就可能认为你办的事件件都好。
你的一举一动都会大大影响你给面试者的第一印象。在有关人际交流的一项意义重大的研究中心理学家发现，关于情感和态度的信息有7％来自我们的语言文字，有38％来自我们的语音，而惊人的是，竟有55％来自我们的面部表情。事实上，如果面部表情或说话语调与我们所说的话发生矛盾

　            Unit  4
I、上次课外练习参考译文：
将来水的问题会变得更加尖锐复杂。不断增长的人口将大量增加城市废物，主要是生活污水。另一方面，用水需求的不断增长将使得可用于稀释废水的水量大大减少。快速发展的工业越来越多地采用各种复杂的化学方法，从而使废水大量增多，而很多废水中含有种种有害的化学物质。为了养活迅速增长的人口，农业必须集约化，这就会不断增加农用化学品的用量。由此看来，必须立即采取果断行动研究污染问题的整治措施。
整治污染问题的方法有两种。第一种是通过废物处理减少污染的危害，包括固体废物

                      Unit 3
　　I. 上次课外练习参考译文：
我最初开始散步是作为一种脱身之计。在办公室里忙了一个上午之后，我发现午饭时出去走一走，吸一口新鲜空气，享受一下阳光，十分令人神清气爽。我还发现，在夜间充满寒意的空气中散步也是一种使人心旷神怡的放松办法。
一个冬夜，经过了医院里好几个小时精疲力竭的工作后我漫步在空旷无人的大街上，那种感觉永远都无法忘却。我一下子发现自己不再感到紧张疲劳。什么病人的病情

☆★第21篇☆★
Charity or China?
　　要施舍还是要中国？
May 11th 2006 | ASUNCIÓN
　　From The Economist print edition
OF THE 25 countries around the world, all smallish, which choose to recognise Taiwan rather than China, almost half are in Latin America or the Caribbean.（1）In the past, their motives were often rooted

☆★第20篇☆★
To save a woodpecker
　　为了救一只啄木鸟
May 11th 2006 | CLARENDON, ARKANSAS
　　From The Economist print edition
　　THE ivory-billed woodpecker is not large, as birds go. It is about the size of a crow, but flashier. Its claim to fame[1] is that, though it had been thought extinct since 1944, a lone kayaker spotted it

☆★第19篇☆★
Show me the money
　　给我钱！
　　（陈继龙 编译）
May 4th 2006 | NEW YORK
　　From The Economist print edition
（2）THE words “probate exception” do not titillate[1]. And yet a saucy[2], decade-long legal battle over a fortune of nearly half a billion dollars hinges on[3] this clause, which deals with the boundaries

★★★第18篇★★★
Apocalypse Now?1
　　现代启示录？
（陈继龙 编译）
May 4th 2006 | LOS ANGELES
　　From The Economist print edition
UNLIKE many recent political documentaries, “An Inconvenient Truth” does not aim its fiercest fire at George Bush. （1）Surprising this, especially as the film stars Al Gore, the man whom Presid

★★第17篇★★
Fair enough
Mar 30th 2006 | MEXICO CITY AND SAN JOSÉ
　　From The Economist print edition
MAKING good coffee is not a simple business. Coffee bushes must be grown in shade—neither too much, nor too little. A hillside is best—but it mustn't be too steep. After three years, the bushes will start t

☆★第16篇☆★
Has all the magic gone?
Apr 12th 2006
　　From The Economist print edition
ON MARCH 27th a bathroom cleaner called Magic Nano went on sale in Germany. Three days later it was withdrawn from the market after nearly 80 people reported severe respiratory problems and six were admitted to hospital with fluid o

☆★第15篇☆★
Farewell the red soldiers
Apr 12th 2006 | BEIJING
　　From The Economist print edition
LONG gone are the days when Chinese parents often chose such names as Hongbing (Red Soldier), Aihua (Love China) or even Kangmei (Anti America) for their children. （1）They are still limited by the custom of using no

★第14篇★
Like pearls falling into a jade plate
　　大珠小珠落玉盘
　　（陈继龙 学译）
Mar 30th 2006
　　From The Economist print edition
WHEN Wu Man arrived in New Haven1, Connecticut, from Beijing in 1990 she spoke no English and ★gambled on[1] surviving with (A) the help of her pipa, a traditional lute-like Chinese instr

★第13篇★
A text a day...
Mar 24th 2006
　　From The Economist print edition
The medical uses of mobile phones show they can be good for your health
WHAT impact can mobile phones have on their users' health? Many people worry about the supposed ill effects caused by radiation from handsets and base

☆★第12篇☆★
Small country, big example
　　小国家，大典范
Mar 16th 2006 | PORTO-NOVO
　　From The Economist print edition
Still an unusual success for democracy—★fingers crossed[1]
　　这总算是一项了不起的民主成就——希望他们得偿所愿。
ON March 5th, Benin went to the polls for the fourth presidential election since multi-party democracy