課后練習：

1. … or a very exciting, fan-filled life that only_______24 years.

A. lastedB. laterC. lateD. last

2. This _______ reveals a deeply ingrained sense of optimism and acceptance of fate.

A. saysB. saidC. sayingD. say

3. The Westerners' "seafaring culture" had allowed them_______while China's "agrarian culture" had shut the country off from the world and kept it _______ itself.

A. expanding and advancing; focusing on

B. to expand and advance; focus on

C. to expand and advance; focusing on

4. He believed their acceptance of fate originates _______ a geographical standpoint.

A. toB. fromC. intoD. of

5. This would create a sense of _______in the Chinese culture.

A. optimisticB. optimismC. pessimismD. pessimistic

6. They worked _______ an existence _______ their social development was in sync with the natural world.

A. towards; whereB. backwards; whichC. towards; while

7. Over these past few decades, the ideas of the West and the East _______ .

A. have practically reversed

B. have practically been reversed

C. be practically reversed

8. _______, this process of chasing materialistic dreams results _______the destruction of nature.

A. unfortunate; inB. fortunately; in

C. unfortunately; from D. unfortunately; in

9. People _______ had to deal with increasing pressure and the income gap between rich and poor _______ become larger and larger.

A. has; hasB. has; haveC. have; haveD. have; has

有關翻譯要求和原則的說明——
由嚴復老師提出的翻譯要求和原則，常在文言翻譯中被人提起，具體是文言文翻譯要做到“信、達、雅”三個字。翻譯原則，不僅僅用于文言，外語翻譯也一樣的。
“信”是指譯文要準確無誤，就是要使譯文忠于原文，如實地、恰當地用另一種語言把原文翻譯出來。
“達”是指譯文要通順暢達，就是要使譯文符合翻譯后的語言的語法及用語習慣，字通句順，沒有語病。
“雅”就是指譯文要優美自然，就是要使譯文生動、形象，完美地表達原文的寫作風格。
“信、達、雅”是翻譯的三種不同境界。我們不是翻譯家，因此在翻譯時我們要基本做到“信”，力爭做到“達”，就足夠了。

有關常見詞匯的偏意——
記得在某個英語培訓中，老師特別提到考試中會對常見詞匯的“偏意”進行考核，因此我們在學習中也要加強學習和記憶。如，
capital n. 首都；偏意：n. 資金
suggest vt. 建議；偏意：vt. 暗示
……

本課中出現的常見詞匯“偏意”有：
lot 許多；大量；偏意：n. 命運；一塊地
practice n. 實踐；練習；偏意：n. 慣例
something pron. 某事；偏意：adj. 大約