一.翻译
1、读书不仅仅影响到个人，还影响到整个民族。 (not only + inversion; as a whole)
Not only does reading influence a single person, but it also influences a nation as a whole.
2、和老者在一起就像是读一本厚厚的书，令人爱不释手。(part with)
Being in the company of the old is like reading a thick book, which you don’t want to part with.
3、如今虽然读书的人越来越少了，但仍有人嗜书如命。(look upon / on as)
Though nowadays fewer and fewer people read books, there are still some people who look upon / on books as their lives.
4、他有买书的习惯，但买了之后，大都束之高阁。(lie idle on the shelf)
He had the habit of buying books, but most of the books would lie idle on the shelf after he had bought them.
5、在路边的一个小书店里，我碰巧看到了这本我渴望已久的书。(stumble upon; long to do sth)
I stumbled upon the book I longed to have for quite a long time in a small roadside bookstore.
6、他对时尚的东西有一种天生的抵制，因此和他谈时尚毫无疑义。
He has a natural resistance to fashion, so there’s no point talking about fashion with him.
7、很多知名品牌是以设计师本人的名字命名的。
Many famous brands were named after their designers.
8、过去的30年见证了中国经济的发展，也见证了时尚的变迁。
The past 30 years saw the developmentof Chinese economy as well as the transition of fashion.
9、今年夏季的流行服装究竟会是什么，现在还很不清楚。
What kind of clothes will be fashionable in the coming summer remains unclear.
10、有人认为，如今女性的穿着越来越暴露了，而相比之下，男性的穿着却很保守。
Some people think that nowadays women are exposing more and more of themselves from their manner of dressing, while in contrast men are dressing more conservatively.
11、与传统的观念相反，男性之间也是说闲话的，只是他们说闲话的方式与女性不同而已。
Contrary to traditional belief, men also gossip with each other, it’s just that they gossip in a way different from women.
12、女性能够准确地把握生活中的细节，而男性往往对细节不太在意。
While women could grasp the details in life, men usually care less about details.
13、目前，全国女公务员人数约占公务员总数的三分之一。
Presently/currently, the number of female civil servants account for about one third in the total of civil servants across the country.
14、这篇论文大致讨论的是女性与男性的思维方式有巨大的差别。
What the essay is discussing is to the effect that there’s great difference between the way women and men think.
15、最近的一项调查显示，家务占用了女性大约50%的业余时间。
A recent investigation suggests that housework accounts for about 50% of the spare time of women.
二.写作
2016年四级模拟题四套题中的作文
