1.Four Israeli soldiers have been killed by Hamas in the last fortnight at the approaches to thesettlement, which has no strategic significance.

在过去两周的达成和解期内，有四名以色列士兵被哈马斯集团杀害，这在战略上没有任何意义。

改：四名以色列士兵在靠近定居点附近被哈马斯集团杀害，这在战略上没有任何意义。（疑惑：如果which指代定居点，那不是应该用限制性定语从句。）

2.He says: “you can’t live solely in yourhome marketand expect to be amajor playerin the world in the future.”

他说：“单纯地依靠国内市场生存，却期望在未来成为世界的主要参与者，这是不可能的。”

3.Thefirst modelof the new machine was developed in 1959, but its performance proved unsatisfactory.

1959年，这种新机器的第一代研制成功，但其性能却不尽如人意。

4.His absence from Harvard had proved to be an excursion to fame.

很显然，他从哈佛的退学是一次成名之旅。

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5.Our wood supply proved to be insufficient.

事实证明，我们的木材供应不足。

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6.【英国《卫报》网站2012年1月11日报道】Dubai build a forest of skyscrapingoffices, hotels and apartment buildings, including the world’s tallest, the BUrj Khalifa, before it got into terrible financial difficulties. In 2010 Dubai had to be bailed out by its neighbor, Abu Dhabi, to avoid going bankrupt.

在迪拜陷入严重的经济困难之前，修建了一大片林立的摩天大楼，包括行政大楼，酒店以及公寓大楼，全世界最高的哈利法塔也是其中之一。但在2010年，为了免于破产，迪拜不得不接受其邻国阿布扎比的救助。

7.【英国《泰晤士报》网站2012年1月5日报道】The dissident Local Co-ordination Committee in Syria posted a video claiming to show protesters being fired upon in close proximity to Arab League monitors.

叙利亚反对派地方协调委员会发布了一段视频，声称该视频显示抗议者在靠近阿拉伯联盟监视的区域遭射击。

疑惑：monitor

8.Strict driving restrictions helped ease the chronic and paralyzing traffic congestion that normally clogs the streets of the ancient capital of 17 million people, taking about one-third of its three million cars off the roads.

在拥有1700万人口，300万机动车的古城，严格的驾驶限制缓解了慢性交通瘫痪，减少了约三分之一的机动车行驶量。

9.The U.N. was not able to resolve any of the wars, but that is not first and foremostthefault of the organization.

联合国无法平息任何一场战争，但这并不是其主要的缺陷。

改：联合国无法平息任何一场战争，但首先这并不是这个组织的过错。

练习：

prove:

1、In this country, you are innocent until proved guilty.在这个国家，一个人再证实有罪之前，就是清白的。

2、Can you prove it to me?你能向我证明这件事吗？

3、The new treatment has proved to be a disaster.这种新的治疗方式结果是一种灾难。

4、He constantly feels that he has to prove himself to others.他经常觉得自己非向别人露一手不可。

5、You just do your best to prove you can do something.你只需全力以赴证明自己有所作为。——李连杰

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