经典美文
The evening of the concert Mom wore glittery earrings and more makeup than I could remember. Dad got out of work early, put on a suit and tie, and slicked down his hair with Vitalis. They were an hour early, so we sat in the living room chatting nervously. I got the unspoken message that playing this one song was a dream come true for them.
音乐会那天晚上，妈妈戴上亮晶晶的耳环，脸上没见她这么打扮过。爸爸早早就下了班，扎上领带，一身套装，头发用发油梳得溜光。他们提前一小时就打扮完了，我们便坐在客厅里紧张地聊天。这时我得到一个无言的启示：演奏这么一首歌是实现他俩的一个梦想。
对话翻译
A: I've been looking forward to the new semester.
A：我盼望着新学期快点到来。
B: I hope we can make great progress in this new semester.
B：我希望在新的学期我们都能取得很大的进步。
A: Hope so.
A：希望如此。
B: I hear we’ll have a new English teacher this semester.
B：我听说我们这学期要来一位新英语老师。
A: Really? I hope we will do much better under her guidance.
A：真的？我希望我们在她的指导下能够取得更好的成绩。
B: I am sure we will.
B：我肯定我们会的。
专项练习
_______________(不管我们谈论什么), Jim brings polities into the discussion.
Whatever we talk about
（考点：让步状语从句）
汉译英练习
徐霞客一生周游考察了十六个省，足迹几乎遍及全国。他在考察的过程中，从来不盲目迷信书本上的结论。他发现前人研究地理的记载有许多很不可靠的地方。为了进行真实细致的考察，他很少乘车坐船，几乎全靠双脚翻山越岭，长途跋涉；为了弄清大自然的真相，他总是挑选道路艰险的山区，人迹稀少的森林进行考察，发现了许多奇山秀景；他常常选择不同的时间和季节，多次重游各地名山，反复观察变换的奇景。
Xu Xiake toured and investigated 16 provinces in his lifetime, covering almost the whole of China. When he was carrying out his investigations, he never took blind belief in the conclusions in the books. He found a lot of unreliable points in the geographic records taken by his predecessors. In order to make his investigations reliable and thorough, he seldom traveled by carriage or boat. Instead, he took long, arduous trips on foot almost all the time, climbing mountains and hills. In order to learn about the truth of nature, he always chose to conduct investigations in mountainous areas with dangerous roads and in lonely woods, where he discovered a lot of magnificent peaks and beautiful sights.
