EXERCISES 15

Ⅻ.Translate the following into English(using the following words or expressions： to have an eye for， to recede，to relieve a touch of， to read sb， to venture， to take to， if not…，to the exclusion of，to pile up，to beguile with)：

1)他对水彩画很有鉴赏能力。

He has a good eye for water-colours.

2)女儿大胆地表示不同意父母对她婚事的安排。

The daughter ventured to object to her parents's arrangement of her marriage.

3)由于贫困的逼迫，他开始进行偷窃活动。

Pressed by poverty, he took to stealing.

4)在旅途中，我看小说，以消磨时间。

My long journey was beguiled with novels.

5)我想你一定读过马克?吐温的书。

I suppose you have read Mark Twain.

6)他的全部注意力都集中在这个问题上，而不顾其他的问题。

He concentrated all his attention on this problem to the exclusion of all others.

7)不立刻做出正确的决定将会使整个事情很困难，如果不是不可能的话。Failure to make the right decision at once will make the whole thing very difficult if not impossible.

8)问题堆积如山，我们必须尽快地解决。

Our problems are piling up. We must solve them as quickly as we can.

9)哨兵每四个小时换一次岗。

The sentries are relieved every four hours.

10)他的话里带有一点讽刺的味道

There was a touch of irony in his remark.

11)童年的回忆渐渐淡漠了。

Memories of childhood are gradually receding.