1.Four Israeli soldiers have been killed by Hamas in the last fortnight at the approaches to thesettlement, which has no strategic significance.
在過去兩周的達(dá)成和解期內(nèi)，有四名以色列士兵被哈馬斯集團(tuán)殺害，這在戰(zhàn)略上沒有任何意義。
改：四名以色列士兵在靠近定居點(diǎn)附近被哈馬斯集團(tuán)殺害，這在戰(zhàn)略上沒有任何意義。（疑惑：如果which指代定居點(diǎn)，那不是應(yīng)該用限制性定語從句。）
2.He says: “you can’t live solely in yourhome marketand expect to be amajor playerin the world in the future.”
他說：“單純地依靠國內(nèi)市場生存，卻期望在未來成為世界的主要參與者，這是不可能的?！?/p>
3.Thefirst modelof the new machine was developed in 1959, but its performance proved unsatisfactory.
1959年，這種新機(jī)器的第一代研制成功，但其性能卻不盡如人意。
4.His absence?from Harvard had proved to be an excursion to fame.
很顯然，他從哈佛的退學(xué)是一次成名之旅。
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5.Our wood supply proved to?be insufficient.
事實(shí)證明，我們的木材供應(yīng)不足。
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6.【英國《衛(wèi)報》網(wǎng)站2012年1月11日報道】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.
在迪拜陷入嚴(yán)重的經(jīng)濟(jì)困難之前，修建了一大片林立的摩天大樓，包括行政大樓，酒店以及公寓大樓，全世界最高的哈利法塔也是其中之一。但在2010年，為了免于破產(chǎn)，迪拜不得不接受其鄰國阿布扎比的救助。
7.【英國《泰晤士報》網(wǎng)站2012年1月5日報道】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.
敘利亞反對派地方協(xié)調(diào)委員會發(fā)布了一段視頻，聲稱該視頻顯示抗議者在靠近阿拉伯聯(lián)盟監(jiān)視的區(qū)域遭射擊。
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.
在擁有1700萬人口，300萬機(jī)動車的古城，嚴(yán)格的駕駛限制緩解了慢性交通癱瘓，減少了約三分之一的機(jī)動車行駛量。
9.The U.N. was not able to resolve any of the wars, but that is not first and foremostthefault of the organization.
聯(lián)合國無法平息任何一場戰(zhàn)爭，但這并不是其主要的缺陷。
改：聯(lián)合國無法平息任何一場戰(zhàn)爭，但首先這并不是這個組織的過錯。
練習(xí)：
prove:
1、In this country, you are innocent until proved guilty.在這個國家，一個人再證實(shí)有罪之前，就是清白的。
2、Can you prove it to me?你能向我證明這件事嗎？
3、The new treatment has proved to be a disaster.這種新的治療方式結(jié)果是一種災(zāi)難。
4、He constantly feels that he has to prove himself to others.他經(jīng)常覺得自己非向別人露一手不可。
5、You just do your best to prove you can do something.你只需全力以赴證明自己有所作為?！钸B杰
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