Indeed, it's quite likely that those whose work is their pleasure are those who most need the means of banishing it at intervals from the minds.
Indeed, it may well be that those whose work is their pleasure are those who most need the means of banishing it at intervals from the minds.
1. If you feel tired easily, it's quite likely that you need to consult a doctor. Suggested answer:
If you feel tired easily, it may well be that you need to consult a doctor.
2. To be really happy, it's quite likely that you need a hobby. Suggested answer:
To be really happy, it may well be that you need a hobby.
3. Rational, industrious useful human beings are likely to be divided into two classes. Suggested answer:
It may well be that rational, industrious human beings can be divided into two classes.
4. Those people whose work is their pleasure are likely to be happier than those whose work is separate from their pleasure. Suggested answer:
It may well be that those people whose work is their pleasure are happier than those whose work is separate from their pleasure.
5. People who want to be couch potatoes are likely to be those who have a day off. Suggested answer:
It may well be that people who want to be couch potatoes are those who have a day off.
6. Farmers think it's quite likely that the expression couch potato is damaging to the vegetable's healthy image. Suggested answer:
It may well be that farmers think the expression couch potato is damaging to the vegetable's healthy image.
Translate the sentences into Chinese.
1. As for the unfortunate people who can command everything they want, who can gratify every caprice and lay their hands on almost every object of desire—for them a new pleasure, a new excitement is only an additional satiation. In vain they rush frantically round from place to place, trying to escape from avenging boredom by mere clatter and motion. Suggested answer:
那些能够支配一切、能够肆意妄为、能够染指一切追求目标的人是“不幸的”。对于他们而言，多一种新的乐趣、多一种新的刺激只是增加一分厌腻而已。他们到处乱跑，企图靠喧闹和骚动来摆脱无聊对他们的报复，但这么做是徒劳的。
2. They have their compensations. The long hours in the office or the factory bring with them as their reward, not only the means of sustenance, but a keen appetite for pleasure even in its simplest and most modest forms. But Fortuna's favored children belong to the second class. Their life is a natural harmony.
Suggested answer:
他们是能够得到补偿的。在办公室或工厂里长时间工作给他们带来了报酬，这不仅是谋生的手段，也使他们对寻找快乐充满了渴望，哪怕是最简单、最质朴的快乐。但是，幸运之神偏爱的是第二类人。他们的生活是一种自然的和谐。
3. Of course, for the true couch potato, there are inherent risks. Perhaps the greatest of these results from the lack of exercise, and is referred to by professional couch potatoes as telly belly. Some, however, see their telly belly as a mark of their dedication to their leisure inactivity, and wear it proudly over the top of their trousers. Suggested answer:
当然，对于真正的沙发土豆来说，固有的危险还是有的。也许最大的危险来自缺乏锻炼，其后果被专业沙发土豆称为电视肚。然而，有些人则视自己的电视肚为专注闲暇无为的标志，骄傲地把它系在裤腰之上。
4. In fact, leaving the computer not only seems pointless but also risks a threat by some rival mouse potato in a brighter time zone across the world. For time off, they usually perform extensive Internet searches or participate in online chat rooms, leaving ill-informed and badly spelt opinions around the virtual world, and generally insulting one's intelligence.
Suggested answer:
事实上，离开电脑不仅毫无意义，而且会使你受到世界上较亮时区的鼠标土豆对手的威胁。休息期间，他们通常广泛搜索互联网或加入在线聊天室，在虚拟世界到处留下缺乏见识和拼写拙劣的意见，一般来说是对人家智力的污辱。
Translate the sentences into English.
1. 整天把自己埋在书本里是没有用的。要培养一些业余爱好，每隔一段时间参加一些体育锻炼或课外活动。劳逸结合才是健康的学习习惯。(it's no use doing sth; take up; at intervals; extracurricular activities) Suggested answer:
It's no use burying yourselves in books all day. You'd better take up some hobbies and take part in sports or extracurricular activities at intervals. A healthy study habit is to keep a balance between work and rest.
2. 工作选对了，不但是可以维持生计的手段，还可以帮助你摆脱无聊，使你不用担心接受了多年高等教育之后会虚度人生。(a means of sustenance; banish sth from one's mind) Suggested answer:
If your job is rightly chosen, it will not only give you a means of sustenance, but also help you escape from the boredom and banish from your mind the worry about leading a meaningless life after so many years of higher education.
3. 手头没有事情可做时，他常常主动帮助社区做些义务劳动。很有可能是受到他的影响，社区里越来越多的人加入了志愿者行列。(at hand; it may well be that) Suggested answer:
When he had nothing to do at hand, he used to volunteer to do something for his community. It may well be that under his influence more and more people in the community joined in to become volunteers.
4. 我以前看电视连续剧常常看到深夜，这太费时间，还影响我的健康和体形。为了避免诱惑，我把电视机搬出了我的屋子，开始从事别的休闲活动，比如读书、弹钢琴。(risk; take up)
Suggested answer:
I used to watch TV series late into the night, which took up too much time and risked my health and shape. To avoid temptation, I removed the TV set from my room and took up other leisure activities such as reading and playing piano.
Unit9
Rewrite the sentences adding a compound adjective formed from the two words in
brackets in the correct place.
1. I don't want to spend all my salary on a short holiday. (hard + earn) Suggested answer:
I don't want to spend all my hard-earned salary on a short holiday.
2. He's got a lot of ideas that aren't going to help us to make progress. (old + fashion) Suggested answer:
He's got a lot of old-fashioned ideas that aren't going to help us to make progress.
3. Thank you for your contribution to the discussion. (well + time) Suggested answer:
Thank you for your well-timed contribution to the discussion.
4. There is a view that all students should have experience as volunteers before starting university. (widely + hold)
Suggested answer:
There is a widely-held view that all students should have experience as volunteers before starting university.
5. I have a lot of friends who wouldn't be surprised by what you say. (open + mind) Suggested answer:
I have a lot of open-minded friends who wouldn't be surprised by what you say.
6. It's a theory which was first put forward in the 1960s. (well + know) Suggested answer:
It's a well-known theory which was first put forward in the 1960s.
7. Marie uses a wheelchair which can carry a lot of equipment. (specially + adapt) Suggested answer:
Marie uses a specially-adapted wheelchair which will carry a lot of equipment.
8. I love the smell of grass! (new + cut) Suggested answer:
I love the smell of newly-cut grass!