新视野大学英语4课后练习及答案翻译(5)

我不是说很难一个人这些天。对每个男人来说，懂得如何以尊重和钦佩的态度对待女人是很重要的。但就这两者的正确平衡而言，我们真的没有参照系，尤其是在外貌上。
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1. Every month, the Community Services Center offers several lectures on health and fitness in hopes of introducing people to healthier lifestyles.
每个月，社区服务中心都会举办几场关于健康和健身的讲座，希望向人们介绍更健康的生活方式。
2. Do you know who came up with the idea of having cheesecake for dessert yesterday? It was delicious and made everyone happy.
你知道昨天谁想出了吃芝士蛋糕当甜点的主意吗?味道很好，让每个人都很开心。
3. The pain medication left Claudia feeling rather dull and sleepy, and soon after dinner she apologized for being such poor company and excused herself to bed.
止痛药让克劳迪娅感到相当的沉闷和困倦。晚饭后不久，她就为自己和这么糟糕的人在一起而道歉，并为自己找了个借口上床睡觉。
4. When I was young, I was obsessed with maps, and I sometimes spent the whole day charting land routes from one point to another.
当我年轻的时候，我痴迷于地图，有时我花一整天的时间绘制从一个点到另一个点的陆地路线。