Module 4

 1、接受这份工作就得经常在周末上班，但约翰并不在意。

 to take this job would involve working on weekends frequently, but john didn’t mind.

 2、众所周知，肺癌至少部分地是由于吸烟过多而引起的。

 it is well know that lung cancer is caused at least in part by smoking too much..

 3、我祖父母说，发明电视的那个人曾住在他们那个地段。

 my grandparents said that the man who invented television had once lived in their neighborhood.

 4、我提议咱们会后马上去办公室找史斯密教授，邀请他参加我们的英语晚会。

 i propose that we go to find prof. smith in his office right after the meeting and invite him to our english evening.

 5、她因那病开过两次刀，身体十分虚弱，几乎站不起来。

 having been operated on twice for the disease, she was so weakened that she could barely stand up.

 6、教育家们认为，伴随着电视机长大的一代人，在电视机前花的时间太多，以致没有足够的时间学习了。

 educators think that the generation growing up with television spend so much of their time in front of the  tv  that they do not have enough time to study.

 7、我真希望你能拿出一个比这更好的解决办法来。

 i do hope that you can come up with a better solution than this.

 8、乍一看，这幅画并不好，但经过仔细观察，我们才发现它的的确观察，我们才发现它的确是一幅杰作。

 at first glance the picture didn’t look very good, but after examining it carefully we found that it was indeed a masterpiece.