2014年工程硕士英语复习重点(12)

　　16、他一生中的两大爱好是音乐和绘画。-——>His two great interests in life are music and painting.

　　17、Demography and changing social mores mean that white males will become a smaller fraction of the work force as women and minorities grow in importance. -——>人口统计和不断变化中的社会习俗意味着，随着妇女和少数民族重要性的增加，白人男子在劳动力群体中所占比例将会减少。

　　18、成功的领导者是事先控制事件而不是事后才做出反应。-——>Successful leaders dominate 追求 events rather than react to them.

　　19、Eventually, you may reach the point where you can afford to spend the rest of your life at the side of a swimming pool with a drink in your hand,but you probably won’t.——>有朝一日(最终)，你或许可以有资格把余生打发在游泳池边，手里端着饮料，不过，你很可能不会如此做。

　　20、在那时，没有受过大学教育就能找到一个体面的工作还是可能的。

　　-——>At that time, it was still possible to land a decent体面的 job without a college education.