1 . Please translate the underlined sentences in the following passage into Chinese or English. 请将下面篇章中的划线句子译成汉语或英语。想象一下在太平洋的巨浪里游4公里是什么样子的。 ________________Do you think you’d feel tired? How about a 180-kilometer road race on a bicycle in the heat of Hawaii? Tired again? 82. Then what about running a marathon in the same conditions? ________________What? Still tired? Now think what it feels like to do the swim, the bike race, and the marathon “back to back”, with no breaks in between, against the toughest and fittest athletes in the world. 如果你想知道这样一个竞赛是否存在, 让我告诉你——它的确存在。 ________________In an event that lasts at least nine hours, 1,500 competitors compete for the title: Ironman. Ironman is a version of the new sport of triathlon (三项全能运动) —a combination of swimming, cycling, and running that is rapidly growing in popularity. 第一届铁人竞赛是由美国人约翰·柯林斯 (John Collins) 在1977年想出来的。 ____________________In a Hawaiian beach bar, a group of friends were debating which of the local sporting events was the toughest, the four-kilometer swim, the 180-kilometer bike race, or the 42-kilometer marathon? ________________They couldn’t reach an agreement and so to settle the argument Collins suggested the unbelievable: why not try to do them all, one after another, on the same day? And so the Hawaiian Ironman triathlon, as the new event was known, was born.

2 . 阅读下面材料，根据中文及相关提示翻译下列句子。

Pilates(普拉提), yoga and running, whether in the gym or at home, get all the attention when it comes to popular ways to keep fit.    1    (与它们相比，散步不是这么有吸引力，但它却有很多益处。)

Certified fitness professional Jolynn Jaekel explains, “What I love about walking is that anyone can do it at any age and any fitness level. Besides, it is good for your heart, your head and your wallet.     2    (很明显，散步是让人惊叹的运动，不是吗？)”

Scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California found that quick walking reduced the risk of heart disease more effectively than running.     3     (正是因为这个原因，一些有心脏病的人喜欢散步胜于跑步。) Scientists observed participants aged between 18 and 80 over a six-year period and found that walking reduced the risk of heart disease by 9.3%, while running reduced it by 4.5%. And there is better news: 30 minutes of quick walking over five days could help people sleep easily, according to research by Oregon State University.    4    (散步帮助青少年更好地睡眠，使得他们积极参加学校活动并专注于学校生活。)

    5    (你越早开始，你将会越早注意到散步对你的大脑和身体有巨大影响。) So, go out for your 30-minute walk in a nearby park or green space.

3 . 请根据上下文内容将文中划线部分译成汉语或者英语。
Dear Laura,

I want to thank you for your last letter.     1     I felt very happy when I saw it. I’m so glad I have persuaded you to apologize to Rachel. Isn’t it great to have good friends? Speaking of friends,     2       I’ve met some nice people here in London and I think we might become close friends. I decided to write rather than e-mail you about my new friends because it’s always nice to receive a letter from someone special.

I met Monica when I joined the school badminton team.     3     我们彼此相处得非常好 and soon a great friendship developed.     4       She invited me to go to her house and watch DVDs. We have been friends ever since. My other friend is Jane. She always lets me borrow her Maths notes. She is hardworking and seems to try her best all the time. How are you doing at school?     5     我迫不及待要再见到你。

Yours,

Sally

4 . 请根据上下文内容，将文中画线部分译成汉语或者英语。

It is just past five o’clock on the Chinese New Year’s Eve, and Luo Yan lifts the cover of a large bowl to breathe in the rich smell of the soup     1     his wife and mother have prepared.

Luo Yan and his wife and son have settled in the big city far away from their hometown. Their journey from the city where they live and work back to their hometown was a     2    漫长而又疲乏的 one just a few years ago. However,     3     the high-speed train has made it more convenient for them to go back home. During the four-hour trip, they chatted happily with each other.

    4    一到家, they find Luo’s parents eagerly waiting for them. Indeed, the family couldn’t be happier to be together. As midnight approaches, Luo Yan takes his parents, wife and son outside to set off firecrackers.     5     The whole village is lit up with the flashes of fireworks.