【句子翻译】我已经把第三次和第四次选择的机会给了这些候选人，他们如果不是的确毫无价值，至少也应该和我一样明白根本就没有机会被选上。
【考点类型】句子结构
【考点剖析】句中的 if not exactly “ worthless ”是一个插入语。
【考点扩展】 if not 作为惯用搭配表示“不然的话，否则”。比如： Get out of here at once. If not ， I ’ ll phone the police. “马上滚出去。否则，我就报警。”
Part Ⅱ Translation
1. 为了成功举办 2008 年奥运会，北京计划投入 230 亿美元用于基础设施建设。
【结构分析】这是一个表示目的的句子。为了怎么样，北京计划做什么。所以表目的的可以译为 in order to.
【词义推敲】奥运会 the Olympic Games
基础设施 infrastructure
【参考译文】 In order to host the 2008 Olympic Games successfully ， Beijing plans to invest 23 billion U.S. dollars in the construction of infrastructure.
2. 据说一些外国公司已经注意到了这些商机。
【结构分析】这是一个单句，只一个句子，据说可以译为 it is said...
【词义推敲】商机 business opportunities
【参考译文】 It is said that some foreign companies have noted these business opportunities.
3. 美国的一些公司打算在电信和信息技术方面提供产品和服务。
【结构分析】这也是一个简单句。只有一句话，主语是“美国的一些公司”，谓语是“打算提供”，“然后服务”是宾语。
【词义推敲】电信 telecommunications
信息技术 information technology = IT
服务 service
【参考译文】 Some American companies plans to provide products and services in telecommunications and information & technology.
4. 英国的一些公司也正在围绕北京奥运会寻求商机，他们试图找到自己有优势的领域，如不污染环境的建筑技术等。
【结构分析】这是个并列句。主语是英国的公司，谓语为寻求和找到，最后是举例说明。
【词义推敲】寻求 seek
领域 field ， domain
建筑技术 construction techniques
【参考译文】 Some British companies are also seeking business opportunities around the Olympic Games ， they are trying to find their own advantage ， such as pollution-free construction techniques.
Part Ⅲ Guided Writing
参考范文：
As the story tells us ， we have to think which we are to consider as more important ， life or money. The father in the story is the victim of his savings ， because he loses his life when trying to get his money out of the house regardless of the risk. The story is intended to tell us that money sometimes brings misfortune if one has become a slave of money. My argument is listed as follows ：
On one hand ， to be the master of money can make life more meaningful and bring fortune. It is known to all that there are many other things that are more important than money ， such as knowledge ， health and friendship. Overestimate of the importance and value of money is likely to confine one ’ s activity and thinking to money. As a result ， everything else is overlooked and happiness will not come easily.
On the other hand ， to be a slave of money can make a person end up with disaster ， just as the father in the story. Many crimes are related to money ， including robbery ， bribery and stealing. This follows that we have to take a positive attitude towards money.
