1、第 1 页 共 19 页1. In order to learn to be ones true self,it is necessary to obtain a wide and extensive knowledge of what has been said and done in the world.要想了解真实的自我，必须深入、广泛的探索前人所说过的话，所做过的事情。2. This element of the unknown has for centuries added greatly to the fear and horror surrounding earthquakes,
2、but in recent times there have been indications that earthquake prediction may be possible.数百年来，地震的不可知性给地震蒙上了极大的恐惧和惊慌，然而近几次的地震发生之前已经显露一些迹象。3. The accuracy of scientific observations and calculations is always at the mercy of the scientists timekeeping methods.科学观察和计算的精确度常取决于科学家的计时方法。4. In Frederick,
3、studentsparents are buying classroom supplies and offering to pay for groceries and utilities to keep first-year teachers and principals in their jobs.在 Frederick 地区，学生家长们出资购买教室用品，并主动为学校第一年的教师和校长们支付所需的各类杂货及水电费，以此来留住他们继续工作下去。5. “Rumors about whats happening to the district are moving at 第 2 页 共 19 页l
4、ighting speed.”said a student. “We wanted to know the truth,and spread that around instead.”一位学生说：“关于这个地区的流言正在以闪电般速度传播着，我们想知道真相，并且传播真相。 ”1. Yet the waves,no matter how big or how violent,affect only the surface of the sea.然而，不管水波多大，多猛烈，只对海面造成影响。2. In the U.S.,the figure is much higher than in Great
5、Britian,and people there spend over 10 percent of their income on the installment plan.在美国，这个数字要比英国高得多，每个人将他们收入的百分之十花费在分期付款上。3. The idea of a fish being able to generate electricity strong enough to light lamp bulbs-or even to run a small electric motor-is almost unbelievable,but several kinds of fi
6、sh are able to do this.有一种鱼能产生强烈的电流足以点亮灯泡或更甚者能带动小型电动马达是多么不可思议，然而有这么几种鱼确实可以。4. Engineering studengs are supposed to be examples of practicality and rationality,but when it comes to my college education I am an idealist and a fool.工科的学生往往被看成是实际和理性的榜样，但是就我的大学教育而言，我是一个理想主义者和傻瓜。第 3 页 共 19 页5. The reality
7、 that has blocked my path to become the typical successful student is that engineering and the liberal arts simply dont mix as easily as I assumed in high school.摆在我面前的阻碍我成为一名成功学生的现实就在于工科与文科并不像我在高中时所认为的那样，两者并不是简单地融合在一起。1. When the light reaches the other end,it is first changed into electrical signa
8、ls,which are in turn converted into sound messages.光到达另一端后，首先转化成电流信号，随后再转化为声音信息。2. In most cases these individuals are dreaming of wealth and fame,not the long hours alone at a typewriter. 多数情况下，这些人正梦想着的是财富和名望，而不是在打字机前长时间的工作。3. Because we live in a democratic nation,whose citizens make the policies
9、for the nation,large numbers of us must be educated to understand,to support,and when necessary,to judge the work of experts. 因为我们生活在一个民主的国家，由公民制定国家的政策，我们中的许多人必须接受教育，学会理解、支持，必要的时候还要判断专家的工作。4. There are many communities and populations which have lost precious recoards due to tragic events such as th
10、e fire in the Irish courts during Civil War in 1921 or American slaves for whom many 第 4 页 共 19 页records were never kept in the first place.在很多地区，相当多的人曾因为一些悲剧事件而失去他们珍贵的资料，如 1921 年内战期间爱尔兰法庭失火这样的悲剧，又如美国奴隶，对于他们来说，最初就有很多珍贵资料未能够保留下来。5. Theoretically,any individual will someday be able to trace his or her
11、 family origins through this database.理论上，有一天任何人都能通过这个资料库查出他或她家族的起源。1. On the contrary,to avoid problems in aerial navigation,the wheelless vehicle probably will travel no more than three inches above road surface.相反，为了避免天线导航中出现的问题，没有轮子的汽车将在离地面不超过 3 英寸的距离行驶。2. I appeal to you to clarify this issue s
12、o that the poor elderly of our city many become aware of the housing benefits for which they qualify.我请求你阐明这个问题，这样我们这个城市里贫穷的老人就可以了解到他们有资格享有住房的津贴。3. It was believed that a person was sick because he had been attacked by evil spirits.第 5 页 共 19 页当时人们认为人生病是因为遭到了恶魔的攻击。4. We are concerned to develop the
13、ability of all our pupils into the full,not just their academic ability.我们关心的是全面充分地发展我们每一位学生的能力，而不仅仅是他们的学术能力。5. We expect our pupils to do their best,not their least,and we give them every encouragement to attain this goal.我们期望学生能够不遗余力尽其所能，而不是做最起码的事，为达到此目标我们也将给予他们充分的鼓励。1. The wheel is the simplest y
14、et perhaps the most remarkable of all inventions,because there are no wheels in nature-no living thing was ever created with wheels. 轮子是最简单的发明，或许也是最伟大的发明，因为自然界原本没有轮子没有任何生物是轮子创造的。2. Girls exceed boys in language abilities,and this early linguistic bias often prevails throughout life. 女孩在语言能力上胜过男孩，而且这
15、种早期的语言优势常常能够保持终生。第 6 页 共 19 页3. Grandma Moses painted a little as a child and made embroidery pictures as a hobby,but only switched to oils in old age because her hands had become too stiff to sew and she wanted to keep busy and pass the time. 摩西奶奶小的时候画过些画，后来绘制刺绣图案成了她的爱好。老了以后，她的手指变得僵硬不能缝纫，而她还希望保持忙碌，
16、打发时间，就转向油画。4. The project provided opportunities for researches from India and abroad to study tigers in the reserves and gather previously unavailable information about their habits. 这个方案给印度和国外的研究者提供了机会，使他们可以在保护区内研究老虎，收集以前难以获得的有关老虎习性的资料。5. Land problem is becoming serious and many rural people feel
17、 bitter about the fact that some rich forests are reserved for tigers.土地问题变得越来越严重了，令许多农民痛心的是，一些肥沃的森林地区被圈起来，建成了老虎保护区。1. In learning a foreign language,the best beginning is with the non-verbal linguistic elements of the language,its gestures,its body language.学习一门外语最好从它的非言语语言学方面，手势和肢体语言入手。第 7 页 共 19
18、页2. Originally the White House was gray and was called the Presidential Palace.最初白宫是灰色的，并且被叫做总统府。3. This new activity involved all the original hunting sequences but the aim of the operation was no longer to avoid starvation.这种新的活动包括原先狩猎的一系列行为，而狩猎目的已不再是避免饥饿。4. Some scientists say that 16 of these mi
19、rrors,each about half a mile across,could aim their reflected light at one area on the earth that was about 200 miles by 300 miles.一些科学家认为可用 16 面直径为半英里的镜子将反射光照射到地球表面约为 6 万平方英里的区域。5. What no one knows yet is what effect this artificial daytime would have on plants,animals,and humans.目前，人们还不知道的是这种人造白天
20、对植物、动物和人会有什么影响。1. Still,the fact remains that women are now free to enter any career 第 8 页 共 19 页that attracts them,the situation has improved,and the tide is not likely to turn back. 然而，事实上女性如今仍然可以自由选择所喜爱的职业；情况改善了，这一潮流不可能逆转。2. Ford realized he could use this assembly line method to build cars.福特意识到
21、他能够运用这种流水线方法来制造汽车。3. At the early attempts,the cable failed and when it was taken out for repairs it was found to be covered in living growth,a fact which defied contemporary scientific opinion that there was no life in the deeper parts of the sea.在初试阶段，海底电缆没能安装成功，当科研人员将电缆运出海面，对其进行检修时发现电缆表面长满了生物，这个事
22、实对当时一些科学家认为海底没有生命存在的看法提出了质疑。4. Studies by the Council of Europe,of which 21 countries are members,have shown that 45 percent of reptile species and 24 percent of butterflies are in danger of dying out.由 21 个成员国组成的欧洲委员会的一项研究显示，百分之四十五的爬行动物以及百分之二十四的蝴蝶濒临灭绝。5. Dr.Baum went on,“we could manage without mos
23、t industrial products,but we could not manage without nature.鲍姆博士继续说道， “没有工业产品我们一样能够生活下去，但脱离第 9 页 共 19 页了自然我们就无法生存。 ”1. Some critics claim that no excuse is acceptable for not informing subjects about the nature of an experiment and giving them a chance to refuse to participate.一些批评家声称，没有任何理由让实验对象在不
24、了解实验性质，没有机会选择拒绝的情况下参与实验。2. He took a trip to southern,and there he found just the weather and scenery he needed to finish his movie.他去加州南部旅行，在那里他恰好发现了要完成他的电影所需的天气和风景。3. Primary and secondary education is financed almost entirely by the state out of central and local tax revenues.中小学几乎全额依靠中央和地方税收拨款。4
25、. The current opinion seems to be that this should include a general knowledge of what computers are,plus a little of their history and something of how they operate.目前的看法似乎是这样的，这必须包括一种关于计算机本身定义的基本知识，还需具备一些计算机的发展历史及其操作知识。5. We effectively use all types of electrical equipment without being 第 10 页 共
26、19 页able to tell their history or to explain how they work我们能够有效地使用各种电子设备，而不需要知道它们的历史或者它们是如何工作的。1. At times they even sleep in their van instead of a hotel,just to save money.有时他们甚至在自己的篷车里，而不是在旅馆里睡觉，只是为了省钱。2. As a result,these areas send out less heat and light and thus appear from Earth to be almos
27、t dark irregular surface patches.这些区域释放的热量和光线较弱，因而从地球上看，表面几乎形成不规则的暗区。3. Computer technology enabled the reserchers,to obtain precise measurements of the volume of the front and side sections of the brain,which relate to intellect and emotion,and determine the human character.电脑技术让研究者能准确地测量大脑前部和侧面的容量
28、，它们与智力、情感有关，决定着人的性格。4. The interview is an important event in the job-hunting 第 11 页 共 19 页process,because the 20 or 30 minutes you spend with the interviewer may determine whether or not you get the particular job you want.面试是求职过程中一件重要的事情，因为你和面试人一起度过的二三十分钟可能决定你是否能得到你想要的那个工作。5. If possible,you shoul
29、d negotiate for salary after you have been offered a job and when you are ready to complete the paperwork.如果有可能的话，你应在得到一份工作，并且在你做好准备完成日常文书工作后再与雇佣方协商工资问题。1. He is,even today,a symbol of courage and adventure.他即使今天都是勇气和历险的象征。2. Henning studied how students who are learning English as a second language
30、 remember vocabulary.Henning 研究了把英语作为外语学习的学生是如何记词汇的。3. In time,the migration became a habit,and now,although the glaciers have disappeared,the habit continues.迁徙成为一种习惯，现在尽管冰川已经消失，这种习惯仍然继续。4. Problems come when any particular section is too thick and not sticking to the section beneath.The snow of th
31、e past few weeks had been falling in rather higher temperatures than those of December and 第 12 页 共 19 页early January.当积雪的任何一部分太厚，并且与下面的部分不相粘结的话，问题就出现了。过去几星期下的雪在高于十二月到一月份上旬的温度下开始融化。5. The one comfort to recreational skiers,however,is that avalanche incidents on the marked ski slopes are quite rare.N
32、o ski resort wants the image of being a death trap.对于度假的滑雪者来说，令人欣慰的是，雪崩事故很少发生在有足迹的滑雪坡上。1. Losing weight is hard work,but most people want to find a fast and easy way to take off fat.减肥是件苦差事，大多数人都想找到一种又快、又简单的减肥方法。2. The respect in which he was held was partly owing to the man himself,with his warm fr
33、iendliness,his good sense,his urbanity,his gay spirits,his artistic integrity,and his love of both the Old World and the New.第 13 页 共 19 页他受到尊重部分源自其自身，他友好、判断能力强、文雅、开朗、正直，新旧世界他都热爱。3. Kidneys can be conserved in this simple way for 24 to 48 hours with little deterioration,and during this time they can
34、 be moved for long distances.用这种简单的方法，肾脏可以保存 24 到 48 小时而不会变质，在此段时间里能被转移到很远的地方。4. A simple and common method used by many consumers is to complain directly to the store manager.很多顾客采用的一个简单又常用的方法是直接向商店经理投诉。5. She or he can threaten to take the seller to court or report the seller to a private or publi
35、c organization responsible for protecting consumers rights.她或他（顾客）会将卖方告上法庭，或者他们会向保护消费者权益的私人或公共机构进行举报。1. In this way,better quality products at good values are continually being brought to the people of all income groups.这样，性价比高的商品可以不断地提供给不同收入层次的人们。2. Bearing in mind the nature of the translators wor
36、k,i.e.,the 第 14 页 共 19 页processing of the written word,it is,strictly speaking,unnecessary that he should be able to speak the languages he is dealing with.牢记翻译者工作的性质，即对书面语进行操作，严格地说，并不要求翻译者一定能够讲他正在翻译的语言。3. It is also possible for a student to move between one university and another during his degree
37、 course,though this is not in fact done as a regular practice.学生也可能在学习期间在两所大学交叉学习，尽管这样做并不常见。4. Money laundering is the process by which money obtained by illegal means is given the appearance of legitimate income and returned into circulation.洗钱是将非法途径得来的金钱，在合法收入的掩盖下，使之进入流通领域的过程。5. The liberlization
38、of markets around the world and deregulation of exchange controls are regarded as the chief causes of the rapid expansion of the money laundering over the past decade.市场的（过度）自由及对汇率控制的撤销成为过去十年来洗钱活动迅速发展的两大主要原因。1. Nobel preferred not to be remembered as the inventor of 第 15 页 共 19 页dynamite,so in 1895,
39、just two weeks before his death,he created a found to be used for awarding prizes to people who had made worthwhile contrybutions to mankind.诺贝尔宁愿自己不是作为甘油炸药的发明者而被人们记住，因此，他在 1895 年去世前的两个星期，创立了一项基金，奖励对人类做出有价值贡献的人们。2. Memorization is an important learning method in Japanese school,yet many students say
40、 that after an exam,they forget much of the information that they have memorized.死记硬背是日本学校采用的一种重要的学习方法，然而很多学生反映，考试过后他们就忘记了背过的大部分内容。3. Teach him it is far more honorable to fail than to cheat.教导他失败比作弊要光荣得多。4. Clothes which have been worn only a few times have to be put aside because of the change of
41、fashion.因为时尚的变化，衣裳仅仅穿了几次就要被丢到一边。5. Do the constantly changing fashions of womens clothes,one wonders,reflect basic qualities of inconstancy and instability?有人会想，女性服饰时尚不断发生改变的事实是不是反映出其本身第 16 页 共 19 页存在的一种变化无常、极不稳定的基本特性呢？1. The producers of instant coffee found their product strongly resisted in the m
42、arket places despite their products obvious advantages.尽管产品本身具备显而易见的优势，速溶咖啡的生产者发现他们的产品在市场上严重受阻。2. Many of the centenarians emphasized the importance of being independent and free to do the things they enjoyed and wanted to do,and of maintaining a placid state of mind free from worry or emotional str
43、ain. 许多百岁老人强调独立自由地做自己想做的事情，远离烦恼和情感压力，保持平静的心态很重要。3. Even if a job is not perfect for you,every interview can make you learn from it. 即使某一份工作对你来说并不理想，每个面试都可以让你从中学到些东西。4. People who question or even look down on the study of the past and its works usually assume that the past is entirely different from
44、 the present,and that hence we can learn nothing worthwhile from the past.那些质疑甚至轻视对过去及先人作品研究的人们通常主观地认为过去与现在是完全不同的，从而得出人们无法从过去获取任何有价值第 17 页 共 19 页的东西的结论。5. We and the ancients share a common human nature and hence certain common human experiences and problems.我们和古人享有共同的人类的天性，因此也会有共同的经历和问题。1. Perhaps
45、the reason is that asvertising saves the manufacturers from having to think about the customer. 也许，原因是登广告能让生产者省心，不要去考虑消费者。2. “No mechanism in China requires the recall of cars as it dose in Japan,but Honda decided to replace the rubber connector in order to provide the same service to Chinese consum
46、ers”the spokeswoman said.女发言人说：“与在日本不同，中国的机构没有要求召回汽车，但是本田公司决定更换橡胶连接以向中国客户提供同等服务。 ”3. A survey conducted last year by Roper Starch Worldwide,Inc.,found that almost 70 percent of the respondents said they would be happier if their families had twice as much household income.去年由 Roper Starch Worldwide
47、公司所做的一项调查发现，几乎有百分之七十的接受调查者表示如果他们的家庭收入能够再增加一倍，他们会更幸福。4. The publisher was so doubtful,he wanted her to split the publishing 第 18 页 共 19 页costs with him,and all she hoped was that it would make enough money for her to buy a new silk dress.出版商不太确信书出版后一定能够赚钱，他想与作者（Harriet Beecher Stowe）分摊出版费用，而她只是希望能够赚够足够的钱为自己买一条新的丝绸连衣裙。5. Its vast influence strengthened the anti-slavery movement and angered defenders of the slave system.它巨大的影响激励了反对奴隶制的运动，也激怒了奴隶制的拥护者。第 19 页 共 19 页
