1、1993Passage One:such A as B 像 B 这样的 AToday no such severe lack exists as that ordered by Frederick.分析:such severe lack as that ordered by FrederickA:severe lack B: that ordered by Frederick ,其中 that 指代前面的 lack介词 as 引导的介宾短语,作名词 lack 的后置定语,但因为 lack 作句子的主语,为了避免头重脚轻,名词和介宾短语被谓语动词 exists 分割开了。翻译:今天,再不存在像
2、Frederick 下命令所造成的那种严重的匮乏。What is special about mans brain, compared with that of the monkey, is the complex system which enables a child to connect the sight and feel of, say, a toy-bear with the sound pattern “toy-bear”.与猴子的大脑相比,关于人的大脑的特殊之处,是一个复杂的系统,这个系统能让一个小孩把,比如说,对一个玩具熊的视觉和触觉,与“toy-bear”这个单词的发音模式
3、联系起来。And even more incredible is the young brains ability to pick out an order in language from the mixture of sound around him, to analyze, to combine and recombine the parts of a language in new ways.更不可思议的是,小孩的大脑有能力从他周围混杂的声音中选出语言的秩序,有能力进行分析,有能力以新的方式对词和句进行组合与重新组合。be incapable of 不能Those saying no
4、to books will be incapable of adapting to the information era.那些不读书的人将不能适应信息时代。be exposed to A 接触 AVia the Internet, we can be exposed to infinite information.通过互联网,我们可以接触到无限的信息。Passage TwoThey live and die without ever having confronted the fundamental realities of human existence as emotionally an
5、d intellectually independent and productive human beings.他们生生死死,从来没有作为在情感上和智力上独立且富有创造力的人,去直面过人类生存的那些基本现实。A is no less adj. than B. A 和 B 一样 adj. (强调对形容词的肯定)A is no more adj. than B. A 和 B 一样都不 adj. (强调对形容词的否定)A is no less poor than B. A 和 B 一样穷。A is no more rich than B. A 和 B 一样都不富。I suggest transfo
6、rming our social system from a bureaucratically managed industrialism in which maximal production and consumption are ends in themselves into a humanist industrialism in which man and full development of his potentialities those of love and of reason are the aims of all social arrangements.我建议把我们的社会
7、体系,从一种官僚管理的工业社会,变为一种人性化的工业社会,在官僚管理的工业社会中,最大量的生产和消费本身就是目的,而在人性化的工业社会中,人和人潜能的充分发展 爱与理性的潜能 是所有社会安排的目的。A is deprived of B. A 被剥夺了 B。/A 失去了 B。Some children in disadvantaged circumstances are deprived of the chance to receive education.有些穷人家的孩子失去了上学的机会。A is likely to do . A 可能做.Water shortage is likely to
8、 become worse. 水短缺可能会变得更严重。be bored with A 对 A 感到厌烦He is bored with the 9-5 lifestyle. 他很厌烦那种朝九晚五(早九点上班,下午五点下班,指普通人的生活) 的生活方式。It is a matter of . 这是个.的问题It is a matter of life and death. 这是个生与死的问题。Passage ThreeBecause a patent remains permanently public after it has terminated, the shelves of the li
9、brary attached to the patent office contain details of literally millions of ideas that are free for anyone to use and, if older than half a century, sometimes even re-patent.因为在一个专利终止后,它会永久保持公开性,所以专利局下属图书馆的书架上,有数以百万计的创意的细节,这些细节任何人可以免费使用,并且,如果它们的时间超过半个世纪,有时甚至可以再以它们去申请专利。advise sb that 给某人以.建议Indeed,
10、 patent experts often advise anyone wishing to avoid the high cost of conducting a search through live patents that the one sure way of avoiding violation of any other inventors right is to plagiarize a dead patent.的确,任何人想要避免对有效专利进行调查所产生的高昂成本,专利专家们会给他一个建议,即避免侵犯任何其他发明者权利的一个有效方式就是,盗用一个失效的专利。 It is the
11、ir reduction to commercial practice, either through necessity or dedication, or through the availability of new technology, that makes news and money.正是它们向商业实践的转化才产生了新闻和钱,这种转化,要么是因为必要,要么是因为贡献,再要么是因为新技术能够被获得。1994Passage Oneallow sb to do 允许 sb 做;使 sb 有可能做/ 能够做This information allows businessmen to ke
12、ep track of their list of goods by showing which items are being sold and how fast they are moving.这些信息,通过表现哪些货物正被出售以及它们的出售速度,从而使商人们能够随时了解货物清单。At the same time these computers record which hours are busiest and which employees are the most efficient, allowing personnel and staffing assignments to be
13、 made accordingly.同时,这些电脑记录哪几个小时最忙,以及哪些员工效率最高,据此能使企业做出相应的人事安排。enjoy great trust from sb 得到 sb 的信任It is now more convenient to do . than before. 现在做.比以前更加方便。With cell phones, it is now more convenient to communicate than before.有了手机,现在通讯比以前更加方便。approaches to sth 或 approaches to doing sth 做 sth 的方法app
14、roaches to learning English 学英语的方法Sth can do much more than do . sth 的作用不仅仅是.The Internet can do much more than providing us with information.互联网的作用不仅仅是给我们提供信息。Passage ThreeThe great interest in exceptional children shown in public education over the past three decades indicates the strong feeling i
15、n our society that all citizens, whatever their special conditions, deserve the opportunity to fully develop their capabilities.在过去三十年,在公共教育方面所表现出的、对智障儿童的巨大兴趣,表明了我们社会中的一种强烈情感,即所有公民,不管他们的特殊状况是什么,都应该得到充分发展他们能力的机会。A weighs much heavier than B. A 比 B 重要的多。Health weighs much heavier than wealth. 健康比财富重要的
16、多。fully develop ones potentials 充分发展/ 发挥一个人的潜能/潜力A good job is one which can fully develop our potentials.一个好的工作是能够充分发挥我们的潜能的工作。deserve special consideration 应该得到特殊关照/照顾Those in disadvantaged circumstances should deserve special consideration. 弱势群体应该得到特殊关照。A exerts great influence over B. A 对 B 有巨大的
17、影响。College life exerts great influence over everyones values.大学生生活对每个人的价值观都有巨大的影响。A has much to do with B. A 与 B 有很大关系。Global warming has much to do with human activities. 全球变暖与人类的活动有很大关系。Passage Foursuffer from a disease 患病,得病those suffering from swine flu 得了猪流感的人There is still a long way to go bef
18、ore . 在.之前还有很长的路要走。There is still a long way to go before everyone becomes aware of the problem.在人们意识到这个问题之前,还有很长的路要走。Passage FiveCreative thinking may mean simply the realization that theres no particular virtue in doing things the way they have always been done,原句省略的词汇用划线表示:Creative thinking may m
19、ean simply the realization that theres no particular virtue in doing things in the way in which they have always been done,创造性思维可能仅仅意味着一种意识,即,采用事情一向被做时所用的方式去做事情,并没有特别的好处。创造性思维可能仅仅意味着一种意识,即,用人们常用的做事方式做事情,并没有特别的好处。Highly creative individuals really do march to a different drummer.有高度创造力的人的确是伴随着一个不同的鼓手敲出的节奏前行的。