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发表于 2016-7-10 05:48:30
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81. Television the mostpervasive and persuasive of modern technologies,
marked by rapid changeand growth, is moving into a new era, an era of
extraordinarysophistication and versatility, which promises to reshape our lives
andour world。
81.电视,这项从迅速变化和成长为标志的最普及和最有影响力的现代技术,正在步入一个新时代,一个极为成熟和多样化的时代,这将重塑我们的生活和世界。
82. Television is more thanjust an electronics; it is a means of
expression, as well as a vehiclefor communication, and as such becomes a
powerful tool for reachingother human beings。
82.电视不仅仅是一件电器;它是表达的手段和交流的载体并因此成为联系他人的有力工具。
83.Even more shocking is the fact that the number and rate of
imprisonmenthave more than doubled over the past twenty years,
andrecidivism------that is the rate for re-arrest------is more than
60percent。
83.更让人吃惊的事实是监禁的数目和比例在过去的二十年中翻了一番还有余,以及累犯率——即再次拘押的比例——为百分之六十强。
84.William Rainey Harperlured him to the new university of Chicago, where
he remainedofficially for exactly a generation and where his students in
advancedcomposition found him terrifyingly frigid in the classroom
butsympathetic and understanding in their personal conferences。
84.他的教书生涯始于麻省理工学院,但是William Rainey
Harper把他吸引到了新成立的芝加哥大学。他在那里正式任职长达整整一代人的时间。他的高级作文课上的学生觉得他在课上古板得可怕,但私下交流却富有同情和理解。
85. The sloth pays suchlittle attention to its personal hygiene that green
algae grow on itscoarse hair and communities of a parasitic moth live in the
depths ofits coat producing caterpillars which graze on its mouldy hair.
Itsmuscles are such that it is quits incapable of moving at a speed ofover a
kilometer an hour even over the shortest distances and theswiftest movement it
can make is a sweep of its hooked arm。
85.树獭极不讲究卫生,以至于它粗糙的毛发上生出绿苔,成群的寄生蛾生长在它的皮毛深处,变成毛毛虫,并以它的脏毛为食。它的肌肉不能让它哪怕在很短的距离以内以每小时一公里的速度移动。它能做的最敏捷的动作就是挥一挥它弯曲的胳膊。
86. Artificial flowers areused for scientific as well as for decorative
purposes. They are madefrom a variety of materials, such as way and glass, so
skillfully thatthey can scarcely be distinguished from natural flowers。
86.人造花卉即可用于科学目的,也可用于装饰目的,它们可以用各种各样的材料制成,臂如蜡和玻璃;其制作如此精巧,几乎可以以假乱真。
87. Three years of researchat an abandoned coal mine in Argonne, Illinois,
have resulted infindings that scientists believe can help reclaim thousands of
minedisposal sites that scar the coal-rich regions of the United States。
87.在伊利诺州Angonne市的一个废弃煤矿的三年研究取得了成果,科学家们相信这些成果可以帮助改造把美国产煤区弄得伤痕累累的数千个旧煤场。
88. When the persuading andthe planning for the western railroads had
finally been completed, thereally challenging task remained: the dangerous,
sweaty, backbreaking,brawling business of actually building the lines。
88.当有关西部铁路的说服和规划工作终于完成后,真正艰难的任务还没有开始;即危险,吃力,需要伤筋动骨和吵吵嚷嚷的建造这些铁路的实际工作。
89. Because of the spacecrunch, the Art Museum has become increasingly
cautious in consideringacquisitions and donations of art, in some cases passing
upopportunities to strengthen is collections。
89.由于空间不足,艺术博物馆在考虑购买和接受捐赠的艺术品是越来越慎重,有些情况下放弃其进一步改善收藏的机会。
90. The United StatesConstitution requires that President be a natural-born
citizen,thirty-five years of age or older, who has lived in the United Statesfor
a minimum of fourteen years。
90.美国宪法要求总统是生于美国本土的公民,三十五岁以上,并且在美国居住了至少十四年。
91. Arid regions in thesouthwestern United States have become increasingly
invitingplaygrounds for the growing number of recreation seekers who ownvehicles
such as motorcycles or powered trail bikes and indulge inhill-climbing contests
or in caving new trails in the desert。
91.美国西部的不毛之地正成为玩耍的地方,对越来越多拥有摩托车或越野单车类车辆的,喜欢放纵于爬坡比赛或开辟新的沙漠通道的寻欢作乐者具有不断增长的吸引力。
92. Stone does decay, and sotools of long ago have remained when even the
bones of the man who madethem have disappeared without trace。
92.石头不会腐烂,所以以前的(石器)工具能保存下来,虽然它们的制造者已经消失的无影无踪。
93. Insects would make itimpossible for us to live in the world; they would
devour all our cropsand kill our flocks and herds, if it were not for the
protection we getfrom insect-eating animals。
93.昆虫就将会使我们无法在这个世界上居住;如果我们没有受到以昆虫为食的动物的保护,昆虫就会吞嚼掉我们所有的庄稼并杀死我们饲养的禽兽。
94. It is true that duringtheir explorations they often faced difficulties
and dangers of themost perilous nature, equipped in a manner which would make a
modernclimber shudder at the thought, but they did not go out of their way
tocourt such excitement。
94.确实,他们在探险中遇到了极具威胁性的困难和危险,而他们的装备会让一个现代登山者想一想都会浑身颤栗。不过他们并不是刻意去追求刺激的。
95. There is only onedifference between an old man and a young one: the
young man has aglorious future before him and old one has a splendid future
behindhim: and maybe that is where the rub is。
95.老人和年轻人之间只有一个区别:年轻人的前面有辉煌的未来,老年人灿烂的未来却已在它们身后。这也许就是困难之所在。
96. I find young peopleexciting. They have an air of freedom, and they have
not a drearycommitment to mean ambitions or love comfort. They are not
anxioussocial climbers, and they have no devotion to material things。
96.我们位年强人振奋。它们带有自由的气息,他们不会为狭隘的野心和贪婪享受而孜孜以求。他们不是焦虑的向上爬的人,他们不会对物质性的东西难舍难分。
97. I am always amazed whenI hear people saying that sport creates goodwill
between the nations,and that if only the common peoples of the world could meet
one anotherat football or cricket, they would have no inclination to meet on
thebattlefield。
97.每次我听说体育运动能够在国家间建立起友好感情,说世界各地的普通人只要能在足球场或板球场上相遇就会没有兴趣在战场上相遇的话,我都倍感诧异。
98. It is impossible to saysimply for the fun and exercise: as soon as the
question of prestigearises, as soon as you feel that you and some larger unit
will bedisgraced if you lose, the most savage combative instincts are
around。
98.没有可能仅仅为了娱乐或锻炼而运动:一旦有了问题,一旦你觉得你输了你和你所属团体会有失体面时,你最野蛮的好斗本能就会被激发出来。
99. It has been found thatcertain bats emit squeaks and by receiving the
echoes, they can locateand steer clear of obstacles------or locate flying
insects on whichthey feed. This echo-location in bats is often compared with
radar, theprinciple of which is similar。
99.人们已经发现,某些蝙蝠发出尖叫声并靠接受回响来锁定和避免障碍物——或者找到它们赖以为生的昆虫。蝙蝠这种回响定位法常拿来和原理与之很相近似的雷达相比。
100. As the time and cost ofmaking a clip drop to a few days and a few
hundred dollars, engineersmay soon be free to let their imaginations soar
without being penalizedby expensive failure。
100.随着芯片制造时间和费用降低到了几天和几百美元,工程师们可能很快可以任他们的想象驰骋而不会被昂贵的失败所惩罚。 |
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