雷恪生小品科技英语阅读翻译

2021年1月17日发(作者：一个人的等待)




科技英语阅读翻译
Prepared on 22 November 2020
Ⅲ Translate the following sentences into Chinese (20%)
（1）He is best known for coining the term fractal to describe phenomena (such
as coastlines, snowflakes, mountains and trees) whose patterns repeat themselves
at smaller and smaller scales.
(2) To explain these puzzling findings, some scientists have revived an old idea of
Einstein’s that had been discarded as false: that the vacuum of space has energy
in it that acts repulsively and accelerates the expansion of the universe.
(3) New language that seemed to assert Facebook’s “irrevocable” right to
retain and use a member’s personal information, even after the member had
closed his or her Facebook account, deserved a little more editing.
(4) The tenor of our time appears to regard history as having ended, with
pronouncements from many techno-pundits claiming that the Internet is
revolutionary and changes everything.
(5) As a by-product of an industry that exists all over the world-the stalks that
remain after grain has been harvested-straw also helpfully soaks up carbon from
the atmosphere and locks it in, so long as it is not allowed to decompose.
Ⅲ Translate the following sentences into Chinese（20%）
（1）The problem in the paradox, he reasoned, is that we are confusing a
description of sets of numbers with a description of sets of sets of numbers.
（2）Now the cosmological constant is one of the leading theories of why the
universe is blowing up like a balloon at ever- increasing speed.
（3）That’s not because Facebook is hell-bent on stripping away privacy
protections, but because the popularity of Facebook and other social networking
sites has promoted the sharing of all things personal, dissolving the line that
separates the private from the public.
（4）Although it’s unclear if the capacity for remote operation will justify the
QB’s US$$15,000 price tag, Anybots believes its technology will appeal to a new
generation of workers who expect to be in contact at all times and in all places.
（5）As a by-product of an industry that exists all over the world-the stalks that
remain after grain has been harvested- straw also helpfully soaks up carbon from
the atmosphere and locks it in, so long as it is not allowed to decompose.
Ⅲ Translate the following sentences into Chinese (20%)
（1）But Russell ( and independently, Ernst Zermelo ) noticed that x = {a: a is not
in a} leads to a contradiction in the same way as the description of the collection
of barbers.
（2）An analogy is the siren of an ambulance that changes pitch as it moves
toward you, then passes you and heads the other way — its waves are first
compressed, then stretched.
（3）It’s the older members — those who could join only after it opened
membership in 2006 to workplace networks, then to anyone — who are adjusting
to a new value system that prizes self- expression over reticence.
（4）Although it’s unclear if the capacity for remote operation will justify the
QB’s US$$15,000 price tag, Anybots believes its technology will appeal to a new
generation of workers who expect to be in contact at all times and in all places.
（5）No matter how stylishly modern and environmentally friendly straw-bale
house may look, however, you still want to know that it won’t get sopping wet in
a thunderstorm or go up in a whoosh of flames if you knock over a candle.
Ⅲ Translate the following sentences into Chinese (20%)
（1）For example, we can describe the collection of numbers 4, 5 and 6 by saying
that x is the collection of integers, represented by n, which are greater than 3 and
less than 7.
（2）Dark energy is the name given to an unexplained force that is drawing
galaxies away from each other, against the pull of gravity, at an accelerated pace.
（3）Among members, a Law of Amiable Inclusiveness seems to be revealing
itself: over time, many are deciding that the easiest path is to routinely accept
“friend requests”, completing a sequence begun when one member seeks to
designate another as a Facebook friend.
（4）The area between the QB’s head and base consists of a length of
telescoping plastic that can be adjusted to let the QB stand as tall as 175
centimeters or as short as 81 centimeters.
（5）After waiting another 45 minutes and finding that the panel still hadn’t
failed, the team gave up and stopped the experiment, secure in the knowledge
that the material had performed beyond the requirements of building regulations.
Part III. Translate the following sentences into Chinese (20%)

1. This system served as vehicle for the first formalizations of the
foundations of mathematics; it is still used in some philosophical
investigations and in branches of computer science.

2. That’s not because Facebook is hell-bent on stripping away privacy
protections, but because the popularity of Facebook and other social
networking sites has promoted the sharing of all things personal,
dissolving the line that separates the private from the public.

3. No matter how stylishly modern and environmentally friendly straw-
bale house may look, however, you still want to know that it won't
get sopping wet in a thunderstorm or go up in a whoosh of flames if
you knock over a candle.

4. The premise on which the technology is based is that genetic
information, encoded by DNA and arranged in the form of genes, is a
resource that can be manipulated in various ways to achieve certain
goals in both pure and applied science and medicine.

5. Many people are working towards trying to make cities more
sustainable. A sustainable city offers a good quality of life to current
residents but doesn’t reduce the opportunities for future residents to
enjoy.
Part III. Translate the following sentences into Chinese (20%)

1. This system served as vehicle for the first formalizations of the
foundations of mathematics; it is still used in some philosophical
investigations and in branches of computer science.

2. Dark energy is the name given to an unexplained force that is drawing
galaxies away from each other, against the pull of gravity, at an
accelerated pace.

3. When the distinction blurs between one’s few close friends and the
many who are not, it seems pointless to distinguish between private and
public.

4. No matter how stylishly modern and environmentally friendly straw-
bale house may look, however, you still want to know that it won't get
sopping wet in a thunderstorm or go up in a whoosh of flames if you
knock over a candle.