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1. Typical of the grassland dwellers of the
continent is the American antelope, or pronghorn.
1.
美洲羚羊，或称叉角羚，是该大
陆典型的草原动物。
2. Of
the millions who saw Haley’s comet in 1986, how
many people
will live long enough to
see
it return in the twenty-first
century.
2.
1986
年看见哈雷慧星的千百万人当中，有多少人能够长寿到足以目睹它在二十一世纪的
回归呢？
3.
Anthropologists
have
discovered
that
fear,
happiness,
sadness,
and
surprise
are
universally
reflected in
facial expressions.
3.
人类学家们已经发现，恐惧，快乐，悲伤和惊奇都会行之于色，这在全人类是共通的。
4. Because of its
irritating effect on humans, the use of phenol as
a general antiseptic has been
largely
discontinued.
4.
由于苯酚对人体带有刺激性作用，它基本上已不再被当作常用的防腐剂了。
5. In group to remain in
existence, a profit-making organization must, in
the long run, produce
something
consumers consider useful or desirable.
5.
任何盈利组织若要生存，最终都
必须生产出消费者可用或需要的产品。
6.
The
greater
the
population
there
is
in
a
locality,
the
greater
the
need
there
is
for
water,
transportation, and
disposal of refuse.
6.
一个地方的人口越多，其对水，交通和垃圾处理的需求就会越大。
7. It is more difficult to
write simply, directly, and effectively than to
employ flowery but vague
expressions
that only obscure one’s meaning.
7.
简明，直接，有力的写作难于花
哨，含混而意义模糊的表达。
8.
With
modern
offices
becoming
more
mechanized,
designers
are
attempting
to
personalize
them with
warmer, less severe interiors.
8.
随着现代办公室的日益自动化，
设计师们正试图利
用较为温暖而不太严肃的内部装饰来使
其具有亲切感。
9. The difference between
libel and slander is that libel is printed while
slander is spoken.
9.
诽谤和流言的区别在于前者是书面的，而后者是口头的。
10. The knee is the joints
where the thigh bone meets the large bone of the
lower leg.
10.
膝盖
是大腿骨和小腿胫的连接处。
11. Acids are chemical compounds that,
in water solution, have a sharp taste, a corrosive
action
on metals, and the ability to
turn certain blue vegetable dyes red.
11.
酸是一种化合物，它在溶于水时具有强烈的气味和对金属
的腐蚀性，并且能够使某些蓝
色植物染料变红。
12. Billie Holiday’s
reputation as a great jazz
-blues singer
rests on her ability to give emotional
depth to her songs.
12. Billie Holiday
’
s
作为一个爵士布鲁斯乐杰出歌手的名声建立在能够赋予歌曲感情深度的
能力。
13.
Essentially, a theory is an abstract, symbolic
representation of what is conceived to be reality.
13.
理论在本质上是对认识了的现
实的一种抽象和符号化的表达。
14. Long before children are able to
speak or understand a language, they communicate
through
facial expressions and by
making noises.
14.
儿童在能说或能听懂语言之前，很久就会通过面部表情和靠发出噪声来与人交流了。
15. Thanks to modern
irrigation, crops now grow abundantly in areas
where once nothing but
cacti and
sagebrush could live.
15.
受当代灌溉
(
技术设施
)
之赐，
农作物在原来只有仙人掌和荞属科植物才能生存的
地方旺盛
的生长。
16.
The
development
of
mechanical
timepieces
spurred
the
search
for
more
accurate
sundials
with which to regulate them.
16.
机械计时器的发展促使人们寻
求更精确的日晷，以便校准机械计时器。
17.
Anthropology
is
a
science
in
that
anthropologists
use
a
rigorous
set
of
methods
and
techniques to document observations
that can be checked by others.
17.
人类学是一门科学，因为人类学家采用一整套强有力的方法和技术来记录
观测结果，而
这样记录下来的观测结果是供他人核查的。
18. Fungi are important in
the process of decay, which returns ingredients to
the soil, enhances
soil fertility, and
decomposes animal debris.
1
8.
真菌在腐化过程中十分重要，而腐化过程将化学物质回馈于土壤，提高其肥力，并分
解
动物粪便。
19. When it is struck, a tuning fork
produces an almost pure tone, retaining its pitch
over a long
period of time.
19.
音叉被敲击时，产生几乎纯质的音调，其音量经久不衰。
20. Although
pecans are most plentiful in the southeastern part
of the United States, they are
found as
far north as Ohio and Illinois.
20.
虽然美洲山河桃树最集中于美国的东南部但是在北至俄亥俄州及伊利诺
州也能看见它们。
21.
Eliminating problems by transferring the blame to
others is often called scape-goating.
21.
用怪罪别人的办法来解决问题通常被称为寻找替罪羊。<
/p>
22. The chief
foods eaten in any country depend largely on what
grows best in its climate and
soil.
22.
一个国家的主要食物是什么，
大体取决于什么作物在其天气和土壤条件下生长得最好。
23.
Over
a
very
large
number
of
trials,
the
probability
of
an
event’s
occurring
is
equal
to
the
probability that it will
not occur.
23.
在大
量的实验中，某一事件发生的几率等于它不发生的几率。
24. Most substance contract when they
freeze so that the density of a substance’s solid
is higher
than the density of its
liquid.
24.
大多数物质
遇冷收缩，所以他们的密度在固态时高于液态。
25. The mechanism by which brain cells
store memories is not clearly understood.
25.
大脑细胞储存记忆的机理并不
为人明白。
26. By the
middle of the twentieth century, painters and
sculptors in the United States had begun
to exert a great worldwide influence
over art.
26.
到了二
十一世纪中叶，美国画家和雕塑家开始在世界范围内对艺术产生重大影响。
27.
In
the
eastern
part
of
New
Jersey
lies
the
city
of
Elizabeth,
a
major
shipping
and
manufacturing center.
27.
伊丽莎白市，一个重要的航运
和制造业中心，坐落于新泽西州的东部。
28. Elizabeth Blackwell, the first
woman medical doctor in the United States, founded
the New
York Infirmary, an institution
that has always had a completely female medical
staff.
28. Elizabeth Blackw
ell
，美国第一个女医生，创建了一所全部是女性员工的纽约诊所。
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29. Alexander Graham
Bell once told his family that he would rather be
remembered as a teacher
of the deaf
than as the inventor of the telephone.
29. Alexander Graham Bell
曾告诉
家人，
他更愿意让后人记住他是聋子的老师，
而非电话的发
明者。
30.
Because its leaves remain green long after being
picked, rosemary became associated with
the idea of remembrance.
30.
采摘下的迷迭香树叶常绿不衰，因此人们把迷迭香树与怀念联
系在一起。
31.
Although apparently rigid, bones exhibit a degree
of elasticity that enables the skeleton to
withstand considerable impact.
31.
骨头看起来是脆硬的，但它也
有一定的弹性，使得骨骼能够承受相当的打击。
32. That xenon could not FORM chemical
compounds was once believed by scientists.
32.
科学家曾相信：氙气是不能形
成化合物的。
33.
Research into the dynamics of storms is directed
toward improving the ability to predict these
events and thus to minimize damage and
avoid loss of life.
33.
对
风暴动力学的研究
是为了提高风暴预测从而减少损失，避免人员伤亡。
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34. The elimination of
inflation would ensure that the amount of money
used in repaying a loan
would have the
same value as the amount of money borrowed.
34.
消除通货膨胀应确
保还贷的钱应与所贷款的价值相同。
35. Futurism, an
early twentieth-century movement in art, rejected
all traditions and attempted
to glorify
contemporary life by emphasizing the machine and
motion.
35.
未来主义，
二十世纪早期的一个艺术思潮。拒绝一切传统，试图通过强调机械和动态来
美化生活。<
/p>
36. One of the
wildest and most inaccessible parts of the United
States is the Everglades where
wildlife
is abundant and largely protected.
36.
Everglades
是美国
境内最为荒凉和人迹罕至的地区之一，此处有大量的野生动植物而且
大多受
(
法律
)
保护。
37.
Lucretia Mott’s influence was so
significant that she has been credited by some
authorities as
the originator of
feminism in the United States.
37. Lucretia Mott
’
s
的影响巨大，所以一些权威部门认定她为美国女权运动的创始人。
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38.
The
activities
of
the
international
marketing
researcher
are
frequently
much
broader
than
those of the domestic marketer.
38.
国际市场研究者的活动范围常
常较国内市场研究者广阔。
39.
The continental divide refers to an imaginary line
in the North American Rockies that divides
the waters flowing into the Atlantic
Ocean from those flowing into the Pacific.
39.
大陆分水岭是指北美洛矶山脉
上的一道想象线，该线把大西洋流域和太平洋流域区分开
来。
40. Studies of the gravity
field of the Earth indicate that its crust and
mantle yield when
unusual weight is
placed on them.
40.
< br>对地球引力的研究表明，在不寻常的负荷之下地壳和地幔会发生位移。
41.
The
annual
worth
of
Utah’s
manufacturing
is
greater
than
that
of
its
mining
and
farming
combined.
41.
尤它州制造业的年产值大于其
工业和农业的总和。
42.
The wallflower is so called because its weak stems
often grow on walls and along stony cliffs
for support.
42.
墙花之所以叫墙花，是因为其脆弱的枝干经常要靠墙壁或顺石崖生长，以便有所依附。<
/p>
43. It is the
interaction between people, rather than the events
that occur in their lives, that is
the
main focus of social psychology.
43.
社会心理学的主要焦点是人与人之间的交往，而不是他们各自生活中
的事件。
44.
No
social
crusade
aroused
Elizabeth
Williams’
enthusiasm
more
than
the
expansion
of
educational facilities for immigrants
to the United States.
44.
给美国的新移民增加教育设施比任何社会运动都更多的激发了
Eli
zabeth Williams
的热情。
45. Quails typically have
short rounded wings that enable them to spring
into full flight instantly
when
disturbed in their hiding places.
45.
典型的鹌鹑都长有短而圆的翅膀，
凭此他
们可以在受惊时一跃而起，
飞离它们的躲藏地。
46. According to
anthropologists, the earliest ancestors of humans
that stood upright resembled
chimpanzees facially, with sloping
foreheads and protruding brows.
46.
根据人类学家的说法，直立行走的人的鼻祖面部轮廓与黑猩猩相似，额
头后倾，眉毛突
出。
47. Not until 1866 was the fully
successful transatlantic cable finally laid.
47.
直到
1866
年第一条横跨大西洋的电缆才完全成功的架通。
48. In his writing, John
Crowe Ransom describes what he considers the
spiritual barrenness of
society brought
about by science and technology.
48. John Crowe Ransom
在他的著作中描
述了他认为是由科学技术给社会带来的精神贫困。
49. Children with parents whose
guidance is firm, consistent, and rational are
inclined to possess
high levels of
self-confidence.
49.
父母的教导如果坚定，始终如一和理性，孩子就有可能充满自信。
50. The ancient Hopewell
people of North America probably cultivated corn
and other crops, but
hunting and
gathering were still of critical importance in
their economy.
50.
北美远古的
Hopewell
人很可能种植了玉米和其他农
作物，但打猎和采集对他们的经济贸
易仍是至关重要的。
51. Using many
symbols makes it possible to put a large amount of
inFORMation on a single map.
51.
使用多种多样的符号可以在一张地图里放进大量的信息
52. Anarchism is a term
describing a cluster of doctrines and attitudes
whose principal uniting
feature is the
belief that government is both harmful and
unnecessary.
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