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英语〃必修二
背诵段略〃练习
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普鲁斯国王腓特烈〃
威廉一世绝不可能想到他送给俄罗
斯人民的厚礼会有这样一段令人惊讶的历史。
Frederick William
Ⅰ
,
the King of
Prussia ,
that his greatest gift to the
Russian people would have
such
.
这件礼物就是琥珀屋,它之所以有这个名字,是因为造这
间房子用了好几吨的琥珀。
This gift was
the
this name because several tons
of
.
选出来的琥珀色彩艳丽,呈现蜜蜂一样的黄褐色。
The amber which was
colour like
honey .
琥珀屋的设计采用了当时流行的别致的建筑样式。
in those days .
它也是一件用金银珠宝装饰起来的珍品。一批国家最优秀的艺术家用了大约十年的时间才把它完成。
It was also
,
which took the country's
best
.
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你们的奥运会多久举办一次?
do you hold your Games?
每四年一
次。运动会主要有两种——夏季奥运会和冬季奥运会。这两种运动会都是四年举行一次。
Every four years. There are
—
the Winter and
Summer Olympics,
are held every four years
.
冬季奥运会总是在夏季奥运会的前两年举行。
The Winter Olympics are
before the Summer Games.
只有达
到它们各自项目统一标准的运动员才能被准许参加奥运会。
for
their event
.
选手可以来自世界任何一个地方。
They may come
.
冬季奥运会?冬天,运动员怎么
享受比赛啊?又怎么可能赛马呢?
Winter
Games? How can the runners
?
And what about the horses?
噢,不!冬奥会并不包括跑步和骑马比赛。
Oh no! There are no running races or
horse riding events.
但有像滑冰和滑雪这类需要冰雪的比赛项目。
there are
competitions
.
所以才叫它冬季奥运会。
That’s why they’re
.
跑步、游泳、划船和一些团体项目是在夏季运动会上进行。
It’s in the
that you have
the running races,
swimming,
sailing
.
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自从二十世纪七十年代起,我被开发出了很多新的用途。
many new
found for me.
我在通讯、金融和商业领域变得非常重要。
I have become very
in
communication,
.
我还被放在机器人里面,被用来
制作移动手机,并且用来帮助做医疗手术。
I have
also been
.
I
我还被放置在航空火箭里去探测月球和火星。
I have even
and sent
to
.
不管怎样,我的目标是给人类提供高质量的生活。
Anyhow, my goal
.
现在我充满了幸福感,因为我是
人类忠实的朋友并适时给他们提供帮助。
I am now
and helper of the
!
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飞毯飞行的如此之快以致一转眼他
们就来到了津巴布韦。
The flying carpet
traveled
they were in Zimbabwe.
黛西转过身去,看到一头大象正望着她。
Daisy turned around and found that she
.
大象问道:
“
你是来给我拍照的吗?
”
“
”
it asked.
黛西如释重负,突然笑了起来。
In
relief
Daisy
burst into
laughter
.
“
不要笑了,
”
大象说道,
“
我们过去是濒危动物。
“Don’t laugh,” said the elephant,
“
.
农民们总是惨无人道地捕杀我们。
p>
他们说,我们破坏了他们的农田,而旅游者的钱过去都流进了大型旅游公司。
They said we
, and money from tourists only went to
the
.
于是政府决定出面提供帮助。
So
decided to help.
如果游客付给农民钱的话
,他们允许游客来猎取一定数量的动物。
They
allowed tourists to hunt only
if
they paid the farmers.
如今农民高兴了,我们的数量也在增加。
Now the farmers are happy and our
numbers
.
因此
,为了拯救当地的野生动植物,他们也在做一些好事。
”
So good things are being done here to
.”
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许多音乐家聚在一起组成乐队,是
因为他们喜欢自己作曲,演奏自己的音乐。
Many
musicians meet and
because they like
. <
/p>
他们开始可能是一组中学生,在某个人家里排练音乐是成名的第一步。
They may start
students,
in
someone’s
hours is the
.
有时
他们可能在街上或地铁里为过路者演奏,这样他们可以为自己或自己要买的乐器多挣一些钱。
Sometimes they may play to
so that
or to
. <
/p>
后来,他们可能在酒吧或俱乐部里演出,这样他们可以得到现金。
Later they may give
, for which
.
当然,他们希望在录音棚里录音,然后卖掉上百万张碟,从
而成为百万富翁。
Of course they hope
to make records
and
sell millions of
copies
!
①
Frederick William
Ⅰ
,
the King of
Prussia ,
could never have
imagined
that his greatest gift to the
Russian people
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