-
Typical of the
grassland dwellers of the continent is the
American antelope, or pronghorn.
美洲羚羊,或称叉角羚,是该大陆典型的草原动物。
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.
1986
年看见
哈雷彗星的千百万人当中,有多少人能够长寿到足以目睹它在二十一世纪的回
归呢?
p>
Anthropologists
have
discovered
that
fear,
happiness,
sadness,
and
surprise
are
universally
reflected in
facial expressions.
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.
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。<
/p>
5. In group to remain in
existence, a profit-making organization must, in
the long run, produce
something
consumers consider useful or desirable.
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.
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.
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.
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.
诽谤<
/p>
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.
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.
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.
Billie Holiday<
/p>
’
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
用怪罪别人的办法来解决问题通常被称为寻找替罪羊。
22. The chief foods
eaten in any country depend largely on what grows
best in its climate and
soil.
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.
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.
大多数物质遇冷收缩,
所以他们的密度在固态时高于液态。
p>
25. The mechanism by which
brain cells store memories is not clearly
understood.
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.
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.
p>
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.
Elizabeth
Blackwell
,美国第一个女医生,创建了员工一直为女性纽约诊所。
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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。
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.
消除通货膨胀应确保还贷
p>
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.
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。
36.
One
of
the
wildest
and
most
inaccessible
parts
of
the
United
States
is
the
Everglades
where wildlife is
abundant and largely
protected
。
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。
< br>
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. 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。
38.
The
activities
of
the
international
marketing
researcher
are
frequently
much
broader
than those of the
domestic marketer.
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.
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.
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。
p>
41.
The annual worth of Utah
’
s
manufacturing is greater than that of its mining
and farming
combined.
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.
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。
43. It is
the interaction between people, rather than the
events that occur in their lives, that
is the main focus of social psychology.
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.
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
Elizabeth
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
。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.
无政府主义这个
词描述的是一堆理
论和态度,它们的主要共同点在于相信政府是有害的,没有必要的。
53. Probably no
man had more effect on the daily lives of most
people in the Untied States
than did
Henry Ford a pioneer in automobile production.
恐怕没有谁对大多数美国人的日常生
活影响能超过汽车生产的先驱亨利
.
福特。
54.
The
use
of
well-chosen
nonsense
words
makes
possible
the
testing
of
many
basic
hypotheses in the field of language
learning.
使用精心挑选的无意义词汇,可以检验语言学科
< br>里许多基本的假定。
55. The history of painting is a
fascinating chain of events that probably began
with the very
first pictures ever made.
优化历史是由一连串的迷人事件组成,其源头大概可以上溯到最早
的图画。
56. Perfectly matched pearls, strung
into a necklace, bring a far higher price than the
same
pearls told individually.
< br>相互般配的珍珠,
串成一条项链,
就能卖到比单独售出好
得多的价钱。
57. During the eighteenth century,
Little Turtle was chief of the Miami tribe whose
territory
became what is now Indiana
and Ohio.
十八世纪时,
“小乌龟”是迈阿密部落的
酋长,该部落
的地盘就是今天的印第安那州和俄亥俄州。
58. Among
almost seven hundred species of bamboo, some are
fully grown at less than a
foot high,
while others can grow three feet in twenty-four
hours.
在竹子的近七百个品种中,有
的全长成还不到一
英尺,有的却能在二十四小时内长出三英尺。
59.
Before
staring
on
a
sea
voyage,
prudent
navigators
learn
the
sea
charts,
study
the
sailing
directions,
and
memorize
lighthouse
locations
to
prepare
themselves
for
any
conditions
they
might
encounter.
谨慎的航海员在出航前,会研究航向,
记录的灯塔的位置,以便对各种可
能出现的情况做到有备无患。
60. Of all the
economically important plants, palms have been the
least studied.
在所有的经济作物中,棕榈树得到的研究最少。
61.
Buyers
and
sellers
should
be
aware
of
new
developments
in
technology
can
and
does
affect
marketing
activities.
购买者和销售者都应该留意技术的新发展,原因很简单,因为技
术能够并且已
经影响着营销活动。
62.
The
application
of
electronic
controls
made
possible
by
the
microprocessor
and
computer storage have
multiplied the uses of the modern typewriter.
电脑储存和由于电子微处
理机得以实现的电控运用成倍的增加了现代打字
机的功能。
63. The human skeleton consists of more
than two hundred bones bound together by tough
and relatively inelastic connective
tissues called ligaments.
人类骨骼有二百多块骨头组成,住
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