Directions:Read the following sentences carefully and then translate them
into Chinese.
Directions: Read the following sentences carefully and then translate them
into Chinese.
1. 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.
2. Billie Holiday’s reputation as a great jazz blues singer rests on her ability
to give emotional depth to her song.
3. Essentially, a theory is an abstract, symbolic representation of what is
conceived to be reality.
4. Long before children are able to speak or understand a language, they communicate
through facial expressions and by making noises.
5. Thanks to modern irrigation, crops now grow abundantly in areas where once
nothing but cacti and sagebrush could live.
6. The development of mechanical timepieces spurred the search for more accurate
sundials with which to regulate them.
7. Anthropology is a science in that anthropologists use a rigorous set of
methods and techniques to document observations that can be checked by others.
8. Fungi are important in the process of decay, which returns ingredients to
the soil, enhances soil fertility, and decomposes animal debris.
9. When it is struck, a tuning fork produces an almost pure tone, retaining
its pitch over a long period of time.
10. Although pecans are most plentiful in the southeastern part of the United
States, they are found as far north as Ohio and Illinois.
11. Eliminating problems by transferring the blame to others is often called
scapegoating.
12. The chief foods eaten in any country depend largely on what grows best
in its climate and soil.
13. Over a very large number of trials, the probability of an event’s occurring
is equal to the probability that it will not occur.
14. Most substances contract when they freeze so that the density of a substance’s
solid is higher than the density of its liquid.
15. The mechanism by which brain cells store memories is not clearly understood.
16. Typical of the grassland dwellers of the continent is the American antelope,
or pronghorn.
17. 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.
18. Anthropologists have discovered that fear, happiness, sadness, and surprise
are universally reflected in facial expressions.
19. Because of its irritating effect on humans, the use of phenol as a general
antiseptic has been largely discontinued.
20. In order to remain in existence, a profit-making organization must, in
the long run, produce something consumers consider useful or desirable.
21. The greater the population there is in a locality, the greater the need
there is for water, transportation, and disposal of refuse.
22. It is more difficult to write simply, directly, and effectively than to
employ flowery but vague expressions that only obscure one’s meaning.
23. With modern offices becoming more mechanized, designers are attempting
to personalize them with warmer, less severe interiors.
24．he difference between libel and slander is that libel is printed while slander
is spoken.
25．he knee is the joint where the thigh bone meets the large bone of the lower
leg.
26. Studies of the gravity field of the Earth indicate that its crust and mantle
yield when unusual weight is placed on them.
27. Arid regions in the southwestern United States have become increasingly
inviting playgrounds for the growing number of recreation seekers who own vehicles
such as motorcycles or powered trail bikes and indulge in hill-climbing contests
or in carving new trails in the desert.
28. Stone does not decay, and so the tools of long ago have remained when even
the bones of the men who made them have disappeared without trace.
29．nsects would make it impossible for us to live in the word; they would devour
all our crops and kill our flocks and herds, if it were not for the protection
we get from insect-eating animals.
30. It is true that during their explorations they often faced difficulties
and dangers of the most perilous nature, equipped in a manner which would make
a modern climber shudder at the thought, but they did not go out of their way
to court such excitement.
31. There is only one difference between an old man and a young one: the young
man has a glorious future before him and the old one has a splendid future behind
him: and maybe that is where the rub is.
32. I find young people exciting: They have an air of freedom, and they have
not a dreary commitment to mean ambitions or love of comfort. They are not anxious
social climbers, and they have no devotion to material things.
33. I am always amazed when I hear people saying that sport creates goodwill
between the nations, and that if only the common peoples of the world could
meet one another at football or cricket, they would have no inclination to meet
on the battlefield.
34. It is impossible to play simply for the fun and exercise: as soon as the
question of prestige arises, as soon as you feel that you and some larger unit
will be disgraced if you lose, the most savage combative instincts are aroused.
35. It has been found that certain bats emit squeaks and by receiving the echoes,
they can locate and steer clear of obstacles-or locate flying insects on which
they feed. This echo-location in bats is often compared with radar, the principle
of which is similar.
36. As the time and cost of making a chip drop to a few days and a few hundred
dollars, engineers may soon be free to let their imaginations soar without being
penalized by expensive failure.
37. By the middle of the twentieth century, painters and sculptors in the United
States had begun to exert a great worldwide influence over art.
38. In the eastern part of New Jersey lies the city of Elizabeth, a major shipping
and manufacturing center.
39. 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.
40. 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.
41. Because its leaves remain green long after being picked, rosemary became
associated with the idea of remembrance.
42. Although apparently rigid, bones exhibit a degree of elasticity that enables
the skeleton to withstand considerable impact.
43. That xenon could not form chemical compounds was once believed by scientists.
44. Research into the dynamics of storms is directed toward improving the ability
to predict these events and thus minimize damage and avoid loss of life.
45. 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.
46. Futurism, an early twentieth-century movement in art, rejected all traditions
and attempted to glorify contemporary life by emphasizing the machine and motion.
47. One of the wildest and most inaccessible parts of the United States is
the Everglades where wildlife is abundant and largely protected.
48. Lucretia Mott’s influence was so significant that she has been credited
by some authorities as the originator of feminism in the United States.
49. The activities of the international marketing researcher are frequently
much broader than those of the domestic marketer.
50. 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.
参考答案：
1．酸是一种化合物，它在浴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。
2．Billie Holidays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功力。
3．理论在本质上是对认知了的现实的一种抽象和符号化的表达。
4．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。
5．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植物才能生存的地方旺盛地生长。
6．机械记时器的发展促使人们寻求更精确的日规，以便校准机械记时器。
7．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可供他人核查的。
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，并且分解动物粪便。
9．音叉被敲击时，产生几乎纯质的音调，其音量经久不衰。
10．虽然美洲山核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。
11．用怪罪别人的办法来解决问题通常被称为寻找替罪羊。
12．一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。
13．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。
14．大多数物质遇冷收缩，所以它们的浓度在固态时高于液态。
15．大脑细胞储存记忆的机理并不为人明白。
16．美洲羚羊，或称叉角羚，是该大陆典型的草原动物。
17．1986年看见哈雷慧星的千百万人当中，有多少能够长寿到足以目睹它在二十一世纪的回归呢？
18．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。
19．由于苯酚对人体带来刺激性作用，它基本上已不再被当作常用防腐剂了。
20．任何赢利组织若要生存，最终都必须生产出消费者可用或需要的产品。
21．一个地方的人口越多，其对水、效能和垃圾处理的需求就会越大。
22．简明、直接和有力的写作难于花哨、含混而意义模糊的表达。
23．随着现代办公室的日益动化，设计师们正试图利有衅为温暖和不太严峻的内部装饰来使其具有亲切感。
24．诽谤和流言的区别在于前者是书面的而后者是口头的。
25．膝盖是大腿骨和小腿胫的连接处。
26．对地球引力场的研究表明，在不寻常的负荷之下，地壳和地幔会发生位移。
27．美国西南部的不毛之地正成为玩耍的地方，对越来越多的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。
28．石头不会腐烂，所以很久以前的（石器）工具能够保存下来，虽然它们的制造者已经消失得无影无踪了。
29．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，昆虫就会吞噬掉我们所有的庄稼并杀死我们饲养的禽兽。
30．确实，他们在探险途中，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深身战栗。不过，他们并不是去刻意追求刺激的。
31．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他们身后。这也许就是困难之所在。
32．我认为年轻人令人振奋。他们带有自由的气息，他们不会为狭隘野心和贪爱享受而孜孜以求。他们不是焦虑的向人爬的人，他们不会对物质性的东西难舍难分。
33．每次我听人说体育运动能够在国家间建立起友好感情，说世界各地的普遍人只要能在足够场或板球场上相遇就会没有兴趣在战场上相遇的话时，我都倍感诧异。
34．没有可能仅仅为了娱乐或锻炼而运动：一旦有了名声问题，一旦你觉得如果你输了你和你所属的团体会有失体面时，你最野蛮的好斗本能就会被激发出来。
35．人们已经发现，某些蝙蝠发出尖叫声并靠接收回响来锁定和避免障碍物--或者找到它们赖以为生的昆虫。蝙蝠的这种回响定位法常被拿来和原理与之很相似的雷达相比。
36．随着芯片制造的时间和费用降低到几天和几百美元，工程师们可能很快可以任由他们的想象驰骋而不会被昂贵的失败所惩罚。
37．到了二十世纪中叶，美国的画家和雕塑家开始在世界范围内对艺术发生重大影响。
38．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。
39．Elizabeth Blackwell，美国的第一个女医生，创建了员工一直全为女性的纽约诊所。
40．Alexander Graham Bell曾告诉他的家人，他更愿意让后人记住他是聋子的老师，而非电话的发明者。
41．采摘下的迷迭香树叶长绿不衰，因此人们把迷迭香树与怀念联系在一起。
42．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。
43．科学家曾经相信：氙气是不能形成化合物的。
44．对风暴动力学的研究是为了提高风暴预测，以尽量减少损失、避免人员伤亡。
45．消除通货膨涨就能确保还贷的钱与所贷款的价值相同。
46．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现代生活。
47．Everglades是美国境内最为荒凉和人迹罕至的地区之一。此处有大量野生动植物而且大多受（法律）保护。
48．Lucretia Mott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。
49．国际市场研究者的活动范围常常较国内市场研究者广阔。
50．大陆分水岭是指北美罗基山脉上的一道想象线，该线把大西洋流域和太平洋流域分隔开来。
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