新世纪研究生公共英语教材阅读a部分

1. His dream of becoming a football star faded out as time went by.

他想当足球明星的梦想随着时间的推移慢慢消失了。

2. A Boeing 747 aircraft didn't gain enough height to clear the mountain. In a twinkling, it crashed into the mountain and blew up. No one survived the accident. 一架波音七四七飞机没有升到足够的高度以飞越那座高山，转瞬间一头撞向大山爆炸了,机上无人生还。

3. Students have easy access to the resources in the library, so they are supposed to make the best of it.

学生们可以很容易的获得图书馆的资源，所以他们应该充分利用好图书馆。

4. Titanic, the most luxurious ship in the world at that time, hit an iceberg when she was under way to the US. Consequently, the ship sank into the Atlantic Ocean and thousands of people died in this shipwreck.

当时世界上最豪华的邮轮泰坦尼克号在她前往美国的途中撞到了冰山，结果轮船沉没在大西洋中，成百上千的人死于这场海难。

5. Every summer, all the tourists pour into this famous beach. They lie packed like sardines on the beach to enjoy the sunbathing.

每个夏天，游客们都涌向这一著名的海,来此享受日光浴的游客像沙丁鱼一样挤满了海滩。

6. They have been to St. Louis once and have a vague general knowledge of its wonders, but the day of their glory is over now. They lapse into a humble silence and learn to disappear when the ruthless engineer approaches

他们曾经到圣路易斯去过一次，对于那里的新奇食物稍微知道一个大概可是现在他们的光荣时代已成过去。他们从此自知没趣，再也不说话了，而且每逢这个毫不留情的机匠走过来的时候，他们就知道赶快躲开。.

1. Some cyber gurus claim that the Internet will prevent wars, reduce pollution, and combat various forms of inequality.

有些网络专家认为因特网可以防止战争，减少污染，还能克服种种形式的不平等。

2. Although the Internet undeniably fosters communications, it will not put an end to war, since wars are by no means caused simply by the failure of different peoples to understand each other adequately.

不可否认因特网可以增进交流，但它却无法消除战争，因为战争的爆发并不仅仅是由于不同种族间缺乏充分理解而引起的。

3. The Internet can help reduce energy consumption and pollution only if doing things online genuinely displaces real-world activities.

只有当网上的活动能够真正地取代现实世界的行为时，因特网才能帮助节约能源，减少污染。

4. The poor are not shunning the Internet because they cannot afford it. The problem is that they lack the skills to exploit it effectively. Therefore, it makes more sense to aim for universal literacy than universal Internet access.

穷人不用因特网不是因为他们买不起，而是因为他们缺乏必要的技能来有效的利用它，所以提高老百姓的文化水平要比给他们提供上网机会更有意义。

5. Thanks to the Internet, income inequality between people doing similar jobs in different countries has been reduced. However, the inequality between information workers in poor countries and their poorest compatriots has been increased.

因为有了因特网，在不同国家从事类似工作的人们收入上的不平等减少了，但是贫穷国家中从事信息产业的人们与他们最贫穷的同胞之间在收入上的差距却拉大了。

6. If human nature remains stubbornly unchanged, despite the claims of the techno-prophets, humanity cannot simply invent away its failings.

如果人类的本性始终固执的保持不变，不管科技预言家的预言是什么，人类的发明也绝对不能克服其自身的缺陷。

1. Many studies indicate that the desert air is so dry that it contains any moisture. 许多研究表明沙漠中的空气太干燥了，几乎没有任何湿气。

2. Although the children from age 5 to 16 must go to school in Britain according to the laws ,about 1%of the children still can not read when they have primary school. 虽然根据法律每个英国儿童从五岁到十六岁都必须上学，但百分之一的儿童到小学毕业时仍不会阅读。

3. After hearing the news, I know that in two weeks and I will be on pins and needles. 听到这让个人消息后，我知道在两个星期之内我又会坐立不安。

4.We think unanimously to answer the question ,we must look more closely at the faces.我们一直认为要回答这个问题，就必须更仔细的查清这些事实。

5. Throughout the world, governments at all levels are taking effectively measures to prevent environment pollution.

在全世界范围内，各级政府正采取有效措施控制环境污染。

6. Some people think that the objective items ,such as multiple choices, should be

used for an examination, others do not agree, because they believe that this kind test has some bad effect on students leaning.

有些人认为考试中应采用客观题，如多项选择；也有人不同意这种观点，认为这种考试会对学生的学习产生不良影响。

1. I find that walking along the quiet lake in the evening can provide refreshment from a day’s sedentary job.

我发现在办公室里坐了一天之后，晚上沿着静静的湖边散散步会令人神清气爽。

2. Exercising and relaxing yourself is often prescribed as an effective cure for fatigue.

锻炼和放松自己通常被认为是治疗疲劳症的有效方法。

3. The less active you are, the faster this aging process accelerates, and the more vulnerable you become to physical and psychological problems.

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