大學(xué)體驗(yàn)英語第三冊課文翻譯及部分練習(xí)

1、Care for Our Mother Earth關(guān)注地球母親?意識?雜志的麥肯立博士就環(huán)境問題對幾位專家進(jìn)行采訪。麥肯立博士：您認(rèn)為目前環(huán)境面臨的最大威脅是什么？阿曼·莫特萬：現(xiàn)在環(huán)境面臨的最大威脅來自我們?nèi)祟悓Νh(huán)境的態(tài)度。我們對環(huán)境的看法決定著我們周圍世界的環(huán)境。大多數(shù)人認(rèn)為萬物是彼此孤立的。但事實(shí)上，每一個(gè)個(gè)體都是一個(gè)息息相關(guān)、相互聯(lián)系的整體的組成局部。比方，一顆樹看上去或許是孤立的，但它卻對其周圍環(huán)境中的一切-日光、雨水、風(fēng)、鳥、礦物質(zhì)、其它植物和樹木、你、我等-施加影響，同時(shí)又處于環(huán)境的的影響之下。一棵樹會影響從它周圍吹過的風(fēng)；風(fēng)同時(shí)又會影響這顆樹的生長。了解這棵樹與其環(huán)境

2、的關(guān)系，你就可以預(yù)見它的未來。大多數(shù)人對萬物之間的相關(guān)性視而不見。正因?yàn)槿绱?，我們就不了解我們的所作所為會造成的后果?，F(xiàn)在我們每個(gè)人都應(yīng)該睜開雙眼，看清這個(gè)世界的真實(shí)面貌-一個(gè)因果相循的完整集合體。塞姆基博士：我們認(rèn)為最嚴(yán)重的兩個(gè)環(huán)境問題是森林砍伐和全球變暖。由于大量砍伐，現(xiàn)在地球上的樹木僅有一萬年前的一半。毀掉樹木也就破壞了生態(tài)環(huán)境，因?yàn)闃淠究梢跃S持表層土壤，保證干旱氣候地帶的降雨量，凈化地下水，并將二氧化碳轉(zhuǎn)化為氧氣。樹木把水從地下帶到地面，并讓水蒸發(fā)到大氣中，隨后這些蒸發(fā)氣體又再化為雨水返回地面。這對天然的干旱地區(qū)是至關(guān)重要的。毀林地區(qū)的下風(fēng)區(qū)域會因缺乏降雨來源而變?yōu)榛哪?。全球變暖的原?/p>

3、是燃燒石油等礦物燃料引起的，因?yàn)檫@會釋放出溫室氣體進(jìn)入大氣。二氧化碳和其它溫室氣體會聚積熱量，最終造成全球氣候變暖。 麥肯立博士：納可森博士，謝謝您專程從澳大利亞遠(yuǎn)道趕來參加我們的訪談。請您告訴?意識?雜志的讀者怎樣做才有助于解決環(huán)保問題。利昂·納可森：保護(hù)環(huán)境最簡單的方法就是不要去摧殘它。要盡最大努力去善待它，盡可能少索取，多回報(bào)。麥肯立博士：對于環(huán)境的現(xiàn)狀及未來，您最關(guān)心的是什么呢？利昂·納可森：空氣和水污染是我們關(guān)注的首要問題。我們正在污染我們呼吸的空氣和飲用的水，這真是讓人難以理解。空氣和水這兩種物質(zhì)并非取之不竭，我們必須認(rèn)識到，一旦到了無可挽回的地步，我們的子孫就

4、將一無所有。麥肯立博士：德塞博士，很榮幸有這個(gè)難得的時(shí)機(jī)采訪您。能否請您與我們的讀者交流一下您的高見，告訴我們環(huán)境危時(shí)機(jī)朝什么方向開展呢？阿姆力特·德塞：我們不是與環(huán)境問題無關(guān)的。我們本身就是問題的起因。我們過著雙重標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的生活。一方面，我們貪婪地要求工業(yè)提供更多便利、舒適和財(cái)富。我們沉溺于消費(fèi)，造成工業(yè)浪費(fèi)。另一方面，我們卻無視了這種需求和地球母體的承受的能力；生活已是十分優(yōu)裕，我們卻依然貪得無厭地索取，濫用我們自身和地球的資源。地球母親用她健康的環(huán)境撫育著我們。就人類而言，母親生病，孩子就會遭殃；我們既造成了地球的病態(tài)，還得自吞惡果。麥肯立博士：在本次訪談結(jié)束之際，我要謝謝各位嘉賓

5、的參與。聆聽了我們作為一個(gè)個(gè)體成員應(yīng)該怎樣做才有益于周圍的環(huán)境，我感到收益匪淺。希望這次訪談會鼓勵(lì)?意識?雜志的讀者去采取行動，制定自己的戰(zhàn)略方針。多數(shù)人都習(xí)慣袖手旁觀，還說"讓專家們?nèi)ヌ幚磉@些問題吧！"。這種態(tài)度等于是在消滅這個(gè)星球。本次訪談的目的正是想說明個(gè)人采取行動有多么重要。謝謝各位出謀劃策指點(diǎn)迷津。練習(xí)：1. Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the form where necessary. isolateconsumerconvenience elementisolatepriority

6、 release specificstrategytrap1. The company will spend $6 million on sales_ as well as the development of new products.2. We all agreed on our basic aims, but when we got down to _ items it became more complicated.3. Nowadays, _ not only demand the high quality of the products but also their after-s

7、ale services.4. He was caught in the act of shoplifting but was _ after he left his ID to the supermarket.5. The soldiers pretended to run away and the enemy, in pursuing them, were finally _ .6. As a _ of being in hospital, Shelly decided to become a nurse.7. The village _ from the outside for thre

8、e days because of the flood.8. After the Second World War, millions of people were left homeless; so the government decided to give _ to housing.9. In many shops, shopping bags are provided for the customers' _ .10. With a tearful love story and two famous stars, the movie has all the _ for a su

9、ccess.參考答案: pped,6.consequence, 7.was isolated, 8.priority, 9.convenience, 10. elements 翻譯：1. How did the war, which brought terrible disasters to mankind, impact on such a poet?2. Mothers are sometimes blind to the faults of their beloved children, which will cause the children to make the same mis

10、take again.3. As a new immigrant in this completely strange country, she always felt isolated.4. Acting before thinking often results in failure, so we should think before we leap.5. The time for talking is past; we must take a positive action to protect our environment.Frog Story蛙的故事最近發(fā)生了幾樁怪事兒。我在北威

11、斯康星州的樹林中有一座小木屋。是我親手搭建的，前面還有一間花房。住在里面相當(dāng)愜意。實(shí)際上我是在戶外做音頻制作和環(huán)境方面的工作-作為干這一行的工具，我還裝備了一間帶電腦的工作室。還有一只樹蛙也在我的工作室中住了下來。去年十一月，我第一次驚訝地發(fā)現(xiàn)他只是這樣稱呼罷了，事實(shí)上我并不知道該稱“他還是“她坐在電腦的音箱上。我把他放到花房里去，認(rèn)為他呆在那兒會更舒服一些?？伤峙芑貋泶粼谠亍：芸煳揖土?xí)慣了有他做伴，清晨我上網(wǎng)查收郵件和閱讀新聞的時(shí)候，他也在一旁關(guān)注這個(gè)世界?？缮现埽彝蝗粚@個(gè)爬上爬下的 “小綠人或小灰人產(chǎn)生了好奇心。于是有一天，我正在工作室里干活，電腦嗡嗡作響。當(dāng)樹蛙從我面前爬過時(shí)，我

12、不得不停止工作。他停下了并轉(zhuǎn)過身來，坐在那兒看著我。好吧，我也干脆停下來望著他。五個(gè)月了，他一直這樣陪著我。我突然有一股強(qiáng)烈的欲望想了解他：為什么他要呆在這兒而不樂意呆在花房里？我認(rèn)為對樹蛙來說，花房顯然要舒適得多?！澳銥槭裁创粼谶@兒？我情不自禁地問他。我目不轉(zhuǎn)睛地盯著他，他也直視著我。然后我聽到一種叮咚聲。這種聲音似乎一下子就進(jìn)入了我的大腦中樞，因?yàn)樗碗娔X里發(fā)出來的聲音十分接近。在那個(gè)聲音里我聽到樹蛙對我“說：“因?yàn)槲蚁胱屇忝靼?。喲，太不可思議了。“明白什么？我腦海中突然跳出了這個(gè)問題。然后經(jīng)過短暫的體驗(yàn)這種交流之后，我覺得我已經(jīng)理解了樹蛙待在這兒的原因。我開始理解樹蛙只是想聽到其他同類的

13、叫聲并與之交流?；蛟S他誤以為計(jì)算機(jī)發(fā)出的聲音就是其他樹蛙在呼喚他。真是有趣。我繼續(xù)工作。我正在寫一個(gè)關(guān)于全球氣候變化的故事。有個(gè)朋友剛好發(fā)過來一份 ，說地球的溫度正以每十年1.9度的速度上升。我知道，照這種速度下去，每年春天我都愛去提取樹漿的這片楓林，到我孩子的那一代就將不復(fù)存在。我的故土美麗的威斯康星州也會在下一代變成一片草原。此刻，樹蛙從我腳背跳過去站在電腦前的地板上。然后他伸出手來從后面攏起左耳凝神傾聽，接著他又站在電腦前伸出右手?jǐn)n起另一支耳朵。他這樣轉(zhuǎn)動著腦袋，聆聽那個(gè)聲音，非常專心致志。他的皮膚起了微妙的變化，呈現(xiàn)出一種亮麗的綠色，然后他就用盡全力跳到電腦上。我猛然想起去年在收音機(jī)里

14、聽到的一那么關(guān)于青蛙的消息，說是全世界的青蛙正在死亡。消息說因?yàn)榍嗤艿钠つw就像是一個(gè)內(nèi)里朝外的肺，所以正在受到污染和全球氣候變化的影響。據(jù)說已經(jīng)發(fā)現(xiàn)有些青蛙的皮膚已變得像紙一樣干癟。還說青蛙是一個(gè)"物種指示器"，由于對環(huán)境敏感，這個(gè)物種會先遭滅頂之災(zāi)。這時(shí)我明白了。青蛙向我們傳遞了一個(gè)信息。一些頭腦清醒的人士也曾向我們傳遞過同樣的信息，那就是"我們別無選擇。"我們已經(jīng)進(jìn)入了關(guān)鍵時(shí)刻，為了人類的子孫后代，也為青蛙，我們必須對這個(gè)星球負(fù)起主人的責(zé)任。因?yàn)槲覀冃萜菹嚓P(guān)。我還明白了我們之間沒有界限，明白了時(shí)間的緊迫。為了我們的親人，我們必須馬上行動起來。于是我明

15、白了這只青蛙此行的目的，也知道自己在這兒該做些什么。練習(xí)：1. Choose the best answer to each question with the information from the passage. 1. What is the author's purpose in writing the story? A) He wants to tell the story of an extraordinary frog. B) He wants to tell readers the characteristics of frogs. C) He wants to sh

16、ow that frogs and humans can live together. D) He wants to encourage readers to fight against pollution.2. Finally the author realized that the frog preferred staying in the studio rather than in the greenhouse because _. A) he wanted to remind the author that it's time to take actions against p

17、ollution B) he enjoyed being there surveying the world through a computer with the author C) he loved the tone of the computer which sounded like other frogs D) he was afraid the pollution outside might affect his skin3. Frogs are called an "indicator species" because _. A) their lungs are

18、 turned inside out B) their skin is dried up like paper C) their skin is sensitive to environmental pollution and global climate change D) frogs can warn people of environmental pollution by killing themselves4. What does "sober folks"(line 7 from the bottom) refer to? A) People who are aw

19、are of the environmental problem. B) Adults not addicted to alcohol. C) People who lead a simple life. D) Adults on the planet.5. By saying "there are no boundaries" (line 3 from the bottom), the author indicates that _. A) human beings have no more choices but act now B) human beings and

20、frogs are connected in the ecosystem C) frogs can communicate with human beings in a certain way D) the fight against pollution is endless參考答案：2. Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the form where necessary. overtakefocusspeciescup (v.)tonedirectlyclimateaudiodecadeboundary1. He fo

21、und it difficult to adapt to the tropical _ here since he grew up in the northern part of China.2. The stockbrokers _ by the sharp drop in the stock market last Tuesday.3. Biologists have estimated that there are around one million animal and plant _ living in the rainforests.4. In the United States

22、 the cost of living has been steadily rising for the past few _ .5. The quickly growing company has ambitious plans to expand beyond national _ .6. That computer store is having a sale of _ software; let's go and have a look.7. To be safe, you'd better put on your dark glasses to avoid the s

23、un shining _ in your eyes.8. When the kitchen is finished I'm gong to _ my attention on the garden.9. In a serious _ , the doctor warned him to keep off sugar.10. She _ her hands around the mug of hot coffee to warm them.參考答案：1.climate, 2.were overtaken, 3.species, 4.decades, 5.boundaries,6.audi

24、o, 7. directly, 8.focus, 9.tone, 10. cupped翻譯：1. Young people sometimes complain of not being able to communicate with their parents.2.   Mary has been longing to take up residence in a Chinese village in Yunnan for a few years. Now her dream has come true.3.  Domestic animals are used to

25、depending on humans, so it is difficult for them to survive in the wild.4.  He was suddenly overtaken by a fear that he would be laid off by the company 5. I figure hell be back soon since he promised to have dinner with me.Einstein's Compass愛因斯坦的指南針小愛因斯坦是個(gè)安靜的孩子。愛因斯坦夫婦赫爾曼和波琳認(rèn)為他“或許太安靜了。愛因斯坦到

26、三歲時(shí)才開始說話。父母差點(diǎn)就誤認(rèn)為他是反響遲鈍，但有一個(gè)明顯的事實(shí)消除了他們的疑慮，因?yàn)樗娴拈_口說話時(shí)，說出的話便異乎尋常。兩歲時(shí)，母親波琳許諾給他一個(gè)驚喜。小愛因斯坦非?？鞓罚詾閶寢寱Ыo他一件有趣的新玩具。但當(dāng)媽媽把剛出生的妹妹瑪嘉抱到他面前時(shí)，小愛因斯坦只是以疑慮的眼光盯著她，最后說道，“車輪在哪兒？愛因斯坦五歲的時(shí)候有一次臥病在床，父親赫爾曼送給他一個(gè)新玩意。正是這個(gè)小玩意啟動了他的智力。那是小愛因斯坦第一次見到指南針。他躺在床上搖晃擺弄著這個(gè)稀奇的東西，認(rèn)為自己能將指針糊弄到指向另一個(gè)方向。但是無論他怎樣擺弄，指針卻總是會回到原來指北的位置。“真奇妙，他想。引導(dǎo)指南針的無形力量使

27、愛因斯坦認(rèn)識到，我們?nèi)庋劭吹降闹皇鞘澜绲囊痪植?，事物背后還有“某種東西，某種深藏著的東西。愛因斯坦就這樣踏上了他窮其一生的探索之路?！拔覜]有特殊的天份，他常常說，“我只是有強(qiáng)烈的好奇心。愛因斯坦不僅僅只是有好奇心。 他的耐心和毅力使他做起事情來能比大多數(shù)人都更能持久。其他孩子用紙牌搭樓房，搭到四層高時(shí)房子就會搖搖晃晃地坍塌下來。而瑪嘉卻驚奇地看著她哥哥愛因斯坦能有條不紊地搭起14層紙牌高樓。后來愛因斯坦說道，“這不是因?yàn)槲矣卸嗦斆鳎且驗(yàn)槲夷軋?jiān)持得更久。阿爾伯特·愛因斯坦的思維開展得益于他有時(shí)機(jī)與成人進(jìn)行智力交流。他的叔叔是工程師，經(jīng)常到愛因斯坦家里來，于是愛因斯坦就有時(shí)機(jī)參與他們

28、的討論。愛因斯坦的思想還受到一位醫(yī)科學(xué)生的啟迪。此人每星期都來愛因斯坦家一次，與愛因斯坦一家共進(jìn)晚餐，一起談天說地。愛因斯坦12歲的時(shí)候發(fā)現(xiàn)了一系列他認(rèn)為是“神圣的觀念。那是一本有關(guān)歐幾里德平面幾何的小冊子。原來人可以證明那些不易明顯看出的角度和線段的定理。這個(gè)想法給年青學(xué)生愛因斯坦留下了“難以磨滅的印象。他把數(shù)學(xué)當(dāng)作滿足自己好奇心并用以證明他后來發(fā)現(xiàn)宇宙運(yùn)行規(guī)律的手段。他堅(jiān)信美麗寓于簡樸。或許這個(gè)悟性才是激發(fā)他天分的真正動因。阿爾伯特·愛因斯坦在表象復(fù)雜的大自然中尋求簡樸的美，并發(fā)現(xiàn)別人看不到的真理。愛因斯坦用數(shù)學(xué)公式表達(dá)的思想也許只有少數(shù)才思敏捷的科學(xué)家才能理解，但他卻能簡潔地說

29、明自己思想之精隨，使人人都能夠理解。比方說，他的相對論推翻了數(shù)百年來一直被認(rèn)為是完整地描述了自然界一切規(guī)律的牛頓定律，給科學(xué)界帶來了一場徹底的變革。但是當(dāng)有人敦促他舉例說明，以便讓群眾能理解相對論時(shí)，他說：“把手放在燙人的爐上時(shí)，一分鐘就像是一個(gè)小時(shí)。坐在漂亮姑娘的身邊，一個(gè)小時(shí)就像是一分鐘。這就是相對論。阿爾伯特·愛因斯坦的創(chuàng)新思維在年僅26歲時(shí)就到達(dá)了頂峰。1905年他寫了三篇重要的論文，分別是關(guān)于光的本質(zhì)證明原子存在、相對論以及著名的原子能等式：E=mc2。在隨后的20年里，正是由于想知道是什么力量控制了指南針的指向所激發(fā)的這份好奇心以及堅(jiān)持追求簡單答案的毅力，引導(dǎo)他將空間與時(shí)

30、間聯(lián)系起來思考問題，由此發(fā)現(xiàn)了一種嶄新的物質(zhì)狀態(tài)。他追尋的最終目標(biāo)是什么呢？“我想知道上帝是怎樣創(chuàng)造世界的我想知道他的思路；其余的就都是細(xì)枝末節(jié)了。練習(xí)：1. Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the form where necessary. convince apparentcuriositydetail stirfundamentalpatiencerespondultimate spark1. The theories of relativity have made _ changes in our views

31、of the universe.2. That is our _ proposal, and no other changes will be considered.3. The forest fire was found to be _ by a cigarette end.4. The speaker had _ noticed that his topic wasn't popular with the audience, so he quickly ended his speech.5. I've no _ with people who are always comp

32、laining of their misfortune.6. I have never imagined that I would be the object of such _ .7. The doctors tried to _ her that she didn't need to be in depression about her health.8. The police asked him to describe the accident in every _ .9. The quality guarantee and good after-sale services wi

33、ll certainly meet with positive _ from the consumers.10. Harry Potter _ the imagination of children throughout the world.參考答案：1.fundamental, 2.ultimate, 3.sparked, 4.apparently, 5.patience, 6.curiosity, 7.convince, 8.detail, 9.responses, 10. (has) stirred翻譯：1. Reporters pressed the spokesman for an

34、explanation of the military attack.2. His election campaign failed to convince the voters that he was the right person for the Senator.3. While I admit that there are problems, I don't agree that they cannot be solved.4. His first speech on TV made a deep impression on his audience.5. All things

35、 are interrelated and interact with each other The Wake-up Call from Stockholm來自斯德哥爾摩的喚醒 10月12日凌晨5：40，加利福尼亞理工學(xué)院的阿莫德·扎威爾教授接到了一個(gè)來自瑞典的 ，告訴他“你這輩子只有這二十分鐘的清靜時(shí)間了。全世界很快就會知道扎威爾獲得了1999年度的諾貝爾化學(xué)獎(jiǎng)，接著，扎威爾就會收到世界各地的來信。幾天之內(nèi)，他的電子郵件將激增至兩千封；美國和埃及的媒體將紛紛打來 ，急迫要求對他進(jìn)行采訪；朋友和同事也會不斷打來恭賀 ，他的三條 線都將響個(gè)不停。但是現(xiàn)在，這位53歲的男子首先要與家人共

36、享這條喜訊。扎威爾親吻了妻子德瑪和兩個(gè)小兒子納比爾和哈尼。當(dāng)他把這個(gè)消息告知遠(yuǎn)在家鄉(xiāng)埃及的母親時(shí)，她禁不住喜極而泣。扎威爾說，他的兩個(gè)女兒瑪哈和阿曼妮“從 里一聽到這個(gè)消息，就快樂得快瘋了。我甚至連話都沒法講下去了?！凹{比爾的反響讓我有些失望，他補(bǔ)充道。“我告訴他我獲得了諾貝爾獎(jiǎng)。他卻只說了一聲不錯(cuò)。當(dāng)扎威爾問他是否會把這個(gè)消息告訴他學(xué)校里的小伙伴們時(shí)，這個(gè)六歲的小家伙答道“不會。那些家伙只會說那又怎樣？不過納比爾倒還確實(shí)問過“我們要去見國王嗎？瑞典皇家學(xué)院因扎威爾在觀察和研究原子層面所發(fā)生的化學(xué)反響方面所作的開創(chuàng)性工作而授予他諾貝爾化學(xué)獎(jiǎng)。他向世人證明，“利用快速的激光技術(shù)有可能觀察到化學(xué)反

37、響發(fā)生時(shí)分子中的原子是怎樣運(yùn)動的。扎威爾將物理領(lǐng)域內(nèi)最有威力的儀器引進(jìn)化學(xué)實(shí)驗(yàn)室，從而引發(fā)了一場革命，超微千萬億分之一化學(xué)從此誕生。瑞典發(fā)布人說，這是“一場發(fā)生在化學(xué)及其相關(guān)學(xué)科領(lǐng)域的革命，因?yàn)檫@種研究方法使我們能夠了解并預(yù)測重要的化學(xué)反響，能從自然界最根底的層面探測自然。扎威爾是加利福尼亞理工學(xué)院教師及校友中第27位獲得諾貝爾獎(jiǎng)的人，同時(shí)也是最近十年里第三位獲此殊榮的學(xué)院教師。在經(jīng)過了一周的沖動和忙亂之后，扎威爾說：“根據(jù)我的經(jīng)驗(yàn)，無論你在什么時(shí)候跨越學(xué)科或引進(jìn)新的觀點(diǎn)和儀器，你都會得到意想不到的發(fā)現(xiàn)，因?yàn)槟汩_啟了新的窗戶。扎威爾走向國際科學(xué)領(lǐng)域前沿的道路快捷而別具特色，正如他所觀察的原子跳

38、出的分子舞步一樣優(yōu)美。童年時(shí)，扎威爾在埃及國內(nèi)進(jìn)行了很多化學(xué)實(shí)驗(yàn)，并由此獲得了豐富的經(jīng)驗(yàn)，這些經(jīng)驗(yàn)使他在就讀亞歷山大大學(xué)時(shí)成績在班上名列前茅。他在亞歷山大大學(xué)接受的正統(tǒng)理科教育本可使他在數(shù)、理、化、地質(zhì)等任一領(lǐng)域中獲得一個(gè)極有開展前途的終身任教職位。不過他最終還是決定去賓夕法尼亞大學(xué)攻讀博士學(xué)位，“去見識一下化學(xué)的分子世界。扎威爾以前也曾聽說過加利福尼亞理工學(xué)院，但當(dāng)時(shí)這位年輕的埃及人認(rèn)為，“學(xué)院的名字聽上去沒有"大學(xué)"響亮。事實(shí)證明，在扎威爾從正統(tǒng)理科研究轉(zhuǎn)向他后來在加州伯克利大學(xué)的博士后科研的過程中，賓夕法尼亞大學(xué)起到了“理想的的過渡作用。 扎威爾留在貝克利大學(xué)做博士后

39、研究有兩個(gè)原因：一是想搞科研而非僅僅得到博士學(xué)位；另一個(gè)“私下的原因是我想買一輛美國大轎車帶回埃及去。他一到貝克利大學(xué)就“立即發(fā)表了三篇論文，當(dāng)時(shí)有人就建議他與美國不多的幾所頂尖大學(xué)聯(lián)系深造?！拔覜Q定去加利福尼亞理工學(xué)院的最重要的原因是，我的申請一提出，就受到了全院教職員工、領(lǐng)導(dǎo)和系里的熱烈歡送。同時(shí)他認(rèn)為，在一個(gè)以結(jié)構(gòu)研究見長的系里，自己能在專攻動力學(xué)方面取得成功。并且，加利福尼亞的地中海氣候也令人愜意。那是發(fā)生在1976年的事情。扎威爾的事業(yè)可謂一帆風(fēng)順。他在加利福尼亞理工學(xué)院工作一年半后就獲得了終身教席，1982年被聘為正教授，1990年獲鮑林首席教授榮譽(yù)。如今他又將諾貝爾獎(jiǎng)攬入囊中，下

40、一步他該干些什么呢？“首先，我還不會退休，扎威爾說?！岸椅乙膊粫ズ萌R塢作影星。扎威爾期望今后幾年里能再有突破性的成果。他將繼續(xù)活潑在科研領(lǐng)域，積極發(fā)表論文，視其論文如己出迄今為止他已經(jīng)發(fā)表了363篇論文。在獲得諾貝爾獎(jiǎng)后不到一個(gè)星期內(nèi)，扎威爾就打 給編輯追問兩篇論文的進(jìn)展情況，這讓編輯大為驚訝，問道：“是你在給我打 嗎？不可能吧！我想你一定出去喝酒赴宴了。他將繼續(xù)盡力去揭示尚待研發(fā)的領(lǐng)域的奧秘。練習(xí)：1. Choose the best answer to each question with the information from the passage.1. Nabeel's

41、 reaction disappointed his father; the possible explanation of it might be _.A) he had little idea of the importance of the Nobel PrizeB) he took it for granted that his father should be the winnerC) he was more interested in the king than the PrizeD) he was afraid his friends would look down upon h

42、im2. Zewail has pioneered in the field of femto-chemistry, which can be regarded as a revolution in _.A) chemistry and physicsB) chemical reaction and atomic structureC) laser technology and molecule researchD) chemistry and other sciences related3. Zewail attended several universities; they are, in

43、 order of time, _.A) the Alexandria University, the University of Pennsylvania, CaltechB) the Alexandria University, the University of Pennsylvania and UC BerkeleyC) the University of Pennsylvania, Caltech and UC BerkeleyD) the University of Pennsylvania, UC Berkeley and Caltech4. Zewail chose Calte

44、ch over the other top American universities mainly because _.A) there were already 26 Nobel Prize winners among the faculty membersB) he appreciated the hearty welcome presented by the people thereC) he found it a better place to specialize in dynamicsD) the Mediterranean climate of California was a

45、greeable5. The editor thought it incredible to hear Zewail on the phone within the week of his receiving the Nobel Prize, because he thought _.A) Zewail would go and visit to HollywoodB) Zewail might be busy handling calls and e-mailsC) Zewail should be occupied with dinner partiesD) Zewail would ha

46、ve no time to do any papers參考答案：2.Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the form where necessary. breakthroughelegantproberetiretransitionhandful classicalswiftfacultyreaction1. The names such as Bach and Beethoven would come to mind when _ music is played.2. The medical lab is repor

47、ted to have made an exciting _ in cancer research.3. The old mansion was furnished with great _ .4. He accepted an invitation to join the _ as a full professor.5. Usually this disease is not curable, but in a _ of cases the patients have survived.6. She tried to _ into my mind and discover what I wa

48、s thinking.7. When the thief saw the police entering the hall, he made a _ escape.8. Parents should give sound advice to their children during their _ from childhood to manhood.9. My _ to his proposal were not quite what he had expected.10. The normal _ age in this country is 60 for men and 55 for w

49、omen.參考答案：1.classical, 2.breakthrough, 3.elegance, 4.faculty, 5.handful, 6.probe, 7. swift, 8.transition, 9.reactions, 10. retirement翻譯：1. The lecturer at the conference turned out to be the daughter of an old friend of mine.2. It is 5 years since his retirement, but he has remained active in academ

50、ic circles.3. If you do have financial difficulties, you can apply for a student loan.4. The scientist had worked hard at the new material for 10 years before he made his own way in the end. 5. The chief airplane manufacturers in the world are pushing the envelope to make faster and longer range air

51、planes to compete for bigger share of the market.Bathtub Battleships from Ivorydale艾弗里代爾開來的浴缸戰(zhàn)艦美國的媽媽們一直深信，如果要把那些小淘氣鬼的嘴巴洗干凈的話，沒有什么能賽過象牙香皂寶潔公司的一個(gè)注冊商標(biāo)。這是因?yàn)檫@個(gè)牌子的香皂以其平安、柔和而純粹的品質(zhì)而聞名遐邇，就像林肯紀(jì)念堂的大理石一樣堅(jiān)實(shí)無瑕。它的口感相當(dāng)不錯(cuò)呢。而且，如果不慎將香皂落入澡盆，里面盛滿了孩子們洗過澡的渾水，你也不用擔(dān)憂找不到-它會自動浮上水面。象牙香皂是一種美國文化現(xiàn)象。它就像華盛頓紀(jì)念碑一樣得到廣泛認(rèn)可，并且遠(yuǎn)比國會受人尊崇。當(dāng)西

52、奧多·羅斯福還在北達(dá)科他州當(dāng)馴馬牛仔的時(shí)候，象牙香皂就已經(jīng)擁有目前這種崇高的地位了。1879年，為抗衡進(jìn)口香皂，象牙香皂被作為廉價(jià)白皂投放市場。為進(jìn)行大規(guī)模銷售，寶潔公司發(fā)起了最早一次全國規(guī)模的廣告宣傳活動，說象牙香皂"純得可以飄浮起來"，并且使這種觀念深入人心。其結(jié)果是：至少有許多代的美國人都用象牙香皂洗浴凈身。使用象牙香皂來洗手、洗臉以及給小孩子洗屁股的人不計(jì)其數(shù)。就連寶潔公司也弄不清楚到底賣出了多少塊象牙香皂，但它卻準(zhǔn)確記載了象牙香皂賺來了多少億美元。每年，象牙香皂，象牙雪花膏，佳潔士牙膏，佛吉斯咖啡以及其他數(shù)百種寶潔公司旗下的產(chǎn)品的銷售額超過了三百億美元。

53、1837年，兩個(gè)外國移民-威廉·普羅克特和詹姆士·蓋博爾-各投資3596.47美元在俄亥俄州的辛辛那提市成立了寶潔公司并開展至今。在創(chuàng)立后的幾十年里，寶潔公司規(guī)模較小，主要生產(chǎn)蠟燭和香皂。直到二十多年后即美國內(nèi)戰(zhàn)即將爆發(fā)之前，公司的銷售額才突破100萬美元。隨著漂浮香皂的推出，以及意識到一系列精心籌劃的廣告活動可以讓一種簡單的優(yōu)質(zhì)產(chǎn)品成為一種時(shí)尚，寶潔公司才有了巨大的開展。這種漂浮香皂的商標(biāo)源于圣經(jīng)中的"出自象牙宮殿"一語。這種新產(chǎn)品和它的營銷手段極其成功，以至幾乎所有的美國人都在使用它。這樣，寶潔公司很快就在一個(gè)名叫艾弗里代爾的地方修建了一座新的大型工

54、廠。寶潔公司將廣告在營銷象牙香皂的過程中所起到的巨大作用銘記在心。比方說，寶潔公司成為第一批通過播送向全國消費(fèi)者推銷的商家之一。1933年，寶潔公司為推銷奧塞度肥皂粉，贊助了一部播送連續(xù)劇?瑪·泊婷斯?。從此，這類白天播出的連續(xù)劇就被稱為"肥皂劇"。多年以來，寶潔公司推出了幾十種新產(chǎn)品系列，如綠寶洗發(fā)水、鄧肯漢司蛋糕現(xiàn)料以及不斷推陳出新的汰漬洗衣粉。然而，直至今日，象牙香皂仍是寶潔公司的拳頭產(chǎn)品。象牙香皂一直理所當(dāng)然地成為最受消費(fèi)者歡送的產(chǎn)品。手握一塊象牙香皂，也就把握住了一段美國歷史。如果你愿意，你甚至可以用象牙香皂來洗臉或洗手，這樣你就可以相信它的"

55、純度高達(dá)99.44%"，而且它還可以浮在水面。象牙香皂在水中漂浮的這種品質(zhì)對孩子們尤具吸引力。一代接一代的小男孩們總愛用牙簽、小旗或玩具模型船的舊零件總會找到幾個(gè)把象牙香皂改裝成浴缸里的戰(zhàn)艦。說到這里，我要給男孩子們提個(gè)醒：媽媽可不喜歡你這樣做呵。練習(xí)：I. Choose the best answer to each question based on the information you obtain from the passage. 1. We may infer from the passage that _.A) Proctor & Gamble was not

56、 impressively successful in its first 20 years. B) the sales of Ivory Soap reach as high as more than thirty billion dollars per year C) the factory of Proctor & Gamble is located in Ivorydale, hence the name of the soap D) Proctor & Gamble was founded by two immigrants shortly before the Ci

57、vil War2. The most important reason for the great success of Ivory Soap lies in _.A) its brand name which was lifted from the BibleB) its successful nationwide advertising campaignD) its mass production and low cost3. By saying that "Ivory Soap is an American Institution", the author indicates that _.A) Ivory Soap is a brand name of Pro