1、. Passage1Among his first efforts in this area was “Tommy Tuckers Tooth (1922), a short bining live action and animation made on assignment for a local dentist.他在這個領域的第一個成就是“湯米塔克的牙1922，一部結合了生動動作和動畫，描述給當地醫生任務的短劇。A 1945 Look magazine article, titled “Walt Disney: Teacher of Tomorrow, described Disney

2、as “revolutionizing an educational system and cited how the Donald Duck short “The New Spirit, made for the United States Treasury Department, affected 37 percent of Americans regarding their willingness to pay ta*es1945年，瞭望雜志一篇標題為“沃特 迪斯尼：教師的明天的文章，把迪斯尼描述為“改革一個教育體系，并且引用美國財政部是如何用唐老鴨短劇“新的精神來影響37%的美國人交稅

3、的意愿。This film contributed to Disneys being presented with an award of merit, for his contribution to public safety, by the Automobile Club of Southern California.因為迪斯尼對于公共平安的奉獻，南加利福尼亞汽車俱樂部給予迪斯尼功績的獎賞。Im not an educator. My primary purpose is to entertain though if people want to read education into m

4、y work, thats fine with me.我不是教育家，我的主要目的是娛樂，但如果人們想要從我的工作中受到教育，我也樂于承受。Passage 2Diffusion is the process by which molecules or ions scatter or spread from regions where they are in higher concentrations towards regions where they are in lower concentrations.擴散是分子或離子從高濃度區域分散或散布至低濃度區域的過程。Such motion is

5、haphazard, but it accounts for the mi*ing of molecules that monly occurs when different kinds of substances are put together.這種運動是無規則的,但它解釋了將不同種類的物質放在一起時，通常會發生分子的混合的原因。Osmosis is a special kind of diffusion. It occurs whenever water molecules diffuse from a region of higher concentration through a s

6、electively permeable membrane,such as a cell membrane.滲透是一種特殊的擴散。當水分子從高濃度區域通過選擇性滲透膜如細胞膜擴散時即為滲透。Passage3One of the problems of watching weather forecasts on TV is that by the time they have reached your region, you have tuned out and missed the vital information you have been waiting for. But it is n

7、ot a problem in the United States because they have a weather channel devoted entirely to weather. Set up in 1982, the Weather Channel was given just weeks to survive by its critics, but such is the interest in the vagaries of the climate that it has thrived.收看天氣預報的一個問題就是當他們播到你那個區域時你已經換臺而錯過了你一直在等的重要

8、信息。但是在美國不存在這樣的問題，因為他們有一個專門的天氣頻道。天氣頻道建立于1982年，他的評論家認為它只能存活幾周，但是人們對變化莫測的天氣如此感興趣以至于它很盛行。Weather is big business in the United States. The country has 750 weather zones, including eight in the New York metropolitan area alone.在美國天氣是一項大事，這個國家有750個天氣區域，單紐約這樣的大都市就包含8個區域。Passage 41.The Julian calendar devis

9、ed by Julius Caesar and based on the phases of the moon,had trouble pinning down that date.儒略歷凱撒大帝制定，并根據月相，遇到了麻煩，牽制該日期。2.Aside from setting the first year of the Lord around Jesusfourth birthday,it does not had not account for a year 0.The concept of a whole number between minus-one and one had not

10、yet made the journey from the Arab world to Western Europe.除了設置耶穌的第四個生日為第一年，它不包括0年。一負一和一之間的整數的概念還沒有從阿拉伯世界傳到西方歐洲。Passage5Do you think it is possible to defeat an opponent so fierce that a glance at her turns one to stone “ This was the fate of anyone who looked upon the Medusa , a dreaded monster who

11、se hair was made of hissing serpents. 你認為有可能如此猛烈的擊敗一個對手，即看她一眼就會變成石頭嗎？這是任何一個看Medusa的人的命運，一個可怕的魔鬼，她的頭發是嘶嘶叫的蛇所組成的.The brave Perseus undertook to fight the Medusa , but he was pelled to do battle in a most awkward manner .To help Perseus in his venture ,the goddess Minerva had lent him her bright shield

12、 ,and the god Mercury had given him winged shoes .勇敢的Perseus著手與Medusa斗爭，但他被迫以一個最不方便的方式在戰斗中戰斗。為了幫助危險中的Perseus，女神Minerva把她的放光盾借給他，并且Mercury給他了一雙有翅膀的鞋子。Cautiously he approached the awesome monster .Using the image of the Medusa in his shield as a guide , he succeeded in cutting off her head and fi*ing

13、it to the center of Minervas shieldPerseus小心翼翼的靠近了令人恐懼的魔鬼。在他的盾牌上用Medusa的肖像作為一個向導，他成功的把她的頭切下來了，并把它裝在Minerva的盾牌的中心。Perseus then flew to the realm of King Atlas whose chief pride was his garden filled with golden fruit . Thirsty and near collapse , he pleaded with the King for water to quench his thirs

14、t and for a place to rest .然后，Perseus飛到了Atlas王國的境，它的首領以他花園中的金色水果為榮。Perseus口渴并接近虛脫，他懇求國王一些水來止渴和一個休息的地方。 But Atlas feared that he would be betrayed into losing his golden apples . He uttered just one word ,“Begone!Perseus ,finding that he could not pacify Atlas , responded by beckoning him to look upo

15、n Medusas head .Atlas was changed immediately into stone但是，Atlas害怕他將會泄露出他的金色蘋果。他只說出了一個字“滾蛋！Perseus覺察他不能使Atlas平靜下來，以引誘他看Medusa的頭作為回應。Atlas立刻變成了石頭。His head and hair became forests , his body increased in bulk and became cliffs , and the gods ruled that the heaven with all its stars should rest upon hi

16、s shoulders . Can there be a worse calamity than that which befell Atlas “他的頭和頭發變成了森林，他的身體增大成一塊并且變成了懸巖，并且眾神規定，天上所有的星星都應在他的肩膀上休息。還有一個更壞的災難能比降臨在Atlas上的還糟嗎？Using the image of the Medusa in his shield as a guide, he succeeded in cutting off her head and fi*ing it to the center of Minervas shield.在他的盾牌上用

17、Medusa的肖像作為一個向導，他成功的把她的頭切下來了，并把它裝在Minerva的盾牌的中心。Passage6The key to achieving this seemingly unbelievable feat lies in knowing how to make the most of a very natural sleep phenomenon dreaming.到達這種看似不可思議的壯舉之關鍵在于了解如何充分利用一個非常自然的睡眠現象做夢。 Let the images that filled your mind during the dream return.在夢慢慢回逝時

18、讓夢中的影像充滿你的思維。To prepare for the dream, write a description in your notebook of the characters personality, physical traits, tastes in music and artwhatever unique characteristics you intend to give her.做為夢的準備，你可以在筆記本上寫一個關于她個性特點、身體特征、音樂和藝術品味以及任何你打算賦予她的獨特個性的描述。Passage 7After some months, the choice wa

19、s made and work was about to begin when one of the panies which had not been successful plained to the Minister. 幾個月后，當兩家公司中的一家向部長提出的控訴失敗時，選擇和工作即將開場。They said that the official who had been responsible for advising him on the choice of a pany to do the work had accepted bribes. 他們說，負責建議他選擇由哪個公司完成工作的

20、官員已經承受了賄賂。The Minister at once ordered an inquiry into the whole matter, and after a month has proof that the official had indeed taken bribes.部長立刻要求對整件事進展調查，一個月后，證明官員確實收受了賄賂。I did not just take on from the pany to which I remended that you should give the work.我不僅從我建議你給予工作的公司里承受賄賂。I took a bribe fr

21、om each pany to favour it in my choice of the one to remend.我承受每個公司的賄賂，以幫助我選擇推薦哪個公司。8The prototypes are frozen solid in huge refrigerators, flooded in artificial rainstorms, driven through mud and water and up hills as steep as the steepest hill in San Francisco.原型車在巨型冰箱中凍得結結實實，在人工暴雨中沖刷，在泥水中穿行，并爬上像舊

22、金山最陡的山那樣陡峭的山。They are twisted screeching around sharp corners, joltedover cobblestones,and liftedoff the ground and suddenly dropped.模型車在急轉彎處轉彎時發出刺耳的聲音，在鵝卵石鋪成的路上顛簸，被吊起后突然落下。A special machine opens and slams a prototypes doors 80,000 times, and other instruments test the brakesand the amount of gasol

23、ine and oil the engine uses.用專用機器開關原型車門80000次，并用其他儀器測試剎車系統和發動機的耗油量。This shows them whether the car is wearing as well as they had e*pected,or if changes are necessary.這項檢查告訴工程師們車輛的磨損情況是否和預期一樣，或者是否需要更換零部件。Through such tests, engineers designed a collapsing steering column and controlled crush front e

24、nd and frame to protect drivers from serious injury in case of accident.通過這種測試，工程師們設計了折疊式轉向柱及可控粉碎式前端和車架，用于保護駕駛員在車禍中免受重傷。9Countless millions of families have been torn apart and caused immeasurable pain and e*pense because the ine producer neglected to write a will.正是因為家庭收入生產者無視了立遺囑這個問題，數不清的成千上萬的家庭因此

25、支離破碎,造成不可估量的痛苦和損失。There even have been cases in which families have split apart over a set of soup bowls or a couple of clay pots-because a will failed to spell out how the crockery should be divided.甚至還有這樣的例子，由于遺囑中沒有說明器如何分配，一些家庭就為一套湯碗或幾個黏土罐子而發生分裂。They didnt know the groom well enough to be sure of

26、him, and they had no use for his father, a widower. 他們并不十分了解新郎所以還不知道他是否可靠，而且不需要了解他的鰥夫父親。Most people will take just about any advice on how to e*pand their wealth but these same people will fail utterly to e*plore the most economical ways of passing on their assets to their survivors. 大多數人會采納如何擴大他們財富

27、的建議，但是這些人完全不會尋找最經濟的方法把他們的財產分給后人。10Whats so frightening about this so-called silent killer is that it often does not produce symptoms for years,secretly damaging arteries and organs throughout the body until it erupts in the form of (stroke,heart attack,congestive heart failure or kidney disease).這一所

28、謂的潛在殺手的可怕之處在于它常年并不產生病癥，而是悄悄地損壞全身的動脈和器官，直到以中風、心臟病、充血性心衰或腎臟疾病的形式爆發出來。If left untreated, even mild hypertension can reduce the life e*pectancy of a 35-year-old by several years.如果放棄治療，即使是輕微的高血壓，也會使一個35歲的人減壽幾年。Evaluating the results of a 13-year survey undertaken by the National Center for Health Statis

29、tics, James H. Dwyer, associate professor of preventive medicine at the University of Southern California School of Medicine, found that people who consumed 1300 milligrams of calcium a day were 12 percent less likely to develop hypertension than those consuming only 300 mg a day.南加州大學醫學院預防醫學副教授Jame

30、s H. Dwyer評估了由國家衛生統計中心承當的一項長達13年的調查研究的結果，發現那些每天攝入1300毫克鈣的人罹患高血壓的可能性比每天只攝入300毫克的人小12 %。Soon doctors may urge some hypertension patients to increase their calcium intake, much the way they now advise sodium restriction. 很快醫生們會建議一些高血壓患者增加鈣的攝入量，就像他們現在建議限制鈉的攝入。Passage11If a foreign film is captivating sa

31、y the Chinese drama Raise the Red Lantern within a few minutes the subtitles melt away如果一部外國電影非常有吸引力，比方說，中國電影大紅燈籠高高掛，幾分鐘之你就不注意字幕了。One forgets that the characters are speaking a different language, and the message of the film, its plot, its humor, e through. 觀眾會丟開演員們講的不同的語言這一事實，而影片的信息、情節、幽默，均會被傳達。Pas

32、sag12Is hunting, as Oscar Wilde said, “the unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable, or is it a countryside tradition, misunderstood and defamed by over-sentimental city dwellers“狩獵是什么？是像奧斯卡王爾德說的對非食用東西的無法形容的追求，還是被感性的城市居民所誤解和誹謗的鄉下習俗They use guerrilla tactics to disrupt hunts and end up in violent stru

33、ggles with the riders , much to the delight of television crews他們用游擊戰術破壞狩獵，最后同狩獵者發生武力沖突完畢，而這正合電視臺工作人員的心意。They see hunting as cruel , elitist and an inefficient way of controlling animals that may not to be controlled anyway.他們認為狩獵是殘忍的，以非正常以及低效率的手段來控制動物的活動，而這些動物們其實并不需要人為的方式來控制它們。They accuse hunters o

34、f abusing not only the fo*es , deer and hares that they chase, but also of cruelty to the hounds and sometimes to their horses.他們控告狩獵者不僅濫殺他們追逐的狐貍、鹿和野兔，而且殘忍對待他們的獵犬，有時還虐待他們的馬。Passage13Unmarked and trackless though the ocean may seem to us,its surface is divided into definite zones,and the pattern of t

35、he surface water controls the distribution of its life.(P1,L1)對我們來說海洋是無形無跡的，但是它的外表被分成了特定的區域，外表海水形態控制著其中生命分布Seasonal abundance of certain forms containing reddish or brown pigments may cause the “red water known from ancient time in many parts of the world, and so mon is this condition in some enclos

36、ed seas that they owe their names to itthe Red Sea is an e*ample.(P4,L3)自古以來在世界很多地方都有發現,含有微紅色、棕色色素的特定組分的季節性富集可能會形成“紅水，在一些封閉的海域這種情況是很常見的以至于用它做名字紅海是其中的一個例子。P141.The source of this interference remains unconfirmed, but increasingly, e*perts are pointing the blame at portable electronic devices such as

37、laptops, mobile phones, radio and cassette players and game machines.雖然仍沒有確認產生干擾的原因，但漸漸地，專家指出產生這些干擾應歸咎于便攜式電子設備，像便攜式電腦，手機，收音機，錄音機和游戲機等。2.Some e*perts have gone further, calling for a total ban during all flights.calling for 現在分詞做補語，對專家的意見進一步說明一些專家甚至更進一步地要求在整個飛行過程中都應制止使用電子設備。3. And although some airli

38、nes prohibit passengers from using such equipment during take-off and landing, most are reluctant toenforce a total ban, given that many passengers want to work during flights.雖然有一些航線會在起飛和降落的時候制止乘客使用這些設備，大局部航線還是不愿意強迫乘客全程制止使用這些設備的，因為他們考慮到大局部乘客想要在乘飛機的時候工作。4.E*perts know that portable devices emit radi

39、ation which affects those wavelengths which aircraft use for navigation and munication.專家知道，便攜式電子設備會發射射線，這些射線會對飛機上用于航行和通信所使用的無線電波產生影響。5.The fact that aircraft may be vulnerable to interference raises增加，引發 the risk that terrorists may deliberately tamperwith radio systems in order to sabotage navigat

40、ion equipment.事實是，飛機對于外界干擾的敏感的可能性，會增加飛行危險性，因為恐懼分子可以成心地干預無線電系統來怕壞航行設備。P151.The foot-binding of upper-class Chinese girls and the Nigerian custom of loading womens legs with pounds of heavy brass wire are e*treme e*amples, but all over the world similar stratagems have been employed to make sure that

41、once you have caught a woman she cannot run away, and even if she stays around she cannot keep up with you.中國上層社會的姑娘的裹足現象和尼日利亞風俗中將姑娘雙腿綁上幾磅重黃銅線的行為是比擬極端的例子，但是放眼整個世界，人們都在用類似的方法來確保一旦你追上一個女性她就跑不掉，即使她在你旁邊，她也跟不上你。2.The lotus foot, which seems to us a deformity, was passionately admired in China for centuri

42、es, and today most people in Western society see nothing ugly in the severely pressed toes produced by modern footwear.在我們看來十分畸形的蓮花足在中國卻流行了很多世紀，今天很多西方社會的人并不覺得擠在時髦的女鞋里的極度壓縮的腳趾有多么的丑陋。3.The high heeled, narrow-toed shoes that for most of this century have been an essential part of womans costume are co

43、nsidered se*ually attractive, partly because they make the legs look longeran e*tended leg is the biological sign of se*ual availability in several animal speciesand because they produce what anthropologists call a “courtship strut.在這個世紀的大局部時間中高跟的窄面的鞋成為女性時裝領域的主要局部，它被認為是性感的誘惑，局部原因是它們能讓女性的腿看起來更加修長，在一些

44、種類的動物中，長腿是可以交配的生物學信號，因為它們可以跳出被人類學家稱為的“求愛舞步。4.Worst of all, if they are worn continually from adolescence on, they deform the muscles of the feet and legs so that it bees even more painful and difficult to walk in flat soles.最壞的一點是，如果她們從青春期就開場持續的穿高跟鞋，腳部和腿部的肌肉會由此變形，因此再穿平底鞋走路時她們會感覺到更加痛苦和困難。5.The haltin

45、g, tiptoe gait they produce is thought provocativeperhaps because it guarantees that no woman wearing them can outrun a man who is chasing her.這種慢吞吞，用腳尖走路的步態被認為具有挑逗性，或許因為它能保證穿著它們的女人無法在追求她們的男人面前跑掉。16Students and faculty at many colleges now have access to emailelectronicmail which bines the capabilit

46、ies of the puter with those of the phone line.現在很多大學的教師和學生已經開場使用電子，電子是依靠線來聯合計算機的能力。No matter how many messages you send or how far you send them, your college or university does not pay anything beyond the fi*ed amount required to maintain its own proportion of the Internet.無論你發送多少信息或者你把這些信息發送多遠，你的學

47、院或者大學不會支付任何超出需要維護互聯網自身平衡金額。As important as speed is the fact that documents traveling directly from puter to puter remain as puter files rather than as a fi*ed printed page.如同速度一樣重要的事實是文件作為計算機文檔直接從計算機傳送到計算機,而不是作為一個固定的打印頁。P171.It says if the cause is medicine the person may be using ,then he or she s

48、hould ask the doctor for a similar medicine that does not produce dry mouth.這篇雜志認為，如果口干是由患者正在服用的藥物引起的，則，他她應該讓醫生開與此相似的卻不會導致口干的藥物。18Although this may have been true for some Arctic region Eskimos, it was not indicative of the life of most Alaskan Eskimos.盡管對一些北極地區的愛斯基摩人來說這些情況是真實的，但不能代表大多數阿拉斯加愛斯基摩人的生活狀

49、態。This kind of life-style that a particular group of Alaskan Eskimos followed at the time of the first European e*ploration of their homeland largely depended on the environment.阿拉斯加州的愛斯基摩人這個特殊群體的生活方式在第一次他們家園的歐洲探索時主要依靠環境形成了。IN the center of the munity was a large structure known as a mens club or mu

50、nal house.在社區的中心是一個很大的被稱為男士俱樂部或公共的房屋的建筑。This clubhouse was used by the men for various activities in their leisure time. Also included in most munities were drying racks for meat and fish and storage pits where supplies for use during the winter months might be kept.大多社區中也有肉和魚的風干架，及用于儲藏冬季數月食糧的儲藏窖19Such migrations