熟读英文100句熟记单词6000个.docx

1、熟读英文100句熟记单词6000个1. 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 caving new trails in the desert.1.美国西部

2、的不毛之地正成为玩耍的地方，对越来越多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。2. Stone does decay, and so tools of long ago have remained when even the bones of the man who made them have disappeared without trace.2.石头不会腐烂，所以以前的(石器)工具能保存下来，虽然它们的制造者已经消失的无影无踪。3. Insects would make it impossible for us to live

3、in the world; 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.3.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，昆虫就会吞嚼掉我们所有的庄稼并杀死我们饲养的禽兽。 94. It is true that during their explorations they often faced difficulties and dangers

4、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.4.确实，他们在探险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浑身颤栗。不过他们并不是刻意去追求刺激的。5. There is only one difference between an old man and a young

5、one: the young man has a glorious future before him and old one has a splendid future behind him: and maybe that is where the rub is.5.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它们身后。这也许就是困难之所在。6. I find young people exciting. They have an air of freedom, and they have not a dreary commitment to mean am

6、bitions or love comfort. They are not anxious social climbers, and they have no devotion to material things.6.我们位年强人振奋。它们带有自由的气息，他们不会为狭隘的野心和贪婪享受而孜孜以求。他们不是焦虑的向上爬的人，他们不会对物质性的东西难舍难分。7. I am always amazed when I hear people saying that sport creates goodwill between the nations, and that if only the com

7、mon peoples of the world could meet one another at football or cricket, they would have no inclination to meet on the battlefield.7.每次我听说体育运动能够在国家间建立起友好感情，说世界各地的普通人只要能在足球场或板球场上相遇就会没有兴趣在战场上相遇的话，我都倍感诧异。8. It is impossible to say simply for the fun and exercise: as soon as the question of prestige aris

8、es, as soon as you feel that you and some larger unit will be disgraced if you lose, the most savage combative instincts are around.8.没有可能仅仅为了娱乐或锻炼而运动：一旦有了问题，一旦你觉得你输了你和你所属团体会有失体面时，你最野蛮的好斗本能就会被激发出来。9. It has been found that certain bats emit squeaks and by receiving the echoes, they can locate and st

9、eer clear of obstacles-or locate flying insects on which they feed. This echo-本地 in bats is often compared with radar, the principle of which is similar.9.人们已经发现，某些蝙蝠发出尖叫声并靠接受回响来锁定和避免障碍物或者找到它们赖以为生的昆虫。蝙蝠这种回响定位法常拿来和原理与之很相近似的雷达相比。10. As the time and cost of making a clip drop to a few days and a few hu

10、ndred dollars, engineers may soon be free to let their imaginations soar without being penalized by expensive failure.10.随着芯片制造时间和费用降低到了几天和几百美元，工程师们可能很快可以任他们的想象驰骋而不会被昂贵的失败所惩罚。11. Acids are chemical compounds that, in water solution, have a sharp taste, a corrosive action on metals, and the ability t

11、o turn certain blue vegetable dyes red.11.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 Holidays reputation as a great jazz-blues singer rests on her ability to give emotional depth to her songs. (give something to something)12. 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能力。13. Essenti

12、ally, a theory is an abstract, symbolic representation of what is conceived to be reality.13.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.14.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. Th

13、anks to modern irrigation, crops now grow abundantly in areas where once nothing butcacti and sagebrush could live.15.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.16.机械计时器的发展促使人们寻求更精

14、确的(日晷sundials)，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.17.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 return

15、s ingredients to the soil, enhances soil fertility, and decomposes animal debris.18.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 decomposes动物粪便。19. When it is struck, a tuning 调谐, 调整, 调音fork produces an almost pure tone, retaining its pitch音量 over a long period of time.19.音叉被敲击时，产生几乎纯质的音调，其音量经久不衰。20. Alth

16、ough pecans are most plentiful in the southeastern part of the United States, they are found as far north as Ohio and Illinois.20.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 消除problems by transferring the blame to others is often called scape-goating.21.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 chi

17、ef foods eaten in any country depend largely on what grows best in its climate and soil.22.一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 events occurring is equal to the probability that it will not occur.23.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 su

18、bstance contract when they freeze so that the density of a substances solid is higher than the density of its liquid.24.大多数物质遇冷收缩，所以他们的密度在固态时高于液态。25. The mechanism by which brain cells store memories is not clearly understood.25.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

19、and sculptors雕塑家 in the United States had begun to exert a great worldwide influence over art.26.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.27.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,

20、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.28. Elizabeth Blackwell，美国第一个女医生，创建了员工一直为女性的纽约诊所。29. Alexander Graham Bell once told his family that he would rather be remembered as a teacher of

21、 the deaf than as the inventor of the telephone.29. 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.31. Although apparently rigid, bones exhibit a degree of elasticity弹性 that ena

22、bles the skeleton to withstand considerable impact.31.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.32.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

23、 thus to minimize damage and avoid loss of life.33.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.34.消除通货膨胀应确保还贷的钱应与所贷款的价值相同。35. Futurism, an early twentieth-cent

24、ury movement in art, rejected all traditions and attempted to glorify 美化contemporary life by emphasizing the machine and motion.35.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 large

25、ly protected.36. Everglades是美国境内最为荒凉和人迹罕至inaccessible 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。37. Lucretia Motts influence was so significant that she has been credited by some authorities as the originator of feminism in the United States.37. Lucretia Motts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 th

26、e international marketing researcher are frequently much broader than those of the domestic 国内的marketer.38.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大陆分水岭 refers to an imaginary line in the North American Rockies that divides the waters flowing into the Atlantic Ocean from those flowing int

27、o the Pacific.39.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 外壳and mantle 覆盖物yield when unusual weight is placed on them.40.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。41. The annual worth of Utahs manufacturing is greater than that of its mining

28、and farming combined.41.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.42.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

29、 main focus of social psychology.43.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.44.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

30、rounded wings that enable them to spring into full flight instantly when disturbed in their hiding places.45.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 protrud

31、ing brows.46.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.47.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 technolog

32、y.48. 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.49.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.50.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