2011-11-03 所属栏目:新概念英语第四册自学导读

16-6. This caused the construction of gigantic buildings where too large masses of human beings are crowded together.
【译文】这就促使建设高楼大厦，里面众多的人挤地一起。
【讲解】where too large ma

2011-11-03 所属栏目:新概念英语第四册自学导读

Lesson 16 The modern city
第十六课现代城市
by ALEXIS CARREL
from Man, the Unknown
16-1. In the organization of industrial life the influence of the factory upon the physiological and mental stat

2011-11-03 所属栏目:新概念英语第四册自学导读

Lesson 15 Secrecy in industry
第十五课工业中的秘密
by J.D. BERNAL
from The Social Function of Science
15-1. Two factors weigh heavily against the effectiveness of scientific research in industry.

2011-11-03 所属栏目:新概念英语第四册自学导读

15-6. Yet a great many processes depending on such research are sought for with complete secrecy until the stage at which patents can be taken out.
【译文】然而，依赖这种研究的很多程序是在完全保密情

2011-11-02 所属栏目:新概念英语第四册自学导读

14-7. Suppose every sensor gives perfectly accurate readings of temperature, pressure, humidity, and any other quantity a meteorologist would want.
【译文】再假定每个传感器都丝毫不差地读出了温度、气

2011-11-02 所属栏目:新概念英语第四册自学导读

Lesson 14 The Butterfly Effect
第十四课蝴蝶效应
by JAMES GLEICK
from Chaos
14-1. Beyond two or three days, the world's best weather forecasts are speculative, and beyond six or seven they are wor

2011-11-02 所属栏目:新概念英语第四册自学导读

Lesson 13 The search for oil
第十三课探寻石油
by T. F. GASKELL
from The Search for the Earth's Minerals from Discovery
13-1. The deepest holes of all are made for oil, and they go down to as much

2011-11-02 所属栏目:新概念英语第四册自学导读

Lesson 12 Banks and their customers
第十二课银行和顾客
by GORDON BARRIE and AUBREY L. DLAMOND
from The Consumer Society and the Law
12-1. When anyone opens a current account at a bank, he is le

2011-11-01 所属栏目:新概念英语第四册自学导读

10-7. Already, orientals and Asian Americans constitute the majority of the engineering staffs at many Valley firms.
【译文】硅谷许多公司的工程技术人员大多是东方人和亚裔美国人。
【单词和短语】
con

2011-11-01 所属栏目:新概念英语第四册自学导读

Lesson 11 How to grow old
第十一课论老之将至
by BERTRAND RUSSELL
from Portraits from Memory
11-1. Some old people are oppressed by the fear of death.
【译文】 有些老人因恐惧死亡而苦恼。
【单词和

2011-11-01 所属栏目:新概念英语第四册自学导读

Lesson 10 Silicon valley
第十课硅谷
from US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT, October 2,1989
10-1. Technology trends may push Silicon Valley back to the future.
【译文】技术的发展趋势有可能把硅谷重新推向未来

2011-11-01 所属栏目:新概念英语第四册自学导读

9-13. So, faced with the Danish advance, Alfred did not risk open battle but harried the enemy.
【译文】因此，面对丹麦人的进攻，阿尔弗雷德没有贸然同敌人正面开战，而是采用骚扰敌人。
【讲解】faced wi

2011-10-31 所属栏目:新概念英语第四册自学导读

Lesson 9 Royal espionage
第九课王室谍报活动
by BERNARD NEWMAN
from Spies in Britain
9-1. Alfred the Great acted as his own spy, visiting Danish camps disguised as a minstrel.
【译文】阿尔弗雷德大

2011-10-31 所属栏目:新概念英语第四册自学导读

9-7. He noticed at once that discipline was slack: the Danes had the self-confidence of conquerors, and their security precautions were casual.
【译文】他立刻发现丹麦侵略军纪律松懈：丹麦人以征服者自

2011-10-31 所属栏目:新概念英语第四册自学导读

8-8. Politicians agree, in principle, so America and the EU have been trying to reach a deal which would eliminate the need to double-test many products.
【译文】政治家们原则上同意了，因此，美国和欧

2011-10-31 所属栏目:新概念英语第四册自学导读

Lesson 8 Trading standards
第八课贸易标准
from The Economist, May 24th, 1997
8-1. Chickens slaughtered in the United States, claim officials in Brussels, are not fit to grace European tables.

2011-10-30 所属栏目:新概念英语第四册自学导读

7-6. So was born the echo-sounding apparatus, now in general use in ships.
【译文】目前船舶上普遍应用的回声探测仪就是这样产生的。
【讲解】该句是倒装句。自然语序是The echo-sounding apparatus, now in

2011-10-30 所属栏目:新概念英语第四册自学导读

Lesson 7 Bats
第七课蝙蝠
by MAURICE BURTON
from Curiosities of animal life
7-1. Not all sounds made by animals serve as language, and we have only to turn to that extraordinary discovery of echo-l

2011-10-30 所属栏目:新概念英语第四册自学导读

6-5. On the village green, where you pick up sides and no feeling of local patriotism is involved, it is possible to play simply for the fun and exercise: but as soon as a the question of prestige ari

2011-10-30 所属栏目:新概念英语第四册自学导读

Lesson 6 The sporting spirit
第六课体育精神
by GEORGE ORWELL
from The sporting spirit
6-1. I am always amazed when I hear people saying that sport creates goodwill between the nations, and that if

2011-10-29 所属栏目:新概念英语第四册自学导读

5-8. They have an air of freedom, and they have not a dreary commitment to mean ambitions or love of comfort.
【译文】他们无拘无束，不枯燥地沉湎于卑鄙的名利和物质享受。
【单词和短语】
dreary：枯燥

2011-10-29 所属栏目:新概念英语第四册自学导读

Lesson 5 Youth
第五课青年
by FIELDEN HUGHES
from Out of the Air, The Listener
5-1. People are always talking about 'the problem of youth'.
【译文】人们总是在谈论“青年问题”。
5-2. If there i

2011-10-29 所属栏目:新概念英语第四册自学导读

4-6. Vera's curious talent was brought to the notice of a scientific research institute in the town of Ulyanovsk, near where she lives, and in April she was given a series of tests by a special commi

2011-10-29 所属栏目:新概念英语第四册自学导读

Lesson 4 Seeing hands
第四课 能看东西的手
by ERIC DE MAUNY
from The Listener
4-1. Several cases have been reported in Russia recently of people who can read and detect colours with their fingers

2011-10-28 所属栏目:新概念英语第四册自学导读

3-8. Such inns as there were were generally dirty and flea-ridden; the food simply local cheese accompanied by bread often twelve months old, all washed down with coarse wine.
【译文】当地的那些小旅