2020年职称英语理工类阅读理解中英文对照文章(1)
1. When we talk about ears, we usually mean the oddly wrinkled appendages on the sides of our heads.
1、当我们提到耳朵，通常指那个生长在我们头部两侧的奇怪的褶皱的附属肢体。
2. We are aware that at the end of the central hole in this outer ear there is something called the middle ear, with an eardrum and a few little bones. Even deeper lies the inner ear, the organ with which we "hear".
2、我们知道，在外耳中孔的底部有东西称为中耳，它由一个耳鼓和一些小骨骼构成。而真正能使我们“听”的器官在更深处的内耳。
3. Animals such as dogs and cats also have conspicuous outer ears, but few of us probably ever stopped to think whether there might be such a thing as a middle and inner ear beneath those pointed tips. Yet, we know very well that these animals hear.
3、诸如猫和狗这样的动物也有引人注目的外耳，但很少人能够停下来去想，在竖立的尖儿下面，是否那里也有类似于中耳和内耳的东西。但是我们很清楚地知道这些动物都能够听到。
4. Birds are even more mysterious, because here we do not even see an outer ear. The same is true to still a larger degree of such animals as frogs and fishes, although in the frog we can at least see an eardrum.
4、鸟类甚至更为神秘，因为我们甚至看不到它们有一个外耳。还有很大数量的动物如青蛙和鱼类也是如此，虽然我们至少能够看到青蛙有一个耳鼓。
5. Again, at one time or another, you may have found that all such animals hear. Hunters know that birds are attracted
by artificial calls, and fishermen emphasize that you should
be as quiet(原文quite) as possible if you don't want to go home empty handed. And if you ever hunted frogs in your childhood, you know how softly you had to tread! Moreover, it seems absurd that birds should sing and frogs croak, if they could not even hear their own voices.
5、此外，你可能以前发现所有的这些动物都在听。猎人们知道鸟
类会被人造的声音所吸引，渔夫们则强调，如果你不想空手而归的话
就要尽可能的安静。如果你在童年抓过青蛙，你应该知道要多么轻柔
地走动。说实在，青蛙在叫，鸟儿在唱，如果它们甚至听不到自己发
出的声音，岂不荒谬。
6. By direct observations and many experiments,
biologists have discovered that practically all animals have some sense of hearing or vibration. Earthworms feel
vibrations in the soil, fish can be trained to respond to certain tones, male mosquitoes are attracted by the sound of the female, and frogs will respond to a tape recording of
their own voices.
6、通过直接观察和很多试验，生物学家已经发现，实际上所有的
动物都具有某种听觉或振动感。蚯蚓在土壤里能感觉震动，鱼类能够
训练的对特定的音调有反应，雄性蚊子能够被雌性蚊子的声音所吸引，青蛙对它们自己的声音的录音有所反应。
7. The inner ear is composed of delicate membranes which bear dense patches of specialized cells called maculae. Each
of these collections of cells can carry a message to the brain. What message is carried by a macula depends upon how
it is affected. The message which is carried is not, however,
always connected with the hearing sense. For instance, a certain kind of tadpole can tell the depth of the water it is swimming in by the pitch of a tone which is produced by its own lungs.
7、内耳由脆弱的薄膜构成，它承载着密集的由被称作斑疹的特殊
细胞构成的片。每个这样的细胞群都能够把信息传递给大脑，而斑疹
承载怎样的信息依赖于它是怎样受影响的。但是被承载的信息并不总
是与听觉相连。举个例子，有一种蝌蚪能感知它所游泳之处水的深度，它是通过某种自己肺部产生的声音的音调来判定的。
8. In the human and all other mammals, the macula has developed into an organ which can easily be seen. This organ
is called the cochlea. This spiral shaped organ contains the macula itself and it is called "organ of Corti" after its discoverer. If you have ever seen a snail shell, you know how a cochlea looks.
8、对于人类和其他所有哺乳类动物来说，斑疹已经进化成为一种
很容易看见的器官，这种器官称作“耳蜗”。这个螺旋形的器官包括
了MACULAE本身，以及后来被其发现者称为“CORTI”的器官。如果你
看到过蜗牛的壳，你就知道耳蜗的形象。
9. When sound waves enter the cochlea, which is really a tube coiled around, they set a membrane into a back and forth motion and cause a new wave. This is something like the way
in which high and low sounds are produced by a flute or whistle. The high sounds are produced when the air is prevented by the holes from going through, while the low sounds are produced by allowing more of the air to pass. All this is what produces the differences between high and low sounds. The loudness of a sound is evidently produced by how much the membrane is cause to move.
9、当声波进入耳蜗这条盘旋的管道，它令薄膜前后移动并且产生
新的波动。这种方式类似于长笛或是哨子所产生的高低音。当洞穴被
阻挡导致空气不能通过通道时就产生高音，而有更多空气通过通道时
则产生低音。这些造成了高音和低音的不同。而声音的大小则明显的
决定于耳膜运动。
10. Whether or not hearing is really produced in all animals by the effect of pressure is not definitely known by scientists as yet. We do know, however, that nature has set
up some very delicate hearing mechanisms for its creatures. Scientists must explore much further for more knowledge about how animals use their ears.
10、对于所有的动物来说，听觉是否真的因为气压的影响而产生，至今科学家们仍然没有明确的了解。但是我们知道，自然界已经为它
的生物们建立了一些非常精细的听觉机制。科学家们必须实行更加深
入地探讨才能够对动物如何应用它们的耳朵获得更多的知识。
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双语阅读文章汇总（一） 一、冰淇淋居然可以高温不化 Ice cream that doesn't melt! Japanese scientists create a recipe that includes a secret strawberry extract to keep the treat cool in warm weather 日本科学家发明了不会融化的冰激凌，还能在炎热的天气里保持凉爽的口感 Japanese scientists have come up with a cool solution to stop ice cream melting before you've had time to finish it. 近日，日本科学家们找到了防止冰激凌融化的好方法。 C (82.4 F) weather and still tas The ice cream retains its original shape in 28° tes 'cool',according to the report. 据报道，这种冰激凌在28度的温度中不仅不会融化，还能保持清凉的口感。 A strawberry extract stops the oil and water from separating so quickly whic h means the icecreams (pictured) stay frozen - even if you blow a hair dryer at them, reports suggest 报道称，冰淇淋不会融化是由于一种叫做草莓提取物的物质，它减缓了水油分离的速度，使得冰激凌即使是在吹风机的吹拂下依旧保持形状。 The company created the ice creams by accident. 这种冰激凌的产生完全是出于意外。 A pastry chef tried to use the strawberry extract to create a new kind of con fectionery in orderto use strawberries that were not the right shape to be sold . 甜点师本想用这种草莓提取物创造一种新型甜品，以试图把因品相不好而无法顺利出售的草 莓利用起来。 He realised the cream would solidify when put in contact with the strawberry extract. 他发现可以使用草莓提取物来减缓冰激凌融化的速度。
2013职称英语阅读理解英文及译文 2013年新增（一）阅读判断 1.第一篇：Taking Pictures of the world 2.*第十二篇：Starting a New Tradition （二）概括大意与完成句子 1.第五篇：US Signs Global Tobacco Treaty 2.第八篇：How We Form First Impression （三）阅读理解 1.第三篇：Shark Attack ！ 2.第五篇：The Travels of Ibn Battuta 12年新增的篇目：第1、8、10、11、16、19、20、26、30、33、34、35、37、38、47篇 13年新增的篇目：第3、5篇。 12年第8篇(C级)第33篇B级，第35篇A级2012年已考 职称英语阅读理解文章译文(参加综合A、B、C级考试需要掌握文章) 3 第一篇讲述关于人们的故事 Telling Tales about People 第二篇课外学习带来很大不同 4 Outside-the-classroom Learning Makes a Big Difference 5 第三篇小心鲨鱼 5 Shark Attack! 6 第四篇火鸡盛宴和感恩节的祝福 6 Feast on Turkey and Good Wishes at Thanksgiving 7 第五篇伊本白图泰游记7 The Travels of Ibn Battuta 8 第六篇看电视与长途汽车旅行9 TV Shows and Long Bus Trips 10 第七篇现代日光浴者10 Modern Sun Worshippers 11 第八篇变化中的中产阶级11 The Changing Middle Class 12 第九篇单亲幼儿最出色12 Single-parent Kids Do Best 13 第十篇艾伦的来信13 A Letter from Alan 14 第十一篇芭蕾舞的发展14 The Development of Ballet 15 第十二篇走私15 Smuggling 15 第十三篇芭比娃娃16 The Barbie Dolls 16 第十四篇睡眠17 Sleep 17
经典散文/经典文章大全 各位读友大家好，此文档由网络收集而来，欢迎您下载，谢谢 “漆漆一片间，亮亮一点光。独舞池塘边，伴我入梦乡。” 小时候，我和伙伴们经常念这样的儿歌。我们也都知道儿歌唱的是萤火虫。在空旷的山野里、小院的梧桐树下、村口的柴垛子里、池塘的草丛里、乡野的地畔头，萤火虫是随处可见的。从夏至秋的夜晚，伙伴们成群结队不知疲倦地追随着那些在低空中轻轻飘飞的萤火虫，脸上露出惊喜的神色。我们追啊，赶啊，仿佛小小的萤火虫就是童年黑夜里最明亮的灯光。曾经那样的夜晚不知陪我走过多少，那样的黑夜不知扑捉了多少只萤火虫。时光渐远，那些儿时的往事像珍珠一样，串接在记忆的门扉里至今璀璨夺目。
小时候，我是在乡村度过的。那时候的乡村淳朴得像一幅山水画，人们的生活清净简单，在我心里仿佛是一首纯净的田园牧歌。春种秋收，年复一年。在乡下我们能见到很多种小昆虫，萤火虫是其中最常见的一种。离我家不远处有一方池塘，夏天的时候，池塘边长满了野草，到了晚上，田野里、池塘边的草丛上空萤火虫飞来飞去，就像一个个小小的灯笼，照耀着恬静的乡村。有了这些萤火虫，我们这些顽皮的孩子便有了很多趣事。那时整个村子里只有三台电视机，夏天的晚上，人们常聚在村头的树下，拉拉家常，说说笑话。我们这些孩子便跑到野地里去扑捉那些漫天飞舞的流萤，因看到萤火虫身上的发光体总是让我们感到好玩。我们走在水塘边，看萤火虫的倒影在水中一闪一闪，我们数着天上的星星，也数着水塘上面飞舞的流萤，一只，两只，三只…… 在迷人的夏夜里，我们结伴而行去野外扑捉萤火虫。去之前，妈妈会给我
们准备一个透明的瓶子，我们便蹦蹦跳跳地奔向池塘。晚上，月光明媚、星光灿烂，我们轻快地奔跑着，凉风在耳边呼呼飘过，仿佛在为孩子纯真的梦想助威。许多萤火虫从我们面前飞过，在深蓝的夜空里一闪一闪的，煞是可爱，它们轻盈的身影伴着我们童年的梦一起装进了透明的瓶子里。 我仔细地观察过，那些萤火虫的飞行速度都比较慢，由于时刻发出亮光，所以飞行轨迹十分明显。只要我们发现亮光，十有八九都能扑捉到萤火虫。如果它停息在小树上或草叶上，我们就直接用手去扑捉。因为萤火虫身体娇弱，有时候稍不留意便会把它们捏伤，很快会死掉。那时候，我们只知道玩，压根也不觉得死掉几只萤火虫有什么可怜，反正乡村漫山遍野到处都是，永远也扑不完捉不尽。有时候，我还会荒唐地想：要是萤火虫能像秋蝉的体型那么大该多好，那样我们可以把捉来的萤火虫当电灯使了。
谈一场恋爱就像读一本新书 Starting a new book is a risk, just like falling in love. You have to commit to it. You open the pages knowing a little bit about it maybe, from the back or from a blurb on the front. But who knows, right? Those bits and pieces aren’t always right. 读一本新书恰似坠入爱河，是场冒险。你得全身心投入进去。翻开书页之时，从序言简介直至封底你或许都知之甚少。但谁又不是呢？字里行间的只言片语亦不总是正确。 Sometimes people advertise themselves as one thing and then when you get deep into it you realize that they’re something completely different. Either there was some good marketing attached to a terrible book, or the story was only explained in a superficial way and once you reach the middle of the book, you realize there’s so much more to this book than anyone could have ever told you. 有时候你会发现，人们自我推销时是一种形象，等你再深入了解后，他们又完全是另一种模样了。有时拙作却配有出色的市场推销，故事的叙述却流于表面，阅读过半后，你方才发觉：这本书真是出乎意料地妙不可言，这种感受只要靠自己去感悟！ You start off slow. The story is beginning to unfold. You’re unsure. It’s a big commitment lugging this tome around. Maybe this book won’t be that great but you’ll feel guilty about putting it down. Maybe it’ll be so awful you’ll keep hate-reading or just set it down immediately and never pick it up again. Or maybe you’ll come back to it some night, drunk or lonely — needing something to fill the time, but it won’t be any better than it was when you first started reading it. 你慢慢翻页，故事开始缓慢展开，而你却依旧心存犹疑。阅读这样的巨著需要百分之百的投入。或许它并不是你想象中的伟大的作品，奈何半途弃读会使你觉得不安。又或许，故事真的很烂，你要么咬牙苦读下去，要么立刻放弃束之高阁。抑或某个酒醉或孤寂的夜晚，你又重新捡起这本书来——但只为打发时光。不管怎样，它并没有比你初次阅读时好多少。
Passage 1 Have you ever seen a moon that looks unbelievably big? 1.To what do we compare the size of the harvest moon? (all of these) 2.The main purpose of the article is to inform. 3.The author knew most people find the moon mysterious. 4.The moon looks bigger if it is near the horizon 5.The autumn moon helps farmers see as they harvest their crops. Passage 2 Strange thing happens to time when you travel. 1.The best title for this selection is How Time Changes Around the World. 2.The difference in time between zones is one hour. 3.From this selection it seems true that the Atlantic Ocean is divided into five time zones. 4.The international date line is the name for the point where a new day begins. 5.If you cross the ocean going east, you set you clock ahead one hour in each new time zone. Passage 3 Holidays in the United States usually occur at least once a month. 1.The government of the United States makes it a rule for workers to have a 3-day weekend almost once a month. 2.Workers in the United States sometimes work from Tuesday to Sunday. 3.Which statement is NOT true according to this passage? All the workers have a half-month vacation. 4.The reason why someone has to divide his vacation into several parts is that no one can be found to take his place . 5.Which of the following is the best title for this passage? Something about the holidays and Vacation in the U.S. Passage 4 Sarah Winchester was a very rich woman. 1.What did Sarah keep doing to her house? Making it bigger. 2.The story says that Sarah?s house had floors. 3.Who did the work on Sarah?s house? Carpenters and plumbers and other workers. 4.How long did the work on the house continue? For 38 years. 5.Sarah?s house was finally finished when she died. Passage 5 The diner is only a humble restaurant, but it has a special place in American life. 1.What?s the main idea of paragraph 2? The attraction of different people. 2.The purpose of the last paragraph is to give a summary of the whole passage. 3.Why do truck drivers like a diner?It’s a haven against loneliness. 4.Diners attract many different kinds of people. 5.Diners are fascinating. Passage 6 In the past two years, millions of Americans have suddenly embraced the bicycles as 1.The word “embrace” in the first sentence is closest in meaning to make use of. 2.It can be concluded that if people continue to concern themselves with air pollution and physical fitness, bicycle sales will continue to rise. 3.The bicycle is enjoying a strong revival. 4.The reader can also conclude that Americans are concerned with the quality of their lives . 5.In the sentence “…and this isn?t America?s first bicycle boom.” The word “boom” means a rapid increase in sale.