Unit-10-Agriculture新编大学英语第二版第一册课文翻译
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Unit 1 善良之心,久久相依当时我没有意识到,是爸爸帮我保持平衡奥古斯塔斯? J ? 布洛克1 随着我渐渐长大,当别人看见我和爸爸在一起,我会觉得很尴尬。
他身材矮小,走起路来跛得很厉害。
我们一起走时,他要把手搭在我的肩上才能保持平衡,人们就会盯着我们看。
对这种不必要的注意我觉得非常难堪。
他也许曾注意到,或着觉得烦恼,但他从来没有流露出来。
2 要协调我们的步伐并不容易,他(的步子)一瘸一拐的,我(走起来)则缺乏耐心。
因此,我们走路的时候并不怎么说话。
但出发时,他总是说:“你定步伐,我会尽量跟上。
”3 我们通常在家和地铁之间来往,这是他上班的必由之路。
不论生病还是碰到恶劣的天气他都去上班,几乎没有旷过一天工。
即使别人无法上班,他也要去办公室。
对他来说这是一种自豪。
4 当地上有冰或雪的时候,即使有人帮忙他也无法走路。
这时,我或者我的姐妹就用孩子玩的雪撬拉着他,穿过纽约布鲁克林的街道,直到地铁的入口处。
一到那儿,他就能紧紧抓住扶手一直走下去, 地铁道里比较暖和,下面的楼梯不结冰。
曼哈顿的地铁站正好是他办公楼的地下室,因此除了从布鲁克林我们去接他的地方到回家为止,他都不用再出去。
5 一个成年男子要有多少勇气才能承受这种屈辱和压力,我现在想来惊讶不已。
他从没有痛苦或抱怨,他是怎么做到这一步的我感到不可思议。
6 他从不把自己当作同情的对象,也从不对更幸运的或更能干的人表示任何嫉妒。
他在别人身上所寻找的是一颗“善心”。
如果他找到了一颗善心,那么有这么颗心的人对他来说就是一位大好人了。
7 由于年龄的增长,我相信那是一种用来判断人的恰当的标准,尽管我还不能精确地知道什么是一颗“善心”。
但是,当我自己没有的时候,我是知道的。
8 尽管很多活动我爸爸不能参加,但他还是尽量用某种方式参与。
当本地的一支棒球队发现缺经理的时候,他使它维持下去。
他是一个很懂行的棒球迷,经常带我去埃贝茨球场看布鲁克林的道奇队打球。
他喜欢参加舞会和聚会,就是坐在一旁观看,也很开心。
全新版大学英语(第二版)综合教程1课文原文课文翻译Unit 1 Growi ng UPPart Text A Writing for Myself nWhen we are writing we are often told to keep our readers in mind, to shape what we say to fittheir tastes and interests. But there is one reader in particular who should not be forgotten. Can you guess who? Russell Baker surprised himself and everyone else when he discovered the answer.我们写作时常常被告诫,脑子里要有读者,笔者所云一定要符合读者的口味和兴趣。
但有一位读者特别不该忘 记。
你能猜岀是谁吗?当拉塞尔 贝克找到这个问题的答案时,他自己和别人都感到大为惊讶。
Writing for MyselfRussell Baker1 The idea of becoming a writer had come to me itwasn't until my third year in high school been bored by everything associated difficult. I hated the assignments to teachers to read and for me to write.为自己而写拉塞尔贝克从孩提时代,我还住在贝尔维尔时,我的脑子里就断断续续地转着当作家的念头,但直等到我高中三年级,这 一想法才有了实现的可能。
在这之前,我对所有跟英文课沾边的事都感到腻味。
我觉得英文语法枯燥难懂。
我痛恨 那些长而乏味的段落写作,老师读着受累,我写着痛苦。
Unit 11) I'm tired. I should not have gone to bed so late last night.我累了。
昨晚我不该那么晚睡觉。
(should not + 动词完成式)2)I don't/didn't know Bob very well, but we go/went out for an occasional drink together.我和鲍勃不是很熟,不过我们偶尔一起出去喝一杯。
(occasional)3)We are supposed to meet her at the train station.我们应该去火车站接她。
(be supposed to)4)You could clearly see people drowning, but/and yet you took no action to save them.你可以清楚地看到有人快要淹死(drown),而你却没有采取行动救他们。
(take action)5) Including weekends, there are only twelve more days to buy Christmas presents.包括周末在内,仅仅还有十二天时间可以用来买圣诞(Christmas)礼物。
(including)6) Without immediate action, many kinds of wild animals would die from hunger.如果不立即采取行动,许多种野生动物就会因饥饿而死亡。
(without, hunger)Unit 21)That songs always reminded her of the night spent in Chicago.那首歌总是使她会想起在芝加哥度过的那个夜晚。
(remind...of...)2)There happened to be a policeman on the corner, so I asked him the way.街角处刚好有一位警察,我便向他问路。
Unit 10 AgricultureFarming for the Future[1] Every year, more people face poverty and hunger and more of the earth's resources are ruined. The problems are enormous, but many experts believe that the situation is not hopeless. The solution will require big changes in how we think about agriculture, food, and our planet.[2] First of all, farmers everywhere need to develop methods that are less destructive to the environment. The change from single crop farming to a mixed crop system would be one important step. The planting of several different crops improves the soil and helps prevent erosion. Erosion could also be prevented by planting trees to protect the fields from the wind. Another way farmers could improve the soil is to avoid deep plowing. In fact, only a slight plowing is necessary if proper methods are used.[3] If the soil were treated better, farmers would not need to use chemical fertilizers. They could use natural animal and vegetable products instead. With mixed crops, farmers would need fewer toxic chemical insecticides. They could use biological methods of controlling insects and disease.[4] Farmers could also help save the earth's precious supplies of water and petroleum. To save water, they could plant more water-efficient plants instead of the standard types of wheat or corn. They could also use watering systems that are much less wasteful. To save petroleum, farmers could make use of bio-gas generators which could be fueled by the vegetable and animal wastes of the farms. In less-developed countries, bio-gas generators could reduce the need for firewood and so help save forests, as well.[5] In less-developed countries, the small farmers need help. They need to learn more about crops that are better suited to local conditions. They need to learn how to limit erosion and make the best use of their resources. These farmers will never be successful without land and economic reform. This should be the aim of governments and international agencies. The current industrial and cash crop policies are only making the situation worse.[6] Industrialized countries could use their economic resources to help bring about these changes. They could make some changes in their own policies. At present, much food is wasted in these countries for political reasons. In Europe and in North America, tons of fruit and dairy products are thrown away every year. Eating habits, too, could be changed in these countries. For example, people often eat foods from distant places instead of local foods. The transportation of the imported foods adds to the global pollution problem. People in industrialized countries also eat a lot of meat, especially beef.In fact, a large percentage of the grain grown in these countries is used for feeding cattle. If people in these countries ate less meat, there would be more grain to feed the hungry people of the world.[7] The ideal agricultural system would be sustainable; that is, its level of productivity could be continued indefinitely and the damage to the environment much less. This is a war which must be won because it would have only winners for both farmers and consumers of farm products.未来农耕1 现在面临贫困和饥饿的人一年比一年多,地球资源遭到的破坏也一年比一年严重。
Unit 10 AgricultureFarming for the Future[1] Every year, more people face poverty and hunger and more of the earth's resources are ruined. The problems are enormous, but many experts believe that the situation is not hopeless. The solution will require big changes in how we think about agriculture, food, and our planet.[2] First of all, farmers everywhere need to develop methods that are less destructive to the environment. The change from single crop farming to a mixed crop system would be one important step. The planting of several different crops improves the soil and helps prevent erosion. Erosion could also be prevented by planting trees to protect the fields from the wind. Another way farmers could improve the soil is to avoid deep plowing. In fact, only a slight plowing is necessary if proper methods are used.[3] If the soil were treated better, farmers would not need to use chemical fertilizers. They could use natural animal and vegetable products instead. With mixed crops, farmers would need fewer toxic chemical insecticides. They could use biological methods of controlling insects and disease.[4] Farmers could also help save the earth's precious supplies of water and petroleum. To save water, they could plant more water-efficient plants instead of the standard types of wheat or corn. They could also use watering systems that are much less wasteful. To save petroleum, farmers could make use of bio-gas generators which could be fueled by the vegetable and animal wastes of the farms. In less-developed countries, bio-gas generators could reduce the need for firewood and so help save forests, as well.[5] In less-developed countries, the small farmers need help. They need to learn more about crops that are better suited to local conditions. They need to learn how to limit erosion and make the best use of their resources. These farmers will never be successful without land and economic reform. This should be the aim of governments and international agencies. The current industrial and cash crop policies are only making the situation worse.[6] Industrialized countries could use their economic resources to help bring about these changes. They could make some changes in their own policies. At present, much food is wasted in these countries for political reasons. In Europe and in North America, tons of fruit and dairy products are thrown away every year. Eating habits, too, could be changed in these countries. For example, people often eat foods from distant places instead of local foods. The transportation of the imported foods adds to the global pollution problem. People in industrialized countries also eat a lot of meat, especially beef.In fact, a large percentage of the grain grown in these countries is used for feeding cattle. If people in these countries ate less meat, there would be more grain to feed the hungry people of the world.[7] The ideal agricultural system would be sustainable; that is, its level of productivity could be continued indefinitely and the damage to the environment much less. This is a war which must be won because it would have only winners for both farmers and consumers of farm products.未来农耕1 现在面临贫困和饥饿的人一年比一年多,地球资源遭到的破坏也一年比一年严重。
Ⅰ.Vocabulary1\Alan was always in trouble with the police when he was young but he’s now a respectable married man.2\The people who had been hurt in the car accident lay screaming in agony.在交通事故中受伤的人正躺在地上痛哭的哭叫。
3\Because his condition’s not serious they’v e put his name down on the hospital waiting list因为他的病情并不严重,他们已经把他的名字写在医院的等候名单4\the second part of the book deseribes the strange sequence of events that lead to the King’s fall from power.本书的第二部分介绍了一连串奇怪的事件,导致国王下台的。
5\when I saw my little boy crying bitterly over the death of his pet dog,I could hardly hold back my tears.当我看到我的小男孩的痛苦哭泣超过他的宠物狗的死亡,我几乎控制不住我的眼泪。
6\thery are going to distribute t hose clothes and blan-kets among the flood victims.他们将要分发这些衣服和blan-kets给洪水灾民。
7\lind manage to support herself by working off and on as a waitress.林德管理是不时当服务员来支持自己的工作,。
大学英语(第一册第2版戴丽萍)UNIT2——UNIT10课文翻译Unit2课文翻译:好的语言学习者有些人似乎有学习语言的能力。
他们能轻松地记住词汇,掌握语法规则,而且比别人更快地用一门新语言写文章。
他们并不见得比别人智力更发达,那么是什么使学语言对于他们来说很容易呢?也许如果我们近一点看看这些成功的语言学习者,就会发现一些他们学习语言很容易的技巧。
首先,成功的语言学习者是独立的学习者。
他们不依赖书本或老师,他们能找到属于自己的学习语言的方法。
他们并不是等着老师讲解,而是努力发现语言的模式和规则。
他们善于根据某些线索进行猜测,然后得出自己的结论。
成功的语言学习是积极主动的学习。
所以,成功的语言学习者从不等待机会去说这门语言,而是要求人们在他们犯错误的时候给予纠正。
他们会努力去同人交流。
他们不怕犯错误并努力再尝试。
对于他们来说,能用这门语言思考比懂得每个单词的意思更重要。
最后,成功的语言学习者是有目的的学习者。
他们想要学一门语言是因为他们对这门语言和讲这门语言的人有兴趣。
对于他们,研究语言谱系从而与讲这门语言的人交流并向其学习是很必要的。
他们发现经常地练习讲这门语言是很容易的一件事,因为他们想用它学习。
你是哪一种语言学习者?如果你是一个成功的语言学习者,你大概一直在独立地、积极主动地、有目的性地学习。
另一方面,如果你的语言学习不那么成功,你就该试试上面所提到的那些学习技巧。
Unit3 课文翻译:休闲时间随着工作时间的越来越短和假日的越来越长,如何度过休闲时间已经成为一个热点话题。
作为个人在业余时间进行的活动,休闲具有以下功能:放松、消遣和娱乐,以及个人发展。
这些功能的重要性因各人的工作性质和生活方式而不同。
休闲的具体用途因人而异,甚至同样的休闲活动各人做起来也可能功能不同。
休闲时间的利用往往表现出一个人的品位、价值、兴趣和个性。
有些人喜欢文学、巫术和艺术等人文学科,他们也许对电影、电视感兴趣,另一些人参加运动、政治、志愿工作或者在家做喜欢的事情,还有一些喜欢聚会或者旅游。
Unit 1 Growing UPPart Text A Writing for MyselfⅡWhen we are writing we are often told to keep our readers in mind, to shape what we say to fit their tastes and interests. But there is one reader in particular who should not be forgotten. Can you guess who? Russell Baker surprised himself and everyone else when he discovered the answer.我们写作时常常被告诫,脑子里要有读者,笔者所云一定要符合读者的口味和兴趣。
但有一位读者特别不该忘记。
你能猜出是谁吗?当拉塞尔·贝克找到这个问题的答案时,他自己和别人都感到大为惊讶。
Writing for MyselfRussell Baker1The idea of becoming a writer had come to me off and on since my childhood in Belleville, but it wasn't until my third year in high school that the possibility took hold. Until then I've been bored by everything associated with English courses. I found English grammar dull and difficult. I hated the assignments to turn out long, lifeless paragraphs that were agony for teachers to read and for me to write.为自己而写拉塞尔·贝克从孩提时代,我还住在贝尔维尔时,我的脑子里就断断续续地转着当作家的念头,但直等到我高中三年级,这一想法才有了实现的可能。
Unit 10 AgricultureIn-Class Reading The History of Agriculture参考译文农业的发展史没人确切地知道农业是何时何地开始的。
但是目前科学家们认为,它始于8,000 年以前或更早。
那时,人们发现那些与其他垃圾一起被扔在垃圾堆里的野草籽长势良好,结出了更多的草籽。
在现代人眼里,这似乎只是小事一桩,但是对于原始人而言,这确实是革命性的发现。
在那以前,他们的生活全靠打猎、捕鱼、寻找可食用的野生植物时的运气。
能够种植自己所需的一部分粮食,意味着挨饿的威胁不复存在。
随着早期的人们学会种植庄稼,他们渐渐地越来越依靠农业,而更少地依靠打猎为生。
除了种植野草(现今的谷类作物就是由它们演化而来的),他们还学会了种植很多其他植物,也就是今天蔬菜的前身。
原始的耕种方法十分简单。
用尖尖的木棍在地上戳出小洞,种子就种在这些小洞里。
收割谷物用的是石刀或者有刃的石镰刀,有时候则将谷物连根拔起。
锹和锄头的发明使耕作成为可能,依靠它们来松土和除草。
起先,地里的工作也许是由妇女来完成的,而男人们则防备动物的袭击,偶尔打打猎,并保护村庄使之不受敌人侵犯。
最初,饲养家畜是为了打猎(例如养狗)或者用来作为食物(例如养牛、羊和猪)。
最终动物能够被用来驮运重物或者拉犁。
这种所谓的犁不过是用来松土的分叉的棍子而已,它们效率不高,但比手持工具要省力,而且耕的地要多。
埃及人、美索不达米亚人、美洲印第安人和中国人几乎在同一时期形成了先进的农耕系统。
他们知道施肥、灌溉和排水的重要性,并且通过精选良种,培育了动植物的改良品种。
18 世纪的英国在农业方面取得了一些进步,发明了马拉的农业机械,形成了先进的庄稼轮作和施肥体系,还培育了优良的牛羊品种。
此时,欧洲人正在探索新大陆。
他们带回了以前欧洲不曾有过的庄稼——土豆、白薯、玉米、南瓜和西红柿。
人们发现,土豆这种植物非常适宜于潮湿阴冷的气候以及在贫瘠的土壤中生长。
Unit 10 AgricultureFarming for the Future[1] Every year, more people face poverty and hunger and more of the earth's resources are ruined. The problems are enormous, but many experts believe that the situation is not hopeless. The solution will require big changes in how we think about agriculture, food, and our planet.[2] First of all, farmers everywhere need to develop methods that are less destructive to the environment. The change from single crop farming to a mixed crop system would be one important step. The planting of several different crops improves the soil and helps prevent erosion. Erosion could also be prevented by planting trees to protect the fields from the wind. Another way farmers could improve the soil is to avoid deep plowing. In fact, only a slight plowing is necessary if proper methods are used.[3] If the soil were treated better, farmers would not need to use chemical fertilizers. They could use natural animal and vegetable products instead. With mixed crops, farmers would need fewer toxic chemical insecticides. They could use biological methods of controlling insects and disease.[4] Farmers could also help save the earth's precious supplies of water and petroleum. To save water, they could plant more water-efficient plants instead of the standard types of wheat or corn. They could also use watering systems that are much less wasteful. To save petroleum, farmers could make use of bio-gas generators which could be fueled by the vegetable and animal wastes of the farms.In less-developed countries, bio-gas generators could reduce the need for firewood and so help save forests, as well.[5] In less-developed countries, the small farmers need help. They need to learn more about crops that are better suited to local conditions. They need to learn how to limit erosion and make the best use of their resources. These farmers will never be successful without land and economic reform. This should be the aim of governments and international agencies. The current industrial and cash crop policies are only making the situation worse.[6] Industrialized countries could use their economic resources to help bring about these changes. They could make some changes in their own policies. At present, much food is wasted in these countries for political reasons. In Europe and in North America, tons of fruit and dairy products are thrown away every year. Eating habits, too, could be changed in these countries. For example, people often eat foods from distant places instead of local foods. The transportation of the imported foods adds to the global pollution problem. People in industrialized countries also eat a lot of meat, especially beef. In fact, a large percentage of the grain grown in these countries is used for feeding cattle. If people in these countries ate less meat, there would be more grain to feed the hungry people of the world.[7] The ideal agricultural system would be sustainable; that is, its level of productivity could be continued indefinitely and the damage to the environment much less. This is a war which must be won because it would have only winners forboth farmers and consumers of farm products.未来农耕1 现在面临贫困和饥饿的人一年比一年多,地球资源遭到的破坏也一年比一年严重。
这些问题极为严重,不过许多专家认为情况还没有到令人绝望的地步。
要解决它们就需要我们对农业、食品和整个地球的看法做出重大改变。
2 首先,世界各地的农民都必须研究开发对环境破坏性较小的耕作模式。
重要的一步是把单一作物改为多种作物混合耕种。
种植多种作物能改善土壤,有助于防止水土流失。
通过植树来保护耕地不受风害也能防止水土流失。
农民改善土壤的另一个办法是避免深耕。
实际上,如果方法得当,只需浅耕即可。
3 只要土地耕作比较得当,农民就没有必要使用化肥,而可以使用天然的动植物肥料。
多种作物混合耕种后,就能少用有毒的化学杀虫剂。
农民还可以用生物手段控制病虫害。
4 农民还能帮助节约地球上珍贵的水资源和石油资源。
为了节约水,农民可以多种节水型作物以取代常规的小麦和玉米。
还可以使用更为节水的灌溉系统。
为了节约石油,他们可以利用生物气发电机。
生物气发电机的燃料由农场上的蔬菜和动物的垃圾和粪便提供。
在欠发达的国家里,生物气发电机能减少对木柴的需求,从而也有助于保护森林。
5 在欠发达的国家里,小农场主们需要帮助。
他们需要掌握更能适应当地条件的作物的有关知识。
他们需要掌握怎样控制水土流失和最充分利用自己的资源。
不进行土地和经济改革,这些农场主永远不会成功。
这种改革应该是各国政府和国际机构的目标。
目前施行的这些工业和经济作物政策只是把事情弄得更糟。
6 工业化国家可以用他们的经济资源帮助促成这些变化。
他们还可以对自己的政策作些改变。
目前,这些国家因为政治原因而浪费了很多食品。
在欧洲和北美每年都有成吨成吨的水果和奶制品被扔掉。
这些国家的饮食习惯也可作些改变。
例如,人们常吃那些来自遥远地方的东西,而不吃本地产的。
进口食品的运输加重了全球的污染问题。
工业化国家的人们还食用大量的肉类,尤其是牛肉。
事实上,这些国家所生产的粮食有很大一部分是用来喂牛的。
假如这些国家的人们少吃些肉,就会有更多的粮食提供给世界上正在挨饿的人们。
7 理想的农业体系应当是可持续性的,也就是说,其生产力水平能长期保持下去而对环境的破坏却小得多。
这是一场必须打胜的战斗,因为无论是对农民还是对农产品消费者而言,这场战斗只有赢者。
Dairying and Dairy Products[1] When did people begin using milk from animals? Probably about the time they began domesticating animals - some 8,000 to 10,000 years ago. Meat was certainly the most important food first provided by domesticated animals. But the milk of cattle, goats, sheep, or other animals also became part of people's diets. As agriculture developed, milk and other dairy products, such as butter, cheese, and yogurt, became more and more important in the diet of human beings.[2] For many thousands of years, a large percentage of the population was engaged in agriculture. Families commonly kept a few goats, cows, or sheep on their farms to provide fresh milk and other dairy products. With the coming of the industrial age, however, fewer and fewer people made their living through agriculture. The production of milk and products made from milk slowly became an industry.[3] The development of the dairy industry was closely linked with the development of better crops and animals and with a host of technological changes, such as improved transportation, refrigeration and advancements in milk processing. For example, in earlier times, one of the biggest problems was keeping milk fresh so that it would not spoil. Milk used to be kept cool by putting a container in the shade or in cold spring water near the farm or home. Today it is automatically cooled as soon as it is removed from the cow; it is carried long distances in large refrigerated tanks and then processed and packaged for placement in refrigerated showcases in grocery stores. The production of milk in many countries is now a large, scientifically based, highly mechanized industry.[4] The life of a dairy farmer is usually a rigorous one. Cows must be milked and other chores done seven days a week throughout the year. Hand milking has given way to the use of milking machines, but it must still be done twice a day. Family labor frequently makes up a large part of the labor force, especially on an average-sized farm. The sons and daughters of dairy farmers sometimes learn to put in long days and to carry heavy responsibilities at a young age.[5] Since the middle of the 20th century, there has been a great decrease in the number of dairy farms in the United States and Canada. In general, however, the farms remaining are large, have highly productive cows, and are managed with great skill. These farms represent the survivors in a very competitive business. Future Outlook for Dairy Farming[6] Before the end of the 20th century, a further reduction in the number ofdairy farms is likely, as the less competitive farmers are forced to give up dairying [N]. World population, however, is increasing at a rapid rate, and the need for food will obviously increase as well. It is likely, therefore, that milk and milk products will be greatly in demand to help feed a hungry world.[7] Dairy scientists have learned how to increase greatly the productivity of cows. Dairy farmers should thus be in an excellent position to meet the challenges of the future. Important developments in milk processing and the development of new products mean that dairy foods will be more easily stored, transported, and made available to people the world over.乳品业和乳制品1 人们是从何时开始使用动物奶的呢?大约是在8,000 到10,000 年以前,从他们开始驯养动物时起。