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Unit 11. sedimentary rocks沉积岩2. petroleum reserves石油储备3. internal combustion engines内燃机4. the boiling point 沸点5. fatty substance脂肪物质6. in minor quantities少量7. petroleum fractions石油馏分8. inflammable vapors易燃蒸汽9. geologic formations地质结构10. in the territory of在……领土11. chemical change 化学变化12. petroleum seepage 油苗13. petroleum stores 油藏14. petroleum reserves 石油储量15.medieval times 中世纪16.Industrial Revolution 工业革命17.fossil fuel 矿物燃料Unit 21. employment market 就业市场2. video conferencing technology视频会议技术3. job interview 求职面试4. nine out of ten十有八九5. aptitude test能力测试6. recruitment method招聘方法7. face-to-face encounter面对面接触8.personality questionnaires个性问卷调查9. psychological test 心理测试10. customer complains 顾客投诉e third from botton 倒数第三12 curriculum vitae 简历Unit 31. multiple users 多用户2. virtual assistant虚拟助手3. human-machine interface 人机界面4. speech synthesizer语音合成器5. real time实时6. information retrieval信息检索7. air flight schedule飞机飞行时刻表8. weather forecast天气预报9. speech recognition 语音识别10. stock quotes股市行情;股票报价11. Mandarin Chinese普通话,官话12.data dumping 数据转储Unit 41. genetic engineering基因工程2. organic solvents有机溶剂3. raw material原材料4. sulfur dioxide 二氧化硫5. landfill deposit垃圾填埋6. garage sale旧物销售7. information age信息时代8. lead compound铅化合物9. municipal solid waste 固体生活垃圾10. eco-industrial park生态工业园Unit 61. quantum mechanics量子力学2. general theory of relativity 广义相对论3. physical laws 自然法则4. square of the distance 距离的平方5. in principle原则上,基本上6. in isolation孤立地7. in one go一口气,一下子,一举8. Newton’s theory of gravity牛顿的引力理论9.partial theories 局部理论10.gravitational force 引力11.the initial state of the universe宇宙初始状态12.the theory of relativity 相对论13.be(intersely)proportional to 与...成反比Unit 71.quick fixes权宜之计2. go by the book 照章办事3. close to the vest谨慎小心4.corporate culture企业文化5. Old Boy network老同学人脉网6. to the point切题的(地),切中的(地)7. social status社会地位8. sense of humor幽默感9. put on an impressive appearance装腔作势10.pull rank on利用职权强迫命令;仗势欺人11.be superior to 优于... 12.lip service 口头上应付的话13.sense of humor幽默感14.make sense 有道理,有意义15.memo 备忘录。
科技英语翻译1.The power plant is the heart of a ship.动力装置是船舶的心脏。
2.Semiconductor devices, called transistors, are replacing tubes in many applications.半导体装置也称为晶体管,在许多场合替代电子管。
3.Einstein’s relativity theory is the only one which can explain such phenomena.爱因斯坦的相对论是能解释这种现象的唯一理论。
(直译)4.An electron is an extremely small corpuscle with negative charge which roundsabout the nucleus of an atom.电子是绕原子核转动且带有负电荷的极其微小的粒子。
(动词)5.When the war was over, it was discovered that the Germans were nowhere nearsuccess in developing nuclear weapons.第二次世界大战结束后,人们发现德国人在研制核武器方面离成功还很远。
6.Earthquakes are generally more destructive of life than volcanic eruptions.地震对于生命的破坏通常大于火山爆发。
7.Once out of the earth’s grav ity, an astronaut is affected by still another problem ---weightlessness.一旦离开了地球的引力范围,宇航员又遇到了另一个问题——失重。
8.Studies have shown that information can be communicated to people many timesfaster in a graphic form than in written form.众多研究表明,以图形表示的信息被人们接受的速度比以文字表示的快许多倍。
Space explorationRobots will not only help us on this world. But will also help us explore other worlds. In fact, space exploration is one of the most promising usages for robots. Since these machines are not so susceptible to the elements that could hurt or kill people. Robots can withstand radiation, heat, cold and can function without an atmosphere. Also robots have a much longer life span. So voyages to other solar systems as well as other planets would be possible. Robots could communicate with us and if something went wrong and destroyed, the space vehicle and a machine would be lost, not a human being.机器人用于空间探索机器人不仅会在这个星球上帮助我们,而且还将帮助我们探索别的星球。
实际上,空间探索就是机器人最有前途的用途之一,知识因为机器人对于机器人会使人伤亡的自然环境和条件不很敏感。
机器人能经受得住辐射,耐热又耐寒,而且能在没有大气的环境中的工作。
此外,机器人的使用寿命长得多。
因此不但可飞往别的行星,而且可飞往别的星系。
机器人可跟我们进行通信联络,要是有什么东西除了毛病,而损坏了宇宙飞行器的话,失去的是机器人而不是人。
科技英语翻译Week11.In computing work done, it is important always to keep in mind that the force and distance that are multiplied must be in the same direction.在计算所做的功时,用以相乘的力和距离必须沿同一方向,始终记住这一点是很重要的。
2.The motion of ions is the motion of such atoms as have gained, or lost electrons, which in most cases takes place in chemical solutions.离子的运动,也就是已经得到或失去电子的原子的运动,这种运动大多发生在化学溶液中。
3.Every body continues in its state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line, unless acted upon by an external force.物体如不受外力作用,将继续保持其静止状态或做匀速直线运动。
4.Matter is anything having weight and occupying space.凡是物质,都具有重量和占有空间。
5.What is large and what is small is relative.。
大和小是相对的。
6.The report noted that being overweight has been linked to sickness and death from such diseases as high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease and gallbladder.报告指出,肥胖容易引起疾病,容易导致由高血压、糖尿病、心脏病和胆囊疾病等引起的死亡。
1. Automation in this true sense is brought to full fruition only through a thorough exploitation of its three major elements, communication, computation, and control----the three “Cs”.自动化按其确切的意义,只有全面运用通信、计算和控制三个主要组成部分(“三C" )才能完全实现。
2. In the case of the blast-furnace, the computer would need to be supplied with information about the raw material which goes into the furnace, the temperatures at which the furnace works, and the best way of dealing with the various ingredients.就高炉来说,需要给计算机提供装人高炉的原料的信息、高炉工作温度的信息和处理各种各样配料的最好方法等方面的资料。
3. The operation of this part of the steel plant is a complex and highly skilled operation, requiringa great deal of knowledge, a great deal of integrated information and rapid decision-making, to make sure the furnace operates efficiently in relation to the next stage in the process.钢厂的高炉操作是一项复杂而要求技术熟练的作业,需要大量的知识和大量的综合信息,并迅速地做出判定选择,以便确保高炉工艺流程中的下一阶段的有效工作。
Sentences 11.The North American International Auto Show has traditionally served as an extravagantunveiling of the latest in the automotive industry.2. A new international initiative to increase grain crop yields could help raise incomes for sixmillion farmers in South Asia and combat hunger in one of the poorest regions of the world. 3.The U.S. space agency, NASA, is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 8 spacemission.4.At NASA, 2008 will be remembered for shuttle missions, discoveries on Mars, and mysteriesrevealed across the solar system and beyond.5.Three main Internet cables from Italy to North Africa were inexplicably severed in the secondsuch incident in a year, plunging Egypt and several other Arab countries into a communications crisis.6.Clean energies are forms of energy which do not pollute the air, the ground, or the sea. Cleanenergies include:Solar power Wind power Wave powerSalinity gradient power Tidal power Geothermal power7.Solar power describes a number of methods of harnessing energy from the light of the Sun.8.The world seems increasingly divided into those who favor genetically modified (GM) foodsand those who fear them.puter makers are pushing the limits of weight and power.10.Meanwhile, labs are testing new battery technologies.11.One of the most promising new technologies to help achieve that goal is a new breed oflow-powered microprocessors that can vary the speeds at which they operate.12.South Korean scientists clone first dog13.South Korea's pioneering ste14.m cell scientist has cloned a dog15.Snuppy, the first cloned dog, appears with the three-year old male Afghan hound whose cellswere used to clone him.16.Researchers have since cloned cats, goats, cows, mice, pigs, rabbits, horses, deer, mules andgaur,17.Researchers determined that the specimens are around 195,000 years old.18.Many large cities are anything but beautiful.19.If people want to solve the problem of waste, there is no time to be lost.20.They must work out ways of making use of good things which are just thrown away as waste.21.When a car gets too old, it may not run any more. But the metal that the car was made of is stillgood. It can be put to use again.22.When a bottle is empty, it goes out in the trash. But bottle glass can be ground into sand andused to pave streets.23.Garbage from food can be changed into fertilizer. But first you have to fish out all the glass andmetal.24.Garbage can also be a good source for making building blocks, which are then covered withconcrete.25.Now, more and more machines are designed for this purpose.26.Some day, people will watch films in a magnificent cinema which has been built out ofgarbage.27.Future buildings, roads, and cities maybe made from garbage.28.But so far, building beautiful cities out of garbage is only a dream.29.A UFO is the reported sighting of an object or light seen in the sky or on land30.UFOs (sometimes called flying saucers) became widely discussed only after the first widelypublicized U.S. sighting in 194731.At least 90 percent of UFO sightings can be identified as conventional objects, althoughtime-consuming investigations are often necessary for such identification.32.Some persons nevertheless believe that UFOs are extraterrestrial spacecraft33.UFO enthusiasts persist, however, and some persons even claim to have been abducted andtaken aboard UFOs34.A very important world problem is the rapidly increasing pressure of population on the land.35.This enormous increase of population will create immense problems.36.By AD. 2020, unless something terrible happens, there will be as many as 7000000000 peopleon the surface of the earth! So this is a problem which you are going to see in your lifetime.37.However, such vehicles could be some 25 years from appearing on the market.38.Efforts to build flying vehicles in the past have not been very successful.39.Temperatures in some parts of the country have eased a bit over the weekend.40.The air-conditioner has established itself well in the hearts of Americans41.The first widespread use of air-conditioners came during the 1920 when movie theaters usedwhat they called man-made weather to lure customers to the silver scream.42.Many Americans are observing the fifth anniversary of one of the nation's worst naturaldisasters43.Death and destruction from the hurricane and its effects extended along the Gulf Coast.44.Severe ocean storms in the northern part of the world usually develop in late summer or earlyautumn near the equator.45.Ocean storms develop when the air temperature in one area is different from the temperaturenearby.46.The strongest, fastest winds of a hurricane blow in the area known as the eyewall. It surroundsthe center, or eye, of the storm.47.Weather scientists use computer programs to create models that show where a storm might go.48.Doctors in hospital emergency rooms often see accidental poisonings.49.If you know first aid methods, you can be calmer and more helpful in case of emergency.50.However, human activities are threatening the world's coral reefs.51.The researchers say the United States represents more than fifty percent of the trade in coraland reef fish52.Few creatures on earth are as good as sharks at finding their dinners.53.People often say that a shark follows its nose to its meals. Now, scientists have learned moreabout how those noses work to help the much-feared fish direct its movements.54.Extremely hot weather is common in many parts of the world.55.Although hot weather just makes most people feel hot, it can cause serious medical problems,even death.56.The most common health problem linked to hot weather is heat stress.57.Weather scientists use computer programs to create models that show where a storm might go.58.A new report says the Arctic is experiencing some of the most severe climate change on Earth.59.Chicken eggs are used in the process to make flu vaccine.60. A study suggests that dirty air can reduce lung development.61.The scientists found that children who lived in areas with the dirtiest air were five times morelikely to grow up with weak lungs.62.The damage from dirty air was as bad as that found in children with parents who smoke.63.Americans are expected in January to get new advice from the government about what to eatand what to avoid.64.The researchers say diet drinks and unsweetened fruit juice did not appear to cause an increasedrisk of diabetes.65.Doctor Stampfer says it is easier to gain weight from calories in drinks than in foods.66.In real life, scientists have learned something new about this creature which first appeared onEarth about seventy-five million years ago. Dinosaur67.An arboretum is a place where trees and plants are grown for scientific and educationalpurposes.68.The goal of the Arboretum is to carry out studies and provide education in an effort to improvethe environment.69.The World Health Organization says iron deficiency is the most common nutritional disorder inthe world.70.Health experts say iron deficiency is the most common preventable nutritional problems.71.Iron is stored in bone marrow and two organs -- the spleen and liver.72.The World Health Organization estimates that each year almost five million people worldwidedie from the effects of smoking.73.Smoking causes or increases the risk of many diseases. These include cancer and heart disease.74.A small, new study has found that sudden emotional stress can cause heart failure in mostlyhealthy older women.75.Scientists have discovered fourteen kinds of vitamins. They are known as vitamins A, the Bgroup, C, D, E and K.puter industry experts say wi-fi is the fastest growing part of the computer industry.。
与科技相关的英文表达句子科技在当今社会中发挥着至关重要的作用,它不仅给人们的生活带来了许多便利,还为人类的发展提供了无限可能。
以下是一些与科技相关的英文表达句子。
1. Technology has revolutionized the way we live, work and communicate. 技术已经彻底改变了我们生活、工作和交流的方式。
2. With the rapid development of technology, we are able to do things that were unimaginable just a few decades ago.随着科技的快速发展,我们能够完成过去几十年来令人无法想象的事情。
3. The latest technological advances are making our lives easier and more efficient.最新的科技进步使我们的生活更加便利和高效。
4. Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming increasingly prevalent in our daily lives.人工智能在我们的日常生活中越来越普及。
5. The internet is an essential tool for communication and access to information.互联网是沟通和获取信息的必要工具。
6. Mobile devices have transformed the way we access and consume media.移动设备改变了我们获取和消费媒体的方式。
7. Virtual and augmented reality technologies are changing the way we learn, work and play.虚拟和增强现实技术正在改变我们学习、工作和娱乐的方式。
一、时间(1-80)1. When a wire is broken by bending it back and forth rapidly, some of the work is transformed into heat and the wire gets hot.当把导线快速地(通过)来回弯曲折断时,部分功就转换成热,所以导线变热.2. When the moon changes it position, so do the orientation of the tide-generating forces and the position of the equilibrium tide.当月亮的位置改变时,引潮力的取向和平衡潮的位置也改变了.3. The water vapor will change from its invisible state to condense into visible moisture when the dew point temperature is reached.当露点温度达到时,水气将从其看不见的状态凝结成可见的水分.4.When a user requests a set of resources, it must be determined whether the allocation of these resources will leave the system in safe state.当用户要求一组资源时,必须确定这些资源的分配是否会让系统处于安全状态.5.As the number of users sharing the segment increases, so does the difficulty of finding an acceptable segment number.当合同程序段的用户数目增加时,查找可接受的程序段的号码的困难也增加.6. The air pressure begins falling accordingly as a typhoon comes near.随着台风的临近,气压开始下降.7.While they are waiting in the ready queue, the I/O devices are idle.当它们在就绪队列中等待时,输入/输出装置则空闲着.8. At the same time the waves are fanning out, they are also separating by wavelength, a process known as dispersion.当这些波向外扩散时,它们也在按波长分开,这一过程叫频散.9.Current stars flowing at the very moment when we close the circuit.当我们一接通线路,电流马上就开始出现.10. Meteorology entered a period of rapid advance about the time the Bjerknes' cyclone model appeared.大约在Bjerknes的气旋模型问世前后,气象学进入了一个迅速发展的时期.11. While in the form of radiation, the energy may travel a tremendous distance before being absorbed or changed back into heat.当能量以辐射能形式存在时,可以在经过很长距离后,才被吸收或转化为热.12. When moving over land, a typhoon is gradually decreased in severity.当台风在陆地上移动时,其猛烈性逐渐减弱.13. It is only when particles are close enough to exert relatively large forces on one another that they are able to set each other into this type of vibration.只有当粒子紧密到能够相互施加较大的力时,它们才能使彼此产生这样的振动.14.Only when its melting-point temperature is reached does iron start to pass into a liquid.只有当熔点温度达到时,铁才开始变成液体.15. Only if the component vectors are on a straight line will the length of the vector for the sum be equal to the sum of the lengths of these components or to their difference.只有当几个分矢量在一直线上,那么表示其和的矢量长度才会等于这些分量的长度和或它们的差.16. Whenever occasion arises intensive observations are to be done to get the information on the fine structure of the atmospheric event.每当必要时,应该进行加密观测以便获得这一大气事件的细微结构的资料.17. Whenever a wave moves out from a source in uniform medium, it travels in straight lines.每当(凡是)波从均匀介质中的波源移出时,它都呈现直线传播.18. Each time the current changes directions, a period of no current, known as slack water, intervenes.每当潮流改变方向时,中间都有一段叫做平潮的无潮流阶段.19.As a rule, the temperature in the troposphere decreases steadily with increasing altitude until the tropopause is reached.通常对流层温度直到对流层顶都是随高度增加而不断地减小的.20. The jet stream was not fully recognized as a meteorological entity until 1949.直到1949年急流才作为一种气象实体现象为人们充分认识到.21. The seeds did not start germinating until late March because of a long spell of drought.由于一段很长时间的干旱直到3月下旬这些种子才开始发芽.22. Not until August 1974 did the expeditionary observations begin.直到1974年8月考察(探险)活动才开始.23. A piece of metal left in the sun rises in temperature until it loses heat at the same rate at while it absorbs heat.一片放在阳光下的金属,其温度要上升到它吸收热量和失去热量的速率相等时才停止.24. In the simplest case, we start the requested I/O and wait until it is complete before returning control to the user program.在最简单的情况下,我们启动一个I/O请求,且一直等到它实现再(才)使控制器返回到用户程序.25. The weather remained the same until after June.那种天气一直维持到6月以后.26. By the time winter begins, coastal waters are thoroughly mixed, with virtually no temperature or salinity differences between surface and bottom waters.到冬季快要开始的时候,沿岸的海水已经彻底混合,表层和底层的水几乎没有什么温度差和盐度差了.27. If there is a page fault, all the old values are written back into memory before the trap occurs.如果有页面错误,则在自陷中断产生之前,所有原来的数值都要写回存储器.28.Such observations must be processed before we can utilize them.在我们能应用这些观测资料之前,它们必须进行处理.29. But thirty years were to elapse before suitable instruments were available to allow a detailed and systematic investigation.但是竟然过了30年才出现了适用的仪器让我们对之进行细微的系统的考察.30. It was a few years before a breakthrough was made in this field.过了几年在这一领域才有了突破.31. Small objects such as dust particles and water droplets fall only small distances before losing most of their acceleration.向尘埃和小水滴这种小物体只下降很短距离就失去它们的大部分加速度。
UNIT1英译汉1) He is best known for coining the term fractal to describe phenomena (such as coastlines, snowflakes, mountains and trees) whose patterns repeat themselves at smaller and smaller scales.他主要是因为用分形这个概念来描述(海岸线,雪花,山脉和树木)等不规则形状等现象而闻名于世,这些不规则形状在越来越小的规模上不断重复同一模式。
2) A closer look reveals that the borders of the set do not form crisp lines but seem to shimmer like flames.如果再仔细观察,就可以发现集的边界并没有呈波纹线,而是像火焰一样闪光。
3) Krantz introduced a new element into the debate, however, by stating that the Mandelbrot set "was not invented by Mandelbrot but occurs explicitly in the literature a couple of years before the term 'Mandelbrot set' was coined."但是,克朗兹在这场辩论中引入了一个新东西,他说曼德布洛特集不是曼德布洛特发明的,而是早在“曼德布洛特集”这个术语出现几年以前就已经明确地在数学文献中出现了。
4) Mandelbrot also suggested that even if Brooks and Matelski's publication had preceded his, they still could not be considered discoverers of the set, because they did not appreciate its significance.曼德布洛特同时也暗示即使布鲁克斯和马特尔斯基的论文先于他发表,但因为他们没有领会到其价值,仍然不能将他们看作是曼德布洛特集的发现者。
Unit 1 Sources of EnergyText APetroleumSentence structure analysis1. Instead of originating in accumulating woody matter, petroleum may be the product ofthe accumulating fatty matter of ocean organisms such as plankton, the myriads of single-celled creatures that float in the surface layer of the ocean. (Para.2) 石油,并不是来自于逐渐积聚的木质物质,而可能是来自于逐渐积聚的海洋生物的脂肪物质。
比如浮游生物:大量浮游在海水表层的单细胞生物。
这是一个简单句,主语petroleum,谓语动词maybe,表语product,构成句子主干。
instead of 介词短语作状语,such as plankton是product一词的同位语,the myriads of single-celled creatures that float in the surface layer of the ocean是名词性短语,做plankton的同位语。
2. It is only necessary that the organisms settle down into the ooze underlying shallowarms of the ocean under conditions of oxygen shortage. (Para. 3) 生物有机体只需在缺氧的条件下沉积到海湾浅水处的淤泥里。
该句的框架为:it is +adj.+that从句,it做形式主语,真正的主语是that从句的内容。
现在分词短语un derlying…做后置定语修饰ooze。
3.Toward the end of the nineteenth century, however, engines were developed which were powered by the explosions of mixtures of air and inflammable vapors within the cylinders. (Para. 9) 然而,到19世纪末人们研制出了内燃机。
内燃机是通过在汽缸里将空气与可燃气体混合,产生爆炸来提供动力的。
该句为复合句,句子的主干是engines are developed, which 引导的定语从句修饰先行词engines;toward the end of the nineteenth century介词短语作时间状语。
4.Such internal combustion engines are more compact than earlier steam engines and can be made to start at a moment’s notice, whereas steam engines require a waiting period while the water reserve warms to the boiling point. (Para. 10) 这种内燃机与蒸汽机相比,机身小巧,可以瞬间启动;而蒸汽机需要一定时间,等待储水加热到沸点。
该句是由whereas连接的并列句;在前一个分句中包含and连接的两个并列成分,而后一个分句中包含while 引导的时间状语从句。
5. There is another complication in the fact that petroleum is not nearly so evenlydistributed as coal is. (Para. 14) 还有另一种复杂情况,即石油的分布不如煤的分布均匀。
该句的主句是There is another complication in the fact,that引导的是同位语从句,补充说明fact的内容。
6. Kuwait, for instance, which is a small nation at the head of the Persian Gulf, with anarea only three-fourths that of Massachusetts and a population of about half a million, possesses about one-fifth of all the known petroleum reserves in the world. (Para. 15) 例如,位于波斯湾岬角处的科威特,面积只有麻省的3/4那么大,人口只有50万,却拥有世界已知石油储量的1/5。
该句为简单句,主语为Kuwait,谓语possesses, 宾语about one-fifth of all the known petroleum reserves in the world。
for instance为插入语,举例说明;which is a small nation at the head of the Persian Gulf是一个由which 引导的非限定性定语从句,修饰先行词Kuwait;介词短语with an area only three-fourths that of Massachusetts and a population of about half a million做后置定语同样修饰Kuwait一词。
参考译文课文A石油1油,和煤一样,存在于沉积岩中,而且可能由死去很长时间的生物有机体形成。
含有石油的岩石几乎都来源于海洋,所以形成石油的有机物一定是海洋生物,而不是树木。
2 石油,并不是来自于逐渐积聚的木质物质,而可能是来自于逐渐积聚的海洋生物的脂肪物质。
比如浮游生物:大量浮游在海水表层的单细胞生物。
3 有机物的脂肪物质主要由碳氢原子组成,因此并不需要太多的化学变化就可以形成石油。
生物有机体只需在缺氧的条件下沉积到海湾浅水处的淤泥里。
其脂肪不是分解腐烂,而是逐渐积聚,并在深层的淤泥里圈闭起来,进而经过细微的原子重组,最终形成石油。
4 油比水轻,呈液态,会经由上方覆盖的孔隙性岩石向上渗透,在地球上有些地区到达表层,古人将这些表层石油称为沥青、柏油或异庚烷。
在古代和中世纪,这些石油油苗常被看作药品而不是燃料。
5 当然,表层的油苗数量很少。
而石油油藏上方有时覆盖的是非孔隙性岩石。
石油向上渗透抵达该岩石,然后在岩石下方逐渐积聚形成油层。
若在上方的岩石上钻个孔,石油就可以通过该孔向上迁移。
有时压力过大,石油会向高空喷出。
1859年在宾夕法尼亚州,由埃德温·德雷克成功打出第一口井。
6 如果可以发现一个合适的地点(勘探人员已经识别出地下可能圈闭有石油的地层结构),那么就很容易抽取这一液体燃料,这要比派人到地下把大块的固体煤炭砍成小块要容易得多。
而且一旦获得石油,可以通过地上管道运输,而不必像煤一样,由运货车经过繁重的装卸任务来运输。
7 石油便于抽取,易于运输,促进了石油的应用。
石油可以蒸馏成不同的馏分,每种馏分均由特定大小的分子组成,分子越小,该馏分就越容易蒸发。
8 到19世纪下半叶,最重要的石油馏分是由中等大小的分子构成的煤油,它不易蒸发,被用于照明。
9 然而,到19世纪末人们研制出了内燃机。
内燃机是通过在汽缸里将空气与可燃气体混合,产生爆炸来提供动力的。
最便利的可燃气体是汽油——石油的又一馏分,由小分子构成,容易蒸发。
10 这种内燃机与蒸汽机相比,机身小巧,可以瞬间启动;而蒸汽机需要一定时间,等待储水加热到沸点。
11 随着各种带有内燃机的汽车、卡车、公共汽车、飞机等交通工具的使用,对于石油的需求激增。
房屋不再用煤,而用燃烧燃料供热;轮船开始使用石油;电力也由燃油提供的能量来供给。
12 在1900年,来自石油的能量只是煤的4%,二战后,由石油的各种不同馏分提供的能量已经超过煤所供给的能量,而现在石油成为推动世界科技发展的主要燃料。
13 石油相对于煤的便利却被另一个事实所抵消:地球上石油的数量比煤少得多。
(这不足为奇,因为地球上形成石油的脂肪物质,要比形成煤的木质物质少得多。
)14 还有另一种复杂情况,即石油的分布不如煤的分布均匀。
世界上的主要能源消耗国有足够的煤,却严重缺乏石油。
美国有世界石油总储量的10%,数十年来一直是主要石油生产国。
现在亦是如此,但是美国大量消耗石油产品,使之成为石油进口国,对于这一重要资源不得不日益依赖其他国家。
俄罗斯石油储量和美国相近,但消耗的少,因而可以成为石油出口国。
15 地球上已知的石油储备约有3/5集中在阿拉伯国家。
例如,位于波斯湾岬角处的科威特,面积只有麻省那么大,人口只有50万,却拥有世界已知石油储量的1/5。
16 由石油引发的政治问题已经变得至关重要。
Text BThe Future of Alternative EnergySentence structure analysis1. The cheaper rate is still more expensive than the average national price of electricity,which in 2003 was a little over 8 cents per kilowatt-hour, according to the U.S.Department of Energy’s Annual Energy Review.(Para. 9) 即使略微便宜的光电价格仍然高于全国电价的平均价格,据美国能源部发行的《能源周刊》统计,2003年每千瓦时的电价均价略高于8美分。
该句包含一个比较状语从句和一个非限定性定语从句,介词短语accordingto…做状语表示补充说明。
2. Other recent advances include thin film photovoltaic technology, a high-tech coatingthat converts any surface covered with the film into a solar-electric power source.Boats and RVs that use the film are now on the market. (Para. 10) 其他最新的发展包括薄膜光电技术,这种高科技的涂层能够将任何覆盖此类薄膜的表面转化成一种光电电源。