俞敏洪從100套真題中提煉而出的100百個(gè)經(jīng)典句子

　　1. Typical of the grassland dwellers of the continent is the American

　　antelope, or pronghorn.

　　1.美洲羚羊，或稱(chēng)叉角羚，是該大陸典型的草原動(dòng)物。

　　2. Of the millions who saw Haley’s comet in 1986, how many people will live

　　long enough to see it return in the twenty-first century.

　　2. 1986年看見(jiàn)哈雷慧星的千百萬(wàn)人當(dāng)中，有多少人能夠長(zhǎng)壽到足以目睹它在二十一世紀(jì)的回歸呢?

　　3. Anthropologists have discovered that fear, happiness, sadness, and surprise

　　are universally reflected in facial expressions.

　　3.人類(lèi)學(xué)家們已經(jīng)發(fā)現(xiàn)，恐懼，快樂(lè)，悲傷和驚奇都會(huì)行之于色，這在全人類(lèi)是共通的。

　　4. Because of its irritating effect on humans, the use of phenol as a general

　　antiseptic has been largely discontinued.

　　4.由于苯酚對(duì)人體帶有刺激性作用，它基本上已不再被當(dāng)作常用的防腐劑了。

　　5. In group to remain in existence, a profit-making organization must, in the

　　long run, produce something consumers consider useful or desirable.

　　5.任何盈利組織若要生存，比較終都必須生產(chǎn)出消費(fèi)者可用或需要的產(chǎn)品。

　　6. The greater the population there is in a locality, the greater the need

　　there is for water, transportation, and disposal of refuse.

　　6.一個(gè)地方的人口越多，其對(duì)水，交通和垃圾處理的需求就會(huì)越大。

　　7. It is more difficult to write simply, directly, and effectively than to

　　employ flowery but vague expressions that only obscure one’s meaning.

　　7.簡(jiǎn)明，直接，有力的寫(xiě)作難于花哨，含混而意義模糊的表達(dá)。

　　8. With modern offices becoming more mechanized, designers are attempting to

　　personalize them with warmer, less severe interiors.

　　8.隨著現(xiàn)代辦公室的日益自動(dòng)化，設(shè)計(jì)師們正試圖利用較為溫暖而不太嚴(yán)肅的內(nèi)部裝飾來(lái)使其具有親切感。

　　9. The difference between libel and slander is that libel is printed while

　　slander is spoken.

　　9.誹謗和流言的區(qū)別在于前者是書(shū)面的，而后者是口頭的。

　　10. The knee is the joints where the thigh bone meets the large bone of the

　　lower leg.

　　10.膝蓋是大腿骨和小腿脛的連接處。

　　11. Acids are chemical compounds that, in water solution, have a sharp taste,

　　a corrosive action on metals, and the ability to turn certain blue vegetable

　　dyes red.

　　11.酸是一種化合物，它在溶于水時(shí)具有強(qiáng)烈的氣味和對(duì)金屬的腐蝕性，并且能夠使某些藍(lán)色植物染料變紅。

　　12. Billie Holiday’s reputation as a great jazz-blues singer rests on her

　　ability to give emotional depth to her songs.

　　12. Billie Holiday’s作為一個(gè)爵士布魯斯樂(lè)杰出歌手的名聲建立在能夠賦予歌曲感情深度的能力。

　　13. Essentially, a theory is an abstract, symbolic representation of what is

　　conceived to be reality.

　　13.理論在本質(zhì)上是對(duì)認(rèn)識(shí)了的現(xiàn)實(shí)的一種抽象和符號(hào)化的表達(dá)。

　　14. Long before children are able to speak or understand a language, they

　　communicate through facial expressions and by making noises.

　　14.兒童在能說(shuō)或能聽(tīng)懂語(yǔ)言之前，很久就會(huì)通過(guò)面部表情和靠發(fā)出噪聲來(lái)與人交流了。

　　15. Thanks to modern irrigation, crops now grow abundantly in areas where once

　　nothing but cacti and sagebrush could live.

　　15.受當(dāng)代灌溉(技術(shù)設(shè)施)之賜，農(nóng)作物在原來(lái)只有仙人掌和蕎屬科植物才能生存的地方旺盛的生長(zhǎng)。

　　16. The development of mechanical timepieces spurred the search for more

　　accurate sundials with which to regulate them.

　　16.機(jī)械計(jì)時(shí)器的發(fā)展促使人們尋求更精確的日晷，以便校準(zhǔn)機(jī)械計(jì)時(shí)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.人類(lèi)學(xué)是一門(mén)科學(xué)，因?yàn)槿祟?lèi)學(xué)家采用一整套強(qiáng)有力的方法和技術(shù)來(lái)記錄觀測(cè)結(jié)果，而這樣記錄下來(lái)的觀測(cè)結(jié)果是供他人核查的。

　　18. Fungi are important in the process of decay, which returns ingredients to

　　the soil, enhances soil fertility, and decomposes animal debris.

　　18.真菌在腐化過(guò)程中十分重要，而腐化過(guò)程將化學(xué)物質(zhì)回饋于土壤，提高其肥力，并分解動(dòng)物糞便。

　　19. When it is struck, a tuning fork produces an almost pure tone, retaining

　　its pitch over a long period of time.

　　19.音叉被敲擊時(shí)，產(chǎn)生幾乎純質(zhì)的音調(diào)，其音量經(jīng)久不衰。

　　20. Although pecans are most plentiful in the southeastern part of the United

　　States, they are found as far north as Ohio and Illinois.

　　20.雖然美洲山河桃樹(shù)比較集中于美國(guó)的東南部但是在北至俄亥俄州及伊利諾州也能看見(jiàn)它們。