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.传说中的新东方老俞经典:50 个句子记完 4000 个英语单词1.Typical of the grassland dwellers of the continent is the American antelope, or pronghorn 1.美洲羚羊，或称叉角羚，是该大陆典型的草原动物。 1.grassland 草原,牧草地 dweller 居民,居住者 continent 大陆,洲 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 年看见哈雷慧星的千百万人当中，有多少人能够长寿到足以目睹它在二十一世纪的 回归呢？ 0d9b428283d049649b665897et 彗星 3.Anthropologists have discovered that fear, happiness, sadness, and surprise are universally reflected in facial expressions 3.人类学家们已经发现，恐惧，快乐，悲伤和惊奇都会行之于色，这在全人类是共通的。 3.anthropologist 人类学家 universal 宇宙的;全世界的;全体的 reflect 反射;照出 facial expression 面部表情 4.Because of its irritating effect on humans, the use of phenol as a general antiseptic has been largely discontinued 4.由于苯酚对人体带有刺激性作用，它基本上已不再被当作常用的防腐剂了。 4.irritate 刺激,使兴奋 phenol 苯酚 antiseptic 抗菌的,防腐的 discontinue 停止,中 断 5.In group to remain in existence, a profit-making organization must, in the long run, produce something consumers consider useful or desirable 5.任何盈利组织若要生存，最终都必须生产出消费者可用或需要的产品。 5.desirable 值得向往的;值得拥有的 6.The greater the population there is in a locality, the greater the need there is for water, transportation, and disposal of refuse 6.一个地方的人口越多，其对水，交通和垃圾处理的需求就会越大。 6.locality 地区;场所,现场 disposal 处理,处置 refuse 垃圾,废物;拒绝(v) 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.简明，直接，有力的写作难于花哨，含混而意义模糊的表达。 7.employ 应用,利用 flowery 华丽的,花哨的 vague 含糊的,不明确的 8.With modern offices becoming more mechanized, designers are attempting to personalize them with warmer, less severe interiors 8.随着现代办公室的日益自动化， 设计师们正试图利用较为温暖而不太严肃的内部装饰来使 其具有亲切感。
8.mechanize 使机械化
personalize 使人格化;使个性化
severe 严重的,严肃的
9.The difference between libel and slander is that libel is printed while slander is spoken 9.诽谤和流言的区别在于前者是书面的，而后者是口头的。 9.libel 诽谤;中伤 slander 造谣;诋毁 10.The knee is the joints where the thigh bone meets the large bone of the lower leg 10.膝盖是大腿骨和小腿胫的连接处。 10.thigh 大腿 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.酸是一种化合物，它在溶于水时具有强烈的气味和对金属的腐蚀性，并且能够使某些蓝 色植物染料变红。 0d9b428283d049649b665897pound 混合物;化合物 solution 溶解,溶化;解答;解决 corrosive 腐蚀的;侵蚀性 的 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 作为一个爵士布鲁斯乐杰出歌手的名声建立在能够赋予歌曲感情深度的 能力。 12.reputation 名誉,名声 rest on 依靠 emotional 感情(上)的;情绪的 13.Essentially, a theory is an abstract, symbolic representation of what is conceived to be reality 13.理论在本质上是对认识了的现实的一种抽象和符号化的表达。 13.essentially 本 质 上 地 ,实 质 上 地 abstract 抽 象 的 symbolic 象 征 的 , 象 征 性 的 conceive 表达;构想 14.Long before children are able to speak or understand a language, they communicate through facial expressions and by making noises 14.儿童在能说或能听懂语言之前，很久就会通过面部表情和靠发出噪声来与人交流了。 0d9b428283d049649b665897municate 传达;交流;传播 15.Thanks to modern irrigation, crops now grow abundantly in areas where once nothing but cacti and sagebrush could live 15.受当代灌溉(技术设施)之赐， 农作物在原来只有仙人掌和荞属科植物才能生存的地方旺盛 的生长。 15.irrigation 灌溉 abundantly 大量地,充足地 cacti 仙人掌 sagebrush 蒿属植物; 荞属科植物 16.The development of mechanical timepieces spurred the search for more accurate sundials with which to regulate them 16.机械计时器的发展促使人们寻求更精确的日晷，以便校准机械计时器。 16.mechanical 机械的,用机械的 timepiece 表,钟,计时器 spur 刺激,激励;鼓舞;促使
accurate 准确的;精确的
sundial 日晷;日规
regulate 管理;控制;调整
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.人类学是一门科学，因为人类学家采用一整套强有力的方法和技术来记录观测结果，而 这样记录下来的观测结果是供他人核查的。 17.anthropology 人 类 学 anthropologist 人 类 学 家 rigorous 严 格 的 ; 严 厉 的 observation 观测;观察 18.Fungi are important in the process of decay, which returns ingredients to the soil, enhances soil fertility, and decomposes animal debris 18.真菌在腐化过程中十分重要，而腐化过程将化学物质回馈于土壤，提高其肥力，并分解 动物粪便。 18.fungi 真菌(fungus 的复数) ingredient 组成部分;原料 decay 腐朽,腐烂 fertility 肥沃 decompose 分解,使腐烂 debris 残骸;破瓦残砾 19.When it is struck, a tuning fork produces an almost pure tone, retaining its pitch over a long period of time 1

9.音叉被敲击时，产生几乎纯质的音调，其音量经久不衰。 19.strike 打,击 tuning 调音,定弦 pitch 音高;强度 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.虽然美洲山河桃树最集中于美国的东南部但是在北至俄亥俄州及伊利诺州也能看见它们。 20.pecan 山胡桃 21.Eliminating problems by transferring the blame to others is often called scape-goating 21.用怪罪别人的办法来解决问题通常被称为寻找替罪羊。 21.eliminate 排除,消除 scapegoat 替罪羊;替人顶罪者 22.The chief foods eaten in any country depend largely on what grows best in its climate and soil 22.一个国家的主要食物是什么，大体取决于什么作物在其天气和土壤条件下生长得最好。 22.chief 最重要的,主要的 depend on 依靠,取决于 23.Over a very large number of trials, the probability of an event’s occurring is equal to the probability that it will not occur 23.在大量的实验中，某一事件发生的几率等于它不发生的几率。 23.probability 可能性;概率 24.Most substance contract when they freeze so that the density of a substance’s solid is higher than the density of its liquid 24.大多数物质遇冷收缩，所以他们的密度在固态时高于液态。 24.substance 物质;实质;本质 contract 使缩短;订约 density 密度
25.The mechanism by which brain cells store memories is not clearly understood 25.大脑细胞储存记忆的机理并不为人明白。 25.mechanism 机制,原理 26.By the middle of the twentieth century, painters and sculptors in the United States had begun to exert a great worldwide influence over art 26.到了二十一世纪中叶，美国画家和雕塑家开始在世界范围内对艺术产生重大影响。 26.sculptor 雕刻家 exert 运用,发挥;施以影响 influence 影响,作用 27.In the eastern part of New Jersey lies the city of Elizabeth, a major shipping and manufacturing center 27.伊丽莎白市，一个重要的航运和制造业中心，坐落于新泽西州的东部。 27.shipping and manufacturing center 航运和制造业中心 28.Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman medical doctor in the United States, founded the New York Infirmary, an institution that has always had a completely female medical staff 28.Elizabeth Blackwell，美国第一个女医生，创建了员工一直为女性纽约诊所。 28.infirmary 医务室 institution 机关,机构 29.Alexander Graham Bell once told his family that he would rather be remembered as a teacher of the deaf than as the inventor of the telephoneAlexander Graham Bell 29.曾告诉家人，他更愿意让后人记住他是聋子的老师，而非电话的发明者。 29.deaf 聋的;聋子 30.Because its leaves remain green long after being picked, rosemary became associated with the idea of remembrance 30.采摘下的迷迭香树叶常绿不衰，因此人

们把迷迭香树与怀念联系在一起。 30.rosemary 迷迭香 associate 联想,把...联想在一起 31.Although apparently rigid, bones exhibit a degree of elasticity that enables the skeleton to withstand considerable impact 31.骨头看起来是脆硬的，但它也有一定的弹性，使得骨骼能够承受相当的打击。 31.rigid 坚硬的;坚固的 elasticity 弹性;弹力 skeleton 骨骼;骸骨 withstand 抵挡, 反抗;禁得起 considerable 相当大的;相当多的 32.That xenon could not FORM chemical compounds was once believed by scientists 32.科学家曾相信：氙气是不能形成化合物的。 32.xenon 氙气 compound 混合物;化合物 33.Research into the dynamics of storms is directed toward improving the ability to predict these events and thus to minimize damage and avoid loss of life 33.对风暴动力学的研究是为了提高风暴预测从而减少损失，避免人员伤亡。 33.dynamics 力学;动力学 predict 预言;预料;预报 minimize 使减到最少,使缩到最小
34.The elimination of inflation would ensure that the amount of money used in repaying a loan would have the same value as the amount of money borrowed 34.消除通货膨胀应确保还贷的钱应与所贷款的价值相同。 34.inflation 通货膨胀 elimination 排除;消除,根除 repay 偿还;还钱给 贷款 loan 借出;
35.Futurism, an early twentieth-century movement in art, rejected all traditions and attempted to glorify contemporary life by emphasizing the machine and motion 35.未来主义，二十世纪早期的一个艺术思潮。拒绝一切传统，试图通过强调机械和动态来 美化生活。 35.futurism 未来派,未来主义 reject 拒绝,抵制 glorify 赞美,美化 contemporary 当代的 machine and motion 机械和动态 36.One of the wildest and most inaccessible parts of the United States is the Everglades where wildlife is abundant and largely protected 36.Everglades 是美国境内最为荒凉和人迹罕至的地区之一，此处有大量的野生动植物而且 大多受(法律)保护。 36.inaccessible 达不到的;难进入的 abundant 大量的;充足的 37.Lucretia Mott’s influence was so significant that she has been credited by some authorities as the originator of feminism in the United States 37.Lucretia Mott’s 的影响巨大，所以一些权威部门认定她为美国女权运动的创始人。 37.significant 有意义的;意义(或意味)深长的 credit 把...归于,认为...有 originator 创 始人;创作者;发起人 feminism 女权运动,女性主义 38.The activities of the international marketing researcher are frequently much broader than those of the domestic marketer 38.国际市场研究者的活动范围常常较国内市场研究者广阔。 38.domestic 国内的 frequently 频繁地,屡次地 39.The continental pide refers to an imaginary line in the North American Rockies that pides the waters flowing into the Atlantic Ocean from those flowing into the Pacific 3

9.大陆分水岭是指北美洛矶山脉上的一道想象线，该线把大西洋流域和太平洋流域区分开 来。 39.continental 洲的;大陆的 imaginary 想像中的;虚构的 40.Studies of the gravity field of the Earth indicate that its crust and mantle yield when unusual weight is placed on them 40.对地球引力的研究表明，在不寻常的负荷之下地壳和地幔会发生位移。 40.gravity 重力;引力 indicate 指示;指出;表明 crust 地壳;硬外皮 mantle 地幔;覆 盖物;罩 yield 位移;屈服,投降 41.The annual worth of Utah’s manufacturing is greater than that of its mining and farming combined
41.尤它州制造业的年产值大于其矿业和农业的总和。 41.mining 采矿;矿业 farming 农业 manufacturing 制造业,工业 42.The wallflower is so called because its weak stems often grow on walls and along stony cliffs for support 42.墙花之所以叫墙花，是因为其脆弱的枝干经常要靠墙壁或顺石崖生长，以便有所依附。 42.wallflower 壁花,墙花 stem 茎,(树)干,(叶)柄 stony cliff 石崖 43.It is the interaction between people, rather than the events that occur in their lives, that is the main focus of social psychology 43.社会心理学的主要焦点是人与人之间的交往，而不是他们各自生活中的事件。 43.interaction 互相影响,互动 psychology 心理学 44.No social crusade aroused Elizabeth Williams’ enthusiasm more than the expansion of educational facilities for immigrants to the United States 44.给美国的新移民增加教育设施比任何社会运动都更多的激发了 Elizabeth Williams 的热情。 44.crusade 十 字 军 ; 圣 战 ; 运 动 enthusiasm 热 心 , 热 情 facility 设 备 , 设 施 immigrant 移民,侨民 45.Quails typically have short rounded wings that enable them to spring into full flight instantly when disturbed in their hiding places 45.典型的鹌鹑都长有短而圆的翅膀， 凭此他们可以在受惊时一跃而起， 飞离它们的躲藏地。 45.quail 鹌鹑 spring 跳,跃 flight 飞翔,飞行 instantly 立即,马上 disturb 妨碍, 打扰 46.According to anthropologists, the earliest ancestors of humans that stood upright resembled chimpanzees facially, with sloping foreheads and protruding brows 46.根据人类学家的说法，直立行走的人的鼻祖面部轮廓与黑猩猩相似，额头后倾，眉毛突 出。 46.anthropologist 人类学家 ancestor 祖宗,祖先 resemble 像,类似 chimpanzee 黑猩猩 sloping 倾斜的;有坡度的 protruding 突出的,突起的 47.Not until 1866 was the fully successful transatlantic cable finally laid 47.直到 1866 年第一条横跨大西洋的电缆才完全成功的架通。 47.transatlantic 横跨大西洋的 48.In his writing, John Crowe Ransom describes what he considers the spiritual barrenness of society brought about by science and technology 48.John Crowe Ransom 在他的著作中描述了他认为是由科学技术给社会带来

的精神贫困。 48.spiritual 精神(上)的,心灵的 barrenness 不毛,荒芜;贫困 49.Children with parents whose guidance is firm, consistent, and rational are inclined to possess high levels of self-confidence 49.父母的教导如果坚定，始终如一和理性，孩子就有可能充满自信。
49.firm 坚定的,坚决的;稳固的 consistent 始终如一的,前后一致的 有理性的 incline(使)倾向;赞同
rational 理性的,
50.The ancient Hopewell people of North America probably cultivated corn and other crops, but hunting and gathering were still of critical importance in their economy 50.北美远古的 Hopewell 人很可能种植了玉米和其他农作物，但打猎和采集对他们的经济贸 易仍是至关重要的。 50.ancient 古代的 cultivate 耕种,耕作 corn 玉米 critical 紧要的,关键性的
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