2011-11-03 所屬欄目:新概念英語第四冊自學導讀

16-6. This caused the construction of gigantic buildings where too large masses of human beings are crowded together.
【譯文】這就促使建設高樓大廈，里面眾多的人擠地一起。
【講解】where too large ma

2011-11-03 所屬欄目:新概念英語第四冊自學導讀

Lesson 16 The modern city
第十六課現代城市
by ALEXIS CARREL
from Man, the Unknown
16-1. In the organization of industrial life the influence of the factory upon the physiological and mental stat

2011-11-03 所屬欄目:新概念英語第四冊自學導讀

Lesson 15 Secrecy in industry
第十五課工業中的秘密
by J.D. BERNAL
from The Social Function of Science
15-1. Two factors weigh heavily against the effectiveness of scientific research in industry.

2011-11-03 所屬欄目:新概念英語第四冊自學導讀

15-6. Yet a great many processes depending on such research are sought for with complete secrecy until the stage at which patents can be taken out.
【譯文】然而，依賴這種研究的很多程序是在完全保密情

2011-11-02 所屬欄目:新概念英語第四冊自學導讀

14-7. Suppose every sensor gives perfectly accurate readings of temperature, pressure, humidity, and any other quantity a meteorologist would want.
【譯文】再假定每個傳感器都絲毫不差地讀出了溫度、氣

2011-11-02 所屬欄目:新概念英語第四冊自學導讀

Lesson 14 The Butterfly Effect
第十四課蝴蝶效應
by JAMES GLEICK
from Chaos
14-1. Beyond two or three days, the world's best weather forecasts are speculative, and beyond six or seven they are wor

2011-11-02 所屬欄目:新概念英語第四冊自學導讀

Lesson 13 The search for oil
第十三課探尋石油
by T. F. GASKELL
from The Search for the Earth's Minerals from Discovery
13-1. The deepest holes of all are made for oil, and they go down to as much

2011-11-02 所屬欄目:新概念英語第四冊自學導讀

Lesson 12 Banks and their customers
第十二課銀行和顧客
by GORDON BARRIE and AUBREY L. DLAMOND
from The Consumer Society and the Law
12-1. When anyone opens a current account at a bank, he is le

2011-11-01 所屬欄目:新概念英語第四冊自學導讀

10-7. Already, orientals and Asian Americans constitute the majority of the engineering staffs at many Valley firms.
【譯文】硅谷許多公司的工程技術人員大多是東方人和亞裔美國人。
【單詞和短語】
con

2011-11-01 所屬欄目:新概念英語第四冊自學導讀

Lesson 11 How to grow old
第十一課論老之將至
by BERTRAND RUSSELL
from Portraits from Memory
11-1. Some old people are oppressed by the fear of death.
【譯文】 有些老人因恐懼死亡而苦惱。
【單詞和

2011-11-01 所屬欄目:新概念英語第四冊自學導讀

Lesson 10 Silicon valley
第十課硅谷
from US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT, October 2,1989
10-1. Technology trends may push Silicon Valley back to the future.
【譯文】技術的發展趨勢有可能把硅谷重新推向未來

2011-11-01 所屬欄目:新概念英語第四冊自學導讀

9-13. So, faced with the Danish advance, Alfred did not risk open battle but harried the enemy.
【譯文】因此，面對丹麥人的進攻，阿爾弗雷德沒有貿然同敵人正面開戰，而是采用騷擾敵人。
【講解】faced wi

2011-10-31 所屬欄目:新概念英語第四冊自學導讀

Lesson 9 Royal espionage
第九課王室諜報活動
by BERNARD NEWMAN
from Spies in Britain
9-1. Alfred the Great acted as his own spy, visiting Danish camps disguised as a minstrel.
【譯文】阿爾弗雷德大

2011-10-31 所屬欄目:新概念英語第四冊自學導讀

9-7. He noticed at once that discipline was slack: the Danes had the self-confidence of conquerors, and their security precautions were casual.
【譯文】他立刻發現丹麥侵略軍紀律松懈：丹麥人以征服者自

2011-10-31 所屬欄目:新概念英語第四冊自學導讀

8-8. Politicians agree, in principle, so America and the EU have been trying to reach a deal which would eliminate the need to double-test many products.
【譯文】政治家們原則上同意了，因此，美國和歐

2011-10-31 所屬欄目:新概念英語第四冊自學導讀

Lesson 8 Trading standards
第八課貿易標準
from The Economist, May 24th, 1997
8-1. Chickens slaughtered in the United States, claim officials in Brussels, are not fit to grace European tables.

2011-10-30 所屬欄目:新概念英語第四冊自學導讀

7-6. So was born the echo-sounding apparatus, now in general use in ships.
【譯文】目前船舶上普遍應用的回聲探測儀就是這樣產生的。
【講解】該句是倒裝句。自然語序是The echo-sounding apparatus, now in

2011-10-30 所屬欄目:新概念英語第四冊自學導讀

Lesson 7 Bats
第七課蝙蝠
by MAURICE BURTON
from Curiosities of animal life
7-1. Not all sounds made by animals serve as language, and we have only to turn to that extraordinary discovery of echo-l

2011-10-30 所屬欄目:新概念英語第四冊自學導讀

6-5. On the village green, where you pick up sides and no feeling of local patriotism is involved, it is possible to play simply for the fun and exercise: but as soon as a the question of prestige ari

2011-10-30 所屬欄目:新概念英語第四冊自學導讀

Lesson 6 The sporting spirit
第六課體育精神
by GEORGE ORWELL
from The sporting spirit
6-1. I am always amazed when I hear people saying that sport creates goodwill between the nations, and that if

2011-10-29 所屬欄目:新概念英語第四冊自學導讀

5-8. They have an air of freedom, and they have not a dreary commitment to mean ambitions or love of comfort.
【譯文】他們無拘無束，不枯燥地沉湎于卑鄙的名利和物質享受。
【單詞和短語】
dreary：枯燥

2011-10-29 所屬欄目:新概念英語第四冊自學導讀

Lesson 5 Youth
第五課青年
by FIELDEN HUGHES
from Out of the Air, The Listener
5-1. People are always talking about 'the problem of youth'.
【譯文】人們總是在談論“青年問題”。
5-2. If there i

2011-10-29 所屬欄目:新概念英語第四冊自學導讀

4-6. Vera's curious talent was brought to the notice of a scientific research institute in the town of Ulyanovsk, near where she lives, and in April she was given a series of tests by a special commi

2011-10-29 所屬欄目:新概念英語第四冊自學導讀

Lesson 4 Seeing hands
第四課 能看東西的手
by ERIC DE MAUNY
from The Listener
4-1. Several cases have been reported in Russia recently of people who can read and detect colours with their fingers

2011-10-28 所屬欄目:新概念英語第四冊自學導讀

3-8. Such inns as there were were generally dirty and flea-ridden; the food simply local cheese accompanied by bread often twelve months old, all washed down with coarse wine.
【譯文】當地的那些小旅