谁能帮我翻译英文（见补充说明）?It took only fifty-eight years, however, to go four times that fast, so that by 1938 men in airplanes were traveling at better than 400mph. It took a mere twenty-year flick of time to double the limit again. And by the 1960’s rocket planes approached speeds of 4000mph, and men in space capsules were circling the earth at 18,000mph.Whether we examine distances traveled, altitudes reached, or minerals mined, the same accelerative trend is obvious. The pattern, here and in a thousand other statistical series, is absolutely clear and unmistakable. Thousands of years go by, and then, in our own times, a sudden bursting of the limits, a fantastic spurt forward.

Read Para. 8 of Text A and underline the sentence(s) with statistics. Identify whether the statistics are used for description or prediction, and what types of statistics are presented.He kept on working to make rice better: salt-tolerant to grow by the coast, crossbred with corn to be more nutritious, enriched with vitamin A to improve people's eyesight. His mind was filled with the thought that if just half of the rice fields in the world werented with his hybrid rice, an increase in yield of two tons per hectare would feed 0-500 million more people every year. And he still talked of plants taller than a man.

七、 挑战极限原则 既然十挑战极限,必然是比较难的,但是并非不可攀!原理:在学生的文章中,很少发现诸如独立主格的句子,其实也很简单,只要花上5分钟的时间看看就可以领会,它就是分词的一种特殊形式,分词要求主语一致,而独立主格则不然。比如: The weather being fine, a large number of people went to climb the Western Hills. Africa is the second largest continent, its size being about three times that of China. 如果您可一些出这样的句子,不得高分才怪!2009年12月英语六级考试翻译指导及练习 第1讲1) 分句法 把原文中一个单词或短语译成句子,使原文的一个句子分译成两个或两个以上的句子。或干脆把原文的一个句子拆开,译成两个或两个以上的句子。 例1 八月中旬,修理组人员在骄阳下工作。 译文: It was in mid-August,and the repair section operated under the blazing sun.(一个单句拆分成了一个并列复合句) 例2 他为人单纯而坦率。 译文: He was very clean.His mind was open. (一个单句拆分成两个简单句了) 例3 The mother might have spoken with understandable pride of her child. 译文: 母亲谈到她的孩子时,也许有自豪感,这是可以理解的。(形容词被拆开) 例4 I wrote four books in the first three years ,a record never touched before. 译文: 我头三年写了四本书,打破了以往的记录。(名词短语拆开) 2)合句法 把原文中两个或以上的简单句,主从复合句或并列复合句等译成一个单句。 例5 她已试了好几次,要帮他们另找一所出租的房子,结果并未成功。 译文:She had made several attempts to help them find other rental quarters without success.(多个简单句合成一个单句) 例6 他们有遵守交通规则,机器出了故障。 译文:His failure to observe the safety regulations resulted in an accident to the machinery.(并列复合句合成一个单句) 例7 When we praise the Chinese leadership and the people, we are not merely being polite. 译文:我们对中国领导人和中国人民的赞扬不仅仅是出于礼貌。(主从复合句合成一个单句) 翻译练习 1._______________ (通过体育锻炼),we can always stay healthy. 2.According to the scientific research , _____________ (听音乐能使我们放松).Is this really true? 3.______________ (我们绝对不能)ignore the value of knowledge. 4.As is known to all, ______________ (假冒伪劣商品)harm the interests of consumers. 5.Faced with failure,some people can stand up to it, _____________ (从失败中汲取教训)and try hard to fulfill what they are determined to do.

He would rather ______ his life than see damage done to state property.A. scanB. scareC. sacrificeD. satisfy

B Imagine you are ill. Write a sick note to your college lecturer. The following expressions may help you.Useful languageExplaining the problem• I feel really feverish / dizzy.• I have a terrible headache /stomachache.• The doctor diagnosedinfluenza / a virus / a chestinfection.Saying how much time off isrequired• I'm afraid I won't be able tocome into classes for threedays.• I'm really sorry I won't be ableto come into classes today.Additional information• I will catch up with any workI've missed on my return /later in the week.• Please find the attacheddoctor's note for yourreference.

1 When my teacher asked me to write about someone I admire, I chose my great aunt. ____,she's the kindest person I've ever known.2 People's tastes have always changed and, ____,they are changing more quickly these days than they used to.3 Is it likely that we're not alone in the universe? And if ____ life is out there. why haven't they contacted us yet?4 We love having our grandchildren visit, but the trouble is that they always leave such a(n) ____ for us to clean up afterwards.5 The letter urges that customers should treat with great ____ any email appearing to come from their bank.6 My grandfather was born in Shanghai ____ and moved with his family to Britain in the early 1920s.7 The ____ of high levels of carbon monoxide (一氧化碳) in the blood of a victim found at the scene of a fire is proof that the victim died after the fire started.8 It's the strongest ____ ever produced. It can stand very high temperatures and is machine washable.9 Often there's no clear evidence to be found, and you just have to base your judgment on ____.10 I strongly ____ the benefits of traditional Chinese medicine herbs.11 Rather than an overseas vacation, we planned an inexpensive weekend trip to celebrate our wedding ____.12 You can't know if you've got a(n) ____ for the piano if you never try to play it. The same is true of drawing, cooking and singing, etc.13 More than two-thirds of Americans ____ of tax reduction according to a Gallup poll (盖洛普民意调查) published recently.14 These investment programs aim to create employment and thus lay a ____ for sustained economic growth.

作状语现在分词和过去分词在句中可以作时间、原因、方式、伴随、条件、结果等状语。Not receiving any letter from him, I gave him a call.As I didn’t receive any letter from him, I gave him a call.Given more attention, the trees could have grown better.If more attention was given, the trees could have grown better.(条件)Walking along the street, I ran across my old friend.Bitten by a snake, he was taken to hospital(原因).Though defeated, he didn’t lose heart.(让步)He lay on the grass, looking into the sky.(伴随)He came running to tell me the good news.(方式)______ some officials, Napoleon inspected his army.A. Followed B. Followed by C. Being followed D. Having been followed

A Mess on the Ladder of Success A) Throughout American history there has almost always been at least one central economic narrative that gave the ambitious or unsatisfied reason to pack up and seek their fortune elsewhere. For the first 300 or so years of European settlement, the story was about moving outward: getting immigrants to the continent and then to the frontier to clear the prairies(大草原), drain the wetlands and build new cities. B) By the end of the 19th century, as the frontier vanished, the US had a mild panic attack. What would this energetic, enterprising country be without new lands to conquer Some people, such as Teddy Roosevelt, decided to keep on conquering (Cuba, the Philippines, etc.), but eventually, in industrialization, the US found a new narrative of economic mobility at home. From the 1890s to the 1960s, people moved from farm to city, first in the North and then in the South. In fact, by the 1950s, there was enough prosperity and white-collar work that many began to move to the suburbs. As the population aged, there was also a shift from the cold Rust Belt to the comforts of the Sun Belt. We think of this as an old person’s migration, but it created many jobs for the young in construction and health care, not to mention tourism, retail and restaurants. C) For the last 20 years from the end of the cold war through two burst bubbles in a single decade-the US has been casting about for its next economic narrative. And now it is experiencing another period of panic, which is bad news for much of the workforce but particularly for its youngest members. D) The US has always been a remarkably mobile country, but new data from the Census Bureau indicate that mobility has reached its lowest level in recorded history. Sure, some people are stuck in homes valued at less than their mortgages(抵押贷款), but many young people-who don’t own homes and don’t yet have families-are staying put, too. This suggests, among other things, that people aren’t packing up for new economic opportunities the way they used to. Rather than dividing the country into the 1 percenters versus(与......相对) everyone else, the split in our economy is really between two other classes: the mobile and immobile. E) Part of the problem is that the country’s largest industries are in decline. In the past, it was perfectly clear where young people should go for work (Chicago in the 1870s, Detroit in the 1910s, Houston in the 1970s) and, more or less, what they’d be doing when they got there (killing cattle, building cars, selling oil). And these industries were large enough to offer jobs to each class of worker, from unskilled laborer to manager or engineer. Today, the few bright spots in our economy are relatively small (though some promise future growth) and decentralized. There are great jobs in Silicon Valley, in the biotech research capitals of Boston and Raleigh-Durham and in advanced manufacturing plants along the southern z-85 corridor. These companies recruit all over the country and the globe for workers with specific abilities. (You don’t need to be the next Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook. to get a job in one of the microhubs(微中心), by the way. But you will almost certainly need at least a B. A. in computer science or a year or two at a technical school.) This newer, select job market is national, and it offers members of the mobile class competitive salaries and higher bargaining power. F) Many members of the immobile class, on the other hand, live in the America of the gloomy headlines. If you have no specialized skills, there’s little reason to uproot to another state and be the last in line for a low-paying job at a new auto plant or a green-energy startup. The surprise in the census(普查) data, however, is that the immobile workforce is not limited to unskilled workers. In fact, many have a college degree. G) Until now, a B. A. in any subject was a near-guarantee of at least middle-class wages. But today, a quarter of college graduates make less than the typical worker without a bachelor’s degree. David Autor, a prominent labor economist at M.I.T., recently told me that a college degree alone is no longer a guarantor of a good job. While graduates from top universities are still likely to get a good job no matter what their major is, he said, graduates from less-famous schools are going to be judged on what they know. To compete for jobs on a national level, they should be armed with the skills that emerging industries need, whether technical or not. H) Those without such specialized skills-like poetry, or even history, majors-are already competing with their neighbors for the same sorts of second-rate, poorer-paying local jobs like low-level management or big-box retail sales. And with the low-skilled labor market atomized into thousands of microeconomics, immobile workers are less able to demand better wages or conditions or to acquire valuable skills. I) So what, exactly, should the ambitious young worker of today be learning Unfortunately, it’s hard to say, since the US doesn’t have one clear national project. There are plenty of emerging, smaller industries, but which ones are the most promising (Nanotechnology’s(纳米技术) moment of remarkable growth seems to have been 5 years into the future for something like 20 years now.) It’s not clear exactly what skills are most needed or if they will even be valuable in a decade. J) What is clear is that all sorts of government issues--education. health-insurance portability, worker retraining-are no longer just bonuses to already prosperous lives but existential requirements. It’s in all of our interests to make sure that as many people as possible are able to move toward opportunity, and America’s ability to invest people and money in exciting new ideas is still greater than that of most other wealthy countries. (As recently as five years ago, US migration was twice the rate of European Union states.) That, at least, is some comfort at a time when our national economy seems to be searching for its next story line.Computer or other technical skills are needed to get a well-paying job in high-tech or advanced manufacturing.

Directions: Complete each sentence with the correct form of the word given in brackets.1. When Sam realized he'd hurt his mother's feelings, he was extremely _______ (apologize).2. I've applied to study there, but I haven't yet received _______ (confirm) that I've been accepted onto the course.3. We got into the car and _______ (fasten) our seat belts, prepared for the long journey ahead.4. When I asked her what the matter was, she looked _______ (irritate) and said nothing.5. This is a hiking trip, not a city break! You really only need to pack the _______ (essential).

Part I Writing (多题多卷写作题2) (30 minutes)Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay. You should start your essay with a brief description of the picture and then express your views on the importance of reading literature. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.LITERATURE-|||-7-|||-Book -=-|||-Just think of it as if you`re reading-|||-a long text-message.The Importance of Reading LiteratureLiterature is acknowledged as the most precious product of human civilization and wisdom, especially by our teachers. So they always ask their students to read as many as literary works.________, a teacher gives a literary work to her student,________:“Just think of it as if you’rereading a long text-message.”It is of great significance for us to appreciate literature due to the following reasons.________, a good literature can get you to know a life experience through the eyes of someone other than yourself. The more experience you gain, the more knowledgeable you are.________a good literature allows you to learn about history in a personalized way. The stories told in the works can act as mirrors and help you adjust your own behaviors.________a good literature is an effective way for relaxation. The beautiful and moving scenes shown in the literature are helpful for one’s mental health.________, literature is indispensable in our life. We, students, should catch our time to read more literatures.2013年12月大学英语四级考试真题The Impact of the Internet on the Way People CommunicateInternet does exert such a profound effect on our life that it revolutionizes the way of people’s living and thinking.________，________two parents sitting in the front of computer，________are chatting with their child on the internet. What a meaningful picture!________,the electronic contact cannot replace face to face communication owing to the following factors.________, over-reliance on electronic contact will damage the interpersonal relationship, for the cold machine never replaces a warm-hearted greeting face to face.________, the aged parents would like their only son who works far away home to come back home more often rather than to talk with him on the internet occasionally.________________________, face to face communication is preferable because it is beneficial to build a harmonious society, for it attaches more importance on human affection and feelings instead of convenience and speed.________After all, Internet is invented to connect you and me, and to bring conveniences to our life rather than set a barrier to keep people beyond reach. If we want to keep our interpersonal relationship more effectively, we should spend more time with them face to face in real life. Only in this way can we not only make full use of the communication tool on the net but also make our relationship tighter.________________________________Directions: Suppose a foreign friend of yours is going to visit your hometown/your campus/China（多题多卷的三个不同）, what is the most interesting place you would like to take him/her to see and why?范文：The most interesting placeDear Pacival,I am thrilled to know that you are going to visit my hometown and I can’t wait see you again. I miss everything that happened when I was in your city, and your parents and you were so kind to me that I will try my best this time to make your stay an enjoyable and memorable one.My home town，Changsha, is the capital of Hunan province and best known as the star city for its well developed entertainment industry and tourism. There are numerous places and attractions worth recommending, and Yuelu Mountain is the first one that I’d like to introduce to you. Firstly, in the foot ofYueluMountainis the prominentYueluAcademy. It has an exceedingly long history and its architecture is characteristic of Song Dynasty. Then, after a half hour, we will reach theBirdForest. There are various rare birds there, and they can sing, perform, and interact with us. After about an hour, we will arrive at the peak, Baiyun Summit. The scenery there is spectacular and we can have a wonderful panorama of the whole city.I bet you must be very excited about all these activities, and theYueluMountainis waiting for us to explore. All you need to do is pack up and go, and I assure you that this trip will be a great fun.Should you have any question and suggestion, please let me know.I am looking forward to your arrival.Yours sincerely,Romeo第一篇：The First Place I Will Show in My Hometown—the Central AvenueMy hometown isHarbin.________________, if they come to my hometown. The reasons for this can be illustrated as below.________, as the symbol ofHarbin, theCentral Avenuenot only has a long history, but also a famous food palace. There are a variety of delicious foods for you to choose. Just take the ice-cream brick of Ma Dieer as an example. Many of tourists to theCentral Avenuesing their praises for the ice-cream brick of Ma Dieer.________, the brilliant historic culture of the Central Avenue can widen people’s vision and enhance their knowledge, which lays a solid foundation for the understanding of this fabulous city—Harbin.