課前想一想
1. Do you know how to find the Mam-
moth tusks ?
2. How to use the word "remain"?
詞匯裝備庫
1. Siberian/saibir.i.an/(adj.)西伯利亞
的(n.)西伯利亞人
2.tundra/tandre/(n.)凍原帶寡壮,苔原帶
3.stretch/stret/(v.)伸長咽袜,拉伸沛简;展
開,鋪開搔预;延伸
4.glacier/'gleifer/(n.)冰川畜眨,冰河
5.Mammoth/'maeme/(n.)猛獨(象),
毛象(現(xiàn)已絕種)
6.tusk/tsk/(n.)(大象等動物的)長牙
7.scour/skauer/(v.)認(rèn)真搜索秉继,細(xì)查
The police are scouring the area for
the missing child.警方在這個地區(qū)四處
搜查文狱,尋找失蹤的孩子。
8.thaw//(v.)(使)融化掂为;(使)解凍裕膀;
關(guān)系緩和
9.ivory/aiveri/(n.)象牙,象牙制品勇哗;
象牙色
10.excavate/'ekskeveit/(v.)發(fā)掘昼扛,挖
出;開鑿欲诺,挖(洞)
詞句兵工廠
But finding them is like looking for a
needle in a haystack.
但是找到它們?nèi)缤蠛漆樢话恪?br>
Note:
1.needle/'ni:dl/(n.)指縫衣針抄谐;注射
針渺鹦,或者儀器上的指針
2.haystack/heistek/(n.)干草堆
looking for a needle in a haystack
草垛里尋針,指如大海撈針一般
With 500 channels on TV, finding
quality children's shows is like looking
for a needle in a haystack.
電視上有500個頻道蛹含,想找到優(yōu)質(zhì)兒童
節(jié)目就像在大海里撈針一樣毅厚。
Trying to find my contact lens on the
floor was like looking for a needle in a
haystack.
在地上找隱形眼鏡就像在大海里撈針
一樣。
* have got pins and needles 胳膊或者腿
因長時間保持一個姿勢而酸痛發(fā)麻
I've got pins and needles in my leg.
我的腿發(fā)麻了浦箱。
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The key to their search is a layer of
frozen subsoil known as permafrost.
他們搜尋的關(guān)鍵在于一層名為永久凍土層的冰凍底土吸耿。
Note:
1.the key to sth某事/物的關(guān)鍵
Working well as a team is the key to
success.
團隊合作良好是成功的關(guān)鍵。
This discovery holds the key to our
understanding of the universe.
這個發(fā)現(xiàn)對我們了解宇宙很關(guān)鍵憎茂。
*key作形容詞表示至關(guān)重要的,必不可少的锤岸,關(guān)鍵的
key factors/points/questions
關(guān)鍵的因素/論點/問題
2.frozen/frouzn/(adj.)結(jié)冰的竖幔,冰凍
的;冷藏的
frozen fish 冷凍的魚
frozen peas 冷凍豌豆
3.subsoil/sabsoil/(n.)底土是偷,心土(一
般位于土層表面50-60厘米以下的深度)
4.permafrost/'p3:rmefro:st/
(n.)永久凍土層
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Mammoth tusks come in three
grades, determined by how well-pre-
served the ivory is.
猛媽象象牙拳氢,根據(jù)保存的完整程度,被分為了三個等級蛋铆。
Note:
1.come in備有馋评,可提供
This particular sofa comes in four
different colors.
這種沙發(fā)有四種不同的顏色。
2.grade/greid/(n.)等級刺啦,品級留特,級別
the grade of tea茶葉的等級
3.determine/di't3:rmin/(v.)確定,決
定玛瘸;影響
Your health is determined in part by
what you eat.
在某種程度上你的健康狀況取決于你的飲食蜕青。
Eye color is genetically determined.
眼睛的顏色是由遺傳基因決定的。
determining factor 決定性因素
4.well-preserved/wel pri'z3:rvd/(adj.)
(尤指年代久遠(yuǎn)的東西)保存完好的糊渊,(上了年紀(jì)的人)保養(yǎng)得好的右核;不顯老的
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For some, it means developing new
skills to deal with very new problems.
While for others it means passing on
ancient skills to put food on the table.
對一些人來說,這意味著鍛煉應(yīng)對新問題的新技能渺绒;而對其他人則意味著把采獲食物的古老技能傳承下去贺喝。
Note:
1.deal with應(yīng)對,處理(相當(dāng)于handle)
deal with a problem/an issue/a matter
處理問題/事件
2.pass on轉(zhuǎn)交宗兼,傳承
*相近的表達(dá):pass sth down,常用于被動語態(tài)
These stories were passed down
from one generation to the next.
這些故事世代相傳躏鱼。
3. put food on the table 謀生,糊口殷绍,
維持生活
Millions of people struggled to find
jobs and put food on the table
千百萬人掙扎著尋找工作以求溫飽挠他。
People work to live better, to put
food on the table.
人們努力工作是為了過上更好的生活,維持家庭溫飽篡帕。
語法輕知識
The usage of remain
小詞大用之remain
Marker sentence:
And as mammoth remains are ofter
found in groups, he's confident they'l
find more here.
因為猛獨象遺散往往會被成群發(fā)現(xiàn)殖侵,所以他很有信心能在這里找到更多贸呢。
1.remain 作系動詞,表示繼續(xù)拢军,依然楞陷,保持。后面常跟形容詞或者名詞
remain silent 保持安靜
remain calm 保持冷靜
remain unanswered 依然沒有答案
remain a secret 仍是秘密
remain in force 在有效期中
The law should remain in force.
法律應(yīng)當(dāng)有效力茉唉。
2.remain作不及物動詞固蛾,表示留在,
停留
The refugees were allowed to
remain in the UK.難民獲準(zhǔn)留在英國度陆。
3.remain表示留下艾凯,剩存
Only a few hundred of these ani-
mals remain today.
現(xiàn)在這種動物只存留下來數(shù)百只。
4.remain to be done表示尚待做/處理
Several points remain to be settled.
有幾個問題尚待解決懂傀。
5.it remains to be seen 表示尚不確
定趾诗,說不準(zhǔn)
It remains to be seen whether you
are right.你是否正確還要等著瞧。
6.remains是remain的同根詞蹬蚁,作名詞
表示剩余物恃泪;殘留物;遺跡犀斋,遺址贝乎,遺體,遺以叽粹。
The remains of lunch were still or
the table.吃剩的午飯仍在桌子上览效。
實戰(zhàn)練兵場
(2014年11月CATTI三級筆譯實務(wù)真
題—英譯漢)
London cyclists swap horror stories
of dysfunctional cycle routes that
end without warning or maroon
them on the wrong side of the road,
though few can be more perilous
than a new lane on Bethnal Green
Road, which is blocked by a street-
light - anyone rash enough to use
the lane has to brake sharply to
avoid crashing into it.
重點解析:
swap交易,交換
swap horror stories互相交換一些恐怖
的經(jīng)歷
dysfunctional 失調(diào)的虫几,失常的
maroon做動詞表示困住
perilous危險的
Bethnal Green Road 貝斯納爾格林路
streetlight街燈朽肥,路燈
brake sharply急剎車
crash into sth 撞上...
參考范文:
在倫敦,騎自行車的人經(jīng)常聊起車道通行受阻引發(fā)的慘痛經(jīng)歷持钉,這些車道要么沒有警示標(biāo)志衡招,要么會把行人困在相反方向上。不過每强,最危險的路線之一還是在貝斯納爾格林路始腾,那兒竟然有路燈橫在路上,要避免撞到空执,非得緊急剎車不可浪箭。
文化加油站
Talk show 小貼士
1. And that's why we like them, they
are brave and fearless.
的確。這也是我喜歡他們的原因辨绊,他們勇敢又無畏奶栖。
fearless/firles/(adj.)無畏的;大膽的
2. It involves long, hard hours, pa-
tience and skills, added with an in-
creased risk of danger.
這需要很長時間的艱苦努力,也需要耐心和技巧宣鄙,還有很高的風(fēng)險袍镀。
3. By the way, I know that cowboy is
an iconic symbol of the American
West.
順便一提,我知道牛仔是美國西部的標(biāo)志性象征冻晤。
cowboy/'kaub?I/(n.)(尤指美國西部
的)牛仔苇羡,牧人
iconic/ai'ka:nik/(adj.)(尤指能代表某
種觀點或某一時代)非常出名的
symbol/'simbl/(n.)標(biāo)志,象征
4.Horses are the foremost valuable
item since they're terribly expensive
馬匹是最有價值的東西鼻弧,因為它們非常昂貴设江。
foremost/formoust/(adj.)最重要的;
最佳的攘轩;領(lǐng)先的
terribly/terebli/(adv.)很叉存,非常
主題打包盒
1.西伯利亞苔原是在最后一次的冰河時
代,由風(fēng)和冰川塑造而成的度帮。它覆蓋了俄羅斯北部地區(qū)上百萬平方英里的面積歼捏。住在莫斯科的安東,從小在苔原東部角落的雅庫特出生和長大够傍。每年夏天甫菠,他都會和同伴一起尋找一種被埋葬的寶物——猛獨象象牙挠铲,但由于這里非常廣闊冕屯,找尋象牙就像大海撈針。
2.安東和伙伴需要沿著永久凍土層尋找拂苹,在夏季安聘,凍土層會融化,象牙就會暴露出來瓢棒。在河岸邊浴韭,安東發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個相當(dāng)大的猛媽象象牙。由于河岸腐蝕脯宿,一些象牙可能會因此掉進河里念颈,安東采取了另一種方法尋找象牙——潛水。在三個小時的尋找未果后连霉,安東叫停了這項搜查榴芳。但在之后,他們在下流發(fā)現(xiàn)有一個象牙露出了水面跺撼。這顆象牙品相極好窟感。然而,他們的尋找仍在繼續(xù)歉井。