1. Eliminating problems by transferring the blame to others is often called scape-goating.
, B4 Y2 m- A, q& w 用怪罪别人的办法来解决问题通常被称为寻找替罪羊。
& c# q" m: J% @1 R 2. The chief foods eaten in any country depend largely on what grows best in its climate and soil.
; _$ ?9 w9 O/ \; |' e. f 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。6 `: P* c3 ?, W. b$ b2 Y
3. Over a very large number of trials, the probability of an event's occurring is equal to the probability that it will not occur.
; [' H: y! h; A 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。
. V7 V3 F/ Y* q; D9 ^( o s 4. Most substance contract when they freeze so that the density of a substance's solid is higher than the density of its liquid.% q+ m' W# g4 {: R" g
大多数物质遇冷收缩,所以他们的密度在固态时高于液态。
8 l' K2 E- Q4 F 5. The mechanism by which brain cells store memories is not clearly understood.
- l3 Z4 C, v1 G0 S6 w4 o% j 大脑细胞储存记忆的机理并不为人明白。
2 r+ w$ A' l7 ^1 P) S: g6 k 6. By the middle of the twentieth century, painters and sculptors in the United States had begun to exert a great worldwide influence over art.5 X8 N3 b; _6 u% z" @" G R
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。% r. h) m* ]! ^% ^
7. In the eastern part of New Jersey lies the city of Elizabeth, a major shipping and manufacturing center.& r- p( Q0 H5 K$ U; n9 K. A
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。0 J8 X0 F$ a$ B: U' \& E2 W: f( R
8. 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.
$ @" m& k* C* n7 w+ E$ [3 C Elizabeth Blackwell,美国第一个女医生,创建了员工一直为女性纽约诊所。/ N4 D [1 f, Q7 [0 y8 a, A+ D
9. 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 telephone.7 g# ]: o9 c$ J$ H
Alexander Graham Bell 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。
4 N- o* A. `: U+ P V- V% Y 10. Because its leaves remain green long after being picked, rosemary became as sociated with the idea of remembrance.
" w+ g p6 s6 A7 I' Z 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。 |