21. Eliminating problems by transferring the blame to others is often called scape-goating.
; R9 m# x: L" x, \) f) B 用怪罪别人的办法来解决问题通常被称为寻找替罪羊。
& M$ G8 U8 z/ `/ W+ t. U 22. The chief foods eaten in any country depend largely on what grows best in its climate and soil.
6 J0 f- U( c' x1 o; U; q ?$ ^ .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。! h7 Z8 D% [2 M2 [/ m
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.
+ Y2 l8 k& O7 M# O$ z9 t! t 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。
g0 B8 f, _- g% l 24. Most substance contract when they freeze so that the density of a substance's solid is higher than the density of its liquid./ u' K H; N; c, p; S
大多数物质遇冷收缩,所以他们的密度在固态时高于液态。* @6 z) X+ |1 R" p0 P7 v# {
25. The mechanism by which brain cells store memories is not clearly understood.
2 C% r+ L1 u1 y- F5 \1 n' } 大脑细胞储存记忆的机理并不为人明白。
7 W0 X2 `/ l8 f 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.- D( `& }9 C2 c! K0 j
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。
z. D6 r0 K# K( V 27. In the eastern part of New Jersey lies the city of Elizabeth, a major shipping and manufacturing center.
* |- d8 D& S& }" H3 ^, q& x 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.5 E+ r: d6 I: ?( w* O
Elizabeth Blackwell,美国第一个女医生,创建了员工一直为女性纽约诊所。3 _4 t9 t2 z N# f
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 telephone. a2 k6 M$ Z L7 {
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。
9 B5 c0 f" v; c" o 30. Because its leaves remain green long after being picked, rosemary became as sociated with the idea of remembrance.
+ n6 d& K3 z/ Y9 O 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。
4 E$ h) t* _ n" v 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。 |