1. Eliminating problems by transferring the blame to others is often called scape-goating.
6 s/ }( a6 Y: F6 Q2 e 用怪罪别人的办法来解决问题通常被称为寻找替罪羊。, q( v$ Z0 o1 d3 z( P1 m& @
2. The chief foods eaten in any country depend largely on what grows best in its climate and soil.
' U/ c% e6 r8 A: u) S4 o& w 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。
: B1 h/ ^* ]: L' C 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.
0 K f% f# o+ z- O 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。% ]2 l: c" ^. n! I7 f5 N
4. Most substance contract when they freeze so that the density of a substance's solid is higher than the density of its liquid.
0 u* ^5 Y% J6 P! U 大多数物质遇冷收缩,所以他们的密度在固态时高于液态。
- m! M# U9 O$ { 5. The mechanism by which brain cells store memories is not clearly understood.
$ u1 w9 W" _1 v! g4 ^; U; { 大脑细胞储存记忆的机理并不为人明白。
& {, g4 _, G! S" h2 a5 J4 z 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.
- G& f+ l: M# N, {! T 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。
' V) v7 i y/ d3 t& B5 ^ 7. In the eastern part of New Jersey lies the city of Elizabeth, a major shipping and manufacturing center.
5 e, B; a6 D8 p) E t 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。
. U5 I! G# \+ u/ w6 h: b 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. S, j) `6 E* g$ F6 ?# z- @
Elizabeth Blackwell,美国第一个女医生,创建了员工一直为女性纽约诊所。! A( t4 x# h: Z/ k4 a* G; _
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.3 a+ M q) [/ E8 f! r8 {8 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。- m x; i7 `& j
10. Because its leaves remain green long after being picked, rosemary became as sociated with the idea of remembrance.
$ {# c' q4 A; F; Y: U 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。 |