1. Eliminating problems by transferring the blame to others is often called scape-goating.
2 U% G" ~0 l6 F1 S; R. C1 [ 用怪罪别人的办法来解决问题通常被称为寻找替罪羊。
! P) H8 x6 e* D: K8 U 2. The chief foods eaten in any country depend largely on what grows best in its climate and soil.
( b" z3 H6 K; j 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。
- A' Q5 y. C! \; 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.3 d/ F0 l4 x8 ~; K: D
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。( S L& y! ^9 K* {) g6 v7 \$ K
4. Most substance contract when they freeze so that the density of a substance's solid is higher than the density of its liquid.
+ Z2 o. N$ H) L( }$ v4 g. `: t 大多数物质遇冷收缩,所以他们的密度在固态时高于液态。/ o" K" }" N8 R. _6 c* y, T
5. The mechanism by which brain cells store memories is not clearly understood.
2 O2 F3 D" k& @" Y* p& g i- ~ 大脑细胞储存记忆的机理并不为人明白。
* P2 Z( t3 I/ b$ R6 Y 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.6 d# |' F& `4 A5 {; R1 o, B$ ~
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。
) A* F! K- t u7 m! _! Y 7. In the eastern part of New Jersey lies the city of Elizabeth, a major shipping and manufacturing center.( W' U; ]$ K; \; L) }
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。
V5 n) y+ K' { L* \ 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.
' _! [7 x4 s; q) c* k. P" B' t1 W Elizabeth Blackwell,美国第一个女医生,创建了员工一直为女性纽约诊所。
# N2 U2 a4 l3 ] 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.
+ v1 W# `4 ^$ @& ?) C 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。
3 I. ^/ |& L! |0 T. E4 w 10. Because its leaves remain green long after being picked, rosemary became as sociated with the idea of remembrance.
V# ] P E+ o9 d% i 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。 |