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1、Translation for English A text 1 / 12Passage1Among his first efforts in this area was “Tommy Tuckers Tooth” (1922), a short combining live action and animation made on assignment for a local dentist.他在这个领域的第一个成就是“汤米塔克的牙”（1922） ，一部结合了生动动作和动画，描述给当地医生任务的短剧。A 1945 Look magazine article, titled “Walt Dis
2、ney: Teacher of Tomorrow,” described Disney as “revolutionizing an educational system” and cited how the Donald Duck short “The New Spirit,” made for the United States Treasury Department, affected 37 percent of Americans regarding their willingness to pay taxes1945 年，瞭望杂志一篇标题为“沃特 迪斯尼：老师的明天” 的文章，把迪斯
3、尼描述为“改革一个教育体系”，并且引用美国财政部是如何用唐老鸭短剧“新的精神”来影响 37%的美国人交税的意愿。This film contributed to Disneys being presented with an award of merit, for his contribution to public safety, by the Automobile Club of Southern California.因为迪斯尼对于公共安全的贡献，南加利福尼亚汽车俱乐部给予迪斯尼功绩的奖赏。Im not an educator. My primary purpose is to ente
4、rtain though if people want to read education into my work, thats fine with me.我不是教育家，我的主要目的是娱乐，但如果人们想要从我的工作中受到教育，我也乐于接受。Passage 2Diffusion is the process by which molecules or ions scatter or spread from regions where they are in higher concentrations towards regions where they are in lower concent
5、rations.扩散是分子或离子从高浓度区域分散或散布至低浓度区域的过程。Such motion is haphazard, but it accounts for the mixing of molecules that commonly occurs when different kinds of substances are put together.这种运动是无规则的,但它解释了将不同种类的物质放在一起时，通常会发生分子的混合的原因。Osmosis is a special kind of diffusion. It occurs whenever water molecules di
6、ffuse from a region of higher Translation for English A text 2 / 12concentration through a selectively permeable membrane,such as a cell membrane.渗透是一种特殊的扩散。当水分子从高浓度区域通过选择性渗透膜（如细胞膜）扩散时即为渗透。Passage3One of the problems of watching weather forecasts on TV is that by the time they have reached your regi
7、on, you have tuned out and missed the vital information you have been waiting for. But it is not a problem in the United States because they have a weather channel devoted entirely to weather. Set up in 1982, the Weather Channel was given just weeks to survive by its critics, but such is the interes
8、t in the vagaries of the climate that it has thrived.收看天气预报的一个问题就是当他们播到你那个区域时你已经换台而错过了你一直在等的重要信息。但是在美国不存在这样的问题，因为他们有一个专门的天气频道。天气频道建立于 1982 年，他的评论家认为它只能存活几周，但是人们对变化莫测的天气如此感兴趣以至于它很盛行。Weather is big business in the United States. The country has 750 weather zones, including eight in the New York metrop
9、olitan area alone.在美国天气是一项大事，这个国家有 750 个天气区域，单纽约这样的大都市就包含 8 个区域。Passage 41.The Julian calendar devised by Julius Caesar and based on the phases of the moon,had trouble pinning down that date.儒略历凯撒大帝制定，并根据月相，遇到了麻烦，牵制该日期。2.Aside from setting the first year of the Lord around Jesusfourth birthday,it do
10、es not had not account for a year 0.The concept of a whole number between minus-one and one had not yet made the journey from the Arab world to Western Europe.除了设置耶稣的第四个生日为第一年，它不包括 0 年。一负一和一之间的整数的概念还没有从阿拉伯世界传到西方欧洲。Passage5Do you think it is possible to defeat an opponent so fierce that a glance at h
11、er turns one to stone ? This was the fate of anyone who looked upon the Medusa , a dreaded monster whose hair was made of hissing serpents. 你认为有可能如此猛烈的击败一个对手，即看她一眼就会变成石头吗？这是任何一个看 Medusa 的人的命运，Translation for English A text 3 / 12一个可怕的魔鬼，她的头发是嘶嘶叫的蛇所组成的.The brave Perseus undertook to fight the Medusa
12、, but he was compelled to do battle in a most awkward manner .To help Perseus in his venture ,the goddess Minerva had lent him her bright shield ,and the god Mercury had given him winged shoes .勇敢的 Perseus 着手与 Medusa 斗争，但他被迫以一个最不方便的方式在战斗中战斗。为了帮助危险中的Perseus，女神 Minerva 把她的放光盾借给他，并且 Mercury 给他了一双有翅膀的鞋子
13、。Cautiously he approached the awesome monster .Using the image of the Medusa in his shield as a guide , he succeeded in cutting off her head and fixing it to the center of Minervas shieldPerseus 小心翼翼的靠近了令人恐惧的魔鬼。在他的盾牌上用 Medusa 的肖像作为一个向导，他成功的把她的头切下来了，并把它装在 Minerva 的盾牌的中心。Perseus then flew to the realm
14、 of King Atlas whose chief pride was his garden filled with golden fruit . Thirsty and near collapse , he pleaded with the King for water to quench his thirst and for a place to rest .然后，Perseus 飞到了 Atlas 王国的境内，它的首领以他花园中的金色水果为荣。Perseus 口渴并接近虚脱，他恳求国王一些水来止渴和一个休息的地方。 But Atlas feared that he would be b
15、etrayed into losing his golden apples . He uttered just one word ,“Begone!”Perseus ,finding that he could not pacify Atlas , responded by beckoning him to look upon Medusas head .Atlas was changed immediately into stone但是，Atlas 害怕他将会泄露出他的金色苹果。他只说出了一个字“ 滚蛋！”Perseus 发觉他不能使 Atlas 平静下来，以引诱他看 Medusa 的头作为
16、回应。 Atlas 立刻变成了石头 。His head and hair became forests , his body increased in bulk and became cliffs , and the gods ruled that the heaven with all its stars should rest upon his shoulders . Can there be a worse calamity than that which befell Atlas ?他的头和头发变成了森林，他的身体增大成一块并且变成了悬岩，并且众神规定，天上所有的星星都应在他的肩膀上休息。还有一个更坏的灾难能比降临在 Atlas 上的还糟吗？Using the image of the Medusa in his shield as a guide, he succeeded in cutting off her head and fixing it to the center Translation for English A
