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1、石油系统职称英语辅导 大庆石油学院外语学院中石油职称英语培训资料中石油职称英语阅读理解部分精讲与提示12说明:“ ”表示重点,“ ”表示短语或固定搭配,通读表示本文可能考翻译,泛读表示本文可能考阅读,本复习指导仅供参与,建议有条件的同学将所有课文都泛读一遍。8.Americas Luckiest Stamp Find (美国最幸运的邮票的发现)1.The first United States airmail stamp has had an interesting story.关于美国的第一枚航空邮票有一个有趣的故事。2.One hundred of the stamps sold to t
2、he public became known as inverts,for the plane was printed upside down.因为蓝色的飞机被印颠倒了,仅仅有一百枚这种“倒转”邮票卖给公众。3.The collectors heart stood still as he saw that the sheet which had been offered him had inverted centers.当这个集邮者看到邮票时他的心跳刹那间停顿了,给他的这版邮票有一个倒转的中心。4.Yet no matter how much this valuable stamp is bo
3、ught and sold,no owner can match the thrill that W.T.Robey had on that day in 1918 when he made Americas luckiest stamp find! 不论这种价值极高的邮票卖多少钱、买多少钱,没有一个所有者的兴奋可与罗比在1918年发现最幸运的美国邮票那天的兴奋相比!10.The First Jet(参考译文:第一架喷气机)1.If that shell had hit us half a second sooner,it might have hit the pilot. 如果那颗炮弹早半秒
4、击中我们,它可能击中机长。11.A Handful of History(扑克手中的历史)1. The playing cards we use today are much like those used for hundreds of years.今天我们用的扑克,几乎与数百年前的扑克相差无几。14.The moon-Riddle from the Past(月球来自远古之谜)本文泛读一遍1.Spacecraft from the United States and from Russia have been to the moon,and men have walked upon its
5、 surface.美国和俄国的宇宙飞船都已经到达过月球,而且人类也在它的表面上行走过。2.Following the end of the Apollo space program,the National Geographic Society published an excellent set of articles about the moon.在阿波罗太空计划结束后,国家地理协会出版一组有关月球的极好文章。3. Like the earth,the moon is in layers,with a crust on the outside and a deep mantle below
6、.如同地球一样,月球上有地层,表面是一层地壳,其下是很深的地幔。4. We do not know much yet about the moons mantle,that section of superheated rock which goes down hundreds of miles below the crust.我们对月球地幔所知不多,那些过热的岩石在外壳几百英里以下。5. We think-but we are not sure-that the moon has a center core which includes molten rock,as the earth do
7、es. 我们预料,但是我们不能确定,月球有一个有熔岩构成的地核,如同地球。6.In spite of all we have learned from space flights,the moon is still a riddle from the distant past-and will be for a long time to come.尽管我们已经从空间飞行中了解了一些,月球仍然是来自遥远过去的一个谜,而且仍将会在未来很长一段时间如此。15.How Animals Hear(参考译文:动物如何听到声音)本文较重要,通读一遍1.When we talk about ears,we u
8、sually mean the oddly wrinkled appendages on the sides of our heads.当我们提到耳朵,通常指那个生长在我们头部两侧的奇怪的褶皱的附属肢体。2.We are aware that at the end of the central hole in this outer ear there is something called the middle ear,with an eardrum and a few little bones.我们知道,在外耳中孔的底部有东西称作中耳,它由一个耳鼓和一些小骨骼构成。3.Even deeper
9、 lies the inner ear,the organ with which we hear.而真正能使我们“听”的器官在更深处的内耳。4.Birds are even more mysterious,because here we do not even see an outer ear. 鸟类甚至更为神秘,因为我们甚至看不到它们有一个外耳。5.Hunters know that birds are attracted by artificial calls,and fishermen emphasize that you should be as quiet as possible i
10、f you dont want to go home empty handed.猎人们知道鸟类会被人造的声音所吸引,渔夫们则强调,如果你不想空手而归的话就要尽可能的安静。6.By direct observations and many experiments,biologists have discovered that practically all animals have some sense of hearing or vibration.通过直接观察和许多试验,生物学家已经发现,实际上所有的动物都具有某种听觉或振动感。7.The inner ear is composed of d
11、elicate membranes which bear dense patches of specialized cells called maculae.内耳由脆弱的薄膜构成,它承载着密集的由被称作MACULAE的特殊细胞构成的片。8.In the human and all other mammals,the macula has developed into an organ which can easily be seen. 对于人类和其他所有哺乳类动物来说,MACULAE已经进化成为一种很容易看见的器官,这种器官称作“耳蜗”。9.when sound waves enter the
12、 cochlea,which is really a tube coiled around,they set a membrane into a back and forth motion and cause a new wave.当声波进入耳蜗这条盘旋的管道,它令薄膜前后移动并且产生新的波动。10.The high sounds are produced when the air is prevented by the holes from going through,while the low sounds are produced by allowing more of the air
13、to pass.当洞穴被阻挡导致空气不能通过通道时就产生高音,而有更多空气通过通道时则产生低音。11.Whether or not hearing is really produced in all animals by the effect of pressure is not definitely known by scientists as yet.对于所有的动物来说,听觉是否真的因为气压的影响而产生,至今科学家们仍然没有明确的了解。12.We do know,however,that nature has set up some very delicate hearing mechan
14、isms for its creatures.但是我们知道,自然界已经为它的生物们建立了一些非常精细的听觉机制。13.Scientists must explore much further for more knowledge about how animals use their ears.科学家们必须进行更加深入地探讨才能够对动物如何应用它们的耳朵获得更多的知识。16.A World without Oil(假如世界没有石油)本文通读一遍1. The roof of your home is probably made waterproof by an oil product,bitum
15、en.你家的屋顶可能是用一种叫沥青的石油产品做成防水的。2. Oil,or electricity from oil-fed generators may be keeping you comfortably warm.这是石油或由燃油发电机发出来的电 使你感到舒适温暖。3. If you are comfortably cool in a tropical climate(气候),your air conditioning unit may also depend on oil-fed generators. 如果你在炎热的气候里感到舒适凉爽,那么你家的空调器可能也是靠燃油发电机工作的。4.
16、 Cosmetics such as face creams,lipsticks and hair preparations are often based on petroleum.化妆品如雪花膏、唇膏、洗发剂等,常用石油作为基本原料。5. Fertilizers and insecticides made from petroleum can improve crop production.化肥和杀虫剂是由石油制取的,可以使农作物增产。6. Recently protein feeds for animals have been developed by growing yeast in a petroleum ba