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1、Fast reading Passage 1-4Unit 1 Walt DisneyIII.TranslationAmong 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.This film contributed to Disneys being presented with an award of merit, for his contribut
2、ion to public safety, by the Automobile Club of Southern California.翻译译文沃特迪斯尼在他职业生涯的最初期就看到了动画影片之教育功能的市场。1922年的“汤米塔克的牙”就是他在该领域的最早尝试。该动画短片结合了真人动作与动画，是一部描述给当地牙医任务的短片。二战期间，沃特迪斯尼致力于拍摄支持战争内容的电影。因此，他的电影制片厂为政府制作有教育意义内容的动画片。影片反映从轰炸，开枪射击，跳伞到基础训练的各个战争主题。1945年，“瞭望”杂志一篇标题为“沃特迪斯尼：老师的明天”的文章，把迪斯尼描述为“改革一个教育体系”，并且引用美
3、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。二战后，迪士尼制品厂继续发行传递教育信息的短片。最为家喻户晓的是“高速公路恐惧症”，是一部关于如何在高速公路上安全驾驶的Goofy的卡通片。该影片有助于迪士尼因其为公共安全教育所做的贡献被南加利福尼亚汽车俱乐部授予荣誉奖。尽管他的一些作品中体现一些教育意义，但他很快指出“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 2. Diffusion and osmosis1.diffusion.扩散；扩散；传播；（文化等的）传流网络扩散；扩散作用；弥散；2. osmosisn.
4、渗透（作用），潜移默化，耳濡目染网络渗透；渗透作用；Osmosisis the process by which a liquid passes through a thin piece of solid substance such as the roots of a plant渗透性；3. 1.N-COUNT 离子Ionsare electrically charged atoms.传渗透压TranslationDiffusion is the process by which molecules or ions scatter or spread from regions where t
5、hey are in higher concentrations toward regions where they are in lower concentrations.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。2. 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
6、合的原因。3. Osmosis is a special kind of diffusion. It occurs whenever water molecules diffuse from a region of higher concentration 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。Passage 3 Weather ForecastTranslation1. One of the problems of
7、 watching weather forecasts on TV is that by the time they have reached your region, 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. 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
8、经换台而错过了你一直在等的重要信息。但是因为他们有一个专门的天气频道, 在美国不存在这样的问题。2.Set up in 1982, the Weather Channel was given just weeks to survive by its critics, but such is the interest in the vagaries of the climate that it has thrived.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该频道仍然很盛行。3. Weather is big business in the
9、 United States. The country has 750 weather zones, including eight in the New York metropolitan 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 4 As the Century TurnsRevelera celebrant who shares in a noisy party 狂欢者HailGreet enthusiastically and joyfully 欢呼E.g. The crowd hailed the act
10、ress with joy.Decree法令;政令Adecreeis an official order or decision, especially one made by the ruler of a country.In July he issued adecreeordering all unofficial armed groups in the country to disband. 他于7 月份下令解散国内所有的非正式武装组织。He is prepared to use his recently-acquired powers to introduce reform by pr
11、esidentialdecree. 他准备行使其新近获得的权力，发布总统政令以推行改革。Translation1. 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，并根据月相而制定，它很难确定复活节的日期。2.Aside from setting the first year of the Lord around Jesus fourth birthday, it does not had
12、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。Translation3. Purists know when the century really turns. For the rest of us, 2000 is too round a number to resist.清教徒清楚一个世纪是何时真正伊始的。对我们来说，2000这个数字中有太多的圆圆的零很难加以抵制。
