当前位置:文档之家› 考研英语阅读text 2. 2000

考研英语阅读text 2. 2000


• 6.Since much of the variation is due to genes, one more agent of evolution has gone. • 译文:因为大部分差异是由基因引起的,又一个进化的 因素消失了。 • 1) variation n.变更,变异,变种, [音]变奏,变调 • eg. The prices for food are subject to variation. • 食品的价格可能变更。 • [同义] change, difference, alteration • [派生] vary vt.&vi. 变化; 不同various adj. 不同的,各种各 样的,多方面的 variety n. 变化,多样性,种种,品种,种 • 2) agent n. [C] 1.代理人,代理商;(演员等的)经纪 人 2.特工人员,情报员,间谍 *3.sb or sth that affects or changes a situation or that exerts power or produces an effect 原动力,动因;作用者;作用物 • eg. Technological advances are the chief agents of change. • 技术进步是变革的主要原动力。
• • • •
2)maturity n.成熟; 完备; Eg. He has maturity beyond his years. 他过于老成。 Adolescence is the process of going from childhood to maturity. • 青春期是从少年到成年的过渡期。 • [反义] immaturity • [派生] maturate v.成熟 • mature adj. 1成熟的2充分考虑的3(票据等)到期的 vt . 使成熟 vi. 成熟,到期 • Boys mature more slowly than girls,both physically and psychologically. • 在生理和心理上,男孩比女孩成熟得晚些。 3) twice as --- as --- 是---的两倍 • The figure of seventy-million pounds was twice as big as expected. • 7,000 万英镑的金额是预期的两倍。
考研英语阅读
主讲人:丁武 ironheart68@
Text 2 (2000)
• • • • • • • • • • Core words and expressions: 1. ratio 比率 2. drop 下降 3. maturity 成熟 4. universal 普遍性 5. mortality 死亡;morality 道德 6. excess 过剩 7. crucial 关键的 8. natural selection 自然选择 9. make no difference 无差别 10. variation 变化 11. due to 因为 12. agent 途径;代理 13. evolution 进化 14. commit 犯,做;致力于
• Commit vt.犯罪,做错事; 把…托付给; 保证 (做某事、遵守协议或遵从安排等); 承诺, 使…承担义务 • I would advise people to think very carefully about committing themselves to working Sundays. • 我建议大家慎重考虑一下答应周日工作的问题。 • 派生词:committed adj.忠诚的,坚定的 • He said the government remained committed to peace. • 他说政府仍然致力于和平。 • committee n.委员会,全体委员; • commitment n.承诺,许诺; 委任,委托; 致力, 献身;
• 7.There is another way to commit evolutionary suicide: stay alive, but have fewer children. • 译文:进化自杀还有另一种方法:存活,但少 生孩子。 • 1) evolutionary adj.进化的 • Life has its own evolutionary process. • 生命有其自身的进化过程。 • 派生: evolve vt.使发展; 使进化 • Popular music evolved from folk songs. • 流行音乐从民歌演变而来。 • evolution n.演变,发生; 进化论;进化; • 2) commit suicide 自杀 • Commit a crime 犯罪
• 2) crucial adj.关键性的,极其显要的; • Eg. Money will be crucial to the accomplishment of our objectives. • 要实现我们的目标,钱是至关重要的。 • Improved consumer confidence is crucial to an economic recovery. • 消费者信心的提升对经济的复苏至关重要。 • 3) mate n. 配偶〔男女任何一方〕;(工人间 的)伙伴,同事 • Eg. He has found his ideal mate. • 他找到了理想的伴侣。
• 2. But the great universal of male mortality is being changed. • 翻译:但是男性死亡率普遍偏高这种情况正在改变。 • 1) universal n. 普遍性;普遍原则;通用原理adj.普遍的, 一般的; 通用的,万能的; • Eg. There are no economic universals. • 没有普遍适用的经济学原理。 • Education should be a universal right and not a privilege. • 教育应当是全民的权利而非某部分人特别享有的。 • 2) mortality n.死亡率 • Eg. greatly reduce the mortality from tuberculosis • 使结核病的死亡率大大降低 • [派生] mortally adv. 1致命地2凡人般地 • mortal n. 凡人,人类 adj. 1必死的,致命的2人类的,临终的 • immortal adj.不死的; 永恒的,
Language points
• 1. There are about 105 males born for every 100 females, but this ratio drops to near balance at the age of maturity, and among 70-year-olds there are twice as many women as men. • 翻译:出生时男女比例大约是105:100,但到了成熟期, 这一比例几乎持平,而在70岁的老人中女性是男性的两 倍。 • 1)ratio n.比,比率, • Eg. The ratio of pupils to teachers was 30 to 1. • 学生和老师的比率是30比1。 • cf. What percentage of the students were absent? • 旷课的学生占百分之几? • The proportion of imports to exports is worrying the government. • 进口与出口的比例令政府担忧。
• 3. This means that, for the first time, there will be an excess of boys in those crucial years when they are searching for a mate. • 译文:这就意味着男孩到了寻找伴侣的关键年龄将 首次出现男孩过剩现象。 • 1) excess n.超过; 超额量; 多余量; 放肆 • adj.超重的,过量的,额外的 • Eg. Are you suffering from an excess of stress in your life? • 你生活中的压力太大吗? • The major reason for excess weight is excess eating. • 体重超标的主要原因是饮食过量。 • [用复数] 过分的行为,暴行,越轨的行为 • Eg. to curb the excesses of the secret police • 约束秘密警察的越轨行为
• 9. The country offers wealth for a few in the great cities and poverty for the remaining tribal peoples. • 译文:这个国家给大城市里的少数人提供财富, 而给其余的各部落民族以贫困。 • 1)poverty n. 1贫穷,贫困 2缺少 • eg. She has lived in poverty all her life. • 她一生都过着贫困的生活。 • [反义] richness n. 丰富,浓烈,富裕,富饶,华美 • [派生] poor adj. 贫穷的,可怜的,乏味的 • 2) remaining adj.剩余的,剩下的 • The United States has withdrawn the remaining staff from its embassy. • 美国已经撤回了大使馆的剩余人员。
• 8. Again, differences between people and the opportunity for natural selection to take advantage of it have diminished. • 译文:人与人之间的差异和利用差异进行自 然选择的机会再一次减少。 • diminish vt.& vi.(使)减少,缩小 • We should try to diminish the cost of production. • 我们应尽力减少生产成本。 • [同义] curtail, cut , decrease, lessen , reduce • [反义] increase n. 增加,增长vt. 增加,加大 vi. 增加,繁殖 • [派生] diminution n. 减少,减低,缩小
相关主题