英语100篇精读荟萃—英汉对照(基础篇)
英语100篇精读汇粹
Passage one（The only way to travel is on foot）The past ages of man have all been carefully labeled by anthropologists. Descriptions like ... Paleolithic Man‟, ...Neolithic Man‟, etc., neatly sum up whole periods. When the time comes for anthropologists to turn their attention to the twentieth century, they will surely choose the label ...Legless Man‟. Histories of the time will go something like this: ...in the twentieth century, people forgot how to use their legs. Men and women moved about in cars, buses and trains from a very early age. There were lifts and escalators in all large buildings to prevent people from walking. This situation was forced upon earth dwellers of that time because of miles each day. But the surprising thing is that they didn‟t use their legs even when they went on holiday. They built cable railways, ski-lifts and roads to the top of every huge mountain. All the beauty spots on earth were marred by the presence of large car parks. ‟The future history books might also record that we were deprived of the use of our eyes. In our hurry to get from one place to another, we failed to see anything on the way. Air travel gives you a bird‟s-eye view of the world – or even less if the wing of the aircraft happens to get in your way. When you travel by car or train a blurred image of the countryside constantly smears the windows. Car drivers, in particular, are forever obsessed with the urge to go on and on: they never want to stop. Is it the lure of the great motorways, or what? And as for sea travel, it hardly deserves mention. It is perfectly summed up in the words of the old song: (I)joined the navy to see the world, and what did I see? I saw the sea.‟The typical twentieth-century traveler is the man who always says …I‟ve been there. ‟You mention the remotest, most evocative place-names in the world like El Dorado, Kabul, Irkutsk and someone is bound to say …I‟ve been there‟– meaning, …I drove through it at 100 miles an hour on the way to somewhere else. ‟When you travel at high speeds, the present means nothing: you live mainly in the future because you spend most of your time looking forward to arriving at some other place. But actual arrival, when it is achieved, is meaningless. You want to move on again. By traveling like this, you suspend all experience; the present ceases to be a reality: you might just as well be dead. The traveler on foot, on the other hand, lives constantly in the present. For him traveling and arriving are one and the same thing: he arrives somewhere with every step he makes. He experiences the present moment with his eyes, his ears and the whole of his body. At the end of his journey he feels a delicious physical weariness. He knows that sound.Satisfying sleep will be his: the just reward of all true travelers.1、Anthropologists label nowaday‟s men …Legless‟ becauseA people forget how to use his legs.B people prefer cars, buses and trains.C lifts and escalators prevent people from walking.D there are a lot of transportation devices.2、Travelling at high speed meansA people‟s focus on the future.B a pleasure.C satisfying drivers‟ great thrill.D a necessity of life.3、Why does the author say …we are deprived of the use of our eyes‟ ?A People won‟t use their eyes.B In traveling at high speed, eyes become useless.C People can‟t see anything on his way of travel.D People want to sleep during travelling.4、What is the purpose of the author in writing this passage?A Legs become weaker.B Modern means of transportation make the world a small place.C There is no need to use eyes.D The best way to travel is on foot.5. What does …a bird‟s-eye view‟ mean?A See view with bird‟s eyes.B A bird looks at a beautiful view.C It is a general view from a high position looking down.D A scenic place.VOCABULARY1.Paleolithic 旧石器时代的2.Neolithic 新石器时代的3.escalator 自动电梯，自动扶梯4.ski-lift 载送滑雪者上坡的装置5.mar 损坏，毁坏6.blur 模糊不清，朦胧7.smear 涂，弄脏，弄模糊（尤指画面、轮廓等）8.evocative 引起回忆的，唤起感情的9.El Dorado (由当时西班牙征服者想象中的南美洲)黄金国，宝山，富庶之乡10.Kabul 喀布尔（阿富汗首都）11.Irkutsk 伊尔库茨克（原苏联亚洲城市）难句译注与答案详解The only way to travel is on foot 旅游的唯一方法是走路难句译注1.Air travel gives you a bird‟s-eye view of the world – or even if the wing of the aircrafthappens to get in your way.【参考译文】飞机旅行，你只可俯视世界――如果机翼碰巧挡住了你的视线，就看得更少了。
初中英语阅读300篇基础卷英文+中文翻译
P226 (1)John is a paper boy. He delivers newspapers to different houses in his street every day. He has about 80 customers. Half of his customers only take the newspapers on Sundays.John has to get up at 4:30 every morning to deliver his newspapers. It takes longer to deliver the newspapers on Sundays. The Sunday newspapers are twice as heavy as those on weekdays.John is saving his money to buy a new bicycle. He is also saving money for college. He has already saved 500 dollars.约翰是一个报童。
他每天为在他街道里不同的人家发送报纸。
他拥有约80个客户。
他的半数客户只需要星期日的报纸。
约翰必须在每天早上4:30起床，发送他的报纸。
在星期日花费更长的时间去发送。
周日出版的报纸是平日的两倍重量。
约翰积攒着钱去买一辆新自行车。
他还为上大学攒钱。
他已经存了500美元。
P227 (2)Billy had a nice shop in the main street of a small town. He sold jewellery, watches, clocks and so on. All went well some years, and then a thief stole a lot of jewellery from his shop twice in one month at night. Three weeks passed, yet the police still didn't catch the thief. So Billy decided to try to do something about it himself. He bought a good camera and fixed it up in his shop and put some cheap jewellery in front of it for the thief, so that it could take a photo of anyone who stole the jewellery.A few nights later the thief came, but he did not touch any of the cheap jewellery that Billy had put out for him. He took the camera, which was worth 1500 dollars.比利在一个小城镇的主要街道上拥有一家不错的商店。
英语100篇精读荟萃(基础篇)14
Passage Fourteen(Antarctica and Environment)Antarctica has actually become a kind of space station - a unique observation post for detecting important changes in the world’s environment. Remote from major sources of pollution and the complex geological and ecological systems that prevail elsewhere, Antarctica makes possible scientific measurements that are often sharper and easier to interpret than those made in other parts of the world. Growing numbers of scientists therefore see Antarctica as a distant-early-warning sensor, where potentially dangerous global trends may be spotted before they show up to the north. One promising field of investigation is glaciology. Scholars from the United States, Switzerland, and France are pursuing seven separate but related projects that reflect their concern for the health of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet - a concern they believe the world at large should share.The Transantarctic Mountain, some of them more than 14,000 feet high, divide the continent into tw o very different regions. The part of the continent to the “east” of the mountains is a high plateau covered by an ice sheet nearly two miles thick. “West” of the mountain, the half of the continent south of the Americas is also covered by an ice sheet, but there the ice rests on rock that is mostly well below sea level. If the West Antarctic Ice Sheet disappeared, the western part of the continent would be reduced to a sparse cluster of island.While ice and snow are obviously central to many environmental experiments, others focus on the mysterious “dry valley” of Antarctica, valleys that contain little ice or snow even in the depths of winter. Slashed through the mountains of southern Victoria Land, these valleys once held enormous glaciers that descended 9,000 feet from the polar plateau to the Ross Sea. Now the glaciers are gone, perhaps a casualty of the global warming trend during the 10,000 years since the ice age. Even the snow that falls in the dry valleys is blasted out by vicious winds that roars down from the polar plateau to the sea. Left bare are spectacular gorges, rippled fields of sand dunes, clusters of boulders sculptured into fantastic shapes by 100-mile-an-hour winds, and an aura of extraterrestrial desolation.Despite the unearthly aspect of the dry valleys, some scientists believe they may carry a message of hope of the verdant parts of the earth. Some scientists believe that in some cases the dry valleys may soak up pollutants faster than pollutants enter them.1. What is the best title for this passage?[A] Antarctica and environmental Problems.[B] Antarctica: Earth’s Early-Warning station.[C] Antarctica: a Unique Observation Post.[D] Antarctica: a Mysterious Place.2. What would the result be if the West Antarctic Ice Sheet disappeared?[A] The western part of the continent would be disappeared.[B] The western part of the continent would be reduced.[C] The western part of the continent would become scattered Islands.[D] The western part of the continent would be reduced to a cluster of Islands.3. Why are the Dry Valleys left bare?[A] Vicious wind blasts the snow away.[B] It rarely snows.[C] Because of the global warming trend and fierce wind.[D] Sand dunes.4. Which of the following is true?[A] The “Dry Valleys” have nothing left inside.[B] The “Dry Valleys” never held glaciers.[C] The “Dry Valleys” may carry a message of hope for the verdant.[D] The “Dry Valleys” are useless to scientists.V ocabulary1. distant-early-warning sensor 远距离早期报警传感器2. plateau 高原，3. 高地4. slash 挥砍5.6. blast 一阵疾风/狂风7. vicious 邪恶的，8. 凶魔般的9. gorge 峡谷10. ripple 起伏，11. 使起微波12. sand dune 沙丘13. verdant 绿色14. extraterrestrial 地球之外的15. aura 气氛难句译注1. Growing numbers of scientists therefore see Antarctica as a distant-early waning sensor, where potentially dangerous global trends may be spotted before they show up to the north.【结构简析】see … as 把……看作。
英语100篇精读荟萃(基础篇)8
Passage Eight(The Development of Cities)Mass transportation revised the social and economic fabric of the American city in three fundamental ways. It catalyzed physical expansion, it sorted out people and land uses, and it accelerated the inherent instability of urban life. By opening vast areas of unoccupied land for residential expansion, the omnibuses, horse railways, commuter trains, and electric trolleys pulled settled regions outward two to four times more distant form city centers than they were in the premodern era. In 1850, for example, the borders of Boston lay scarcely two miles from the old business district; by the turn of the century the radius extended ten miles. Now those who could afford it could live far removed from the old city center and still commute there for work, shopping, and entertainment. The new accessibility of land around the periphery of almost every major city sparked an explosion of real estate development and fueled what we now know as urban sprawl. Between 1890 and 1920, for example, some 250,000 new residential lots were recorded within the borders of Chicago, most of them located in outlying areas. Over the same period, another 550,000 were plotted outside the city limits but within the metropolitan area. Anxious to take advantage of the possibilities of commuting, real estate developers added 800,000 potential building sites to the Chicago region in just thirty years - lots that could have housed five to six million people.Of course, many were never occupied; there was always a huge surplus of subdivided, but vacant, land around Chicago and other cities. These excesses underscore a feature of residential expansion related to the growth of mass transportation: urban sprawl was essentially unplanned. It was carried out by thousands of small investors who paid little heed to coordinated land use or to future land users. Those who purchased and prepared land for residential purposes, particularly land near or outside city borders where transit lines and middle-class inhabitants were anticipated, did so to create demand as much as to respond to it. Chicago is a prime example of this process. Real estate subdivision there proceeded much faster than population growth.1. With which of the following subjects is the passage mainly concerned?[A] Types of mass transportation.[B] Instability of urban life.[C] How supply and demand determine land use.[D] The effect of mass transportation on urban expansion.2. Why does the author mention both Boston and Chicago?[A] To demonstrate positive and negative effects of growth.[B] To exemplify cities with and without mass transportation.[C] To show mass transportation changed many cities.[D] To contrast their rate of growth.3. According to the passage, what was one disadvantage of residential expansion?[A] It was expensive.[B] It happened too slowly.[C] It was unplanned.[D] It created a demand for public transportation.4. The author mentions Chicago in the second paragraph as an example of a city,[A] that is large.[B] that is used as a model for land development.[C] where the development of land exceeded population growth.[D] with an excellent mass transportation system.V ocabulary1. revise 改变2. fabric 结构3. catalyze 催化，4. 加速5. sort out 把……分门别类，6. 拣选7. omnibus 公共汽车/马车8. trolley （美）有轨电车，9. （英）无轨电车10. periphery 周围，11. 边缘12. sprawl 建筑物无计划延伸，13. 蔓延，14. 四面八方散开15. lot 小片土地16. underscore 强调，17. 在下面划横线18. transit lines 运输线路19. subdivision （出售的）小块土地，20. 再划分小区写作方法与文章大意文章论述了“公共交通从三方面改变了城市的社会和经济结构。
小学英语阅读100篇中英文对照(30页)
《小学英语阅读100篇》中英文对照1.Poor Man!可怜的人！Look at this man.看这个人。
What is he doing? He's carrying a very big box.他在做什么？他在搬一个非常重的大盒子。
The box is full of big apples.这个盒子装满了大苹果。
He wants to put it on the back of his bike and take it home.他想把它放到他的自行车的后面带回家。
Can he do that? No, I don't think so.他能做到吗？不，我不这样认为。
Why not? Because the box is too full and too heavy.为什么不呢？因为这个盒子太满了太重了。
Look! What's wrong? He drops the box. Poor man!看！发生了什么事？他的盒子掉下来了。
可怜的人！2.Kate凯特Kate is a new student. She is twelve. She is from America.凯特是个学生。
她12岁。
她来自美国。
She can speak English very well and she can speak a little Chinese.她可以讲非常好的英语，能说一点汉语。
She is in Nanjing. Her parents are doctors.她在南京，她的父母都是医生。
Kate is studying in a school near her home.凯特在她家附近一所学校学习。
She has classes from Monday to Friday.她从星期一到星期五有课。
On Saturdays and Sundays, she often plays games with her Chinese friends. 在星期六和星期天，她经常和她的中国朋友玩游戏。
小学英语阅读100篇中英文对照51-52
小学英语阅读100篇中英文对照51-5251.Cutting the Cake切蛋糕Dick is seven years old,and his sister Mary is five.迪克7岁了。
他的妹妹玛丽5岁。
Today their mother takes them to their grandma's house and then she goes out.今天他们的妈妈带他们去了奶奶家，然后就出去了。
The children play for an hour,and then at four thirty their grandma takes Dick into the kitchen.孩子们玩了一个小时，接着在4点半时，他们的奶奶带迪克进了厨房。
She gives him a nice cake and a knife and says,"Like a gentleman,give the bigger piece to the other."她给了他一块漂亮的蛋糕和一把小刀，说，“像一个绅士一样，把大的一块给别人。
”Dick thinks about this for a moment.迪克想了一会。
He says to Mary,"You cut this cake,Mary".他对玛丽说，“玛丽，你来切这块蛋糕。
”52.The Lu Xun Museum鲁迅博物馆We are at the Lu Xun Museum,boys and girls.我们在鲁迅博物馆，孩子们。
You know,Lu Xun was a great writer and thinker.你们都知道，鲁迅是一个伟大的作家和思想家。
From the exhibits in the museum,I'm sure you will know more about Lu Xun.从博物馆的展品中，我相信你们能知道鲁迅是一个什么样的人。
大学英语四级阅读理解精读100篇
Passage One (Clinton Is Right)President Clinton‘s decision on Apr.8 to send Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji packing without an agreement on China‘s entry into the World Trade Organization seemed to be a massive miscalculation. The President took a drubbing from much of the press, which had breathlessly reported that a deal was in the bag. The Cabinet and Whit House still appeared divided, and business leaders were characterized as furious over the lost opportunity. Zhu charged that Clinton lacked ―the courage‖ to reach an accord. And when Clinton later telephoned the angry Zhu to pledge a renewed effort at negotiations, the gesture was widely portrayed as a flip-flop.In fact, Clinton made the right decision in holding out for a better WTO deal. A lot more horse trading is needed before a final agreement can be reached. And without the Administration‘s goal of a ―bullet-proof agreement‖ that business lobbyists can enthusiastically sell to a Republican Congress, the whole process will end up in partisan acrimony that could harm relations with China for years.THE HARD PART. Many business lobbyists, while disappointed that the deal was not closed, agree that better terms can still be had. And Treasury Secretary Robert E. Rubin, National Economic Council Director Gene B. Sperling, Commerce Secretary William M. Daley, and top trade negotiator Charlene Barshefsky all advised Clinton that while the Chinese had made a remarkable number of concessions, ―we‘re not there yet,‖ according to senior officials. Negotiating with Zhu over the remaining issues may be the easy part. Although Clinton can signal U.S. approval for China‘s entry into the WTO himself, he needs Congress to grant Beijing permanent most-favored-nation status as part of a broad trade accord. And the temptation for meddling on Capital Hill may prove over-whelming. Zhu had barely landed before Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss) declared himself skeptical that China deserved entry into the WTO. And Senators Jesse A. Helms (R-N.C.) and Emest F. Hollings (D-S. C.) promised to introduce a bill requiring congressional approval of any deal.The hidden message from these three textile-state Southerners: Get more protection for the U. S. clothing industry. Hoping to smooth the way, the Administration tried, but failed, to budge Zhu on textiles. Also left in the lurch: Wall Street, Hollywood, and Detroit. Zhu refused to open up much of the lucrative Chinese securities market and insisted on ―cultural‖ restrictions on American movies and music. He also blocked efforts to allow U. S. auto makers to provide fleet financing. BIG JOB. Already, business lobbyists are blanketing Capitol Hill to presale any eventual agreement, but what they‘ve heard so far isn‘t encouraging. Republicans, including Lott, say that ―the time just isn‘t right‖ for the deal. Translation: We‘re determined to make it look as if Clinton has capitulated to the Chinese and is ignoring human, religious, and labor rights violations; the theft of nuclear-weapons technology; and the sale of missile parts to America‘s enemies. Beijing‘s fierce critics within the Democratic Party, such as Senator Paul D. Wellstone of Minnesota and House Minority leader Richard A. Gephardt of Missouri, won‘t help, either.Just how tough the lobbying job on Capitol Hill will be become clear on Apr. 20, when Rubin lectured 19chief executives on the need to discipline their Republican allies. With business and the White House still trading charges over who is responsible for the defeat of fast-track trade negotiating legislation in 1997, working together won‘t be easy. And Republicans—with a wink—say that they‘ll eventually embrace China‘s entry into the WTO as a favor to Corporate America. Though not long before they torture Clinton. But Zhu is out on a limb, and if Congress overdoes the criticism, he may be forced by domestic critics to renege. Business must make thismuch dear to both its GOP allies and the Whit House: This historic deal is too important to risk losing to any more partisan squabbling1. The main idea of this passage is[A]. The Contradiction between the Democratic Party and the Republican Party.[B]. On China‘s entry into WTO.[C]. Clinton was right.[D]. Business Lobbyists Control Capitol Hill.2. What does the sentence ―Also left in the lurch: Wall Street, Hollywood, Detroit‖ convey?[A]. Premier Zhu rejected their requirements.[B]. The three places overdid criticism.[C]. They wanted more protection.[D]. They are in trouble.3. What was the attitude of the Republican Party toward China‘s entry into the WTO?[A]. Contradictory. [B].Appreciative.[C]. Disapproving. [D]. Detestful.4. Who plays the leading part in the deal in America?[A]. White House . [B]. Republicans.[C]. The Democratic Party. [D]. Businessmen.5. It can be inferred from the passage that[A]. America will make concessions.[B]. America will hold out for a better WTO[C]. Clinton has the right to signal U. S. approval for China‘s entry.[D]. Democratic party approve China‘s entry into the WTO.答案祥解1. C. 总统是对的。
英语美文100篇·中英文对照,附带美图
书页越翻越薄，你也越读越慢，心里想着要细细含英咀华。
此刻，它确定无疑就是你永恒的至爱了。
你总想一读再读，每次捧起它都感觉新奇如初，而你也明白：因为内心深处的每一缕思绪都与它这般亲密，你已变得更加美好。
Once you get in deep enough, you know you could never put this book down.情动至深那刻，你便知道自己再也将它割舍不下了。
来自内心的礼物The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.- Eric Hoffer世界上最难的算术题是如何清点我们的祝福。
According to legend, a young man while roaming the desert came across a spring of delicious crystal-clear water. The water was so sweet, he filled his leather canteen so he could bring some back to a tribal elder who had been his teacher.据传说，一个年轻的男子在漫游沙漠途中看到一泉如水晶般清澈而可口的水。
水的味道非常甜美，于是他灌满了他的皮水壶，这样就可以带一些回去，送给曾经是他老师的部落长老。
After a four-day journey he presented the water to the old man who took a deep drink, smiled warmly and thanked his student lavishly for the sweet water. The young man returned to his village with a happy heart.经过四天的旅程，他把水呈献给老人。
小学英语阅读100篇中英文对照61-62
小学英语阅读100篇中英文对照61-6261.Bill and Sue比尔和休Bill and Sue are brother and sister.比尔和休是哥哥和妹妹。
They are both middle school students and go to the same school.他们都是中学的学生，上同一所学校。
They go to Mr Zhang's shop and see some nice rabbits.他们去张先生的商店去看一些漂亮的兔子。
They love the rabbits very much,but they have no money to buy them.他们非常喜欢兔子，但他们没有钱买。
Sue has a good idea.She and Bill help their father pick apples on the farm every Saturday and Sunday.她有一个好主意。
她和比尔每个星期六和星期天帮他们的爸爸在农场摘苹果。
So their father gives them each a hundred dollars.因此他们的爸爸给了他们每人一百美元。
Sue and Bill go to Mr Zhang's shop.Each of them buys a rabbit.休和比尔去了张先生的商店。
他们每人买了一只兔子。
One is white and other is black.一只是白色的，另一只是黑色的。
They call the black rabbit Bunny and the white one Judy.他们叫那只黑色的兔子Bunny，叫白色的朱蒂。
They like them very much.他们非常喜欢他们。
62.A Crow and a Fox狐狸和乌鸦One day a crow finds a piece of meat.一天，一只乌鸦找到了一块肉。
英汉汉英段落翻译100篇
1Lexicography1)Lexicography provides at its best a joyful sense of busyness with language2) One isimmersed in the details of language as in no other field. 3) Sometimes the details are so overwhelming and endless they sap the spirit and depress the mind4) Often at the end of a hard day’s work one realizes with dismay that the meager stack of finished work one has accomplished has an immeasurably slight impact on the work as a whole 5) As I hope the readers of this work will come to understand dictionaries do not sprint into being 6)People must plan them collect information and write them.7 )Writing takes time and it is often frustrating and even infuriating.8 )No other form of writing is at once so quixotic and so intensely practical.9) Dictionary making does not require brilliance or originality of mind.10) It does require high intelligence mastery of the craft and dedication to hard work.11) If one has produced a dictionary one has the satisfaction of having produced a work of enduring value.2.Pollution1) Pollution is a problem because man in an increasingly populated and industrialized world is upsetting the environment in which he lives.2) Many scientists maintain that one of man’s greatest errors has been to equate growth with advancement. 3) Now ―growth‖ industries are being looked on with suspicion in case their side effects damage the environment and disrupt the relationship of different forms of life.4) The growing population makes increasing demands on the world’s fixed supply of air water and land.5) This rise in population is accompanied by the desire of more and more people for a better standard of living, in an ever increasing amount of waste material to be disposed of.6) The problem has been causing increasing concern to living things and their environment.7) Many believe that man is not solving these problems quickly enough and that his selfish pursuit of possessions takes him past the point of no return before he fully appreciates the damage.1参考译文词典编纂的绝妙之处是给人一种与语言打交道的快乐感。
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英语100篇精读荟萃—英汉对照（基础篇）Passage one（The only way to travel is on foot）The past ages of man have all been carefully labeled by anthropologists. Descriptions like ‘ Palaeolithic Man’, ‘Neolithic Man’, etc., neatly sum up whole periods. When the time comes for anthropologists to turn their attention to the twentieth century, they will surely choose the label ‘Legless Man’. Histories of the time will go something like this: ‘in the twentieth century, people forgot how to use their legs. Men and women moved about in cars, buses and trains from a very early age. There were lifts and escalators in all large buildings to prevent people from walking. This situation was forced upon earth dwellers of that time because of miles each day. But the surprising thing is that they didn’t use their legs even when they went on holiday. They built cable railways, ski-lifts and roads to the top of every huge mountain. All the beauty spots on earth were marred by the presence of large car parks. ’The future history books might also record that we were deprived of the use of our eyes. In our hurry to get from one place to another, we failed to see anything on the way. Air travel gives you a bird’s-eye view of the world – or even less if the wing of the aircraft happens to get in your way. When you travel by car or train a blurred image of the countryside constantly smears the windows. Car drivers, in particular, are forever obsessed with the urge to go on and on: they never want to stop. Is it the lure of the great motorways, or what? And as for sea travel, it hardly deserves mention. It is perfectly summed up in the words of the old song: ‘I joined the navy to see the world, and what did I see? I saw the sea.’The typical twentieth-century traveler is the man who always says ‘I’ve been there. ’ You mention the remotest, most evocative place-names in the world like El Dorado, Kabul, Irkutsk and someone is bound to say ‘I’ve been there’– meaning, ‘I drove through it at 100 miles an hour on the way to somewhere else. ’When you travel at high speeds, the present means nothing: you live mainly in the future because you spend most of your time looking forward to arriving at some other place. But actual arrival, when it is achieved, is meaningless. You want to move on again. By traveling like this, you suspend all experience; the present ceases to be a reality: you might just as well be dead. The traveler on foot, on the other hand, lives constantly in the present. For him traveling and arriving are one and the same thing: he arrives somewhere with every step he makes. He experiences the present moment with his eyes, his ears and the whole of his body. At the end of his journey he feels a delicious physical weariness. He knows that sound. Satisfying sleep will be his: the just reward of all true travellers.1、Anthorpologists label nowaday’s men ‘Legless’ becauseA people forget how to use his legs.B people prefer cars, buses and trains.C lifts and escalators prevent people from walking.D there are a lot of transportation devices.2、Travelling at high speed meansA people’s focus on the future.B a pleasure.C satisfying drivers’ great thrill.D a necessity of life.3、Why does the author say ‘we are deprived of the use of our eyes’ ?A People won’t use their eyes.B In traveling at high speed, eyes become useless.C People can’t see anything on his way of travel.D People want to sleep during travelling.4、What is the purpose of the author in writing this passage?A Legs become weaker.B Modern means of transportation make the world a small place.C There is no need to use eyes.D The best way to travel is on foot.5. What does ‘a bird’s-eye view’ mean?A See view with bird’s eyes.B A bird looks at a beautiful view.C It is a general view from a high position looking down.D A scenic place.VOCABULARY1. Palaeolithic 旧石器时代的2. Neolithic 新石器时代的3. escalator 自动电梯，自动扶梯4. ski-lift 载送滑雪者上坡的装置5. mar 损坏，毁坏6. blur 模糊不清，朦胧7. smear 涂，弄脏，弄模糊（尤指画面、轮廓等）8. evocative 引起回忆的，唤起感情的9. El Dorado (由当时西班牙征服者想象中的南美洲)黄金国，宝山，富庶之乡10. Kabul 喀布尔（阿富汗首都）11. Irkutsk 伊尔库茨克（原苏联亚洲城市）难句译注与答案详解The only way to travel is on foot 旅游的唯一方法是走路难句译注1. Air travel gives you a bird’s-eye view of the world – or even if the wing of the aircraft happens to get in your way.【参考译文】飞机旅行，你只可俯视世界――如果机翼碰巧挡住了你的视线，就看得更少了。
2. When you travel by car or train a blurred image of the country-side constantly smears the windows.【参考译文】如果乘车或火车旅行，郊外模糊朦胧的景象不断地掠过窗口。