【正文】 he very notion of farmers and clerks owning automobiles was considered ridiculous.，農(nóng)民和一般職員也能擁有汽車的想法被認(rèn)為是可笑的。它能做的最敏捷的動(dòng)作就是揮一揮它彎曲的胳膊。他們不是焦慮的向上爬的人，他們不會(huì)對(duì)物質(zhì)性的東西難舍難分?！　?5. There is only one difference between an old man and a young one: the young man has a glorious future before him and old one has a splendid future behind him: and maybe that is where the rub is.：年輕人的前面有輝煌的未來(lái)，老年人燦爛的未來(lái)卻已在它們身后。他在那里正式任職長(zhǎng)達(dá)整整一代人的時(shí)間?！　?0. Even though the precise qualities of hero in literary words may vary over time, the basic exemplary function of the hero seems to remain constant.，但其昭世功力卻是恒古不變的?！　?4. The use of wellchosen nonsense words makes possible the testing of many basic hypotheses in the field of language learning.，可以檢驗(yàn)語(yǔ)言學(xué)科里許多基本的假定。　　38. The activities of the international marketing researcher are frequently much broader than those of the domestic marketer.?！　?3. Over a very large number of trials, the probability of an event’s occurring is equal to the probability that it will not occur.，某一事件發(fā)生的幾率等于它不發(fā)生的幾率。　　7. It is more difficult to write simply, directly, and effectively than to employ flowery but vague expressions that only obscure one’s meaning.，直接，有力的寫(xiě)作難于花哨，含混而意義模糊的表達(dá)?！　?2. Billie Holiday’s reputation as a great jazzblues singer rests on her ability to give emotional depth to her songs.12. Billie Holiday’s作為一個(gè)爵士布魯斯樂(lè)杰出歌手的名聲建立在能夠賦予歌曲感情深度的能力?！　?8. Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman medical doctor in the United States, founded the New York Infirmary, an institution that has always had a pletely female medical staff.28. Elizabeth Blackwell，美國(guó)第一個(gè)女醫(yī)生，創(chuàng)建了員工一直為女性紐約診所。　　43. It is the interaction between people, rather than the events that occur in their lives, that is the main focus of social psychology.，而不是他們各自生活中的事件?！　?9. Before staring on a sea voyage, prudent navigators learn the sea charts, study the sailing directions, and memorize lighthouse locations to prepare themselves for any conditions they might encounter.，會(huì)研究航向，記錄的燈塔的位置，以便對(duì)各種可能出現(xiàn)的情況做到有備無(wú)患?！　?5. Though once quite large, the population of the bald eagle across North America has drastically declined in the past forty years.，但在近四十年中全北美的禿頭鷹數(shù)量急劇下降?！　?6. Artificial flowers are used for scientific as well as for decorative purposes. They are made from a variety of materials, such as way and glass, so skillfully that they can scarcely be distinguished from natural flowers.，也可用于裝飾目的，它們可以用各種各樣的材料制成，臂如蠟和玻璃；其制作如此精巧，幾乎可以以假亂真。　　97. I am always amazed when I hear people saying that sport creates goodwill between the nations, and that if only the mon peoples of the world could meet one another at football or cricket, they would have no inclination to meet on the battlefield.，說(shuō)世界各地的普通人只要能在足球場(chǎng)或板球場(chǎng)上相遇就會(huì)沒(méi)有興趣在戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)上相遇的話，我都倍感詫異。不過(guò)他們并不是刻意去追求刺激的。　　84. His teaching began at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, but William Rainey Harper lured him to the new university of Chicago, where he remained officially for exactly a generation and where his students in advanced position found him terrifyingly frigid in the classroom but sympathetic and understanding in their personal conferences.，但是William Rainey Harper把他吸引到了新成立的芝加哥大學(xué)?！　?9. Snow aids farmers by keeping heart in the lower ground levels, thereby saving the seeds from freezing.，因?yàn)樗３值貙油寥赖臏囟?，使種子不致凍死?！　?3. Probably no man had more effect on the daily lives of most people in the Untied States than did Henry Ford a pioneer in automobile production.?！　?7. Lucretia Mott’s influence was so significant that she has been credited by some authorities as the originator of feminism in the United States.37. Lucretia Mott’s的影響巨大，所以一些權(quán)威部門(mén)認(rèn)定她為美國(guó)女權(quán)運(yùn)動(dòng)的創(chuàng)始人?！　?2. The chief foods eaten in any country depend largely o