大学新体验英语必修三Unit1

1.Theworldchampiondescribedtheexperienceasbeingeverybitasgruelingasplayingatop-notchhumanchallenger.(L7)Paraphrase:Thebestchessplayerallovertheworldsaidthattheexperiencewasasdifficultasplayingagainstafirst-ratehumanplayerwhotriestowin.Unit1》PartII》MainReading【译文】世界冠军认为这次经历和对抗顶尖的人类挑战者一样艰难。LanguagePoints

2.DeepBluesatisfiedatleastoneofthecriteriaforartificialintelligencesetinthe1950sbyAlanTuring.(L8)Paraphrase:AlanTuringsetstandardsforartificialintelligenceinthe1950sandDeepBluewasanywayuptooneofthem.Unit1》PartII》MainReading【译文】阿兰·图灵于20世纪50年代设立了人工智能的标准，而深蓝的行为至少达到了其中的一个。Unit1》PartII》MainReading3.themachineperformeditsfeatmerelybycrunchingnumbersfasterthananyothercomputerhadmanagedbefore.(L12)Paraphrase:Themachinesucceededinanimpressivemanneronlybecauseitcoulddoalotofcalculationsfasterthananyotherpreviouscomputer.【译文】这台机器的创举仅仅在于运算速度快于以前其他任何计算机。Theunemploymentrateishoveringaround10percent,we’vewatchedthegrounddisappearfromunderDetroitandWallStreet,andthere’sapervadingsensethatotherindustriesmightbenext.(L9)Paraphrase:Theunemploymentratestayscloseto10percent,onlychangingslightlyupordown.WehaveseenthattheeconomyinDetroitandWallStreetnolongerhaspower,andpeoplewidelybelievethatthesamethingwillhappentootherindutriessoon.【译文】失业率徘徊在百分之十左右，我们已经看到底特律和华尔街的衰落。人们普遍感觉，其他行业很快也会难逃厄运。Unit1》PartII》RelatedReadingLanguagePoints

2.Middle-rangejobshavebeengettingscarcersincethelate1970s,andwagesfortheonesthatarestillaroundhaveremainedstagnant.(L17)Paraphrase:Therearefewerandfewermiddle-classjobssincethelate1970s.Evenifthereremainsome,themoneythatcanbeearnedfromthemremainunchanged.【译文】20世纪70年代以来，中等范畴的工作已经变得越来越稀缺，即使还有些中等工作，但工资也是停滞不涨。Unit1》PartII》RelatedReading3.

Autorsaysthataleadingexplanationforthedisappearanceofthemiddleclassis“ongoingautomationandoff-shoringofmiddle-skilled‘routine’tasksthatwereformerlyperformedprimarilybyworkerswithmoderateeducation”.(L20)Unit1》PartII》RelatedReadingParaphrase:Oneonehand,thereismoreandmoreautomation.Ontheother,ordinaryandboringtaskusedtobedonebyworkerswithoutmucheducation,butnowtheyaremovedabroad.Autorthinksallthiscanexplaininanimportantwaywhythemiddleclassnolongerexist.【译文】奥图尔指出中产阶级消失的最主要的解释就是“持续进行的自动化和需要中等技能的常规任务的海外外包，而这些工作原来都是由拥有中等教育背景的工人完成的”。TranslationoftheTextsForRelatedReading

Unit1》PartII》RelatedReading1)假如智商测试测量的特性是可遗传的，因而是从先辈那儿继承下

来的一个特性，或者是由父母和社会阶级通过文化传播开来的一

个特性，那么无论是哪种方式，它们都不可能推翻存在于每一代

人中的社会秩序。(eitherway)IfIQtestsmeasureatraitthatisgenetic,andthereforeinherited,oratraitthatisculturallytransmitted

byparentsandsocialclass,theywould,eitherway,beunlikelytoupendthesocialorderineverygeneration._______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Unit1》PartIV》Exercise23.TranslatethefollowingChinesesentencesintoEnglish,usingthe

patternsintheSentence

PatternPool.2)

数据已经添加或更新在数据库中，但由于不满足从属记录源中的

标准而将无法显示。(satisfy

thecriteria)Thedatawasaddedorupdatedinthedatabase,butthedatawon'tbedisplayedbecauseitdoesn't

satisfythecriteriaintheunderlyingrecordsource.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________3)例如，没有一种科学方法证明，暴露于100ppm某种污染物达24

小时是“安全的”，而暴露在超过那个污染程度便是“危险的”。

(Thereisnowaythat…)Forexample,thereisnoscientificwaytodemonstratethatexposuretoapollutantinaconcentration

ofonehundredpartspermillionfortwenty-fourhoursis“safe”whileexposuresabovethat

levelare“dangerous”.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Unit1》PartIV》Exercise2Unit1》PartIV》Exercise24)

传统的看法认为错误消息框的作用是在用户错了时通知他们，实

际上，大多数错误公告的作用是在计算机自己糊涂时向用户报告。

(Conventionalwisdomhasheldthat...)Conventionalwisdomsaysthaterrormessagestelluserswhentheyhavemadeamistake.Actually,

mosterrorbulletinsreportwhenthecomputergetsconfused.___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________LanguagePoints

Unit5》PartII》MainReading1.“GOOGLEisnotaconventionalcompany.Wedonotintendtobecomeone,”wroteLarryPageandSergeyBrin,thesearchfirm’sfounders,inalettertoinvestorsin2004.(L1)Paraphrase:LarryPageandSergeyBrin,Google’sfounders,wrotetoinvestorsin2004,sayingthatGooglewasnotaconventionalcompanyandtheleadersdidn’twantittobefollowtheoldways.【译文】“谷歌不是个传统公司。我们无意成为一个传统公司。”谷歌这个搜索引擎公司的创始人，拉里·佩奇和谢尔盖·布林2004年在给投资人的信中写道。Unit5》PartII》MainReading2.Sincethen,Googlehasreinforceditsreputationasoneofthequirkiestcompaniesontheplanet.(L3)Paraphrase:SinceGooglewentpublicin2004,Googlehasbeenknownasoneofthemostfantasticcompaniesintheworld.【译文】谷歌已经成为这个星球上最神奇的公司之一，名声赫赫。Unit5》PartII》MainReading3.Thisyearaloneithasraisedeyebrowsbytakingastakeinawind-energyprojectandbytestingself-drivingcars.(L4)Paraphrase:Mereinthisyear,Googleboughtsharesofawind-energyprojectandalsotestedself-drivingcars.【译文】单单今年，谷歌公司通过参股一家风能项目以及测试自动驾驶汽车令人注目。raiseeyebrows引人注目，令人惊叹Unit5》PartII》MainReading4.Thishasproducedhandsomereturnsforthefirm’sinvestors,whohaveseenthecompanytransformitselfinthespaceofamere12yearsfromatinystart-upintoanindustrygiant.（L7）Paraphrase:Google’svariousbusinesseshavemadegreatmoneyforthefirm’sinvestors.Thecompanywasonlyasmallonewhenitwasfounded,butitdevelopedveryfastduringthepast12years.Googleisalargecompanynow.【译文】而这为那些见证了谷歌蜕变历程的企业投资人带来了可观的回报。在短短12年内，公司由成立之初的小不点儿发展成如今的庞然大物。Unit5》PartII》MainReading5.Muchofitsgrowthhasbeenorganic,butGooglehasalsosomesizeableacquisitions.(L13)Paraphrase:Googlehasdevelopedorganically,butithasalsoacquiredothercompanies.【译文】谷歌的发展大多是有机增长，但该公司也进行了一些大型并购。sizeablea.大的，相当大的Incomefromtourismaccountsforasizeableproportionofthearea’stotalincome.e.g.TranslationoftheTextsForMainReading

Unit5》PartII》MainReadingUnit5》PartII》RelatedReading1.Thequestforimmediateinformationonanythingandeverythingissatisfiedby“googling”itonacomputerorcellphone.(L7)Paraphrase:Whenanyinformationisneeded,justgoogleitonacomputeorcellphone.【译文】当人们需要任何信息的时候，只需要在电脑上或者电话上谷歌一下就可以解决。LanguagePoints

Unit5》PartII》RelatedReading2.Peoplehavecometofeelemotionallyattachedtothesearchengine,callingonitwhenevertheywishtosatisfytheirinterestorcuriosity.(L17)Paraphrase:Peoplereallyenjoyusingthissearchengine,googlewhenevertheytrytofulfilltheirinterestorcuriosity.【译文】人们发自内心的喜欢这个搜索引擎，随时随地地使用谷歌来满足自己的兴趣或好奇心。Unit5》PartII》RelatedReading7.LikeBrinandPage,HennessyhadgrownfrustratedusingAltaVista,thebestsearchengineatthetime.WhileitdidareasonablygoodjobofcanvassingtheInternet,itdidapoorjobofrankingsearchresults.(L83)Paraphrase:LikeBrinandPage,HennessyistiredofusingAltaVista,thebestsearchengineatthetime.WhileitdidagoodjobofsearchingtheInternet,itdidabadjobofrankingsearchresults.【译文】同佩吉和布林一样，亨尼斯已经对当时最好的搜索引擎AltaVista产生了不满和厌倦。这个搜索引擎在网络搜索方面做得相当不错，但是对于排列整理搜索结果这方面而言就令人不满意了。TranslationoftheTextsForRelatedReading

Unit5》PartII》RelatedReadingUnit5》PartIV》Exercise21)

如果该公司能够迎接复杂的、高度精密的生产和极短期限的挑，

它不仅能提高自身作为行业翘楚的声誉，而且还会打开其他机会之

门。(reinforceitsreputationas)Ifthiscompanycanmeetthechallengeofthecomplex,high-precisionproductionandthetightdeadline,itwillnotonlyburnishitsreputationasindustryleaderbutopenupotheropportunities.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________3.TranslatethefollowingChinesesentencesintoEnglish,usingthepatternsintheSentencePatternPool.2)这本书里的幽默感对于同性恋读者而言会有特别的吸引力。

(giveitspecialappealto)Thehumorinthisbookmaygiveitspecialappealtogayreaders.___________________________________________________Unit5》PartIV》Exercise23)5年以前，他在政界就已经是个不可忽视的人物了。(aforcetobereckonedwith)Heisalreadyaforcetobereckonedwithinthepoliticaldomain5yearsago.______________________________________________________________4)女性可能在几周时间内就对自己喜欢的人产生情感上的眷恋。

(havecometofeelemotionallyattachedto)Womenmaybecomeemotionallyattachedtomentheylikeinacoupleofweeks._________________________________________________________________Unit6》PartII》MainReading9.Theglacierscouldberetreatingbecauseofoneofthecountlessnaturaloscillationsintheclimatethatscientistsdonotproperlyunderstand.(L50)Paraphrase:Onereasonthattheglacierscouldberetreatingisthattheclimatechangesunexpectedly,soitishardforscientiststoexplainit.【译文】冰河后退的原因可能是科学家无法解释的自然界气候剧烈震荡造成的。TranslationoftheTextsForMainReading

Unit6》PartII》MainReadingUnit6》PartII》RelatedReading3.Theymostlyoccurwhenspringrainfallgathersonland,makesitswayintostreamsandrivers,andeventuallytumblesdowntotheocean.(L7)Paraphrase:Thisusuallyhappenswhenspringrainfallcollectsonland,findsitswayintostreamsandrivers,andeventuallyflowsintoocean.【译文】这种情形大多发生在春天，雨水在地面汇集，流入小溪和河流，最终汇入大海。TranslationoftheTextsForRelatedReading

Unit6》PartII》RelatedReadingUnit6》PartIV》Exercise21)为实现这些目标，在1997年签署了《京都议定书》，并于2005年开始强制生效。(realise

aims;sign;comeintoforce)TheKyotoprotocol,whichsetaboutrealisingthoseaims,wassignedin1997andcameintoforcein2005.____________________________________________________________________________________________3.TranslatethefollowingChinesesentencesintoEnglish,usingthepatternsintheSentencePatternPool.2)如果不能重新拟定新的国际公约，人类没有任何机会来防治严重的气候突变问题。(Without…;thereisnotmuchchanceof…)Withoutanewglobalagreement,thereisnotmuchchanceofavertingseriousclimatechange.______________________________________________________________________________________________Unit6》PartIV》Exercise23)碳排放征税的一大弊端是这一做法将使商业和经济受到创伤。(Aswith…)Aswiththedownsideofcarbontaxes,theywillhurtbusinessandtheeconomy.____________________________________________________________________________________4)请你举一个具体的例子，说明你是怎样对你所处的环境进行评估，并找到重点，以便获得你所期望的结果的。(provideanexampleof…)Provideanexampleofhowyouassessedasituationandachievedgoodresultsbyfocusingonthemostimportantpriorities.______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Unit6》PartIV》Exercise25)我们决心将每一个项目的成本降到最低，以尽量提高效益。(maximize,minimize)Wearedeterminedtominimisethecostofeachandeveryprojectandtomaximisecost-effectiveness.____________________________________________________________________________________Unit7》PartII》MainReading1.Inagreatmanyfields,researcherswouldgivetheireyeteethtohaveadirectglimpseofthepast.Instead,theygenerallyhavetopiecetogetherremoteconditionsusingremnantslikeweatheredfossils,decayingparchmentsormummifiedremains.(L1)Paraphrase:Inagreatmanyfields,researcherswouldliketohavealookatthepastdirectly.However,theyusuallyhavetomaketheremotehistorycompletebyputtingtogetherthesmallpartslikethefossilschangedbywindandrain,destroyedsheepskinswithwrittenpastandmummies.【译文】很多领域的研究者都非常想直接目睹过去的情景，但是他们通常只能通过风化的化石、腐烂的羊皮纸或是木乃伊遗体拼凑起遥远过去的信息。LanguagePointsUnit7》PartII》MainReading2.Duringthepastdecade,asobservationsofsuchancientstarlighthaveprovideddeepinsightintotheuniverse’s

past,theyhavealso,surprisingly,provideddeepinsight

intothenatureofthefuture.(L11)Paraphrase:Inthepasttenyears,theobservationsoftheancientstarlighthavegivenusdeepunderstandingoftheuniverse’spastandthenatureofitsfuture.【译文】过去十年对于这些远古星光的观察不仅为宇宙的过去提供了很深邃的见解，而且对于宇宙未来的本质也有深刻的见解。Unit7》PartII》MainReading3.ThisstoryofdiscoverybeginsacenturyagowithAlbertEinstein,whorealizedthatspaceisnotanimmutablestageonwhicheventsplayout,asIsaacNewtonhadenvisioned.(L15)Paraphrase:ThestoryofthedarkenergybeginsacenturyagowithAlbertEinstein,whorealizedthatspaceischanging,whichisdifferentfromwhatIsaacNewtonhadimagined.【译文】这一发现的故事从一个世纪以前开始，当时阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦认识到空间并不是艾萨克·牛顿所预期的那样一成不变。Unit7》PartII》MainReading4.Infact,soflexibleisspacethat,accordingtothemath,thesizeoftheuniversenecessarilychangesovertime:thefabricofspacemustexpandorcontract—itcan’tstayput.(L19)Paraphrase:Actually,thespaceissomalleablethatthesizeoftheuniversehastochangeovertimeaccordingtothemath:structureofspacemustexpandorcontract—itcan’tbestatic.【译文】实际上，空间的可延展性极强，按照自己数学上的推理，宇宙的大小是随着时间进行必要的改变的，空间的结构一定是在膨胀或是收缩，总之不可能完全不变。ForMainReadingUnit7》PartII》MainReadingTranslationoftheTextsUnit7》PartII》RelatedReading6.BecauseheoriginallythoughttheUniversewasstatic,Einsteinconjecturedthateventheemptiestpossiblespace,devoidofmatterandradiation,mightstillhaveadarkenergy,whichhecalleda“cosmologicalconstant”.(L59)Paraphrase:BecauseatfirsthethoughttheUniversedidnotmove,Einsteinpredictedthateventheemptiestpossiblespace,withoutmatterandradiation,mightstillhaveadarkenergy.Andhecalledtheenergya“cosmologicalconstant”.【译文】因为爱因斯坦最初认为宇宙是静止的，他推测即使在没有物质和辐射的绝对真空中仍可能存在暗能量，他称之为“宇宙常数”。ForRelatedReadingUnit7》PartII》RelatedReadingTranslationoftheTextsVerbsthatcanbeusedwith:1)prediction2)haltUnit7》PartIV》Exercise1(make/provide/correct/use~)(cometo/bringto/calla~)2.ConsultanEnglishdictio