高考必备7000个单词浓缩于100句（五）

81. Television the most pervasive andpersuasive of modern technologies, marked by rapid change andgrowth, is moving into a new era, an era of extraordinarysophistication and versatility,which promises to reshape our lives and ourworld. 

电视，这项从迅速变化和成长为标志的最普及和最有影响力的现代技术，正在步入一个新时代，一个极为成熟和多样化的时代，这将重塑我们的生活和世界。

82. Television is more than just anelectronics; it is a means of expression, as well as a vehicle forcommunication, and as such becomes a powerful tool for reachingother human beings. 

电视不仅仅是一件电器；它是表达的手段和交流的载体并因此成为联系他人的有力工具。

83. Even more shocking is the fact that thenumber and rate of imprisonmenthave more than doubled over the past twenty years, and recidivism------that is the rate for re-arrest------ismore than 60 percent. 

更让人吃惊的事实是监禁的数目和比例在过去的二十年中翻了一番还有余，以及累犯率——即再次拘押的比例——为百分之六十强。

84. His teaching began at the MassachusettsInstitute of Technology, but William Rainey Harper lured him to thenew university of Chicago , where he remained officially forexactly a generation and where his students in advanced composition found him terrifyingly frigid in theclassroom but sympathetic andunderstanding in their personal conferences. 

他的教书生涯始于麻省理工学院，但是William RaineyHarper把他吸引到了新成立的芝加哥大学。他在那里正式任职长达整整一代人的时间。他的高级作文课上的学生觉得他在课上古板得可怕，但私下交流却富有同情和理解。

85. The sloth pays such littleattention to its personal hygiene that greenalgaegrow on its coarse hair and communitiesof a parasitic moth live in the depths of its coat producingcaterpillars which graze on its mouldy hair.Its muscles are such that it is quits incapable ofmoving at a speed of over a kilometer an hour even over theshortest distances and the swiftest movement it can make is a sweepof its hooked arm. 

树獭即不讲究卫生，以至于它粗糙的毛发上生出绿苔，成群的寄生蛾生长在它的皮毛深处，变成毛毛虫，并以它的脏毛为食。她的肌肉不能让他哪怕在很短的距离以内以每小时一公里的速度移动。它能做的最敏捷的动作就是挥一挥它弯曲的胳膊。

86. Artificial flowers are used forscientific as well as for decorativepurposes. They are made from a variety ofmaterials, such as way and glass, so skillfully that they canscarcely be distinguishedfrom natural flowers. 

人造花卉即可用于科学目的，也可用于装饰目的，它们可以用各种各样的材料制成，臂如蜡和玻璃；其制作如此精巧，几乎可以以假乱真。

87. Three years of research at an abandoned coalmine in Argonne, Illinois, have resulted in findings thatscientists believe can help reclaim thousandsof mine disposal sitesthat scar the coal-rich regions of the United States. 

在伊利诺州Angonne市的一个废弃煤矿的三年研究取得了成果，科学家们相信这些成果可以帮助改造把美国产煤区弄得伤痕累累的数千个旧煤场。

88. When the persuading and the planning forthe western railroads had finally been completed, the reallychallenging task remained: the dangerous, sweaty, backbreaking,brawling business of actually building thelines. 

当有关西部铁路的说服和规划工作终于完成后，真正艰难的任务还没有开始；即危险，吃力，需要伤筋动骨和吵吵嚷嚷的建造这些铁路的实际工作。

89. Because of the space crunch, the ArtMuseum has become increasingly cautious in considering acquisitions and donations of art, in some cases passingup opportunities to strengthen iscollections. 

由于空间不足，艺术博物馆在考虑购买和接受捐赠的艺术品是越来越慎重，有些情况下放弃其进一步改善收藏的机会。

90. The United States Constitution requiresthat President be a natural-born citizen, thirty-five years of ageor older, who has lived in the United States for a minimum offourteen years. 

美国宪法要求总统是生于美国本土的公民，三十五岁以上，并且在美国居住了至少十四年。

91. Arid regions in the southwestern UnitedStates have become increasingly inviting playgrounds for thegrowing number of recreation seekers who own vehicles such asmotorcycles or powered trail bikes and indulge inhill-climbing contests or in caving new trails in thedesert. 

美国西部的不毛之地正成为玩耍的地方，对越来越多拥有摩托车或越野单车类车辆的，喜欢放纵于爬坡比赛或开辟新的沙漠通道的寻欢作乐者具有不断增长的吸引力。

92. Stone does decay, and so tools of longago have remained when even the bones of the man who made them havedisappeared without trace. 

石头不会腐烂，所以以前的(石器)工具能保存下来，虽然它们的制造者已经消失的无影无踪。

93. Insects would make it impossible for usto live in the world; they would devour all our crops and killour flocks and herds, if it were not for theprotection we get from insect-eatinganimals. 

昆虫就将会使我们无法在这个世界上居住；如果我们没有受到以昆虫为食的动物的保护，昆虫就会吞嚼掉我们所有的庄稼并杀死我们饲养的禽兽。

94. It is true that during their explorationsthey often faced difficulties and dangers of the most perilous nature, equipped in a manner which would make amodern climber shudder at thethought, but they did not go out of their way to court suchexcitement. 

确实，他们在探险中遇到了极具威胁性的困难和危险，而他们的装备会让一个现代登山者想一想都会浑身颤栗。不过他们并不是刻意去追求刺激的。

95. There is only one difference between anold man and a young one: the young man has a glorious futurebefore him and old one has a splendid futurebehind him: and maybe that is where the rubis. 

老人和年轻人之间只有一个区别：年轻人的前面有辉煌的未来，老年人灿烂的未来却已在它们身后。这也许就是困难之所在。

96. I find young people exciting. They havean air of freedom, and they have not a dreary commitment to meanambitions or love comfort. They are not anxious social climbers,and they have no devotion tomaterial things. 

我们位年强人振奋。它们带有自由的气息，他们不会为狭隘的野心和贪婪享受而孜孜以求。他们不是焦虑的向上爬的人，他们不会对物质性的东西难舍难分。

97. I am always amazed when I hear peoplesaying that sport creates goodwill betweenthe nations, and that if only the common peoples of the world couldmeet one another at football or cricket, they wouldhave no inclination tomeet on the battlefield. 

每次我听说体育运动能够在国家间建立起友好感情，说世界各地的普通人只要能在足球场或板球场上相遇就会没有兴趣在战场上相遇的话，我都倍感诧异。

98. It is impossible to say simply for thefun and exercise: as soon as the question of prestige arises,as soon as you feel that you and some larger unit will be disgracedif you lose, the most savage combativeinstincts are around. 

没有可能仅仅为了娱乐或锻炼而运动：一旦有了问题，一旦你觉得你输了你和你所属团体会有失体面时，你最野蛮的好斗本能就会被激发出来。

99. It has been found that certain batsemitsqueaks and by receiving the echoes, they can locate andsteerclear of obstacles------orlocate flying insects on which they feed. This echo-location inbats is often compared with radar, the principle of which issimilar. 

人们已经发现，某些蝙蝠发出尖叫声并靠接受回响来锁定和避免障碍物——或者找到它们赖以为生的昆虫。蝙蝠这种回响定位法常拿来和原理与之很相近似的雷达相比。

100. As the time and cost of making a clipdrop to a few days and a few hundred dollars, engineers may soon befree to let their imaginations soar without being penalized by expensive failure. 

随着芯片制造时间和费用降低到了几天和几百美元，工程师们可能很快可以任他们的想象驰骋而不会被昂贵的失败所惩罚。