15年 职称英语考试 理工 B 阅读理解 23.24.25.27 英汉对译.doc

阅读理解 7 第二十三篇 Powering a City? It’s a Breeze The graceful优美的 wooden windmills that have broken up the flat平原 Dutch荷兰人landscape景色 for centuries—a national symbol象征 like wooden shoes and tulips—yielded long ago to ungainly metal-pole turbines. 与木鞋、郁金香一起被视为荷兰象征的风车，在荷兰平原上优雅地矗立了几个世纪，可是，它的作用早已为笨拙的金属涡轮所代替。 Now, windmills are breaking into a new frontier领域. Though still in its teething stages阶段, the “urban城市的 turbine” is a high-tech windmill designed to目的在于 generate energy from the rooftops of busy cities. Lighter, quieter, and often more efficient有效率 than rural乡村 counterparts, they take advantage of t