新视野大学英语第三版读写教程4.docx

第一单元 As the gender bariers crumbled , the number of women working as lawyers,doctors, or bankers began to increase significantly from the mid-20th century 随着性别歧视者的瓦解，从事律师、医生或银行家工作的女 性人数从20世纪中叶开始显著增加。 With the data olleted each year, the owner of the shop can discern customer treiendsand how things like weather and economic indicators affect sales performance. 根据每年收集的数据，商店的所有者可以辨别顾客的需求以 及天气和经济指标等因素如何影响销售业绩。 His supervisor pushes and motivates him in such a positive manner that he is not onlyable to reach but to surpass . his personalgoal 他的主管以积极的方式推动和激励他，使他不仅能够达到， 而且能够超越。他的个人爱好。 He is a man with a(n) shrewd business sense. He has built his initial investment into asubstantial and even excessively large fortune. 他是一个有精明商业头脑的人。他已经把最初的投资建立在 一个绝对的甚至是巨额的财富上。 The conversion of nuclear radiation directly into electricity was an exciting possibilitythat was being vigorously explored in many . laboratories in the 1950s. 直接将核辐射转化为电能是一种令人兴奋的可能性。20世纪 50年代，许多实验室都在大力探索这种可能性。 I was not only shocked but also disgusted that the report tried to distort thescientific facts in such a manner that evensomehighly-educated people were fooled. 报告试图歪曲科学事实，以致于一些受过高等教育的人被愚 弄，这不仅让我感到震惊，也让我感到厌恶。 Sixty-two and blessed with his mother1s skin, the fisherman had withstood a lifetimeof exposure to the sun and looked as radiant as a man in his forties. 这位渔夫有着母亲的皮肤，经受住了一辈子的日晒，看上去 像四十多岁的人一样容光焕发。 French educator Louis Braille invented a simple but ingenious code which has had an impact on the lives of generations ofpeople who are blind. 法国教育家路易斯?布莱叶发明了一种简单但巧妙的密码, 它对几代盲人的生活产生了影响。 The senators didnt expect us to ask such tough questions, and when we finally did, they got stumped and didnt know what to say. 参议员们没料到我们会问这么棘手的问题，当我们最终问了 之后，他们被难住了，不知道该说什么。 This newly established university supports the proposition that a more diverse highereducation system is desirable since it wou1d exhance opportunities for life long learning. 这所新成立的大学支持这样一个观点，即一个更加多样化的 高等教育系统是可取的，因为它为终身学习提供了机会。 The brick walls of the ruined b