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1、新概念英语第三册课文翻译及词汇Lesson4044新概念英语第三册课文翻译及词汇Lesson40 It has never been explained why university students seem to enjoy practical jokes more than anyone else. Students specialize in a particular type of practical joke: the hoax. Inviting the fire brigade to put out a nonexistent fire is a crude form of d
2、eception which no self-respecting student would ever indulge in. Students often create amusing situations which are funny to everyone except the victims. When a student recently saw two workmen using a pneumatic drill outside his university, he immediately telephoned the police and informed them tha
3、t two students dressed up as workmen were tearing up the road with a pneumatic drill. As soon as he had hung up, he went over to the workmen and told them that if a policeman ordered them to go away, they were not to take him seriously. He added that a student had dressed up as a policeman and was p
4、laying all sorts of silly jokes on people. Both the police and the workmen were grateful to the student for this piece of advance information. The student hid in an archway nearby where he could watch and hear everything that went on. Sure enough, a policeman arrived on the scene and politely asked
5、the workmen to go away. When he received a very rude reply from one of the workmen, he threatened to remove them by force. The workmen told him to do as he pleased and the policeman telephoned for help. Shortly afterwards, four more policemen arrived and remonstrated with the workmen. As the men ref
6、used to stop working, the police attempted to seize the pneumatic drill. The workmen struggled fiercely and one of them lost his temper. He threatened to call the police. At this, the police pointed out ironically that this would hardly be necessary as the men were already under arrest. Pretending t
7、o speak seriously, one of the workmen asked if he might make a telephone call before being taken to the station. Permission was granted and a policeman accompanied him to a pay phone. Only when he saw that the man was actually telephoning the police did he realize that they had all been the victims
8、of a hoax. 谁也弄不清为什么高校生似乎比任何人都更喜爱恶作剧。高校生擅长一种特别的恶作剧戏弄人。请消防队来扑灭一场根本没有的大火是一种低级骗局，有自尊心的高校生决不会去做。高校生们经常做的是制造一种可笑的局面，使大家笑上一场，当然受害者是笑不出来的。最近有个学生望见两个工人在学校门外用风钻干活，立刻打电话报告警察，说有两个学生装扮成工人，正在用风钻破坏路面。挂上电话后，他又立刻来到工人那儿，告知他们若有个警察来让他们走开，不要把他当回事，还对工人说，有个学生常装扮成警察无聊地同别人开玩笑。警察与工人都对那个学生事先通报状况表示感谢。 那个学生躲在旁边一拱形的门廊里，在那儿可以望见、听
9、到现场发生的一切。果真，警察来了，不礼貌地请工人离开此地;但其中一个工人粗鲁地回了几句。于是警察威逼要强行使他们离开。工人说，悉听尊便。警察去打电话叫人。一会儿工夫，又来了4个警察，规劝工人离开。由于工人拒绝停下手中的活，警察想夺风钻。两个工人奋力抗争，其中一个发了火，威逼说要去叫警察。警察听后讥讽地说，这大可不必，因为他俩已被逮捕了。其中一个工人装腔作势地问道，在被带往警察局之前，是否可以打一个电话。警察同意了，陪他来到一个投币地电话前，当他看到那个工人真的是给警察挂电话，才茅塞顿开，原来他们都成一场骗局的受害者。 hoax n. 骗局，戏弄 deception n. 欺瞒，骗局 self-
10、respecting adj. 自重的 indulge v. 使沉迷 pneumatic adj. 气动的 drill n. 钻 silly adj. 无意义的，无聊的 advance adj. 预先的，事先获得的 archway n. 拱形门楼 remonstrate v. 规劝，告诫 ironically adv. 讽刺地 permission n. 许可 grant v. 同意，准予 新概念英语第三册课文翻译及词汇Lesson41 The quiet life of the country has never appealed to me. City born and city bred
11、. I have always regarded the country as something you look at through a train window, or something you occasional visit during the weekend. Most of my friends live in the city, yet they always go into raptures at the mere mention of the country. Though they extol the virtues of the peaceful life, on
12、ly one of them has ever gone to live in the country and he was back in town within six months. Even he still lives under the illusion that country life is somehow superior to town life. He is forever talking about the friendly people, the clean atmosphere, the closeness to nature and the gentle pace
13、 of living. Nothing can be compared, he maintains, with the first cockcrow, the twittering of birds at dawn, the sight of the rising sun glinting on the trees and pastures. This idyllic pastoral scene is only part of the picture. My friend fails to mention the long and friendless winter evenings in
14、front of the TV - virtually the only form of entertainment. He says nothing about the poor selection of goods in the shops, or about those unfortunate people who have to travel from the country to the city every day to get to work. Why people are prepared to tolerate a four-hour journey each day for
15、 the dubious privilege of living in the country is beyond me. They could be saved so much misery and expense if they chose to live in the city where they rightly belong. If you can do without the few pastoral pleasures of the country, you will find the city can provide you with the best that life ca
16、n offer. You never have to travel miles to see your friends. They invariably live nearby and are always available for an informal chat or an evening's entertainment. Some of my acquaintances in the country come up to town once or twice a year to visit the theatre as a special treat. For them thi
17、s is a major operation which involves considerable planning. As the play draws to its close, they wonder whether they will ever catch that last train home. The city dweller never experiences anxieties of this sort. The latest exhibitions, films, or plays are only a short bus ride away. Shopping, too
18、, is always a pleasure. The latest exhibitions, films, or plays are only a short bus ride away. Shopping, too, is always a pleasure. There is so much variety that you never have to make do with second best. Country people run wild when they go shopping in the city and stagger home loaded with as man
19、y of the exotic items as they can carry. Nor is the city without its moments of beauty. There is something comforting about the warm glow shed by advertisements on cold wet winter nights. Few things could be more impressive than the peace that descends on deserted city streets at weekends when the t
20、housands that travel to work every day are tucked away in their homes in the country. It has always been a mystery to me who city dwellers, who appreciate all these things, obstinately pretend that they would prefer to live in the country. 安静的乡村生活从来没有吸引过我。我生在城市，长在城市，总认为乡村是透过火车车窗看到的那个样了，或间或周末去游玩一下景象。
21、我的很多挚友都住在城市，但他们只要一提起乡村，立刻就会变得欣喜若狂。尽管他们都交口赞扬安静的乡村生活的种.种优点，但其中只有一个人真去农村住过，而且不足6个月就回来了。即使他也仍存有幻觉，似乎乡村生活就是比城市生活优越。他滔滔不绝地大谈友好的农夫，干净的空气，贴近大自然的环境和悠然的生活节奏。他坚持认为，凌晨雄鸡第一声啼叫，黎明时分小鸟吱喳欢叫，冉冉升起的朝阳染红树木、牧场，此番美景无与伦比。但这种田园诗般的乡村风光仅仅是一个侧面。我的挚友没有提到在电视机前度过的漫长孤独的冬夜电视是的消遣形式。他也不说商店货物品种单调，以及那些每天不得不从乡下赶到城里工作的不幸的人们。人们为什么情愿每天在路上
22、奔波4个小时去换取值得怀疑的乡间的优点，我是无法理解的。要是他们情愿住在原来属于他们的城市，则可以让他们省去诸多不便与节约大量开支。 假如你愿舍弃乡下生活那一点点乐趣的话，那么你会发出城市可以为你供应生活最美妙的东西。你去看挚友根本不用跋涉好几英里，因为他们都住在旁边，你随时可以同他们闲聊或在晚上一起消遣。我在乡村有一些熟人，他们每年进城来看一回或几回戏，并把此看作一种特别的享受。看戏在他们是件大事，须要细心安排。当戏快演完时，他们又为是否能赶上末班火车回家而犯愁。这种焦虑，城里人是从未体验过的。坐公共汽车几站路，就可看到最新的展览、电影、戏剧。买东西也是一种乐趣。物品种繁多，从来不必用二等品
23、来凑合。乡里人进城选购欣喜若狂，每次回家时都买足了外来商品，直到拿不动方才罢休，连走路都摇摇摆晃的。城市也并非没有良辰美景。寒冷潮湿的冬夜里，广告灯箱发出的暖光，会给人某种劝慰。周末，当成千上万进城上班的人回到他们的乡间寓所之后，空旷的街市覆盖着一种安静气氛，没有什么能比此时的安静更令人难忘了。城里人对这一切心里很明白，却偏要执拗地装出他们喜爱住在乡村的样子，这对我来说始终是个谜。 illusion n. 幻想，错觉 pastoral adj. 田园的 breed v. 培育 rapture n. 欣喜 extol v. 赞美，颂扬 superior adj. 优越的 cockcrow n.
24、鸡叫 twitter v. (鸟)吱吱叫，喊喊喳喳叫 glint v. 闪耀 pasture n. 牧场 idyllic adj. 田园诗的 virtually adv. 几乎;差不多 dubious adj. 可疑的，怀疑的 privilege n. 特权 misery n. 苦难 acquaintance n. 熟人 treat n. 难得的乐事，享受 dweller n. 居住者 stagger v. 摇摆;蹒跚 exotic adj. 寻乎寻常的，外来的 glow n. 白炽光 descend v. 下落，驾临 tuck v. 缩进，隐藏 obstinately adv. 固执地，顽固
25、地 新概念英语第三册课文翻译及词汇Lesson42 Cave exploration, or potholing, as it has come to be known, is a relatively new sport. Perhaps it is the desire for solitude or the chance of making an unexpected discovery that lures men down to the depths of the earth. It is impossible to give a satisfactory explanation f
26、or a pot-holer's motives. For him, caves have the same peculiar fascination which high mountains have for the climber. They arouse instincts which can only be dimly understood. Exploring really deep caves is not a task for the Sunday afternoon rambler. Such undertakings require the precise plann
27、ing and foresight of military operations. It can take as long as eight days to rig up rope ladders and to establish supply bases before a descent can be made into a very deep cave. Precautions of this sort are necessary, for it is impossible to foretell the exact nature of the difficulties which wil
28、l confront the potholer. The deepest known cave in the world is the Gouffre Berger near Grenoble. It extends to a depth of 3723 feet. This immense chasm has been formed by an underground stream which has tunnelled a course through a flaw in the rocks. The entrance to the cave is on a plateau in the
29、Dauphine Alps. As it is only six feet across, it is barely noticeable. The cave might never have been discovered had not the entrance been spotted by the distinguished French potholer, Berger. Since its discovery, it has become a sort of potholers' Everest. Though a number of descents have been
30、made, much of it still remains to be explored. A team of potholers recently went down the Gouffre Berger. After entering the narrow gap on the plateau, they climbed down the steep sides of the cave until they came to a narrow corridor. They had to edge their way along this, sometimes wading across s
31、hallow streams, or swimming across deep pools. Suddenly they came to a waterfall which dropped into an underground lake at the bottom of the cave. They plunged into the lake, and after loading their gear on an inflatable rubber dinghy, let the current carry them to the other side. To protect themsel
32、ves from the icy water, they had to wear special rubber suits. At the far end of the lake, they came to huge piles of rubble which had been washed up by the water. In this part of the cave, they could hear an insistent booming sound which they found was caused by a small water-spout shooting down in
33、to a pool from the roof of the cave. Squeezing through a cleft in the rocks, the potholers arrived at an enormous cavern, the size of a huge concert hall. After switching on powerful arc lights, they saw great stalagmitessome of them over forty feet high-rising up like tree-trunks to meet the stalac
34、tites suspended from the roof. Round about, piles of lime-stone glistened in all the colours of the rainbow. In the eerie silence of the cavern, the only sound that could be heard was made by water which dripped continuously from the high dome above them. 洞窟勘查或洞窟勘探是一项比较新的体育活动。寻求独处的愿望或寻求意外发觉的机会的欲望吸引人
35、们来到地下深处。要想对洞窟探险者的动机作出满足的说明是不行能的。对洞窟探险者来说，洞窟有一种特别的魅力，就像高山对登山者有特别魅力一样。为什么洞空能引发人的那种探险本能，人们对此只能有一种模模糊糊的理解。 探测特别深的洞窟不是那些在星期日下午闲逛的人所能胜任的。这种活动须要有军事行动般的周密布署和预见实力。有时须要花费整整 8天时间来搭起绳梯，建立供应基地，然后才能到一个很深的洞窟里。作出这样的打算是必要的，因为无法预见到洞窟探险者原委会遇到什么性质的困难。世界上最深的洞窟是格里诺布尔旁边的高弗.伯杰洞，深达3,723英尺。这个深邃的洞窟是由一条地下暗泉冲刷岩石中的缝隙并使之渐渐变大而形成的。
36、此洞的洞口在丹芬阿尔卑斯山的高原上，仅 6英尺宽，很难被发觉。若不是法国洞窟探险家伯杰由于偶然的机会发觉了这个洞口的话，这个洞或许不会为人所知。自从被发觉以后，这个洞成了洞窟探险者的珠穆朗玛峰，人们多次进入洞内探险，但至今尚有不少东西有待勘探。 最近，一队洞窟探险者下到了高弗.伯杰洞里。他们从高原上的窄缝进去，顺着笔直陡峭的洞壁往下爬。来到一条狭窄的走廊上。他们不得不侧着身子往前走，有时过浅溪，有时游过深潭。突然，他们来到一道瀑布前，那瀑布奔泻而下，注入洞底一处地下湖里。他们跳入湖中，把各种器具装上一只充气的橡皮艇，听任水流将他们带往对岸。湖水冰冷刺骨，他们必需穿上一种特制的橡皮服以爱护自己。
37、在湖的终点，他们见到一大堆一大堆由湖水冲刷上岸的碎石。在这儿，他们可以听见一种连绵不断的轰鸣声。后来他们发觉这是由山洞顶部的一个小孔里喷出的水柱跌落到水潭中发出的声音。洞窟探险者从岩石缝里挤身过去，来到一个巨大的洞里，其大小相当于一个音乐厅。他们打开强力弧光灯，望见一株株巨大的石笋，有的高达40英尺，像树干似地向上长着，与洞顶悬挂下来的钟乳石相接。四周是一堆堆石灰石，像彩虹一样闪闪发光。洞里有一种可怕的宁静，的可以听见的声响是高高的圆顶上不间断地滴水的嘀嗒声。 caveman n.(远古)洞窟人 pot-holing n. 洞窟探险，洞窟探险运动 solitude n. 孤独，孤独 lure
38、v. 引诱，诱惑 pot-holer n. 洞窟探险者 undertaking n. 任务，工作 foresight n. 预见;深思熟虑 foretell v. 预言 chasm n. 断层，裂口，陷坑 flaw n. 小裂缝 distinguished adj. 杰出的，的 Everest n. 珠穆朗玛峰 wade v. 涉水 waterfall n. 瀑布 gear n. 一套用具 inflatable adj. 可充气的 rubble n. 碎瓦 insistent adj. 连续的，不断的 boom v. 轰响 waterspout n. 强大的水柱 cleft n. 裂隙，开 c
39、avern n. 在洞窟 stalagmite n. 石笋 stalactite n. 钟乳石 limestone n. 石灰石 glisten v. 闪耀 cerie adj. 引起恐惊的，可怕的 dome n. 穹窿，圆顶 新概念英语第三册课文翻译及词汇Lesson43 Insurance companies are normally willing to insure anything. Insuring public or private property is a standard practice in most countries in the world. If, howeve
40、r, you were holding an open air garden party or a fete it would be equally possible to insure yourself in the event of bad weather. Needless to say, the bigger the risk an insurance company takes, the higher the premium you will have to pay. It is not uncommon to hear that a ship ping company has ma
41、de a claim for the cost of salvaging a sunken ship. But the claim made by a local authority to recover the cost of salvaging a sunken pie dish must surely be unique. Admittedly it was an unusual pie dish, for it was eighteen feet long and six feet wide. It had been purchased by a local authority so
42、that an enormous pie could be baked for an annual fair. The pie committee decided that the best way to transport the dish would be by canal, so they insured it for the trip. Shortly after it was launched, the pie committee went to a local inn to celebrate. At the same time, a number of teenagers cli
43、mbed on to the dish and held a little party of their own. Dancing proved to be more than the dish could bear, for during the party it capsized and sank in seven feet of water. The pie committee telephoned a local garage owner who arrived in a recovery truck to salvage the pie dish. Shivering in thei
44、r wet clothes, the teenagers looked on while three men dived repeatedly into the water to locate the dish. They had little difficulty in finding it, but hauling it out of the water proved to be a serious problem. The sides of the dish were so smooth that it was almost impossible to attach hawsers an
45、d chains to the rim without damaging it. Eventually chains were fixed to one end of the dish and a powerful winch was put into operation. The dish rose to the surface and was gently drawn towards the canal bank. For one agonizing moment, the dish was perched precariously on the bank of the canal, bu
46、t it suddenly overbalanced and slid back into the water. The men were now obliged to try once more. This time they fixed heavy metal clamps to both sides of the dish so that they could fasten the chains. The dish now had to be lifted vertically because one edge was resting against the side of the ca
47、nal. The winch was again put into operation and one of the men started up the truck. Several minutes later, the dish was successfully hauled above the surface of the water. Water streamed in torrents over its sides with such force that it set up a huge wave in the canal. There was danger that the wave would rebound off the other side of the bank and send the dish plunging into the water again. By working at tremendous speed, the men managed to get the dish on to dry land before the wave returned. 保险公司一般说来情愿承保一切东西。承办公共财产或私人财产保险是世界上大部分国家的正常业务。假如你要举办一次露天游园会或盛宴，为避开碰上不好的天气而遭遇损失也同样可以保险，不用说，保险公