研究生英語U2

1、 Revision questions (par. 11-end) w 1. Why did Ames start to realize something wasnt right? w Par. 11 w 2. Did he really make some errors with his test? w Par. 12 w 3. Why is it irresponsible to attribute birth defects to a certain toxic substance in water? w Par. 13: the last sentence. w 4. Is Ames

2、 a stooge for any industries? w No. Par. 15. He does no consulting for w 5. What are the environmentalists positions? w Par. 16: keepas low as possible w 6. Whats Ames reply? w Par. 17: a natural result of social development and we have to live with it as long as we want technological advancements.

3、Par. one wRun on w 靠(某種動(dòng)力或燃料)運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)： w This kind of walking tractor runs on diesel oil. ( di:z()l) w 這種手扶拖拉機(jī)靠柴油運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)。 Preposterous w adj. 荒謬的；可笑的荒謬的；可笑的; 反常的；乖戾的；反常的；乖戾的； 十分荒謬的；愚蠢的十分荒謬的；愚蠢的 w No matter how preposterous the rule, it stays and stays, regardless of whether it works to accomplish its end. w 不管

4、規(guī)則多么荒謬，它總是呆在那兒， 不論其是否達(dá)到其目的。 A growing hand (of scientists) w Sentence meaning: 越來越多的科學(xué)家用 手指向了 w Speaker meaning: 越來越多的科學(xué)家開始 轉(zhuǎn)向/著手于/從事這方面的研究 w 插手: have/take a hand in sth. w Eg. w At times like these a hand of friendship is most needed. 在這個(gè)時(shí)候友誼之手是最需要的。 w He is fond of having a hand in everything. 他什

5、么事都喜歡插上一手。 w If you take a hand in this matter, you will cook your own goose by a quick fire. 如果你插手此事， 要不了多久你就會(huì)將自己毀掉。 a handful of w 一把；少量的；一小部分 w A handful of almonds may shore up your immune system from the effects of stress. 一把杏仁可以支撐起你的減壓免疫系統(tǒng)。 w They tied the knot before a handful of guests.他們?cè)趲讉€(gè)

6、賓客的見證下結(jié)婚了。 Studies that seem to link exposure to electromagnetic fields with increased risk of leukemia and other malignancies w Paraphrasing: w studies that seem to prove that more and more people have these diseases because they are exposed to electromagnetic fields w Or: show that peoples exposur

7、e to electromagnetic fields leads to such diseases as and Implication w n. 含義；暗示；牽連，卷入含義；暗示；牽連，卷入 w He smiled, but the implication was that he didnt believe me. 他微微一笑,但這一笑 暗示著他不相信我的話。 w She misinterpreted the implications of his letter and thus misunderstood his intentions. 她沒有正確理解他信中的含義， 因而誤 解了他的意圖

8、。 Inconclusive w adj. 不確定的；非決定性的；無結(jié)果的 w However, to date, the research is inconclusive largely due to methodological problems. 但迄今 為止，因?yàn)榉椒▎栴}，有關(guān)研究仍是不確定 的。 wconclusive : adj. 決定性的；最后的；確 實(shí)的；確定性的 w Its no use denying it; the evidence is conclusive. 證據(jù)確鑿， 不容狡賴。 Because evidence on the subject is inconclu

9、sive and often contradictory, it has been hard to decide whether concern about the health effects of electricity is legitimate. w Paraphrasing: we are not certain whether it is reasonable to worry about the assumedly bad effect of electricity on our health for lack of definite and unanimous evidence

10、. 參考譯文 由于這問題的證據(jù) 還不是結(jié)論性的，而且常常是矛盾的， 所以就難以斷定有關(guān)電力對(duì)身體的影響 的顧慮是否合乎情理。 Par. 2 wAlarmist: w n. 大驚小怪者，杞人憂天者; 危言聳聽 者;慌報(bào)情況夸大事實(shí)者 w But for all the alarmist talk, Wenzhou is hardly about to run out of cash. 不過，盡管許多報(bào)道都聳人聽聞，但溫 州不會(huì)缺錢。 the EPA has put forward what amounts to the most serious government warning to dat

11、e. w Meaning: w The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has put forward a warning that can be regarded as the most serious one so far. Tentatively w adv. 暫時(shí)地；試驗(yàn)性地; 初步; 權(quán)； 聊且 w The term of practice is tentatively fixed at half a year. 實(shí)習(xí)期限暫定半年。 w Such theories are still very tentative. w 這種理論仍然是探索性的

12、。 w While the report falls short of classifying ELF fields as probable carcinogens, it does identify the common 60-hertz magnetic field as “a possible, but not proven, cause of cancer in humans.” w 參考譯文 雖然報(bào)告沒有把極低頻磁場歸類為 可能致癌物，但它確實(shí)指出通常60赫茲的磁 場是“一種雖尚未證實(shí)，但可能導(dǎo)致人患癌 癥的因素?！?Par. 3 w The evidence is still so

13、 controversial that the draft stirred a great deal of debate within the Bush Administration, and the EPA released it over strong objections from the Pentagon and the Whit House w 參考譯文 證據(jù)爭議性仍然很大，所以報(bào) 告草案在布什政府內(nèi)引起巨大的爭辯，而環(huán) 保署無視無角大樓和白宮的強(qiáng)烈反對(duì)，公布 了這份報(bào)告。 Par. 4 w Nonionizing radiation:非電離輻射 w ionizeainaizvi.

14、離子化;vt. 電離；使離 子化 w 過去式ionized 過去分詞ionized 現(xiàn)在分 詞ionizing Par. 5 wReplicate: vt. 復(fù)制；折疊;vi. 重復(fù)；折 轉(zhuǎn);adj. 復(fù)制的；折疊的; n. 復(fù)制品；八音階間 隔的反覆音 w We should learn from these rather than replicate them.我們應(yīng)該從這些錯(cuò)誤中吸取教訓(xùn)，而非 重復(fù)它們。 w Nothing has the capacity to replicate itself except DNA.除DNA外，什么東西也沒有自我復(fù)制的 能力。 buttress w 扶壁； 支撐物 w vt. 支持，鼓勵(lì)； 用扶壁支撐，加固 w buttress some of his arguments with quotations from . 引用中的語錄來論 證自己的觀點(diǎn) w You need more fa