高中英語必修二翻譯

1、1 / 15IN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOM【原文】Frederick William I, the King of Prussia, could never have imagined that his greatest gift to the Russian people would have such an amazing history. This gift was the Amber Room, which was given this name because several tonsof amber were used to make it. The amb

2、er which was selected had a beautiful yellow-brown colour like honey. The design of the room was in the fancy style popular in those days. It was also a treasure decorated with gold and jewels, which took the country s best artists about ten years to make.In fact, the room was not made to be a gift.

3、 It was designed for the palace of Frederick I. However, the next King of Prussia, Frederick William I, to whom the amber room belonged, decided not to keep it. In 1716 he gave it to Peter the Great. In return, the Czar sent him a troop of his best soldiers. So theAmber Room became part of the Czar

4、s winter palace in St Petersburg. About four metres long, the room served as a small reception hall for important visitors.Later, Catherine had the Amber Room moved to a palace outside St Petersburg where she spent her summers. She told her artists to add more details to it. In 1770 the room was com

5、pleted the way she wanted. Almost six hundred candles lit the room, and its mirrors and pictures shone like gold. Sadly,although the Amber Room was considered one of the wonders of the world,itis now missing.In September 1941 , the Nazi army was near St Petersburg. This was a time when the two count

6、ries were at war. Before the Nazis could get to the summer palace, the Russians were able to remove some furniture and small artobjects from the Amber Room. However, some of the Nazis secretly stole theroom itself. In less than two days 100,000 pieces were put inside twenty-seven wooden boxes. There

7、 is no doubt that the boxes were then put on a train forKonigsberg, which was at that time a German city on the Baltic Sea. After that,what happened to the Amber Room remain a mystery.Recently, the Russians and Germans have built a new Amber Room at the summer palace. By studying old photos of the f

8、ormer Amber Room, they have made the new one look like the old one. In 2003 it was ready for the people of St Petersburg when they celebrated the 300th birthday of their city.2 / 15【翻譯】尋找琥珀屋普魯士國王威廉一世決不可能想到他送給俄羅斯人民的厚禮會有這樣一段令人驚訝的歷史。這件禮物就是琥珀屋，它之所以有這個名字，是因為造這間房子用了好幾噸的琥珀。選出來的琥珀色彩艷麗，呈現(xiàn)蜂蜜一樣的黃褐色。琥珀屋的設(shè)計采用了當時

9、流行的別致的建筑式樣。它也是用金銀珠寶裝飾起來的珍品。一批國家最優(yōu)秀的藝術(shù)用了大約十年的時間才把它完成。事實上，這個琥珀屋并不是作為禮物來建造的。它是為腓特烈一世的宮殿設(shè)計（整理）的。然而，下一位普魯士國王，腓特烈威廉一世，這個琥珀屋的主人卻決定不要它了。在 1716 年，他把琥珀屋送給了彼得大帝。作為回贈，沙皇則送給他一隊自己最好的士兵。這樣，琥珀屋就成了沙皇在圣彼得堡冬宮的一部分。這間琥珀屋長約四米，被用作待重要賓的小型會客室。后來，葉卡捷琳娜二世派人把琥珀屋搬到圣彼得堡郊外她避暑的宮殿中。她叫她的工匠在原來設(shè)計的基礎(chǔ)上增添了更多精細的裝飾。1770 年，這間琥珀屋按照她的要求完成了。將近

10、 600 支蠟燭照亮了這個房間，里面的鏡子和圖畫就像金子一樣閃閃發(fā)光，可悲的是，盡管琥珀屋被認為是是世界上的一大奇跡之一，可是現(xiàn)在它卻消失了。3 / 151941 年 9 月，納粹德國的軍隊逼近圣彼得堡。這是在兩國交戰(zhàn)的時期。在納粹分子到達夏宮之前，俄羅斯人只能把琥珀屋里的一些家具和小件藝術(shù)飾品搬走?？墒晴晡荼旧韰s被一些納粹分子偷偷地運走了。在不到兩天的時間里，10 萬個部件裝進了 27 個木箱。毫無疑問，這些想在后來被裝上火車運往哥尼斯堡，當時德國在波羅的海邊的一個城市。從那以后，琥珀屋的去處便成了一個迷。近來，俄羅斯人和德國人已經(jīng)在夏宮建起了一個新的琥珀屋，通過研究琥珀屋原來的照片，他們

11、建造的新琥珀屋樣子和舊的看起來非常像。2003 年春，圣彼得堡人民就用它來慶祝該市建成 300 周年。AN INTERVIEW【原文】Pausanias,who was a Greek writer about 2,000 years ago,has come on amagical journey on M arch 18th,2007 to find out about the presentday Olympic Games. He is now interviewing Li Yan, a volunteer for the 2008 OlympicGames.P:My name is

12、 Pausanias. I lived in what you callAncient Greece and I used to write about the Olympic Games a long time ago. I ve come to your time to find out about the present-day Olympic Games because I know that in 2004 they were held in my homeland. May I ask you some questions about themodern Olympics?L：Go

13、od heavens! Have you really come from so long ago? But of course you can ask any questions you like. What would you like to know?P：How often do you hold your Games?4 / 15L：Every four years. There are two main sets of Gamesthe Winter andthe Summer Olympics,and both are held every four years on a regu

14、lar basis.The Winter Olympics are usually held two years before the Summer Games.Only athletes who have reached the agreed standard for their event will be admitted as competitiors. They may come from anywhere in the world.P：Winter Games? How can the runners enjoy competing in winter? Andwhat about

15、the horses?L：Oh no! There are no running races or horse riding events. Instead there are competitions like skiing and ice skating which need snow and ice. Thats why they re called the Winter Olympics. It s in the Summer Olympics that you have the running races,together with swimming, sailing and all

16、 the team sports.P：I see. Earlier you said that athletes are invited from all over the world.Do you mean the Greek world? Our Greek cities used to compete against each other just for the honour of winning. No other countries could join in, nor could slaves or women!L：Nowadays any country can take pa

17、rt if their athletes are good enough.There are over 250 sports and each one has its own standard. Women are not only allowed,but play a very important role in gymnastics, athletics,team sports and P：Please wait a minute! All those events, all those countries and evenwomen taking part! Where are all

18、the athletes housed?L：For each Olympics,a special village is built for them to live in, a main reception building, several stadiums for competitions, and a gymnasium as well.P：That sounds very expensive. Does anyone want to host the OlympicGames?5 / 15L：As a matter of fact, every country wants the o

19、pportunity. Its a great responsibility but also a great honour to be chosen. Theres as much competition among countries to host the Olympics as to win Olympic medals. The 2008Olympics will be held in Beijing, China. Did you know that?P：Oh yes! You must be very proud.L：Certainly. And after that the 2

20、012 Olympics will be held in London. They have already started planning for it. A new village for the athletes and all the stadiums will be built to the east of London. New medals will be designed ofcourse andP：Did you say medals? So even the olive wreath has been replaced! Oh dear! Do you compete f

21、or prize money too?L：No,we dont. Its still all about being able to run faster, jump higher and throw further. Thats the motto of the Olympics, you knowSwifter, Higherand Stronger. P：Well,thats good news.How interesting! Thank you so much for your time.【翻譯】帕薩尼亞斯是大約 2，000 年前的一位希臘作家，在 2007 年 3 月 18 日他作

22、了一次魔幻旅行，來了解關(guān)于當今奧林匹克運動會的情況。他現(xiàn)在正在采訪一位 2008 奧林匹克運動會的志愿者李巖。帕：我叫帕薩尼亞斯。我生活在你們所說的“古希臘”，我過去曾經(jīng)寫過關(guān)于很多年前的奧運會。我來到你們這個時代，是想了解有關(guān)當代奧運會的情6 / 15況，因為我知道 2004 年奧運會是在我的家鄉(xiāng)舉行的。我能問你幾個關(guān)于現(xiàn)代奧運會的問題嗎？李：天哪！你真的來自那么久以前嗎?但是當然你可以問任何你喜歡的問題。你想了解什么呢？帕：你們的奧運會多久舉行一次？李：每四年。奧運會有兩種冬季奧運會和夏季奧運會，這兩種奧運會都是有一定規(guī)律每四年舉行一次。冬季奧運會通常是在夏季奧運會的前兩年舉行。只有達到了

23、他們比賽標準的運動員可以參賽。他們可以來自世界的任何地方。帕：冬季奧運會？賽跑運功員們怎么喜歡在冬天比賽？又怎么可能賽馬呢？李：噢，不！沒有賽跑和賽馬。相反，有像滑雪和溜冰這類需要冰雪的比賽項目。那就是為什么它們叫做冬季奧運會。在夏季奧運會中才有賽跑和游泳、劃船和所有團隊運動。帕：我明白了。先前你說被邀請的運動員來自全世界。你是指希臘的世界？我們希臘各城市之間過去曾經(jīng)為了贏得勝利的榮譽而彼此競爭。別的國家不能參加，奴隸和婦女也不能參加。7 / 15李：如今任何國家都能參賽，如果他們的運動員足夠好?？偣灿?250 個運動項目，并且每個項目都有它自己的標準。婦女不但允許參加，而且她們還在體操、田徑

24、、團隊運動和中起著非常重要的作用。帕：請等一下！所有那些項目，所有那些國家，甚至婦女也都參加！所有這些參賽的人都住在哪里？李：每次奧運會舉行地都會建立一個特殊的村莊供參賽者居住，一個主要的接待大樓，幾個供比賽用的體育館還有室內(nèi)體育館。帕：聽起來要花很多錢吧。有人想承辦奧運會嗎？李：事實上，人人都想承辦。這是極大的責任而且被選上也是很大的榮譽。國與國之間爭取奧運會的承辦權(quán)的競爭就像爭奪奧運獎牌一樣。2008 年的奧運會將在中國舉行。你知道嗎？帕：是的！你一定和驕傲吧。李：當然。在那之后，2012 年奧運會將在倫敦舉行。他們已經(jīng)開始為此計劃了。一個新的為運動員的村莊和和所有體育場館將在倫敦東部建立

25、。當然新的獎牌將被設(shè)計帕：你剛才說獎牌嗎？那么就連橄欖枝花環(huán)也被取代了！天哪！你也為獎金而競爭嗎？8 / 15李：不，我們不是為了錢。而是能夠跑得更快、跳得更高、擲的更遠。那就是奧運會的格言，你知道“更快、更高、更強。”帕：那真是條好新聞。多有趣啊！謝謝，占用了你的時間。WHO AM I ?【原文】Over time I have been changed quite a lot.I began as a calculatingmachine in France in 1642.Although I was young I could simplify difficultsums. I dev

26、eloped very slowly and it took nearly two hundred years before Iwas built as an analytical machine by Charles Babbage. After I wasprogrammed by an operator who used cards with holes, I could thinklogically and produce an answer quicker than any person. At that time it wasconsidered a technological r

27、evolution and the start of my artificialintelligence. In 1936 my real father, Alan Turing, wrote a book about how Icould be made to work as a universal machine to solve any difficultmathematical problem. From then on, I grew rapidly both in size and inbrainpower. By the 1940s I had grown as large as

28、 a room, and I wondered if Iwould grow any larger. However, this reality also worried my designers. Astime went by, I was made smaller. First as a PC (personal computer) andthen as a laptop. I have been used in offices and homes since the 1970s.These changes only became possible as my memory improve

29、d. First itwas stored in tubes, then on transistors and later on very small chips. As aresult I totally changed my shape. As I have grown older I have also grownsmaller. Over time my memory has developed so much that, like an elephant,J never forget anything I have been told! And my memory became so

30、 largethat even I couldnt believe it! But I was always so lonely standing there bymyself, until in early 1960s they gave me a family connected by a network, Iwas able to share my knowledge with others through the World Wide Web.Since the 1970s many new applications have been found for me. I havebeco

31、me very important in communication,finance and trade. I have also beenput into robots and used to make mobile phones as well as help with medicaloperations. I have even been put into space rockets and sent to explore theMocm and Mars. Anyhow, my goal is to provide humans with a life of high9 / 15qua

32、lity. I am now truly filled with happiness that I am a devoted friend andhelper of the human race!【翻譯】隨著時間的流逝我改變了很多。1642 年我在法國誕生時是一臺計算器。雖然我很年輕，但我能簡化很難的算術(shù)題。我發(fā)展的很慢，在查爾斯巴比奇把我制成一架分析機前大約經(jīng)歷了將近 200 年的時間。我由使用穿孔卡片的操作員編程后，我能有邏輯地“思考”并能比任何人都更快地產(chǎn)生答案。在那個時候它被認為是一場技術(shù)革命，我的“人工智能”開始了。1936 年，我真正的父親艾倫圖靈，寫了一本關(guān)于我怎樣作為一臺“通用

33、機器”來解決任何數(shù)學問題的書。從那時起，我在規(guī)模和智力上迅速增長。到 20 世紀 40 年代，我有一個房子那么大，我想知道我是否能變得更大。然而，這個現(xiàn)實也使我的設(shè)計者擔憂。隨著時間的流逝，我被整理得小多了。首先成為個人電腦，后來是掌上電腦，自從 20 世紀 70 年代我被用在辦公室和家里。這些變化只是因為我的儲存器提高變得可能了。首先它被儲存在電子管里，然后在晶體管上，后來在一個很小的芯片上。結(jié)果我完全改變了我的形狀。當我已經(jīng)長大時，我也變得更小。隨著時間流逝，我的存儲器發(fā)展如此大，像一頭大象，我永遠不會忘記我被告訴的任何事情！我的存儲容量變得如此之大，以至于我自己都不能相信！但是我總是孤單

34、地站在那里，直到 20 世紀 60 年代初，人們給了我一個用網(wǎng)絡聯(lián)成的家族。我可以通過萬維網(wǎng)同其他的伙伴分享我的知識。10 / 15自從 20 世紀 70 年代，我的許多新的用途被發(fā)現(xiàn)。在通信、金融和貿(mào)易中我變得很重要。我也被放進機器人里、被用來整理移動電話還有幫助醫(yī)學手術(shù)。我甚至被放入太空火箭里，被發(fā)射去探索月球和火星。無論如何，我的目標是為人類提供高質(zhì)量的生活。我現(xiàn)在真正充滿了快樂，我是人類忠實的朋友和幫助者！HOW DAISY LEARNED TO HELP WILDLIFE【原文】Daisy had always longed to help endangered species of

35、 wildlife. One dayshe woke up and found a flying carpet by her bed. Where do you want togo? it asked. Daisy responded immediately. Id like to see some endangeredwildlife, she said. Please take me to a distant land where I can find theanimal that gave fur to make this sweater. At once the carpet flew

36、 away andtook her to Tibet. There Daisy saw an antelope looking sad. It said, We rebeing killed for the wool beneath our stomachs. Our fur is being used to makesweaters for people like you. As a result, we are now an endangered species. At that Daisy cried, Im sorry I didn t know that. I wonder what

37、 is beingdone to help you. Flying carpet, please show me a place where there s somewildlife protection. The flying carpet travelled so fast that next minute they were inZimbabwe. Daisy turned around and found that she was being watched by anelephant. Have you come to take my photo?it asked.In relief

38、 Daisy burst intolaughter. Don t laugh, said the elephant, We used to be an endangeredspecies. Farmers hunted us without mercy. They said we destroyed theirfarms, and money from tourists only went to the large tour companies. Sothe government decided to help. They allowed tourists to hunt only a cer

39、tainnumber of animals if they paid the farmers. Now the farmers are happy andour numbers are increasing. So good things are being done here to save localwildlife.Daisy smiled. That s good news. It shows the importance of wildlifeprotection, but I d like to help as the WWF suggests. The carpet rose a

40、gain11 / 15and almost at once they were in a thick rainforest. A monkey watched themas it rubbed it self. What are you doing? asked Daisy. Im protecting myselffrom mosquitoes, it replied. When I find a millipede insect, I rub it over mybody. It contains a powerful drug which affects mosquitoes. You

41、should paymore attention to the rainforest where I live and appreciate how the animalslive together. No rainforest, no animals, no drugs. Daisy was amazed. Flying carpet, please take me home so I can tellWWF and we can begin producing this new drug. Monkey, please come andhelp. The monkey agreed. Th

42、e carpet flew home. As they landed, thingsbegan to disappear. Two minutes later everything had gone - the monkey, too.So Daisy was not able to make her new drug. But what an experience! Shehad learned so much! And there was always WWF.【翻譯】戴茜是如何學會保護野生動物的戴茜一直以來都渴望幫助那些滅絕的野生動植物。一天她醒來，發(fā)現(xiàn)床邊有一塊飛毯。飛毯問：“你想去哪

43、兒？”戴茜立刻回答道：“我想去看看瀕臨美絕的野生動物。請帶我到遙遠的地方，在那里我可以發(fā)現(xiàn)為整理這件毛衣而提供毛絨的那種動物?！憋w毯立刻開始起飛了，帶她到了中國的西藏。在那里，戴茜看到一只藏羚羊面帶憂郁的神色。它說：“為了取得我們肚皮底下的羊毛，我們正在被屠殺。我們的毛被用來為像你一樣的人們整理毛衣。因此，我們現(xiàn)在瀕臨滅絕了?！甭犃诉@話，戴茜哭了：“我很抱歉，我過去不知道還有這回事兒。我不知道為了幫助你們正在采取什么措施。飛毯啊，請把我?guī)У揭粋€有野生動植物保護的地方去，好嗎？”12 / 15飛毯飛行得如此之快，以致于一轉(zhuǎn)眼他們就來到了津巴布韋。戴茜轉(zhuǎn)過身去，看到一頭大象正望著她。大象問道：“你

44、是來給我拍照的嗎？”戴茜如釋重負，突然笑了起來?！安灰α?，”大象說道，“我們過去是瀕危動物，農(nóng)民們總是慘無人道地捕殺我們。他們說，我們破壞了他們的農(nóng)田，而旅游者的錢過去都流進了大型旅游公司。于是政府決定出面提供幫助。如果游客付給農(nóng)民錢的話，他們允許游客來獵取一定數(shù)量的動物。如今農(nóng)民高興了，我們的數(shù)量也在增加。因此，為了拯救當?shù)氐囊吧鷦又参?，他們也在做一些好事。”戴茜笑道：“這可是個好消息。這體現(xiàn)了野生動植物保護的重要性，不過，我還是想按照世界自然基金會（WWF）的建議來幫助你們?！憋w毯再次升起，幾乎一轉(zhuǎn)眼他們就到了茂密的熱帶雨林。一只猴子一邊擦著身體，一邊望著他們。戴茜問它：“你在干什么呢？

45、”它回答說：“我這樣做可以防止蚊蟲叮咬。當我發(fā)現(xiàn)一種千足蟲，便把它擦在身上。它含有一種強效的藥物可以防止蚊蟲叮咬。你們應該多加關(guān)注我的生活的熱帶雨林，并且懂得熱帶雨林的動物是如何在一起生活的。沒有雨林，就沒有動物，也就沒有藥物了。”戴茜很驚訝?！帮w毯，請帶我回家去，我可以告訴世界自然基金會，我們可以開始生產(chǎn)這種新藥。猴子，請跟我回去幫忙吧?！焙镒油饬?，毯子飛回了家。當他們著地時，一切就開始消失了。兩分鐘后，什么都沒了猴子也沒了。這樣，戴茜就不能制造新藥了。但是，這是一次多么奇妙的經(jīng)歷呀！她學13 / 15會了那么多東西！而且，還有世界自然基金會呢THE BAND THAT WASNT【原文】

46、Have you ever wanted to be part of a band as a famous singer ormusician? Have you ever dreamed of playing in front of thousands of peopleat a concert, at which everyone is clapping and appreciating your music? Doyou sing karaoke and pretend you are a famous singer like Song Zuying orLiu Huan? To be

47、honest, a lot of people attach great importance to becomingrich and famous. But just how do people form a band?Many musicians meet and form a band because they like to write andplay their own music. They may start as a group of high-school students, forwhom practising their music in someones house i

48、s the first step to fame.Sometimes they may ptey to passers-by in the street or subway so that theycan earn some extra money for themselves or to pay for their instruments.Later they may give performances in pubs or clubs, for which they are paid incash. Of course they hope to make records in a stud

49、io and sell millions ofcopies to become millionaires!However, there was one band that started in a different way. It was calledthe Monkees and began as a TV show. The musicians were to play jokes oneach other as well as play music, most of which was based loosely on theBeatles. The TV organizers had

50、 planned to find four musicians who could actas well as sing. They put an advertisement in a newspaper looking for rockmusicians, but they could only find one who was good enough. They had touse actors for the other three members of the band.As some of these actors could not sing well enough, they had to rely onother music