181. The view over a valley of a tiny village with thatched(草盖的) roof
cottages around a church; a drive through a narrow village street lined with
thatched cottages painted pink or white; the sight over the rolling hills of a
pretty collection of thatched farm buildings——these are still common sights in
parts of
England.
181、在英格兰的某些地方，依然能够见到狭谷中环绕着教堂的茅草屋组成的小村庄，驾车穿过村庄里狭窄的街道时两旁是刷成了白色或者紫色的茅草小屋，从绵延的山顶上能看见美丽的茅草农场建筑。
182. Competition is not only good in itself, it is the means by which other
basic American values such as individual freedom, equality of opportunity, and
hard work are
protected.
182、竞争的价值不仅在其本身，通过竞争这种方式，其他的诸如个人自由，公平机会和勤奋劳动等美国价值观得以实现。
183. The function of teaching is to cerate the conations and the climate that
will make it possible for children to devise the most efficient system for
teaching themselves to read.
183、教育的功能是创造学习的欲望和气氛，使孩子们能够设计出一种最有效的方式来自学阅读。
184. Learning to read is made easier when teachers create an environment
where children are given the opportunity to solve the problem of learning to
read by reading.
184、如果老师创造出一种环境，使孩子们能够通过阅读来解决阅读的问题的话，学习阅读就变的简单多了。
185. The source of this interference remains unconfirmed, but increasingly,
experts are pointing the blame at portable electronic devices such as portable
computers, radio and cassette players and mobile
telephones.
185、这种干扰的来源还没有被确定，专家们指出可能是由于各种移动电子设备引起的，例如笔记本电脑，随身听和手机。
186. And although some airlines prohibit passengers from using such equipment
during take-off and landing, most are reluctant to enforce a total ban, given
that many passengers want to work during
flights.
186、尽管有些航空公司禁止旅客在飞机起飞和降落的时候使用这些装备，考虑到许多旅客希望在飞行时工作，大多数公司还是不愿意全面禁止。
187. The rise of multinational corporations, global marketing, new
communications technologies, and shrinking cultural differences have led to an
unparalleled increase in global public relation or
PR.
187、跨国公司，全球市场营销，新兴通讯技术和文化融合的发展，使全球公共关系或者说PR得到了不平行的发展。
188. The progress from a rattle used by a baby in 3000 BC to one used by an
infant today, however, is not characterized by
inventiveness.
188、公元前三千年的一个婴儿所发出的嘎嘎声到今天的婴儿的嘎嘎声的进步，并不能算是一种发明。
189. Bent stripes, called chevrons painted on the roads make drivers think
that they are driving faster than they really are, and thus drivers slow
down.
189、喷刷在马路上的弯曲的人字型条纹, 使司机们觉得他们驾驶的速度比实际的快, 因此司机会减速行驶
190. Therefore, the task for DDB Needham was to encourage consumers to
consider other aspects of train in order to change their attitudes and increase
the likelihood that trains would be considered for travel in the
west.
190、因此, DDB Needham的任务就是鼓励消费者考虑火车的其他好处来改变他们的态度,使西方乘坐火车的可能性提高
191. These ads were strategically placed among family-oriented TV shows and
programs involving nature and America in order to most effectively reach target
audiences.
191、这些广告被放置在面向家庭的与自然和美国有关的电视节目里面,以便最有效的接触到目标观众
192. Why does cream go bad faster than butter? Some researchers think they
have the answer, and it comes down to the structure of the food, not its
chemical composition-a finding that could help rid some processed foods of
chemical
preservatives.
192、为什么奶油比黄油坏的快呢?已有些研究者认为他们找到了答案,这与食物的结构有关,而不是它的化学成分—这一发现使得有些化学处理保存食物的方法无效了。
193. If FIFA, football’s international ruling body, wants to improve the
standard of refereeing at the next World Cup, it should encourage referees to
keep their eyes on the action from a distance, rather than rushing to keep up
with the ball, the researcher
argues.
193、研究者们认为：如果国际足球裁判组织FIFA想要在下一届世界杯比赛中提高评判水平的话，就应该远距离观察比赛，而不是冲进球场光盯着足球。
194. While still in its early stages, welfare reform has already been judged
a great success in many states at least in getting people off
welfare.
194、还在初级阶段的时候，福利改革在很多国家就是一个成功了—至少它使许多人摆脱了对福利的依靠。
195. But for many, the fact that poor people are able to support themselves
almost as well without government aid as they did with it is in itself a huge
victory.
195、但是对许多人来说，穷人们在没有政府的援助下自己养活自己本身就是一个巨大的胜利。
196. Americans are proud of their variety and individuality, yet they love
and respect few things more than a uniform, whether it is the uniform of an
elevator operator or the uniform of a five-star
general.
196、美国人对于多元化和个人个性感到骄傲，因此他们更加喜欢和看重的不是制服，不管是一个电梯操作员的制服还是五星上将的制服。
197. Since we are social beings, the quality of our lives depends in large
measure on our interpersonal
relationships.
197、由于我们是社会动物，我们的生活质量在很大程度上取决于我们的人际关系。
198. Finally, other people may give us instrumental support——financial aid,
material resources, and needed services-that reduces stress by helping us
resolve and cope with our
problems.
198、最后，其他的人给我们提供物质性支持—经济援助，物质资料和必需服务—通过帮助我们处理问题来减轻我们的压力。
199. I headed off to college sure I was going to have an advantage over those
students who went to big engineering “factories” where they didn’t care if you
have values or were
flexible.
199、我就上了这样的大学，自以为比那些在工程“工厂”里的学生有更大的优势，在那里根本每人管里是否有价值观和灵活。
200. Recycling also stimulates the local economy by creating jobs and trims
the pollution control and energy costs of industries that make recycled products
by giving them a more refined raw
material.
200、回收也能够通过创造就业机会来刺激本地经济，治理污染，通过给企业提供更加精练的原材料达到减少能源消耗的目的。
181. thatched cottages (草盖小屋), rolling hills (起伏的山丘)
182. competition (竞争), individual freedom (个人自由), equality of opportunity (机会平等), hard work (努力工作)
183. teaching (教学), conations (意愿), climate (氛围), efficient system (高效系统), reading (阅读)
184. learning to read (学习阅读), environment (环境), problem-solving (解决问题)
185. interference (干扰), portable electronic devices (便携式电子设备), radio (收音机), cassette players (磁带播放器), mobile telephones (手机)
186. airlines (航空公司), ban (禁令), work (工作)
187. multinational corporations (跨国公司), global marketing (全球营销), new communications technologies (新通信技术), cultural differences (文化差异), global public relation (全球公共关系)
188. inventiveness (创新), rattle (拨浪鼓), baby (婴儿)
189. chevrons (箭头标志), drivers (司机), slow down (减速)
190. DDB Needham (广告公司名), consumers (消费者), train (火车), attitudes (态度), travel (旅行)
191. strategically (战略性地), family-oriented (以家庭为导向的), target audiences (目标受众)
192. cream (奶油), butter (黄油), structure (结构), chemical composition (化学成分), food (食物), preservatives (防腐剂)
193. FIFA (国际足球联合会), refereeing (裁判), World Cup (世界杯), ball (球), researcher (研究人员)
194. welfare reform (福利改革), success (成功), states (州), government aid (政府援助)
195. poor people (贫困人士), support themselves (自力更生), victory (胜利)
196. variety (多样性), individuality (个性), uniform (制服), elevator operator (电梯操作员), five-star general (五星上将)
197. interpersonal relationships (人际关系), quality of life (生活质量)
198. instrumental support (实用支持), financial aid (财务援助), material resources (物质资源), services (服务)
199. college (大学), advantage (优势), engineering (工程), factories (工厂), values (价值观), flexible (灵活)
200. recycling (回收利用), local economy (本地经济), jobs (就业), pollution control (污染控制), energy costs (能源成本), recycled products (回收产品), raw material (原材料)