复旦大学英语精读第二册unit5第二课翻译

Unit Five Science & Technology

Text 2 Bell Labs

I. Pre-Reading Discussion

IBM (International Business Machine), Microsoft, Dell, HP, AT & T, Motorolla, Nokia, Sony, Panasonic, NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration).

II. Close Reading of the Text

【Introduction】

1. sweep (n.): a broad reach or extent一大片；范围

e.g.: the sweep of a lantern beam；a sweep of green lawn

2. Big Bang:the cosmic explosion that marked the origin of the universe according to the big bang theory.按照大爆炸理论，标志宇宙形成的宇宙爆炸

3. dynamic (adj.): characterized by continuous change, activity, or progress 动态的

e.g.: a dynamic market；dynamic economics；a man of dynamic personalities 【Paragraph 1】

4. (L1) premier (adj.): first in status or importance; principal or chief主要的；首要的

e.g.: take the premier place；a designer of premier rank

5. (L1) facility (n.):all equipment, sites, lines, circuits, and software available for d ata processing and data communications设施［备］

e.g.: facilities for cooking；washing facilities

6. (L2) transistor (n.): [电子]晶体管

e.g.: a transistor radio

7. (L5) crucial (adj.): extremely significant or important至关紧要的

e.g.: a crucial problem；at the crucial moment

8. (L7) revenue (n.): all the income produced by a particular source收入

e.g.: the Public Revenue；revenue duty；administrative revenue

9. (L8) wither (v.): to cause to shrivel or fade消亡, 破灭

e.g.: Age cannot wither her. The flowers withered in the cold.

10. (L8) run-of-the-mill (adj.): not special or outstanding; average一般的，不突出的；普通的

e.g.: No mill, no meal. The mill cannot grind with the water that is past. 【Paragraph 2】

11. (L11) scathe (v.): to harm or injure, especially by fire危害, 损害, 损伤

e.g.: keep from scathe; without scathe

12. (L13) license (vt.): to give or yield permission to or for同意，批准，许可

e.g.: a driver's license；We are sure that these purchases will soon be licensed.

13. (L13) afield (adv.): to or at a great distance; far afield远方, 远处，远离

e.g.: get far afield from one's subject；Do not go too far afield.

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14. (L16) proportion (n.):a relationship between things or parts of things with respect to comparative magnitude, quantity, or degree比例，比率

e.g.: the proportion of births to the population；do a sum in [by] proportion；

in (direct) proportion to；in inverse proportion to

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15. (L20) epochal (adj.): highly significant or important; momentous有重大或重要意义的

e.g.: epochal decisions；mark [form] an epoch in science；an entire historical epoch

16. (L24) single out:to separate or choose from a group, esp. for special treatment or notice挑选,选拔

e.g.: Why did you single him out for punishment?

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17. (L30) conversion (n.): the act of converting转变

e.g.: channel conversion；data conversion

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18. (L35) drastically (adv.): greatly激烈地, 彻底地

e.g.: a drastic debate；make drastic change

19. (L35) robotic (n.): the science or study of the technology associated with the design, fabrication, theory, and application of robots机器人学【Paragraph 7】

20. (L41) ebullient (adj.): zestfully enthusiastic热情高涨的

e.g.: the ebullience of youth

21. (L42) make one’s mark: 出名，做出成绩，暂露头角

22. (L46) mast (n.): a tall vertical antenna, as for a radio天线杆，收发塔

23. (L46) pipe up: to speak up说，讲话