高中英語必修2課文逐句翻譯(人教新課標)（可編輯）

1、 1必修二Unit1 IN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOM尋找琥珀屋Frederick William the King of Prussia could never have imagined that his greatest gift to the Russian people would have such an amazing history 普魯士國王腓特烈·威廉一世絕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 This gift was the Amber Room which was given this name because s

2、everal tons of amber were used to make it 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 The amber which was selected had a beautiful yellow-brown colour like honey 選出來的琥珀色彩艷麗呈現(xiàn)蜂蜜一樣的黃褐色 The design of the room was in the fancy style popular in those days 琥珀屋的設(shè)計采用了當時流行的別致的建筑式樣 It was also a treasure decorated wit

3、h gold and jewels which took the countrys best artists about ten years to make 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)家用了大約十年的時間才把它完成In fact the room was not made to be a gift 事實上這個琥珀屋并不是作為禮物來建造的 It was designed for the palace of Frederick 它是為腓特烈一世的宮殿設(shè)計制作的 However the next King of Prussia Frederick William to who

4、m the amber room belonged decided not to keep it 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 In 1716 he gave it to Peter the Great 在1716年他把琥珀屋送給了彼得大帝In return the Czar sent him a troop of his best soldiers 作為回贈沙皇則送給他一隊自己最好的士兵 So the Amber Room became part of the Czars winter palace in St Petersburg 這樣琥珀屋

5、就成了沙皇在圣彼得堡冬宮的一部分 About four metres long the room served as a small reception hall for important visitors 這間琥珀屋長約四米被用作招待重要來賓的小型會客室Later Catherine had the Amber Room moved to a palace outside St Petersburg where she spent her summers 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She told her artists to add more detai

6、ls to it 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In 1770 the room was completed the way she wanted 1770年這間琥珀屋按照她的要求完成了Almost six hundred candles lit the room and its mirrors and pictures shone like gold 將近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Sadly although the Amber Room was considered one of the wonders of the world it

7、 is now missing 可悲的是盡管琥珀屋被認為是世界上的一大奇跡之一可是現(xiàn)在它卻消失了In September 1941 the Nazi army was near St Petersburg 1941年9月納粹德國的軍隊逼近圣彼得堡 This was a time when the two countries were at war 這是在兩國交戰(zhàn)的時期 Before the Nazis could get to the summer palace the Russians were able to remove some furniture and small art obje

8、cts from the Amber Room 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 However some of the Nazis secretly stole the room itself 可是琥珀屋本身卻被一些納粹分子偷偷地運走了 In less than two days 100000 pieces were put inside twenty-seven wooden boxes 在不到兩天的時間里10萬個部件裝進了27個木箱There is no doubt that the boxes were then put on a train f

9、or Konigsberg which was at that time a German city on the Baltic Sea 毫無疑問這些箱子后來被裝上火車運往哥尼斯堡它是當時德國在波羅的海邊的一個城市 After that what happened to the Amber Room remains a mystery 從那以后琥珀屋的去處便成了一個謎 Recently the Russians and Germans have built a new Amber Room at the summer palace By studying old photos of the f

10、ormer Amber Room they have made the new one look like the old one 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建造的新琥珀屋樣子和舊的看起來非常像 In 2003 it was ready for the people of St Petersburg when they celebrated the 300th birthday of their city 2003年圣彼得堡人民就用它來慶祝該市建成300周年必修二Unit 1 A FACT OR AN OPINION 事實還是看法What i

11、s a fact Is it something that people believe 什么是事實呢是不是人們所相信的就是事實呢 No A fact is anything that can be proved 不是事實是可以證實的信息For example it can be proved that China has more people than any other country in the world This is a fact 舉例來說中國人口比世界上任何其他國家的人口都多這是可以得到證實的這就是事實Then what is an opinion 那么什么是看法呢An op

12、inion is what someone believes is true but has not been proved 看法是人們相信是真實的但是未經(jīng)證實 So an opinion is not good evidence in a trial 因此在審判中看法不是強有力的證據(jù) For example it is an opinion if you say Cats are better pets than dogs 舉例來說如果你說貓作為寵物比狗好 It may be true but it is difficult to prove 這就是看法這個看法可能是正確的但是它難以被證實S

13、ome people may not agree with this opinion but they also cannot prove that they are right 有些人可能不同意這種看法但是他們也不能證明他們是正確的In a trial a judge must decide which eyewitnesses to believe and which not to believe 在審判中法官必須斷定哪些證人可以相信哪些證人不能相信The judge does not consider what each eyewitness looks like or where th

14、at person lives or works 法官并不考慮證人的長相如何也不考慮這個人住在哪里在哪兒工作Heshe only cares about whether the eyewitness has given true information which must be facts rather than opinions 他她關(guān)心的只是目擊者是否提供了真實的信息這些信息必須是事實而不是個人觀點或看法 This kind of information is called evidence 這種信息就叫做證據(jù) 必修二Unit 2 AN INTERVIEW采訪Pausanias who

15、was a Greek writer about 2000 years ago has come on a magical journey on March 18th 2007 to find out about the present-day Olympic Games 帕薩尼亞斯是大約2000年前的一位希臘作家他于2007年3月18日作了一次魔幻旅行來打聽當代奧林匹克運動會的情況He is now interviewing Li Yan a volunteer for the 2008 Olympic Games 現(xiàn)在他正在采訪一位2008年奧林匹克運動會的志愿者李燕P My name i

16、s Pausanias I lived in what you call Ancient Greece and I used to write about the Olympic Games a long time ago Ive 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 the modern Olympics帕我叫帕薩尼

17、亞斯我生活在你們所說的古希臘我曾經(jīng)寫過很久以前奧林匹克運動會的情況現(xiàn)在我來到你們這個時代想了解有關(guān)當代奧運會的情況因為我知道2004年奧運會是在我的祖國舉行的我可以問你幾個有關(guān)現(xiàn)代奧林匹克運動會的問題嗎L Good 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李天哪你真的來自那么久遠的年代當然你可以問你想問的問題你想知道什么呢P How often do you hold your Games帕你

18、們的奧運會多久舉行一次L Every four years There are two main sets of Games-the Winter and Summer Olympics and both are held every four years on a regular 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 admitt

19、ed as competitors They may come from anywhere in the world李每四年一次運動會有兩種夏季奧運會和冬季奧運會這兩種運動會都是四年舉行一次冬季奧運會總是在夏季奧運會的前兩年舉行只有達到他們各自項目統(tǒng)一標準的運動員才會被接受參加奧運會選手可以來自全世界任何一個地方P Winter Games How can the runners enjoy competing in winter And what about the horses帕冬季奧運會冬天運動員怎么可能賽跑啊又怎么可能賽馬呢L Oh no There are no running ra

20、ces or horse riding events Instead there are competitions like skiing and ice skating which need snow and ice Thats why theyre called the Winter Olympics Its in the Summer Olympics that you have the running races together with swimming sailing and all the team sports李噢不冬奧會并不包括跑步和騎馬比賽但是卻有像滑冰和滑雪這類需要冰雪

21、的比賽項目所以才叫它冬季奧運會跑步游泳劃船和一些團隊項目是在夏季運動會上進行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帕我明白了你原來說邀請來的運動員來自

22、世界各地你指的是希臘世界我們希臘各個城市之間曾經(jīng)為了贏得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L Nowadays any country can take part if their athletes are good enough There are over 250 sports and each on has its own standard Women are not only allowed but play a very important role in gymnastics athletics team sports and 李現(xiàn)在只要他們的運動員達到了參賽的標準

23、任何國家都能參賽總共有250多個運動項目每個項目都有自己的標準婦女不僅允許參加而且她們還在體操競技和團隊等比賽項目中起著非常重要的作用P Please wait a minute All those events all those countries and even women taking part Where are all the athletes housed帕請等一下所有這么多項目所有這么多國家甚至婦女也都參加所有這些參賽的人住在哪里呢L For each Olympics a special village is built for them to live in a main

24、 reception building several stadiums for competitions and a gymnasium as well李每屆奧運會都有一個特殊的村莊奧運村供參賽的人住一個主要的接待大樓好幾個供比賽用的體育場還有一個室內(nèi)體育館P That sounds very expensive Does anyone want to host the Olympic Games帕那聽起來要花很多錢吧會有人想承辦奧運會嗎L As a matter of fact every country wants the opportunity Its a great responsi

25、bility but also a great honour to be chosen Theres as much competition among countries to host the Olympics as to win Olympic medals The 2008 Olympics will be held in Beijing China Did you know that李事實上每個國家都想抓住這個機會被選中不僅要承擔巨大的責任同時也享有極大的榮譽國與國之間爭取奧運會承辦權(quán)的競爭就跟爭奪奧運獎牌一樣的激烈2008年的奧運會將在中國舉行你知道嗎P Oh yes You mu

26、st be very proud帕是的聽說過你一定很自豪L Certainly And after that the 2012 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 of course and 李當然那么2012年的奧運會將在倫敦舉行他們現(xiàn)在已開始籌劃在倫敦

27、的東部將為運動員建立一個新的奧運村和所有的運動場當然還會設(shè)計新的獎牌P Did you say medals So even the olive wreath has been replaced Oh dear Do you compete for prize money too帕你剛才說獎牌是嗎就連橄欖枝花環(huán)也被取代了天哪你們也為獎金而競賽嗎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 kno

28、w-Swifter Higher and Stronger李不不是的仍然是為了能夠跑得更快跳得更高擲得更遠你知道奧運會的口號就是更快更高更強P Well thats good news How interesting Thank you so much for your time帕這是個好消息很有趣占用了你的時間非常感謝 必修二Unit 2 THE STORY OF ATLANTA亞特蘭大的故事Atlanta was a Greek princess 亞特蘭大是一位希臘公主She was very beautiful and could run faster than any man in G

29、reece But she was not allowed to run and win glory for herself in the Olympic Games 她長得很美跑得比希臘的任何男人都快但是她卻不被允許在奧運會上參加比賽為自己贏得榮譽She was so angry that she said to her father that she would not marry anyone who could not run faster than her 她因此非常生氣就跟她的父親說她不會嫁給任何跑不過她的男人的 Her father said that she must marr

30、y so Atlanta made a bargain with him 她的父親說她必須結(jié)婚于是亞特蘭大就和她的父親達成了一個協(xié)議She said to him"These are my rules When a man says he wants to marry me I will run against him If he cannot run as fast as me he will be killed No one will be pardoned" 她對父親說我有我的條件如果有人說想娶我我就跟他賽跑如果他跑得不如我快他就要被殺掉任何人不得求饒Many kin

31、gs and princes wanted to marry Atlanta but when they heard of rules they knew it was hopeless 許多國王和王子想要娶阿特蘭大但是當聽到她規(guī)定的條件時他們知道是沒有希望的So many of them sadly went home but others stayed to run the race因此許多人就悶悶不樂地回家了但是也有一些人留下來賽跑 There was a man called Hippomenes who was amazed when he heard of Atlantas rul

32、es 有位叫希波墨涅斯的人聽到亞特蘭大的條件大為吃驚"Why are these men so foolish" he thought "Why will they let themselves be killed because they cannot run as fast as this princess" 他想為什么這些人那么愚蠢呢為什么他們跑不過這個公主就讓別人把自己殺掉呢 However when he saw Atlanta come out of her house to run Hippomenes changed his mind 后

33、來當希波墨涅斯看到亞特蘭大從屋子里出來跑步時他改變了主意"I will marry Atlanta-or die" he said 他說我要娶亞特蘭大否則就去死The race started and although the man ran very fast Atlanta ran faster 比賽開始了雖然那些男人跑得很快可是亞特蘭大跑得更快As Hippomenes watched he thought "How can I run as fast as Atlanta" He went to ask the Greek Goodness of

34、 Love for help 希波墨涅斯想我怎樣才能跑得像亞特蘭大一樣快呢他去向希臘愛情女神求助 She promised to help him and gave him three golden apples 女神答應幫助他并且給了他三個金蘋果 She said" Throw an apple in front of Atlanta when she is running past When she stops to pick it up you will be able to run past her and win" 她說當亞特蘭大跑過你的時候你就把一個蘋果扔在她前

35、面當她停下來去撿蘋果時你就可以繼續(xù)向前跑而獲勝Hippomenes took the apples and went to the King 希波墨涅斯拿著蘋果去見國王He said" I want to marry Atlanta " The King was sad to see another man die but Hippomenes said" I will marry her-or die" So the race began 他說我要娶亞特蘭大國王很憂傷因為又要看到一個人去送死了但是希波墨涅斯說我要娶她要不我就去死于是比賽開始了5必修二U

36、nit 3 WHO AM I 我是誰Over time I have been changed quite a lot 經(jīng)過一段時間我已經(jīng)被改變了很多 I began as a calculating machine in France in 1642 1642年我在法國誕生時是一臺計算機器Although I was young I could simplify difficult sums 盡管當時我還年輕但是我能簡化一些復雜的數(shù)學題 I developed very slowly and it took nearly two hundred years before I was buil

37、t as an analytical machine by Charles Babbage 我發(fā)育緩慢差不多到了兩百年之后查爾斯·巴比奇才把我制成了一臺分析機 After I was programmed by an operator who used cards with holes I could think logically and produce an answer quicker than any person 在操作員用穿卡孔為我設(shè)計程序后我能夠進行邏輯思考并且能夠比任何人更快地算出答案 At that time it was considered a technolo

38、gical revolution and the start of my artificial intelligence 那時這被當作是一次技術(shù)革命也是我人工智能的開始 In 1936 my real father Alan Turing wrote a book about how I could be made to work as a universal machine to solve any difficult mathematical problem 在1936年我真正的父親艾倫·圖靈寫了一本書講述了怎樣使我成為一臺通用機器來解決任何數(shù)學難題From then on I

39、grew rapidly both in size and in brainpower 從那時起我在體積和腦容量方面迅速成長By the 1949s I had grown as large as a room and I wondered if I would grow any larger到二十世紀四十年代我已經(jīng)長得像一間屋子那么大我不知道是否還會長得更大 However this reality also worried my designers 但是這個現(xiàn)實也使得我的設(shè)計者很擔心 As time went by as was make smaller 隨著時間的推移我被弄得越來越小 F

40、irst as a PC personal computer and then as a laptop I have been used in offices and homes since the 1970s 自二十世紀七十年代以來我一直被用在辦公室和家庭里先是用作個人電腦后來又被做成便攜式These changes only became possible as my memory improved 這些變化只有隨著我的存儲能力的不斷提高才成為可能 First it was stored in tubes then on transistors and later on very smal

41、l chips 最初是被存儲到電子管中以后是晶體管上后來是非常小的芯片上 As a result I totally changed my shape 因此我已經(jīng)完全改變了我的形狀As I have grown older I have also grown smaller 隨著我的年齡越來越大我也變得越來越小 Over time my memory has developed so much that like an elephant I never forget anything I have been told 隨著時間的推移我的記憶能力發(fā)展得如此之快就像一頭大象一樣從來不會忘記告訴我的

42、任何事情And my memory became so large that even I couldnt believe it 我的存儲容量變得如此巨大連我自己都不能相信But I was always so lonely standing there by myself until in early 1960s they gave me a family connected by a network 但是我總是孤孤單單地站在那里直到二十世紀六十年代初人們才給了我一個用網(wǎng)絡(luò)聯(lián)成的家庭 I was able to share my knowledge with others through t

43、he World Wide Web 我能夠通過萬維網(wǎng)和其他人分享我的知識Since the 1970s many new applications have been found for me 從二十世紀七十年代起我又被開發(fā)出了很多新的用途I have become very important in communication finance and trade 我在通訊金融和商業(yè)領(lǐng)域變得非常重要 I have also been put into robots and used to make mobile phones as well as help with medical opera

44、tions 我還被放在機器人里面被用來制作移動手機并且用來幫助作醫(yī)療手術(shù)I have even been put into space rockets and sent to explore the Moon and Mars 我還被放置在航空火箭里去探測月球和火星Anyhow my goal is to provide humans with a life of high quality 不管怎樣我的目標是給人類提供高質(zhì)量得生活 I am now truly filled with happiness that I am a devoted friend and helper of the

45、human race現(xiàn)在我充滿了幸福感因為我是人類忠實的朋友并時時給他們提供幫助6必修二Unit 3 ANDY THE ANDROID機器人安迪Im part of an android football team 我是安迪足球隊的一個成員About once a year we are allowed to get together to play a game of football 每年大約有一次我們可以獲準在一起進行一次足球賽Im as big as a human It fact I look like one too 我同真人一樣大小事實上我看上去也很像人 On the footb

46、all team Im a striker so I have to be able to run very fast 我在球隊中是前鋒所以我需要跑得非常快My computer ships help me to move and think like a human 我的電腦芯片幫助我像真人一樣運動和思考For example I have learned to signal to my teammates in computer language to give me the ball when I am open and have a good for a goal 例如當我前面沒人防守

47、有機會射一個好球的時候我已經(jīng)學會了用計算機語言向隊友示意把球傳給我My first football competition was in Nagoya Japan several years ago 我第一次足球比賽是幾年前在日本的名古屋 Last year our team went to Seattle Washington in the USA We won second place去年我們隊去了美國華盛頓州的西雅圖比賽獲得了第二名Personally I think the team that won first place cheated 我個人認為得冠軍的那個隊作弊了They h

48、ad developed a new type of program just before the competition 他們恰好在比賽前研制了一種新程序So we need to encourage our programmer to improve our intelligence too 因此我們也需要鼓勵我們的程序編制員來提高我們的智能We are determined to create an even better system 我們決心創(chuàng)造一個更好的系統(tǒng) In a way our programmer is like our coach 從某種程度上看我們的程序員就像是我們的

49、教練She programs us with all the possible moves she has seen while watching human games 她把觀看人類比賽時所看到的一切可能動作編入我們的程序Then she prepares reliable moves to use if a new situation arises然后她把我在新情況下能用得上的可靠動作準備好 In this way I can make up new moves using my artificial intelligence 這樣我就可以用人工智能編制出新的動作I could like

50、to play against a human team for I have been programmed to act just like them 我真的特別喜歡和人類球隊比賽因為我經(jīng)過程序編制行動起來和他們一樣After all with the help of my electronic brain which never forgets anything using my intelligence is what Im all about不管怎樣在我過目不忘的電子腦的幫助下運用智能就是我的一切7必修二Unit 4 HOW DAISY LEARNED TO HELP WILDLIF

51、E戴茜是如何學會保護野生動物的Daisy had always longed to help endangered species of wildlife 戴茜一直以來都渴望幫助那些瀕臨滅絕的野生動植物One day she woke up and found a flying carpet by her bed 一天她醒來發(fā)現(xiàn)床邊有一塊飛毯 Where do you want to go it asked Daisy responded immediately Id like to see some endangered wildlife she said 飛毯問你想去哪兒戴茜立刻回答道我想

52、去看看瀕臨滅絕的野生動物 Please take me to a distant land where I can find the animal that gave fur to make this sweater 請帶我到遙遠的地方在那里我可以發(fā)現(xiàn)為制作這件毛衣而提供毛絨的那種動物At once the carpet flew away and took her to Tibet 飛毯立刻開始起飛了帶她到了中國的西藏 There daisy saw and antelope looking sad 在那里戴茜看到一只藏羚羊面帶憂郁的神色 It said Were being killed

53、for the wool beneath our stomachs Our fur is being used to make sweaters for people like you As a result we are now an endangered species 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制作毛衣因此我們現(xiàn)在瀕臨滅絕了At that Daisy cried Im sorry I didnt know that I wonder what is being done to help you Flying carpet please sh

54、ow me a place where theres some wildlife protection 聽了這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The flying carpet traveled so fast that next minute they were in Zimbabwe 飛毯飛行得如此之快以至于一轉(zhuǎn)眼他們就來到了津巴布韋 Daisy turned around and found that she was being watched by and elephant 戴茜轉(zhuǎn)過身去看到一

55、頭大象正望著她 Have you come to take my photo it asked 大象問道你是來給我拍照的嗎In relief Daisy burst into laughter戴茜如釋重負突然笑了起來 Dont laugh said the elephant We used to be an endangered species Farmers hunted us without mercy 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 They said we destroyed their farms and money from tourists only we

56、nt to the large tour companies 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 So the government decided to help 于是政府決定出面提供幫助They allowed tourists to hunt only a certain number of animals if they paid the farmers 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Now the farmers are happy and our numbers are increasing 如今農(nóng)民高興了我們的數(shù)量也在增加So

57、good things are being done here to save local wildlife因此為了拯救當?shù)氐囊吧鷦又参锼麄円苍谧鲆恍┖檬翫aisy smiled Thats good news 戴茜笑道這可是個好消息It shows the importance of wildlife protection but Id like to help as the WWF suggests 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 The carpet rose again and almost at once they were in

58、a thick rainforest 飛毯再次升起幾乎一轉(zhuǎn)眼他們就到了茂密的熱帶雨林A monkey watched them as it rubbed itself 一只猴子一邊擦著身體一邊望著他們 What are you doing asked Daisy 戴茜問它你在干什么呢Im protecting myself from mosquitoes it replied 它回答說我這樣做可以防止蚊蟲叮咬 When I find a millipede insect I rub it over my body It contains a powerful drug which affect

59、s mosquitoes 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 You should pay more attention to the rainforest where I live the appreciate how the animals live together 你們應該多加關(guān)注我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 No rainforest no animals no drugs沒有雨林就沒有動物也就沒有藥物了Daisy was amazed 戴茜很驚訝Flying carpet please take me home so I can tell WWF and we can begin producing this new drug 飛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Monkey please come and help The monkey agreed 猴子請跟我回去幫忙吧猴子同意了 The carpet flew home As they landed things began