M5 & M6课文句子背诵
1. Doctors have been researching what effect stand-up and other forms of comedy
have on us, and have discovered that people who laugh a lot live longer.
医学工作者们一直在研究单口喜剧和其他喜剧形式能够对我们产生什么样的影响,并已发现笑口常开的人更长寿。
2. Whatever the reason, research shows that in the end, the English saying,
‘Laughter is the best medicine’, may be true after all.
不管是什么原因,研究表明,那句英语格言“笑是灵丹妙药”到头来可能真的没错。
3. To some, happiness is being surrounded by family and friends. To others,
happiness means achieving success in something, such as meeting a goal. To those who have been injured or struggle with a physical disability, happiness can simply mean a day without suffering, or just being alive.
对于一些人来说,幸福就是有家人和朋友陪伴在自己身边。对另外一些人来说,幸福意味着在某个方面取得成功,比如说实现一个目标。对于那些受伤的人或者是身体有残疾的人来说,幸福可能仅仅意味着过一天没有病痛折磨的日子,或者仅仅只是活着。
4. Before her accident, we knew her as a young girl who was happy and successful in
her sport. While she was injured and in hospital, she amazed the world by the way she remained cheerful.
事故发生之前,我们都知道桑兰是个年轻快乐的姑娘,在体育方面有骄人的成绩。在她受伤住院期间,世人都为她依然开朗的样子感到惊讶。
5. Even though her training meant that she had to live apart from her parents,she
was happy to devote herself to gymnastics.
尽管参加训练意味着她不能和父母住在一起,她还是全身心地投入到体操中。
6. Sang Lan knew that for many people the secret to happiness is to have
appreciation for the good things in life, and to focus on goals. Instead of crying about what she had lost and feeling hopeless, Sang Lan thought about what she could do to get better.
桑兰懂得,对很多人来说,幸福的秘诀在于欣赏生活中美好的东西,集中精力实现自己的目标。所以,桑兰并没有为失去的一切哭泣,感到绝望,她想到的是她能做什么使自己好起来。
7. When the doctors told her that she would never again be a gymnast, she was able to
overcome her sorrow by being proud of the things she had accomplished. She felt thankful to be alive and lucky to have the rest of her life to learn new things.
当医生告诉她,她再也不能当体操运动员时,桑兰能够以为自己已取得的成绩感到骄傲和自豪这种方式而战胜悲痛。她庆幸自己仍然活着,庆幸自己未来还有余生学习新东西。
8. However, her primary goal is to advocate better treatment for disabled people. She
says that she likes to be optimistic. She also believes that keeping busy helps her stay positive.
然而,她主要的目标就是呼吁给予残疾人更好的治疗。她说她喜欢进取。她也相信,忙碌有助于她保持积极乐观的状态。
9. All I have to do was go to school and spend a few hours studying when I came
home.
我要做的就是上学,以及回家后再学习几个小时。
10. All I have to do was enjoy my adolescence. 我要做的一切就是享受我的少年时光。
11. Young people should never forget that good health is an important part of
happiness. It is hard to stay happy and cheerful when you are ill, or when you are old and your body aches. When I was young, I could run many kilometers and I would not feel tired. I felt like I could do anything.
年轻人应切莫忘记,健康的身体是幸福的重要组成部分。当你生了病或年纪大了、身体疼痛的时候,你就很难感到幸福开心了。年轻的时候,我可以跑上好多公里不觉得累。我觉得自己什么都能做。
12. I have been happy about different things at different times during my life, but my
most vivid and happiest memories are those of school days, so I think that was the happiest time in my life.
在我人生中,不同阶段我所做的不同的事情都令我开心,但在我脑海里印象最鲜明,记忆中最幸福的时光还是我求学的那些日子,所以我觉得那是我一生中最幸福的时光。
13. When I imagine my future, I see myself successful in my job and surrounded by
my family. I predict there will be new technology which will allow people to live longer and be healthier. This is why I think my happiest days will be in the future.
当我想象自己的未来时,我看到的是自己工作成功,家人围绕身边的情景。而我预料将会有可以让人更长寿,更健康的新技术。这就是为何我认为我最幸福的日子是在将来。
14. Then families will be able to spend the maximum amount of their precious time
enjoying each other’s company and the minimum amount of time doing housework.
这样,每个家庭就可以最大限度地将其宝贵的时间用于享受家人相伴,而花最少的时间来做家务。
15. It is nice to think that my happiest days are still ahead of me. Thinking this way
gives me the motivation to work hard now so that I can enjoy my future life.
想想自己最幸福的日子还在前头,这感觉真的很好。这样一想,我就有了现在刻苦学习以享受未来生活的动力。
16. But what is really interesting is that there are sometimes great cultural
differences even between native English speakers.
但真正有趣的是,即使都以英语为母语的人,他们之间的文化差异还是很大的。
17. After all,learning about cultural differences is a good way to understand more
about each other.
毕竟,了解文化差异是互相增进理解的一个好办法。
18. I am pleased to have this chance today to talk to you about the United Nations,or
the UN,as it is more often referred to. The UN is an international organization made up of countries that want to promote world peace. I am very happy to have been chosen to be a Goodwill Ambassador for them.
我很高兴今天有机会跟大家谈谈联合国,联合国也叫UN---这个名称更常用。联合国是一个国际组织,有所有愿意促进世界和平的国家组成。被选为联合国亲善大使,我一直很高兴。
19. I feel very honored to have been able to take on this role.
能够担当这一角色,我感到非常荣幸。
20. One of the goals is to ensure that clean water is available to everyone, as in
many places water is not safe to drink unless it is boiled.
目标之一是保证每个人都能喝到干净的水,因为在很多地方得把水煮沸后才能放心使用。
21. The water makes it difficult for the cuts and wounds to get better and easy for
bacteria to spread.
这里的水使伤口难以愈合,也容易传播疾病。
22. When I think back to all the experiences that I have had around the world since
joining Doctors without borders, I feel that I have been very lucky to be able to help others and do something worthwhile.
回想起我参加“无国界医生组织”以来在全世界范围内的所有经历,我觉得自己非常幸运,能够帮助别人,做一些有价值的事情。
23. This experience makes me appreciate all the things I have and gives me the
chance to see things from another angle.I know I can’t change the whole world,but I’m proud that I can help here and there and make a difference to people’s lives.
这一经历让我珍惜自己所拥有的一切,并给了我从另一个角度看待事物的机会。我知道我无法改变整个世界,但我挺自豪,因为我能在各处帮忙,改变人们的生活。
24. I feel betrayed by my friend Hannah.We have been best friends since primary school and spend almost every day with each other.
我觉得我的朋友汉娜背叛了我。从小学起我俩就是最好的朋友,几乎每天呆在一起。
25. I was so upset that I felt like crying. I thought that Hannah must have told my classmates about my grade after promising not to. Everyone must have been
我想汉娜一定是在答应过我不会告诉任何人之后将我的成绩告诉了同学们。大家一定在背后嘲笑我。
26. Football is very important to me, but so is our friendship.
足球对我很重要,但我们的友谊也同样很重要。
27.Yesterday,I saw him talking to another boy, Peter, and I cannot help wondering if he wants Peter to be his best friend instead of me.
昨天,我看见他和另一个男生彼得说话,我不禁想知道他是不是想让彼得取代我做他最好的朋友。
28. When he comes back three and a half hours later,they’re still sitting on the sofa, continuing the same conversation on the same topic.
当他三个半小时后回来时,她们仍然坐在沙发上,继续聊着同样的话题。
29. Boys and girls have different attitudes towards friendship. Friendships between girls are usually anchored in shared feelings and support, but friendships between boys are based on shared activities or interests. A boy is likely to be cautious about sharing the feelings with his close friends. A girl’s closet friend, however, might be eager to tell her about something that has happened in her life.
男孩和女孩对待友谊有着不同的态度。女孩之间的友谊通常建立在共同的情感和互相支持之上,而男孩之间的友谊则以共同的活动或兴趣为基础。对于与密
30. Many studies worldwide show that girls have more friendships than boys. In fact, many adolescent males cannot name a single best friend. When asked, they usually hesitate before responding.
全球范围的许多研究表明女孩比男孩享有更多的友谊。事实上,许多青春期的男孩说不出一个最好的朋友。当被问起时,他们在回答前往往会犹豫一下。
31. We have to realize: boys share activities, while girls share feelings. The qualities that boys and girls consider important in a friend seem to be the same, regardless of the basis of these friendships. The important thing to remember is that both of them are friendships. We all need friends in our lives.
我们必须认识男孩共同活动,而女孩分享情感。无论男孩和女孩友谊的基础是什么,它们所看重的朋友身上的品质似乎是一样的。所要记住的重要一点是:它们二者均是友谊。我们在生活中都需要朋友。
32. When deciding what is important in life, some people choose money, while others choose things like security and comfort. However, for me, the most important thing in life is friendship. I cannot imagine being without it.
当确定生活中最重要的是社么时,有些人选择金钱,而别的人则选择诸如安全感和舒适度之类的东西。然而,对我而言,生活中最重要的东西是友谊。我不能想象没有它。
33. Life is no fun without a companion to share it.
如果没有同伴分享,生活就索然无味。
34. Friendship means not being alone.友谊意味着不孤独。
35. The best way to have a friend is to be a friend.拥有朋友的最佳途径就是做一个朋友。
36. In conclusion, when we are old and look back on our lives, what will we remember? Will we remember the things we bought or the places we have been to? No, we will remember those whom we loved and those who loved us. We will remember our friends.
总之,当我们年老时回顾我们的生活时,我们会记住什么呢?我们会记住我们买过的东西或者是去过的地方吗?不,我们会记住那些我们爱过的人和爱过我们的人。我们会记住我们的朋友。
37. While we damage our environment, we keep producing more and more people who need more land to live on and more food to eat.
一方面我们在毁灭环境,另一面我们继续生育越来越多的人口,这些人需要更多的土地居住,也需要更多的食物食用。
38. It is our duty to try to cut back on production and produce the number of things we make and buy. The amount of rubbish we produce is turning into a big problem; we need to think more about recycling our waste. It would be good to increase the amount of waste we recycle, and teach people ways of living that don’t harm the environment. We may even create more jobs and help our country become more developed at the same time.
我们有责任努力消减生产,减少制造和购买东西的数量。我们制造出来的垃圾数量正在成为一个大问题。我们有必要更多地考虑循环利用垃圾。好的做法将是增加回收利用的东西的数量,并教给人们不损害环境的生活方式。我们甚至可以借此创造出更多的就业机会,帮助我们的国家在保护环境的同时更好的发展。
39. It is clear that you are very concerned about the present situation of our environment.显然,你非常担心我们的环境的现状。
40. People often have this belief that development is bad for the environment, but this does not have to be true.
人们经常认为经济发展对环境有害,但这未必是正确的。
41. What I’m here to say is that having worked with many environmental consultants, I know that a healthy environment and development should be possible at the same time. 我在这里要说的是,与许多环境顾问工作之后,我们知道健康的环境和经济发展并存是有可能的。
42. Ms Lin suggested we should cut back on the quantity of things we produce in order to save the environment.
林女士建议为了保护环境我们应该消减我们所生产的东西的数量。
43.What we need are better laws to preserve the environment and still allow our country to grow.
我们需要更有效的法律来保护环境,但同时让国家得到发展。
44. Asking around, I find many people willing to pay a little higher price for things that are friendly to the environment.
我问过周围的人,发现许多人都愿意支付稍高一点的价钱来购买环保产品。
45. We have to consider the need for the environmental protection when developing the
economy.
发展经济的同时,我们得考虑保护环境的需求。
46 .We have to consider the need for environmental protection when developing the economy.
发展经济的时候,我们不得不考虑环境保护的需求。
47. This is not good news for the people who rely on the Yangtze River for water. Nor is it good news for the wide range of fish and wildlife that live in or along the river.
这对(居住在长江两岸、)饮用水需要依赖长江的(所有城镇)居民来说并不是好消息,对生活在长江中的鱼类及沿岸的各种野生动植物来说也不是好消息。
48. Many people have recognized the importance of protecting the Yangtze River, and organizations and projects have been set up to deal with the problem.
很多人已经意识到了保护长江的重要性,设立了诸多环境组织和项目以试图解决这个问题。
49. We still have a long way to go to solve all the problems in regard to the Yangtze River. However, people have finally realized that it is their responsibility to protect this great river. Because of this, the situation on the Yangtze River is improving. The efforts of the Chinese government and people to protect this much-loved river will be appreciated for years to come.
为了解决长江的各种问题,我们还有很长的路要走。但值得庆幸的是,人们终于意识到了保护好这条大河是他们的责任。正因为如此,长江的环境状况正在缓慢改善。我们相信,中国政府和人民保护这条他们所挚爱的河流的努力在将来是会得到后人肯定的。
50. Therefore, the more petrol and electricity we consume, the more carbon we are letting off.
因此,我们消耗的汽油和电越多,我们排放的二氧化碳就越多。
51. One thing we can all do to help solve this problem is to walk or use a bicycle when possible. Although we produce carbon when we breathe, the carbon we produce is much less than that produced by a car.
我们都能做到有利于解决这个问题的一件事就是,可能的话就走路或者骑自行车。尽管我们呼吸的时候也制造二氧化碳,但我们制造的二氧化碳比小车制造的二氧化碳少得多。
52. At home, you should use as little energy as possible. Turn off the lights and anything else electrical when not in use. Since factories use a lot of energy and also let off carbon gases, it is important to recycle as much as possible. In particular, metal products and paper products require a lot of energy to produce, so you should find ways to use these again without throwing them away.
在家里,你应该尽可能少地使用能源:不用的时候就关掉灯或者其他电器。由于工厂使用许多能源并且排出二氧化碳气体,所以尽可能循环利用也是很重要的。特别是金属产品和纸质产品需要许多能源才能生产,因此你应该找到办法再次使用而不是把它们扔掉。
53. Last but not least,you can plant a tree, because trees absorb the carbon dioxide in the air to produce oxygen. Planting a small tree is cheap and easy, and two decades from now, when you look at what will have become a large tree, you will find a sense of satisfaction knowing that you did your part to help solve the problem of climate change.
最后但并非并不重要,你可以植树,因为树吸收空气中的二氧化碳来制造氧气。种一棵小树既便宜又容易,并且二十年后,你看到长大后的大树,知道自己为帮助解决气候改变问题尽了自己的一份职责,你将会找到一种满足感!
54. We further damage the Earth by building new channels in the sea and factories on the land, and by creating pollution with chemical waste. We will some day destroy the planet we live on if we continue in this way.
通过修建新的水上运输通道、建造新工厂、用工业废料来制造污染,我们进一步地破坏地球。
55. However, if we focus only on conservation, then people may suffer. Not everything that is best for nature is good for people.
然而,如果我们只关注环境保护,那人类就要吃苦头了。并非所有对自然来说是最好的对人类来说也是好的。
56. From the point of view of some people, we are only doing what humans have always done,
use sth to do sth
在有些人看来,我们(现在)只是在做人类一直在做的事——利用自然来满足我们的需求。
57. After decades of destroying nature and using up natural resources, many developed nations are now concerned about saving nature rather than developing or destroying it. However, many
在数十年破坏自然、过度消耗地球上的自然资源之后,许多发达国家现在关注的是如何保护自然,而不是如何开发或者说是破坏自然。然而,许多贫穷国家还必须致力于满足人们的日常生活需求。在此过程中,他们以飞快的速度在消耗着自然资源。
58. The developed and developing countries of the world need to work together to make sure that people enjoy healthy and happy lives, without the environment around them suffering.
世界上的发展中国家和发达国家必须携手合作,确保自己的人民能够享受健康和富庶的生活,同时又不损害其周边的环境。
59. It should not be a question of humans winning and nature losing. Humans can only really win by protecting nature. After all, food has to be produced in a healthy, natural system, and we all need clean air to breathe and pure water to drink. It is mankind’s responsibility to find answers that are good for everyone, and everything.
这并不应该是人类获胜、自然失败的问题。只有通过保护自然,人类才能真正获胜。毕竟,食物必须在健康、自然的系统中生产,我们也都需要干净的空气来呼吸和清洁的水来饮用。找出对任何人、任何事物都有好处的解决方案是人类的责任。
60. Since no one really knows whether GM food is safe, many countries have hesitated to give permission for the production of GM foods, as they would rather be cautious with this new technology.
由于没人真正知道转基因食品是否安全,许多国家都在给予转基因食品生产许可上犹豫不决,因为他们都宁愿慎重对待这一新科技。
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