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1、高中英语必修二翻译高中英语必修二翻译LTIN 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 tons of amber were used to m

2、ake it. The amber 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 mad

3、e to be a gift. 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 the Amber Room became p

4、art of the Czar 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

5、the room was completed 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,it is now missing.In September 1941 , the Nazi army was near St Petersburg. This was a time

6、when the two countries were at war. Before the Nazis could get to the summer palace, the Russians were able to remove some furniture and small art objects from the Amber Room. However, some of the Nazis secretly stole the room itself. In less than two days 100,000 pieces were put inside twenty-seven

7、 wooden boxes. There is no doubt that the boxes were then put on a train for Konigsberg, 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 studyin

8、g old photos of the former 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.【翻译】 寻找琥珀屋普鲁士国王威廉一世决不可能想到他送给俄罗斯人民的厚礼会有这样一段令人惊讶的历史。这件礼物就是琥珀屋，它之所以有这个名字，是因为造这间房子用了好几吨的琥珀。选出来的琥珀色彩艳丽，呈现蜂蜜一样

9、的黄褐色。琥珀屋的设计采用了当时流行的别致的建筑式样。它也是用金银珠宝装饰起来的珍品。一批国家最优秀的艺术用了大约十年的时间才把它完成。事实上，这个琥珀屋并不是作为礼物来建造的。它是为腓特烈一世的宫殿设计（制作）的。然而，下一位普鲁士国王，腓特烈威廉一世，这个琥珀屋的主人却决定不要它了。在1716年，他把琥珀屋送给了彼得大帝。作为回赠，沙皇则送给他一队自己最好的士兵。这样，琥珀屋就成了沙皇在圣彼得堡冬宫的一部分。这间琥珀屋长约四米，被用作待重要宾的小型会客室。后来，叶卡捷琳娜二世派人把琥珀屋搬到圣彼得堡郊外她避暑的宫殿中。她叫她的工匠在原来设计的基础上增添了更多精细的装饰。1770年，这间琥珀

10、屋按照她的要求完成了。将近600支蜡烛照亮了这个房间，里面的镜子和图画就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 Olympic Games?L：As a matter of fact, every country

11、wants the opportunity. 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 2008 Olympics will be held in Beijing, China. Did you know that?P：Oh yes! You must be very proud.L：Certainly. And afte

12、r 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 andP：Did you say medals? So even the olive wreath has been replaced! Oh dear! Do

13、you compete for 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, Higher and Stronger. P：Well,thats good news.How interesting! Thank you so much for your time.【翻译】帕萨尼亚斯是大约2，000年前的一位希腊作家，在2007年3

14、月18日他作了一次魔幻旅行，来了解关于当今奥林匹克运动会的情况。他现在正在采访一位2008奥林匹克运动会的志愿者李岩。帕：我叫帕萨尼亚斯。我生活在你们所说的“古希腊”，我过去曾经写过关于很多年前的奥运会。我来到你们这个时代，是想了解有关当代奥运会的情况，因为我知道2004年奥运会是在我的家乡举行的。我能问你几个关于现代奥运会的问题吗？李：天哪！你真的来自那么久以前吗?但是当然你可以问任何你喜欢的问题。你想了解什么呢？帕：你们的奥运会多久举行一次？李：每四年。奥运会有两种冬季奥运会和夏季奥运会，这两种奥运会都是有一定规律每四年举行一次。冬季奥运会通常是在夏季奥运会的前两年举行。只有达到了他们比赛

15、标准的运动员可以参赛。他们可以来自世界的任何地方。帕：冬季奥运会？赛跑运功员们怎么喜欢在冬天比赛？又怎么可能赛马呢？李：噢，不！没有赛跑和赛马。相反，有像滑雪和溜冰这类需要冰雪的比赛项目。那就是为什么它们叫做冬季奥运会。在夏季奥运会中才有赛跑和游泳、划船和所有团队运动。帕：我明白了。先前你说被邀请的运动员来自全世界。你是指希腊的世界？我们希腊各城市之间过去曾经为了赢得胜利的荣誉而彼此竞争。别的国家不能参加，奴隶和妇女也不能参加。李：如今任何国家都能参赛，如果他们的运动员足够好。总共有250个运动项目，并且每个项目都有它自己的标准。妇女不但允许参加，而且她们还在体操、田径、团队运动和中起着非常重

16、要的作用。帕：请等一下！所有那些项目，所有那些国家，甚至妇女也都参加！所有这些参赛的人都住在哪里？李：每次奥运会举行地都会建立一个特殊的村庄供参赛者居住，一个主要的接待大楼，几个供比赛用的体育馆还有室内体育馆。帕：听起来要花很多钱吧。有人想承办奥运会吗？李：事实上，人人都想承办。这是极大的责任而且被选上也是很大的荣誉。国与国之间争取奥运会的承办权的竞争就像争夺奥运奖牌一样。2008年的奥运会将在中国举行。你知道吗？帕：是的！你一定和骄傲吧。李：当然。在那之后，2012年奥运会将在伦敦举行。他们已经开始为此计划了。一个新的为运动员的村庄和和所有体育场馆将在伦敦东部建立。当然新的奖牌将被设计帕：你

17、刚才说奖牌吗？那么就连橄榄枝花环也被取代了！天哪！你也为奖金而竞争吗？李：不，我们不是为了钱。而是能够跑得更快、跳得更高、掷的更远。那就是奥运会的格言，你知道“更快、更高、更强。”帕：那真是条好新闻。多有趣啊！谢谢，占用了你的时间。WHO AM I ?【原文】Over time I have been changed quite a lot.I began as a calculating machine in France in 1642.Although I was young I could simplify difficult sums. I developed very slowly

18、 and it took nearly two hundred years before I was built as an analytical machine by Charles Babbage. After I was programmed by an operator who used cards with holes, I could think logically and produce an answer quicker than any person. At that time it was considered a technological revolution and

19、the start of my artificial intelligence. 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. From then on, I grew rapidly both in size and in brainpower. By the 1940s I had grown as large as a room, a

20、nd I wondered if I would grow any larger. However, this reality also worried my designers. As time went by, I was made smaller. First as a PC (personal computer) and then as a laptop. I have been used in offices and homes since the 1970s.These changes only became possible as my memory improved. Firs

21、t it was stored in tubes, then on transistors and later on very small chips. As a result I totally changed my shape. As I have grown older I have also grown smaller. 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 la

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

23、ome very important in communication,finance and trade. I have also been put into robots and used to make mobile phones as well as help with medical operations. I have even been put into space rockets and sent to explore the Mocm and Mars. Anyhow, my goal is to provide humans with a life of high qual

24、ity. I am now truly filled with happiness that I am a devoted friend and helper of the human race!【翻译】随着时间的流逝我改变了很多。1642年我在法国诞生时是一台计算器。虽然我很年轻，但我能简化很难的算术题。我发展的很慢，在查尔斯巴比奇把我制成一架分析机前大约经历了将近200年的时间。我由使用穿孔卡片的操作员编程后，我能有逻辑地“思考”并能比任何人都更快地产生答案。在那个时候它被认为是一场技术革命，我的“人工智能”开始了。1936年，我真正的父亲艾伦图灵，写了一本关于我怎样作为一台“通用机器”来

25、解决任何数学问题的书。从那时起，我在规模和智力上迅速增长。到20世纪40年代，我有一个房子那么大，我想知道我是否能变得更大。然而，这个现实也使我的设计者担忧。随着时间的流逝，我被制作得小多了。首先成为个人电脑，后来是掌上电脑，自从20世纪70年代我被用在办公室和家里。这些变化只是因为我的储存器提高变得可能了。首先它被储存在电子管里，然后在晶体管上，后来在一个很小的芯片上。结果我完全改变了我的形状。当我已经长大时，我也变得更小。随着时间流逝，我的存储器发展如此大，像一头大象，我永远不会忘记我被告诉的任何事情！我的存储容量变得如此之大，以至于我自己都不能相信！但是我总是孤单地站在那里，直到20世纪

26、60年代初，人们给了我一个用网络联成的家族。我可以通过万维网同其他的伙伴分享我的知识。自从20世纪70年代，我的许多新的用途被发现。在通信、金融和贸易中我变得很重要。我也被放进机器人里、被用来制作移动电话还有帮助医学手术。我甚至被放入太空火箭里，被发射去探索月球和火星。无论如何，我的目标是为人类提供高质量的生活。我现在真正充满了快乐，我是人类忠实的朋友和帮助者！HOW DAISY LEARNED TO HELP WILDLIFE【原文】Daisy had always longed to help endangered species of wildlife. One day she woke

27、 up and found a flying carpet by her bed. Where do you want to go? it asked. Daisy responded immediately. Id like to see some endangered wildlife, she said. Please take me to a distant land where I can find the animal that gave fur to make this sweater. At once the carpet flew away and took her to T

28、ibet. There Daisy saw an antelope looking sad. It said, We re being killed 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. At that Daisy cried, Im sorry I didn t know that. I wonder what is being done to he

29、lp you. Flying carpet, please show me a place where there s some wildlife protection. The flying carpet travelled so fast that next minute they were in Zimbabwe. Daisy turned around and found that she was being watched by an elephant. Have you come to take my photo?it asked.In relief Daisy burst int

30、o laughter. Don t laugh, said the elephant, We used to be an endangered species. Farmers hunted us without mercy. They said we destroyed their farms, and money from tourists only went to the large tour companies. So the government decided to help. They allowed tourists to hunt only a certain number

31、of animals if they paid the farmers. Now the farmers are happy and our numbers are increasing. So good things are being done here to save local wildlife.Daisy smiled. That s good news. It shows the importance of wildlife protection, but I d like to help as the WWF suggests. The carpet rose again and

32、 almost at once they were in a thick rainforest. A monkey watched them as it rubbed it self. What are you doing? asked Daisy. Im protecting myself from mosquitoes, it replied. When I find a millipede insect, I rub it over my body. It contains a powerful drug which affects mosquitoes. You should pay more attention to the rainforest where I live and appreciate how the animals live together. No rainforest, no animals, no d