10. culminate 达到顶点11. lapse 时间的推移/消逝12. apprehend 领悟，理解13. instill （慢慢地）滴注，灌输14. drench 浸泡，使湿透15. posterity 子孙后代16. look to 指望，注意难句译注1. If men would s...
Passage Seven (Forecasting of Statistics)Nearly two thousand years have passed since a census decreed by Caesar Augustus become part of the greatest s...
8. batteries 一连串，一系列9. sage 圣人；聪明的（人-）10. seer 先知11. newfangled 新型的（贬义）12. high-falutin 夸大的，夸张的13. deplorable 悲惨的，杂乱的14. batting average 平均成功率（原指击球平均得...
Passage Eight (Wakefield Master’s Realism)Moreover, insofar as any interpretation of its author can be made from the five or six plays attribute...
15. burlesque 诙谐或游戏诗文的，讽刺或滑稽的16. Nativity 基督的诞生17. epilogue 收场白18. deference 敬意，尊重19. atavistic 返祖的，隔代遗传的20. slide back to 滑回，这里指返回21. raison d’...
Passage Nine (The Continuity of the Religious Struggle in Britain)Though England was on the whole prosperous and hopeful, though by comparison with he...
8. surmise 猜度，臆测9. doctrine 教义10. plausible 貌似合理/公平的11. courtier 朝臣12. devious 绕来绕去的，迂回曲折的13. Sacrament 圣礼，圣事/餐14. secular 修道院外的，世俗的15. the society of...
Passage Ten (Photography and Art)The earliest controversies about the relationship between photography and art centered on whether photograph’s ...
难句译注1. The earliest controversies about the relationship between photography and art centered on whether photograph’s fidelity to appearances an...
中国人一般来说英语阅读的能力很强，但是还是有一些基本的问题经常困扰大家。下面是一些相应的解决办法。1．问: 我可以以很快的速度阅读报纸，但读过之后都弄不清文章的大意。答: 我们很少逐词地精读报刊上的文章，因为它与我们的生活无大碍。我们通常采取浏览的方式，读到哪儿算哪儿。在我们浏览用母语写的报刊文章时...