2014年職稱英語(綜合類)教材閱讀理解文章及譯文7

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Modern Sun Worshippers

　　People travel for a lot of reasons. Some tourists go to see battlefields or religious shrines1. Others are looking for culture, or simply want to have their pictures taken2 in front of famous places. But most European tourists are looking for a sunny beach to lie on3.

　　Northern Europeans are willing to pay a lot of money and put up with a lot of inconveniences for the sun because they have so little of it4. Residents of cities like London, Copenhagen, and Amsterdam spend a lot of their winter in the dark because the days are so short, and much of the rest of the year in the rain5. This is the reason the Mediterranean6 has always attracted them. Every summer, more than 25 million people travel to Mediterranean resorts7 and beaches for their vacation. They all come for the same reason: sun!

　　The huge crowds mean lots of money for the economies of Mediterranean countries. Italy's 30,000 hotels are booked solid8 every summer. And 13 million people camp out on French beaches, parks, and roadsides. Spain's long sandy coastline attracts more people than anywhere else. 37 million tourists visit yearly, or one tourist for every person living in Spain9.

　　But there are signs that the area is getting more tourism than it can handle. The Mediterranean is already one of the most polluted seas on earth. And with increased tourism ,it's getting worse. The French can't figure out10 what to do with all the garbage left by campers around St. Tropez. And in many places, swimming is dangerous because of pollution.

　　None of this, however, is spoiling11 anyone's fun. The Mediterranean gets more popular every year with tourists. Obviously, they don't go there for clean water and solitude12. They tolerate traffic jams13 and seem to like crowded beaches. They don't even mind the pollution. No matter how dirty the water is, the coastline still looks beautiful. And as long as14 the sun shines, it's still better thanin the cold rain in Berlin, London, or Oslo.

　　詞匯：

　　battlefield / 'b?tlfi:ld/n.戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)，疆場(chǎng)

　　inconvenience /ink?n'vi:nj?ns/n.帶來麻煩的事情，不便

　　resident /'rezid?nt/n.居住者，居民

　　Copenhagen /,k?up?n'heig?n/n.哥本哈根(丹麥?zhǔn)锥?

　　Amsterdam /,?mst?'d?m/n.阿姆斯特丹(荷蘭首都)

　　vacation /v?'kei??n/n.假期，休假

　　coastline /'k?ustlain/n.海岸線

　　tourism / 'tu?rizm/n.旅游，觀光

　　pollute /p?'lu:t/vt.弄臟，污染

　　garbage /'ga:bid?/n.廢物，垃圾

　　camper /'k?mp?/n.宿營者

　　Berlin /b?:'lin/n.柏林(德國首都)

　　Oslo /'?zl?u/n.奧斯陸(挪威首都)

　　economy /i'k?n?mi/n.經(jīng)濟(jì)狀況，經(jīng)濟(jì);節(jié)省，節(jié)約

　　注釋：

　　1.religious shrine：宗教圣殿

　　2.have their pictures taken：請(qǐng)別人為他們照相

　　3.But most European tourists are looking for a sunny beach to lie on.但大多數(shù)歐洲游客愿意尋找陽光充足的海灘曬日光浴。注意look for和fmd的區(qū)別。look for是“找”的過程，常解釋為“尋找”,find是“找”的結(jié)果，所以常解釋為“找到”。不妨體會(huì)一下它們的差別：I've been looking for my lost watch and haven't found it yet.

　　4.Northern Europeans are willing to pay a lot of money and put up with a lot of inconveniences for the sun because they have so little of it.北歐人心甘情愿花大筆金錢，容忍諸多不便去獲得陽光，因?yàn)殛柟鈱?duì)他們來說太難得了。

　　5.Residents of cities like London, Copenhagen, and Amsterdam spend a lot of their winter in the dark because the days are so short, and much of the rest of the year in the rain.由于白天很短，像倫敦、哥本哈根和阿姆斯特丹的居民在冬季的大部分時(shí)間里，都是在昏暗中度過的，而其余的季節(jié)又都是陰雨連綿。這句點(diǎn)出了北歐陰冷潮濕，日短夜長的氣候特征，也就解釋了歐洲游客執(zhí)著追求溫暖明媚陽光的原因。

　　6.the Mediterranean：地中海地區(qū)

　　7.resorts：指常去的地方，勝地

　　8.be booked solid：全部客滿

　　9.37 million tourists visit yearly ,or one tourist for every person living in Spain.每年有3 700多萬游客，換句話說，旅游者與西班牙居民人數(shù)相當(dāng)，即為1:1。

　　10.figure out：此處指“想出”，它還有“算出;明白;斷定”等意。

　　11.spoil：原意為“損壞;寵壞”，此處指“破壞興致”。

　　12.solitude：意為“獨(dú)居，獨(dú)處”，文中指清靜自在。

　　13.traffic jams：交通堵塞

　　14.as long as：意為“只要;在……情況下”，引導(dǎo)條件狀語從句。又如：I'm happy as long as you are happy.

　　練習(xí)：

　　1. The writer seems to imply that Europeans travel mostly for the reason that________.

　　A) they want to see historic remains or religious spots

　　B) they are interested in different cultural traditions and social customs

　　C) they would like to take pictures in front of famous sites

　　D) they wish to escape from the cold, dark and rainy days back at home

　　2. In paragraph 2, cities like London, Copenhagen, and Amsterdam are mentioned________.

　　A) to show that they are not good cities in terms of geography and climate

　　B) to tell us how wealthy their residents are

　　C) to suggest that these cities lack places of historic interest and scenic beauty

　　D) to prove that they have got more tourism than they can handle

　　3.According to the passage, which of the following countries attracts more tourists than the others?

　　A) Italy.

　　B) Spain.

　　C) France.

　　D) Greece.

　　4.The latter half of the last sentence in paragraph 3, i. e.,"or one tourist for every person living in Spain" means________.

　　A) all the 37 million people living in Spain are tourists

　　B) every year almost as many tourists visit Spain as there are people living in that country

　　C) every person living in Spain has to take care of a tourist

　　D) every Spanish is visited by a tourist every year

　　5. According to the passage, which of the following factors might spoil the tourists' fun at Mediterranean resorts and beaches?

　　A) Polluted water.

　　B) Crowded buses.

　　C) Traffic jams.

　　D) Rainy weather.

　　答案與題解：

　　1.D 第一段首先在主題句中指出人們外出旅行的原因是多種多樣的，然后以some和others 舉出一些例子，最后以轉(zhuǎn)折連詞but點(diǎn)出作者要著重描述的歐洲游客對(duì)陽光特殊的追求及其原因。選項(xiàng)A、B、C均屬于作者列舉的一般游客感興趣的事物，只有D項(xiàng)才是歐洲游客旅行的動(dòng)機(jī)，所以選D。

　　2.A 第二段中所舉的三個(gè)城市都具有陰冷日短的氣候特點(diǎn)，這些不利的地理氣候條件使得當(dāng)?shù)鼐用裣蛲柟獬渥愕牡胤健Ｋ膫€(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選項(xiàng)A最接近題意。

　　3.B 第三段中的第四句話是這么說的：Spain's long, sandy coastline attracts more people than anywhere else.西班牙那漫長的海岸線更成了眾多旅游者慕名前往的地方。因此選B。

　　4.B 去西班牙旅行的游客人數(shù)與西班牙人口的比例達(dá)1:1，所以選B

　　5.D 最后一段中已說明：只要陽光普照，就比陰冷多雨的北歐強(qiáng)，因此只有D項(xiàng)“多雨的天氣”才會(huì)破壞游客們的興致。

　　譯文：現(xiàn)代日光浴崇拜者

　　人們外出觀光旅游的原因有許多，一些旅游者去看古戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)或是宗教圣殿;一些旅游者去追尋文化之源或是僅僅在名勝之地請(qǐng)人給他們照幾張相。但大多數(shù)歐洲游客愿意尋找陽光充足的海灘曬日光浴。

　　北歐人心甘情愿花大筆錢，容忍諸多不便去獲得陽光，因?yàn)殛柟鈱?duì)他們來說太難得類。由于冬季白天很短，像倫敦、哥本哈根和阿姆斯特丹的居民在冬季大部分時(shí)間里，都是在昏暗中度過的，而其余的季節(jié)又都是陰雨連綿。這就是地中海地區(qū)成為人們向往之地的原因。每年夏天，有2500萬旅游者來到地中海的一些旅游勝地和海濱度假。他們都是為了同一個(gè)原因而來：陽光!

　　眾多的游客意味著為地中海地區(qū)的國家?guī)砭薮蟮慕?jīng)濟(jì)財(cái)富。每年夏季，意大利的3萬多家旅館全部客滿，而且還有1300多萬的游客要去法國的海灘、公園和路邊宿營。西班牙那漫長的海岸線更成了眾多旅游者慕名前往的地方。每年有3700多萬游客，換句話說，旅游者與西班牙居民人數(shù)相當(dāng)，即1：1.

　　但有一些跡象表明，旅游業(yè)的發(fā)展已超出該地區(qū)的承受能力。地中海已成類地球上污染最嚴(yán)重地海洋。而隨著游客的增多，情況變得更糟。法國人想不出什么好辦法來處理宿營在圣特羅佩周圍的那些游客所丟掉的廢物垃圾。而且在許多地方因?yàn)楹Ｋ艿轿廴?，游泳已成為一種危險(xiǎn)的活動(dòng)。

　　然而，這些都沒有破壞人們的興致。每年到地中海觀光的游客越來越多。很顯然，他們不是為類清潔 的海水和清凈自在而前往的額。他們?nèi)淌苤煌ǘ氯募灏?，而且似乎很喜歡擁擠的海灘。他們甚至不在乎污染。不管海水是怎樣的污濁不堪，海岸線看起來仍是那么美。只要有陽光照耀，總比坐在倫敦、柏林或奧斯陸的凄風(fēng)冷雨中好得多。

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