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原文When John Todd was a child, he loved to explore the woods around his house, observing how nature solved problems. A dirty stream, for example, often became clear after flowing through plants and along rocks where tiny creatures lived. When he got older, John started to wonder if this process could be used to clean up the messes people were making.
After studying agriculture, medicine, and fisheries in college, John went back to observing nature and asking questions. Why can certain plants trap harmful bacteria (细菌)? Which kinds of fish can eat cancer-causing chemicals? With the right combination of animals and plants, he figured, maybe he could clean up waste the way nature did. He decided to build what he would later call an eco-machine.
The task John set for himself was to remove harmful substances from some sludge (污泥). First, he constructed a series of clear fiberglass tanks connected to each other. Then he went around to local ponds and streams and brought back some plants and animals. He placed them in the tanks and waited. Little by little, these different kinds of life got used to one another and formed their own ecosystem. After a few weeks, John added the sludge.
He was amazed at the results. The plants and animals in the eco-machine took the sludge as food and began to eat it! Within weeks, it had all been digested, and all that was left was pure water.
Over the years, John has taken on many big jobs. He developed a greenhouse-like facility that treated sewage (污水) from 1,600 homes in South Burlington. He also designed an eco-machine to clean canal water in Fuzhou, a city in southeast China.
“Ecological design” is the name John gives to what he does. “Life on Earth is kind of a box of spare parts for the inventor,” he says. “You put organisms in new relationships and observe what’s happening. Then you let these new systems develop their own ways to self-repair.”
4. What can we learn about John from the first two paragraphs?
A. He was fond of traveling. B. He enjoyed being alone.
C. He had an inquiring mind. D. He longed to be a doctor.
5. Why did John put the sludge into the tanks?
A. To feed the animals. B. To build an ecosystem.
C. To protect the plants. D. To test the eco-machine.
6. What is the author’s purpose in mentioning Fuzhou?
A. To review John’s research plans. B. To show an application of John’s idea.
C. To compare John’s different jobs. D. To erase doubts about John’s invention.
7. What is the basis for John’s work?
A. Nature can repair itself. B. Organisms need water to survive.
C. Life on Earth is diverse. D. Most tiny creatures live in groups.
译文当约翰·托德还是个孩子的时候,他喜欢探索房子周围的树林,观察大自然是如何解决问题的。例如,一条肮脏的溪流在穿过植物和微小生物居住的岩石后往往会变得清澈。当他长大后,约翰开始怀疑这个过程是否可以用来清理人们制造的混乱。
在大学里学习了农业、医学和渔业之后,约翰又开始观察大自然并提出问题。为什么某些植物可以捕获有害细菌?哪些鱼类可以吃致癌化学物质?他想,如果动物和植物的正确结合,也许他可以像大自然一样清理垃圾。他决定建造一台他后来称之为生态机器的机器。
约翰为自己设定的任务是清除一些污泥中的有害物质。首先,他建造了一系列相互连接的透明玻璃纤维罐。然后,他来到当地的池塘和溪流,带回了一些动植物。他把它们放在坦克里等着。渐渐地,这些不同种类的生命相互适应,形成了自己的生态系统。几周后,约翰加入了污泥。
他对结果感到惊讶。生态机器里的动植物把污泥当作食物,开始吃!几周内,它全部被消化掉了,剩下的只有纯水。
这些年来,约翰承担了许多重要的工作。他开发了一种类似温室的设施,用于处理南伯灵顿1600户家庭的污水。他还设计了一台生态机器来清洁中国东南部城市福州的运河水。
“生态设计”是约翰给他的工作起的名字。他说:“对于发明者来说,地球上的生命就像一盒备件。”。“你把生物体置于新的关系中,观察发生了什么。然后你让这些新系统发展出自己的自我修复方式。”
1.从前两段我们能了解到约翰的什么?
A.他喜欢旅行。B.他喜欢独处。
C.他有求知欲。D.他渴望成为一名医生。
2.约翰为什么把污泥放进槽里?
A.喂动物。B.建立一个生态系统。
C.保护植物。D.测试环保机器。
3.作者提到福州的目的是什么?
A.复习约翰的研究计划。B.展示约翰思想的应用。
C.比较约翰的不同工作。C.消除对约翰发明的怀疑。
4.约翰工作的基础是什么?
A.大自然可以自我修复。B.生物体需要水才能生存。
C.地球上的生命多种多样。D.大多数微小的生物都是群居的。
1 段译 当约翰·托德还是个孩子的时候,他喜欢探索房子周围的树林,观察大自然是如何解决问题的。例如,一条肮脏的溪流在穿过植物和微小生物居住的岩石后往往会变得清澈。当他长大后,约翰开始怀疑这个过程是否可以用来清理人们制造的混乱。
When John Todd was a child, he loved to explore the woods around his house, observingv.观察 how nature solvedv.解决 problemsn.问题. 句译 当约翰·托德还是个孩子的时候,他喜欢探索房子周围的树林,观察大自然是如何解决问题的。A dirty stream, for example, often became clear after flowingv.流动 through plants and along rocks where tinyadj.极小的 creaturesn.生物 lived.句译 例如,一条肮脏的溪流在穿过植物和微小生物居住的岩石后往往会变得清澈。 When he got older, John started to wonderv.想知道 if this processn.过程 could be used to clean up the messes混乱 people were making. 句译 当他长大后,约翰开始怀疑这个过程是否可以用来清理人们制造的混乱。
2 段译 在大学里学习了农业、医学和渔业之后,约翰又开始观察大自然并提出问题。为什么某些植物可以捕获有害细菌?哪些鱼类可以吃致癌化学物质?他想,如果动物和植物的正确结合,也许他可以像大自然一样清理垃圾。他决定建造一台他后来称之为生态机器的机器。
After studying agriculturen.农业, medicine, and fisheriesn.渔业 in college, John went back to observing nature and asking questions. 句译 在大学里学习了农业、医学和渔业之后,约翰又开始观察大自然并提出问题。Why can certain plants trapn.陷阱 harmfuladj.有害的 bacterian.细菌? 句译 为什么某些植物可以捕获有害细菌?Which kinds of fish can eat cancern.癌症-causing chemicals? With the right combinationn.混合 of animals and plants, he figuredv.认为, maybe he could clean up waste the way nature did. 句译 哪些鱼类可以吃致癌化学物质?他想,如果动物和植物的正确结合,也许他可以像大自然一样清理垃圾。He decided to buildv.建造 what he would later call an eco-machine生态机器 句译 他决定建造一台他后来称之为生态机器的机器。
3 段译 约翰为自己设定的任务是清除一些污泥中的有害物质。首先,他建造了一系列相互连接的透明玻璃纤维罐。然后,他来到当地的池塘和溪流,带回了一些动植物。他把它们放在坦克里等着。渐渐地,这些不同种类的生命相互适应,形成了自己的生态系统。几周后,约翰加入了污泥。
The task John set for himself was to remove harmful substancesn.物质 from some sludge污泥. 句译 约翰为自己设定的任务是清除一些污泥中的有害物质。First, he constructed建造 a seriesn.系列 of clear fiberglassn.玻璃纤维 tanks罐 connectedv.连接 to each other. 句译 首先,他建造了一系列相互连接的透明玻璃纤维罐。Then he went around to local ponds and streams and brought back some plants and animals. 句译 然后,他来到当地的池塘和溪流,带回了一些动植物。He placed them in the tanks and waited. 句译 他把它们放在坦克里等着。Little by little, these different kinds of life got used to one another and formedv.形成 their own ecosystemn.生态系统. 句译 渐渐地,这些不同种类的生命相互适应,形成了自己的生态系统。After a few weeks, John added the sludge. 句译 几周后,约翰加入了污泥。
4 段译 他对结果感到惊讶。生态机器里的动植物把污泥当作食物,开始吃!几周内,它全部被消化掉了,剩下的只有纯水。
He was amazedv.惊讶 at the resultsn.结果.句译 他对结果感到惊讶。 The plants and animals in the eco-machine took the sludge as food and began to eat it!句译 生态机器里的动植物把污泥当作食物,开始吃! Within weeks, it had all been digestedv.消化, and all that was left was pureadj.纯净的 water. 句译 几周内,它全部被消化掉了,剩下的只有纯水。
5 段译 这些年来,约翰承担了许多重要的工作。他开发了一种类似温室的设施,用于处理南伯灵顿1600户家庭的污水。他还设计了一台生态机器来清洁中国东南部城市福州的运河水。
Over the years, John has taken on many big jobs.句译 这些年来,约翰承担了许多重要的工作。 He developedv.拓展 a greenhouse-like facilityn.设施 that treated处理 sewage污水 from 1,600 homes in South Burlington.句译 他开发了一种类似温室的设施,用于处理南伯灵顿1600户家庭的污水。 He also designedv.设计 an eco-machine to clean canal water in Fuzhou, a city in southeast China. 句译 他还设计了一台生态机器来清洁中国东南部城市福州的运河水。
6 段译 “生态设计”是约翰给他的工作起的名字。他说:“对于发明者来说,地球上的生命就像一盒备件。”。“你把生物体置于新的关系中,观察发生了什么。然后你让这些新系统发展出自己的自我修复方式。”
“Ecologicaladj.生态的 design” is the name John gives to what he does.句译 “生态设计”是约翰给他的工作起的名字。 “Life on Earth is kind of a box of spareadj.空闲的 parts for the inventor,” he says.句译 他说:“对于发明者来说,地球上的生命就像一盒备件。” “You put organismsn.生物 in new relationshipsn.关系 and observe what’s happening.句译 “你把生物体置于新的关系中,观察发生了什么。 Then you let these new systems develop their own ways to self-repair.” 句译 然后你让这些新系统发展出自己的自我修复方式。”
1.What can we learn about John from the first two paragraphsn.段落? 翻译 从前两段我们能了解到约翰的什么?
A. He was fond of traveling.翻译 A.他喜欢旅行。
B. He enjoyed being alone.翻译 B.他喜欢独处。
C. He had an inquiringadj.爱追根问底的 mind.翻译 C.他有求知欲。
D. He longedv.渴望 to be a doctor. 翻译 D.他渴望成为一名医生。
2.Why did John put the sludge into the tanks?翻译 约翰为什么把污泥放进槽里?
A. To feed the animals.翻译 A.喂动物。
B. To build an ecosystem.翻译 B.建立一个生态系统。
C. To protectv.保护 the plants.翻译 C.保护植物。
D. To test the eco-machine.翻译 D.测试环保机器。
3.What is the author’s purposen.目的 in mentioningv.提及 Fuzhou?翻译 作者提到福州的目的是什么?
A. To reviewv.检查 John’s research plans.翻译 A.检查约翰的研究计划。
B. To show an applicationn.应用 of John’s idea.翻译 B.展示约翰思想的应用。
C. To comparev.比较 John’s different jobs.翻译 C.比较约翰的不同工作。
D. To erasev.消除 doubtsn.怀疑 about John’s invention.翻译 D.消除对约翰发明的怀疑。
4.What is the basisn.基础 for John’s work?翻译 7.约翰工作的基础是什么?
A. Nature can repair itself.翻译 A.大自然可以自我修复。
B. Organisms need water to survivev.幸存.翻译 B.生物体需要水才能生存。
C. Life on Earth is diverseadj.不同的.翻译 C.地球上的生命多种多样。
D. Most tiny creatures live in groups.翻译 D.大多数微小的生物都是群居的。
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