💬 新概念英语第四册

Lesson 38 Water and the traveller

It is best to keep to hot drinks, bottled or canned drinks of well-known brand names----

最好仅饮用开水，名牌瓶装或罐装水

Lesson 38 Water and the traveller

international standards of water treatment are usually followed at bottling plants.

装瓶厂通常遵循国际水处理的标准。

Lesson 38 Water and the traveller

Carbonated drinks are acidic, and slightly safer.

碳酸饮料是酸性的，就更安全一些。

Lesson 38 Water and the traveller

Make sure that all bottles are opened in your presence,

确保瓶子是当着你的面开启的，

Lesson 38 Water and the traveller

and that their rims are clean and dry.

瓶口清洁干燥。

Lesson 38 Water and the traveller

Boiling is always a good way of treating water.

烧开一直是水处理的一种好办法。

Lesson 38 Water and the traveller

Some hotels supply boiled water on request and this can be used for drinking, or for brushing teeth.

有的酒店根据要求可提供开水，这些开水可用于饮用和刷牙。

Lesson 38 Water and the traveller

Portable boiling elements that can boil small quantities of water are useful when the right voltage of electricity is available.

如果有相配的电压，可以煮少量水的便携式热水装置是有用的。

Lesson 38 Water and the traveller

Refuse politely any cold drink from an unknown source.

应谢绝任何不明来源的冷饮。

Lesson 38 Water and the traveller

Ice is only as safe as the water from which it is made,

冰块只有当制造冰块的水安全时才是保险的，

Lesson 38 Water and the traveller

and should not be put in drinks unless it is known to be safe.

只有知道冰块安全时才能加入饮料。

Lesson 38 Water and the traveller

Drinks can be cooled by placing them on ice rather than adding ice to them.

可以把饮料置于冰块之上来冷却，而不是把冰块加进饮料之中。

Lesson 38 Water and the traveller

Alcohol may be a medical disinfectant, but should not be relied upon to sterilize water.

酒精可能是医学上的消毒剂，但决不可用来消毒饮用水。

Lesson 38 Water and the traveller

Ethanol is more effective at a concentration of 50-70 percent;

乙醇的浓度为50％至70％时比较有效，

Lesson 38 Water and the traveller

below 20 per cent, its bactericidal action is negligible.

浓度低于20％时，杀菌能力基本上就不存在了。

Lesson 38 Water and the traveller

Spirits labelled 95 proof contain only about 47 percent alcohol.

强度标为95的酒中含47％的酒精。

Lesson 38 Water and the traveller

Beware of methylated alcohol, which is very poisonous,

要提防甲基化酒精，那是剧毒的，

Lesson 38 Water and the traveller

and should never be added to drinking water.

永远不能掺入饮用水。

Lesson 38 Water and the traveller

If no other sate water supply can be obtained,

如果没有其他安全的饮用水，

Lesson 38 Water and the traveller

tap water that is too hot to touch can be left to cool and is generally safe to drink.

水管中流出的烫手的水可以留下来冷却。这种水一般是安全的。

Lesson 38 Water and the traveller

Those planning a trip to remote areas, or intending to live in countries where drinking water is not readily available, should know about the various possible methods for making water safe.

那些计划去偏远地区旅行，或在饮用水不现成的国家居住的人，应该知道如何使水适于饮用的各种办法。

Lesson 39 What every writer wants

I have known very few writers, but those I have known,

我所认识的作家寥寥无几，然而凡是我所认识

Lesson 39 What every writer wants

and whom I respect, confess at once that they have little idea where they are going when they first set pen to paper.

和尊敬的作家，都立即承认在他们动笔时，不清楚要写什么，怎么写。

Lesson 39 What every writer wants

They have a character, perhaps two;

他们心中有一个或两个角色。

Lesson 39 What every writer wants

they are in that condition of eager discomfort which passes for inspiration;

他们处于急切不安的状态，而这被当作是灵感。

Lesson 39 What every writer wants

all admit radical changes of destination once the journey has begun;

他们无不承认，一旦"旅程开始，目的地"常有急剧的变化。

Lesson 39 What every writer wants

one, to my certain knowledge, spent nine months on a novel about Kashmir,

据我所知，有位作家花了9个月的时间写了一部有关克什米尔的小说，

Lesson 39 What every writer wants

then reset the whole thing in the Scottish Highlands.

后来却把整个故事背景换成了苏格兰高地。

Lesson 39 What every writer wants

I never heard of anyone making a'skeleton', as we were taught at school.

我从未听说过任何一位作家像我们在学校学的那样，动笔前先列什么提纲。

Lesson 39 What every writer wants

In the breaking and remaking, in the timing, interweaving, beginning afresh,

作家在剪裁修改、构思时间、穿插情节、以至从头重写的过程中，