💬 高三英语课文
共 919 条英汉对照例句 · 第 10 页
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The towers are further apart at the top than at the base, but this is no mistake.
两座塔楼的楼顶之间的距离比楼底之间的距离要大一些，但是这并不是错误。
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This is because the surface of the earth is not flat but round.
因为地球表面不是平的，而是圆的。
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New York never sleeps.
纽约是一座不眠的城市。
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The underground railway runs 24 hours a day, and there are all-night cinemas, bars and restaurants.
地铁一天24小时不停地运营。还有通宵电影院、酒吧间和餐馆。
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Some people think that the weather is unpleasant, the city ugly and dirty, the competition fierce and the streets unsafe.
有些人认为，这儿的气候不佳，市容丑陋肮脏，竞争激烈，街上不安全。
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It is a city in a hurry, but a very exciting place to be.
这是一座熙熙攘攘的城市，但也是一个富于刺激的地方。
Unit 13 The USA
The Bison on the Plains of America
美洲平原上的野牛
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The first settlers on the plains of America were Native Americans.
美洲平原上的首批定居者是美洲土著人。
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It is thought that they arrived more than 30,000 years ago by crossing a land bridge from Asia to America.
他们被认为是在3万多年以前从亚洲跨越一座陆桥来到美洲的。
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They lived by hunting and by gathering roots, nuts and wild fruits.
他们靠狩猎和采集根茎、坚果和野果为生。
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They also hunted and killed wild animals.
他们还猎杀野兽。
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Around the year 1600 the first horses were brought to the American continent by the Spanish.
大约在1600年的时候，西班牙人把第一批马匹带来美洲大陆。
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Soon there were many wild horses across the country.
不久，乡间就有了许多野马。
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The Native Americans caught and trained them and were then able to use them to carry their goods when they travelled from one camping ground to another.
美洲土著人捕捉野马，加以驯服。
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Now that they could ride horses, it became easier to hunt the bison, a type of cattle which used to exist in huge numbers on the plains of America.
当他们从一个营地搬到另一个营地去的时候，他们就可以利用这些野马来运载货物。既然土著人会骑马了，猎取野牛也就容易了。这种野牛以前是成群结队地生活在美洲平原上的。
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The bison grows to a shoulder-height of 1.5 metres and can weigh 1100 kilograms.
野牛可以长到肩高1。5米，重达1，100公斤。
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It was an important part of Native American's existence.
野牛是美洲土著人赖以生活的重要部分。
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Bison were killed for their meat, while their fur provided warm clothing during cold winters.
他们杀野牛，吃野牛肉，用野牛毛皮制成冬季御寒的衣服。
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The skins were used for making tents and water containers.
还可以用野牛皮制作帐蓬和装水的容器。
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Bones were carved into needles and tools, and the teeth were used to make necklaces.
骨头则雕琢成针和工具，牙齿用来作项链。
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From 1830 onwards in the USA and from about 1870 in Canada, settlers began to move westwards and to take possession of the plains as their own.
美国自1830年起，加拿大从1870年左右起，殖民者开始向西迁移，并把平原据为己有。
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Large groups of Native Americans were forced to move away form their old hunting grounds.
成批成批的美洲土著人被迫从他们原来的狩猎场迁走。
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When they objected, they were killed.
他们反抗时就被杀害。
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Fierce wars between Native Americans and European settlers broke out.
美洲土著人和欧洲殖民者之间发生了激烈的战争。
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Settlers made agreements with Native American cheifs but always broke them afterwards.
殖民者同美洲土著人的首领达成了协议，但是这些协议随后总是被撕毁。
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In this way Native Americans were forced onto poor land that the settlers did not want.
就这样，美洲土著人被赶到殖民者所不要的贫瘠的土地上去了。
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The settlers built railways across the plains and began to hunt even more bison.
殖民者在平原上修起了铁路，于是开始猎取更多的野牛。
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While early settlers had killed bison for food, now the killing became more widespread.
早期的殖民者只是以杀野牛为食，这时屠宰野牛就更为广泛了。
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They killed the bison, cut off the skins and left the bodies behind to rot.
他们把野牛杀死剥皮，尸体就任其腐烂。
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The bison skins were sent by rail to cities to be sold.
野牛皮用火车运到城里出售。