💬 高三英语课文
共 919 条英汉对照例句 · 第 11 页
Unit 13 The USA
It was also thought that by removing their main supply of food, the Native Americans would be forced to give in.
当时还有人认为，断掉了主要的食物来源，土著人就会被迫屈服。
Unit 13 The USA
Between 1850 and 1910 the bison population is thought to have fallen from 60 million to just a few hundred.
人们认为，在1850年到1910年之间，野牛的头数从6，000万头降到只有几百头了。
Unit 13 The USA
The killing of the bison changed the whole wildlife of the plains. With fewer bison, grass shoots were not eaten, so grass did not grow as strongly.
屠宰野牛改变了平原的全部野生生物。野牛少了，嫩草没有牛来吃了，草就长得不粗壮。
Unit 13 The USA
Bison waste no longer fell on the ground to improve the soil, which as a result became less good for growing plants.
地上不再有野牛的粪便来改良土壤，结果对于植物生长土壤变得不够肥沃了。
Unit 13 The USA
The ground supported fewer plants, and the insects which lived on these plants died out.
地上长的植物少了，生活在这些植物上的昆虫就消亡了。
Unit 13 The USA
There was less food for birds and also for the prairie dog, a kind of animal which lives in holes in the ground.
供鸟类吃的食物少了，供草原犬鼠（一种生活在地洞里的动物）吃的食物也少了。
Unit 13 The USA
This in turn had an effect on the food supply for wolves.
这样又影响了狼的食物供应。
Unit 13 The USA
Thus one simple fact, a change in the number of bison, had an effect on the whole wildlife chain of the plains.
因此，出现了这样一个简单的事实--野牛数目换的变化对平原的整个野生生物链都产生了影响。
Unit 14 Roots
Journey Into The Unknown
走向未知世界的旅程
Unit 14 Roots
Kunta wondered why the white people had done this to him.
孔塔不知道白人为什么要这样对待他。
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Born a free man, he was now in chains.
他生来本是个自由人，如今却戴上了镣铐。
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Heavy iron chains around his feet and hands were fixed to a metal bar that ran round the hall about ten centimetres off the ground.
手上和脚上沉重的铁链拴在厅堂四周离地约有10厘米的金属杆上。
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He was just able to lie down on the ground, but could not stand up.
他只能躺在地上，但不能站起来。
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He sat in the darkness and listened to the people around him.
他坐在黑暗处，听着周围的人在讲话。
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One man had a head wound and was in pain.
有一个人头部受了伤，非常痛苦。
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Another, whose language Kunta understood, was crying softly to himself.
另一个人在暗自轻声地哭诉，他的话孔塔听得懂。
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Kunta knew it was the middle of the night, for through the small open window high in the wall he could see stars.
孔塔知道已经是半夜了，因为通过墙的上方开着的小窗，他能看到星星。
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He could also hear night insects and the sound of waves on the shore.
他还能听到夜晚里昆虫的叫声和波浪拍击岸边的声音。
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Kunta had been seized in the forest and then hit on the head with a hard object.
孔塔在森林里被抓住以后，他的头部就被一个硬的东西打了一下。
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When he woke up, his hands and feet had already been tied together.
当他醒过来的时候，他的手脚已经被捆起来了。
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What shocked him most was that the men who carried him were black.
最使他感到惊奇的是，把他运走的人都是黑人。
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He reasoned with them, and tried to persuade them to set him free.
他跟这些人讲道理，试图说服他们把他放了。
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But they would not listen to him. When they came to the river, a white man was waiting in the boat for them.
但是他们不听，当他们来到江边时，一个白人正在船上等着他们。
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There was an argument about money, so it seemed, in a language that Kunta did not understand.
看来他们在用孔塔听不懂的语言进行了一番讨价还价。
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Finally, Kunta was thrown into the bottom of the boat and covered with an old smelly cloth.
最后孔塔被扔进船底，盖上一条臭气熏天的旧布单。
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The men took him in their boat to the castle on the coast where he was now held prisoner.
这些人用船把他送到海岸上的城堡里，如今他被囚禁在这儿。
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Another thing which shocked Kunta was that women were held in the castle too.
还有一件事使孔塔感到惊奇，这就是关在城堡里的还有妇女。
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He could hear their crying, also children's voices.
他可以听到妇女们的哭声，还有孩子们的声音。
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What was to become of them all, he wondered.
他们这些人会怎么样呢？他感到很纳闷。
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For all his life, he had known that people suddenly disappeared from their villages.
他一生中，听说过有的人突然间在他们的村庄失踪了。