💬 高三英语课文
共 919 条英汉对照例句 · 第 9 页
Unit 12 Mainly Revision
It's much cheaper to camp than to stay in a hotel.
露营比住旅馆要便宜多了。
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Is there anything else I should do?
我还有别的事要做吗？
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Do what you feel like!
做你想要做的事！
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Why not take a friend with you?
为什么不邀上个朋友和你一起去呢？
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Then you can share the cost of the gas and the car.
这样你们可以分摊汽油和租车的费用。
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I'd come too if I had time to spare.
如果我能匀出时间，我也愿意去。
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That sounds like a good idea. I have a few friends I could ring to see if they're free.
听起来是个好主意。我可以打电话给我的几个朋友看看他们是否有空。
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I say, shall we go downtown this evening?
喂，今晚我们上街怎么样？
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We could have a walk around. Let's go out at about six o'clock, shall we?
我们可以四处走走。咱们大约6点出发，行吗？
Unit 13 The USA
New York is built on a group of islands on the east coast of the USA at a point where several rivers flow into the ocean.
纽约市建立在美国东海岸的一群岛屿上，那儿是好几条河流入海的交汇点。
Unit 13 The USA
The first westerner to discover these islands was an Italian explorer in 1524.
首次发现这些岛屿的西方人是一位意大利探险家，时间是1524年。
Unit 13 The USA
In 1626 the island of Manhattan was bought from local Indians, Native Americans, for a handful of goods worth about $24.
曼哈顿岛是于1626年从当地的印第安人（即美洲土著人）手中买来的，只花了价值约为24美元的为数不多的货物
Unit 13 The USA
Today Native Americans express their anger over this business deal.
今天，美国的土著人对这桩买卖仍然愤愤不平。
Unit 13 The USA
After the War of Independence ended, New York became the capital of the USA for a short time (1789-90) before Washington, D.C.
独立战争结束以后，在华盛顿成为首都之前，纽约市曾经一度是美国的首都，不过时间很短（1789-90）。
Unit 13 The USA
By 1820 the population of New York had grown to about 125,000, making it the largest city in the USA.
到1820年，纽约市的人口增长到12。5万人左右，使它成了当时美国最大的城市。
Unit 13 The USA
In 1858 an area of poor housing, factories and farm buildings was torn down and Central Park was created, reaching from 59th Street to 110th Street and across three avenues.
1858年拆除了一大片破旧的房屋、工厂和农舍，建起了中央公园，这个公园从59街延伸到110街，跨越三条大马路。
Unit 13 The USA
There is space for summer picnics, open-air concerts, plays and games.
这儿有空旷的地方，供作夏日野餐、露天音乐会、各种娱乐和竞赛之用。
Unit 13 The USA
There is a zoo, an art museum, a boating lake, a smaller lake for model boats and, in winter, an ice-skating area.
还有一个动物园、一座艺术博物馆，一个供人划船用的湖。另有一个比较小的湖，供人们玩模型船艇，冬天就成为滑冰场。
Unit 13 The USA
In 1892 the age of mass arrivals began, during which 15 million new people passed through Ellis Island into the USA over a period of 62 years.
1892年开始了一个国外移民大量涌入的年代，在随后的62年中，有1，500万新来的人通过埃利斯岛进入美国。
Unit 13 The USA
Today Ellis Island is a museum, showing the roots of America's new citizens, who came from all the corners of the earth.
今天，埃利斯岛成了一座博物馆，展示着来自世界各地的美国新公民的根源。
Unit 13 The USA
Officials used to have trouble with the foreign names of people passing through Ellis Island, and because they were so busy, many people's names got changed in the rush.
官员们过去总是搞不清埃利斯岛过境人员的外国姓名，因为他们非常繁忙，所以在过境的人蜂拥而至的时候，许多人的姓名都被更改了。
Unit 13 The USA
Thus Ellis Island became known as the Island of Tears.
想要进入美国的人都必须经过多次的智力测验和体格检查，大约有200万人不准入境。因此，埃利斯岛被人们称为“眼泪岛”。
Unit 13 The USA
The building of skyscrapers in New York began around the year 1900.
在1900年左右，摩天楼开始在纽约兴建。
Unit 13 The USA
Because Manhattan Island is made of solid rock, it is safe to build very tall buildings.
曼合顿岛是由坚固的岩石构成的，这使得兴建大厦非常安全。
Unit 13 The USA
A 55-storey building went up in 1913, and in 1931 the Empire State Building was completed, then the tallest building in the world.
1913年一座55层高的大楼拔地而起。1931年帝国大厦竣工，这在当时是世界上最高的大厦。
Unit 13 The USA
It has 102 storeys and 73 lifts.
有102层楼，有电梯73部。
Unit 13 The USA
From the top of it, you could see up to a distance of 130 kilometres on a clear day.
在晴朗的日子里，从楼的顶层你可以看到130公里远的地方。
Unit 13 The USA
Today it is no longer the tallest building in the USA, or even in New York.
今天，它不再是美国最高的大厦了，甚至在纽约都排不上号了。
Unit 13 The USA
The World Trade Center, an office building for over 1200 firms employing about 50,000 people, is even higher at 411 metres.
世界贸易中心要高得多，有411米。它是一座办公大楼，楼里有1，200多家公司，大约有5万雇员。
Unit 13 The USA
The twin towers are 110 storeys high, but high-speed lifts controlled by computer take only a minute to reach the top.
这座双塔式大楼有110层高，而由电脑控制的高速电梯只需一分钟就可以到达塔顶。