Question

Read the passage carefully and then translate the underlined sentences into English or Chinese. Write your answer on your answer sheet.

Howard Carter is one of the most famous explorers the world has ever known. He was brave and loved to visit and explore new places. During his life, he discovered many amazing things.1.他天資聰穎，對(duì)家鄉(xiāng)之外的世界充滿了好奇心when he was very young.

Howard Carter never went to school, but learnt to draw from his father. 2.By the 1920s, he had become an explorer, searching for the tombs of the Egyptian kings. He discovered a great fortune in jewels and gold, along with the preserved bodies of dead kings. 3.這些經(jīng)過(guò)處理的遺體就是為人所知的木乃伊. In 1922, Howard Carter made his most amazing discovery of all, in the Valley of the Kings, in Egypt, where he found the tomb of King Tutankhamun.

However, not long after the tomb had been opened, people in Carter’s team began to fall ill and die strangely.4.Within seven years, 21 people who had something to do with the opening of the tomb died.

Some people say the deaths were just coincidence. 5.Others believe that they were in connection with a mummy’s curse. However, still others believe that there is a scientific explanation, because inside the tombs there are many viruses.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.He was bright and curious about the world outside his hometown

2.到了20世紀(jì)20年代，他已成為一名探險(xiǎn)家, 致力于尋找古埃及國(guó)王的陵墓。

3.These preserved bodies are known as mummies

4.七年間，與陵墓發(fā)掘工作有關(guān)的人員之中有2 1人死亡。

5.另一些人則相信這與木乃伊的詛咒有關(guān)

【解析】

試題分析：

1.這題注意短語(yǔ)：be curious about對(duì)…好奇， the world outside his hometown家鄉(xiāng)之外的世界

2.這題的翻譯重點(diǎn)是現(xiàn)在分詞做狀語(yǔ)：searching for the tombs of the Egyptian kings.到了20世紀(jì)20年代，他已成為一名探險(xiǎn)家, 致力于尋找古埃及國(guó)王的陵墓。

3.翻譯這句話的重點(diǎn)是過(guò)去分詞做定語(yǔ)：These preserved bodies還有“以…著稱” be known as 。

4.翻譯這句話注意定語(yǔ)從句：who had something to do with the opening of the tomb修飾people，還有have something todo with和…有關(guān)：七年間，與陵墓發(fā)掘工作有關(guān)的人員之中有2 1人死亡。

5.believe后面是that引導(dǎo)的賓語(yǔ)從句，詞組in connection with和…有關(guān)另一些人則相信這與木乃伊的詛咒有關(guān)

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