Question

【题目】阅读下面的短文,将画线部分译成英文或中文。

People read the books less often these days. With the invention of radio, television and most recently the Internet and computer games, 1. it seems that reading books is no longer a popular activity. However, I believe that books are an important part of our lives. Books offer an excellent wealth of learning at a much cheaper price than taking a course. Books can make people much clever, because 2. heavy readers have greater knowledge of how things work and who or what people were.

Everything in today's society requires reading. 3. Imagine doing something as simple as reading the instructions on a medicine bottle without good reading skills. Someone could not understand them and become very sick or even die.

Even something as simple as walking or driving through the city could become very dangerous without enough reading. Sometimes, you must be able to understand what is written and explain the meaning of them.

Some people say that reading is a waste of time and we can do better things with our time. Even if we don't read books, we still read every day, and reading books only strengthens( 增强) our reading abilities. 4.阅读是我们在业余时间可以做的最有必要的事情之一。

With a book, you can travel anywhere you want, do anything you want, and talk to anyone you want. A good library has lots of types of books for different ages. 5. 无论你多大年纪，阅读在你的生活中都是非常重要的。 So I think people should read books.

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】似乎读书不再是一种受欢迎的活动了。

【2】爱读书的人对事物是如何运作的有更多的了解。/书读得多的人对事物的运转方式更了解。

【3】想象一下，在没有良好阅读技能的情况下去做些像读药瓶上的说明这样简单的事情。

【4】Reading is one of the most necessary things that we can do in our spare time.

【5】Reading is very important in your life, no matter what your age is / no matter how old you are.

【解析】

本文讲述了阅读的重要性。

【1】这是that引导的表语从句。it seems that… 意为“似乎，好像”；no long 意为“不再”。故答案为似乎读书不再是一种受欢迎的活动了。

【2】句中包含how引导的宾语从句，表示方式，其中work是谓语动词，意为“运作”，how things work即：事物是如何运作。另外，…of….是所有格，意为“……的……”；主语heavy readers可翻译为：爱读书的人/书读得多的人。故答案为爱读书的人对事物是如何运作的有更多的了解。/书读得多的人对事物的运转方式更了解。

【3】此句是祈使句，动词原形开头。imagine doing sth. 意为“想象做某事”；as simple as 意为“像……一样简单”；without… 意为“没有……”，介宾短语作状语。故答案为想象一下，在没有良好阅读技能的情况下去做些像读药瓶上的说明这样简单的事情。

【4】one of + 形容词最高级+名词复数 意为“最……的……之一”；in one’s spare time 意为“在某人的空闲时间”；此句主干为：Reading is one of the most necessary things，而“我们可以做的（事情）”即“that we can do”作定语从句修饰things，在从句中，that代指先行词things作do的宾语。故答案为Reading is one of the most necessary things that we can do in our spare time.

【5】no matter what… 意为“无论什么”；no matter how…意为“无论怎样”，引导让步状语从句。故答案为Reading is very important in your life, no matter what your age is / no matter how old you are.