Day16 - Day20

Day16 - Day20

1. Day16（1998年Text3）

The true enemies of science, argues Paul Ehrlich of Stanford University, a pioneer of environment studies, are those who question the evidence supporting global warming, the depletion of the ozone layer and other consequences of industrial growth.

环境研究先驱、斯坦福大学的Paul Ehrlich认为，科学的真正敌人是那些质疑证明全球变暖、臭氧层减少，以及其他工业发展造成的后果的证据的人。

2. Day17（1998年Text5）

Scattered around the globe are more than 100 small regions of isolated volcanic activity known to geologists as hot spots.

散布在全球各地的是100多个有独立火山活动的被地质学家们称为热点的小区域。

3. Day18（1998年Text5）

The complementary coastlines and certain geological features that seem to span the ocean are reminders of where the two continents were once joined.

互补的海岸线和某些似乎横跨海洋的地质特征，是两块大陆曾经相连的地方的提示物。

4. Day19（1998年Text5）

It is not possible to determine whether both continents are moving in opposite directions or whether one continent is stationary and the other is drifting away from it.

我们无法确定到底是两块大陆正朝相反的方向移动，还是一块大陆是静止的，而另一块大陆正在漂离它。

5. Day20（1998年完形填空）

Specialists in history and economics, have shown two things: that the period from 1650 to 1750 was marked by great poverty, and that industrialization certainly did not worsen and may have actually improved the conditions for the majority of the populace.

历史和经济方面的专家们已经证实了两件事：1650年到1750年这段时期的特点是非常贫困，以及工业化无疑并未恶化，并可能实际上改善了大部分民众的情况。