我們甚至對某些食物有不同的單詞，特別是肉類，取決于它是長在田野里，還是在

　　家里準(zhǔn)備煮著吃，這就表明一個事實，即薩克森農(nóng)民在農(nóng)田干活，而上層階級的諾曼人在大吃大喝。

　　簡析：含對比。

　　29. When Americans visit Europe for the first time, they usually find Germany more “Foreign” than France because the German they see on signs and ads seems much more different from English than French does. (NMET2001. D篇)

　　當(dāng)美國人第一次游覽歐洲時，他們通常發(fā)現(xiàn)德國比法國對他們來說更加“陌生”，因

　　為他們在標(biāo)牌和廣告上看到的德語，比起法語更加不同于英語。

　　簡析： 含比較級句型結(jié)構(gòu)。

　　30. Some companies have made the manufacturing of clean and safe products their main selling point and emphasize it in their advertising. (NMET2001. C篇)

　　一些公司已經(jīng)把潔凈安全產(chǎn)品的生產(chǎn)當(dāng)作他們主要的銷售關(guān)鍵，并且在他們的廣告

　　宣傳中強調(diào)這一點。

　　簡析：make后接雙賓語。

　　31. After their stay, all visitors receive a survival certificate recording their success, that is, when guests leave the igloo hotel they will receive a paper stating that they have had a taste of adventure. (NMET2001. B 篇)

　　在他們逗留之后，所有的游客都會收到一份生存證明記錄他們的成功，也就是說當(dāng)游客離開小冰屋旅館時，他們會得到一份證明，表明他們曾嘗試過冒險。

　　簡析：含兩個分詞短語，關(guān)鍵詞state表明。

　　32. The major market force rests in the growing population of white-collar employees, who can afford the new service, in other words, Shanghai’s car rental industry is growing so fast mainly due to the increasing number of white-collar employees.(NMET2001. A篇)

　　主要的市場因素取決于白領(lǐng)工人的人數(shù)增加，這些人付得起這種新型服務(wù)，換句話說，

　　上海的汽車出租行業(yè)發(fā)展如此快，主要因為白領(lǐng)工人人數(shù)的增加。

　　簡析：關(guān)鍵詞rest in 依賴。

　　33. That you won’t be for long means it won’t be long before you’ll have to recycle your rubbish. (NMET2000. E篇)

　　你不會等很長時間意味著過不了多久你就會回收你的垃圾。

　　簡析：夾雜主語從句及賓語從句。

　　34. These words, I have just made up, have to stand for thing and ideas that we simply can’t think of. (NMET2000.D篇)

　　這些詞，是我編造的，只是代表我們不能想到的事物和觀念。

　　簡析：關(guān)鍵詞make up 編造。

　　35. Picturing(Imagining) the future will serve the interests of the present and future generations. (NMET2000. D篇)

　　設(shè)想未來有益于現(xiàn)在和將來的幾代人。

　　簡析：關(guān)鍵詞picture活用為動詞想象，設(shè)想。

　　36. Decision thinking is not unlike poker — it often matters not only what you think, but also what others think you think and what you think they think you think. (NMET2000. C 篇)

　　做決策像打撲克牌，起作用的不但是你怎么想的，還包括別人對你的想法是怎么看的以及你對別人的看法是如何考慮的。

　　簡析：含較復(fù)雜的句型結(jié)構(gòu)not unlike=like not only…but also…不僅…而且…

　　37. The easy way out isn’t always easiest. (NMET2000. B篇)

　　解決問題容易的辦法并非總是最容易的。

　　簡析：關(guān)鍵詞the way out 解決問題的辦法。

　　38.The hot sun had caused the dough (面團) to double in size and the fermenting yeast(酵母) made the surface shake and sigh as though it were breathing and it looked like some unknown being from outer space. (NMET2000. B篇)

　　炙熱的太陽導(dǎo)致面團面積加倍，酵母使面團的表面擺晃嘆息，似乎它在呼吸，它看上去像某種來自外部空間的無名生物。

　　簡析：比喻形象生動。

　　39. After all, what lively children wouldn’t settle for spending only half the day doing ordinary school work, and acting, singing or dancing their way through the other half of the day? (NMET1999. E篇)

　　畢竟，難道這些活潑可愛的孩子們不滿足于半天搞普通教育的文化課，半天搞表演、唱歌、舞蹈等舞臺訓(xùn)練嗎?

　　簡析：反問句式，語氣強烈。

　　40. Dad, in a hurry to get home before dark so he could go for a run, had forgotten wear his safety belt—a mistake 75% of the US population make every day. (NMET1999. D篇)

　　爸爸，急匆匆地在天黑之前趕回家，以便他能出去跑步，卻忘記系安全帶—這是75%

　　的美國人每天犯的一個錯誤。

　　簡析：關(guān)鍵詞for a run去跑步。

　　41.The summit was to mark the 25th anniversary(周年)of president Nixon’s journey to China, which was the turning point in China-US relations. (NMET1998.B篇)

　　這次高峰會是為了紀(jì)念尼克松總統(tǒng)訪華25周年，尼克松訪華是中美關(guān)系的轉(zhuǎn)折點。

　　簡析：關(guān)鍵詞mark 紀(jì)念。

　　42. Many of the problems are of college level and these pupils can figure them out. (NMET1997.A篇)

　　很多問題是大學(xué)水平，這些小學(xué)生能夠解答出來。

　　簡析：關(guān)鍵詞be of college level 大學(xué)水平，figure out解決，解答。

　　43. Rising through the roof is the Tower of the Sun, inside Which stands a 160­ –foot –tall Tree of Life.

　　穿過屋頂矗立著太陽之塔，在里面有一棵160英尺高的生命之樹。

　　簡析：含有兩個倒裝句。

　　44. The present question is that many people consider impossible what is really possible if effort is made.

　　目前的問題是，很多人把其實只要付諸努力就能做到的事情看成是做不到的。

　　簡析：consider后的賓語后置。

　　45. Ill and suffering as she was after the inhuman punishment, she yet remained so cheerful and confident, eager to devote the little strength left to her to helping the other comrades.

　　她受過重罰，而且有病，可她卻這樣愉快，這樣充滿了信心，這樣用盡她所剩的力量來幫助其他同志。

　　簡析：含有讓步狀語從句及形容詞短語作狀語。46. Freed from TV, forced to find their own activities, they might take a ride together to watch the sunset.

　　如果他們從電視中的束縛中解脫出來，不得不自己安排活動，他們可能會全家驅(qū)車去

　　看日落。

　　簡析：含有兩個過去分詞短語。

　　47. I went around to the front of the house, sat down on the steps, and, the crying over, I ached, And my father must have hurt, too, a little.

　　我繞到房子的前面，坐在臺階上，哭了一陣之后，我感到陣陣心痛，我的父親心里肯

　　定也有一點不好受。

　　簡析：動作描寫，情真意切。

　　48. It covered the whole distance from broken –hearted misery to bursting happiness—too fast.

　　先是令人心碎的痛苦，繼而是極度的喜悅，從一個極端到另一個極端—變換得實在太

　　快了。

　　簡析：比喻形象生動。

　　49.Still, he could not help thinking that if anything should happen, the nearest person he contact by radio, unless there was a ship nearby, would be on an island 885 miles away.

　　他禁不住尋思起來，要是果真有什么意外，除非附近有條船，他用無線電能聯(lián)系上的

　　最近的人遠(yuǎn)在885英里以外的島上。

　　簡析：含虛擬語氣。

　　50. After all, eighty was a special birthday, another decade lived or endured, just as you choose to look at it.

　　八十大壽，畢竟非同一般，不管怎么說你又活了十年，或者說熬了十年，是活還是熬，

　　全在于你怎么看了。

　　簡析：關(guān)鍵詞endure (stand; bear; put up with)忍受。