181. The view over a valley of a tiny village with thatched(草盖的) roof cottages around a church; a drive through a narrow village street lined with thatched cottages painted pink or white; the sight over the rolling hills of a pretty collection of thatched farm buildings--these are still common sights in parts of England. ~.Cv DJy  
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　　181、在英格兰的某些地方，依然能够见到狭谷中环绕着教堂的茅草屋组成的小村庄，驾车穿过村庄里狭窄的街道时两旁是刷成了白色或者紫色的茅草小屋，从绵延的山顶上能看见美丽的茅草农场建筑。 sw $2d  
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　　182. Competition is not only good in itself, it is the means by which other basic American values such as individual freedom, equality of opportunity, and hard work are protected. K
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　　182、竞争的价值不仅在其本身，通过竞争这种方式，其他的诸如个人自由，公平机会和勤奋劳动等美国价值观得以实现。 R)oB!$k  
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　　183. The function of teaching is to cerate the conations and the climate that will make it possible for children to devise the most efficient system for teaching themselves to read. /[K_ &  
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　　183、教育的功能是创造学习的欲望和气氛，使孩子们能够设计出一种最有效的方式来自学阅读。 F2;:vTA>  
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　　184. Learning to read is made easier when teachers create an environment where children are given the opportunity to solve the problem of learning to read by reading. Icx7. Y  
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　　184、如果老师创造出一种环境，使孩子们能够通过阅读来解决阅读的问题的话，学习阅读就变的简单多了。 +C+<BzR~A.  
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　　185. The source of this interference remains unconfirmed, but increasingly, experts are pointing the blame at portable electronic devices such as portable computers, radio and cassette players and mobile telephones. ?Go!j?#a  
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　　185、这种干扰的来源还没有被确定，专家们指出可能是由于各种移动电子设备引起的，例如笔记本电脑，随身听和手机。 !_~UvxM+  
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　　186. And although some airlines prohibit passengers from using such equipment during take-off and landing, most are reluctant to enforce a total ban, given that many passengers want to work during flights. HYCuK48F[_  
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　　186、尽管有些航空公司禁止旅客在飞机起飞和降落的时候使用这些装备，考虑到许多旅客希望在飞行时工作，大多数公司还是不愿意全面禁止。 lnh+a7a)  
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　　187. The rise of multinational corporations, global marketing, new communications technologies, and shrinking cultural differences have led to an unparalleled increase in global public relation or PR. ^/@jwZ  
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　　187、跨国公司，全球市场营销，新兴通讯技术和文化融合的发展，使全球公共关系或者说PR得到了不平行的发展。 < zOi4v0  
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　　188. The progress from a rattle used by a baby in 3000 BC to one used by an infant today, however, is not characterized by inventiveness. DinPxtT?a  
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　　188、公元前三千年的一个婴儿所发出的嘎嘎声到今天的婴儿的嘎嘎声的进步，并不能算是一种发明。 0 1V^L}  
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　　189. Bent stripes, called chevrons painted on the roads make drivers think that they are driving faster than they really are, and thus drivers slow down. #Sh <Ih  
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　　189、喷刷在马路上的弯曲的人字型条纹, 使司机们觉得他们驾驶的速度比实际的快, 因此司机会减速行驶 k@dN$O%p  
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　　190. Therefore, the task for DDB Needham was to encourage consumers to consider other aspects of train in order to change their attitudes and increase the likelihood that trains would be considered for travel in the west. r;&>iX4B  
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　　190、因此, DDB Needham的任务就是鼓励消费者考虑火车的其他好处来改变他们的态度,使西方乘坐火车的可能性提高 lIRlMLuG  
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　　191. These ads were strategically placed among family-oriented TV shows and programs involving nature and America in order to most effectively reach target audiences. PG~$D];  
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　　191、这些广告被放置在面向家庭的与自然和美国有关的电视节目里面,以便最有效的接触到目标观众 "N?+VkZEv  
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　　192. Why does cream go bad faster than butter? Some researchers think they have the answer, and it comes down to the structure of the food, not its chemical composition-a finding that could help rid some processed foods of chemical preservatives. E>|: D
 
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　　192、为什么奶油比黄油坏的快呢?已有些研究者认为他们找到了答案,这与食物的结构有关,而不是它的化学成分-这一发现使得有些化学处理保存食物的方法无效了。 GfEX>  
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　　193. If FIFA, football's international ruling body, wants to improve the standard of refereeing at the next World Cup, it should encourage referees to keep their eyes on the action from a distance, rather than rushing to keep up with the ball, the researcher argues. Ej".axjT  
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　　193、研究者们认为：如果国际足球裁判组织FIFA想要在下一届世界杯比赛中提高评判水平的话，就应该远距离观察比赛，而不是冲进球场光盯着足球。 %a+mk E  
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　　194. While still in its early stages, welfare reform has already been judged a great success in many states at least in getting people off welfare. +ZM)bbB  
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　　194、还在初级阶段的时候，福利改革在很多国家就是一个成功了-至少它使许多人摆脱了对福利的依靠。 eq(am%3~  
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　　195. But for many, the fact that poor people are able to support themselves almost as well without government aid as they did with it is in itself a huge victory. ]vWKR."4  
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　　195、但是对许多人来说，穷人们在没有政府的援助下自己养活自己本身就是一个巨大的胜利。 ( +pLA"xq  
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　　196. Americans are proud of their variety and individuality, yet they love and respect few things more than a uniform, whether it is the uniform of an elevator operator or the uniform of a five-star general. 6f')6X'x  
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　　196、美国人对于多元化和个人个性感到骄傲，因此他们更加喜欢和看重的不是制服，不管是一个电梯操作员的制服还是五星上将的制服。 =6"2
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　　197. Since we are social beings, the quality of our lives depends in large measure on our interpersonal relationships. =R*qP; #  
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　　197、由于我们是社会动物，我们的生活质量在很大程度上取决于我们的人际关系。 QFYWA1<pDh  
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　　198. Finally, other people may give us instrumental support--financial aid, material resources, and needed services-that reduces stress by helping us resolve and cope with our problems. bFe+m1Q_  
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　　198、最后，其他的人给我们提供物质性支持-经济援助，物质资料和必需服务-通过帮助我们处理问题来减轻我们的压力。 ='`/BY(m[  
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　　199. I headed off to college sure I was going to have an advantage over those students who went to big engineering "factories" where they didn't care if you have values or were flexible. C(
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　　199、我就上了这样的大学，自以为比那些在工程"工厂"里的学生有更大的优势，在那里根本每人管里是否有价值观和灵活。 5$V_
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　　200. Recycling also stimulates the local economy by creating jobs and trims the pollution control and energy costs of industries that make recycled products by giving them a more refined raw material. xuqv6b.  
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　　200、回收也能够通过创造就业机会来刺激本地经济，治理污染，通过给企业提供更加精练的原材料达到减少能源消耗的目的。