1、Unit 5 Learning from nature 1. Nature has inspired many of the most fascinating designs around us,including those in architecture. 大自然激发了我们周围许多令人着迷的设计,包含许多建筑。(p.50) 【词汇精讲】 inspire 为及物动词,表示“使产生某种感情或者反应;给人 灵感”,同时它还有“鼓励,激励”之意。 名词为 inspiration;形容词 inspired 表示“卓越的”,inspiring 表示“鼓舞人心的,启发灵感的”。 2. Shaped to
2、 resemble a lotus flower,it appears to float.被塑造成莲花的 形状,它似乎漂浮(p.51) 3.To use biomimicry is to create structures based on natural forms and processes.利用仿生学就是创造建立在自然形式和进程上的结构。 (p.51) 4.At night,the heat absorbed by the wall during the day warms the cool air,creating a comfortable temperature inside. 晚
3、上,墙在白天吸收的热量让屋子暖和,创造了内部的一种舒适的温度。 (p.51) 5. The panels also capture heat from the sun and convert it into energy that powers the building. 金属板也吸收太阳的热量并且把它转化成能源,供建筑使用。(p.51) 6. The building therefore not only responds to its environment and uses less energy,but also reduces damage to the environment by
4、 generating its own renewable energy. 因此,建筑物不只对周围的环境做出反应,用较少的能源;并且通过产 生它可以循环利用的能源来减少对环境的破坏。(p.51) 7.Creating buildings such as these enables us to live in closer harmony with our environment.创造这样的建筑让我们与环境相处得更为和谐 紧密。(p.51) 8.It is natural to think in this way,but of course it wasn t the umbrella that
5、 inspired the flower or the roof that inspired the pine cone. 这样想是很自然的,但是并不是雨伞激发花朵或屋顶激发松果长成这 种形状。(p.50) 9.Visitors are also supposed to explore it scene-by-scene.游客们也应该 一景一景地去探索它。 (p.53) 【词汇精讲】 be supposed to do sth(按规定、 习惯、 安排等)应当,应该, 须 10. This could vary from a view of a pond and the splashing of
6、 fish,to a tree in blossom,a pagoda or a moon-shaped gate. 这些景致不同,从池塘和跳跃的鱼,到开花的树、 宝塔和月亮形状的门。 (p.53) 11. This approach,called biomimicry,studies and imitates nature s designs and processes to seek solutions to human problems. 这种方法称为仿生学,研究和模仿大自然的设计和过程,以寻求解 决人类问题的办法。 (p.54) 12.But how do they avoid cra
7、shing into each other?但是它们是如何避免 互相碰撞的呢?(p.54) 13.As a land species,how can we improve our performance in water?作为 陆地的一个物种,我们怎样改进我们在水中的表现呢?(p.54) 14.Nowhere is this better illustrated than in the beautiful Lingering Garden of Suzhou. 最能说明这一点的莫过于美丽的苏州留园。(p.53) 【句式剖析】nowhere 是否定词,表示否定意义的词位于句首,后面的 句子要部分
8、倒装。如 never,seldom,hardly,little,by no means,not only,not until,at no time,on no account 等。 15. When solving a design problem,you can sometimes look to nature for a solution. 解决设计问题时,有时可以从自然中寻找解决方案。(p.54) 16. And yet they shared an intense respect for nature,which made them each an influential figure
9、 of their time. 然而,他们对自然有着强烈的尊重,这使得他们每个人成了那个时代有 影响力的人物。(p.56) 17. In 405,he quit the service of the court for good,expressing his unhappiness in the now famous line that he would not “bow like a servant in return for five dou of grain”. 在公元 405 年,他辞去朝廷的官职 ,用现在流行的“不为五斗米折腰” 表达了他的不悦。(p.56) 18. While Ta
10、os return to nature was a reaction to a lifestyle he was opposed to,Thoreaus was a personal decision to transform the way he lived. 尽管陶渊明回归大自然是对他反对的生活方式作出的反应,梭罗改变 他的生活方式则是一个私人决定。(p.56) 19.The smoke above reluctant to depart.炊烟轻柔而缓慢地向上飘升(依 依墟里烟)。(p.57) 20.Live in each season as it passes;breathe the
11、air,drink the drink,taste the fruit,and resign yourself to the influences of each.生活在每一个流逝的 季节;呼吸着空气,喝着饮料,品尝着水果,让自己沉浸在每种影响里。 (p.57) 21.It takes considerable courage to reject the easy and familiar and instead try to live closer to nature,as both Tao and Thoreau did.如陶渊明 和梭罗一样,厌弃原来的舒适的熟悉的生活,过田园一般的生活是相当 需要勇气的。(p.57) 22.Devoting himself to observations of the natural phenomena,he recorded his detailed findings in his journals. 致力于研究自然现象,他在他的日志中详细记录了他的发现。(p.57)
