全册高中英语必修4课文逐句翻译(外研版).doc

1.必修四Module1 The City of the Future未来城市What will the city of the future look like? 未来的城市会是什么样子呢？ No one knows for sure, and making predictions is a risky business. 没有人确切的了解，预测也是一件很危险的事情。But one thing is certain---they are going to get bigger before they get smaller. 但是有一件事情是可以肯定的---他们将会先变大，然后再变小。 In the future, care for the environment will become very important as earth's natural resources run out. 在未来，爱护环境将会很重要，因为地球的资源将濒临枯竭。We will use lots of recycled materials, such as plastic, aluminum, steel, glass, wood and paper, and we will waste fewer natural resources. 我们将会使用大量的可回收材料，例如，塑料、铝、钢铁、玻璃、木头和纸。我们浪费自然资源的程度将会有所减弱。We will also have to rely more on alternative energy, such as solar and wind power. 我们也将不得不更多地依赖其他能源。例如，太阳能和风能。 All this seems certain, but there are plenty of things about city life in the future which are not certain. 所有的这些似乎是肯定的，但是还有许多关于城市生活的事情仍是未知的。To find out what young people think about the future of urban life, a teacher at a university in Texas in the United States asked his students to think how they would run a city of 50,000 people in the year 2025. 为了获知年轻人对未来城市生活的想法，美国得克萨斯州的一位大学老师让他的学生思考如何管理一个在2025 年拥有5万人口的城市， Here are some of the ideas they had:下面是他们的一些构想:Garbage ships To get rid of garbage problems, the city will load huge spaceships with waste materials and send them towards the sun, preventing landfill and environmental problems. 垃圾船:为了摆脱垃圾问题的困扰，城市将会用巨型宇宙飞船装载废弃材料，朝太阳射，这样做防止了垃圾填埋和环境间题。Batman Nets：Police will arrest criminals by firing nets instead of guns. 勤务兵网:警察逮捕罪犯时，将会向罪犯射出网状物而不是用枪。Forget smoking：No smoking will be allowed 'within a future city's limits. Smoking will be possible only outside cities, and outdoors. 戒烟:在未来城市范围内将禁止吸烟。只有在郊区和户外才允许吸烟。Forget the malls：In the future all shopping will be done online, and catalogues will have voice commands to place orders. 告别商厦:将来所有的购物将会在网上进行，商品目录将会有语音指令来排序。Telephones for life：Everyone will be given a telephone number at birth that will never change 'no matter where they live. 电话人生:每个人一出生就会