新概念英語第三冊逐句精講語言點 第47課 代價太高 (5)

　　A recent survey of the effects of noise revealed (surprisingly?) that dogs barking incessantly in the night rated the highest form of noise pollution on a scale ranging from 1 to 7. The survey revealed a large number of sources of noise that we really dislike. Lawn mowers whining on a summer's day, late-night parties in apartment blocks, noisy neighbors, vehicles of all kinds, especially large container trucks thundering through quiet village, planes and helicopters flying overhead, large radios carried round in public places and played at maximum volume.

　　13.A recent survey of the effects of noise revealed (surprisingly?) that dogs barkingincessantly in the night rated the highest form of noise pollution on a scale rangingfrom 1 to 7.

　　最近一個有關(guān)噪音的作用的調(diào)查(令人吃驚地)指出，夜間連續(xù)不斷的狗叫聲，在一個從1級至7級刻度表上應列為最嚴重的噪間污染。

　　14.The survey revealed a large number of sources of noise that we really dislike.

　　這個調(diào)查揭示了我們所不喜歡的大量的噪間的來源。

　　語言點:a large number of sources of的意思是“大量的…的來源”。

　　15.Lawn mowers whining on a summer's day, late-night parties in apartment blocks,noisy neighbors, vehicles of all kinds, especially large container trucks thunderingthrough quiet village, planes and helicopters flying overhead, large radios carriedround in public places and played at maximum volume.

　　夏天嗚嗚作響的割草機，公寓樓里深夜聚會的喧嘩聲，大聲吵鬧的鄰居，各式各樣的車輛，特別是穿越寂靜的村莊的集裝箱卡車，從頭頂飛過的飛機和直升機，被帶到公共場所、音量開到最大的大功率收音機。