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原文内容
10 句英文原文
中文翻译
当一个人想要卖弄聪明时，有时会偏离事实。
关于点灯人的事，我告诉你的并不完全诚实。
我意识到，我冒着给那些不了解我们星球的人一个错误印象的风险。
人类在地球上占据的位置非常小。
如果居住在地球表面的二十亿居民全部直立站立，并像参加大型公共集会时那样稍微拥挤地聚集在一起，他们可以轻松地被容纳在一个长二十英里、宽二十英里的公共广场里。
全人类都可以堆叠在太平洋的一个小岛上。
大人们，当然，当你告诉他们这些时，他们是不会相信你的。
他们以为自己占据了很大的空间。
他们自认为和猴面包树一样重要。
那么，你应当建议他们自己进行计算。
重点词汇
10 个wanders/ˈwɒndəz/
verb偏离；游荡
原句：When one wishes to play the wit, he sometimes wanders a little from the truth.
altogether/ˌɔːltəˈɡeðə(r)/
adverb完全地；总共
原句：I have not been altogether honest in what I have told you about the lamplighters.
run the risk of/rʌn ðə rɪsk əv/
phrase冒...的风险
原句：And I realize that I run the risk of giving a false idea of our planet to those who do not know it.
inhabitants/ɪnˈhæbɪtənts/
noun居民
原句：If the two billion inhabitants who people its surface were all to stand upright...
crowded/ˈkraʊdɪd/
adjective拥挤的
原句：...and somewhat crowded together, as they do for some big public assembly...
pile up/paɪl ʌp/
phrase堆积；聚集
原句：All humanity could be piled up on a small Pacific islet.
grown-ups/ˈɡrəʊn ʌps/
noun成年人
原句：The grown-ups, to be sure, will not believe you when you tell them that.
fancy/ˈfænsi/
verb自以为是；想象
原句：They fancy themselves as important as the baobabs.
baobabs/ˈbeɪəʊbæbz/
noun猴面包树
原句：They fancy themselves as important as the baobabs.
calculations/ˌkælkjuˈleɪʃnz/
noun计算
原句：You should advise them, then, to make their own calculations.
重点语法
5 个1
虚拟语气（与现在事实相反）
if + 主语 + were to do..., 主语 + could/would do...
原文
If the two billion inhabitants... were all to stand upright..., they could easily be put into...
如果二十亿居民...都站直...，他们可以轻易地被放进...
例句
If I were to go there, I would tell him the truth.
如果我去那里，我会告诉他真相。
2
非限制性定语从句
先行词 + who/which + 从句
原文
...to those who do not know it.
...给那些不了解它的人。
例句
He helped the old man, who was lost in the street.
他帮助了那位在街上迷路的老人。
3
as...as... 同级比较结构
as + 形容词/副词 + as + 比较对象
原文
They fancy themselves as important as the baobabs.
他们自以为像猴面包树一样重要。
例句
She is as tall as her brother.
她和她的哥哥一样高。
4
动词不定式作目的状语
to + 动词原形，表示目的
原文
You should advise them, then, to make their own calculations.
那么，你应该建议他们自己计算。
例句
He studies hard to pass the exam.
他努力学习以通过考试。
5
情态动词表示推测或建议
could/would/should + 动词原形
原文
All humanity could be piled up...
全人类可以被堆积...
例句
You should take an umbrella. It might rain.
你应该带把伞，可能会下雨。