老俞課堂：2009年英語(yǔ)六級(jí)考試經(jīng)典100句

　　89. Because of the space crunch, the Art Museum has become increasingly cautious in considering acquisitions and donations of art, in some cases passing up opportunities to strengthen is collections. 由于空間不足，藝術(shù)博物館在考慮購(gòu)買(mǎi)和接受捐贈(zèng)的藝術(shù)品是越來(lái)越慎重，有些情況下放棄其進(jìn)一步改善收藏的機(jī)會(huì)。

　　90. The United States Constitution requires that President be a natural-born citizen, thirty-five years of age or older, who has lived in the United States for a minimum of fourteen years. 美國(guó)憲法要求總統(tǒng)是生于美國(guó)本土的公民，三十五歲以上，并且在美國(guó)居住了至少十四年。

　　91. Arid regions in the southwestern United States have become increasingly inviting playgrounds for the growing number of recreation seekers who own vehicles such as motorcycles or powered trail bikes and indulge in hill-climbing contests or in caving new trails in the desert. 美國(guó)西部的不毛之地正成為玩耍的地方，對(duì)越來(lái)越多擁有摩托車(chē)或越野單車(chē)類(lèi)車(chē)輛的，喜歡放縱于爬坡比賽或開(kāi)辟新的沙漠通道的尋歡作樂(lè)者具有不斷增長(zhǎng)的吸引力。

　　92. Stone does decay, and so tools of long ago have remained when even the bones of the man who made them have disappeared without trace. 石頭不會(huì)腐爛，所以以前的(石器)工具能保存下來(lái)，雖然它們的制造者已經(jīng)消失的無(wú)影無(wú)蹤。

　　93. Insects would make it impossible for us to live in the world; they would devour all our crops and kill our flocks and herds, if it were not for the protection we get from insect-eating animals. 昆蟲(chóng)就將會(huì)使我們無(wú)法在這個(gè)世界上居住;如果我們沒(méi)有受到以昆蟲(chóng)為食的動(dòng)物的保護(hù)，昆蟲(chóng)就會(huì)吞嚼掉我們所有的莊稼并殺死我們飼養(yǎng)的禽獸。

　　94. It is true that during their explorations they often faced difficulties and dangers of the most perilous nature, equipped in a manner which would make a modern climber shudder at the thought, but they did not go out of their way to court such excitement. 確實(shí)，他們?cè)谔诫U(xiǎn)中遇到了極具威脅性的困難和危險(xiǎn)，而他們的裝備會(huì)讓一個(gè)現(xiàn)代登山者想一想都會(huì)渾身顫栗。不過(guò)他們并不是刻意去追求刺激的。

　　95. There is only one difference between an old man and a young one: the young man has a glorious future before him and old one has a splendid future behind him: and maybe that is where the rub is. 老人和年輕人之間只有一個(gè)區(qū)別：年輕人的前面有輝煌的未來(lái)，老年人燦爛的未來(lái)卻已在它們身后。這也許就是困難之所在。

　　96. I find young people exciting. They have an air of freedom, and they have not a dreary commitment to mean ambitions or love comfort. They are not anxious social climbers, and they have no devotion to material things. 我們位年強(qiáng)人振奮。它們帶有自由的氣息，他們不會(huì)為狹隘的野心和貪婪享受而孜孜以求。他們不是焦慮的向上爬的人，他們不會(huì)對(duì)物質(zhì)性的東西難舍難分。

　　97. I am always amazed when I hear people saying that sport creates goodwill between the nations, and that if only the common peoples of the world could meet one another at football or cricket, they would have no inclination to meet on the battlefield. 每次我聽(tīng)說(shuō)體育運(yùn)動(dòng)能夠在國(guó)家間建立起友好感情，說(shuō)世界各地的普通人只要能在足球場(chǎng)或板球場(chǎng)上相遇就會(huì)沒(méi)有興趣在戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)上相遇的話(huà)，我都倍感詫異。