英语四级考试阅读理解基础练习题二十_大学英语阅读

英语四级考试阅读理解基础练习题二十

　　their lives and values represent the Norwegian ideal.

　　their work is so useful to the rest of Norwegian society.

　　they regard oil as a threat to the Norwegian way of life.

　　Vocabulary

　　1. Norwegian 挪威的;挪威人

　　2. coastline 海岸线

　　3. recognition 承认;认识;赞赏

　　4. countryside 乡下;乡民

　　难句译注

　　1. A new law limits exploration to an area south of the southern end of the long coastline; production limits have been laid down ; and oil companies have not been allowed to employ more than a limited number of foreign workers.

　　【结构简析】用两个分号连接三句句子。

　　【参考译文】一条新的法律限制人们仅在长长的海岸线南端以南地区进行勘探考察;规定了石油生产限量(虽然已提高);石油公司雇佣外国工人不许超出限定额。

　　2. With nearly 100 percent employment, everyone can see a situation developing in which the service industries and the tourist industry will lose more of their workers to the oil industry.

　　【参考译文】由于将近百分之一百就业率，每个人都能看出形式发展中服务行业和旅游行业的大部分工人会跑到石油工业方面去。

　　3. Farmers and fishermen do not make up most of the population, but they are an important part of it, because Norwegians see in them many of the qualities that they regard with pride as essentially Norwegian.