最好的版本。有生词和汉译。
84. His teaching began at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, but William Rainey Harper lured him to the new university of Chicago, where he remained officially for exactly a generation and where his students in advanced composition found him terrifyingly frigid in the classroom but sympathetic and understanding in their personal conferences.
Massachusetts [,mæs 't u:sits] n. 马萨诸塞州(美国)
institute ['institjut, -tu:t] n. 学会,协会;学院
Massachusetts Institute of Technology麻省理工学院
lure [lju ] n. 诱惑;饵;诱惑物 vt. 诱惑;引诱
officially [ 'fi li] adv. 正式地;官方地;作为公务员
exactly [iɡ'zæktli] adv. 恰好地;正是;精确地;正确地
generation [,d en 'rei n] n. 一代;产生;一代人
terrifyingly ['terifaii li] adv. 惊人地;令人害怕地
frigid ['frid id] adj. 寒冷的,严寒的;冷淡的
sympathetic [,simp 'θetik] adj. 同情的;共鸣的;赞同的;和谐的;合意的
conference ['k nf r ns] n. 会议;协商;讨论;[篮]联盟
他的教书生涯始于麻省理工学院,但是William Rainey Harper把他吸引到了新成立的芝加哥大学。他在那里正式任职长达整整一代人的时间。他的高级作文课上的学生觉得他
在课上古板得可怕,但私下交流却富有同情和理解。
85. The sloth pays such little attention to its personal hygiene that green algae grow on its coarse hair and communities of a parasitic moth live in the depths of its coat producing caterpillars which graze on its mouldy hair. Its muscles are such that it is quits incapable of moving at a speed of over a kilometer an hour even over the shortest distances and the swiftest movement it can make is a sweep of its hooked arm. sloth [sl θ] n. 怠惰,懒惰;[脊椎] 树懒
hygiene ['haid i:n] n. 卫生;卫生学;保健法
algae ['ælɡ -d i:, 'æld i:] n. [植] 藻类;[植] 海藻
coarse [k :s] adj. 粗糙的;粗俗的;下等的
community [k 'mju:niti] n. 社区;团体;共同体;群落
parasitic [,pær 'sitik] adj. 寄生的(等于parasitical)
moth [m θ, m :θ] n. 蛾;蛀虫
caterpillar ['kæt pil ] n. [无脊椎] 毛虫;履带车 adj. 有履带装置的
graze [ɡreiz] vt. 放牧;擦伤 vi. 吃草;擦伤 n. 放牧;轻擦
mouldy ['m uldi] n. 鱼雷 adj. 发霉的;旧式的;腐朽的
muscle ['m sl] n. 肌肉;力量
quits [kwits] adj. 对等的;两相抵消的
incapable [in'keip bl] adj. 不能的;无能力的;不能胜任的
hooked [hukt] adj. 钩状的;吸毒成瘾的;入迷的
树獭即不讲究卫生,以至于它粗糙的毛发上生出绿苔,成群的寄生蛾生长在它的皮毛深处,变成毛毛虫,并以它的脏毛为食。她的肌肉不能让他哪怕在很短的距离以内以每小时
一公里的速度移动。它能做的最敏捷的动作就是挥一挥它弯曲的胳膊。
86. Artificial flowers are used for scientific as well as for decorative purposes. They are made from a variety of materials, such as wax and glass, so skillfully that they can scarcely be distinguished from natural flowers.
artificial [,ɑ:ti'fi l] adj. 人造的;仿造的;虚伪的;非原产地的;武断的