difficult to write simply, directly, and effectively than to employ flowery but vague expressions that only obscure one's meaning. 简明,直接 有力的写作难于花哨 含混而意义模糊的表达. 简明 直接,有力的写作难于花哨 含混而意义模糊的表达 直接 有力的写作难于花哨,含混而意义模糊的表达 8. with modern offices becoming more mechanized, designers are attempting to personalize them with warmer, less severe interiors. 随着现代办公室的日益自动化 设计师们正试图利用较为温暖而不太严肃的内部装饰来使其 随着现代办公室的日益自动化,设计师们正试图利用较为温暖而不太严肃的内部装饰来使其 日益自动化 具有亲切感. 具有亲切感 9. the difference between libel and slander is that libel is printed while slander is spoken. 诽谤和流言的区别在于前者是书面的,而后者是口头的 诽谤和流言的区别在于前者是书面的 而后者是口头的. 而后者是口头的 10. the knee is the joints where the high bone meets the large bone of the lower leg. 膝盖是大腿骨和小腿胫的连接处 膝盖是大腿骨和小腿胫的连接处. 连接处 11. acids are chemical compounds that, in water solution, have a sharp taste, a corrosive action on metals, and the ability to turn certain blue vegetable dyes red. 7 酸是一种化合物,它在溶于水时具有强烈的气味和对金属的腐蚀性 并且能够使某些蓝色植 酸是一种化合物 它在溶于水时具有强烈的气味和对金属的腐蚀性,并且能够使某些蓝色植 它在溶于水时具有强烈的气味和对金属的腐蚀性 物染料变红. 物染料变红 12. billie holiday's reputation as a great jazz-blues singer rests on her ability to give emotional depth to her songs. billie holiday's作为一个爵士布鲁斯乐杰出歌手的名声建立在能够赋予歌曲感情深度的能 作为一个爵士布鲁斯乐杰出歌手的名声建立在能够赋予歌曲感情深度的能 力. 13. essentially, a theory is an abstract, symbolic representation of what is conceived to be reality. 理论在本质上是对认识了的现实的一种抽象和符号化的表达 理论在本质上是对认识了的现实的一种抽象和符号化的表达. 化的表达 14. long before children are able to speak or understand a language, they communicate through facial expressions and by making noises. 儿童在能说或能听懂语言之前,很久就会通过面部表情和靠发出噪声来与人交流了 儿童在能说或能听懂语言之前 很久就会通过面部表情和靠发出噪声来与人交流了. 很久就会通过面部表情和靠发出噪声来与人交流了 15. thanks to modern irrigation, crops now grow abundantly in areas where once nothing but cacti and sagebrush could live. 受当代灌溉(技术设施 之赐 受当代灌溉 技术设施)之赐 农作物在原来只有仙人掌和荞属科植物才能生存的地方旺盛的 技术设施