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我的译文尽量照顾“信”、“达”。供参考。巧记方法若看不太明白，请阅读我以前的有关形象记忆的博文。---姚鸿恩

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.
酸，是化合物，在水溶液中，有强烈的气味。对金属有腐蚀作用，也能将某些蓝色植物染

料变成红色。

corrosive，腐蚀性的。名词是corrosion。还有一个同根词：corrupt，腐败，腐蚀。都有corr。co=公司。rr=人人。公司人人都腐败（被腐蚀）。

12. Billie Holiday’s reputation as a great jazz-blues singer rests on her ability to give emotional depth to her songs.
比莉-荷莉戴作为一个伟大的爵士乐蓝调歌手的声誉， 是基于她赋予歌曲深情的能力。

emotional，情感的，感情的，激情的。名词是emotion。谐音：艺谋新感情。

13. Essentially, a theory is an abstract, symbolic representation of what is conceived to be reality.
本质上来说，一个理论，是所表达的真实事物的抽象、象征性的描述。

conceive，设想，怀孕。若用被动语态，通常是“表达”的意思。谐音：啃细物，设想已怀孕。

14. Long before children are able to speak or understand a language, they communicate through facial expression_rs and by making noises.
小孩子在会说话或懂一种语言很久前，他们用面部表情和发出声音来表达和交流。

facial，面部的。face，脸，面。去掉e，加形容词后缀ial。

15. Thanks to modern irrigation, crops now grow abundantly in areas where once nothing but cacti and sagebrush could live.
由于现代的灌溉， 在以前只有仙人掌和灌木蒿能够存活的地方，现在，农作物也能旺盛地生长了。

cactus，仙人掌。cacti 是复数。usài的类似的词还有：fungusà fungi，真菌。syllabusàsyllabi，教学大纲。 我们（us）和我（i），单复数颠倒。

sagebrush，灌木蒿。sage，智者；蒿属植物。brush，刷子；灌丛。bush，灌木丛。rush和bush，区别只多一棵树（r）。

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16. The development of mechanical timepieces spurred the search for more accurate sundials with which to regulate them.

17. Anthropology is a science in that anthropologists use a rigorous set of methods and techniques to document observations that can be checked by others.

18. Fungi are important in the process of decay, which returns ingredients to the soil, enhances soil fertility, and decomposes animal debris.

19. When it is struck, a tuning fork produces an almost pure tone, retaining its pitch over a long period of time.

20. Although pecans are most plentiful in the southeastern part of the United States, they are found as far north as Ohio and Illinois.