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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

26. By the middle of the twentieth century, painters and sculptors in the United States had begun to exert a great worldwide influence over art.

至20世纪中期，美国的画家和雕塑家已经开始对艺术产生了世界性的重大影响。

sculptor，雕塑家。sculpt，雕刻，造型。s=寺。cul=文化。pt= 普通。寺庙文化，普通雕塑。后缀or表示人。

27. In the eastern part of New Jersey lies the city of Elizabeth, a major shipping and manufacturing center.
伊丽莎白市位于新泽西州的东部，是个主要的运送业和制造业中心。

lie，躺，平放，保持，位于。过去式是lay，过去分词是lain。lay，本身也是个单词，也有放置、躺下的意思。还有个常用的意思：下（蛋）。区别：lie是不及物动词，lay是及物动词。说谎的 lie，是个同形异义词。下面一句可帮助记忆这两个词的区别：You'll lay an egg if you don't lie down

28. Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman medical doctor in the United States, founded the New York Infirmary, an institution that has always had a completely female medical staff.

伊丽莎白-布莱克威尔，美国第一个女性医学博士，创立了纽约医院，一家医务人员一直都是女性的医院。

Infirmary，医务室，医院。In，可作表示相反的前缀。firm，结识。不结实，上医院。 ary可作名词后缀，可表示场所，如：library。

29. Alexander Graham Bell once told his family that he would rather be remembered as a teacher of the deaf than as the inventor of the telephone.
亚历山大-格雷厄姆-贝尔曾告诉他的家人，他更愿意他被人记住的身份是：聋人教师，而不是电话发明人。

deaf，聋，听不见。跟dead（死）一起记。死了听不见。

30. Because its leaves remain green long after being picked, rosemary became associated with the idea of remembrance.

因为它的树叶在采摘后很长时间仍保持绿色，迷迭香跟纪念的含义就建立了联系。

rosemary，迷迭香。rose，玫瑰。mary，看成 Mary，玛丽。联想：玫瑰是玛丽的迷迭香。

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31. Although apparently rigid, bones exhibit a degree of elasticity that enables the skeleton to withstand considerable impact.

32. That xenon could not FORM chemical compounds was once believed by scientists.

33. Research into the dynamics of storms is directed toward improving the ability to predict these events and thus to minimize damage and avoid loss of life.

34. The elimination of inflation would ensure that the amount of money used in repaying a loan would have the same value as the amount of money borrowed.

35. Futurism, an early twentieth-century movement in art, rejected all traditions and attempted to glorify contemporary life by emphasizing the machine and motion.

31. Although apparently rigid, bones exhibit a degree of elasticity that enables the skeleton to withstand considerable impact.

32. That xenon could not FORM chemical compounds was once believed by scientists.

33. Research into the dynamics of storms is directed toward improving the ability to predict these events and thus to minimize damage and avoid loss of life.

34. The elimination of inflation would ensure that the amount of money used in repaying a loan would have the same value as the amount of money borrowed.

35. Futurism, an early twentieth-century movement in art, rejected all traditions and attempted to glorify contemporary life by emphasizing the machine and motion.