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---姚鸿恩

91. Arid regions in the southwestern United States have become increasingly inviting playgrounds for the growing number of recreation seekers who own vehicles such as motorcycles or powered trail bikes and indulge in hill-climbing contests or in caving new trails in the desert.
对数量增长的娱乐寻求者来说，美国东南部的干旱地区已经越来越多地成为诱人的场地。他们拥有车辆，如摩托车或者动力越野摩托车，沉湎于爬坡比赛或在沙漠的新游径中进行洞穴探险。

arid，干旱的，不毛的。ar=果树。i=爱。d=的。果树爱的是干旱。

trail，有很多意思：小径，踪迹，追踪，蔓延。串连记忆：沿小径蔓延的踪迹追踪。

92. Stone does not decay, and so tools of long ago have remained when even the bones of the man who made them have disappeared without a trace.
石头不会腐烂，所以很久以前的工具仍遗留下来，而制造它们的人的骨头已经消逝得无影无踪。

trace，踪迹，追踪。跟trail是近义词，都有tra。

93. Insects would make it impossible for us to live in the world; they would devour all our crops and kill our flocks and herds, if it were not for the protection we get from insect-eating animals.

假使我们没有以昆虫为食的动物的保护的话，昆虫会使得我们无法在这个世界上生活，它们会了吞噬我们所有的庄稼，灭掉了我们的牛羊。

flock，成群。herd，放牧。联想：成群放牧的牛羊。 flocks and herds，牛羊。

94. It is true that during their explorations they often faced difficulties and dangers of the most perilous nature, equipped in a manner which would make a modern climber shudder at the thought, but they did not go out of their way to court such excitement.

确实，在他们探险的时候，他们常常面对最危险的大自然的困难和威胁，用使得一个现代攀登者想起来会发抖的装备，但他们并没有放弃他们寻求刺激的路。

perilous，危险的。名词是peril。加形容词后缀ous。per-通过。il=生病。通过生病，懂得危险。

95. There is only one difference between an old man and a young one: the young man has a glorious future before him and old one has a splendid future behind him: and maybe that is where the rub is.

老人和年轻人的唯一区别是：年轻人的前面有着辉煌的前程，而老人有着辉煌的历史，这可能是会产生摩擦的地方。

splendid，辉煌的，极好的。sp=专家。lend，租出。id=ID（身份证）。联想：专家租出的ID是极好的。

96. I find young people exciting. They have an air of freedom, and they have not a dreary commitment to mean ambitions or love comfort. They are not anxious social climbers, and they have no devotion to material things.
我发现年轻人是令人兴奋的。他们有着自由的样子，他们对卑鄙的野心或是爱的舒适没有枯燥的承诺，他们不是焦虑的社会上的攀高枝者，他们对物质的东西并不虔诚。

air，多义词，如：空气，空中，通风，晾干，样子，曲调，夸耀。串连法记：曲调夸耀通风晾干的样子。

97. I am always amazed when I hear people saying that sport creates goodwill between the nations, and that if only the common peoples of the world could meet one another at football or cricket, they would have no inclination to meet on the battlefield.

人们说体育在各国之间建立了友善，要是这世界的普通人只是在足球或板球上互相接触，那就好了，那就不会有在战场上相遇的倾向。当我听到这些，我总是感到惊讶。

cricket，板球，蟋蟀。跟ticket（票）一起记。凭票看板球斗蟋蟀。

98. It is impossible to play simply for the fun and exercise: as soon as the question of prestige arises, as soon as you feel that you and some larger unit will be disgraced if you lose, the most savage combative instincts are aroused.

单纯为了好玩和锻炼参加比赛是不可能的；当声誉的问题出现，当你感到你和某个较大的单位会因为你输掉而丢脸，最野蛮好战的本性就会呈现。

savage，未开化的，野蛮的。Savage，萨维奇。联想：萨维奇是野蛮的。

99. It has been found that certain bats emit squeaks and by receiving the echoes, they can locate and steer clear of obstacles——or locate flying insects on which they feed. This echo-location in bats is often compared with radar, the principle of which is similar.
已经发现，某些蝙蝠发出吱吱声，通过收到回音它们能定位并避开障碍物，或者发现它们要吃的飞虫。这种蝙蝠的回声定位常常用于跟雷达比较，它们的原理是相似的。

squeak，吱吱声，发出吱吱声；告密。串连法：发出吱吱声告密。

100. As the time and cost of making a chip drop to a few days and a few hundred dollars, engineers may soon be free to let their imaginations soar without being penalized by expensive failures.
随着制造芯片的时间和费用降低到了几天和几百美元，工程师们可能很快可以任他们的想象翱翔而不会被昂贵的失败所惩罚。

chip，芯片，碎片，土豆片，破裂，削、凿。串连法记：土豆片削凿破裂成碎片。