Section Ⅱ Reading Comprehension
A fifth grader gets a homework assignment to select his future career path from a list of occupations. He ticks “astronaut,” but quickly adds “scientist” to the list and selects it as well. The boy is convinced that if he reads enough, he can explore as many career paths as he likes. And so he reads everything—from encyclopedias to science fiction novels. He reads so passionately that his parents have to institute a “no reading policy” at the dinner table.
That boy was Bill Gates, and he hasn’t stopped reading yet—not even after becoming one of the most successful people on the planet. Nowadays, his reading material has changed from science fiction and reference books: recently, he revealed that he reads at least 50 nonfiction books a year. Gates chooses nonfiction titles because they explain how the world works. “Each book opens up new avenues of knowledge to explore,” Gates says.
1、 A fifth grader gets a homework assignment to select his future career path from a list of occupations. He ticks “astronaut,” but quickly adds “scientist” to the list and selects it as well. The boy is convinced that if he reads enough, he can explore as many career paths as he likes. And so he reads everything—from encyclopedias to science fiction novels. He reads so passionately that his parents have to institute a “no reading policy” at the dinner table. That boy was Bill Gates, and he hasn’t stopped reading yet—not even after becoming one of the most successful people on the planet. Nowadays, his reading material has changed from science fiction and reference books: recently, he revealed that he reads at least 50 nonfiction books a year. Gates chooses nonfiction titles because they explain how the world works. “Each book opens up new avenues of knowledge to explore,” Gates says.
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参考译文
一个五年级学生要完成一份家庭作业，要他在一系列职业清单中选择他未来的职业道路。他在“宇航员”那里打了勾，但又迅速地在清单上加了“科学家”这一项，并也将其选中。小男孩相信如果他读的书足够多，他就能尽情探索职业道路。因此他无所不读——从百科全书到科幻小说。他痴迷于阅读，以至于他的父母不得不制定吃饭时的“禁止阅读政策”。
那个小男孩就是比尔·盖茨，至今他也没有停止阅读——尽管他已经成为了世界上最成功的人之一。如今，他阅读的材料不再是科幻小说和参考书了：最近，他透露自己一年要读至少50本非小说类书籍。盖茨选择非小说类书籍是因为它们能够解释世界是如何运转的。盖茨说道：“每本书都开启了新的知识探索途径。”
答案解析：
生词本
grader n. ……年级学生
homework assignment 家庭作业
tick v. 在……上打钩
encyclopedia n. 百科全书
science fiction novel 科幻小说
名师解析
第一句：A fifth grader gets a homework assignment to select his future career path from a list of occupations.
表达难点：select…from…意为“从……选择……”。
第二句：He ticks “astronaut,” but quickly adds “scientist” to the list and selects it as well.
表达难点：add…to…表示“将……加到……”，it指代前面提到的scientist。
第三句：The boy is convinced that if he reads enough, he can explore as many career paths as he likes.
表达难点：be convinced意为“相信”，译成中文时需要转变词性as…as he likes为比较结构，意为“尽情、随心所欲”。
第四句：And so he reads everything—from encyclopedias to science fiction novels.
表达难点：read everything可译为“无所不读”或“博览群书”。
第五句：He reads so passionately that his parents have to institute a “no reading policy” at the dinner table.
表达难点：so... that...表示“太……以至于……”，institute在这里意为“制定”，no reading policy意为“禁止阅读政策”。at the dinner table可以转译为“吃晚饭时”。
第六句：That boy was Bill Gates, and he hasn’t stopped reading yet—not even after becoming one of the most successful people on the planet.
表达难点：not even中省略了一部分，完整句子应为not stopped reading even after…, on the planet表示“世界上、地球上”。
第七句：Nowadays, his reading material has changed from science fiction and reference books: recently, he revealed that he reads at least 50 nonfiction books a year.
表达难点：changed from意为“从……改变”，但如果生硬套进去会显得不通顺，因此可意译为“不再是”。reference books意为“参考书”，reveal此处可译为“透露”，nonfiction books意为“非小说类书籍”。
第八句：Gates chooses nonfiction titles because they explain how the world works.
表达难点：title在此处并不指“标题”，而是指“（书刊的）一种，一本”。
第九句：“Each book opens up new avenues of knowledge to explore,” Gates says.
表达难点：avenues在此处指抽象的“途径，渠道”，to explore在这里作后置定语，表示将来。
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