高等院校英語專業(yè)八級(jí)考試樣題XI(1)

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SECTION A: Translate the following underlined part of the Chinese text into English.
    (原 文)
    中國(guó)科技館的誕生來之不易。與國(guó)際科技館和其他博物館相比,它先天有些不足,后天也常缺乏營(yíng)養(yǎng),但是它成長(zhǎng)的步伐卻是堅(jiān)實(shí)而有力的。它在國(guó)際上已被公認(rèn)為后起之秀。
    世界上第一代博物館屬于自然博物館,它是通過化石、標(biāo)本等向人們介紹地球和各種生物的演化歷史。第二代屬于工業(yè)技術(shù)博物館,它所展示的是工業(yè)文明帶來的各種階段性結(jié)果。這兩代博物館雖然起到了傳播科學(xué)知識(shí)的作用,但是,它們把參觀者當(dāng)成了被動(dòng)的旁觀者。
    世界上第三代博物館是充滿全新理念的博物館。在這里,觀眾可以自己去動(dòng)手操作,自己細(xì)心體察。這樣,他們可以更貼近先進(jìn)的科學(xué)技術(shù),去探索科學(xué)技術(shù)的奧妙。
    中國(guó)科技館正是這樣的博物館!它汲取了國(guó)際上一些博物館的長(zhǎng)處,設(shè)計(jì)制作了力學(xué)、光學(xué)、電學(xué)、熱學(xué)、聲學(xué)、生物學(xué)等展品,展示了科學(xué)的原理和先進(jìn)的科技成果。
    (參考譯文)
    The first generation of museums are what might be called natural museums which, by means of fossils, specimens and other objects, introduced to people the evolutionary history of the Earth and various kinds of organisms. The second generation are those of industrial technologies which presented the fruits achieved by industrial civilization at different stages of industrialization. Despite the fact that those two generations of museums helped to disseminate / propagate / spread scientific knowledge, they nevertheless treated visitors merely as passive viewers.
    The third generation of museums in the world are those replete with / full of wholly novel concepts / notions / ideas. In those museums, visitors are allowed to operate the exhibits with their own hands, to observe and to experience carefully. By getting closer to the advanced science and technologies in this way, people can probe into their secret mysteries.