大学英语六级考试阅读单词第七期

　　German Chancellor Otto Von Bismarck may be most famous for his military and diplomatic talent, but his legacy includes many of todays social insurance programs. During the middle of the 19th century, Germany, along with other European nations, experienced an unprecedented rash of workplace deaths and accidents as a result of growing industrialization. Motivated in part by Christian compassion for the helpless as well as a practical political impulse to undercut the support of the socialist labor movement, Chancellor Bismarck created the worlds first workers compensation law in 1884.

　　military a.军事的;军用的

　　unprecedented a.无先例的,空前的

　　motivate vt.给...动机;刺激;激发

　　impulse n.冲动

　　compensation n.赔偿金;补偿金

　　请翻译下列4个句子

　　1.There used to be a military base in the region.

　　2.Airlines around the world,spurred by growing passenger volume and the need to replace hundreds of aging 1960s-era jets,have embarked on an unprecedented shopping rush.

　　3. I used to act out of blind impulse when I was young.

　　4.My job is hard, but it has its compensation.

　　答案：

　　1.这地区过去有个军事基地。

　　2.迫于乘客流量不断增加，又加上各航空公司有必要对已日显陈旧的60年代喷气客机进行更换，世界各个航空公司掀起了一股前所未有的购机热潮。

　　3.我年轻时常凭盲目的冲动行事。

　　4.我的工作虽苦,但也有所补偿。