高三英語課文
Unit 18 Office Equipment
1 . There had been fuel on the ship, but this did not appear to have caused the fire, and little smoke was produced.很顯然，船艙裡已經發生了一場烈火，但是船艙內壁卻完好無損。船上存放著汽油，但火災似乎不是它引起的，因為沒有冒出什麼煙來。
2 . It took him some time to connect the long rubber pipe to the air supply pipe that ran round the port, but at last it was done and as a result work was able to progress much faster.他花了不少時間把長長的橡膠管接到鋪設在碼頭周圍的空氣供應管上，最後他終於把它們連接起來，工作因而進展得更快。
3 . Offices cannot work properly without certain important pieces of equipment.如果辦公室沒有配備一些重要的設備，人們就不能很好地工作。
4 . They then knew that they had discovered the cause of the fire.這時調查人員知道他們找到了發生火災的原因了。
5 . Then, instead of having someone answering the phone all day, people can ring up the railway station and listen to a tape recording of the information.然後，人們可以打電話到火車站，從錄音電話中獲取信息，而不要安排一個專人整天接電話。
6 . When you place a sheet of paper in a fax machine, the machine reads the writing on the page and changes the shapes of letters into electronic signals.當你把一張紙放進傳真機裡，機器就會"讀"紙上的字跡，把字的形狀變為電子符號。
7 . You can imagine how useful this is, particularly in countries like China and Japan, which use written characters not letters.你可以想像得到，特別是在中國和日本這些使用文字而不是字母的國家，這是多麼有用處！
8 . Then, instead of spending maybe five hours typing the report again, you can print the new copy in one minute!然後，你可以把新的文本在一分鐘之內打印出來，而不是花5個小時重新把報告打一遍。
9 . It must have been a gas that could burn but that would not explode, a gas that did not smell strong, and a gas that did not kill people.它一定是一種能夠燃燒而不能爆炸的氣體，一種味道不很強的而且不使人致死的氣體。
10 . Most of them were able to climb out in time. However four men were not quick enough to escape the flames.大部分工人能夠及時逃生。可是有4個工人來不及逃離火場。
11 . After three hours, the men stopped for a meal break.3小時之後，工人們停下來吃飯。
12 . They had to work inside the ship, cutting away old metal, fixing new metal plates, drilling holes, laying electrical and phone wires and fixing new pipes for water and steam.他們要在船艙裡工作，切掉舊的金屬，焊接新的金屬板，鑽孔，埋電線和電話線以及安裝新的水管和蒸汽管。
13 . They were puzzled by several things.有幾件事情使他們感到迷惑不解。
14 . The third person who lit a match started the fire.第三個工人擦亮一根火柴就引發了火災。
15 . Once the oxygen content of the air had risen to 25% it was ready to burn.一旦氧氣在空氣中的含量達到25%，它就要燃燒。
16 . If it is a long report, it is easy to make changes to the text.即使是一篇很長的報告，也很容易將原文改動。
17 . What Caused The Fire ?是什麼引發了火災？
18 . While the men had been working inside the ship, the air-line had been giving off oxygen.當工人們的在船艙裡幹活時，供氣管一直在排放氧氣。
19 . What is more, this information line operates 24 hours a day.而且，這種"問訊線路每天工作24小時。
20 . Second, do not start faxing everything!第二，不要把所有的東西都用來傳真！
21 . Another man lit a cigarette but it burnt strangely and so he too put it out.另一個工人點燃一支煙，但煙燃得怪怪的，於是他也把煙滅了。
22 . Once you have done this, you will quickly become a useful member of the teazm.一旦你這樣做了，你很快就會成為工作班子裡有用的員。
23 . The man who had fixed up the air-line was also questioned.安裝供氣管的那位工人也被提問。
24 . He explained that he had tried to fix the air-line to the supply line that ran round the port but could not because the fittings did not match.他解釋說他想供氣管安裝到鋪設在碼頭周圍的供應管上，但因為接頭不相配而接不上。
25 . It is also useful for sending pictures, designs, maps and so on.傳真機也可以用來發送圖片、地圖等。
26 . All machines are slightly different, so you need a short lesson when you start work in a new office.所有的機器都稍微有些不同，所以當你新到一個辦公室開始工作時，你需要進行短期培訓。
27 . The question was, which one?問題是，哪一種氣體導致火災呢？
28 . Oxygen is widely used in ship repairs for cutting and joining metal plates or pipes.在船舶修理過程中，常常使用氧氣切割和焊接金屬板或金屬管。
29 . The team started work on a new section inside the ship near the front.工作隊在靠近船頭的船艙裡的一段新區開始工作。
30 . It was noticed that there were no signs or warnings on the supply lines that ran round the port.人們這才注意到，鋪設在碼頭周圍的供應管道上沒有貼標籤或告示。
31 . Once he had done this, he had been able to turn on the supply.一旦他接上了接頭，他就能夠打開供氣閥。
32 . After the accident, all the lines and taps were clearly marked and new people joining the workforce were given a talk on safety before they started work.火災過後，所有的管道和龍頭都被標得一清二楚，而且加入勞動隊伍的新工人在開始工作之前要接受有關的安全教育。
33 . There is a new type of machine which can produce colour copies.有一種新型的機器能夠製作出彩色複印件。
34 . When you type a letter, the writing appears on a screen in front of you and is recorded onto a computer disk.當你打一封信時，字跡出現在你前面的屏幕上並顧在電腦的磁盤裡。
35 . A navy ship was in a port in Scotland for repairs.一艘軍艦停靠在蘇格蘭的一個碼頭等待維修。
36 . This combines a typewriter keyboard, a printer and a computer.這種機器把打字機鍵盤、打印機和電腦連接起來。
37 . There are two other points to consider.發傳真要考慮另外兩點。
38 . When you return to the office the following morning or after the holiday, you can listen to the messages and take any necessary action.當你第二天早晨或體假後回到辦公室，你可以聽那些留言，然後採取必要的行動。
39 . The man who had been working on the repairs mentioned the curious way their cigarettes burned and tasted.一直在干修理工作的人提起了他們的香煙點燃時奇怪的樣子以及怪怪的味道。
40 . When work continued, one man lit a cigarette as he was working, but, finding it had a strange taste, he put it out.隨後他們繼續幹活，一個工人在幹活時點燃了一支香煙。可是他覺得有一股怪味，他就把煙滅了。
41 . The fax has greatly changed office work, especially in China.特別是在中國，傳真機大大地改變了辦公室的工作。
42 . As quickly as they could, the men ran to th steps and up into the open, many of them with their clothes on fire.工人們盡快朝樓梯跑去，爬上樓梯跑出艙外，其中好多人衣服已經著火了。
43 . It is much cheaper to post or email a long report than to fax it.郵寄或電子郵遞一封長篇報告比傳真要便宜得多。
44 . This is a telephone with a tape recorder.這是一台帶有磁帶錄音機的電話。
45 . The fire service began to wonder whether a gas might have caused the fire.消防部門開始懷疑有一種氣體可能會導致火災。
46 . Sending a fax is more expensive than posting a letter, but much quicker.發傳真比寄信要貴些，但是要快得多。
47 . It can copy a long report and sort the copies and pin them together.現它可以複印長篇的報告，把複印件分類，並裝訂起來。
48 . One man was told to fix up an air-line to provide compressed air for the machines they were using.有個工人被派去安裝"供氣管"，給他們正在使用的機器提供壓縮空氣。
49 . You can print the telephone number of your information service in the newspaper.你可以把你的問訊服務的電話號碼登在報紙上。
50 . When there is no one in the office, you can leave the answering machine on so that people who call you up can leave a message.當無人在辦公室時，你可以打開留言機，這樣打電話給你的人就可以留言了。