25. The mechanism by which brain cells store memories is not clearly understood.

　　25.大脑细胞储存记忆的机理并不为人明白。

　　26. By the middle of the twentieth century, painters and sculptors in the United States had begun to exert a great worldwide influence over art.

　　26.到了二十一世纪中叶，美国画家和雕塑家开始在世界范围内对艺术产生重大影响。

　　27. In the eastern part of New Jersey lies the city of Elizabeth, a major shipping and manufacturing center.

　　27.伊丽莎白市，一个重要的航运和制造业中心，坐落于新泽西州的东部。

　　28. Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman medical doctor in the United States, founded the New York Infirmary, an institution that has always had a completely female medical staff.

　　28. Elizabeth Blackwell，美国第一个女医生，创建了员工一直为女性纽约诊所。

　　29. Alexander Graham Bell once told his family that he would rather be remembered as a teacher of the deaf than as the inventor of the telephone.

　　29. Alexander Graham Bell曾告诉家人，他更愿意让后人记住他是聋子的老师，而非电话的发明者。

　　30. Because its leaves remain green long after being picked, rosemary became associated with the idea of remembrance.

　　30.采摘下的迷迭香树叶常绿不衰，因此人们把迷迭香树与怀念联系在一起。

　　31. Although apparently rigid, bones exhibit a degree of elasticity that enables the skeleton to withstand considerable impact.

　　31.骨头看起来是脆硬的，但它也有一定的弹性，使得骨骼能够承受相当的打击。

　　32. That xenon could not FORM chemical compounds was once believed by scientists.

　　32.科学家曾相信：氙气是不能形成化合物的。

　　33. Research into the dynamics of storms is directed toward improving the ability to predict these events and thus to minimize damage and avoid loss of life.

　　33.对风暴动力学的研究是为了提高风暴预测从而减少损失，避免人员伤亡。

　　34. The elimination of inflation would ensure that the amount of money used in repaying a loan would have the same value as the amount of money borrowed.

　　34.消除通货膨胀应确保还贷的钱应与所贷款的价值相同。

　　35. Futurism, an early twentieth-century movement in art, rejected all traditions and attempted to glorify contemporary life by emphasizing the machine and motion.

　　35.未来主义，二十世纪早期的一个艺术思潮。拒绝一切传统，试图通过强调机械和动态来美化生活。

　　36. One of the wildest and most inaccessible parts of the United States is the Everglades where wildlife is abundant and largely protected.

　　36. Everglades是美国境内最为荒凉和人迹罕至的地区之一，此处有大量的野生动植物而且大多受(法律)保护。