2016年全国英语等级考试二级精品阅读文章(10)

　　People who claim to have seen Bigfoot do not agree about what he or she looks like, but they do agree that Bigfoot stays away from human beings. As soon as people enter the forest, Bigfoot hides from view. Scientists do not know whether Bigfoot really exists. Some scientists think people have fabricated these stories to amuse or to trick their friends, but other scientists feel these accounts are quite true.
　　声称看到过大脚印的人对他或她的长相意见不一，不过一致同意大脚印躲着人类。一旦人们进入树林，大脚印就从人们的视线消失。科学家们不确定大脚印是否真的存在。一些科学家认为人们编造这些故事来逗朋友乐或是跟朋友开玩笑，可其它科学家感到这些记录相当真实。

　　For more than a hundred years people have reported seeing a large creature in the forest of the Northwestern United States. Footprints have been found which might have come from a man-like ape about 7 or 8 feet tall. The footprints are sixteen inches long. They are so large that people have come to call this creature by the name “Bigfoot.”
　　一百多年来，人们不断地报告在美国西北的森林中看到了巨大的动物。被发现的脚印可能来自一个七八尺高的类人猿。脚印有十六英寸长。脚印是那么的大，所以人们把这动物叫做“大脚印” 。

　　Fortune has often been blamed for her blindness; but fortune is not so blind as men are. Those who look into practical life will find that fortune is usually on the side of the industrious, as the winds and waves are on the side of the best navigators. The commoner qualities are the most useful--such as common sense, attention, application, and perseverance.
　　人们经常指责运气是盲目的;但是运气并不像人那样盲目。那些观察实际生活的人会发现运气通常支持勤劳的人，正如风浪支持最优秀的航海家一样。较普通的素质是最有用的——诸如常识、专心、勤奋和锲而不舍。公共英语等级考试