2014年4月自考英语二概括段落大意和补全句子文章翻译

Our Muscles

①When we think of muscles, we might often picture abodybuilder with big arm and leg muscles. But our muscles do not have to looklike that to work well.

②As a matter of fact, every time we write our name, we use the20 different muscles in our hand. Every time our heart beats, we use ourcardiac muscles (心肌). When we eat our food, we use our tongue muscles. We evenuse muscles when we open and close our eyes. In fact, every time we move, weuse some of the muscles in our body.

③A muscle is made of tiny fibers. Fiber is a type of tissuethat feels a little like a rubber band. Thousands of these fibers are packedtogether to make a single muscle. We all have the same number of muscles --about 700 or so. Men and women with big muscles simply have thicker bundles offibers.

④There are three different types of muscles in our body.Smooth muscles are the ones that we cannot control. They work quietly to keepour body running. Also, they are the ones that help us to absorb our food. Thecardiac muscle makes the heart pump blood in and out. Skeletal muscles are theones that we can control. These are the muscles that we use to raise our hands,or ride our bicycles.

⑤Even our face often uses muscles. But if we want to save ourenergy, try smiling instead of frowning. Remember that it takes 17 muscles inour face to smile, but 43 muscles to frown!

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我们的肌肉

① 当我们想到肌肉时，我们可能会经常联想到拥有大臂肌和腿肌的健美运动员。但其实我们的肌肉并不需要看起来那样才能发挥良好的作用。
② 事实上，每次我们写自己的名字时，我们都在使用手部的20块不同肌肉。每次我们的心脏跳动时，我们在使用心肌。当我们进食时，我们使用舌头的肌肉。甚至当我们睁眼或闭眼时，我们也在使用肌肉。实际上，每次我们移动时，我们身体的某些肌肉都会被用到。
③ 肌肉是由细小的纤维组成的。纤维是一种有点像橡皮筋的组织。成千上万根这样的纤维聚集在一起形成一块肌肉。我们每个人的肌肉数量是一样的——大约有700多块。那些肌肉发达的男人和女人只是因为他们的纤维束更厚。
④ 我们体内有三种不同类型的肌肉。平滑肌是我们无法控制的肌肉。它们默默工作，保持我们身体的正常运转。同时，它们也是帮助我们吸收食物的肌肉。心肌则是让心脏泵血进出身体的肌肉。骨骼肌是我们能够控制的肌肉。这些肌肉是用来举手、骑自行车等动作的。
⑤ 即使是我们的脸部也经常使用肌肉。但是，如果我们想节省能量，试着微笑而不是皱眉。记住，微笑需要用到17块面部肌肉，而皱眉却需要43块肌肉！