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1.elect  A as B= elect as B A

I  elect as my life-long career the teaching. (我选择了教书作为我一生的职业。)

2.  psychographically 心理图案地，人格特性地…（这是一个心理分析方法）

3.  I’ve referred to this bargain as the “original sin” of the internet我认为这种协定就是互联网的原罪。

4.to  the letter严格地，不折不扣地

5.  though 这个词是一个重要考点!

Though…., 虽然。…., though…. 虽然。….,  though, …. 但是！（看好了，两个逗号之间的though=however）。…., though. 但是！（放在句子末尾的though= however）

6.universal  scorn 普遍的嘲讽；

7.  high-profile 广受人们关注的；高调的；反义词：low profile (低调的；

8.  burnish 改善，提升，打磨，抛光= polish（常用搭配：burnish the image= polish  the image 提升形象）

9.A  series of high-profile corporate scandals certainly hasn’t burnished the  image of Big Business. Nor has the rise of the shareholder-value movement.补全和还原第二个句子。The shareholder-value movement has not ished the image of Big  Business

10.run  counter to 冲突

11.  Researchers found only 10 to 20 percent of remarks that prompted laughter to  be remotely funny.

研究者发现这些让人笑的言论中只有百分之十到二十有那么一点有趣。

12.  the idea is not original to Trump 特朗普同不同意这个观点？

特朗普同意这个观点，但不是他首先提出来的。

13.  do background checks 进行背景调查

14.Indeed,  the share of teachers in a union has fallen to less than half,

实际上，只有不到一半的老师加入工会；

写作练习：为什么考研人数越来越多？

Version1：According to a  survey, the share of postgraduate students in elite Internet company, such as  Tencent, Alibaba and Baidu, has risen to more than half.

The increase of graduate  candidates is driven in part by this fact.

参考译文:根据一项调查，在一些互联网精英企业里，比如腾讯，阿里和百度，研究生的比例已经上升到一半以上。考研人数的增加部分也是因为这一事实。

Version  2:There is a sharp increase in the number of graduate candidates, fueled in  part by the fact that the share of postgraduate students in elite Internet  company has risen to more than half, a fact revealed by a survey conducted  recently.

参考译文：最近一项调查显示，在一些互联网精英企业里，研究生的比例已经上升到一半以上。考研人数的剧烈增加部分也是因为这一事实。

15.In  a world that is growing more divided and atomized, it may be guilt—not empathy—that can bring people together. （请翻译）在这个愈发分裂的世界，把人们团结在一起的也许并非共情，而是内疚感。

16.  Next to  请翻译（它还有什么同义词？）

在句中翻译为：除了。牛津例句：Next to skiing my favorite sport is skating.我最喜欢的运动除了滑雪就是滑冰。 

考研英语文章很多时候都会罗列原因，观点和事实等；

所以常用到的表示“除了”含义的手段有：

1.besides  除了；

例句：Besides working as a doctor, he also writes novels in his spare  time.

2.In  addition to 除了；

3.Aside  除了；(这个词是放在名词后的)

例句：Fund worries aside, staff recruiting is not going well.

除了资金令人担心之外，员工招聘也不顺利。

Obvious  practical drawbacks aside, the theoretical ground（理论基础）of this method  is not sound（合理）.除开实践中的种种缺陷之外，这个方法的理论基础也不合理。

4.  aside from：例句：Aside from a few scratches, I’m OK. 除了几处擦伤，我安然无恙。

5.Apart  from：例句：Apart from their house in London, they also have a villa in Spain.

6.  Adding to A is B除了A还有B；

7. Added to A is B 除了A还有B；

17.  Teflon-like qualities ：特氟龙一样的特质

18.  whether tweaking algorithms makes matters better or worse.

（请翻译）调整算法是使事情变得更好还是更糟

19.  simply 有几个意思？

看得太简单,它还可以表示以下意思：

1.  明显地(=clearly): There is simply not enough water.

2.  直接地(=directly): He simply asked me to leave.

3.  仅仅(=solely): He was pursued simply for his connection to the  President.

4.  只是(=merely, just): They are simply trying to survive.

5.  强调语气，可译可不译(=really, literally): The food is simply marvelous.

20.  The recent revelations concerning Cambridge Analytica and the  involvement in the referendum are serious  and troubling. （请翻译）

最近对于剑桥分析的爆料，以及关于他们在全民公投中的参与情况的披露，确实令人感到事态严重。

五夜十篇最后上车机会了：

明天的题目：

Supporters of the new super systems argue that these mergers will allow for substantial cost reductions and better coordinated service. Any threat of monopoly, they argue, is removed by fierce competition from trucks. But many shippers complain that for heavy bulk commodities traveling long distances, such as coal, chemicals, and grain, trucking is too costly and the railroads therefore have them by the throat.

思考题：

According to those who support mergers, railway monopoly is unlikely because ________.

[A] cost reduction is based on competition

[B] services call for cross-trade coordination

[C] outside competitors will continue to exist

[D] shippers will have the railway by the throat

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