2018.6 （2）~ Short Reading

Passage One

1.notoriously <adv>众所周知地；声明狼藉地

Human memory is notoriously unreliable.

众所周知，人类的记忆是靠不住的。

2.acquaintance <n> 熟人

based on the number of acquaintances a person might have.

依据一个人可能结识的人数来判断。

3.massive <adj> 大量的；巨大的

Give the right computer a massive database of faces.

如果给一台适宜的电脑植入一个庞大的人脸数据库。

4.precision <n> 精度；精确

with remarkable speed and precision.

其速度和精度都十分出色。

5.scale up 增加，扩大

tested a variety of facial-recognition algorithms (算法) as they scaled up in complexity.

并随着复杂性的逐步加大，测试各类人脸识别算法。

6.consistent with 与…一致

more consistent with what's been used in other research.

而不仅仅像其他研究所做的那样。

7.dip across the board 全面下降

As the databases grew, machine accurary dipped across the board.

随着数据库的增大，机器的精确度全面下滑。

8.adjust <v> 调整；适应

Machines also had difficulty adjusting for people who look a lot alike.

机器在辨别相似度较高的人时也有困难。

9.accessible <adj> 易得到的；易使用的

not in formats that are accessible to academic researchers.

至少，学术研究人员拿不到适当形式的数据。

10.ultimate <adj> 最终的，终极的

An ultimate face recognition algorithm should perform with billions of people in a dataset.

一个终极的人脸识别算法应该可以识别数据集中数以十亿计的人。

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Passage Two

1.approach <v> 接近

The average student's debt upon graduation now approaches $40,000.

现在学生毕业时的人均债务接近40，000美元。

2.multiply <v> 大大增加

calls to make it "free" are multiplying.

要求“免除学费”的呼声不断增高。

3.barrier <n> 障碍

Costs won't be a barrier.

学费不应成为一种障碍。

4.maintenance <n> 维护，维修

the buildings required no maintenance.

校园不需要维护。

5.utility <n> 公共设施；效用

campuses required no utilities.

校园不需要公共设施。

6.dime <n> 一角硬币

At least taxpayers should be able to decide what students will study on the public dime.

至少纳税人应该能够决定学生花公众的金钱上学所学习的内容。

7.petroleum <n> 石油

there're few who're willing and able to perform jobs requiring a petroleum engineering major.

乐意并且也有能力从事石油工程相关专业工作的人很少。

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