Cost侧重于“成本，花销”，price侧重于“价格”，而charge侧重于“收费”。它们之间还是存在区别的，尽管都与经济相关。
老夏考研“每日一题”选自《经济学人》，原文文章标题为“Misunderstanding the problem, politicians often prescribe the wrong cures”（由于对问题的误解，政客们经常开出错误的药方）。
今天给的这种题型，如果能够做对，一定给自己狠狠点赞哟。 ......
【题目】The author believes that the rising cost of education and health care is a problem that ______
[A] is relative to the growth of GDP.
[B]poses a challenge to the Administration.
[C] can be attributed to quality boost.
[D] is far too complex to explain.
【试题】
①There are as many explanations for the ballooning cost of education and health care as there are politicians.②But as a newly published analysis argues, many common scapegoats*simply cannot explain the steady, long-run rise in such prices relative to those elsewhere in the economy. ③In “Why are the prices so damn high?” Eric Helland and Alex Tabarrok write that quality has improved far too little to account for it. ④Administrative bloat*is not the answer either. ⑤In America the share of all education spending that goes on administration has been roughly steady for decades. ⑥Health-care spending has risen faster than GDP in rich countries, despite vast differences in the structure of their health-care systems.
【参考译文】
①There are as many explanations for the ballooning cost of education and health care as there are politicians. 对于不断膨胀的教育和医疗保健成本的原因，有多少政治家们就有多少种解释。
②But as a newly published analysis argues, many common scapegoats* simply cannot explain the steady, long-run rise in such prices relative to those elsewhere in the economy. 但正如一项新发表的分析指出的那样，许多常见的替罪羊*的解释，根本无法解释在教育和医疗领域的稳定的、长期上升的价格，哪怕这些价格与经济其他领域价格相关。
③In “Why are the prices so damn high?” Eric Helland and Alex Tabarrok write that quality has improved far too little to account for it. 在《为什么价格这么高?》书中，作者Eric Helland和Alex Tabarrok写到，“质量提高微乎其微，并不能解释高昂的价格。”
④Administrative bloat* is not the answer either. 管理膨胀也不是问题的解释。
⑤In America the share of all education spending that goes on administration has been roughly steady for decades. 在美国，在管理中的教育支出所占的比例几十年来一直大体稳定。
⑥Health-care spending has risen faster than GDP in rich countries, despite vast differences in the structure of their health-care systems. 富裕国家的医疗保健支出增长速度快于GDP，哪怕它们的医疗保健体系结构存在巨大差异。
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