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(65) “I found that work very interesting.” he recalled, “and when I got out of the service it just seemed natural for me to go into something medical. 65. 他回忆说:“我觉得那种工作十分有趣,当我退役时,对我来说,去干某种医务工作,
似乎是极其自然的。”
(66) In other words, men enter “female” jobs out of the same consideration for personal interest and economic necessity that motivates anyone looking for work. 66. 换句话说,男人干起了“女人干的”工作,其动机是同任何找工作干的人一样,既出于
个人的兴趣,也出于经济上需要的考虑。
(67) To choose such a line of work is to invite ridicule. 67. 选定这一类工作是会惹人笑话的。
(68) Can we anticipate a day when secretaries will be an even mix of men and women -- or when the mention of a male nurse will no longer raise eyebrows? 68. 我们是否能预见到这么一天:那时当秘书的男女各占一半或有人提到某个男人当护士时,
人们不会再感到吃惊?
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1989年考研英语
56. 请乘客们系好安全带,以防碰伤。
56. All travellers are advised to fasten their safety-belts to avoid being bumped.
57. 除非安装一条新的装配线,否则提高产量是没有指望的。
57. No increase in output can be expected unless a new assembly line is installed.
58. 有人提出,暑假期间安排一次到海南岛的考察旅行。
58. It is suggested that an exploration tour to the Hainan Island (should) be arranged during the
summer vacation.
59. 为了把课文中的难点解释清楚,他举了许多例子。
59. He gave lots of examples in order to get the difficult points in the text fully explained.
60. 护士们通常毕生致力于照顾病人。
60. Nurses often devote their whole lives to tending the sick.
(61)shelaboured over a microscope, hand-welding tiny electronic computers and turned out 18 per hour. 61. 她吃力地伏在显微镜上干活,手焊体积很小的电子计算机,每小时能焊好18个。
(62)A plant follow-up survey showed that one year after the layoffs only 38% of the released workers found new employment at the same or better wages. 62. 一家工厂的跟踪调查表明,被解雇的工人中一年后只有38%的人找到了与原工资相等
或优于原工资的工作。
(63)Its beginnings obscured by unemployment caused by the world economic slow-down, the new technological unemployment may emerge as the great socio-economic challenge of the end of the 20th century. 63. 它(新技术的采用导致失业上升)一开始被全球性的经济衰退所引起的失业所掩盖,但
到20世纪末,新技术所引起的失业问题可能会构成对社会经济的巨大挑战。
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(64)“It’s humiliating to be done out of your job by a machine and there is no way to fight back, but it is the effort to find a new job that really hurts.” 64. 被一台机器抢走你的工作是很伤自尊心的,可又没法还击,但真正伤我心的是要费很大
的劲去寻找新的工作。
(65)The old workers, trapped by their limited skills, often never regain their old status and employment. 65. 老工人由于处于技术掌握得很有限的困境,往往不能重新获得其原有的地位和就业机会。
(66)The social costs go far beyond the welfare and unemployment payments made by the government. Unemployment increases the chances of divorce, child abuse, and alcoholism, a new federal survey shows. 66. 要付出的社会代价远远超过政府在福利与失业救济方面的开支。
(67)But futurologist Hymen Seymour says the astonishing efficiency of the new technology means there will be a simple and direct net reduction in the amount of human labor that needs to be done. 67. 未来学家海曼·西摩说,新技术所具有的惊人效率意味着所需要的劳力将出现一个绝对
的和直接的净减数。
(68)Federally funded training and free back-to-school programs for laid-off workers are under way, but few experts believe they will be able to keep up with the pace of the new technology. 68. 为失业工人提供的由联邦政府帮助的培训计划和免费重返学校学习的计划目前都在实
施中,但专家中几乎没有认为这些计划能跟得上新技术的发展步伐。
1990年考研英语
56. 你应该仔细核对全部资料,以避免严重错误。
56. You should check all the data carefully so as to avoid serious mistakes.
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57. 尽管这个实验复杂,他们决心按时把它完成。
57. Although the experiment is complicated, they are determined to finish it on time.
58. 一切迹象表明这个人对这里发生的情况毫无所知。
58. All signs showed that the man knew nothing of what had happened here.
59. 只有那些不怕困难的人,才有可能在工作中取得卓越的成果。
59. Only those who are not afraid of any difficulties have the chance of achieving outstanding
results in their work.
60. 这篇作品与其说是短篇小说,不如说更像是新闻报导。 60. This piece of writing is more like a news report than a short story.
(61)Theywant to explain why we possess certain characteristics and exhibit certain behaviors. 61. 他们想要说明,为什么我们具有某些性格特征和表现出某些行为。
(62)Those who support the “nature” side of the conflict believe that our personalities andbehavior patterns are largely determined by biological factors. 62. 在这场争论中,赞成“天性”一方的那些人认为,我们的性格特征和行为模式大多是由生
物因素所决定的。
(63)That our environment has little, if anything, to do with our abilities, characteristics and behavior is central to this theory. 63. 这种理论的核心是,我们的环境同我们的才能、性格特征和行为即使有什么关系的话,
也是微不足道的。
(64)The behaviorists maintain that, like machines, humans respond to environmental stimuli as the basis of their behavior. 64. 行为主义者坚信,人象机器一样,对环境的刺激作出反应,这是他们行为的基础。
(65)Supporters of the “nature” theory insist that we are born with acertain capacity for learning
that is biologically determined.
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65. 支持“天性”论的人坚持说,我们生来就具有一定的学习才能,这是由生物因素决定的。
(66)Behaviorists suggest that the child who is raised in an environment where thereare many stimuli which develop his or her capacity for appropriate responses will experiencegreater intellectual development. 66. 行为主义者的看法是,如果一个儿童在有许多刺激物的环境里成长,而这些刺激物能够
发展其作出适当反应的能力,那么,这个儿童将会有更高的智力发展。
(67)In the UnitedStates, blacks often score below whites on standardized intelligence tests. 67. 在美国,黑人在标准化智力测试中的成绩常常低于白人。
(68)Behaviorists, incontrast, say that differences in scores are due to the fact that blacks are often deprived of many ofthe educational and other environmental advantages that whites enjoy. 68. 相反,行为主义者认为,成绩的差异是由于黑人往往被剥夺了白人在教育及其它环境方
面所享有的许多有利条件。
1991年考研英语
(71) The supply of oil can be shut off unexpectedly at any time, and in any case, the oilwells will all run dry in thirty years or so at the present rate of use. 71. 石油供应可能会随时中断;不管怎样,以目前这种消费速度,只需30年左右,所有的
油井都会枯竭。
(72) New sources of energy must be found, and this will take time, but it is not likely to result in