考研英语100句–Day19

Sentence 91

But in her new book Join the Club, Tina Rosenberg contends that peer pressure can also be a positive force through what she calls the social cure, in which organizations and officials use the power of group dynamics to help individuals improve their lives and possibly the world.

但是，蒂娜·罗森堡在她的新书《加入俱乐部》中主张，同辈压力也可以通过她所说的“社会治疗”转化成一种积极的力量。在社会治疗的过程中，各机构及官员可以利用群体动力来帮助个人改善生活，甚至可能改善整个世界。

单词

• contend
• cure

词组

• peer pressure
• a positive force
• the social cure
• help individuals improve their lives

Sentence 92

Fundamentally, the USPS is in a historic squeeze between technological change that has permanently decreased demand for its bread-and-butter product, first-class mail, and a regulatory structure that denies management the flexibility to adjust its operations to the new reality.

从根本上说，美国邮政署（USPS）正处于一个历史性的困境之中，一方面是技术变革永久性地降低了对其主要产品——普通邮件的需求，另一方面是监管结构拒绝让管理部门灵活调整其业务以适应新形势。

单词

• fundamentally
• historic
• squeeze
• permanently
• decrease
• demand
• deny
• flexibility
• operations 经营，手术，操作，执行

词组

• in a historic squeeze
• permanently decreased demand for sth.
• its bread-and-butter product
• adjust its operations to the new reality

Sentence 93

Unhappy parents rarely are provoked to wonder if they shouldn’t have had kids, but unhappy childless folks are bothered with the message that children are the single most important thing in the world: obviously their misery must be a direct result of the gaping baby-size holes in their lives.

几乎没有事情会促使不幸福的父母去琢磨自己是否不该养孩子，但是不幸福的且没有孩子的人们却总是被“孩子是世上唯一最重要的东西”这一信息所困扰：显然他们的不幸肯定是他们一生中没有孩子的缺憾造成的。

单词

• rarely
• provoke 诱导，挑衅，煽动
• folks 人们
• obviously
• misery

词组

• be provoked to wonder if they should ..
• be bothered with sth ..
• must be a direct result of sth.

Sentence 94

To encourage innovation and competition, the report calls for increased investment in research, the crafting of coherent curricula that improve students’ ability to solve problems and communicate effectively in the 21st century, increased funding for teachers and the encouragement of scholars to bring their learning to bear on the great challenges of the day.

为了鼓励创新和竞争，报告呼吁增加对此项研究的投资，呼吁精心设计系统连贯的课程以提高学生在21世纪解决问题和有效沟通的能力，呼吁增加教师的经费，并鼓励学者应用他们的学识来应对当今巨大的挑战。

单词

• encourage
• innovation
• competition
• investment
• craft 制定
• coherent 配套的，连贯的
• curricula 课程表，课程

词组

• calls for sth .. 呼吁
• increased investment in research
• increased funding for teachers
• improve students’ ability to solve problems
• communicate effectively
• bring their learning to bear on the great challenges of the day

Sentence 95

Moreover, average overall margins are higher in wholesale than in retail; wholesale demand from the food service sector is growing quickly as more Europeans eat out more often; and changes in the competitive dynamics of this fragmented industry are at last making it feasible for wholesalers to consolidate.

此外，批发业的平均总利润高于零售业；随着越来越多的欧洲人更加频繁地外出就餐，餐饮服务业的批发需求也迅速增长；这一零散产业竞争力量的变化最终会使批发商们的联合成为可能。

单词

• moreover
• overall
• margin
• wholesale
• retail
• sector 行业
• competitive
• fragmented
• feasible 可行的
• consolidate 整顿，整并

词组

• average overall margins
• this fragmented industry