考研英语100句–Day20

Sentence 96

Just as bosses and boards have finally sorted out their worst accounting and compliance troubles, and improved their feeble corporation governance, a new problem threatens to earn them — especially in America — the sort of nasty headlines that inevitably lead to heads rolling in the executive suite: data insecurity.

就在老板和董事会终于处理好其最严重的财务和规章问题，改善了公司薄弱的管理之后，又一个新问题正威胁着他们——尤其是在美国——这个问题就是数据不安全性，这会让他们出现在令人不快的新闻头条中，将不可避免地使高层们受到严惩。

单词

• feeble
• corporation
• governance
• threaten
• insecurity
• nasty
• headline
• inevitably
• executive 行政的，执行官

词组

• sort out
• accounting and compliance troubles
• a new problem threatens to earn them
• the sort of nasty headlines

Sentence 97

The article is actually quite optimistic, as it outlines a potential solution to this problem, suggesting that an approach（which involves a one-hour, next-to-no-cost program） can close 63 percent of the achievement gap（measured by such factors as grades） between first-generation and other students.

这篇文章实际上相当乐观，因为它针对这个问题简要描述了一种可能的解决方案，表示有一种方式（一个耗时一小时、几乎零成本的项目）能够缩小第一代大学生和其他学生之间63%的成绩差距（以分数等指标衡量）。

单词

• optimistic 乐观的
• outline
• potential
• achievement
• involve
• factor

词组

• a potential solution to this problem

Sentence 98

Precisely because readers from different historical periods, places and social experiences produce different but overlapping readings of the same words on the page — including for texts that engage with fundamental human concerns—debates about texts can play an important role in social discussion of beliefs and values.

正因为来自不同历史时期、不同地域和有着不同社会经历的读者会对页面上那些相同的文字产生不同但有重叠的解读——包括对涉及人类所关注的基本问题的文本解读，关于文本解读的争议才能在信仰和价值观的社会讨论中发挥重要作用。

单词

• precisely 正确地，清晰地
• historical
• period
• overlapping
• engage
• debate
• discussion

词组

• different historical periods
• they produce different but overlapping readings of the same words on the page
• texts that engage with fundamental human concerns
• play an important role in ..
• debates about texts can play an important role in social discussion of beliefs and values.

Sentence 99

At Tulane University’s Tear Analysis Laboratory, Dr.Peter Kastl and his colleagues report that they can use tears to detect drug abuse and exposure to medication, to determine whether a contact lens fits properly or why it may be uncomfortable, to study the causes of “dry eye” syndrome and the effects of eye surgery, and perhaps even to measure exposure to environmental pollutants.

在杜兰大学的眼泪分析实验室，彼得·卡斯尔博士和他的同事报告称，他们可以用眼泪来检测出滥用毒品及使用药物的情况，确认隐形眼镜戴起来是否合适或者是戴着不舒适的原因，还能用来探究“干眼”综合征产生的原因和眼部手术的效果，也许甚至还能用来测量与环境污染物接触的情况。

单词

• Laboratory
• colleague
• detect
• exposure
• abuse
• contact 接触
• syndrome
• surgery
• pollutant 污染物

词组

• report that ..
• detect drug abuse
• detect exposure to medication
• a contact lens 隐形眼镜
• sth. fit properly
• study the causes of .. 探究..的原因
• environmental pollutants

Sentence 100

Young people who are still getting started in life were more likely than older adults to prioritize personal fulfillment in their work, to believe they will advance their careers most by regularly changing jobs, to favor communities with more public services and a faster pace of life, to agree that couples should be financially secure before getting married or having children, and to maintain that children are best served by two parents working outside the home, the survey found.

该调查发现，比起老年人，那些仍然处在生活起跑线的年轻人会更优先考虑他们在工作中的个人成就，更加认同通过定期换工作来推进个人职业生涯，更喜欢拥有较多公共服务的社区和节奏更快的生活，更坚信夫妻在结婚或者抚育孩子之前应该有经济上的保障，更主张父母双方都在外工作才能给孩子提供最好的生活。

单词

• prioritize 给..优先权
• fulfillment 成就，满足感，实现
• advance
• pace 步伐
• secure
• maintain
• survey

词组

• be likely to do ..
• personal fulfillment
• be financially secure
• get married