1、考研英语长难句,96年阅读第1篇,Tight-lipped elders used to say, “its not what you want in this world, but what you get.,96年第二篇,Tight-lipped elders used to say, “its not what you want in this world, but what you get.,Tight-lipped：沉默寡言的；出言谨慎的 used to say：过去说，往往暗示现在情况相反 notbut：不是而是，强调后者,You can make a mental bluepri
2、nt of a desire as you would make a blueprint of a house, and each of us is continually making these blueprints in the general routine of everyday living.,You can make a mental blueprint of a desire as you would make a blueprint of a house, and each of us is continually making these blueprints in the
3、 general routine of everyday living.,blueprint: 蓝图 as: “像一样” be doing: 有时表示一直做，反复做 routine:程序；例行公事；日常工作；固定节目,While talking to you, your could-be employer is deciding whether your education, your experience, and other qualifications will pay him to employ you and your “wares” and abilities must be di
4、splayed in an orderly and reasonably connected manner.,While talking to you, your could-be employer is deciding whether your education, your experience, and other qualifications will pay him to employ you and your “wares” and abilities must be displayed in an orderly and reasonably connected manner.
5、,While: 当时 Whether：是否,When you have carefully prepared a blueprint of your abilities and desires, you have something tangible to sell.,When you have carefully prepared a blueprint of your abilities and desires, you have something tangible to sell.,Tangible: 可以触知的,They are brought sport, comedy, dram
6、a, music, news and current affairs, education, religion, parliamentary coverage, childrens programmes and films for an annual license fee of 83 per household.,96年阅读第2篇,They are brought sport, comedy, drama, music, news and current affairs, education, religion, parliamentary coverage, childrens progr
7、ammes and films for an annual license fee of 83 per household.,Comedy: 喜剧 Parliamentary coverage: 国会报道,The debate was launched by the Government, which invited anyone with an opinion of the BBCincluding ordinary listeners and viewersto say what was good or bad about the Corporation, and even whether
8、 they thought it was worth keeping.,The debate was launched by the Government, which invited anyone with an opinion of the BBCincluding ordinary listeners and viewersto say what was good or bad about the Corporation, and even whether they thought it was worth keeping.,Launch: 发射，发起,The commercial TV
9、 channels ITV and Channel 4were required by the Thatcher Governments Broadcasting Act to become more commercial, competing with each other for advertisers, and cutting costs and jobs.,The commercial TV channels ITV and Channel 4were required by the Thatcher Governments Broadcasting Act to become mor
10、e commercial, competing with each other for advertisers, and cutting costs and jobs.,Comedy: 喜剧 Parliamentary coverage: 国会报道,But it is the arrival of new satellite channelsfunded partly by advertising and partly by viewers subscriptionswhich will bring about the biggest changes in the long term.,But
11、 it is the arrival of new satellite channelsfunded partly by advertising and partly by viewers subscriptionswhich will bring about the biggest changes in the long term.,强调句和形式主语 satellite channels : 卫星频道,96年第三篇,In the last half of the nineteenth century “capital” and “labour” were enlarging and perf
12、ecting their rival organisations on modern lines.,96年第三篇,In the last half of the nineteenth century “capital” and “labour” were enlarging and perfecting their rival organisations on modern lines.,“capital” and “labour”：资方与劳方 rival：对手，敌手 on modern lines: 按现代方式。,Many an old firm was replaced by a limi
13、ted liability company with a bureaucracy of salaried managers. Bureaucracy 中性词,Many an old firm was replaced by a limited liability company with a bureaucracy of salaried managers.,Limited liability company: 有限责任公司 Bureaucracy: 官僚，官僚体制,The change met the technical requirements of the new age by enga
14、ging a large professional element and prevented the decline in efficiency that so commonly spoiled the fortunes of family firms in the second and third generation after the energetic founders.,The change met the technical requirements of the new age by engaging a large professional element and preve
15、nted the decline in efficiency that so commonly spoiled the fortunes of family firms in the second and third generation after the energetic founders.,It was moreover a step away from individual initiative, towards collectivism and municipal and state-owned business.,It was moreover a step away from
16、individual initiative, towards collectivism and municipal and state-owned business.,Initiative: 主动性 Collectivism：集体主义 Municipal：都市的,The growth of the limited liability company and municipal business had important consequences. Such large, impersonal manipulation of capital and industry greatly incre
17、ased the numbers and importance of shareholders as a class, an element in national life representing irresponsible wealth detached from the land and the duties of the landowners and almost equally detached from the responsible management of business.,The growth of the limited liability company and m
18、unicipal business had important consequences. Such large, impersonal manipulation of capital and industry greatly increased the numbers and importance of shareholders as a class, an element in national life representing irresponsible wealth detached from the land and the duties of the landowners and
19、 almost equally detached from the responsible management of business.,All through the nineteenth century, America, Africa, India, Australia and parts of Europe were being developed by British capital, and British shareholders were thus enriched by the worlds movement towards industrialisation.,All t
20、hrough the nineteenth century, America, Africa, India, Australia and parts of Europe were being developed by British capital, and British shareholders were thus enriched by the worlds movement towards industrialisation.,Towns like Bournemouth and Eastbourne sprang up to house large “comfortable” cla
21、sses who had retired on their incomes, and who had no relation to the rest of the community except that of drawing dividends and occasionally attending a shareholders meeting to dictate their orders to the management.,Towns like Bournemouth and Eastbourne sprang up to house large “comfortable” class
22、es who had retired on their incomes, and who had no relation to the rest of the community except that of drawing dividends and occasionally attending a shareholders meeting to dictate their orders to the management.,The “shareholders” as such had no knowledge of the lives, thoughts or needs of the w
23、orkmen employed by the company in which he held shares, and his influence on the relations of capital and labour was not good.,The “shareholders” as such had no knowledge of the lives, thoughts or needs of the workmen employed by the company in which he held shares, and his influence on the relation
24、s of capital and labour was not good.,The paid manager acting for the company was in more direct relation with the men and their demands, but even he had seldom that familiar personal knowledge of the workmen which the employer had often had under the more patriarchal system of the old family busine
25、ss now passing away.,The paid manager acting for the company was in more direct relation with the men and their demands, but even he had seldom that familiar personal knowledge of the workmen which the employer had often had under the more patriarchal system of the old family business now passing aw
26、ay. 但是甚至是他也几乎没有在以往那种更加家长式系统下家族式企业的老板对于他所雇用的工人所拥有的那种熟悉的了解。而这种企业现在已不复存在。但是甚至是他也几乎没有对工人的那种熟悉的了解。而在以往更加家长式的家族式企业中这种了解是企业老板通常所拥有的，而这种企业现在已随风飘逝。,Indeed the mere size of operations and the numbers of workmen involved rendered such personal relations impossible.,Indeed the mere size of operations and the nu
27、mbers of workmen involved rendered such personal relations impossible.,Fortunately, however, the increasing power and organisation of the trade unions, at least in all skilled trades, enabled the workmen to meet on equal terms the managers of the companies who employed them.,Fortunately, however, th
28、e increasing power and organisation of the trade unions, at least in all skilled trades, enabled the workmen to meet on equal terms the managers of the companies who employed them.,The cruel discipline of the strike and lockout taught the two parties to respect each others strength and understand th
29、e value of fair negotiation.,The cruel discipline of the strike and lockout taught the two parties to respect each others strength and understand the value of fair negotiation.,What accounts for the great outburst of major inventions in early America breakthroughs such as the telegraph, the steamboa
30、t and the weaving machine.,96年第4篇,What accounts for the great outburst of major inventions in early America breakthroughs such as the telegraph, the steamboat and the weaving machine.,96年第4篇,Among the many shaping factors, I would single out the countrys excellent elementary schools; a labor force t
31、hat welcomed the new technology; the practice of giving premiums to inventors; and above all the American genius for nonverbal, “spatial” thinking about things technological.,Among the many shaping factors, I would single out the countrys excellent elementary schools; a labor force that welcomed the
32、 new technology; the practice of giving premiums to inventors; and above all the American genius for nonverbal, “spatial” thinking about things technological.,The goal of all will be to try to explain to a confused and often unenlightened citizenry that there are not two equally valid scientific the
33、ories for the origin and evolution of universe and life.,96年第5篇,The goal of all will be to try to explain to a confused and often unenlightened citizenry that there are not two equally valid scientific theories for the origin and evolution of universe and life.,96年第5篇,Cosmology, geology and biology
34、have provided a consistent, unified, and constantly improving account of what happened.,Cosmology, geology and biology have provided a consistent, unified, and constantly improving account of what happened.,“Scientific” creationism, which is being pushed by some for “equal time” in the classrooms wh
35、enever the scientific accounts of evolution are given, is based on religion, not science.,“Scientific” creationism, which is being pushed by some for “equal time” in the classrooms whenever the scientific accounts of evolution are given, is based on religion, not science.,Virtually all scientists an
36、d the majority of nonfundamentalist religious leaders have come to regard “scientific” creationism as bad science and bad religion.,Virtually all scientists and the majority of nonfundamentalist religious leaders have come to regard “scientific” creationism as bad science and bad religion.,He descri
37、bes their programmes and tactics, and , for those unfamiliar with the ways of creationists, the extent of their deception and distortion may come as an unpleasant surprise.,He describes their programmes and tactics, and , for those unfamiliar with the ways of creationists, the extent of their decept
38、ion and distortion may come as an unpleasant surprise.,On the dust jacket of this fine book, Stephen Jay Gould says: “This book stands for reason itself.” And so it does_and all would be well were reason the only judge in the creationism/ evolution debate.,On the dust jacket of this fine book, Steph
39、en Jay Gould says: “This book stands for reason itself.” And so it does- All would be well were reason the only judge in the creationism/ evolution debate.,97年第1篇,After six months of arguing and final 16 hours of hot parliamentary debates, Australias Northern Territory became the first legal authori
40、ty in the world to allow doctors to take the lives of incurably ill patients who wish to die.,97年第1篇,After six months of arguing and final 16 hours of hot parliamentary debates, Australias Northern Territory became the first legal authority in the world to allow doctors to take the lives of incurabl
41、y ill patients who wish to die.,The measure passed by the convincing vote of 15 to 10.,The measure passed by the convincing vote of 15 to 10.,Almost immediately word flashed on the Internet and was picked up, half a world away, by Hohn Hofsess, executive director of the Right to Die Society of Canad
42、a.,Almost immediately word flashed on the Internet and was picked up, half a world away, by Hohn Hofsess, executive director of the Right to Die Society of Canada.,The full import may take a while to sink in.,The NT Rights of the Terminally III law has left physicians and citizens alike trying to de
43、al with its moral and practical implications. 问题： Physician and citizens adopt similar attitude to the moral and practical implications of the Act of euthanasia?,Some have breathed sighs of relief, others, including churches, right-to-life groups and the Australian Medical Association, bitterly atta
44、cked the bill and the haste of its passage.,Some have breathed sighs of relief, others, including churches, right-to-life groups and the Australian Medical Association, bitterly attacked the bill and the haste of its passage.,But the tide is unlikely to turn back.What is author attitude?,In Australi
45、awhere an aging population, life-extending technology and changing community attitudes have all played their partother states are going to consider making a similar law to deal with euthanasia.,In Australiawhere an aging population, life-extending technology and changing community attitudes have all
46、 played their part other states are going to consider making a similar law to deal with euthanasia.,96年第2篇,Small-minded officials, rude waiters, and ill-mannered taxi drivers are hardly unknown in the US.,Small-minded officials, rude waiters, and ill-mannered taxi drivers are hardly unknown in the U
47、S.,Dullness and loneliness were common problems of the families who generally lived distant from one another. Strangers and travelers were welcome sources of diversion, and brought news of the outside world.,Dullness and loneliness were common problems of the families who generally lived distant fro
48、m one another. Strangers and travelers were welcome sources of diversion, and brought news of the outside world.,It was not a matter of choice for the traveler or merely a charitable impulse on the part of the settlers,It was not a matter of choice for the traveler or merely a charitable impulse on
49、the part of the settlers,Such observations reported by visitors to the US are not uncommon, but are not always understood properly.,Such observations reported by visitors to the US are not uncommon, but are not always understood properly.,The casual friendliness of many Americans should be interpreted neither as superficial nor as artificial, but as the result of a historically developed cultural tradition.,The casual friendliness of many Americans should be interpreted neither as superficial nor as artificial, but as the result of a historically developed cultural tradition.,
