1、【经典译文】全球化进程的代价是巨大的。【僻义熟性】n.程序，方法【真 题例句】 Shippers who feel they are being overcharged have the right to appeal to the federal governments Surface Transportation Board for rate relief, but the process is expensive, time-consuming, and will work in truly extreme cases.（2003阅读Text3）【经典译文】托运人如果觉得被索要高价，他们
2、就可以向联邦政府的路面运输委员会申诉，以获得价格减免。但这个程序费钱、费时，而且只有在极端情况下才可行。【僻义僻性】vt. 加工，处理【真 题例句】Playing video games encourages immediate content. And hours of watching TV shows with canned laughter only teaches kids to process information in a passive way. 2007年阅读新题型【经典译文】玩计算机游戏可以获得立即的满足。连续看几个小时的喜剧电视节目只能教会孩子消极的处理信息。【辨析】p
3、rocess, procedure, proceedings.三个词构词方法相同pro向前+cess/ced/ceed（走），所以意思也相近。process使用最广，包括一切自然的工程和人工的程序。procedure指人为的办事程序（强调步骤性）。例：admission procedure入学手续； procedure of teaching教学步骤proceedings含义最窄，指会议记录（记录会议的进展） 和诉讼程序。Economy （45次）【熟义熟性】n. 经济 【真题例句】 market-oriented economy市场经济 1994阅读Text1【僻义熟性】n. 经济体，国家【
4、真题例句】 For each dollar of GDP （in constant prices） rich economies now use nearly 50% less oil than in 1973. 2003阅读Text3【经典译文】富有国家生产一美圆的GDP（以不变价格计算），比1973年少使用50%的石油。【僻义僻性】a. 便宜的；经济实惠的（补充）An economy class air ticket is fit for ordinary workers, because it costs much less.【经典译文】经济舱机票对一般工作人员比较合适,因为它的价格要便
5、宜得多。【同源词】economic（44次） a. 经济的，经济学的【真题例句】socio-economic status社会经济地位1991阅读Text2economical （2次） a.经济的（强调节省钱和资源）；节约的【真题例句】 the use of cars has proved to be more economical.89阅读Text 2, 19题D选项【经典译文】使用小汽车被证明是更加节约的。Practice （28次）【熟义熟性】n. 练习【真 题例句】 Kids need plenty of practice delaying gratification and dep
6、loying effective organizational skills, such as managing time and setting priorities. 2007年阅读新题型【经典译文】孩子需要充分离线延迟满足以及运用有效的组织技能，比如管理时间和分轻重缓急。【熟义僻性】vt. 练习【真题例句】If you feel awkward being humorous, you must practice so that it becomes more natural2002年阅读Text1【经典译文】如果表现幽默让你觉得不自在，你就必须练习，这样才能觉得自然。【僻义熟性】n. 惯
7、例；常规；准则【真 题例句】Indeed, just as there is the concept of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles （GAAP）, perhaps it is time for GASP, Generally Accepted Security Practices, suggested Eli Noam of New Yorks Columbia Business School. 2007年阅读新题型【经典译文】纽约哥伦比亚商学院的伊利诺姆建议说，的确，正如有公认的会计准则一样，也许现在应该制定公认的安全准则了。Bene
8、fit（25次）【熟义熟性】n. 好处，利益【真 题例句】 Either way, one benefit of a “national” organization would be to negotiate better prices, if possible, with drug manufacturers. 2005年阅读新题型【经典译文】不管国家是何种含义，“国家”机构的好处之一就是能够通过谈判从医药生产商哪里获得更优惠的价格。【僻义熟性】n. 退休金，救济金，保险费【真 题例句】 37. Corporations and labor unions have _ great benef
9、its upon their employees and members as well as upon the general public.A conferred 99年词汇37题【经典译文】公司和工会已经给它们的雇员、会员以及广大公众提供了许多福利待遇。【僻义熟性】v. 得益于（from, in）【真 题例句】What is odd is that they have perhaps most benefited from ambition - if not always their own then that of their parents and grandparents. 200
10、0年阅读Text5【经典译文】奇怪的是他们或许已经从雄心壮志中受益匪浅如果不是他们自己的雄心，那么就是他们父辈或祖父辈的雄心。Argue（24次）【熟义熟性】v. 争论，辩论【真题例句】 The point is this: without agreement on the rights of people, arguing about the rights of animals is fruitless.1997年翻译【经典译文】关键问题是：如果对人的权利没有共同认识，那么讨论动物的权利就是毫无结果的。【僻义熟性】v. 认为，主张，论证；说服【真题例句】 He is not arguing,
11、 as many do, that we can no longer think straight because we do not talk proper.2005年阅读Text4【经典译文】不像其他大多数人，麦克沃特先生并不认为我们说话方式不规范就会造成我们的思维混乱。Climate（15次）【熟义熟性】n.气候; （气候）地带【真题例句】 The flight from overcrowdedness affects the migration from snow belt to more bearable climates.1998年阅读Text4【经典译文】逃离人口过度稠密区的做法
12、改变了以前那种离开寒冷地带去气候宜人之地的趋势。【僻义熟性】n. 风气，社会思潮【真 题例句】 When the work is well done, a climate of accident-free operations is established where time lost due to injuries is kept at a minimum.1999年完形【经典译文】如果此项工作做得好的话，就会形成无事故作业的好风气，因此那儿的因工伤事故所造成的时间损失就会被控制在最低限度。Academic（10次）【熟义熟性】a. 学院的，学业的【真 题例句】 If the preocc
13、upation of schools with academic work was lessened, more time might be spent teaching children surer values.1995年阅读text4【经典译文】如果学校对学业的强调减少一些，也许就有更多的时间教孩子更重要的价值观念。【僻义熟性】a. 学术的【真 题例句】 Mr. McWhorters academic specialty is language history and change, and he sees the gradual disappearance of “whom”, for
14、 example, to be natural and no more regrettable than the loss of the case-endings of Old English.2005年阅读4【经典译文】麦克沃特先生的学术专长在于语言史和语言变化，举例来说，他认为“whom”一词的逐渐消失是很自然的，并不比旧式英语中词格的消失更让人惋惜。【僻义僻性】 n. 学者，大学教师【真 题例句】 Leonard Schlesinger, a Harvard academic and former chief executive of Au Bong Pain, a rapidly gr
15、owing chain of bakery cafes, says that much “reengineering” has been crude.1998年阅读text2【经典译文】哈佛学者伦纳德施莱辛格是一家迅速扩张的美味面包店的前总裁，他说，许多“企业重组”都不成熟。【同源词】academy学院，学会National Academy of Science国家科学学院Fuel（10次）【熟义熟性】燃料，能源【真 题例句】Energy conservation, a shift to other fuels and decline in the importance of heavy, e
16、nergy-intensive industries have reduced oil consumption.2002年阅读text3【经典译文】节约能源，转用其它燃料，以及重工业和高能耗工业重要性的降低，这三个因素使得石油消耗在减少。【僻义僻性】提供燃料；火上浇油（联想意义）【真 题例句】On anther level, many in the medical community acknowledge that the assisted-suicide（医生协助自杀） debated has been fueled in part by the despair of parents fo
17、r whom the modern medicine has prolonged the physical agony of dying .2002年阅读text4【经典译文】在另一方，父母们认为现代医药延长了奄奄一息的病人的身体痛苦。医药界的人也承认这些父母的绝望这给医助自杀的讨论火上浇油。Address（10次）【熟义熟性】n.地址，通讯处，致词【僻义僻性之一】 v. 致函，写姓名地址；【真题例句】Prior to his departure, he addressed a letter to his daughter. 1986词汇第3题【经典译文】在离开之前，他给他女儿写了一封信。【僻
18、义僻性之二】v. 向讲话；【真题例句】Depending on whom you are addressing, the problems will be different.2002年阅读Text1【经典译文】 针对不同的听众，要谈的问题也应该不同。【僻义僻性之三】v. 处理，解决问题【真 题例句】 Boston Globe reporter Chris Reidy notes that the situation will improve only when there are comprehensive programs that address the many needs of th
19、e homeless.2006年完形【经典译文】波士顿环球日报记者克里斯雷迪认为只有通过全面规划来解决这些无家可归者的各种需求，这种局面才有可能得到改善。Odd/Odds（9次）【熟义熟性】a.奇怪的，奇特的 【近义词】strange【真 题例句】 Odd though it sounds, cosmic inflation is a scientifically plausible consequence of some respected ideas in elementary particle physics, and many astrophysicists have been con
20、vinced for the better part of a decade that it is true. 1998年翻译【经典译文】宇宙膨胀说虽然听似奇特，但在科学上是似乎可信的结论，因为它是基本粒子物理学中一些公认的理论推理而来的。许多天体物理学家近十年来一直确信这一论说是正确的。【僻义熟性之一】a.临时的，不固定的 【近义词】temporary【真 题例句】 Left, until now, to odd, low-level IT staff to put right, and seen as a concern only of data-rich industries such
21、as banking, telecoms and air travel, information protection is now high on the bosss agenda in businesses of every variety. 2007年阅读Text4【经典译文】信息保护过去一直是临时的、低级的信息技术员的工作，并且只被诸如银行、电信、航空这类拥有大量数据的行业所关注，而现在却高高列在各行业老板的日程表上。【僻义熟性之二】a.奇数的，不成对的 【反义词】even 【例】an odd shoe.一只不成对的鞋【僻义僻性】odds. n.可能性，概率【真 题例句】 Even d
22、emographics are working against the middle class family, as the odds of having a weak elderly parent and all the attendant need for physical and financial assistance have jumped eightfold in just one generation. 2007年阅读Text3Account （34次）【熟义熟性】n.帐户, 计算Credit card account信用卡帐户【僻义僻性】vt.做帐，财务，会计【僻义熟性】n.
23、 价值，地位，重要性【经典例句】Is it true that the American intellectual is rejected and considered of no account in his society? 2006年翻译【经典译文】在美国社会，美国的知识分子被排斥，被认为没有地位，这是真的吗？常考短语Take something into account = take account of 把考虑在内【经 典例句】Dr. Myers and Dr. Worm argue that their work gives a correct baseline, which fu
24、ture management efforts must take into account.2006年阅读Text3【经典译文】Myers博士和Worm博士认为他们的工作提供了一个准确的捕捞数量基线，它是未来渔业管理层必须要考虑的事情。Account for1）解释，说明【经典例句】What might account for this strange phenomenon? 2007年阅读Text1【经典译文】对这一奇怪现象该做何解释呢？2007年阅读Text12）占比例【经 典例句】As recently as 1995, the top four railroads accounted
25、 for under 70 percent of the total ton-miles moved by rails. 2003年阅读Text3【经典译文】就在1995年，四家主要铁路公司占有整个铁路运营量的70%不到。Business（68次）【熟义熟性】n.商业，交易，生意【僻义熟性之一】n.企业【真 题例句】30.The future of this company is _: many of its talented employees are flowing into more profitable net-based businesses.2001年词汇A at odds B i
26、n trouble C in vain D at stake【经典译文】这家公司的未来生死未卜：它的许多优秀人才正流失到更易赚钱的网络企业重。D at stake=at risk处在危险之中【僻义熟性之二】n.行业【真 题例句】 With $3.5 billion being lost on Internet wagers this year, gambling has passed pornography as the Webs most profitable business. 2006年阅读新题型【经典译文】今年由于有35亿美元输在网络赌博重，赌博超过色情成为网上最有利可图的行业。Fir
27、m（22次）【熟义熟性】a.坚固的，稳固的【真 题例句】 It serves directly to assist a rapid distribution of goods at reasonable price, thereby establishing a firm home market and so making it possible to provide for export at competitive prices. 1955年阅读Text1【经典译文】广告直接有助于商品以合理的价格销售，由此建立稳固的国内市场，并使商品能以富有竞争力的价格出口。【僻义僻性】n. 公司，商号【
28、真 题例句】Until California recently passed a law, American firms did not have to tell anyone, even the victim, when data went astray. 2007年阅读Text4【经典译文】最近加州通过一项法律，在这之前美国公司在数据丢失时不需要通知任何人，甚至是受害者本人。【派生词】firmly （2次） 坚定地，坚决地Approach（16次）【熟义熟性】vt.接近Approaching death接近死亡2002年阅读Text4【僻义熟性】vt.着手处理，开始考虑（在本题中的联想意义
29、为：研究）【真 题例句】I have excluded him because, while his accomplishments may contribute to the solution of moral problems, he has not been charged with the task of approaching any but the factual aspects of those problems.2006年翻译48题charge with在这里表示使承担.任务；而并非指控某人【经典译文】我之所以把他（普通科学家）排除在外，是因为尽管他的成果可能会有助于解决道德问题，但他承担的任务只不过是研究这些问题的事实方面。【僻义僻性】n.（科学的）方法，途经【真 题例句】For retailers, who last year took in 24 percent of their revenue between Thanksgiving and Christmas, the cautious
