2015考研英语一阅读理解逐句翻译

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1、King Juan Carlos of Spain once insisted ?kings don`t abdicate, they die in their sleep.? But embarrassing scandals and the popularity of the republican left in the recent Euro-elections have forced him to eat his words and stand down. 西班牙国王胡安?卡洛斯曾说?国王不会退位，他们逝世于睡眠中?。但是最近几次欧洲大选中，丑闻盛行、共和党人大受欢迎迫使胡安?卡洛斯收回之前的言论，并被迫退位。

1.1 abdicate英/'?bd?ke?t/ 美/'?bd?ket/vt. 退位；放弃vi. 退位；放弃

1.2 scandal英/'sk?nd(?)l/ 美/'sk?ndl/n. 丑闻；流言蜚语；诽谤；公愤

2、So, does the Spanish crisis suggest that monarchy is seeing its last days? Does that mean the writing is on the wall for all European royals, with their magnificent uniforms and majestic lifestyle? 如此说来，西班牙的危机是否表明君主制已到穷途末路？是否意味着欧洲皇室以及他们锦衣玉食的生活走向末路已无可更改？

2.1 monarchy英 /'m?n?k?/ 美/'mɑn?ki/n. 君主政体；君主国；君主政治

2.2 the writing is on the wall某事将失败的不祥预兆

2.3 royal英/'r???l/ 美/'r???l/n. 王室；王室成员adj. 皇家的；盛大的；女王的；高贵的；第一流的

2.4 magnificent英/m?g'n?f?s(?)nt/ 美/m?g'n?f?snt/adj. 高尚的；壮丽的；华丽的；宏伟的

2.5 majestic英 /m?'d?est?k/ 美/m?'d??st?k/adj. 庄严的；宏伟的

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1、The Spanish case provides arguments both for and against monarchy. 西班牙的事例既提供了支持君主制的论据，也提供了反对君主制的论据。

2、When public opinion is particularly polarised, as it was following the end of the Franco regime, monarchs can rise above ?mere? politics and ?embody? a spirit of national unity.这时公众意见呈现出两极分化，弗

2.1 particularly英/p?'t?kj?l?l?/ 美/p?'t?kj?l?l?/adv. 特别地，独特地；详细地，具体地；明确地，细致地

2.2 polarise 英/’p??l?ra?z/ 美/’p?ul?raiz/vt. 极化（等于polarize）polarize英/'p?ul?raiz/ 美/'pol?'ra?z/vt. （使）极化；（使）偏振；（使）两极分化vi. 极化；偏振；两极分化

2.3 regime英 /re?'?i?m/ 美/re'?im/n. 政权，政体；社会制度；管理体制

2.4 monarch英 /'m?n?k/ 美/'mɑn?k/n. 君主，帝王；最高统治者

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1、It is this apparent transcendence of politics that explains monarchs` continuing popularity polarized. 正是这次明显的超越对君主作为国家元首继续流行做出了解释。

1.1 transcendence英/tr?n'send?ns/ 美/tr?n'send?ns/n. 超越；卓越；超然存在

2、And also, the Middle East excepted, Europe is the most monarch-infested region in the world, with 10 kingdoms (not counting Vatican City and Andorra). 正因如此，除中东外，欧洲是世界上君主制最盛行的地区，有10位国王（梵蒂冈和安道尔不算在内）。

2.1 infested adj. 为患的，大批滋生的（常与with搭配）v. 害虫、野兽大批出没于( infest的过去式和过去分词)；遍布于

3、But unlike their absolutist counterparts in the Gulf and Asia, most royal families have survived because they allow voters to avoid the difficult search for a non-controversial but respected public figure. 但是，与海湾地区和亚洲的专制国家不同，欧洲皇室能够留存下来，是因为他们让选民免于苦心孤诣地寻找一个没有争议且受尊崇的公众人物。

3.1 absolutist英/'?bs?lu:tist/ 美/'?bs?lu:tist/n. 绝对论者；专制主义者

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1、Even so, kings and queens undoubtedly have a downside. 即使如此，毋庸臵疑君主还是在衰落。

1.1 ownside英 /'da?nsa?d/ 美/'da?nsa?d/n. 负面，缺点；下降趋势；底侧adj. 底侧的

2、Symbolic of national unity as they claim to be, their very history—and sometimes the way they behave today – embodies outdated and indefensible privileges and inequalities. 即使他们声称自己是国家统一的象征，但他们的历史和今日的行为方式都代表着他们享有的特权和他们身上体现出的不公平已经过时，且站不住脚。

3、At a time when Thomas Piketty and other economists are warning of rising inequality and the increasing power of inherited wealth, it is bizarre that wealthy aristocratic families should still be the symbolic heart of modern democratic states. Thomas Piketty和另外几位经济学家曾指出，皇室享有的特殊待遇和财富继承

3.1 inequality英 /?n?'kw?l?t?/ 美/,?n?'kwɑl?ti/n. 不平等；不同；不平均

3.2 inherited英/?n'her?t?d/ 美/?n'h?r?tid/v. 继承；经遗传而得（inherit的过去分词）adj. 遗传的；继承权的；通过继承得到的

3.3 bizarre英 /b?'zɑ?/ 美/b?'zɑr/adj. 奇异的（指态度，容貌，款式等）

3.4 aristocratic英/,?r?st?'kr?t?k/ 美/?,r?st?'kr?t?k/adj. 贵族的；贵族政治的；有贵族气派的Paragraph 5

1、The most successful monarchies strive to abandon or hide their old aristocratic ways. Prince s and princess es have day-jobs and ride bicycles, not horses (or helicopters). 最成功的君主都努力放弃或掩饰其老旧而奢华的生活方式。王子公主白天上班，他们骑自行车出行，而不是骑马（或乘直升机）。

1.1 strive英/stra?v/ 美/stra?v/vi. 努力；奋斗；抗争

1.2 aristocratic英/,?r?st?'kr?t?k/ 美/?,r?st?'kr?t?k/adj. 贵族的；贵族政治的；有贵族气派的

1.3 prince英/pr?ns/ 美/pr?ns/n. 王子，国君；亲王；贵族

1.4 princess英 /pr?n'ses/ 美/pr?n?s?s/n. 公主；王妃；女巨头

2、Even so, these are wealthy families who party with the international 1%, and media intrusiveness makes it increasingly difficult to maintain the right image.即便如此，他们还是世界上只占1%的富裕家族，媒体介入也

2.1 international英/?nt?'n??(?)n(?)l/ 美/,?nt?'n??n?l/n. 国际组织；国际体育比赛；外国居留者；国际股票adj. 国际的；两国（或以上）国家的；超越国界的；国际关系的；世界的

2.2 intrusiveness n. 干涉性；侵扰性；侵入性干涉

2.3 intrusive英 /?n'tru?s?v/ 美/?n'trus?v/adj. 侵入的；打扰的

2.4 intrude英 /?n'tru?d/ 美/?n'tr?d/vi. 闯入；侵入；侵扰vt. 把…强加；把…硬挤

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1、While Europe`s monarchies will no doubt be smart enough to survive for some time to come, it is the British royals who have most to fear from the Spanish example. 尽管欧洲君主们够识时务可以再留存一段时间，但英

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1、It is only the Queen who has preserved the monarchy`s reputation with her rather ordinary (if well-heeled) granny style. 只有女王还保留着君主的名分，过着普通而守旧的生活。

1.1 granny英/'gr?n?/ 美/'ɡr?ni/n. 奶奶；外婆；婆婆妈妈的人

1.2 well-heeled英 /'wel'hi:ld/ 美/'wel'hi:ld/adj. 富有的；穿着考究的

2、The danger will come with Charles, who has both an expensive taste of lifestyle and a pretty hierarchical view of the world. Charles奢侈的生活品味和他所奉行的等级森严的世界观将让他陷入危险的境地。

2.1 hierarchical英 /ha??'rɑ?k?k(?)l/ 美/,ha??'rɑrk?kl/adj. 分层的；等级体系的

3、He has failed to understand that monarchies have largely survived because they provide a service –as non-controversial and non-political heads of state. 他不明白君主之所以保存下来是因为他们是没有争议的非政治性的国家元首。

4、Charles ought to know that as English history shows, it is kings, not republicans, who are the monarchy`s worst enemies.Charles应该知道，英国历史也证明了这一点，君主制最大的敌人是国王自己，而非共和党人。

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1、Just how much does the Constitution protect your digital data? 宪法能在多大程度保护个人的电子数据？

1.1 constitution英 /k?nst?'tju??(?)n/ 美/'kɑnst?'t???n/n. 宪法；体质；章程；构造

1.2 digital英/'d?d??t(?)l/ 美/'d?d??tl/n. 数字；键adj. 数字的；手指的

2、The Supreme Court will now consider whether police can search the contents of a mobile phone without a warrant if the phone is on or around a person during an arrest.最高法院正在考虑在实施逮捕时在手机就在旁

2.1 arrest英 /?'rest/ 美/?'r?st/n. 逮捕；监禁vt. 逮捕；阻止；吸引

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1、California has asked the justices to refrain from a sweeping ruling particularly one that upsets the old assumption that authorities may search through the possession s of suspects at the time of their arrest. 加利福尼亚州要求法官克制笼统的裁决，尤其是会推翻由来已久的一项假设的裁决，该假设是：当局在实施逮捕时可以搜查嫌疑犯的财物。

1.1 refrain英 /r?'fre?n/ 美/r?'fren/n. 叠句，副歌；重复vi. 节制，克制；避免；制止

1.2 sweeping英 /'swi?p??/ 美/'swip??/n. 扫除；垃圾adj. 彻底的；广泛的；扫荡的

1.3 ruling英/'ru?l??/ 美/'rul??/n. 统治，支配；裁定adj. 统治的；主要的；流行的，普遍的

1.4 possession英 /p?'ze?(?)n/ 美/p?'z???n/n. 拥有；财产；领地；自制；着迷

2、It is hard, the state argues, for judges to assess the implications of new and rapidly changing technologies.

2.1 assess英 /?'ses/ 美/?'s?s/vt. 评定；估价；对…征税

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1、The court would be recklessly modest if it followed California`s advice. 法院若采纳了加州的建议就谦逊过头了。 1.1 recklessly英 /'reklisli/ 美/'r?kl?sli/adv. 鲁莽地；不顾一切地

2、Enough of the implication s are discernable, even obvious, so that the justices can and should provide updated guidelines to police, lawyers and defendants.可能带来的影响都在预料之中甚至显而易见，法官可以也应该为

2.1 discernable英 /d?'s??n?bl/ 美/d?'z?n?bl/adj. 可辨别的；可认识的

2.2 defendant英 /d?'fend(?)nt/ 美/d?'f?nd?nt/n. 被告adj. 辩护的；为自己辩护的

2.3 indicter英 /in'dait?/ 美/in'dait?/n. 原告；起诉者

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1、They should start by discarding California`s lame argument that exploring the contents of a smart phone — a vast storehouse of digital information — is similar to, say, rifling through a suspect`s purse. 他们首先应该摒弃加州那蹩脚的说辞：查看智能手机（手机是一个巨大的电子信息数据库）的内容就像搜查疑犯的钱包。

1.1 discard 英/d?'skɑ?d/ 美/d?s?kɑ?rd/n. 抛弃；被丢弃的东西或人vt. 抛弃；放弃；丢弃vi. 放弃

1.2 lame英/le?m/ 美/lem/adj. 跛足的；僵痛的；不完全的；无说服力的；差劲的，蹩脚的vt. 使跛；使成残废vi. 变跛

1.3 rifle 英/'ra?f(?)l/ 美/'ra?fl/n. 步枪；来复枪vt. 用步枪射击；抢夺；偷走

2、The court has ruled that police don`t violate the Fourth Amendment when they sift through the wallet or pocketbook of an arrestee without a warrant. But exploring one`s smart phone is more like entering his or her home. 法院已经做出裁决，警察在无搜查令的情况下搜查被捕者的钱包或皮夹不违反宪法第四修正案。但是搜查人的手机更像是闯进一个人的家里。

2.1 violate英 /'va??le?t/ 美/'va??let/vt. 违反；侵犯，妨碍；亵渎

2.2 amendment英 /?'men(d)m(?)nt/ 美/?'m?ndm?nt/n. 修正案；改善；改正

2.3 sift英/s?ft/ 美/s?ft/vt. 筛选；撒；过滤；详查vi. 筛；详查；撒下；细究

2.4 warrant英 /'w?r(?)nt/ 美/'w?r?nt/n. 根据；证明；委任状vt. 保证；担保；批准；辩解

3、A smart phone may contain an arrestee`s reading history, financial history, medical history and

comprehensive records of recent correspondence. The development of ?cloud computing,? meanwhile, has made that exploration so much the easier. 一部智能手机里可能有被捕者的阅读历史、财政状况、医疗信息以及详细的最近通信记录。另一方面，云计算的发展使得搜查轻而易举。

3.1 comprehensive英/k?mpr?'hens?v/ 美/?kɑ?mpr??hens?v/n. 综合学校；专业综合测验adj. 综合的；广泛的；有理解力的

3.2 correspondence英 /k?r?'sp?nd(?)ns/ 美/,k?r?'spɑnd?ns/n. 通信；一致；相当

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1、Americans should take steps to protect their digital privacy. But keeping sensitive information on these devices is increasingly a requirement of normal life. 美国人应该应该采取措施保护自己的数据隐私。但是在这些电子设备上保存敏感信息日益成为日常生活的需要。

2、Citizens still have a right to expect private documents to remain private and protected by the Constitution`s prohibition on unreasonable searches.

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1、As so often is the case, stating that principle doesn`t ease the challenge of line-drawing. In many cases, it would not be overly onerous for authorities to obtain a warrant to search through phone contents. 即便如此规定，但也很难帮助我们做到泾渭分明，这种事情也是时有发生。在很多情况下，当局很容易获得搜查手机内容的搜查令。

1.1 state 英/ste?t/ 美/stet/n. 国家；州；情形adj. 国家的；州的；正式的vt. 规定；声明；陈述

1.2 principle英 /'pr?ns?p(?)l/ 美/'pr?ns?pl/n. 原理，原则；主义，道义；本质，本义；根源，源泉

1.3 overly英/'??v?l?/ 美/'ov?li/adv. 过度地；极度地

1.4 onerous英 /'??n(?)r?s; '?n-/ 美/'ɑn?r?s/adj. 繁重的；麻烦的；负有义务的；负有法律责任的

2、They could still invalidate Fourth Amendment protections when facing severe, urgent circumstances, and they could take reasonable measures to ensure that phone data are not erased or altered while a warrant is pending. 当面临紧急情况时，宪法第四修正案仍然会失去效力，在等待搜查令期间执法人员可以采取合理措施保证手机内容不被删除或修改。

2.1 erase英 /?'re?z/ 美/?'res/vt. 抹去；擦除vi. 被擦去，被抹掉

2.2 pend 英/pend/ 美/pend/vt. 推迟对…的决定；使悬而不决vi. 悬而未决

3、The court, though, may want to allow room for police to cite situations where they are entitled to more freedom.尽管法院想赋予警察更大的空间以利于他们便宜行事。

3.1 cite英/sa?t/ 美/sa?t/vt. 引用；传讯；想起

3.3 entitled英/in'taitld/ 美/?n'ta?tl/v. 给…权利；给…定书名；授…以荣誉（entitle的过去分词）adj. 有资格的；给与名称的

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1、But the justices should not swallow California`s argument whole. New, disruptive technology sometimes demands novel applications of the Constitution`s protections. 但是法官不应该对加利福尼亚的观点偏听偏信。新的突破性技术有时要求宪法保护的创新运用。

1.1 swallow英/'sw?l??/ 美/'swɑlo/n. 燕子；一次吞咽的量vt. 忍受；吞没vi. 吞下；咽下

1.2 disruptive英 /d?s'r?pt?v/ 美/d?s'r?pt?v/adj. 破坏的；分裂性的；制造混乱的

1.3 novel英/'n?v(?)l/ 美/?nɑ?vl/n. 小说adj. 新奇的；异常的

2、Orin Kerr, a law professor, compares the explosion and accessibility of digital information in the 21st century with the establishment of automobile use as a virtual necessity of life in the 20th: The justices had to specify novel rules for the new personal domain of the passenger car then; they must sort out how the Fourth Amendment applies to digital information now. 法律教授Orin Kerr将21世纪的数码信息爆炸和易得性与20世纪作为生活必需品的移动应用的建立做了对比：法官为车厢的个人空间制定明确的新条例；法官必须弄

2.1 virtual英/?v?:t?u?l/ 美/?v?t???l/adj. [计] 虚拟的；实质上的，事实上的（但未在名义上或正式获承认）sort out挑选出；分类

2.2 domain英 /d?(?)'me?n/ 美/do'men/n. 领域；域名；产业；地产

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1、The journal Science is adding an extra round of statistical checks to its peer-review process, editor-in-chief Marcia McNutt announced today. 《科学》杂志的总编今天宣布《科学》杂志在同行评阅之外又增加了一轮数据检查。 1.1 round英 /ra?nd/ 美/ra?nd/n. 圆；循环；一回合；圆形物

1.2 peer-reviewn. 各领域专家互相评阅；同行评审；同业监督小组；同业互查组织

1.3 editor-in-chief英 /'?dit? in 't?i:f/ 美/'?dit?in 't?i:f/n. 总编辑；总主笔

2、The policy follows similar efforts from other journals, after widespread concern that basic mistakes in data analysis are contributing to the irreproducibility of many published research findings.数据分析中出现的基本错误致使许多出版的研究发现不可再生得到广泛关注后, 《科学》也随即效仿了其他杂志的做法

2.1 policy英/'p?l?s?/ 美/'pɑl?si/n. 政策，方针；保险单

2.2 irreproducibility英 /i'ripr?,dju:s?'bil?ti/ 美/i'ripr?,dju:s?'bil?ti/n. [经] 非再生性

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1、?Readers must have confidence in the conclusions published in our journal,? writes McNutt in an editorial. Working with the American Statistical Association, the journal has appointed seven experts to a statistics board of reviewing editors (SBoRE). ?读者必须对我们杂志出版的研究结论抱有信心，?McNutt在一篇社论中写道。杂志与美国统计协会合作，任命七位专家成立了一个数据校对编辑委员会。

1.1 appoint 英/?'p??nt/ 美/?'p??nt/vt. 任命；指定；约定vi. 任命；委派

1.2 board英/b??d/ 美/b?rd/n. 董事会；木板；甲板；膳食vt. 上（飞机、车、船等）；用板盖上；给提供膳宿vi. 寄宿

2、Manuscript will be flagged up for additional scrutiny by the journal`s internal editors, or by its existing Board of Reviewing Editors or by outside peer reviewers. 手稿先由杂志内部的编辑或已经成立的数据校对编辑委员会或杂志社外的同行校对员标注以供进一步审查。

2.1 manuscript英/'m?nj?skr?pt/ 美/'m?njuskr?pt/n. [图情] 手稿；原稿adj. 手写的

2.2 flag英/fl?g/ 美/fl?g/n.标志；旗子vt. 标记；插旗vi. 标记；衰退；枯萎

2.3 scrutiny英 /'skru?t?n?/ 美/'skrut?ni/n. 详细审查；监视；细看；选票复查

2.4 additional英 /?'d??(?)n(?)l/ 美/?'d???nl/adj. 附加的，额外的

3、The SBoRE panel will then find external statisticians to review these manuscripts.数据校对编辑委员会将找

3.1 panel英/'p?n(?)l/ 美/'p?nl/n. 仪表板；嵌板；座谈小组，全体陪审员vt. 嵌镶板

3.2 external英/?k'st??n(?)l; ek-/ 美/?k'st?nl/n. 外部；外观；外面adj. 外部的；表面的；[药] 外用的；外国的；外面的

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1、Asked whether any particular papers had impelled the change, McNutt said: ?The creation of the `statistics board` was motivated by concerns broadly with the application of statistics and data analysis in scientific research and is part of Science`s overall drive to increase reproducibility in the research we publish.?在被问及是否某一篇特殊的论文促成了这一改变时，McNutt说：?对科研领域的统计学应用和数据分析的广泛关注推动了‘数据校对编辑委员会的设立’，而且数据校对编辑委员会的设立也是全面提高所出版的论文可再

1.1 impel英/?m'pel/ 美/?m'p?l/vt. 推动；驱使；激励

1.2 creation英 /kri?'e ??(?)n/ 美/kr?'e??n/n. 创造，创作；创作物，产物

1.3 motivate英/'m??t?ve?t/ 美/'mot?'vet/vt. 刺激；使有动机；激发…的积极性

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1、Giovanni Parmigiani, a biostatistician at the Harvard School of Public Health, a member of the SBoRE group. He says he expects the board to ?play primarily an advisory role.? Giovanni Parmigiani，公共卫生哈佛研究院的生物统计学家，也是数据校对编辑委员会的成员，指出他希望委员会?能起到最基本的咨询作用?。

1.1 biostatistician英 /'bai?u,st?tis'ti??n/ 美/'bai?u,st?tis'ti??n/n. 生物统计学家

2、He agreed to join because he ?found the foresight behind the establishment of the SBoRE to be novel, unique and likely to have a lasting impact. Giovanni Parmigiani同意加入是因为他看到了委员会成立背后的前瞻性：将杂志变得与众不同、将带来持久的影响。

3、This impact will not only be through the publications in Science itself, but hopefully through a larger group of publishing places that may want to model their approach after Science.?影响到的不仅是《科学》杂志自己，

1、John Ioannidis, a physician who studies research methodology, says that the policy is ?a most welcome step forward? and ?long overdue.? ?Most journals are weak in statistical review, and this damages the quality of what they publish. John Ioannidis，一位主攻研究方法论的物理学家，说这一政策是?最受欢迎的进步?，?早该出台?。大多数杂志在数据审查上都很薄弱，这损害了出版物的质量。

1.1 overdue英 /??v?'dju?/ 美/ov?'du/ adj. 过期的；迟到的；未兑的

2、I think that, for the majority of scientific papers nowadays, statistical review is more essential than expert review,? he says. 我认为，对今天的大多数杂志来说，数据审查比专家审查更重要。

2.1 essential英/?'sen?(?)l/ 美/?'s?n?l/n. 本质；要素；要点；必需品adj. 基本的；必要的；本质的；精华的

3、But he noted that biomedical journals such as Annals of Internal Medicine, the Journal of the American Medical Association and The Lancet pay strong attention to statistical review. John Ioannidis曾指出，生物医学杂志，像《内科学年鉴》、《美国医学会杂志》和《柳叶刀》，都对数据审查给予了高度关注。

3.1 annal英/'?n(?)l/ 美/'?n?l/n. 记录；编年史

3.2 lancet英 /'lɑ?ns?t/ 美/'l?ns?t/n. [外科] 小刀，柳叶刀；尖顶窗；小枪

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1、Professional scientists are expected to know how to analyze data, but statistical errors are alarmingly common in published research, according to David Vaux, a cell biologist. 细胞生物学家David Vaux说，人们认为专家知道如何分析数据，但是数据错误在已出版研究中比比皆是。

1.1 alarmingly英/?'la:mi?li/ 美/?'la:mi?li/adv. 惊人地；让人担忧地

1.2 common英 /'k?m?n/ 美/'kɑm?n/n. 普通；平民；公有地adj. 共同的；普通的；一般的；通常的

2、Researchers should improve their standards, he wrote in 2012, but journals should also take a tougher line, ?engaging reviewers who are statistically literate and editors who can verify the process?. 他在2012年的一篇文章中写到，研究者应该提高专业水准，但杂志也应该采取严格的标准，?相关校对人员要学过统计学、编辑也要能作数据核实?。

2.1 engage英/?n'ge?d?; en-/ 美/?n'ɡed?/vi. 从事；参与；答应，保证；交战；啮合vt. 吸引，占用；使参加；雇佣；使订婚；预定

2.2 literate英/'l?t(?)r?t/ 美/'l?t?r?t/n. 学者adj. 受过教育的；精通文学的

2.3 verify英 /'ver?fa?/ 美/'v?r?fa?/vt. 核实；查证

3、Vaux says that Science`s idea to pass some papers to statisticians ?has some merit, but a weakness is that it relies on the board of reviewing editors to identify `the papers that need scrutiny in t he first place?.David Vaux指出，《科学》将论文交付统计学家审查的想法有其可取之处，但是弊端是它依靠委员会的审查编辑先找出需要检查的稿件。

3.1 merit英/'mer?t/ 美/'m?r?t/n. 优点，价值；功绩；功过vt. 值得vi. 应受报答

3.2 weakness英 /?wi?kn?s/ 美/'wikn?s/n. 弱点；软弱；嗜好

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1、Two years ago, Rupert Murdoch`s daughter ,Elisabeth ,spoke of the ?unsettling dearth of integrity across so many of our institution s? Integrity had collapsed, she argued, because of a collective acceptance that the only ?sorting mechanism ?in society shoul d be profit and the market . 两年前，Rupert Murdoch之女Elisabeth曾说?很多机构有令人不安的正直缺失?。她认为由于大众一致认为唯一的分类机制是利益和市场，所以正直早已崩溃。

1.1 dearth英 /d??θ/ 美/d?:θ/n. 缺乏；饥馑；粮食不足

1.2 integrity英/?n'tegr?t?/ 美/?n't?ɡr?ti/n. 完整；正直；诚实；廉正

1.3 institution英/?nst?'tju??(?)n/ 美/,?nst?'tu??n/n. 制度；建立；（社会或宗教等）公共机构；习俗

1.4 collapse英/k?'l?ps/ 美/k?'l?ps/n. 倒塌；失败；衰竭vt. 使倒塌，使崩溃；使萎陷；折叠vi. 倒塌；瓦解；暴跌

1.5 acceptance英 /?k'sept(?)ns/ 美/?k's?pt?ns/n. 接纳；赞同；容忍

1.6 collective英/k?'lekt?v/ 美/k?'l?kt?v/n. 集团；集合体；集合名词adj. 集体的；共同的；集合的；集体主义的

2、But ?it`s us ,human beings ,we the people who create the society we want ,not profit ?.但是?正是我们人类

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1、Driving her point home, she continued: ?It`s increasingly apparent that the absence of purpose, of a moral language within government, media or business could become one of the most dangerous goals for capitalism and freedom.? 为了论证其观点，她还说：?日益明显的一件事是，政府、媒体和企业内部使命感和道德诉求的缺失对于资本主义和自由来说或许已成为最危险的目标。?

1.1 purpose英 /'p??p?s/ 美/'p?p?s/n. 目的；用途；意志vt. 决心；企图；打算

1.2 foal英 /f??l/ 美/fol/n. 驹（尤指一岁以下的马、驴、骡）vt. （马等）生仔vi. （马等）生仔

2、This same absence of moral purpose was wounding companies such as News International , she thought ,making it more likely that it would lose its way as it had with widespread illegal telephone hacking .她认为，道德使命感的缺失也在伤害新闻国际集团这样的公司，新闻国际集团更可能在遭遇大规模的非法电

1、As the hacking trial concludes –finding guilty ones-editor of the News of the World, Andy Coulson, for conspiring to hack phones ,and finding his predecessor, Rebekah Brooks, innocent of the same charge –the winder issue of dearth of integrity still stand, Journalists are known to have hacked the phones of up to 5,500 people . 窃听审判案结束了——发现《世界新闻报》的前任编辑Andy Coulson犯有合谋窃听电话罪，Andy Coulson的上一任编辑则是清白的——更为广泛的正直缺失问题却仍然存在。已有5500多人的手机遭记者窃听。

1.1 trial英/'tra??l/ 美/'tra??l/n. 试验；审讯；努力；磨炼adj. 试验的；审讯的

1.2 guilty英/'g?lt?/ 美/'ɡ?lti/adj. 有罪的；内疚的

1.3 conspire英 /k?n'spa??/ 美/k?n'spa??/vi. 共谋；协力vt. [法] 密谋策划

1.4 hack英/h?k/ 美/h?k/vt. 砍，猛踢vi. 砍，非法侵入（他人计算机系统）n. 雇佣文人；杂务人员；砍

1.5 predecessor英 /'pri?d?ses?/ 美/'pr?d?s?s?/n. 前任，前辈

1.6 innocent英 /'?n?s(?)nt/ 美/'?n?snt/n. 天真的人；笨蛋adj. 无辜的；无罪的；无知的

2、This is hacking on an industrial scale ,as was acknowledged by Glenn Mulcaire, the man hired by the News of the World in 2001 to be the point person for phone hacking. Others await trial. This long story still unfolds.据悉，Glenn Mulcaire是2001年《世界新闻报》雇佣的员工，是手机窃听的焦点人物。他指出，窃听已经成为一

2.1 unfold英 /?n'f??ld/ 美/?n'fold/vi. 展开；显露vt. 打开；呈现

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1、In many respects, the dearth of moral purpose frames not only the fact of such widespread phone hacking but the terms on which the trial took place . 很多方面，道德使命感的缺失导致了这样大规模的手机入侵，而且还导致了对审判的讨论。

1.1 frame英/fre?m/ 美/frem/n. 框架；结构；[电影] 画面adj. 有木架的；有构架的vt. 设计；建造；陷害；使…适合vi. 有成功希望

2、One of the astonishing revelation s was how little Rebekah Brooks knew of what went on in her newsroom, wow little she thought to ask and the fact that she never inquired wow the stories arrived. 令人震惊的是Rebekah Brooks对发生在她新闻工作室里的事几乎一无所知，她以为几乎不用过问，她也从未询问过新闻来源。

2.1 astonishing英/?'st?n????/ 美/?'stɑn????/adj. 惊人的；令人惊讶的v. 使…惊讶；使…诧异（astonish的ing形式）

2.2 revelation英 /rev?'le??(?)n/ 美/'r?v?'le??n/n. 启示；揭露；出乎意料的事；被揭露的真相

3、The core of her successful defence was that she knew nothing.

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1、In today`s world, it has become normal that well—paid executives should not be accountable for what happens in the organizations that they run perhaps we should not be so surprised. 当今社会，高薪总监不该对发生在他经营的公司的事情负责已是正常现象。或许我们不该太惊讶。

2、For a generation, the collective doctrine has been that the sorting mechanism of society should be profit. The words that have mattered are efficiency, flexibility, shareholder value, business–friendly, wealth generation, sales, impact and, newspapers circulation. 这一代人普遍接受的信条是社会的分类机制应该是利益。效率、灵活性、股东价值、友好交易、富二代、销售量、影响和报纸发行量这些东西才是有价值的。

2.1 doctrine英 /'d?ktr?n/ 美/'dɑktr?n/n. 主义；学说；教义；信条

3、Words degraded to the margin have been justice fairness, tolerance, proportionality and accountability.

3.1 degrade英/d?'gre?d/ 美/d?'ɡred/vt. 贬低；使……丢脸；使……降级；使……降解vi. 降级，降低；退化

3.2 margin英 /'mɑ?d??n/ 美/'mɑrd??n/n. 边缘；利润，余裕；页边的空白vt. 加边于；加旁注于

3.3 proportionality英 /pr?u-,p?:??'n?l?ti/ 美/pr?,p?r??'n?l?ti/n. 相称；均衡；比例性

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1、The purpose of editing the News of the World was not to promote reader understanding to be fair in what was written or to betray any common humanity. It was to ruin lives in the quest for circulation and impact. 编写《世界新闻报》的目的不是促进读者理解、不是在采写的新闻里体现公平、也不是揭示人性。而是摧毁对发行量和影响力的追求。

2、Ms Brooks may or may not have had suspicions about how her journalists got their stories, but she asked no questions, gave no instructions—nor received traceable, recorded answers. Brooks女士对记者获得新闻的手段可能有也可能没有怀疑，但是她从未过问、没有给出过指示——也没有收到有迹可循的回答。