2010考研英語：歷年真題來源報刊閱讀100篇(20)

　　[真題例句] A survey of news stories in 1996 reveals that the anti�瞫cience tag has been attached (①) to many other groups as well, from authorities who advocated the elimination of the last remaining stocks of smallpox virus to Republicans who advocated decreased funding for basic research.[1998年閱讀3]

　　[例句精譯] 1996年對新聞報道的調(diào)查表明，反科學的標簽也貼在了許多其他群體上，這些人包括從提倡消滅所有現(xiàn)存的天花病毒的官方人士到倡議削減基礎研究基金的共和黨人。

　　[真題例句] They (particularly Quebec and Alberta) just want Ottawa to fork over additional billions with few, if any, strings attached (①).[2005年新題型]

　　[例句精譯] 這些官員(尤其是魁北克省和阿伯塔省官員)只希望政府當局額外出錢， 如有可能，還會附帶條件。

　　[真題例句] The modern school that hails technology argues that such masters as Galileo, Newton, Maxwell, Einstein, and inventors such as Edison attached (①) great importance to, and derived great benefit from, craft information and technological devices of different kinds that were usable in scientific experiments.[1994年翻譯]

　　[例句精譯] 推崇技術的現(xiàn)代學派認為，像伽利略、牛頓、麥克斯韋、愛因斯坦這樣的大師以及像愛迪生這樣的發(fā)明家都非常重視科學實驗中使用的不同技術信息和技術設施，并從中受益頗深。

　　foresee[fɔ:ˈsi:]

　　v.預見，預知

　　[真題例句] (72) This trend began during the Second World War, when several governments came to the conclusion that the specific demands that a government wants to make of its scientific establishment cannot generally be foreseen in detail.[1996年翻譯]

　　[例句精譯] (72)這種趨勢始于第二次世界大戰(zhàn)期間，當時一些國家的政府得出結論：政府要向科研機構提出的具體要求通常是無法詳盡預見的。

　　crispy['krispi]

　　a. 易碎的, 爽快的

　　背景常識介紹：

　　斯坦福大學科學家計劃制造一種能夠做日常服務的機器人，比如它可以從洗碗機中卸下碗碟�？茖W家計劃為這種機器人安裝“智能”軟件，通過這套軟件，機器人能夠拾起它們以前從來沒有看到過的東西。羅西是卡通電影《杰森一族》中的機器人女仆，而在科學家距離創(chuàng)造出現(xiàn)實生活中的羅西又更近了一步。