1.You could almost say this venerable institution with its great credibility and history has been infiltrated slowly by the type og people it was not intended to deal with.
甚至可以这么说，这个极受信赖、拥有光荣历史而备受尊崇的机构，已遭到它所不愿与之打交道之流人物的慢慢渗入。
【注】infiltrate(v.)使渗入，渗透 venerable (a.)受人尊敬的
2.It's a signal as well that the U.S. economy may be starting to slacken after one of its most vigorous years in a decade.
这也显示,美国经济在历经10年来相当繁荣的一年之后，可能正开始衰退。
【注】slacken(v.)减缓，减弱 vigorous (a.)精力旺盛的，充满活力的
3.
When properly combined,threevolatile elements generate American celebrity: the media，the public and the spinmeisters who manipulate them.
下面这3个善变的因素，如果搭配得好，就可以让人在美国声名大嗓，这3个因素就是媒体、公众及操纵媒体与公众的形象包装高手。
【注】spinmeister (n.) spin加meister的复合字。
volatile (a.)善变的
4.
It has been 16 months since Austrslia's Northern Territory became the first place in the world to legalize voluntary euthanasia
自从澳大利亚的北方区成为世界上第一个将自愿安乐死合法化的地方，至今已有16个月了。
voluntary (a.)志愿的，自愿的 【反】obligatory
5.
The long time lag between the weapons' arrival and the Bosnians' training would leavethem extremely vulnerable to snap Serb offensives...
在武器运达之后和波斯尼亚人受训练熟悉装备之前，有一段长长的空档，这期问他们根本经不起塞尔维亚人的突袭。
【注】lag(n.)(事件之间的)空档
vulnerable (a.)易受伤的，脆弱的
posted on 2007-03-25 10:22
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