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考研英语时事阅读  · 公众号  · 考研  · 2018-01-07 06:01

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苹果公司以4亿美元(合3亿英镑)收购了音乐识别应用程序Shazam,这只是海外收购者对英国科技公司进行的一系列重大收购中的最新一次。此次收购是苹果自2014年以来最大的一笔交易,当时它在耳机制造商Beats Electronics上花费了30亿美元,也是今年继9月份将开发和许可IP内核公司(Imagination Technologies)以5亿5千万(4.12亿英镑)的价格出售给中国的一家私募股权公司之后,英国科技行业最大的收购之一。英国资本经济学家保罗·霍林斯沃思(Paul Hollingsworth)说道,更为普遍的是,大型并购往往是远远超出了外汇市场的变幻莫测能影响他们的地方,无论我们是否看到任何类似的英国脱欧或英镑效应,现在都有点太快了 - 实际效果还需要几年的时间。英国在科技方面的优势是拥有来自大学的最令人震惊的学术研究,而且比欧盟其他国家更快的速度商业化,这跟美国的有点类似。

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昨日回顾

0106-考研同源外刊精析解读 · 语音讲解

今日早起卡

The important thing in Life is not triumph, but the struggle; the essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well. 

今日翻译卡

Is the global desire to buy British a bad thing for UK tech firms?


Perhaps those who hope British companies would hold out a bit longer before being acquired should be careful what they wish for. Depending on how Brexit progresses, there is the potential for many of Britain’s strengths, from its world-leading universities to an immigration system that is comparatively open to skilled migrants, to be erased.


英文文本选自:Is the global desire to buy British a bad thing for UK tech firms?The Guardian

图片来源360


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Conquer 英['kɒŋkə]美 ['kɑŋkɚ]  

释义:

  1. v. to take control or possession of foreign land, or a group of people, by force占领;攻取;征服;击败

  2. v. to deal with or successfully fight against a problem or an unreasonable fear解决(问题);战胜,克服(恐惧)


词根词缀:

  • con-, 强调; -quer, 追寻,追求,词源同 query, question. 词义由追求到战胜

  • *vocabulary in use: 词根: quer =seek/search,表示"寻求,询问”

 

词源:

  • 来源于11世纪“cunquearen”,这个词来自古法语conquerre,有“conquer, defeat, vanquish”的意思;追溯到拉丁语 conquaerere, 意思为“to search for, procure by effort, win”


短语词组

  1. divide and conquer  分而治之;各个击破

  2. I conquer  我来了;我看到了;我过关斩将;我来

  3. conquer fear  战胜恐惧;征服恐惧;克服恐惧

  4. to conquer  征服;必须去征服;继续征服


同源拓展:

  1. query   质问,疑问,询问 (quer寻求,询问+y状态→n.&v.质问,疑问,询问)

  2. conquer  征服,战胜,占领;克服,破除[坏习惯等] (con全部+quer寻求,询问→全部寻求到→征服)


同义替换

  • overcome overwhelm rout subdue vanquish overpower overtake triumph overthrow win crush defeat “战胜;克服;征服”


真题解析:

  • (2012,英二,阅读)Petrarch celebrated their greatness in conquering fortune and rising to the top.

Strength 英[streŋθ]美 [strɛŋθ]  

释义:

  1. n. the ability to do things that need a lot of physical or mental effort体力;力气;力量;实力

  2. n. the degree to which something is strong or powerful强度;力度;力量

  3. n. a good characteristic优点,长处,强项

  4. n. the number of people in a group人数;人力

 

词根词缀:

  1. 来自 strong, 强壮的,有力的, -th, 名词后缀。

  2. *vocabulary in use: 一个人强壮(strong),那么他一定是有力的(strength)

 

词源:

  1. 来自古英语,有“bodily power, force, vigor, firmness, fortitude, moral resistance”之意, 这些含义来原始日耳曼语 strangitho, 也是力量的意思

 

短语词组:

  1. in strength  大量地

  2. below strength  人手不够,人员不足

  3. at full strength  以全员,以满员

  4. Give me strength! 表示又可气又可笑)真受不了!

  5. go from strength to strength  从成功走向成功,日渐强大

  6. on the strength of sth  受…的影响;基于对…的信任


同源拓展:

  1. depth  深,深度,深奥,深刻(dep=deep深的+th通常指抽象名词→n.深,深度,深奥,深刻)

  2. growth   生长,增长,发展 (grow成长+th通常指抽象名词→n.生长,增长,发展) 


同义替换:

  • power force potency intensity vigor might energy “力,力量;能力”

 

真题解析

  1. (2014,英一,阅读)I believe it is precisely this permanent coexistence of metaphysical message through physical means that is the strength of music.

  2. (2010,英二,阅读)The government should strengthen the sense of responsibility among businesses.

Essential 英[ɪ'senʃ(ə)l]美 [ɪ'sɛnʃl]

释义:

  1. adj. necessary; needed必要的,必不可少的

  2. n. a basic thing that you cannot live without必需品;不可缺少的东西

 

词根词缀:

  1. ess-词根:是,-ence名词后缀——是什么——本质,在essential中,变ce为t以便于衔接后缀-ial“的”;

  2. *vocabulary in use: 怎么记“ess-词根:是”——“ess- 元音降级/e/到/i/”成简单词“is- 是” 

 

词源:

  1. 14世纪中期,有“that is such by its essence”的用法,其中essence来自拉丁语“essentialis”, 这个单词来自“essentia”,它的意思是“being,essence”

 

短语词组:

  1. essential Information  重要信息;基本信息;基本资料

  2. essential Criteria  基本素质;基本准则;基本标准;各原则对应的必要标准

  3. essential use  实质性使用;必要用途

  4. essential water  组成水;组成水份;必需水

  5. essential condition  必要条件

  6. essential element  必需元素

  7. essential component  主要部件;主要成分

 

同源拓展:

  1. essence  本质,实质,精华 (ess-词根:是,-ence名次后缀——是什么——本质,实质;后由“本质“引申为”精华“)

  2. present  在场的(pre前+sen存在,实质+ent表形容词→present存在于前面,放到前面→赠送;上演;出席的;在场的)

  3. senile   年老的(sen老+ile……的→adj.年老的)

  4. presence  出席, 到场, 存在(pre前+sen存在,实质+ence表名词→presence出席, 到场, 存在)


同义替换:

  • vital needed necessary basic fundamental required important “重要的;基本的”

真题解析:

  1. (2015,英一,阅读)I think that, for the majority of scientific papers nowadays, statistical review is more essential than expert review.

  2. (2007,英二,阅读)Creativity is essential to the way we live and work today, and in many senses always has been. The big advances in standard of living –-not to mention the big competitive advantages in the marketplace--always have come from” better recipes, not just more cooking.↑↑↑

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昨日长难句解析

The gleaming centre, which lights up the west London skyline, is one of the “supermalls” that now tower over the UK retail sector, pulling in millions of shoppers thanks to a magnetic mix of high street and luxury brands, as well as more upmarket restaurants and cinema screens than your average town centre.



耀眼夺目的购物中心点亮了伦敦西部天际线,由于高街和豪华品牌引人注目的组合,以及比一般城镇中心更高端的市场餐馆和电影院屏幕吸引了数百万的购物者,它现在是超过英国零售业的“超级商场”之一。



1. 这句话的主干是The gleaming centre is one of the “supermalls”;

2. 我们先来看这句话出现的which,which前面是名词centre(单数),后面是 是动词lights up(单数),缺少主语,符合定语从句的结构特征,名词centre在which引导的从句中做主语,所以which在这里引导的是定语从句。

3. 然后我们看这句话中的出现的that,that前面是名词“supermalls”(复数),后面是动词tower(复数),缺少主语,符合定语从句的结构特征,名词supermalls在that引导的从句中做主语,所以that在这里引导的是定语从句。

4. Pulling是现在分词做伴随状语,主语指向The gleaming centre。



长难句音频解析版尽在“21天行动派”(详情请点击片头横幅

音频主播: Joanna-乔小乔

单词整理:菜菜

图文编辑: Pedestrian

背景: 晶晶