【李剑08考研英语相似易混单词】第2天（3）

The full import may take a while to sink in. (NETEM 1997, Passage 1, Paragraph 2)
安乐死的全部意义或许要一段时间才为人们接受。（注：上下文中指的是安乐死的通过的全部意义）

1.Thus, in the nineteenth century, local geological studies represented worthwhile research in their own right; but, in the twentieth century, local studies have increasingly become acceptable to professionals only if they incorporate, and reflect on, the wider geological picture. (NETEM 2001, Passage 1, Paragraph 3)
因此，在19世纪，地方地质学研究代表的是一些独立完成的、值得的科学研究；而到了20世纪， 地方地质学研究只有收编并仔细考虑更广泛的地质学问题才会逐渐被专业人员接受。

2. Reporters tend to be part of a broadly defined social and cultural elite, so their work tends to reflect the conventional values of this elite. (NETEM 2001, Passage 3, Paragraph 6)
记者们往往属于广义上所说的社会文化精英的一个部分，因此他们的工作往往反映了这些精英传统的价值观。

3. Another line of thought assumes a memory storage system of limited capacity that provides adaptive flexibility specifically through forgetting. (NETEM 1995, Passage 5, Paragraph 4)
另一个思路是假定记忆的存储体系容量有限，这种体系会特别通过遗忘来提供一种适应外部世界的灵活性。

People looking back 5 or 10 years from now may well wonder why so few companies took the online plunge. (NETEM 1999, Passage 2, Paragraph 4)
回顾过去的5到10年的历史，人们很可能会感到奇怪：决定尝试网络商务的公司为何如此之少呢？（注：take plunge 表示"To begin an unfamiliar venture, especially after hesitating"即决定尝试做原先没有做过的事； online在这里结合上下文指的是网络商务）

Then residents in these communities were phoned at random and asked the same questions. (NETEM 2001, Passage 3, Paragraph 4)
然后随机地给这些城市的居民打电话，问他们同样的问题。

1. These leaders are living proof that prevention works and that we can manage the health problems that come naturally with age. (NETEM 2003, Text 4, Paragraph 3)
这些领导人就是活生生的证据，证明对疾病的防治是有意义的，证明我们能够对付年龄带来的健康问题。

2. The almost unconscious flow of information about the simplest aspects of living can be cut off. (NETEM 1995, Passage 3, Paragraph 2)
关于生活最基本的方方面面的信息的无意识交流也被切断。

3. The Harvard Business Review printed a lively, fictional exchange of letters to dramatize complaints about business degree holders. (CET-6, 2003-1, Passage1 Paragraph6)
"哈佛商业评论"发表了一篇生动、虚构的通信，戏剧化地批评了那些有商学位的人。