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rolemodel1. As the gender barriers crumbled, the number of women working as lawyers, doctors, or bankers began to increa significantly from the mid-20th century.
随着性别壁垒的瓦解，从20世纪中期开始，从事律师、医生或银行家工作的妇女人数开始显著增加。
2. With the data collected each year, the owner of the shop can discern customer trends and how things like weather and economic indicators affect sales performance.
通过每年搜集的数据，店主可以区分顾客的趋势，以及天气和经济指标如何影响销售业绩。
3. His supervisor pushes and motivates him in such a positive manner that he is not only able to reach but to surpass his personal goals.
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他的上司以一种积极的方法推进和鼓励他，使他不仅能够到达，而且能够超越他的个人目标。张京 翻译
4. He is a man with a(n) shrewd business n. He has built his initial investment into a substantial and even excessively large fortune.
他是个有精明商业头脑的人。他把最初的投资变成了一笔可观的、甚至过多的财富。
5. The conversion of nuclear radiation directly into electricity was an exciting possibility that was being vigorously explored in many laboratories in the 1950s.
核辐射直接转化为电能是一种令人高兴的可能性，20世纪50年代，许多实验室正在积极探究这种可能性。
拉丁美洲人6. I was not only shocked but also disgusted that the report tried to 艾薇儿婚礼上的歌distort the scientific facts in such a manner that even some highly-educated people were fooled.
汇报试图歪曲科学事实，甚至一些受过高等教育的人也被愚弄了，我不仅感到震惊，而且感到厌恶。
7. Sixty-two and blesd with his mother's skin, the fisherman had withstood a lifetime of exposure to the sun and looked as radiant as a man in his forties.
这位渔夫六十二岁，有着母亲的皮肤，他经得起一辈子的日晒，看上去像四十多岁的人一样容光焕发。
8. French educator Louis Braille invented a simple but ingenious code which has had an impact on the lives of generations of people who are blind.
法国教育家路易斯·布莱叶制造了一种简单而巧妙的密码，它对几代盲人的生活产生了影响。
9. The nators didn't expect us to ask such tough questions, and when we finally did, they got stumped and didn't know what to say.
参议员们没想到我们会问这么难的问题，当我们总算问出来时，他们被难住了，不了解该说什么。
10. This newly established university supports the proposition that a more diver higher education system is desirable since it would enhance opportunities for lifelong learning.
这所新成立的大学支持这样一个主张：一个更加多样化的高等教育体系是可取的，因为它将增加终身学习的时机。
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Have you ever heard people say that they tend to be more of a right-brain or left-brain thinker? From books to television programs, you have probably heard the term 1) mentioned numerous times, or perhaps you have even taken an online test to 2) ldodetermine which type best describes you.
你听过人们说他们更倾向于右脑或左脑思考者吗？从书籍到电视节目，你可能听过无数次提到这个词，或者你甚至参加了一个在线测试，以确定哪种类型最适合你。
Do different parts of the brain really control different bodily and mental functions? Over the years, a theory that has 3) gained in popularity is that the right brain and the left brain
are 4) responsible for different modes of thought and that the way in which a person thinks will depend on which side of his brain works more actively.
绯闻女孩第四季下载大脑的不同局部真的操纵着不同的身体和精神功能吗？多年来，一种流行的理论认为，右脑和左脑负责不同的思维方法，一个人的思维方法将取决于他大脑的哪一边工作得更积极。
People who rely more 5) 沈阳学英语heavily on the right half of their brain tend to be more imaginative and spontaneous. They are interested in patterns, shapes and sizes, for the right brain is associated with 6) artistic ability like singing, painting, writing poetry, etc. Left-brain dominated people are quite 7) opposite in the way they think. They tend to be more logical and 8) analytical in their thinking and usually stand out in mathematics and word skills.
更依赖右半脑的人往往更富有想象力和自发性。他们对图案、形状和大小感兴趣，因为右脑与歌唱、绘画、写诗等艺术能力有关。左脑占主导地位的人的思维方法完全相反。他们的思维倾向于更具逻辑性和分析性，通常在数学和文字技能方面表现突出。
While the different functions of the two brain parts may have been 9) distorted and exaggerated by popular psychology, understanding your strengths and weakness in certain areas can help you develop better ways to learn and study. For example, if you are usually 10) stumped in trying to follow verbal instructions, an activity often cited as a right-brain characteristic, you can benefit from writing down directions and developing better organizational skills.
虽然这两个大脑局部的不同功能可能被群众心理学扭曲和夸大，但了解你在某些方面的强项和弱项可以援助你开展更好的学习和学习方法。例如，如果你在试图遵循口头指令〔通常被称为右脑特征的活动〕时遇到困难，你可以从写下指令和培养更好的组织技能中获益。
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1. The brick walls of the ruined buildings 1) were dripping with green mold and moisture, and she shivered involuntarily, looking down to avoid the sight.
被毁坏的建筑物的砖墙上滴着绿色的霉菌和湿气，她不由自主地打了个寒颤，低头避开视线。
2. As urban populations exported finished goods 2) koboldin exchange for raw materials from neighboring populations, organized trade grew substantially.
随着城市人口出口制成品以换取邻近人口的原材料，有组织贸易大幅增长。
3. Knowing just how quickly a wildfire can spread, some residents of the village decided to leave their homes after the flames 3) flared up nearby.
由于了解野火蔓延的速度有多快，村里的一些居民决定在附近起火后离家出走。
yuni4. Biology teachers often 4) make an analogy between the heart and a pump in order to help students understand how the heart works.
