《王文轲春季词汇讲义》.doc

基础词汇翻译讲义 Part 1 1. The emergence of the Net has A. received support from fans like Donovan. B. remolded the intelligence services. C. restored many common pastimes. D. revived spying as a profession. Wild Bill Donovan would have loved the Internet. The American spymaster who built the Office of Strategic Services in the World War II and later laid the roots for the CIA was fascinated with information. Donovan believed in using whatever tools came to hand in the great game of espionage—spying as a profession. These days the Net, which has already re-made pastimes as buying books and sending mail, is reshaping Donovan’s vocation as well. 2. Straitford is most proud of its A. official status. B. nonconformist image. C. efficient staff. D. military background. Friedman relies on a lean staff of 20 in Austin. Several of his staff members have military-intelligence backgrounds. He sees the firms outsider status as the key to its success. Straitfords briefs dont sound like the usual Washington back-and forthing, whereby agencies avoid dramatic declarations on the chance they might be wrong. Straitford, says Friedman, takes pride in its independent voice. 3. According to the text, the cost increase in the rail industry is mainly caused by A. the continuing acquisition. B. the growing traffic. C. the cheering Wall Street. D. the shrinking market. Many captive shippers also worry they will soon be his with a round of huge rate increases. The railroad industry as a whole, despite its brightening fortunes, still does not earn enough to cover the cost of the capital it must invest to keep up with its surging traffic. Yet railroads continue to borrow billions to acquire one another, with Wall Street cheering them on. Consider the $10.2 billion bid by Norfolk Southern and CSX to acquire Conrail this year. Conrails net railway operating income in 1996 was just $427million, less than half of the carrying costs of the