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Sentences II 【This success, coupled with later research showing that memory itself is not genetically determined, led Ericsson to conclude that the act of memorizing is more of a cognitive exercise than an intuitive one. 这种成功和后来表明记忆本身并不是先天决定的研究使爱立信总结道，记忆的行为与其说是一种先天的行为不如说是一种习得的行为。 [cognitive?认知的?（后天习得的）/?Intuitive??先天的 Nature先天/nurture后天；? born ;先天的/made?后天的； innate天生的/Acquired后天习得 Coupled with?相当于and \类似的表达有along with ; combined with] 【.It is not obvious how the capacity to visualize objects and to figure out numerical patterns suits one to answer questions that have eluded some of the best poets and philosophers. 构思物体和找出数字模型的能力是如何让一个人去回答那些连最好的诗人和哲学家都回避的问题的，这点我们还不是很清楚。 [visualize?想象 ?Figure out?发现和找出 Suits?使…适合] 【Anyone who has toiled through SAT will testify that test-taking skill also matters, whether it’s knowing when to guess or what questions to skip. 任何一个曾经辛苦的经历过SAT考试的人都会证实考试的技巧也很重要，无论这种技巧是知道什么时候去猜还是知道什么问题应该跳过。 [Toil through (辛苦的经历) Winston Churchill: Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat”(丘吉尔演讲) sweat and toil?（汗水和辛苦） ?eg:He succeeded after years of?toil.?(他经历数年的辛劳之后成功了) ?SAT?美国高考?全称为scholastic assessment test?学术性评估测试] 【During the past generation, the American middle-class family that once could count on hard work and fair play to keep itself financially secure has been transformed by economic risk and new realities. 在过去的20多年时间里，那些曾经依靠辛勤工作和公平竞争就可以保证自己财政收支安全的美国中产阶级家庭已经被经济风险和新的现实所改变。 [count on?依靠 ?fair play?公平竞争] 【Much of the language used to describe monetary policy, such as steering the economy to a soft landing or a touch on the brakes , makes it sound like a precise science. Nothing could be further from the truth. 有很多用于描述货币政策的词汇，例如操纵经济软着陆或者轻踩刹车，使货币政策听起来像是一门精确的科学。没有什么比这更远离实际情况的了。 [steer?指挥，控制 precise?精确的] 【On another level, many in the medical community acknowledge that the assisted--suicide debate has been fueled in part by the despair of patients for whom modern medicine has prolonged the physical agony of dying. 在另一个层面上，很多医疗界的人士承认，关于医生帮助下的自杀的讨论，部分是因为病人的绝