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1.As a linguist,he acknowledges that (all varieties of language,including non-standard ones like Black English,can be powerfully expressive)—there exists no language or dialect in the world that cannot convey complex ideas. Expressive adj. 有表现力的，富于表情的 翻译：作为一名语言学家，他承认所有的人类语言，包括一些非标准的语言，如黑人英语，都是可以明确的表情达意的——世界上没有不能表达复杂情感的语言或者是方言。 Mr.Smith’s academic speciality is language history and change,and he sees the gradual disappearance of “whom”,for example,to be natural and no more regrettable than the loss of the case-endings of Old English. Speciality n. 专业，专长；特性 Case-ending [语法]变格词尾’s problems (which were solved by asking family members,friends of colleagues) are beyond the capability of the extended family to resolve. Capability n. 才能，能力；性能，容量 Extended family n.大家庭 翻译：许多以前可以通过询问家庭成员、朋友和同事们来解决的生活中的问题，是现在的大家庭所无能为力的。 In Europe ,as elsewhere,multi-media groups have been increasingly successful groups (which bring together television,radio,newspapers, magazines,and publishing house that work in relation to one another.) 翻译：多媒体集团在欧洲就像在其他地方一样越来越成功了。这些集团把相互关系密切的电视台、电台、报纸、杂志、出版社整合到了一起。 “European identity” (that respects the different cultures and traditions which go to make up the connecting fabric of the Old continent) is no easy task and demands a strategic choice. Identity n. 身份；同一性，一致；特性；恒等式 Fabric n. 织物；布；组织；构造；建筑物 Strategic adj. 战略上的，战略的 翻译：创造一个（尊重那些将欧洲旧大陆联系在一起的不同文化和传统的）欧洲统一体绝非易事，这需要一个战略性的选择。 The “shareholders” as such had no knowledge of the lives,thoughts or needs of the workmen (employed by the company in which he helo shares ) and his influence on the relations of capital and labor was not good. 翻译：像这样的“股东”对他所拥有股份公司所雇用的员工的生活、想法和需求一无所知，而且他们对于资金与劳动力的关系（劳资双方的关系）产生的的影响也是不好的（也不会产生积极的影响）。 (After six months of arguing and final 16 hours of hot parliamentary debates),Australia’s Northern Territory became the first legal authority in the world to allow doctors to take the lives of incurably ill patients who wish to die. Authority n.权力，管辖权 官方，