2017考研英语阅读《经济学人》选读：隐形的军装.docVIP

2017考研英语阅读《经济学人》选读：隐形的军装 　　天将降大任于斯人也，必先苦其心志，劳其筋骨，为了自己的目标，必须付出许多代价才能达到，没有天上掉下来的馅饼!当一切成为过去的时候，你对过去就会不以为然了。2017考研复习已经拉开帷幕，文都网校小编将为向同学们倾情奉献2017考研的相关知识，为同学们的复习做好铺垫。今天带来2017考研英语《经济学人》阅读：隐形的军装。 　　Military uniforms 　　军装 　　Out of sight 　　真正隐形 　　Expense and stupidity too big to camouflage 　　迷彩服也不再能伪装目标巨大的支出和愚蠢 　　“I WEAR camo so I can feel safe,” says Sean, amember of the navy reserve. He cannot quite fathom why his combat uniform is differentfrom that of other American servicemen in the field, depending on whether they are members ofthe army, the air force or the marines. And soon it may be different no longer; for after years ofludicrously expensive design rivalry, the defence appropriation for 2014 prohibits the servicesfrom designing new uniforms, unless they will be used by all members of the armed forces. 　　海军预备役成员肖恩说：“迷彩让我觉得安全。”他始终不能理解，为何根据军种的不同，作战的陆军、空军和海军的作战服样式不同。但这种现状即将改变，在数年荒唐可笑、花费巨大的设计竞赛之后，2014年国防拨款严禁军队设计新制服，除非该种制服能够用于全军。 　　Remarkably, the Department of Defence has no single department dedicated to researching,developing and procuring the best uniforms for all troops. This caused no problems before2002, when nearly every serviceman had a choice between a greenish camouflage uniform ora “coffee stain” desert pattern. But over the past 12 years the services have each created theirown style of camouflage. The effect has been both costly, and occasionally embarrassing. 　　但请注意，国防部并无专门部门负责研发和生产适用于全军的服装。在2002年之前，这不是问题，因此那时每个军人只有两种选择---绿色迷彩服或者咖色沙漠迷彩。但十二年过去了，各个军队都设计了自己的迷彩服。这不仅带来了浪费，有时还意味着尴尬。 　　The marines led the way in 2002 with a versatile and effective new combat uniform, whichalso served to boost corps morale because the marine insignia was embedded in the design.This inspired a cascade of one-upsmanship among the other services. The air force, forinstance, spent several years and more than $3m designing a new “tiger-stripe” uniform thatproved unsuitable for combat—the camouflage was ineffective, the trousers wereuncomfortable and the fabric was too heavy, leading to “h