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001 知识和进步 Lesson 22 Knowledge and Progress 知识和进步 The Development of Science Sentence Analysis 句式分析 Why does the idea of progress loom so large in the modern world? Surely progress of a particular kind is actually taking place around us and is becoming more and more manifest. Translation 译文 为什么进步这个概念在现代世界显得如此突出？无疑是因为有一种特殊的进步实际上正在我们周围发生，而且变得越来越明显。 Loom large ①to have a lot of importance or influence over someone or something (无被动): The problems of crime and poverty loom large in many countries. 犯罪和贫困这两大问题在许多国家都很突出。 But by 2012 the threat posed by deficits will loom large. 但是到2012年,来自财政赤字方面的威胁将放大。 The question of who shoulders the blame will loom large Tuesday at the first set of congressional hearings on the disaster. 美国国会周二将就石油泄漏事故举行首次听证会。谁应该负责的问题将成为听证会的焦点。 Loom large if something unpleasant or difficult looms large, it seems certain to happen: The shadow of a greater economic crisis loom large in most of the developed countries in the world. 一场更大的经济危机的阴影笼罩着世界上大多数发达国家。 Nuclear issues also loom large on the Korean peninsula, where the Americans and the Chinese have worked together rather more closely. 核问题的阴云同样笼罩着朝鲜半岛,在这里美中的合作倒是较为紧密。 How to pay the months bills began to loom very large in their mind. 如何支付这个月的帐单这一问题在他的心里开始变得沉重起来。 002 Surely 相似词辨析 Surely 相似词辨析 Surely , Insure, Ensure, Assure : Surely: without any doubt Surely, the argument runs, Japan would produce new global gorillas of its own if its innovation system were more like that of the US. 确实,有人提出,如果日本的创新体系更像美国,它就会产生自己的新全球巨擘。 The question, however, is why it is only a mild recession, since precursors of a depression were surely present. 但问题是,既然萧条的先兆已显露无疑,为何这仅仅是一场温和的衰退呢? Surely 相似词辨析 Insure: 给...投保: The relevant details are to be left for you to decide, but we wish to insure the goods against All Risks. 有关细则留由你们决定,但是我们希望为这批货物投保一切险。 That is when the money would be useful, but we are temperamentally more inclined to insure against the tragic death of a child. 这就是钱发挥作用的时候,但我们从心理上更倾向于为防范孩子不幸身亡而买保险。 Surely 相似词辨析