53Lesson53Inthepublicinterest为了公众的利益--顾斐.PDFVIP

Lesson 53 In the public interest为了公众的利益 evolve v. 发展，逐渐形成 1. The Scandinavian countries are much admired all over the evolve from 从…进化而来 world for their enlightened social policies. Sweden has evolved Man has evolved from the ape. an excellent system for protecting the individual citizen from 人是从猿进化来的。 highhanded or incompetent public officers. The system has evolve into 进化成，发展成… （某种理论） worked so well, that it has been adopted in other countries too. His idea has evolved into a new theory. 斯堪的纳维亚半岛各国实行开明的社会政策，受到全世界的推 他的想法发展成了一种新的理论。 崇。在瑞典，已逐渐形成了一种完善的制度以保护每个公民不 受专横的和不称职的政府官员的欺压。由于这种制度行之有效， 已被其他国家采纳。 high-handed competent 专横跋扈的 adj. 有能力的，能胜任的 the high-handed local government 专横的当地政府 be competent to do sth. 有能力做某事 a high-handed mother 一位专横跋扈的母亲 He is not competent to the task of assembling the machine. 他不能胜任装配机器的工作。 Generally, we are more attracted to people who seem competent to us. 一般而言，我们更容易被那些有能力的人吸引。 1 adopt vt. 收养，采纳 2. The Swedes were the first to recognize that public official like adoption n. 采用，收养