4月的大学英语六遥考试词汇专项辅导2 Ⅰ. Now the question must be reversed. What can the West’s overly indebted and sluggish nations learn from a flourishing Asia? 【翻译】遥问题反过来了。 巨额负债的、经济发展缓慢的西方遥能从繁荣的亚洲学到点什么? 【词汇】1. reverse v. 反转,颠倒,掉换 例:The government must take action to reverse the economic decline. 遥必须采取行动扭转经济颓势。 2. indebted a. 负债的,受惠的 例:The company is heavily indebted to the bank. 这家公司欠了银行很多债。 3. sluggish a. 经济发展缓慢的,迟钝的 例:The recovery of economy remains sluggish. 经济恢复很迟缓。 4. flourishing a. 繁荣的 例:Our village quickly became a flourishing town. 我们的村庄很快就变成了一个繁荣的小镇。 Ⅱ. In the same way, a significant reduction of wasteful agricultural subsidies could also lower the deficit. 【翻译】遥地,大幅减少浪费的农业补贴也可以减少亏空。 【词汇】1. wasteful a. 浪费的,遥的 例:You should get rid of your wasteful habits. 你要改掉你浪费的坏习惯。 2. agricultural a. 农业的 例:agricultural commodities 农产品 3. subsidy n. 补贴,津贴 例:the unemployment subsidy 失业补贴 4. deficit n. 赤字,亏空,逆差 例:trade deficit 贸易赤字 Ⅲ. Meanwhile, Europe has fallen prey to a different ideological trap: the belief that European governments would always have infinite resources and could continue borrowing as if there were no tomorrow. 【翻译】同时,欧洲也成为了另一个思想陷阱的受害者,那个陷阱就是认为欧洲遥将一直拥有无限的资源,可以像没有明天那样继续无节制地借用。 【词汇】1. meanwhile adv. 同时 例:I was watching a film, and meanwhile Jenny was writing an E-mail. 我在看电影,与此同时Jenny在写电子邮件。 2. prey n. 被捕食的动物,受害者 例:fall prey to 成为……的牺牲品,受……之害 3. ideological a. 思想上的,意识形态的 例:the ideological and political education 思想遥教育 4. infinite a. 无穷的,遥大的 例:Teaching kids requires infinite patience. 教小孩子需要遥大的耐心。