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2021年新高考高中英语外刊《经济学人》尖子生讲义[A06]
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(适合学有余力的学霸或英语爱好者、教师使用)
(含词汇讲解、长难句解析、翻译技巧、背景知识、写作积累:均由阿满编写)
原文(续[A05])
Football can also teach countries how to spot and hone human capital. The best performers not only have systems for finding gifted children, but also ways of spotting late developers who failed to make the first cut. Their academies turn out intelligent, creative players rather than dribbling automatons. Then, if they are clever, they drop their best footballers into a competitive market. A simple model of countries’ aptitude for football, which weighs things like wealth and interest in the game, suggests that America ought to be doing better. One possible reason for the failure of its men’s teams is that America’s professional soccer league is a cartel. Salaries are capped, and the lower-division teams in which domestic players might develop cannot be promoted.
足球也可以教导国家如何发掘和培养人力资本。足球强国不仅有挖掘天才少年的体系,还有办法发现未能在一开始脱颖而出的大器晚成者。他们的足球培训学校培养会动脑筋、有创造力的球员,而非运球机器。之后,明智的话,他们会把最好的球员投放到竞争激烈的市场上