内容正文:
2021年新高考高中英语外刊《经济学人》尖子生讲义[A07]
提升篇
(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[A06])
So liberal internationalists should enjoy the World Cup, despite the Putinophile propaganda that will no doubt disfigure it from time to time. Football, like life, is gloriously unpredictable. For what it is worth, our model suggests that one country is best-placed to dominate the beautiful game; indeed, it has performed slightly worse than it should have done over the years. That country is Germany.
所以,自由开明的国际主义者应该享受世界杯,尽管亲普京的宣传无疑会不时折损其光彩。足球,和人生一样,因不可预知而壮美。不管价值几许,权且看看我们的模型做出的预测:有一个国家最可能称霸这一美妙的竞赛。事实上,这些年该国的表现一直略低于它本应达到的高度。它就是德国。
表达积累
· Putinophile
我坚持在公众号里为大家讲解构词知识,目的之一在于外刊中常依据构词规则造词。比如文中的Putinophile的构词十分规整“Putinophile = Putin + -o-+ -phile”,其中包含表示“亲”、“嗜”、“偏爱”的词缀 -phile (someone who likes something)。再举两个例子:
· a bibliophile (=someone who likes books)
· an Anglophile (=someone who likes English or British things)
· from time to time
该习语表示“有时”,同义于occasionally, sometimes, now and th