How big is China’s economy?Let the Big Mac decide
中国经济规模有多大？用巨无霸的价格来衡量吧
Our index reckons China’s GDP is bigger than the World Bank thinks 以巨无霸指数衡量，中国的GDP被世界银行所低估
America’s economy did not exceed China’s in size until the1880s, according to the Maddison Project at the University of Groningen.The two now rival each other again.Because China’s workers are4.7times as numerous as America’s,they need be only a fraction as productive to surpass America’s output.No fewer than53countries would already have a bigger GDP than America if they were as populous as China.
据格罗宁根大学麦迪森项目的数据显示，美国的经济规模直到19世纪80年代才超过中国。如今，两国又在一较高下。由于中国的劳动力人口是美国的4.7倍，因此人均生产力仅需达美国的几分之一，便能在总产值上超过美国。如果世界各国都拥有中国这样的人口规模，那么将至少有53个国家的国内生产总值（GDP）超过美国。
In2019China’s workers produced over99trn yuan-worth of goods and services.America’s produced$21.4trn-worth.Since it took about6.9yuan to buy a dollar last year,China’s GDP was worth only$14trn when converted into dollars at market rates.That was still well short of America’s.
2019年，中国劳动者创造了价值超过99万亿人民币的商品和服务，美国则为21.4万亿美元。去年人民币兑美元汇率大约为6.9，如果按市场汇率将人民币换算成美元，那么中国去年的GDP仅为14万亿，仍远远低于美国。
But6.9yuan stretches further in China than a dollar goes in America.One example is the McDonald’s Big Mac.It costs about21.70yuan in China
and$5.71in America,according to prices collected by The Economist.By that measure,it takes only3.8yuan to buy as much as a dollar.But if that is the case,then99trn yuan can buy as much as$26trn,and China’s economy is already considerably bigger than America’s.
但中国6.9元人民币的购买力高于美国的1美元。以麦当劳的巨无霸为例，根据《经济学人》收集的价格数据显示，巨无霸在中国的售价约为21.70元，在美国则为5.71美元。以此来计，1美元的购买力仅与3.8元人民币相当。如果按照这一比例，99万亿元人民币就相当于26万亿美元，那么中国的经济规模已经远超过美国。
Motivated by this logic,The Economist has compared the price of Big Macs around the world since1986.The result is a rough gauge of the purchasing power of currencies.It suggests that many currencies are undervalued,relative to the dollar,on the foreign-exchange markets.The Swiss franc and the Lebanese pound are overvalued.Lebanon’s currency was undervalued until inflation took off late last year,raising local prices even as the pound remained pegged to the dollar.The Big Mac alone jumped38%in price.
基于这种逻辑，《经济学人》对1986年以来世界各地巨无霸的价格进行了比较，并以此来衡量各国货币的购买力。结果显示，外汇市场上许多货币相对美元的购买力都被低估了，而瑞士法郎和黎巴嫩镑则被高估了。黎巴嫩镑此前一直被低估，直到去年年底黎巴嫩发生通货膨胀，尽管黎巴嫩兑美元汇率未变，但当地物价却上涨了，仅麦当劳巨无霸的价格就上涨了38%。
Every few years the World Bank embarks on a vastly more systematic effort to gauge purchasing power by comparing thousands of prices across the world.The results can be startling.Its survey of prices in2011,
released six years ago,showed that China was cheaper than previously thought and its economy was therefore much larger.Based on these estimates,the IMF calculated that its GDP overtook America’s in2014and was27%bigger in2019.
每隔几年，世界银行便会对世界各地的数千种商品的价格进行比较，并以此评估各国货币的购买力。其结果往往出乎意料。据世界银行六年前发布的2011年物价调查显示，中国物价比此前预期要低，因此中国经济规模实际要大得多。国际货币基金组织据此估算，中国GDP在2014年便已反超美国，到2019年更是超过美国27%。
Many observers,however,greeted these estimates with scepticism.In 2010an informal survey by a reporter at Caixin,a financial magazine, noted that a number of items were dearer in Hangzhou than in its sister city Boston.(It compared apples to apples,and found that the Golden Delicious variety was37%pricier in the Chinese city.)
然而，许多观察人士对此表示怀疑。2010年，财经杂志《财新》的记者进行了一项非正式调查，结果显示，杭州市许多商品的价格比其姊妹城市波士顿更贵。（调查人员对两地苹果的价格进行了比较，结果发现杭州市的金冠苹果要比波士顿高37%。）
The sceptics won some vindication in May when the World Bank released its latest price-comparison exercise.It discovered that things were about 17%more expensive in China,relative to America,than previously thought. At a stroke,China’s GDP fell by over$3.2trn.The estimates suggest China did not overtake America’s economy until2016.
今年5月，世界银行发布了一份最新的物价比较报告，这位怀疑论者提供了一些佐证。报告显示，中国物价相较于美国比预期高出17%。如此一来，中国的GDP一下子便下降了3.2万亿美元。据此估算，中国经济规模直到2016年才反超美国。
But are these new estimates any more robust than earlier efforts? Comparing prices across the world is fraught with difficulties.An item may be a staple in one place and a delicacy in another.The World Bank must also decide how much weight to give each item.That depends on shopping habits,which differ—partly because prices differ.It is easy to go around in circles.
但是，这些最新的预测比以往更加准确吗？对全球各地商品价格的比较可谓是困难重重。一种食物在某地可能是普通食物，但在另一个地方可能就成了珍稀美食。世界银行还必须确定每种商品的权重。这取决于购物习惯的差异，但购物习惯的差异又是多因素的，价格因素只是其中一方面。因此研究结果最终可能毫无意义。
So it might help to check the World Bank’s results against a cruder yardstick—like the price of a Big Mac.Our index suggests that the bank now,if anything,underestimates the buying power of China’s currency,and therefore its economic size.McDonald’s was once a symbol of America’s economic might.Now the Big Mac shows how its might is being surpassed.
因此，我们或许应该以更简单粗暴的标准（例如巨无霸的价格）来检验世界银行调查结论的可靠性。据巨无霸指数显示，世界银行目前低估了人民币的购买力，进而低估了中国的经济规模。麦当劳曾经是美国经济实力的象征，而如今的巨无霸指数却见证着美国正在被其他国家所超越。
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[2009.11.17]How to feed the world 如何养活世界 Nov 19th 2009 From The Economist print edition Business as usual will not do it 一切照旧已不再可行 IN 1974 Henry Kissinger, then America’s secretary of state, told the first world food conference in Rome that no child would go to bed hungry within ten years. Just over 35 years later, in the week of another United Nations food summit in Rome, 1 billion people will go to bed hungry. 1974年，在罗马举行的第一届世界粮食会议上，当时的美国国务卿亨利?基辛格宣称10年内将没有小孩再饿着肚子入睡。而35年之后的罗马，在又一届联合国粮食峰会在罗马召开的这一周内，仍有10亿人饿着肚子上床睡觉。 This failure, already dreadful, may soon get worse. None of the underlying agricultural problems which produced a spike in food prices in 2007-08 and increased the number of hungry people has gone away. Between now and 2050 the world’s populat ion will rise by a third, but demand for agricultural goods will rise by 70% and demand for meat will double. These increases are in a sense good news in that they are a result of rising wealth in poor and middle-income countries. But they will have to happen without farmers clearing large amounts of new land (there is some scope for expansion, but not much) or using up lots more water (in parts of the world, water supplies are stretched to their limit or beyond). Moreover, they will take place while farmers also wrestle with the consequences of climate change, which, on balance, will do more harm than good to farmland round the world. 这样的失败虽已甚为可怕，但很快将会变得更糟。现存的农业问题推动了2007-08年粮食价格的上涨，使饥饿人数有所增加，而这些问题无一得到解决。现在至2050年间，世界人口将增长1/3，但农产品需求将上涨70%，而肉类需求更将翻番。这些增长在一定意义上是个好消息，因为这是中低收入国家财富增长的结果。但是伴随这些增长的却是一些不容乐观的景象：农民无法清理出大量的新地（可耕地有扩大的空间，但并不多），更多的水资源会被耗尽（在世界某些地方，供水量已至其极限甚至超过了极限）。此外，与此同时农民还需应对气候变化造成的影响。总的来说，气候变化对其全球的耕地来说将是弊大于利的。 It may be too late to avoid another bout of price rises. Despite a global recession and the largest grain harvest on record in 2008, food prices are heading up again. Still, countries have a brief window of opportunity in which to set long-term policy goals without being distracted by panic measures. They need to do two things: invest in the productive capacity of agriculture and improve the operation of food markets. 或许想避免下一轮的价格上涨为时已晚。尽管全球经济衰退，而2008年收获了有记录以来
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考研英语阅读理解试题解题方法及步骤 考研可以说是人生的一个转折驿站，一次改变命运的艰辛历练。作为考研路上的重要科目--英语，也成为不少考生脚下的牵绊石，而占分数比重的阅读理解，自然也是考试中的重头戏，能否巧妙的用对技巧，灵活应答，成为考生研路中的棘手问题，下面我们就层层推进，分析一下阅读的方法技巧和步骤攻略，揭开这层久未露面的神秘面纱。 一、阅读方法 阅读文章基本方法有3种，一是略读，二是精读，三是寻读。略读是一种快速阅读方法，在非常短的时间内浏览全文获得文章的中心思想和主要事实。精读则是仔细阅读每句话，理解分析其含义，弄清句与句之间的逻辑关系，进而理解整个段落的意思。而寻读则是通过目光扫视，迅速确定你所期望得到的信息的位置。考试中3种基本方法可以用在不同的情况。通过略读，我们可以了解材料的结构安排和主要信息，利用精读我们可以针对考题中的某些信息或难点做具体细致的解析，而寻读则在解题过程中起着一个定位的作用。 二、阅读步骤 第一步：略读短文把握方向 用尽量短的时间扫视短文，特别留意每段的第一句和末段的最后一句。因为各段的主题句往往在句首，而文章的最后一句很可能是概括总结。略读的目的是掌握短文的主旨大意，做到对全文的内容心中大致有数，有一个思考的方向。 第二步：浏览问题有的放矢 浏览5个问题，揣测出题者出此题的目的并侧重阅读短文相关部分。由于对所问问题及文章主旨都已了解，在阅读时自然会知道哪些地方得细读哪些地方可一带而过甚至跳过不读。所有问题都是根据文章内容提出的，基本反映并覆盖了文章的主要内容。先阅读问题再阅读全文，这种方法的优点是：可在较短的时间内有针对性地阅读相关内容，便于给相关问题定位，有的放矢，事半功倍。 第三步：分析判断确定答案 在完成上面两步的基础上，对5个问题逐一解答。需要注意的是：要是文章内容涉及自己熟悉的题材和知识范畴，在选项时绝对不能单凭自己的主观判断解决问题。因为文章考的是你对该篇的阅读理解能力，而不是你的某种知识，因此选项不能脱离文章的题意。 对于英语水平相对较低，阅读速度较慢的考生来说，我们建议不妨直接从第二步开始：先浏览所有5道题的题目，对文章所涉及的内容有个粗略的估计或了解，然后逐一解答。先寻读文章的相关部分，然后选择正确答案。如遇到有关文章主旨大意或需要推理的题，可先放一放，等做完其他题再做这类题。先难后易，各个击破。 另外，在阅读过程中，不妨在自己认为比较重要的某些句子或词语（主题句，关键词）下面划线，标上符号，这样有助于突出重点，活跃思维，同时也便于阅读，节省时间，使阅
18Bitcoin’s future比特币的未来 Hidden flipside另一面；反面隐藏的另一面 How the crypto-currency could become the internet of money 加密货币是怎样变成互联网货币的 Mar 15th 2014 | From the print edition Bitcoin: the original 比特币的由来 1.THE father has been found in time for 及时赶上his child’s funeral. That would appear to be 似乎是，仿佛，显示为the sorry 遗憾的state of affairs 事态，状态，情况好坏in the land of Bitcoin, a crypto-currency, if recent press coverage 新闻报道is to be believed. On March 6th Newsweek新闻周刊（美国一杂志）reported that it had足迹，踪迹tracked down 追踪Satoshi Nakamoto,中本聪Bitcoin’s elusive [?'l(j)u?s?v]难以捉摸的creator. And on March 11th Mt Gox, the Japanese online exchange 交易所，交换，交流，兑换that had long dominated控制；支配；占优势；在…中占主要地位the trade in the currency before losing $490m of customers’Bitcoins at today’s prices, once more再一次，重新filed 提出for 再一次申请bankruptcy protection, this time in America. “父亲奔赴孩子的葬礼。”如果最近的新闻报道属实的话，那似乎会是比特币领域很遗憾的情况。3月6日，据《新闻周刊》报道，业已追踪到比特币发明人中本聪的踪迹，此人难以捉摸。日本的在线交易所Mt Gox长期以来一直是比特币行业的佼佼者，而如今，这一平台4.9亿客户的比特币被盗，于是，3月11日Mt Gox又在向美国申请破产保护。 2.In reality, things are rather different. Evidence证据，证明；迹象；明显is mounting 增加；爬上that Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto, whom Newsweek identified as Bitcoin’s father, is not the relevant Satoshi. More importantly, Bitcoin’s best days 得意时代；全盛时代may still be ahead of优于，超过it—if not as a fully fledged成熟的；快会飞的；羽毛丰满的currency, then as a platform for financial innovation金融创新. Much as虽然，尽管（表让步）；非常像，和…几乎一样the internet is a foundation for digital services数字化服务, the technology behind Bitcoin could support a revolution革命in the way people own and pay for things. Geeks极客，专业人士of all sorts各种各样的are getting excited—including a growing number of 越来越多的venture capitalists,风险投资家，风险资本家who know a new platform when they see one. 事实上，一切都是迥然不同的。不断增加的证据表明《新闻周刊》的报道是错的，多利安-蒲伦蒂斯-中本聪(Dorian Prentice Satoshi Nakamoto)和比特币之父中本聪并不是同一个人。更重要的是，如果比特币没有作为一种完全成熟的货币，而是作为金融创新的平台，那么达到比特币的全盛时代依然任重而道远。如同互联网是数字化服务的基石一样，比特币背后的科技可以引领一场革命，而这场革命可以改变买方和卖方的交易方式。各路极客们都异常兴奋，其中不乏渐多大批风险资本家，一旦一个新平台出现，这些人就会对其了如指掌。 3.To understand the enthusiasm in this modern currency, it helps to think about a very old one. Until the early 20th century the people on Yap,[j?p]雅浦岛an island in the Pacific Ocean,太平洋used large stone disks 圆盘，磁盘(pictured) as money货币，钱，钱币for big expenses, 开支；消费；损失，代价such as a daughter’s dowry.嫁妆，陪嫁，天资Being very heavy, they were rarely 很少地；难得；罕有地moved when spent. Instead, they simply changed owners. Every
Youngsters’job preferences and prospects are mismatched 年轻人的工作偏好与就业前景不相匹配 Teenage picks 青少年的选择 The world of work is changing.Are people ready for the new job outlook? A survey of15-year-olds across41countries by the OECD,a club of mostly rich countries,found that teenagers may have unrealistic expectations about the kind of work that will be available. 职业的世界正在发生变化。人们做好准备接受新的就业观了吗？世界经合组织（一个以发达国家为主的组织）对41个国家的15岁青少年进行了一项调查，结果发现青少年对于未来可能从事的工作抱有不切实际的期望。 Four of the five most popular choices were traditional professional roles: doctors,teachers,business managers and lawyers. Teenagers clustered around the most popular jobs,with the top ten being chosen by47%of boys and53%of girls.Those shares were significantly higher than when the survey was conducted back in2000. 在五个最受欢迎的职业选择中有四个是传统的职业角色：医生、教师、企业经理和律师。青少年对于最受欢迎工作的选择呈现了聚集性，有47％的男孩和53％的女孩选择了排在前十位的职业。这一比例显著高于2000年调查时的水平。 The rationale for this selection was partly down to wishful thinking on the part of those surveyed(designers,actors and musical performers were three of the top15jobs).Youth must be allowed a bit of hope. 受访者做出这一选择往往是出于自己的一厢情愿（最受欢迎的15个职业中有3个分别是设计师、演员和歌手）。我们必须给年轻人一点希望。
考研英语一小作文真题解析 2018考研英语已结束，总体而言，今年英语难度并不大，不管是英语一还是英语二的学生都普遍反映难度并未超出预期。相对而言，今年英语试卷命题人在小作文上动的脑筋比较多，很多考生对2018考研英语的小作文感觉最为棘手。 咱们先来说说英语一，今年英语一小作文题目是： Directions: Write an email to all international experts in your university inviting them to attend a graduation ceremony. In this letter you should state the time place and other information about the ceremony. 翻译是：给你们学校的国际专家写封邮件，邀请他们参加毕业典礼。信中应说清楚时间、地点和其他典礼相关信息。 这篇题目在英语表述上没有任何的陷阱，一如既往地简单直接，完全符合考前跨考老师对英语一小作文特点的分析，说好听点叫题目要求但是部分学生考完后还是反映有失手的情况，究其原因，很多人其实还是因为题目理解不准确。虽说出题人本身并未特意设置难点，但是英读明白了题，咱们来写文章，这篇小作文要求写Email，也就是电子邮件，所以格式按照信件来就行了。 首先是要有称呼，这篇文章的称呼是有一点难度的，既然是给专家(experts)写信，那么称呼就写Dear Experts就可以，要是当陌生人来写，写成Dear Sir or Madam也没问题。注意称呼之后的标点是逗号。 正文部分肯定还是分三段来写。第一段必须要写的是写信目的，这封信的写信目的自然就是邀请专家参加毕业典礼。套用I am writing this email on the purpose of inviting···就可以，甚至不用理解ceremony一词的意思，照着写就行。由于这群专家可以被认为是陌生人，所以理所应当的应该加一个自我介绍的部分，这里就可以套用咱们课上讲的I a m a···who···的句型了。合理的填充内容是：学生会的一员以及正要举行一场毕业典礼。 第二段总是需要分条去阐述的。题目中明确的给出了一个要求，需要写毕业典礼的时间和地点，举办活动用hold或者host表达。所以这理所当然地可以成为第二段的第一个层次。第二个层次写题目的第二个要求，也就是其他典礼相关信息。一般情况下我们邀请信都会写到邀请理由，也就
考研英语：阅读理解之八大考点 考生应能读懂选自各类书籍和报刊的不同类型的文字材料（生词量不超过所读材料总词汇量的3%），还应能读懂与本人学习或工作有关的文献资料、技术说明和产品介绍等。对所读材料，考生应能： 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 4篇（总长度约为1600词）文章的内容，从每题所给出的4个选项中选出最佳答案，共20小题，每小题2分，共40分 一、
1.提问方式： 1)直接提问(Main idea型) ?The text intends to express the idea that. . . ?We can draw a conclusion from the text that. . . ?What is the passage mainly about? ?The passage is mainly. ?From the passage we learn that. . . ?The passage is mainly about. . . ?he key point of the passage is that. . . ?This passage mainly deals with. . . ?The main point the author makes in the passage is. ?What does this passage mainly discuss? ?The general/ main/ central idea of the passage is. ?The passage is primarily concerned with. . . 2)给文章定标题 The best title for the text may be. . . Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?' A best title for the passage could be. A best title for the passage might be. This passage can be entitled. . . 3)提问写作目的( Purpose型) ?The article is written to explain. ?The purpose of the passage is. ?This passage is intended to… 2.解题技巧： 1) ①.重点读文章的首段开头部分，如果文章中有这样的主旨句， 那么再看四个选择项，如其中一项所含的信息同主旨句中的信息相似，该项即为正确答案 ②.重点读各段的开头和结尾，四个选项中能涵盖文章各段内容的一项， 就是正确答案
Disney Star Wars, Disney and myth-making How one company came to master the business of storytelling FROM a galaxy far, far away to a cinema just down the road: “The Force Awakens”, the newest instalment of the Star Wars saga, is inescapable this Christmas. The first Star Wars title since Lucasfilm, the owner of the franchise, was acquired by Disney in 2012 for $4.1 billion, it represents more than just the revival of a beloved science-fiction series. It is the latest example of the way Disney has prospered over the past decade from a series of shrewd acquisitions (see article). Having bought Pixar, Marvel and Lucasfilm, Disney has skilfullycapitalised on their intellectual property—and in so doing, cemented its position as the market leader in the industrialisation of mythology. Its success rests on its mastery of the three elements of modern myth-making: tropes, technology and toys. From Homer to Han Solo Start with the tropes. Disney properties, which include everything from “Thor” to “Toy Story”, draw on well-worn devices of mythic structure to give their stories cultural resonance. Walt Disney himself had an intuitive grasp of the power of fables. George Lucas, the creator of Star Wars, is an avid student of the work of Joseph Campbell, an American comparative mythologist who outlined the “monomyth” structure in which a hero answers a call, is assisted by a mentor figure, voyages to another world, survives various trials and emerges triumphant. Both film-makers merrily plundered ancient mythology and folklore. The Marvel universe goes even further, directly appropriating chunks of Greco-Roman and Norse mythology. (This makes Disney's enthusiasm for fierce enforcement of intellectual-property laws, and the seemingly perpetual extension of copyright, somewhat ironic.) The internal mechanics of myths may not have changed much over the ages, but the technology used to impart them certainly has. That highlights Disney's second area of expertise. In Homer's day, legends were passed on in the form of dactylic hexameters; modern myth-makers prefer computer graphics, special effects, 3D projection, surround sound and internet video distribution,
Cloth of gold 一块价值堪比黄金的布 Why the economic value of a face mask is$56.14 为什么说一个口罩的经济价值是56.14美元 After a brutal first six months of the year,governments across the world are hoping for an economic bounce-back.Rich-world GDP fell by about 10%in the first half of2020. 在经历今年上半年的残酷考验后，世界各国政府都期待经济能够触底反弹。2020年上半年，发达国家的GDP下降了约10%。 Yet much has changed since—including that more people are now wearing masks.Economists,obsessed with translating everything into GDP,wonder if more widespread face-covering could help the recovery.然而，自从越来越多的人戴上口罩后，情况发生了显著变化。经济学家痴迷于用GDP来解释一切事物，如今他们想知道，随着更多的人戴上了口罩，经济能否走向复苏。The thinking goes that masks can,in part,substitute for lockdowns. People wearing them need not be discouraged as much from using public transport.More shops and offices might be able to reopen,albeit while practising social distancing. 这种想法基于这样一个逻辑，戴口罩在一定程度上可以代替封锁措施。当人们戴上口罩后，就不必再对公共交通工具进行限制了。更多的商店和办公室也将重新开放，尽管是在保持社交距离的前提下。 Calculations from Goldman Sachs,a bank,suggest that a15 percentage-point rise in the share of the population that wears masks
考研英语一小作文真题及范文3篇 英语一小作文真题：51.direction You are to write an email to James Cooka newly-arrived Australia professorrecommending some tourist attraction in your city .Please give reason for your recommendation. You should write nearly on the answer/sheet. Dot not sign your own name at the end of the email .use "li ming"instead Do not write the address.(10 points) 参考范文1(网友版)： Dear Prof. James Cook Welcome to China. I know you love tra veling so I’m writing this letter to recommend to you one of my favorite scen I think you must like it for the reasons as follows. To begin with there are an amount of beautiful scenic spots such as the Ice and Snow Kingdom in winter the Sun island the Central Street and so on. In addition you could taste a great number of snacks on the average street. Last but not least the people of Harbin are overwhelmingly hospitable and enthusiastic which is famous all over China. Owing to the reasons discuss ed above I won’t hesitate to recommend this scenic spot to you. I am sure you will enjoy it. Best wishes for you! 【参考范文2(网友版)】 Dear Mr. Cook I am writing this letter to recommend you one of the tourist attractions in my city —The Great Wall. The detailed reasons for my recommendation are listed as the following. At the top of the list the Great Wall is one of the oldest historic interests in China. In addition there are a large number of tourists in China and abroad touring the Great Wall and appreciating its grandness and
1990年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题阅读 Section II R eading Comprehension Each of the two passages below is followed by five questions. For each question there are four answers. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each of the questions. Put your choice in the brackets on the left. (10 points) Text 1 ①In May 1989, space shuttle “Atlantis” released in outer space the space probe “Megallan,” which is now on her 15-month and one-billion-kilometer flight to Venus. ②A new phase in space exploration has begun. ①The planet Venus is only slightly smaller than Earth; it is the only other object in the solar system, in fact, that even comes close to earth’s size. ②Venus has a similar density, so it is probably made of approximately the same stuff, and it has an atmosphere, complete with clouds. ③It is also the closest planet to earth, and thus the most similar in distance from the sun. ④In short, Venus seems to justify its long-held nickname of “earth’s twin.” ①The surface temperature of Venus reaches some 900F. ②Added to that is an atmospheric pressure about 90 times Earth’s: High overhead in the carbon dioxide (CO2) that passes for air is a layer of clouds, perhaps 10 to 20 miles thick, whose little drops consist mostly of sulfuric acid (H2SO4). ③Water is all but nonexistent. ①Born with so many fundamental similarities to earth, how did Venus get to be so radically different: It is not just an academic matter. ②For all its extremes, Venus is a valuable laboratory for researchers studying the weather and climate of earth. ③It has no earth’s oceans, so the heat transport and other mechanisms are greatly simplified. ④In addition, the planet Venus takes 243 earth-days to turn once on its axis, so incoming heat from the sun is added and distributed at a more leisurely, observable pace. 一、词汇 1．shuttle n. 返汽车(列车，飞机)；航天飞机，航天器 2．release v. 放出，释放 3.probe n. 探测 4.phase n. 阶段 5.density n. 密度 6.approximately ad. 大概，大约 7.stuff n. 材料，东西 8.passes for被当成9.sulfuric a. 硫的 10. acid n. 酸性物质，酸11. axis n. 轴(线) 12.leisurely ad. 慢慢地，悠然地 二、长难句 1. In May 1989, space shuttle “Atlantis” released in outer space the space probe “Megallan,” which is now on her 15-month and one-billion-kilometer flight to Venus. 该句主干为space shuttle “Atlantis” released … the space probe “Megallan”，which引导的定语从句做后置定语，修饰先行词the space probe “Megallan”。 翻译：1989年5月，“亚特兰蒂斯”号航天飞机将“麦哲伦”号金星探测器释放到外太空，