考研As so often, the past holds the key to the future: we have now identified enough of the long-term patterns shaping the history of the planet, and our species, to make evidence-based forecasts about the situations in which our descendants will find themselves.

与以往一样，过去掌握着未来的关键：我们现在已经确定了足够多的塑造地球和我们物种历史的长期模式，以便对我们后代将面临的情况做出基于证据的预测。

2013年考研阅读原文

考研As so often, the past holds the key to the future: we have now identified enough of the long-term patterns shaping the history of the planet, and our species, to make evidence-based forecasts about the situations in which our descendant will find themselv

正如经常发生的那样，过去掌握着未来的关键：我们现在已经确定了足够多的塑造地球和我们物种历史的长期模式，以便对我们的后代将如何找到自己做出基于证据的预测

2013年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级According to data gathered by Harvard Law School professor Lani Guinier, the most selective schools are more likely to choose blacks who have at least one immigrant parent from Africa or the Caribbean than black students who are descendants of American slaves.

根据哈佛法学院教授拉尼·吉尼耶（Lani Guinier）收集的数据，与美国奴隶后裔的黑人学生相比，最挑剔的学校更可能选择父母至少有一位来自非洲或加勒比的移民的黑人学生。

2011年6月阅读原文

六级For decades,these descendants of the Viking shave been trying to show the world that the right mix of enlightened policy.

几十年来，这些维京人的后代一直在试图向世界表明，开明政策的正确组合。

2014年6月阅读原文

六级According to data gathered by Harvard Law School professor Lani Guinier, the most selective schools are more likely to choose blacks who have at least one immigrant parent from Africa or the Caribbean than black students who are descendants of American slaves

根据哈佛法学院教授拉尼·吉尼耶（Lani Guinier）收集的数据，与美国奴隶后裔的黑人学生相比，选择最多的学校更有可能选择父母至少有一位来自非洲或加勒比的移民的黑人学生

2011年6月阅读原文

六级Better still, our descendants might at last live in a world at peace with itself.

更好的是，我们的后代最终可能生活在一个和平的世界里。

2008年6月英语六级真题

六级Ultimately we must get a handle on those issues as well, or a creature that outlived the dinosaurs (恐龙) will meet its end at the hands of humans, leaving our descendants to wonder how creature so ugly could have won so much affection.

最终，我们也必须处理好这些问题，或者一种比恐龙更长寿的生物(恐龙) 它将在人类手中终结，让我们的后代想知道，如此丑陋的生物是如何赢得如此多的喜爱的。

2009年6月英语六级真题

六级According to data gathered by Harvard Law School professor Lain Gainer, the most selective schools are more likely to choose blacks who have at least one immigrant parent from Africa or the Caribbean than black students who are descendants of American slaves.

根据哈佛大学法学院教授莱恩·盖纳收集的数据，与美国奴隶后裔的黑人学生相比，最具选择性的学校更有可能选择父母至少有一位来自非洲或加勒比海移民的黑人。

2011年6月英语六级真题

考研But however amazed our descendants may be at how far from Utopia we were, they will look just like us.

但是，无论我们的后代对我们离乌托邦有多远感到惊讶，他们看起来都和我们一样。

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