考研Our ability to mute our hard-wired reactions by pausing is what differentiates us from animals: dogs can think about the future only intermittently or for a few minutes.

我们能够通过停顿来抑制我们的本能反应，这是我们与动物的区别：狗只能断断续续地或几分钟地思考未来。

2013年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

高考But he is providing a few years during which the farmers will, perhaps, be able to find other means of adapting.

但他提供了几年的时间，在这几年里，农民们也许能够找到其他适应的方法。

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

四级Few people are able to resist alcohol's temptations.

很少有人能抗拒酒精的诱惑。

2013年6月阅读原文

六级Nearly a decade ago it was predicted that viewers of Friends, a popular situation comedy, would soon be able to purchase a sweater like Jennifer Aniston's with a few taps on their remote control.

近十年前，有人预测，《老友记》是一部颇受欢迎的情景喜剧，只要轻敲遥控器，观众很快就能买到詹妮弗·安妮斯顿的毛衣。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级Meanwhile, there're few who're willing and able to perform jobs requiring a petroleum engineering major, so the value of one more of those people is very high.

同时，很少有人愿意并且能够从事需要石油工程专业的工作，因此，这些人中再多一个的价值非常高。

2018年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

六级Nearly a decade ago it was predicted that viewers of "Friends", a popular situation comedy, would soon be able to purchase a sweater like Jennifer Aniston's with a few taps on their remote control.

近十年前，有人预测，流行情景喜剧《老友记》的观众只需轻敲遥控器，很快就能买到詹妮弗·安妮斯顿的毛衣。

2016年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

考研Until now, many sellers that have a physical presence in only a single state or a few states have been able to avoid charging sales taxes when they ship to addresses outside those states.

到目前为止，许多只在一个州或几个州有实体存在的卖家在将货物运送到这些州以外的地址时能够避免收取销售税。

2020年考研真题（英语一）翻译 Section Ⅲ

六级About 58% of the students demonstrated none or few of the risk behaviors.

大约58%的学生没有或很少表现出危险行为。

2016年12月阅读原文

考研The researchers’ argument stems from a simple observation about social influence,with the exception of a few celebrities like Oprah Winfrey-whose outsize presence is primarily a function of media,not interpersonal,influence-even the most influential members of a population simply don’t interact with that many others.

研究人员的论点来源于对社会影响的简单观察，除了奥普拉·温弗瑞（Oprah Winfrey）等少数名人，他们的超凡存在主要是媒体的作用，而不是人际影响，即使是人口中最有影响力的成员也不会与那么多其他人互动。

2010年考研阅读原文

高考The dark cloud above one of the world's toughest criminal neighbourhoods simply disappeared for a few days.

世界上最凶恶的犯罪社区之一上空的乌云仅仅消失了几天。

2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

高考Although he is known to only a few people here, his reputation abroad is very great.

虽然他在这里只为少数人所知，但他在国外的名声很好。

2015年高考英语湖北卷 句子填空 原文

六级Barrett wanted to find out if the absence of physical currency does indeed cause a person to spend more, so she decided to conduct an experiment a few months ago.

巴雷特想知道缺乏实物货币是否真的会导致一个人花费更多，因此她决定在几个月前进行一项实验。

2017年6月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

六级A spirit of openness is gaining acceptance in the science community, and is the only way,say advocates,to address a ‘crisis' in science whereby too few findings are successfully reproduced.

一种开放的精神正在被科学界所接受，倡导者们说，这是解决科学“危机”的唯一途径，因为在这场危机中，成功复制的发现太少了。

2017年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

四级The number of British films being made has declined in the past few years, according to new figures.

据最新数据显示，在过去几年中，正在拍摄的英国电影数量有所下降。

2015年12月听力原文

考研Some attributed virtually every important cultural achievement to the inventions of a few, especially gifted peoples that, according to diffusionists, then spread to other cultures.

一些人把几乎每一项重要的文化成就都归因于少数民族的发明，特别是有天赋的民族的发明，根据扩散论者的说法，这些发明随后传播到其他文化中。

2009年考研阅读原文

六级The researchers also acknowledged that there are a few areas where race as a construct might still be useful in scientific research: as a political and social, but not biological, variable.

研究人员还承认，在科学研究中，种族作为一种结构可能在一些领域仍然有用：作为一种政治和社会变量，而不是生物学变量。

2016年12月阅读原文

六级They acknowledge that, in a few cases, home schooling offers educational opportunities superior to those found in most public schools, but few parents can provide such educational advantages.

他们承认，在少数情况下，家庭教育提供的教育机会优于大多数公立学校，但很少有家长能提供这样的教育优势。

2013年12月听力原文

六级Since there were few museums anywhere in Europe before the close of the eighteenth century, Grand Tourists often saw paintings and sculptures by gaining admission to private collections, and many were eager to acquire examples of Greco-Roman and Italian art for their own collections.

因为在十八世纪末之前，欧洲几乎没有博物馆，所以大游客经常通过私人收藏来观看绘画和雕塑，许多人渴望为自己的收藏获得希腊罗马和意大利艺术的实例。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级since there were few museums anywhere in Europe before the close of the eighteenth century, Grand Tourists often saw paintings and sculptures by gaining admission to private collections, and many were eager to acquire examples of Greco- Roman and Italian

因为在十八世纪末之前，欧洲几乎没有博物馆，所以大游客经常通过私人收藏的方式观看绘画和雕塑，许多人渴望获得希腊罗马和意大利的范例

2017年6月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

高考His works have received many prizes and have been shown in over 100 exhibitions across the country, Los Angeles, New York, philadelphia, to name just a few.

他的作品获得了许多奖项，并在美国洛杉矶、纽约、费城等地的100多个展览中展出。

2016年高考英语四川卷 听力 原文

考研Across the country, factory owners are now grappling with a new challenge: Instead of having too many workers, they may end up with too few.

在全国范围内，工厂主们正面临着一个新的挑战：与其雇佣太多的工人，不如雇佣太少的工人。

2017年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

高考Restarting antitrust for the information age will not be easy but if govemments don't wants a data oconomy by a few giants, they must act soon.

在信息时代重新启动反垄断并非易事，但如果政府不想让少数几家巨头实施数据垄断，他们必须尽快采取行动。

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

四级The manager told me that Jack Green's been very active around the shop the last few days.

经理告诉我，杰克·格林最近几天在店里非常活跃。

2016年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section B

四级For now the app is also iPad-exclusive, and though a few of these educational institutions are giving the hardware away for free, for other students who don't have such a luxury it's an added layer of cost — and an expensive one at that.

目前，该应用程序也是iPad独有的，尽管其中一些教育机构正在免费赠送硬件，但对于其他没有这么奢侈的学生来说，这是一个额外的成本——而且是一个昂贵的成本。

2013年6月阅读原文

六级In the past few years, MathCounts added two new middle school programs to try to diversify its participant pool—the National Math Club and the Math Video Challenge.

在过去的几年里，MathCounts增加了两个新的中学项目，试图使其参与者群体多样化——国家数学俱乐部和数学视频挑战赛。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级A few additional roads would come later.

之后还会有几条路。

2018年6月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

六级Swedish economists Magnus Henrekson and Mikael Stenkula addressed the following question in their 2009study:why are there so few female top executives in the European egalitarian(平等主义的)welfare states?

瑞典经济学家马格努斯·亨雷克森（Magnus Henrekson）和米凯尔·斯滕库拉（Mikael Stenkula）在2009年的研究中提出了以下问题：为什么欧洲平等主义者中女性高管如此之少(平等主义的)福利国家？

2014年6月阅读原文

六级A few years later, a large defense buildup finally provided a fiscal stimulus adequate to the economy's needs—and suddenly industry was eager to employ those unadaptable and untrained workers.

几年后，大规模的国防建设最终提供了足以满足经济需要的财政刺激，工业界突然急于雇用那些不适应和未经培训的工人。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级A few years later, a large defense buildup finally provided a fiscal stimulus adequate to the economy's needs—and suddenly industry was eager to employ those "unadaptable and untrained" workers.

几年后，大规模的国防建设终于提供了足以满足经济需要的财政刺激，工业界突然急于雇用那些“不适应和未经培训”的工人。

2016年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

六级For example, the shortage of young adults is likely to make countries more reluctant to commit the few they have to military service.

例如，年轻人的短缺可能会使一些国家更不愿意让少数人服兵役。

2010年12月阅读原文

四级Although economic research and previous survey findings have shown that career interruptions related to motherhood may make it harder for women to advance in their careers and compete for top executive jobs, relatively few adults in the recent survey poin

尽管经济研究和先前的调查结果表明，与母亲身份相关的职业中断可能会使女性更难在职业生涯中取得进步，也更难竞争高管职位，但在最近的调查中，相对较少的成年人参与了这项调查

2019年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

六级I wonder if you could say then in a few words what the advantages are for a girl at a single-sex school

我想知道你是否可以用几句话来说明在单性学校对女生有什么好处

2013年12月听力原文

考研These labels encourage style-conscious consumers to see clothes as disposable-meant to last only a wash or two, although they don’t advertise that –and to renew their wardrobe every few weeks.

这些标签鼓励有时尚意识的消费者将衣服视为一次性的，只能洗一两次，尽管他们并没有做广告，而是每隔几周更新一次衣橱。

2013年考研阅读原文

考研These labels encourage style-conscious consumers to see clothes as disposable一meant to last only a wash or two, although they don't advertise that一and to renew their wardrobe every few weeks.

这些标签鼓励有时尚意识的消费者将衣服视为一次性的一虽然他们没有做广告，但它的意思是只能洗一两次一每隔几周更新一次衣橱。

2013年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

高考During the last few years, business executives and book writers looking for a new way to advise corporate America have been exploiting Shakespeare's wisdom for profitable ends.

在过去的几年里，寻求为美国企业提供建议的新途径的企业高管和书籍作者一直在利用莎士比亚的智慧来实现有利可图的目的。

2015年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

四级Few people can afford it without working hard.

很少有人不努力工作就能负担得起。

2011年12月阅读原文

六级Over the next few months, I realized not only could I not afford my dream school, I couldn't even afford the ones where I'd been accepted.

在接下来的几个月里，我意识到我不仅负担不起我梦想中的学校，甚至连我被录取的学校都负担不起。

2018年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

四级I know, but I'm afraid I need another few days.

我知道，但恐怕我还需要几天。

2013年6月听力原文

四级After making a stop for a few hours at a British station on the edge of Antarctica, the two workers were flown to the southernmost Chilean city of Punta Arenas.

在南极洲边缘的一个英国站停留了几个小时后，这两名工人被空运到智利最南端的城市蓬塔阿雷纳斯。

2019年6月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section A

四级I didn't feel any improvement in my condition in the first couple of days, but after a few more regular visits to the doctor, my cough started to lessen.

在最初的几天里，我没有感觉到我的病情有任何改善，但在几次定期看病后，我的咳嗽开始减轻。

2018年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section A

六级A few weeks after this positive dress rehearsal, the young lawyer did win.

在这次积极的彩排后的几个星期，这位年轻的律师确实赢了。

2017年6月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section B

六级After that, a few small populations left Africa to populate the rest of the world.

此后，少数人离开非洲，移居世界其他地区。

2019年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

六级I just got the idea a few months ago after posting some holiday photos on my social media accounts.

几个月前，在我的社交媒体账户上发布了一些假日照片后，我才有了这个想法。

2018年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section A

六级When I re-entered the full-time workforce a few years ago after a decade of solitary self-employment, there was one thing I was looking forward to the most: the opportunity to have work friends once again.

几年前，在经历了十年的单独自营职业后，当我重新进入全职工作岗位时，有一件事是我最期待的：有机会再次结交工作上的朋友。

2019年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

考研Instead, they look after their well-being instinctively, and usually more effectively than we do as grownups. Perhaps it's time to learn a few lessons from them.

相反，他们本能地照顾自己的幸福，而且通常比我们成年人更有效。也许是时候从他们身上吸取一些教训了。

2016年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

高考See, your computer has broken down again! It doesn't make sense to buy the cheapest brand of computer just to save a few dollars.

看，你的电脑又坏了！仅仅为了节省几美元而购买最便宜的电脑品牌是没有意义的。

2015年高考英语天津卷 单项填空 原文

四级Even so, relatively few young women 15% say they have been discriminated against at work because of their gender.

即便如此，相对较少的年轻女性（15%）表示她们在工作中因性别而受到歧视。

2018年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

四级Even so, relatively few young women 16% say they have been discriminated against at work because of their gender.

即便如此，相对较少的年轻女性（16%）表示她们在工作中因性别而受到歧视。

2018年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

四级In a three-stage life, people leave university at the same time and the same age, they tend to start their careers and family at the same age, they proceed through middle management all roughly the same time, and then move into retirement within a few yea

在三个阶段的生活中，人们在同一时间和同一年龄离开大学，他们倾向于在同一年龄开始自己的事业和家庭，他们几乎在同一时间进行中层管理，然后在几年内退休

2019年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

高考I got here a few days ago, on Saturday...oh, no, wait a minute...sorry, Friday, not Saturday.

我几天前到的，星期六……哦，不，等等……对不起，星期五，不是星期六。

2015年高考英语湖南卷 听力 原文

高考I last saw him a few months ago.

我上次见到他是几个月前。

2017年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

高考Three weeks ago, I witnessed a small near-disaster a few miles west of here.

三周前，我目睹了在这里以西几英里处发生的一场小灾难。

2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

四级In fact, there is almost no hard evidence for midlife crisis other than a few small pilot studies conducted decades ago, Barbara Hagerty writes in her new book, Life Reimagined.

事实上，除了几十年前进行的几项小型试点研究外，几乎没有确凿的证据证明中年危机，芭芭拉·哈格蒂在她的新书《重新想象生活》中写道。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级"In fact, there is almost no hard evidence for midlife crisis other than a few small pilot studies conducted decades ago," Barbara Hagerty writes in her new book, life Reimagined.

“事实上，除了几十年前进行的几项小型试点研究外，几乎没有确凿的证据证明中年危机，”芭芭拉·哈格蒂在她的新书《生活重新想象》中写道。

2017年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

四级A few months ago, I was down with a terrible cold which ended in a persistent bad cough.

几个月前，我患了重感冒，最后持续咳嗽。

2018年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section A

六级And if you suspected that the workplace had gotten more stressful than it was just a few decades ago, you're right.

如果你怀疑工作场所的压力比几十年前更大，你是对的。

2016年12月阅读原文

六级I became aware of the trials of career-focused European woman a few years ago when I met a post-doctoral student from Germany who was then a visiting fellow at Johns Hopkins.

几年前，当我遇到一位来自德国的博士后学生，当时他是约翰·霍普金斯大学的客座研究员，我开始意识到对以职业为中心的欧洲女性的试验。

2014年6月阅读原文

六级And if you suspected that the workplace had gotten more stressful than it was just a few decades ago, you're right.

如果你怀疑工作场所的压力比几十年前更大，你是对的。

2016年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

六级What we see today is the product of evolutionary events resulting from the dispersal of a few human populations out of Africa around 60, 000 to 70, 000 years ago.

我们今天看到的是大约6万到7万年前少数人类从非洲散居所导致的进化事件的产物。

2019年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

考研Up until a few decades ago, our visions of the future were largely - though by no means uniformly - glowingly positive.

直到几十年前，我们对未来的憧憬在很大程度上——尽管并非一成不变——都是积极的。

2013年考研阅读原文

考研A century ago, few people regularly brushed their teeth multiple times a day.

一个世纪前，很少有人每天刷牙数次。

2010年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研A few decades ago, many people didn't drink water outside of a meal.

几十年前，许多人在饭后不喝水。

2010年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研Not the 20% profit margins that were routine a few years ago, but profit all the same.

不是几年前常规的20%的利润率，而是利润率。

2011年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研Up until a few decades ago, our visions of the future were largely -- though by no means uniformly-glowingly positive.

直到几十年前，我们对未来的憧憬在很大程度上都是积极的，尽管并不是一成不变的。

2013年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级Electronics giants like Best Buy and Samsung have provided e-waste take-back programs over the past few years, which aim to refurbish (翻新) old electronic components and parts into new products.

过去几年，百思买（Best Buy）和三星（Samsung）等电子巨头提供了旨在翻新的电子垃圾回收计划(翻新) 将旧的电子元器件改造成新产品。

2019年6月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

高考Joe was there, a few meters from their tent, still alive.

乔在那里，离他们的帐篷几米远，还活着。

2014年高考英语全国卷2 完形填空 原文

高考Altogether there are some ten thousand of these volcanoes on earth, all but a few hundred of them extinct.

地球上总共有大约一万座这样的火山，除了几百座以外都灭绝了。

2019年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

四级Well, if this were true, we would all be slipping a few 100-dollar bills to our doctors on the way out their doors, too.

好吧，如果这是真的，我们也都会在医生出门的路上给他们塞几张100美元的钞票。

2016年12月阅读原文

考研All animals download, but only a few upload.

所有动物下载，但只有少数上传。

2012年考研阅读原文

考研A few wealthy people will own all the capital, and the masses will struggle in an impoverished wasteland.

少数富人将拥有全部资本，而群众将在贫困的荒地中挣扎。

2017年考研真题（英语二）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

高考Office hours almost always go better if you bring a few specific questions to the meeting.

如果你在会议上提出一些具体的问题，办公时间几乎总是会更好。

2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 主旨概括 原文

考研While few crafts men or farmers, let alone dependents and servants, left literary compositions to be analyzed, it is obvious that their views less fully intellectualized.

虽然很少有工匠或农民，更不用说家属和仆人，留下文学作品进行分析，但很明显，他们的观点没有完全理智化。

2009年考研阅读原文

高考A few daring survived, though, along with a few stay-in-the-cave types.

尽管如此，仍有一些勇敢的人幸存下来，还有一些留在洞穴中。

2016年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读E 原文

六级If you want to change his course, you have only a few choices: you can stop him, transferring ( ' , possibly painfully) some of his kinetic energy ( ' , 动能 ) to your own body, or you can approach alongside and slowly apply pressure to gradually alter his course.

如果你想改变他的路线，你只有几个选择：你可以阻止他，转移（可能是痛苦地）他的一些动能，动能 ) 或者你可以靠近他，慢慢施加压力，逐渐改变他的路线。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级If you want to change his course, you have only a few choices: you can stop him, transferring possibly painfullysome of his kinetic energy to your own body, or toucan approach alongside and slowly apply pressure to gradually alter his course.

如果你想改变他的路线，你只有几个选择：你可以阻止他，可能痛苦地将他的一些动能转移到你自己的身体，或者巨嘴鸟靠近并慢慢施加压力，逐渐改变他的路线。

2015年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

考研Instead, the digital services tax is part of a much larger trend, with countries over the past few years proposing or putting in place an alphabet soup of new international tax provisions.

相反，数字服务税是一个更大趋势的一部分，过去几年，各国提出或实施了一系列新的国际税收规定。

2020年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

高考Already well over 400 of the total of 6, 800 languages are close to extinction, with only a few elderly speakers left.

在总共6800种语言中，已经有超过400种濒临灭绝，只剩下少数老年人。

2018年高考英语全国卷I 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

四级But there are a few pilot schools already making the transition（过渡）over to digital books.

但也有一些试点学校已经开始转型(过渡）转向数字图书。

2013年6月阅读原文

四级Alternative forms of energy- bio-fuels, wind and solar, to name a few are certainly being funded and developed, and will play a growingrolein the world's energy supply.

替代能源形式——生物燃料、风能和太阳能等，肯定正在得到资助和开发，并将在世界能源供应中发挥越来越大的作用。

2011年12月阅读原文

四级Few startups happen in Miami, for example, because although it's full of rich people, it has few nerds.

比如说，迈阿密很少有创业公司，因为虽然那里到处都是富人，但很少有书呆子。

2015年12月阅读原文

四级As for the taxi drivers, most are delighted to be behind the wheel of new cars,although there have been a few complaints about switching from black and white to a plain white colour.

至于出租车司机，大多数人都很乐意驾驶新车，尽管也有一些关于从黑白改为纯白色的投诉。

2015年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section A

四级Few startups happen in Miami, for example, because although it's full of rich people, it has few nerds.

比如说，迈阿密很少有创业公司，因为虽然那里到处都是富人，但很少有书呆子。

2015年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

六级A few precautions can help most climbers avoid altitude sickness

一些预防措施可以帮助大多数登山者避免高原反应

2012年12月听力原文

考研The current emphasis on standardized testing highlights analysis and procedure, meaning that few of us inherently use our innovative and collaborative modes of thought.

目前对标准化测试的强调强调强调了分析和程序，这意味着我们中很少有人天生使用创新和协作的思维模式。

2009年考研阅读原文

考研He notes that each individual has many ancestors-numbering in the hundreds just a few centuries back.

他指出，每个人都有许多祖先，仅在几个世纪前就有数百人。

2009年考研阅读原文

四级It didn't take long for magazines and documentary film-makers to come to understand her total recall, and thanks to the subsequent media interest, a few dozen other subjects ( ' , including Veiseh) have since come forward and contacted the team at the University of California, Irvine.

杂志和纪录片制片人花了很长时间才了解到她的全部召回，并且由于随后的媒体兴趣，几十个其他主题（包括维西）已经上台并联系了尔湾加利福尼亚大学的团队。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级Students use forums to chat, play games, and solve problems together at no cost, or they can pay a few hundred dollars to take courses with trained teachers.

学生们可以免费使用论坛聊天、玩游戏和解决问题，也可以花几百美元与受过培训的教师一起学习课程。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级London was a frequent starting point for Grand Tourists, and Paris a compulsory destination; many traveled to the Netherlands, some to Switzerland and Germany, and a very few adventurers to Spain, Greece, or Turkey.

伦敦是大游客的经常出发点，巴黎是必经目的地；许多人去了荷兰，一些人去了瑞士和德国，很少有冒险家去了西班牙、希腊或土耳其。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级Whether digitally interactive ones like Inkling actually take off or not remains to be seen, and we probably won't have a definite answer for the next few years

像Inkling这样的数字互动技术是否真的开始流行还有待观察，我们可能在未来几年内不会有明确的答案

2013年6月阅读原文

高考From what I have seen, few do homework; instead many are on their phones and talking, making it impossible for those who actually want to do work to complete any.

据我所见，很少有人做家庭作业；相反，许多人都在打电话聊天，这使得那些真正想做工作的人无法完成任何工作。

2015年高考英语湖南卷 阅读表达 原文

高考With any luck, he'll turn a few more heads in the process.

如果运气好的话，他会在这个过程中再回头。

2019年高考英语浙江卷 完形填空 原文

考研Workers tended to be diligent for the first few days of the week in any case, before hitting a plateau and then slackening off.

不管怎么说，工人们在一周的头几天都很勤奋，直到达到一个平稳期，然后放松下来。

2010年考研真题（英语一）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

高考As long as one doesn't come to rely on it, wishing for a few good things to happen never hurts anybody.

只要一个人不依赖它，希望一些好的事情发生不会伤害任何人。

2017年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

六级Is there anyone in your department who could give a hand for a few days?

你们部门有人可以帮你几天忙吗？

2013年6月听力原文

六级Located only a few hours apart, The University of Tennessee and Tennessee State are worth comparing.

田纳西大学和田纳西州立大学相距只有几个小时，值得比较。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级In the early 20th century, few things were more appealing than the promise of scientific knowledge.

在20世纪初，没有什么比科学知识的承诺更吸引人了。

2010年12月阅读原文

考研“So few authors have brains enough or literary gift enough to keep their own end up in journalism,” Newman wrote,“that I am tempted to define‘journalism’ as‘a term of contempt applied by writers who are not read to writers who are'.

纽曼写道：“很少有作家有足够的头脑或文学天赋来维持自己在新闻界的地位，因此我很想把‘新闻’定义为‘不被阅读的作家对被阅读的作家的蔑视’。

2010年考研阅读原文

四级When your elderly relative needs to enter some sort of long-term care facility—a moment few parents or children approach without fear—what you would like is to have everything made clear.

当你年老的亲戚需要进入某种长期护理机构时，很少有父母或孩子会毫无恐惧地接近你，你想要的是把一切都说清楚。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级Well, if I were you, I'd let her cool off a few days before I approach her.

好吧，如果我是你，我会让她冷静几天后再接近她。

2010年6月听力原文

四级Some areas of inquiry have few prospects of a commercial return, and Lee's is one of them.

一些调查领域几乎没有商业回报的前景，李氏就是其中之一。

2010年12月阅读原文