六级Yet like many college teachers around the U.S., the faculty remain doubtful that their work as educators can be measured by a "learning outcome" such as a graduate's ability to investigate and reason.

然而，和美国许多大学教师一样，教师们仍然怀疑他们作为教育工作者的工作是否可以用“学习成果”来衡量，比如毕业生的调查和推理能力。

2017年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A

六级And that, fundamentally, is why claims that we face huge structural problems have been multiplying: they offer a reason to do nothing about the mass unemployment that is crippling our economy and our society.

从根本上说，这就是为什么说我们面临巨大的结构性问题的说法成倍增加的原因：它们提供了一个理由，让我们对正在削弱我们的经济和社会的大规模失业无所作为。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级We need to accept that fact across much of the planet, so waste with little or no treatment will be used in agriculture for good reason.

我们需要在地球上的大部分地区接受这一事实，因此，很少或根本不经处理的废物将被用于农业，这是有充分理由的。

2016年6月阅读原文

四级One reason is that more countries are big oil producers now, so the nations suffering from the price drop account for a larger share of the global economy.

一个原因是，现在有更多的国家是石油生产大国，因此遭受油价下跌影响的国家在全球经济中所占份额更大。

2016年12月阅读原文

四级More people who lived in cities and suburbs said they wanted to try driverless cars than those who lived in rural areasWhile there's reason to believe that interest in self-driving cars is going up across the board, a person's age will have little to do with how self-driving cars can become mainstream.

居住在城市和郊区的人表示，他们想尝试无人驾驶汽车的人数多于居住在农村地区的人。尽管有理由相信人们对自动驾驶汽车的兴趣正在全面上升，但一个人的年龄与自动驾驶汽车如何成为主流没有多大关系。

2016年6月阅读原文

四级While there's reason to believe that interest in self-driving cars is going up across the board, a person's age will have little to do with how self-driving cars can become mainstream.

虽然有理由相信人们对自动驾驶汽车的兴趣正在全面上升，但一个人的年龄与自动驾驶汽车如何成为主流没有多大关系。

2016年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

考研One reason why it is hard to design and teach such courses is that they cut across the insistence by top American universities that liberal-arts education and professional education should be kept separate, taught in different schools.

设计和教授这样的课程很难的一个原因是，它们跨越了美国顶尖大学的坚持，即人文教育和专业教育应该分开，在不同的学校教授。

2011年考研阅读原文

考研One reason why it is hard to design and teach such courses is that they cut across the insistence by top American universities that "liberal-arts education and professional education should be kept separate, taught in different schools".

设计和教授这样的课程很难的一个原因是，它们跨越了美国顶尖大学的坚持，即“文科教育和专业教育应该分开，在不同的学校教授”。

2011年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级As I said, structural unemployment isn't a real problem, it's an excuse—a reason not to act on America's problems at a time when action is desperately needed.

正如我所说，结构性失业不是一个真正的问题，它是一个借口——一个在迫切需要采取行动的时候不采取行动解决美国问题的理由。

2016年6月阅读原文

高考He added that the theater's location was also a reason.

他补充说，剧院的位置也是一个原因。

2017年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

六级But this vote of confidence in Oprah sends a troubling message at precisely the time when American universities need to do more to advance the cause of reason.

但这次对奥普拉的信任投票恰恰在美国大学需要做更多工作来推进理性事业的时候发出了一个令人不安的信息。

2014年6月阅读原文

考研In Europe, where forestry is ecologically more advanced, the noncommercial tree species are recognized as members of the native forest community, to be preserved as such, within reason.

在欧洲，林业在生态上更为先进，非商业树种被视为本地森林群落的成员，在合理范围内予以保护。

2010年考研翻译原文

四级Her main reason for returning to academia mid-career was to take advantage of the greater freedom to choose research questions.

她在职业生涯中期重返学术界的主要原因是利用更大的自由选择研究问题。

2010年12月阅读原文

六级One reason why pension and health care reforms are slow in coming is that politicians are afraid of losing votes in the next election.

养老金和医疗改革进展缓慢的一个原因是政客们害怕在下次选举中失去选票。

2010年12月阅读原文

六级One reason for the rise in deaths from Alzheimer’s disease in this group may be that developing this condition remains possible even after people beat the odds of dying from other diseases such as cancer.

这一人群中阿尔茨海默病死亡人数上升的原因之一可能是，即使人们战胜了死于癌症等其他疾病的可能性，仍有可能患上这种疾病。

2016年12月听力原文

高考That isn't a reason to stop, it's just the mind, that little man or woman on your shoulder, trying to talk you out of something again.

这不是停止的理由，这只是思想，你肩上的那个小男人或女人，试图再次说服你放弃某些东西。

2015年高考英语福建卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

考研The most likely reason for departing a board was age, so the researchers concentrated on those "surprise" disappearances by directors under the age of 70.

离开董事会最有可能的原因是年龄，因此研究人员将注意力集中在那些70岁以下董事“意外”失踪的案例上。

2011年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研The Renaissance was over and it was time for a new era-the Age of Reason.

文艺复兴已经结束，是时候进入理性时代了。

2020年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级It is also the reason why development agencies are not united in their view of environmental issues; while some, like the WRI, maintain that environmental progress needs to go hand-inhand with economic development, others argue that the priority is to build a thriving economy, and then use the wealth created to tackle environmental degradation.

这也是发展机构在环境问题上观点不一致的原因；尽管一些人，如世界资源研究所（WRI）坚持认为环境进步需要与经济发展同步进行，但其他人认为，当务之急是建设繁荣的经济，然后利用创造的财富解决环境退化问题。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级If you've ever started a sentence with, "If I were you…" or found yourself scratching your head at a colleague's agony over a decision when the answer is crystal-clear, there's a scientific reason behind it.

如果你曾经以“如果我是你…”开头一句话，或者发现自己在回答非常清楚的情况下，为同事的决定而痛苦地挠头，那么背后有一个科学的原因。

2018年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

六级Virtually all experts agree that the fee-for-service system—doctors are rewarded for the quantity of care rather than its quality of effectiveness—is a primary reason that the cost of care is so high.

事实上，所有专家都同意，按服务收费制度医生获得的报酬是护理的数量，而不是其有效性的质量，这是护理成本如此之高的主要原因。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级virtually all experts agree that the fee-for-service system— doctors are rewarded for the quantity of care rather than its quality of effectiveness — is a primary reason that the cost of care is so high.

事实上，所有专家都同意，收费服务体系——医生因护理的数量而不是其有效性的质量而获得奖励——是护理成本如此之高的主要原因。

2016年6月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

考研It is also the reason why when we try to describe music with words, all we can do is articulate our reactions to it, and not grasp music itself.

这也是为什么当我们试图用文字来描述音乐时，我们所能做的只是表达我们对它的反应，而不是理解音乐本身。

2014年考研翻译原文

高考That freedom to choose is one reason more people like to eat alone.

选择的自由是更多人喜欢独自吃饭的原因之一。

2019年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

四级As if you needed another reason to hate the gym, it now turns out that exercise can exhaust not only your muscles, but also your eyes.

好像你需要另一个理由来讨厌健身房，现在证明锻炼不仅会消耗你的肌肉，还会消耗你的眼睛。

2017年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section A

考研Davidson's article is one of a number of pieces that have recently appeared making the point that the reason we have such stubbornly high unemployment and declining middle-class incomes today is largely because of the big drop in demand because of the Gre

戴维森的文章是最近出现的一系列文章之一，这些文章指出，我们今天失业率居高不下，中产阶级收入下降，主要是因为Gre导致的需求大幅下降

2013年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研These views of arguments also undermine reason.

这些观点也破坏了理性。

2020年考研真题（英语一）翻译 Section Ⅲ

考研But perhaps the most significant reason is that the issue has always been so politically charged.

但也许最重要的原因是，这个问题一直以来都充满政治色彩。

2014年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

高考The reason that robocalls are a headache has less to do with amount than precision.

机器人球令人头痛的原因与其说是数量，不如说是精度。

2019年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

考研In the former case the education is incidental; it is natural and important, but it is not the express reason of the association.

在前一种情况下，教育是附带的；这是自然和重要的，但它不是这种联系的明确理由。

2009年考研翻译原文

高考Every animal sleeps, but the reason for this has remained foggy.

每只动物都会睡觉，但原因仍然不明。

2017年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 七选五 原文

高考Another reason for corn's rise: the government encourages farmers to grow corn instead of rice to improve water quality.

玉米价格上涨的另一个原因是：政府鼓励农民种植玉米而不是大米，以改善水质。

2018年高考英语全国卷2 语法填空 原文

高考Li Drake, a Chinese native raising two children in minnesota with an American husband, had another reason for looking for an au pair from China.

李德雷克（LiDrake）是一位中国人，与一位美国丈夫在明尼苏达州抚养两个孩子，他有另一个理由从中国寻找一对非盟伴侣。

2014年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

六级But, as the human study suggests, another reason for dolphins keeping their eyes open during sleep is that they can look out for predators while asleep.

但是，正如人类研究所表明的那样，海豚在睡觉时睁大眼睛的另一个原因是它们可以在睡觉时留意捕食者。

2017年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section A

六级There is another reason why I want to chat with you before Monday.

我想在周一之前和你聊天还有另一个原因。

2017年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section A

高考Irene said, "I don't see any reason to give up work."

艾琳说：“我不认为有任何理由放弃工作。”

2019年高考英语全国卷2 语法填空 原文

高考The reason why any of us take any risks at all might have to do with early humans.

我们中的任何人冒险的原因可能与早期人类有关。

2016年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读E 原文

六级One reason any campaign wants a popular celebrity spokesperson is because kids are attracted to them no matter what they are doing.

任何竞选活动想要一位受欢迎的名人代言人的一个原因是，无论孩子们在做什么，他们都会被吸引。

2016年12月听力原文

四级As she neared the end of her prison sentence, a well-known columnist wrote that she was paying her dues, and that there is simply no reason for anyone to attempt to deny her right to start anew.

当她即将服刑期满时，一位著名的专栏作家写道，她正在缴纳她的会费，任何人都没有理由试图剥夺她重新开始的权利。

2015年12月阅读原文

四级As she neared the end of her prison sentence, a well-known columnist wrote that she was "paying her dues," and that " there is simply no reason for anyone to attempt to deny her right to start anew."

在她即将服刑期满之际，一位著名专栏作家写道，她正在“支付应缴的费用”，“任何人都没有理由试图剥夺她重新开始的权利。”

2015年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

六级Perhaps the reason why so many universities offer their students so little is they know studying at a top university remains a brilliant investment even if you don't learn anything.

也许许多大学对学生提供的帮助如此之少的原因是他们知道，即使你什么也学不到，在一流大学学习仍然是一项杰出的投资。

2016年12月阅读原文

考研It has not gotten anywhere close to that, and one big reason is sticker shock.

它还没有达到这一点，一个主要原因是贴纸冲击。

2017年考研阅读原文

四级The reason for these and countless other patterns of social behaviour is that they are controlled by social norms--shared rules or guidelines which prescribe the behavior that is appropriate in a given situation.

这些和无数其他社会行为模式的原因是它们受到社会规范的控制——共同的规则或准则，这些规则或准则规定了在特定情况下适当的行为。

2013年12月听力原文

高考The reason why the ponies here are naughty is that Haytor is a tourist-heavy area and tourists are constantly feeding the ponies foods, despite signs asking them not to.

这里的小马淘气的原因是海托是一个旅游胜地，游客们不断地给小马喂食，尽管有迹象要求他们不要这样做。

2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

六级It is also the reason why development agencies are not united in their view of environmental issues; while some, like the Wri, maintain that environmental progress needs to go hand-in-hand with economic development, others argue that the priority is to bu

这也是发展机构在环境问题上观点不一致的原因；尽管一些人，如世界资源研究所（Wri）坚持认为环境进步需要与经济发展齐头并进，但另一些人则认为，当务之急是实现可持续发展

2016年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

考研If we readjust our view of arguments—from a verbal fight or tennis game to a reasoned exchange through which we all gain mutual respect, and understanding—then we change the very nature of what it means to "win" an argument.

如果我们重新调整我们对争论的看法，从一场口角或网球比赛转变为一种理性的交流，通过这种交流，我们都能获得相互尊重和理解，那么我们就改变了“赢得”争论的本质。

2020年考研真题（英语一）翻译 Section Ⅲ

考研Next time you talk with someone who takes a stand, ask them to give you a reason for their view.

下一次当你和站在立场上的人谈话时，请他们给你一个他们观点的理由。

2020年考研真题（英语一）翻译 Section Ⅲ

考研And yet, John Hagel, author of The Power of Pull and other books, says Brynjolfsson and McAfee miss the reason why these jobs are so vulnerable to technology in the first place.

然而，《拉的力量》和其他书的作者约翰·哈格尔说，布林约尔弗森和麦卡菲没有理解为什么这些工作首先容易受到技术的影响。

2014年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级The reason why employers are unwilling to keep older workers is that younger workers are readily available.

雇主们不愿意留住年长工人的原因是年轻工人很容易找到。

2010年12月阅读原文

六级The reason for constructing the buildings from wood is probably that ideally proportioned straight and slender timber was available in large quantities in Scandinavia's vast pine forests.

用木材建造这些建筑的原因可能是斯堪的纳维亚广阔的松林中有大量比例理想的笔直细长木材。

2019年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

四级There is no reason this will go away.

这没有理由消失。

2016年12月阅读原文

四级Vietnam banned its exports for several months for the same reason.

出于同样的原因，越南禁止其出口长达数月。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级Part of the reason this ban is being discussed and implemented is because energy officials see that they will not reach their emissions goals by 2050 if they do not eliminate a large portion of vehicle emissions.

讨论和实施这项禁令的部分原因是能源官员认为，如果他们不消除大部分汽车排放，到2050年他们将无法实现排放目标。

2017年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section A

四级Today, any data that is collected about us in one place or another — and for one reason or another — can be stored in a computer bank.

今天，在某个地方——出于某种原因——收集的关于我们的任何数据都可以存储在计算机银行中。

2013年6月听力原文

六级The reason is that when carbon is priced, those emissions reductions that are least costly to implement will happen first.

原因是，当碳定价时，实施成本最低的减排将首先发生。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级This is the reason you are here in a university.

这就是你来大学的原因。

2017年6月听力原文

四级One reason may be breakfast's nutritional value partly because cereal is fortified with vitamins.

一个原因可能是早餐的营养价值，部分原因是谷类食品富含维生素。

2019年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

四级The reason it hasn't caught on yet, he tells me, is that the functionality of e-edition textbooks is incredibly limited, and some students just aren't motivated to learn new study behavior.

他告诉我，它还没有流行的原因是，电子版教科书的功能极其有限，一些学生只是没有学习新的学习行为的动机。

2013年6月阅读原文

高考Cities usually have a good reason for being where they are, like a nearby port or river.

城市通常有一个很好的理由来保持现状，比如附近的港口或河流。

2018年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

四级There is reason to believe that gamification will be here to stay.

有理由相信游戏化将继续存在。

2016年12月阅读原文

六级For this reason, community interventions and government job programs that offer summer and vacation work are not only economically beneficial but also help to stimulate the adolescent's sense of worth.

因此，提供暑期和假期工作的社区干预和政府就业计划不仅在经济上有益，而且有助于激发青少年的价值感。

2016年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section A

四级Japan says fear of disease is its main reason to block fresh imports.

日本表示，对疾病的恐惧是其阻止新鲜进口的主要原因。

2018年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section A

考研Sociologist Catherine Kohler riessman reports in her new book divorce Talk that most of the women she interviewed — but only a few of the men — gave lack of communication as the reason for their divorces.

社会学家凯瑟琳·科勒·里斯曼（Catherine Kohler riessman）在她的新书《离婚谈话》中报告说，她采访的大多数女性——但只有少数男性——认为缺乏沟通是她们离婚的原因。

2010年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研It was with these great revelations that a new kind of philosophy founded in reason was born.

正是在这些伟大的启示下，一种建立在理性基础上的新哲学诞生了。

2020年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

高考One reason is that, according to findings of a new survey of office workers conducted by wakefield research for the it company citrix, most bosses are doubtful about remote working.

一个原因是，根据威克菲尔德研究公司（WakefieldResearch）为it公司citrix开展的一项针对办公室员工的最新调查结果，大多数老板对远程工作持怀疑态度。

2016年高考英语浙江卷（10月） 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

四级Only about one-in-five say women's family responsibilities are a major reason why there aren't more females in top leadership positions in business and politics.

只有大约五分之一的人表示，女性的家庭责任是导致商界和政界高层领导职位女性人数减少的主要原因。

2019年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

考研The other reason why costs are so high is the restrictive guild-like ownership structure of the business.

成本如此之高的另一个原因是限制性的行业协会式的所有权结构。

2014年考研阅读原文

六级It's true that the main reason inner-city schools do poorly isn't teachers' unions, but poverty.

诚然，市内学校表现不佳的主要原因不是教师工会，而是贫困。

2016年6月阅读原文

考研One reason for the persistence of this pyramid of production is that for the past half-century, much of the world's media culture has been defined by a single medium - television - and television is defined by downloading.

这种金字塔式的生产方式持续存在的一个原因是，在过去的半个世纪里，世界上的许多媒体文化都是由单一媒体——电视——定义的，而电视则是通过下载来定义的。

2012年考研阅读原文

高考The reason I'm calling is that we'd like to offer you the position you were interviewed for last thursday.

我打电话来的原因是我们想为你提供上周四面试的职位。

2019年高考英语全国卷2 听力 原文

四级Moreover, students should be prepared not just for their first job, but for their 4th and 5th jobs, as there's little reason to doubt that people entering the workforce today will be called upon to play many different roles over the course of their careers.

此外，学生不仅要为第一份工作做好准备，还要为第四份和第五份工作做好准备，因为毫无疑问，今天进入职场的人在职业生涯中会被要求扮演许多不同的角色。

2014年6月阅读原文

高考For some reason, when certain shows switched into a commercial, a loud noise would sound for a few seconds.

出于某种原因，当某些节目转换成广告时，一声巨响会持续几秒钟。

2015年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

六级This experiment certainly does not definitely prove that girls start to reason before boys, but it provides a clue that scientists would like to study more carefully.

这项实验当然不能肯定地证明女孩比男孩先开始推理，但它提供了一条线索，科学家们希望更仔细地研究。

2012年12月听力原文

六级For the same reason, he placed the chairs close to each other and raised the temperature to a slightly uncomfortable level.

出于同样的原因，他把椅子靠得很近，把温度提高到一个稍微不舒服的水平。

2013年12月听力原文

考研We reason together, challenge, revise, and complete each other’s reasoning and each other’s conceptions of reason.

我们一起推理，挑战、修正和完善彼此的推理和彼此的理性概念。

2012年考研阅读原文

考研We reason together, challenge, revise, and complete each other's reasoning and each other's conceptions of reason.

我们一起推理，挑战、修正和完善彼此的推理和彼此的理性概念。

2012年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

高考The real reason why prices were, and still are, too high is complex, and no short discussion can satisfactorily explain this problem.

价格过去过高、现在仍然过高的真正原因是复杂的，任何简短的讨论都不能令人满意地解释这个问题。

2015年高考英语江苏卷 单项填空 原文

考研But while this may be true, it's not a good enough reason to condemn gap years.

虽然这可能是真的，但这并不是谴责空档年的充分理由。

2017年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

四级Wild places need encouraging for this reason, no matter how small their contribution.

出于这个原因，野生地方需要鼓励，不管它们的贡献有多小。

2010年12月阅读原文

考研One reason for the persistence of this pyramid of production is that for the past half-century, much of the world's media culture has been defined by a single medium - television - and television is defined by downloading.

这种金字塔式的生产方式持续存在的一个原因是，在过去的半个世纪里，世界上的许多媒体文化都是由单一媒体——电视——定义的，而电视则是通过下载来定义的。

2012年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研One reason for the persistence of this pyramid of production is that for the past half-century, much of the world's media culture has been defined by a single medium—television—and television is defined by downloading.

这种生产金字塔持续存在的一个原因是，在过去的半个世纪里，世界上的许多媒体文化都是由单一媒体电视定义的，而电视是通过下载定义的。

2012年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

四级Today, any data that is collected about us in one place or another — and for one reason or another — can be stored in a computer bank

今天，在某个地方——出于某种原因——收集的关于我们的任何数据都可以存储在计算机银行中

2013年6月听力原文

高考The reason for the explosion is not that people have been reproducing like rabbits, but that people have stopped dropping dead like flies.

爆炸的原因不是人们像兔子一样繁殖，而是人们不再像苍蝇一样倒毙。

2017年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 原文

考研That's one reason why we have launched Arc, a new publication dedicated to the near future.

这就是我们推出Arc的原因之一，Arc是一种致力于不久的将来的新出版物。

2013年考研阅读原文

六级What parents do, in other words, is of deep concern to the state, for the obvious reason that caring for children is not only morally urgent but essential for the future of society.

换言之，父母的所作所为是国家深切关注的问题，原因显而易见，照顾儿童不仅在道德上是紧迫的，而且对社会的未来至关重要。

2010年6月阅读原文

六级It seems very good for Harvard to honor such a high profile popularizer of the irrational…… at a time when political and religious nonsense so jeopardize the rule of reason in this allegedly enlightened democracy and around the world.

对哈佛来说，在政治和宗教胡言乱语如此严重地破坏了这个所谓开明的民主国家和全世界的理性规则之际，向这样一位备受瞩目的非理性主义普及者致敬似乎是件好事。

2014年6月阅读原文

高考The reason why someone is triggered by something and others are not is often due to one's personal history and psychological traits.

一个人被某事触发而另一个人不被触发的原因通常是由于一个人的个人历史和心理特征。

2018年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 七选五 原文

四级One reason for these decreases in height is the economic situation in the 1980s, said Alexander Moradi of University of Sussex.

瑟赛克斯大学的Alexander Moradi说，身高下降的原因之一是上世纪80年代的经济形势。

2019年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

考研There is no reason why everyone cannot be welcomed on Mauna Kea to embrace their cultural heritage and to study the stars.Robert F.

没有理由不欢迎每个人在毛纳基亚接受他们的文化遗产和研究星星。

2017年考研阅读原文

考研There is no reason why everyone cannot be welcomed on Mauna Kea to embrace their cultural heritage and to study the stars.

没有理由不欢迎每个人在毛纳基亚接受他们的文化遗产和研究星星。

2017年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级The reason why employers are unwilling to keep older workers is that younger workers are readily available

雇主们不愿意留住年长工人的原因是年轻工人很容易找到

2010年12月阅读原文

四级The reason is that all-girls schools encourage women to enter fields traditionally dominated by men such as science, technology and engineering.

原因是所有女子学校都鼓励女性进入传统上由男性主导的领域，如科学、技术和工程。

2019年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

六级It seems very good for Harvard to honor such a high profile popularizer of the irrational…… at a time when political and religious nonsense so jeopardize the rule of reason in this allegedly enlightened democracy and around the world

对哈佛来说，在政治和宗教的胡言乱语如此危害这个所谓开明的民主国家和全世界的理性规则之际，向这样一位非理性的高调普及者致敬似乎是件好事

2014年6月阅读原文

考研A survey by Barna research group found the top reason given by Americans for the fake news phenomenon is “reader error”, more so than made-up stories or factual mistakes in reporting.

巴纳研究集团（Barna research group）的一项调查发现，美国人对假新闻现象的首要原因是“读者错误”，而不是虚构的故事或报道中的事实错误。

2018年考研阅读原文

考研A survey by Barna research group found the top reason given by Americans for the fake news phenomenon is " reader error," more so than made- up stories or factual mistakes in reporting.

巴纳研究集团（Barna research group）的一项调查发现，美国人对假新闻现象给出的首要原因是“读者错误”，而不是虚构的故事或报道中的事实错误。

2018年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

四级One reason women may feel exhausted is that they have a hard time saying "no".

女性感到疲惫的一个原因是她们很难说“不”。

2017年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

六级Moreover, Krugman overlooks inflation: Prices have increased, six-fold since 1969, so, while corn futures（期货）did set a record of about $8 per bushel（蒲式耳）in late July, the inflation-adjusted price of corn was higher throughout most of the 1970s, reaching $16 in 19 Finally, Krugman conveniently forgets that concerns about global warming are the main reason that corn prices have skyrocketed since 200 Nowadays 40 percent of corn grown in the United States is used to produce ethanol (乙醇), which does absolutely nothing for the climate, but certainly distorts the price of corn — at the expense of many of the worlds poorest people.

此外，克鲁格曼忽略了通货膨胀：自1969年以来，价格上涨了六倍，而玉米期货(期货）确实创下了每蒲式耳8美元左右的纪录(蒲式耳）7月下旬，在20世纪70年代的大部分时间里，经通胀调整后的玉米价格都更高，19年达到16美元

2013年6月六级考试真题（一）

六级at a time when political and religious nonsense so jeopardize the rule of reason in this allegedly enlightened democracy and around the world.

在这个所谓开明的民主国家和世界各地，政治和宗教的胡言乱语如此危害理性规则的时候。

2014年6月大学英语六级考试真题（一）

六级Perhaps the reason why so many universities offer their students so little is they know studying at a top university remains a brilliant investmentxa0even if you don’t learn anythingxa0.

也许这么多大学给学生提供的机会如此之少的原因是他们知道在顶尖大学学习仍然是一项出色的投资，即使你什么都没学到。

2016年12月六级（第二套）真题

六级“We need to accept that fact across much of the planet, so waste with little or no treatment will be used in agriculture for good reason.

“我们需要在地球的大部分地区接受这一事实，因此很少或根本没有处理的废物将被用于农业是有充分理由的。

2016年6月大学英语六级第2套真题