四级Why do some students give up when they encounter difficulty, whereas others who are no more skilled continue to strive and learn? One answer, I soon discovered, lay in people's beliefs about why they had failed.

为什么有些学生在遇到困难时会放弃，而另一些不太熟练的学生会继续努力学习？我很快发现，答案之一在于人们对自己失败原因的信念。

2016年12月阅读原文

考研Rosenberg argues convincingly that public-health advocates ought to take a page from advertisers, so skilled at applying peer pressure.

罗森博格令人信服地辩称，公共卫生倡导者应该向广告商学习，广告商擅长施加同侪压力。

2012年考研阅读原文

六级It turns out that the less skilled pianist spends more time looking at her fingers than does the expert who, in contrast, is more likely to be looking at the sheet music, or looking ahead at keys he's not yet playing.

事实证明，技能较低的钢琴家看手指的时间要比看乐谱或看尚未弹奏的琴键的专家多。

2019年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

六级That is because the engineers, designers, regulators, operators, and all of the other skilled people needed for the new energy industry are specialists who have to be trained first ( ' , or retrained, if they are the ones being laid off in some related industry), and education, like any other complicated endeavor, takes times.

这是因为工程师、设计师、监管者、运营商以及新能源行业所需的所有其他技术人员都是必须首先接受培训的专家（如果他们是相关行业的下岗人员，则必须接受再培训），而教育就像任何其他复杂的工作一样需要时间。

2015年12月阅读原文

高考Skilled workers also combine various hardwoods and metal to create special designs.

熟练的工人还结合各种硬木和金属来创造特殊的设计。

2016年高考英语全国卷3 语法填空 原文

考研In order to study particular cultures as completely as possible, he became skilled in linguistics, the study of languages, and in physical anthropology, the study of human biology and anatomy.

为了尽可能完整地研究特定的文化，他精通语言学、语言研究、体质人类学、人类生物学和解剖学研究。

2009年考研阅读原文

六级That is because the engineers, designers, regulators, operators, and all of the other skilled people needed for the new energy industry are specialists who have to be trained first or retrained, if they are the ones being laid off in some related industry

这是因为新能源行业所需的工程师、设计师、监管者、运营商和所有其他技术人员都是专家，如果他们是相关行业的下岗人员，则必须首先接受培训或再培训

2015年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

高考Great artists are skilled at combining various cultures.

伟大的艺术家善于将各种文化融合在一起。

2015年高考英语重庆卷 阅读理解 阅读E 选项

六级Manufacturing's shrinking presence undoubtedly helps explain the decline in craftsmanship, if only because many of the nation's assembly line workers were skilled in craft work, if not on the job then in their spare time.

制造业的萎缩无疑有助于解释工艺水平的下降，如果这仅仅是因为该国许多装配线工人精通工艺工作，如果不是在业余时间工作的话。

2013年6月阅读原文

六级In Ruth Milkman's opinion, many assembly line workers did home renovation and other skilled work in their off-hours in order to regain their dignity.

在Ruth Milkman看来，许多装配线工人在下班时间做家庭装修和其他技术性工作，以恢复尊严。

2013年6月阅读原文

六级Smart basketball players or skilled musicians need to pay close attention to the demands of high performance, to the challenges to be overcome.

聪明的篮球运动员或熟练的音乐家需要密切关注高性能的要求，以及需要克服的挑战。

2019年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

六级Automation makes it unnecessary to employ too many skilled workers.

自动化使得没有必要雇佣太多的熟练工人。

2013年6月阅读原文

高考Here, different types of tea are tasted by skilled tea tasters, before they're sold at each week's tea sale.

在这里，熟练的品茶师会品尝不同类型的茶，然后在每周的茶叶销售会上出售。

2015年高考英语安徽卷 听力 原文

六级Corporations in Germany realized that there was an interest to be served economically and patriotically in building up a skilled labor force at home; we never had that ethos (风气)," says Richard Sennett, a New York University sociologist who has written about the connection of craft and culture.

德国的企业意识到，在国内建立一支技术熟练的劳动力队伍符合经济利益和爱国主义利益；我们从未有过这种精神(风气)," 纽约大学社会学家理查德·森内特（Richard Sennett）说，他写过关于手工艺与文化的关系的文章。

2013年6月阅读原文

六级Yet neither Barack Obama nor Mitt Romney promotes himself as tool-savvy (使用工具很在行的) presidential timber, in the mold of a Jimmy Carter, a skilled carpenter and cabinet maker.

然而，无论是巴拉克·奥巴马还是米特·罗姆尼都没有将自己提升为工具能手(使用工具很在行的) 总统木材，由吉米·卡特（Jimmy Carter）制作，他是一位熟练的木匠和橱柜制造商。

2013年6月阅读原文

六级Changing the current energy system requires the systematic training of professionals and skilled labor.

改变目前的能源系统需要对专业人员和熟练工人进行系统的培训。

2015年12月阅读原文

高考They did well this season and so entered a tournament, which normally was only for more skilled club teams.

他们本赛季表现出色，因此进入了一场比赛，通常只针对技术更高的俱乐部球队。

2015年高考英语全国卷2 完形填空 原文

六级Manufacturing's shrinking presence undoubtedly helps explain the decline in craftsmanship, if only because many of the nation's assembly line workers were skilled in craft work, if not on the job then in their spare time

制造业的萎缩无疑有助于解释工艺水平的下降，如果这仅仅是因为该国许多装配线工人精通工艺工作，如果不是在业余时间工作的话

2013年6月阅读原文

六级Corporations in Germany realized that there was an interest to be served economically and patriotically in building up a skilled labor force at home; we never had that ethos (风气)," says Richard Sennett, a New York University sociologist who has written about the connection of craft and culture

德国的企业意识到，在国内建立一支技术熟练的劳动力队伍符合经济利益和爱国主义利益；我们从未有过这种精神(风气)," 纽约大学社会学家理查德·森内特（Richard Sennett）说，他写过关于手工艺与文化之间的联系的文章

2013年6月阅读原文

六级In Ruth Milkman's opinion, many assembly line workers did home renovation and other skilled work in their off-hours in order to regain their dignity

在Ruth Milkman看来，许多装配线工人在下班时间做家庭装修和其他技术性工作，以恢复尊严

2013年6月阅读原文

六级Skilled workforce in the hilly region

丘陵地区的熟练劳动力

2014年6月听力原文

六级Manufacturing’s shrinking presence undoubtedly helps explain the decline in craftsmanship, if only because many of the nation’s assembly line workers were skilled in craft work, if not on the job then in their spare time.

制造业的萎缩无疑有助于解释工艺的下降，哪怕只是因为这个国家的许多装配线工人都擅长工艺工作，如果不是在工作中，那就是在业余时间。

2013年6月六级考试真题（二）

四级A majority of people think they are more intelligent, more fair-minded and more skilled behind the wheel of an automobile than the average person.

大多数人认为他们比普通人更聪明、更公正、更熟练地驾驶汽车。

1995年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级As economist Thomas Schelling explains, “Everybody ranks himself high in qualities he values: careful drivers give weight to care, skilled drivers give weight to skill, and those who are polite give weight to courtesy,” This way everyone ranks high on his own scale.

正如经济学家Thomas Schelling所解释的那样，“每个人都认为自己的素质很高：细心的司机注重细心，熟练的司机注重技巧，有礼貌的人注重礼貌。”这样，每个人都在自己的水平上排名很高。

1995年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级Even a skilled writer probably could not describe all the features that make one face different from another.

即使是一个熟练的作家也可能无法描述使一张脸与另一张脸不同的所有特征。

1996年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级They also say that the need for talented, skilled Americans means we have to expand the pool means promoting policies that help provide skills to more minorities, more women and more immigrants.

他们还表示，对有才华、有技能的美国人的需求意味着我们必须扩大人才库，这意味着我们要推动有助于向更多少数族裔、更多女性和更多移民提供技能的政策。

1998年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级A startling finding of the research is that the absent-minded activity is a hazard of doing things in which we are skilled.

这项研究的一个惊人发现是，心不在焉的活动对我们所擅长的事情是一种危险。

2003年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级” Be says, “is that adults who are responsible for issuing licenses fail to recognize how complex and skilled a task driving is.

“Be says”是指负责发放驾照的成年人没有意识到驾驶任务有多复杂和熟练。

2003年9月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级Some simplistically attribute the decline in our public education system to the drain of skilled students by private schools, but far more significant events were at work.

一些人简单地将我们公共教育系统的衰落归因于私立学校对技术学生的流失，但更重要的事件正在发生。

2014年12月大学英语四级考试真题（第2套)

四级Rapid technological advance has raised the incomes of the highly skilled while squeezing those of the unskilled.

快速的技术进步提高了高技能者的收入，同时挤压了非技术者的收入。

2015年6月大学英语四级考试真题（第1套)

四级But the notion of a sharp division between the working young and the idle old misses a new trend, the growing gap between the skilled and the unskilled.

但是，工作的年轻人和无所事事的老年人之间的急剧划分的概念忽略了一个新趋势，即技术人员和非技术人员之间的差距越来越大。

2015年6月大学英语四级考试真题（第1套)

四级Employment rates are falling among younger unskilled people, whereas older skilled folk are working longer.

年轻的非技术人员的就业率正在下降，而年长的技术人员的工作时间更长。

2015年6月大学英语四级考试真题（第1套)

四级Why do some students give up when they encounter difficulty, whereas others who are no more skilled continue to strive and learn?

为什么有些学生在遇到困难时放弃了，而另一些不太熟练的学生继续努力和学习？

2016年12月大学英语四级真题（第2套）

考研Fortunately, however, the increasing power and organization of the trade unions, at least in all skilled trades, enabled the workmen to meet on equal terms the managers of the companies who employed them.

然而，幸运的是，工会的权力和组织不断增强，至少在所有技术行业都是如此，使工人能够平等地与雇用他们的公司经理会面。

1996年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题

考研As a member of a British commission visiting here in 1853 reported, “With a mind prepared by thorough school discipline, the American boy develops rapidly into the skilled workman.

正如1853年访问这里的一位英国委员会成员所报道的那样，“美国男孩有了一颗被彻底的学校纪律所准备的心，很快就发展成为了一名熟练的工人。

1996年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题

考研Its scientists were the worlds best; its workers the most skilled.

它的科学家是世界上最好的；它的工人是最熟练的。

2000年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研And thanks to the continual miniaturization of electronics and micro-mechanics, there are already robot systems that can perform some kinds of brain and bone surgery with submillimeter accuracy—far greater precision than highly skilled physicians can achieve with their hands alone.

由于电子和微观机械的不断小型化，已经有了机器人系统，可以以亚毫米的精度进行某些类型的大脑和骨骼手术——远高于高技能医生仅靠手所能达到的精度。

2002年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题