四级may be better at solving puzzlescan memorize things with more easemay have greater facility in abstract reasoningcan put what they have learnt into more effective usefind ways to slow down our mental declinefind ways to boost our memoriesunderstand the complex process of mental functioningunderstand the relation between physical and mental healthThe most important thing in the news last week was the rising discussion in Nashville about the educational needs of children.

能更好地解决难题能更容易地记忆事物能更容易地进行抽象推理能更有效地利用他们所学的知识找到减缓我们心理衰退的方法找到提高记忆力的方法理解心理功能的复杂过程理解生理和心理之间的关系上周新闻中最重要的一件事是纳什维尔关于儿童教育需求的讨论日益增多。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级However,while talking is largely subconscious and rapid, writing is deliberate and slow, Over time,writers took advantage of this and started crafting long-winded sentences such as this one:The whole engagement lasted above 12 hours, till the gradual retreat of the Persians was changed into a disorderly flight, of which the shameful example was given by the principal leaders and……" No one talks like that casually — or should

然而，尽管谈话主要是潜意识的，而且速度很快，写作却很缓慢，随着时间的推移，作家们利用这一点，开始构思像这样冗长的句子：整个约定持续了12个小时以上，直到波斯人逐渐撤退，变成了无序的逃跑，其中主要领导人举了一个可耻的例子，并且……“没有人会这样随便说话——或者应该这样

2014年6月阅读原文

高考While I was slow to accept that I would be the one to keep track of her shots, to schedule her vet appointments, to feed and clean her, misty knew this on day one.

虽然我迟迟不能接受我将是跟踪她的注射、安排她的兽医预约、喂养和清洁她的人，但米丝蒂在第一天就知道了这一点。

2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

六级In other experiments, Lupyan and Swignley found that uttering the name of a common product when on the hunt for it helped quicken someone's pace, but talking about uncommon items showed no advantage and slowed you down.

在其他实验中，Lupyan和Swignley发现，在寻找一种常见产品时说出它的名字有助于加快某人的速度，但谈论不常见的产品没有任何好处，反而会让你放慢速度。

2017年6月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section A

高考He advised him to slow down and take things easy.

他建议他放慢脚步，放轻松。

2015年高考英语天津卷 答案 选项

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

四级It helps slow down our aging process.

它有助于减缓我们的衰老过程。

2017年6月阅读原文

高考A tool developed just a couple of years ago by a young farmer, Jonathan Dysinger, in Tennessee, with a small loan from a local slow money group.

几年前，田纳西州的一位年轻农民乔纳森·迪辛格（Jonathan Dysinger）利用当地一家慢钱组织的小额贷款开发了一种工具。

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

四级That said, our test driver believed the bus was going to slow or stop to allow us to merge into the traffic, and that there would be sufficient space to do that.

这就是说，我们的测试司机相信巴士会减速或停车，让我们融入交通中，并且会有足够的空间这样做。

2017年6月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section A

考研As you will come to see ,knowing that mental heath is always available and knowing to trust it allow us to slow down to the moment and live life happily.

正如你们将要看到的，知道精神健康总是可以得到的，并且知道要相信它，让我们放慢脚步，享受快乐的生活。

2016年考研翻译原文

四级And McDonald's wasn't alone in slowing down: Other chains also saw their drive-through performance slow down.

麦当劳并不是唯一一家放慢速度的连锁店：其他连锁店也看到他们的直通车业绩放缓。

2018年6月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section A

考研With Britain voting to leave the European Union, and GDP already predicted to slow as a result, it is now a timely moment to assess what he was referring to.

随着英国投票退出欧盟，而GDP已经被预测会因此放缓，现在是评估他所指内容的时候了。

2017年考研阅读原文

六级A slow response to a message could hurt not only your reputation but also your livelihood.

对信息反应缓慢不仅会损害你的声誉，还会影响你的生计。

2017年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

六级Growing up in New Zealand, everything was always calm and slow.

在新西兰长大，一切都是平静而缓慢的。

2018年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section B

四级The man in the Google vehicle reported that he assumed the bus would slow down to let the car out, and so he did not switch to the manual mode.

谷歌车上的那个人报告说，他以为巴士会减速让车出来，所以他没有切换到手动模式。

2017年6月听力原文

高考Larger transparent animals have the biggest challenge, because they have to make all the different tissues in their bodies slow down light exactly as much as water does.

更大的透明动物面临着最大的挑战，因为它们必须使体内所有不同的组织都像水一样减慢光线的速度。

2015年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

六级The expert review also found insufficient evidence to recommend any drugs or dietary supplements that could prevent or slow cognitive decline.

专家审查还发现，没有足够的证据推荐任何可以预防或减缓认知能力下降的药物或膳食补充剂。

2016年6月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

高考Growing up, I had people telling me I was too slow, though, with an IQ of 150 at 17, I'm anything but stupid.

在我成长的过程中，有人告诉我我太慢了，尽管我17岁的智商是150，但我一点也不笨。

2016年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

六级The battle between Apple and law enforcement officials over unlocking a terrorist's smartphone is the culmination of a slow turning of the tables between the technology industry and the United States government.

苹果公司和执法官员之间关于解锁恐怖分子智能手机的斗争是科技行业和美国政府之间缓慢转变局面的高潮。

2017年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

考研It's just that individual actions are too slow, she says, for that to be the only, or even primary, approach to changing widespread behavior.

她说，只是个人行动太慢，这不是改变普遍行为的唯一方法，甚至是主要方法。

2019年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级The good news is that a bill just approved by the House and a bill approved by the Senate Finance Committee would implement or test many reforms that should help slow the rise in medical costs over the long term.

好消息是，众议院刚刚通过的一项法案和参议院财政委员会批准的一项法案将实施或测试许多改革，这些改革将有助于长期减缓医疗成本的上升。

2016年6月阅读原文

四级Since industrialization, maintaining such a slow cultural metabolism has been much harder, with the long midday meal shrinking to whatever could be stuffed into a lunch bucket or bought at a food stand.

自工业化以来，维持如此缓慢的文化代谢变得更加困难，漫长的午餐时间缩减到可以塞进午餐桶或在食品摊上买到的任何东西。

2016年6月阅读原文

高考But some materials slow and scatter (散射) light, bouncing it away from its original path.

但有些材料速度慢且分散(散射) 灯光，将其从其原始路径反弹。

2015年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

考研It takes more upkeep, burns more fuel and is slow off the starting line because it depends on learning—a gradual process—instead of instinct.

它需要更多的保养，消耗更多的燃料，并且在起跑线上速度较慢，因为它依赖于学习——一个渐进的过程，而不是本能。

2009年考研真题（英语一）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

四级America's Internet is faster than ever before, but people still complain about their Internet being too slow.

美国的互联网比以往任何时候都快，但人们仍然抱怨他们的互联网太慢。

2017年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section A

高考Yet instead of being discouraged by my slow progress, I was excited.

然而，我并没有因为进展缓慢而气馁，而是很兴奋。

2017年高考英语全国卷1 完形填空 原文

六级The change in bias against blacks is slow in coming

对黑人偏见的改变来得很慢

2010年6月阅读原文

高考Slow to respond to the change, your body clock is confused.

对变化反应缓慢，你的生物钟混乱。

2015年高考英语重庆卷 完形填空 B 原文

四级Studies have explored evidence that dietary changes can slow inflammation, for example, or make the body inhospitable to cancer cells.

研究探索了饮食变化可以减缓炎症的证据，例如，或使身体不适合癌细胞生长。

2018年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

六级Born in fire and fury, Devils Tower was then shaped by the slow, gentle work of wind and water.

魔鬼塔诞生于火与怒之中，然后由风与水缓慢而温和的作用塑造而成。

2016年12月听力原文

高考It involves slow, steady breathing for self-control that helps people stay calm and attentive.

它包括缓慢、稳定的呼吸以实现自我控制，帮助人们保持冷静和专注。

2015年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 单项填空 选项

高考By painting buildings white, cities may slow down the warming process.

通过将建筑物漆成白色，城市可以减缓变暖的进程。

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

四级By following individuals over time, Salthouse said, we gain insight in cognition changes, and may possibly discover ways to slow the rate of decline.

索尔特豪斯说，随着时间的推移，通过跟踪个体，我们可以洞察认知变化，并可能发现减缓认知下降速度的方法。

2016年6月阅读原文

高考They customers-some thirty Parisians who pay just under $2 plus drinks per session-care quick to intellectualize(高谈阔论), slow to open up and connect.

他们的顾客约有30名巴黎人，他们每节课只需支付不到2美元的费用，外加酒水，他们很快就能实现智能化(高谈阔论), 慢慢打开和连接。

2015年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

四级It will only slow you down and hinder your career goals.

这只会让你放慢脚步，阻碍你的职业目标。

2017年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

六级I don't think we know exactly what's going to happen but it's certainly possible that we could get very slow growth over the next year or two.

我不认为我们确切地知道会发生什么，但在未来一两年里，我们肯定有可能获得非常缓慢的增长。

2016年6月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

四级They tend to be slow in confronting new challenges.

他们在面对新挑战时往往行动迟缓。

2013年6月阅读原文

考研For one thing, it is very slow compared to the pace of change within the digital economy.

一方面，与数字经济中的变化速度相比，这是非常缓慢的。

2018年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

四级And he always starts his sentence by saying, " Wow, your chops were slow

他总是在一句话的开头说：“哇，你的排骨太慢了

2012年12月听力原文

高考I never told my mother about my "miraculous" experience that summer, but she saw a slow but remarkable improvement in my classroom performance during the next year.

那年夏天，我从未告诉母亲我的“神奇”经历，但她看到我的课堂成绩在第二年有了缓慢但显著的提高。

2015年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

四级By following individuals over time," Salthouse said, "we gain insight in cognition changes, and may possibly discover ways to slow the rate of decline."

索尔特豪斯说：“随着时间的推移，通过跟踪个体，我们可以洞察认知变化，并可能发现减缓认知下降速度的方法。”

2016年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

六级depends (as neuroscientists like Antonio Damasio have found) on neural processes that are "inherently slow.

依赖于（像安东尼奥·达马西奥这样的神经科学家所发现的）“天生缓慢”的神经过程。

2012年12月阅读原文

高考Slow down and live a simple life.

放慢脚步，过简单的生活。

2015年高考英语福建卷 阅读理解 阅读D 选项

高考So, slow down and think what you really want to do at that moment.

所以，放慢脚步，想想那一刻你真正想做什么。

2019年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 七选五 原文

高考Then I suggested it was time for him to slow down.

然后我建议是时候让他慢下来了。

2015年高考英语天津卷 阅读表达 原文

六级Turning every single word into the target language would put too much strain on the interpreter and slow down the whole process too much.

把每一个单词都译成目标语言会给口译员带来太多的压力，也会大大减慢整个过程。

2016年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section A

高考They tolerate long, slow journeys to and from work on packed highways because they can work, entertain themselves or sleep on the ride, which encourages urban spread.

他们能够忍受在拥挤的高速公路上往返工作的漫长、缓慢的旅程，因为他们可以工作、娱乐或在路上睡觉，这鼓励了城市的蔓延。

2018年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

六级The second less obvious one is that, in fact, innovation is too slow.

第二个不太明显的问题是，事实上，创新太慢了。

2015年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

考研This keeps fees high and innovation slow.

这使得收费高而创新慢。

2014年考研阅读原文

六级Apple’s Stance Highlights a More Confrontational Teach Industry The battle between Apple and law enforcement officials over unlocking a terrorist’s smartphone is the culmination of a slow turning of the tables between the technology industry and the United States government.

苹果的立场凸显了一个更具对抗性的教学行业

2017年12月英语六级考试真题（卷三）

六级However， the pace of improvement has slowed markedly.

然而

2018 年 6 月6级真题第3套

六级Slow Hope Our world is full of—mostly untold—stories of slow hope, driven by the idea that change is possible.

缓慢的希望

2020年12月六级真题（第2套）

六级They are 'slow’ in their unfolding, and they are slow because they come with setbacks.

它们的发展是“缓慢的”，它们之所以缓慢，是因为它们伴随着挫折而来。

2020年12月六级真题（第2套）

六级The power of small, grassroots movements to make changes that spread beyond their place of origin can be seen with the Slow Food movement, which began in Italy in the 1980s.

小型草根运动做出改变的力量超越了他们的地盘

2020年12月六级真题（第2套）

六级Slow Food cannot undo the irresistible developments of the global food economy, but it can upset its theorists, it can'speak differently’, and it can allow people and their local food traditions and environments to flourish.

慢食并不能破坏全球粮食经济不可抗拒的发展，但它可能会让其理论家感到不安，它可以“以不同的方式达到顶峰”，它可以让人们及其当地的粮食传统和环境蓬勃发展。

2020年12月六级真题（第2套）

六级In 2017, 6 per cent of US consumers claimed to be strictly vegetarian, up from 1 per cent in 20 As more people realise that 'eating is an agricultural act’, as the US poet and environmental activist Wendell Berry put it in 1989, slow hope advances.

2017年，6%的美国消费者声称自己是严格的素食主义者，高于20年的1%。正如美国诗人和环境活动家温德尔·贝里1989年所说，随着越来越多的人意识到“吃饭是一种农业行为”，人们的希望慢慢地实现了。

2020年12月六级真题（第2套）

六级A system of injections without needles could also slow the ageing process by using the same process to “tune” cells.

无针注射系统也可以通过使用相同的过程来“调节”细胞来减缓衰老过程。

2008年6月英语六级真题

六级As corporations have experienced stiff competitions and slow in growth of productivity, they have pressed employees to work longer.

由于企业经历了激烈的竞争和生产力增长的缓慢，它们迫使员工工作更长时间。

2007年6月英语六级真题

六级Efficiency is also a great way to lower carbon emissions and help slow global warming.

效率也是降低碳排放和减缓全球变暖的好方法。

2007年12月英语六级真题

六级Rising costs of office space, time lost to stressful commuting, and a slow recognition that workers have lives beyond the office—all are strong arguments for letting staff work from home.

办公空间成本的上升、紧张的通勤所浪费的时间，以及人们对员工在办公室之外的生活的缓慢认识，都是让员工在家工作的有力论据。

2009年12月英语六级真题

六级” More than that, empathy (同感，共鸣)，as well as deep thought, depends (as neuroscientists like Antonio Damasio have found) on neural processes that are “inherently slow.

“不仅如此，同理心(同感，共鸣)，正如安东尼奥·达马西奥（Antonio Damasio）等神经科学家所发现的那样，深度思考取决于“天生缓慢”的神经过程。

2012年12月英语六级真题

四级Professor Taiju Matsuzawa wanted to find out why otherwise healthy farmers in northern Japan appeared to be losing their ability to think and reason at a relatively early age, and how the process of ageing could be slowed down.

松泽泰助教授想弄清楚为什么日本北部健康的农民在相对较小的时候就失去了思考和推理的能力，以及如何减缓衰老的进程。

1989年1月英语四级真题

四级Get off to a slow start which saves your energy.

慢慢起步，这样可以节省你的精力。

1990年1月英语四级真题

四级Every stranger is struck by the patient and orderly way in which Britons queue for a bus: if the saleswoman is slow and out of stock she will likely say, 'oh dear, what a pity’; the rubbish collectors stop to chat (聊天) and call the housewives “Luv.

每个陌生人都被英国人耐心有序地排队等候公交车的方式所打动：如果女售货员速度慢、缺货，她可能会说：“哦，天哪，真遗憾”；垃圾收集者停下来聊天(聊天) 并称这些家庭主妇为“Luv”。

1995年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级Bent stripes, called chevrons (人字形), painted on the roads make drivers think that they are driving faster than they really are, and thus drivers slow down.

弯曲的条纹，称为人字形(人字形), 道路上的油漆会让司机认为他们开得比实际速度快，因此司机会减速。

2000年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级It may be possible for large-scale change to occur without leaders with magnetic personalities, but the pace of change would be slow, the vision uncertain, and the committee meetings endless.

如果没有有魅力的领导人，大规模的变革可能会发生，但变革的步伐会很慢，愿景不确定，委员会会议也会没完没了。

2003年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级A spokesman for Royal Doulton admitted that the company “has been somewhat slow in catching up with the trend” toward casual dining.

Royal Doulton的一位发言人承认，该公司在休闲餐饮方面“追赶潮流的速度有些慢”。

2003年12月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级The impact of this sameness on our emotional energy is gradual, but huge: It’s like a tire with a slow leak.

这种相同性对我们情绪能量的影响是渐进的，但却是巨大的：它就像一个慢慢漏气的轮胎。

2006年12月大学英语新四级(CET-4)真题

四级The second, less obvious one is that, innovation is too slow.

第二个不太明显的问题是，创新太慢了。

2012年12月大学英语四级真题试卷（1）

四级“People are generally being given bad advice to slow down, take it easy, stop worrying, and retire to Florida,” he says.

他说：“人们通常会得到不好的建议，放慢脚步，放松，停止担忧，退休到佛罗里达州。”。

2013年12月大学英语四级考试真题(第3套)

四级They find that on between 24% and 39% of all harvested areas, the improvement in yields that took place before the 1980s slowed down in the 1990s and 2000s.

他们发现，在24%至39%的收获区，20世纪80年代之前的产量提高在20世纪90年代和21世纪初放缓。

2015年6月大学英语四级考试真题（第2套)

四级That self-sufficiency cannot be taken for granted if yields continue to slow down or reverse.

如果产量继续放缓或逆转，这种自给自足就不能被视为理所当然。

2015年6月大学英语四级考试真题（第2套)

四级“By following individuals over time,” Salthouse said, “we gain insight in cognition changes, and may possibly discover ways to slow the rate of decline.

索尔特豪斯说：“随着时间的推移，通过跟踪个体，我们可以深入了解认知变化，并可能找到减缓下降速度的方法。”。

2016年6月大学英语四级真题（第2套)

四级Studies have explored evidence that dietary changes can slow inflammation(炎症), for example, or make the body inhospitable to cancer cells.

研究探索了饮食变化可以减缓炎症的证据(炎症), 或者使身体不适合癌症细胞。

2018年12月大学英语四级考试真题（第1套）

考研A bird learns to sing and to fly rapidly at the right time, but the process is slow and hard once the critical stage has passed.

一只鸟学会在正确的时间唱歌和快速飞行，但一旦过了关键阶段，这个过程就会缓慢而艰难。

1993年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研Do we think we’re slow to adapt to change or that we’re not smart enough to cope with a new challenge?

我们是认为自己适应变化的速度很慢，还是认为自己不够聪明，无法应对新的挑战？

1995年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研Stimulants initially speed up or activate the central nervous system, whereas depressants slow it down.

兴奋剂最初会加速或激活中枢神经系统，而镇静剂会减缓中枢神经系统。

1997年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题

考研What is needed is a technology of behavior, but we have been slow to develop the science from which such a technology might be drawn.

我们需要的是一种行为技术，但我们在开发这种技术的科学方面进展缓慢。

2002年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题

考研The behavioral sciences have been slow to change partly because the explanatory items often seem to be directly observed and partly because other kinds of explanations have been hard to find.

行为科学的变化一直很慢，部分原因是解释项目似乎经常被直接观察到，另一部分原因是其他类型的解释很难找到。

2002年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题