考研Even today, in our industrial life, apart from certain values of industriousness and thrift, the intellectual and emotional reaction of the forms of human association under which the world's work is carried on receives little attention as compared with physical output.

即使在今天，在我们的工业生活中，除了勤俭节约的某些价值观之外，与物质产出相比，从事世界工作的人类交往形式的智力和情感反应很少受到关注。

2009年考研翻译原文

考研While in America the trend started as a reaction to the economic decline——after the mass redundancies caused by downsizing in the late’80s——and is still linked to the politics of thrift, in Britain, at least among the middle-class downshifters of my acquaintance, we have different reasons for seeking to simplify our lives.

虽然在美国，这一趋势始于对经济衰退的反应——在80年代末裁员导致的大规模裁员之后——并且仍然与节俭政治有关，但在英国，至少在我认识的中产阶级中，我们有不同的理由寻求简化我们的生活。

2001年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题