1.Nobody flourishes in a gloomy environment with irresponsible staff and a poor safety record.
没有人能在一个员工不负责任、人身安全也没有保障的黑暗环境中成长。

2.Mauna Kea is deemed as an ideal astronomical site due to its geographical features.
冒纳凯阿火山因其地理特征被认为是一个理想的天文观测地点。

3.The basic compact underlying representative government,” wrote Chief Justice John Roberts for the court, “assumes that public officials will hear from their constituents and act on their concerns.
“代议制政府的基本契约认定，公职人员要倾听选民心声，要据选民关切之事出谋划策，”法院首席大法官约翰·罗伯茨写道。

4.Congress has obstructed efforts to create a more straightforward visa for agricultural workers that would let foreign workers stay longer in the U.S. and change jobs within the industry.
美国国会一直在阻碍为创建更直接的农业工人签证所做的努力，这种签证可以让外国工人在美国停留更长时间，还能在该行业内更换工作。

5.In fact, poverty alleviation and environmental protection are often viewed as conflicting goals.
事实上，扶贫和环境保护这两个目标常常被视为是相互冲突的。

6.A small but vocal group have long viewed their presence as disrespect for sacred land and a painful reminder of the occupation of what was once a sovereign nation.
一个人数虽少却直言不讳的群体长期以来一直将“他们的存在”视为对圣地的亵渎，以及对曾经主权国家被占领的痛苦提醒。

7.The flight from overcrowdedness affects the migration from snow belt to more bearable climates.
从人口过度稠密地区逃离的做法，影响了离开寒冷地带到气候宜人之地的迁移趋势。

8.They tend to keep a tighter hold on their purse and consider eating at home a realistic alternative.
他们往往把钱包捂得更紧，将在家吃饭看作是一种切合实际的选择。

9.Nevertheless, as any biographer knows, a person’s early life and its conditions are often the greatest gift to an individual.
不过，正如任何一位传记作家所知道的那样，一个人的早期生活和生活环境往往是他个人得到的最珍贵的礼物。

10.While often praised by foreigners for its emphasis on the basics, Japanese education tends to stress test taking and mechanical learning over creativity and self-expression.
尽管日本因重视基础知识而受到外国人的称赞，但是其教育往往强调应试和机械性学习而忽视了创造性及个性表现的培养。

11.Listening through earphones to the same monotonous beats for long stretches encourages kids to stay inside their bubble.
用耳机长时间听单一节奏的音乐节拍会促使孩子沉浸在她们自己的幻想中。

12.The details may be unknowable, but the independence of standard-setters, essential to the proper functioning of capital markets, is being compromised.
细节也许不得而知，但是对资本市场正常运作至关重要的准则制定者的独立性正在遭受损害。

13.But the cult of the authentic and the personal, “doing our own thing”, has spelt the death of formal speech, writing, poetry and music.
但是，对真实和个性的狂热推崇，即”做我们自己的事”，已经招致了正式的演讲、写作、诗歌及音乐的消亡。

14.Social science methodologies had to be adapted to a discipline governed by the primacy of historical sources rather than the imperatives of the contemporary world.
社会科学方法必须符合以原始史料为核心原则的学科（要求），而非以当代世界的规则为导向。

15.You infer information you feel the writer has invited you to grasp by presenting you with specific evidence and clues.
你推断出你认为作者想让你掌握的信息——作者通过提供具体证据和线索，邀请你去理解这些信息。

16.With the global population predicted to hit close to 10 billion by 2050, and forecasts that agricultural production in some regions will need to nearly double to keep pace, food security is increasingly making headlines.
随着全球人口预计到2050年接近100亿，且有预测称部分地区的农业生产需几乎翻倍才能跟上需求，粮食安全问题正越来越多地占据新闻头条。

17.It is hard to get right, and requires a remarkable degree of vision, as well as cooperation between city authorities, the private sector, community groups and cultural organisations.
成功做到这些很难，不仅需要非同凡响的远见卓识，还需要地方当局、私营部门、社会团体和文化组织间的合作。

18.That’s because economic growth can be correlated with environmental degradation, while protecting the environment is sometimes correlated with greater poverty.
这是因为经济增长可能与环境恶化相关，而环境保护有时与更严重的贫困相关。

19.This new focus on personal fulfillment can help keep employees motivated amid increasingly loud debates over work-life balance.
在关于”工作与生活平衡”的辩论日益激烈的背景下，这种对个人自我实现的新关注有助于保持员工的动力。

20.A report last year pointed out that the costs both of subscriptions and of these “article preparation costs” had been steadily rising at a rate above inflation.
去年的一份报告指出，期刊订阅费以及”论文准备费”一直在以高于通货膨胀率的速度持续增长。