2015考研英语阅读英文原刊《经济学人》：政治遗传学

　　Unlike the social determinists of old, however, who frequently refused to concede even thepossibility of genetic influence on behaviour, the new generation of genetic politicalscientists are perfectly happy to acknowledge nurture along with nature.

　　然而，并不像过去的社会决定论-这种理论甚至一直拒绝承认基因对行为影响的可能性，新一代的遗传学的政治科学家们乐于接受先天和后天的共同作用。

　　Dr Hatemi's own work, for instance, has shown that external shocks, such asunemployment and divorce, effectively abolish the genetic influences he has detected onmany ideological questions as other responses, more appropriate to survival in thechanged circumstances, kick in.

　　比如，当其它更适合在变化成千的环境下成立的理论出现时,哈特米博士自己的研究展示了外部冲击的影响，比如，失业和离婚，有效地抵消了他在许多意识形态问题上检测到的基因影响。

　　These responses too, of course, are probably under evolutionary—and hencegenetic—control. But they are different from the ones being looked for at present.

　　当然，这些理论的出现也可能受到进化论的影响。但是它们和目前的研究是截然不同的。

　　That sort of granularity, and the need to accept partial rather than universal explanationsfor biological phenomena, led the two researchers to one other thought.

　　这种间隔差距，及为了接受部分而不是普遍的生物现象解释的需要，让两位研究者又产生另一个想法。

　　This is that part of the problem social science has had in the past in accepting biologicalexplanations is that its practitioners do not understand the nature of the claims being made.

　　即在过去已经被接受的生物现象解释的社会科学的部分问题是，从事这门科学的人员不明白这种理论的本质。

　　There are, to repeat, no genes for socialism or conservatism, or for prejudice ortolerance, any more than there are genes for Christianity or Islam.

　　再次重申一遍，没有什么社会主义基因或者保守主义基因，或者偏见或容忍基因，更不用说还存在基督教或者伊斯兰教基因。

　　But a person's genes can sometimes propel him more easily in one direction than another.

　　但是一个人的基因有时会驱使他更容易走上另一条道路。

　　His free will is, if you like, a little freer to turn right than left, or vice versa.

　　换句话说，他的自由意愿可能会更倾向于偏右，而不是偏左，反之亦然。

　　Gilbert was therefore not quite right. But he was not exactly wrong, either.

　　因此，吉尔伯特并不完全正确。但是他也没有完全错。

　　词语解释

　　1.wish to 希望

　　Select a small section of glass you wish to print to.

　　选择你要印的玻璃上的一小块地方。

　　Yet few wish to take credit for this success.

　　然而很少有人希望为这种成功邀功。

　　2.come from 出生于,来自

　　Where does the study come from?

　　这项研究来自什么地方?

　　The findings come from a report compiled by 700 experts over five years.

　　上述发现出自于一份由700位专家历时5年编写的报告。

　　3.correlate with 相同于;符合于

　　What other features might correlate with the abnormal amygdala growth?

　　可能与杏仁核病态生长有关的其他特征有什么?

　　Miller's studies show that both general intelligence and the personality trait of being open tonew experiences correlate with artistic creativity.

　　米勒的研究显示出，普通的智力和愿意接受新经验的性格特质，这两者均与艺术创造力有着相互的关联。

　　4.seek to 设法;企图，试图

　　Yet some expect him to seek to remove term limits.

　　可是，部分人士期望他设法废除任期限制。

　　And they seek to benefit from tiny operational changes.

　　他们也自生产流程的细微变更中寻求收益。

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