2015考研英语阅读英文原刊《经济学人》：第一次世界大战

　　Politicians are playing with nationalism just as they did 100 years ago.

　　政客也还像百年前的政客那样，耍弄老一套民族主义。

　　India may next year elect Narendra Modi, a Hindu nationalist who refuses to atone for apogrom against Muslims in the state he runs and who would have his finger on the button of apotential nuclear conflict with his Muslim neighbours in Pakistan.

　　明年印度总统大选，纳伦德拉?莫迪或当选，作为一名印度教民族主义者，他拒绝弥补在他管辖的州内发生的屠杀穆斯林的行为;他一旦上台，有可能触发与穆斯林领邦巴基斯坦潜在的核冲突。

　　Vladimir Putin has been content to watch Syria rip itself apart.

　　叙利亚四分五裂，俄罗斯已表现出渔翁旁观之态。

　　And the European Union, which came together in reaction to the bloodshed of the 20thcentury, is looking more fractious and riven by incipient nationalism than at any pointsince its formation.

　　而欧盟，在20世纪为抵制杀戮而结成联盟，如今民族主义抬头，欧盟呈现出自成立以来最为分裂的状态，内部也极易起冲突。

　　I have drunk and seen the spider

　　酒醉蛛现

　　Two precautions would help prevent any of these flashpoints sparking a conflagration.

　　为防星星之火燎原，有两种预防措施。

　　One is a system for minimising the threat from potential dangers.

　　其一，构建安全体系，将潜在危险降到最低。

　　Nobody is quite clear what will happen when North Koreaimplodes, but America andChinaneed to plan ahead if they are to safeguard its nuclear programme withoutantagonising each other.

　　一旦朝鲜内战爆发，谁也无法预料会发生什么，但中美两国必须未雨绸缪，届时才能既稳住朝鲜核项目，又不致引起敌对。

　　Eventually, somebody is bound to crash into somebody else—and there is as yet no systemfor dealing with it.

　　最终，定有迎头相撞的时候，而目前却还没有应对体系。

　　A code of maritime conduct for the area is needed.

　　因此，这个地区还需要一套海洋行为准则。

　　The second precaution that would make the world safer is a more active American foreignpolicy.

　　促进世界安全的第二个预防措施则需要美国采取更积极的外交政策。

　　Despite forging an interim nuclear agreement with Iran, Barack Obama has pulled back inthe Middle East—witness his unwillingness to use force in Syria.

　　尽管同伊朗签订了临时核协议，奥巴马已从中东地区事务中抽手，他不愿对叙利亚动武即是例证。

　　He has also done little to bring the new emerging giants—India,Indonesia,Braziland, aboveall,China—into the global system.

　　此外，印度、印尼、巴西尤其是中国等新型大国加入全球体系，美国贡献甚微。

　　This betrays both a lack of ambition and an ignorance of history.

　　这一切都透露出：奥巴马历史缺乏，雄心不足。

　　Thanks to its military, economic and soft power,Americais still indispensable, particularlyin dealing with threats like climate change and terror, which cross borders.

　　多亏军事、经济和软实力依旧强大，美国仍是必不可少的角色，尤其在应对全球气候变化和恐怖主义上。

　　But unlessAmericabehaves as a leader and the guarantor of the world order, it will beinviting regional powers to test their strength by bullying neighbouring countries.

　　但只有当美国扮演好领导者和世界秩序维护者的角色，其他地区大国才不会为试实力欺辱邻国。

　　The chances are that none of the world's present dangers will lead to anything that comparesto the horrors of 1914.

　　也许当今世界的各种威胁还不致造成1914年那样可怕的战争。

　　Madness, whether motivated by race, religion or tribe, usually gives ground to rationalself-interest. But when it triumphs, it leads to carnage, so to assume that reason will prevailis to be culpably complacent.

　　无论是种族、宗教还是部落驱动的疯狂行为，通常都会向理性的自身利益考量让步。一旦疯狂占据上风，屠杀就难以避免，因此假定理智永远会战胜疯狂的自满，本应受责。

　　That is the lesson of a century ago.

　　这就是我们应吸取的一战教训。

　　词语解释

　　1.lead to 通向;导致

　　That can lead to serious consequences.

　　这会导致严重的后果。

　　All these ideologies lead to repression.

　　所有这些思想最终都导致镇压。

　　2.look forward to 期望，盼望;瞩望

　　I think you should look forward to it.

　　我认为你应该期待它的到来。

　　We look forward to hearing from you soon.

　　我们盼望着不久能听到您的回音。

　　3.lay out 展示;安排;陈设

　　Maxwell listened closely as Johnson laid out his plan.

　　马克斯韦尔仔细听着约翰逊讲解其计划。

　　Cuomo laid it out in simple language.

　　科莫用简单的语言作了解释。

　　4.Great Depression 大萧条

　　Should president obama have reinforced the great depression story?

　　奥巴马总统应该强调大萧条的故事吗?

　　It is touted as the biggest overhaul of american finance since the great depression.

　　此次审查被捧为美国自大萧条以来规模最大的金融改革。

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