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阅读笔记写作借鉴英语写作借鉴词、句、段Preventable DeathsThe New York Times Editorial May 29, 2009首段：表明观点These are hard times everywhere. But developed countries must not overlook the particular vulnerability of the worlds poor. A new report by the World Health Organization shows that far too many people are still dying of preventable causes in the poorest countries.尾段：重述观点Wealthy countries promised nearly a decade ago to help the worlds poorest to emerge from the deepest poverty. This is the wrong time to stop.比1990年减少了350万人 下降了百分之二十七 减少到千分之六十七The good news is that in 2007, only nine million children died before their fifth birthday 3.5 million fewer than in 1990. The under-5 mortality rate has fallen 27 percent since then, to 67 deaths per 1,000 live births.rise by -, to -In Congo, the child mortality rate rose by about 25 percent, to 125 deaths per 1,000 live births.产妇死亡率为- 与1990年相比几乎没有改变 似乎Maternal mortality remains at around 400 deaths per 100,000 live births, virtually unchanged from its level in 1990. Globally, the proportion of undernourished children under 5 has fallen to 20 percent from 27 percent, seemingly on track to meet the goal of halving the prevalence of malnutrition by 2015. But many countries from Armenia to Morocco to Burkina Faso have seen no improvement at all. Forests and the PlanetThe New York Times Editorial May 28, 2009为那个巨大的错误付出代价The planet has been paying for that colossal blunder ever since.据估计 现在分词短语作状语，表示结果An estimated 30 million acres of rain forest disappear every year, destroying biodiversity and pouring billions of tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. North Korea TestsThe New York Times Editorial May 27, 2009使北朝鲜从边缘走回来Diplomacy backed by stiff sanctions is the only hope for walking North Korea back from the brink.影响力As the Norths main oil and food supplier, it has more leverage than any other country./ took maternity leaves / pregnancy leaves产假No Crisis for North KoreaWashington Post Editorial May 26, 2009 令人严重关切NORTH KOREAs detonation of a nuclear warhead in an underground test yesterday is, of course, cause for serious concern - particularly as the blast appears to have been considerably larger than the regimes first test nearly three years ago.Testing the TestsWashington Post Editorial May 26, 2009毕业考试State education officials have had to fight hard to implement high school exit exams; while some undesirable compromises were made, the officials should be credited for taking an important first step in making a high school diploma more than a piece of paper.在我们看来是不明智的 判断错误的The board offered those alternatives, ill-advised in our minds, as the tests came under increasing attack from those who made the wrongheaded argument that large numbers of students, particularly African Americans and Latinos, wouldnt be able to pass.Swine Flu LessonsGaps were exposed in pandemic preparedness.Washington Post Editorial May 25, 2009形容词短语作状语，表示原因But the Obama administration, mindful of the debilitating effects and deaths attributed to the rushed 1976 swine flu vaccine, is wise to proceed cautiously to get a vaccine in place if its needed for the coming winter flu season.The Glass Ceilings Math ProblemBy Carlos Lozada Washington Post May 31, 2009Women are 37 percent less likely than men to earn science-related bachelors degrees, and they hold only a quarter of the jobs in the field.这种变化更为明显The change is more dramatic for women who arrived at the Air Force Academy with high aptitude in math; when their professors are women, the gap in their performance disappears altogether./As we have observed, 正如我们所看到的，protecting gays and lesbians against workplace discrimination/倒装句Lost amid the international condemnation is the good news to be found in North Koreas nuclear test./The heavy burden of war, shouldered by the few By DeWayne Wickham USA Today May 26, 2009Near the end of his University of Notre Dame commencement address, President Obama urged graduates to make public service a way of life. Because when you serve, it doesnt just improve your community, he said, it makes you a part of your community. 引言法开头Dont text and drive 不要一边开车一边发短信USA Today Editorial May 22, 2009发短信Text-messaging is the new scourge of the roads overtaking the long-running debate over whether to restrict drivers cellphone use.研究越来越证实 开车时发短信 Studies increasingly confirm what is in plain sight on too many roads. Texting while driving is distracting (far more so than cellphones) and potentially deadly.Why Obama cant be soft on North KoreaJapan and South Korea already see him as eroding the US military posture in Asia.The Christian Science Monitor Editorial May 28, 2009现在分词短语作状语，表示结果That worry stems from Beijings recent success in luring Taipeis leaders toward closer ties with the mainland, thus weakening US support for Taiwans sovereignty and its military strength.With引导的独立主个结构作状语，表示原因With North Korea soon able to place a nuclear weapon on a missile, they prefer the US keep its hand on a military response.Legalize marijuana? Not so fast.Backers serve up a timely batch of arguments, but their latest reasons are half-baked.The Christian Science Monitor Editorial May 22, 2009 考虑不周全的with引导的独立主个结构Research results over the past decade link frequent marijuana use to several serious mental health problems, with youth particularly at risk.今天的大麻比往日嬉皮士时代的大麻效力更强Todays marijuana is also much more potent than in the hippie days of yesteryear.一般人喜欢指出Normal likes to point out that marijuana accounts for the majority of illicit drug traffic from Mexico. End the illicit trafficking, and you end the violence.生造词：合法的东西 疑问句表示反对Why legalize a third substance that produces ill effects, when the US has such a poor record in dealing with the two big licits alcohol and tobacco? 以及 发现一处语法错误areDisapproval, along with information on risk, are the most important factors in discouraging marijuana and cocaine use among high school seniors.不管，表示让步And they need to teach the life lesson that marijuana does not really solve personal challenges, be they stress, relationships, or discouragement.结尾段：提出解决问题的倡议Todays youth are tomorrows world problem solvers and the ones most likely to be affected if marijuana is legalized. Future generations need to be clear thinkers. For their sakes, those who oppose legalizing marijuana must become vocal, well-funded, and mainstream before its too late. Was a cop protected?Chicago Daily Tribune Editorial May 30, 2009 首段：分词短语作状语，表示伴随动作For the second time in just over a month, an off-duty Chicago cop has been arrested in a fatal crash involving alcohol, raising troubling questions again about the treatment of cops who drink too much and drive.Equality is inevitableBoston Globe Editorial May 28, 2009-的前景仍然是光明的And yet the prospects for equality still seem bright.投票 一种极其糟糕的方式We also believe ballot measures are a dreadful way to decide most public policy questions.最终，平等会胜利。Eventually, equality will prevail.India ascendingBoston Globe Editorial May 26, 2009 仓促的判断BECAUSE OF Indias size and its complexities of caste, class, and regional differences, snap judgments about Indian politics run the risk of being right and wrong at the same time.grail n圣杯；努力追求但永远不可能实现的目标或理想 迷恋 fixation on/ with对-异常依恋；癖 一些印度人迷恋与成为超级大国的理想Some Indians have become obsessed with the grail of superpower status. Symptomatic of this ambition is a fixation on countering, containing, or besting China.a mother fixation 恋母情节 Hes got a fixation with cleanliness.他有洁癖。best vt usu. passive to defeat pr be more successful than sb胜过symptomatic of -的征兆Line in the sandBaltimore Sun Editorial May 20, 2009自己教育孩子 是必不可少的最后的一招That may seem harsh, especially for parents hard put to home-school their children or afford private-school tuition. But as a means of dealing with potentially serious troublemakers, its an essential last resort if schools are to fulfill their mission. 有那个家长想冒险将孩子送到一个可能失火或爆炸的地方呢What parent wants to risk sending their kid to a place that might catch fire or blow up as a result of some classmates misguided idea of a joke? No more bribes for North KoreaKansas City Star Editorial May. 26, 2009用空洞的诺言换取妥协Engage in threatening behavior to gain Washingtons attention, then trade empty promises for concessions.with + 独立主格结构The administration should quickly appoint a full-time envoy and be ready to resume the six-party talks with Russia, Japan, China and both Koreas participating.掉进 - 的陷阱But Washington should not again fall into the trap of bribing the North Koreans.Some recession graduates will have to invent their own futureKansas City Star Editorial May. 23, 2009进入最严峻的就业市场They are the recession graduates, entering the toughest job market in at least 25 years.找工作的毕业生 找好了工作Only one in five graduating job-seekers had lined up jobs by the end of last month. Two years ago, half of the students who sought jobs had one in hand by graduation day.那些幸运地拿到工作机会的学生 最近在华尔街日报上被引用的专家预测说 More bad news: Students fortunate enough to land offers are accepting low wages. Experts quoted in a recent Wall Street Journal article predicted it will take a decade or more for this years graduates to catch up in pay to more fortunate classes of recent years.提供了一些喘息的空间That should provide some breathing room for graduates, who will leave college with an average of $22,000 in debt.更酷Frugality suddenly is cooler than a spending spree.Quick Justice: A critical partner for treatment programs in producing success for hard core criminal addictsNewark Star-Ledger By David H. Kerr April 04, 2009According to - : 1 in 31 adults in this country is either behind bars or on probation or parole. Its the highest incarceration rate in the nations history.现在舆论转到另一边。The pendulum is now swinging in the other direction.乐队花车The bandwagon in moving addicts from prison to treatment has started though, like it or not.Its a crime what happens in jailNewark Star-Ledger Editorial May 27, 2009勒索同狱犯The independent watchdog agency reported to the Legislature last week that gang members serving time in state prisons freely sell drugs, launder money, extort fellow inmates and their families and corrupt staff. 倒装Particularly disturbing is the SCI reports finding that some corrections officers have participated in smuggling cell phones and drugs and engaged in other crimes inside and outside of jails. Kids stuff: State brings the obesity battle to middle schoolsPittsburgh Post-Gazette Editoria, May 30, 2009in the vanguard of处在 - 的先锋地位Dozens of Pennsylvania middle schools are on the vanguard of a health and nutrition revolution that could dramatically reduce the body mass index of teenagers.在全州范围内 正在Statewide, 40 schools will be chosen to receive the Active Schools grant. These schools are on the road to reversing the grim health statistics that prompted the grants in the first place.Secession crushed: Sri Lanka puts down a battling minorityPittsburgh Post-Gazette Editorial May 20, 2009真正采取措施使政府和社会不再歧视泰米尔人 他们寻求独立的根源That duty is to take real steps to remove from government and society the discrimination against the Tamils that served as the wellspring of their secession attempt. 达到一个不再想从斯里兰卡独立出去的点The Tamils should reach a point where they will no longer want to secede from Sri Lanka.Group riding in cabs could ease traffic and cure loneliness 拼车Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Editorial, May 29th 2009增加司机的收入 The Taxi and Limousine Commission believes that it has found ways to increase the availability of cabs while making rides cheaper and upping driver income. And maybe, just maybe, this pig will fly.The concept is shared rides of the kind that New Yorkers found useful during the subway strike. /But we, too, are susceptible to the bias trap.Climate TrapThe New York Times Editorial June 15, 2009 蜂拥而至Officials from the Obama administration have been beating a steady path to Chinas door to talk about climate change.美国是最大的人均温室气体排放最多的国家The United States is the largest per capita emitter of greenhouse gases; China is the biggest overall emitter.合理的担心 限制其排放Its a legitimate fear. to cap its emissionsA Bad Call on Gay RightsThe New York Times Editorial June 10, 2009可以理解，这些类比使同性恋者耿耿于怀。These are comparisons that understandably rankle many gay people.结尾段 忙于应付 政治上的权宜之计 不是 - 的接口The administration has had its hands full with the financial crisis, health care, Guantnamo Bay and other pressing matters. In times like these, issues like repealing the marriage act can seem like a distraction or a political liability. But busy calendars and political expediency are no excuse for making one group of Americans wait any longer for equal rights./新政时代的遗迹The exclusion is a relic of the New Deal, when labor protections like overtime pay were written specifically to exclude domestic and farm labor.Chinas Computer FollyThe New York Times Editorial June 11, 2009有理由担心这种新的软件可能有更加不道德的用途Chinese bloggers, dissidents and even some state news media outlets are right to worry that the new software could be used even more nefariously: to collect personal data and spy on consumer Web habits.建造得糟糕的学校That would feed new resentment against a government already accused of gross incompetence after thousands of children died in the collapse of shoddily constructed schools in the 2008 earthquake.荒谬可笑的声称 farce闹剧the farcical claim that its intention really was to improve parental control.重新考虑这个鲁莽的决定If Beijing does not reconsider its foolhardy decision, the new rules would take effect on July 1.Tobacco Regulation, at LastThe New York Times Editorial June 11, 2009beyond a shadow of doubt = with no doubt at all毫无疑问的，清楚地It has now been proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that cigarette makers have spent decades making false statements, suppressing evidence of harm, and manipulating the design of cigarettes to increase their addictiveness.The Ban on Gays in the MilitaryThe New York Times Editorial June 9, 2009愚昧无知的政策and another lawsuit still moving through the courts may be a better vehicle for challenging the benighted policy.令人遗憾的是，无论是奥巴马总统还是国会都没有兴趣提议解除一项禁令，这项禁令不但对男女同性恋者不公平，而且还损害美国军队。Unfortunately, neither President Obama nor Congress shows much appetite for moving to end a ban that is not only unfair to gay men and lesbians but damaging to the military as well.制定出来The “dont ask, dont tell” policy was hatched in 1993 as a compromise after President Bill Clinton failed in an attempt to overturn an existing ban on gay service members.表面上的原因The ostensible rationale was that the known presence of gay men and lesbians would undermin