（8）本月机经 8次 上月机经5次 No.13 Responsibility for preserving the natural environment ultimately belongs to each individual person, not to government. “保护自然环境的责任完全属于每个个人，而非政府。” 提供观点： 1， 个人往往是按照自己的利益办事即使有环保意愿但和个人利益冲突或要损失个人利益时候往往就会选择牺牲环境moreover个人往往是短视的，只关注眼前不注意长远。政府则相反 2， 环保常常规模很大，个人无力完成。 3， 诚然每个保护环境的措施都是要个人的参与的。但是这种参与是在政府的统筹下的。象作者那样的论断是草率的 a tug of war拔河，两派间的激烈竞争 a political tug of war between those in favor of the new legislation and those against it. large in scale participation participate ensure preservation individual on behalf of 为了 at large 逍遥自在不受限制的；全体地普遍地 Experience tells us that individuals tend to act on behalf of their own short-term economic and political interest, not on behalf of the environment or the public at large. complete elimination emission automobile nevertheless不过 manufacturer manufacture because voluntarily volunteer voluntary volunteer voluntary voluntarily sacrifice accomplish regulatory调整的 enforcement impose necessary standard ensure achieve aside from inherently inherent pandemic全国流行的 epidemic流行的 traverse border environment environmental hazard enemy analysis authority authoritative possess attainment agreed-upon 意见一致的 （9）本月机经 6次 上月机经5次 No.60 “Employers should have no right to obtain information about their employees’ health or other aspects of their personal lives without the employees’ permission.” 60. “没有雇员的同意时，雇主应该没有权力去了解他的雇员的健康状况和其他的私人生活方面的信息。” 提供观点： 1， 员工的私人生活状况，很可能影响工作效率。productivity and turnover，所以雇主有理由关心。比如，健康问题，良好的健康状况显然是保障正常稳定生产的基础，雇主付出相同的钱，expect to get certain productivity. 而员工隐瞒健康状况，造成的低效率高成本，会使公司suffer。在雇佣时拥有对称的信息，很重要。 2， 同时，员工的私人状况，如果会危害到其他员工，那么应该有权得这知。比如，健康状况，犯罪的历史等等重大事件。健康，会infect other employee/ 暴力 history of crimes violence 很可能会对其他的员工造成伤害。这些都是必须要知道的。 3， 但有一些其他的私人生活，与工作效率无关，而且不是threat to others。employer 没有权力获取。比如，婚姻状况marital status, religion, race…这些都应该是员工自愿提供的with permission，而不能强制获得force。 （11）本月机经 5次 上月机经7次 No.9 “Employees should keep their private lives and personal activities as separate as possible from the workplace.” 9. “雇员应该保持他们的私人生活和个人行为尽量远离工作场所。” 提供观点： 1、Personal activities should not be brought to one’s workplace since they can reduce one’s efficiency. Thinking about one’s private life can distract one from his or her work. 2、Talking about private life and doing personal activities can disturb other fellow workers. 3、It is inevitable for a person to think about his or her private life and to do some personal activities at the workplace. But an employee should do his or her best to focus on the work when at workplace. （13）本月机经 5次 上月机经6次 No.111 “Because of recent advancements in business and technology, the overall quality of life in most societies has never been better than at the present time.” 111. “因为最近商业和技术方面的发展，大多数社会的总体社会质量前所未有的好。” 提供观点： 1， 物质生活更丰富，生活更便利，不受天灾威胁 2， 节奏太快，远离自然 3， 进步是双刃剑要好好利用double-edged sword （15）本月机经 4次 上月机经7次 No.15“Nations should cooperate to develop regulations that limit children’s access to adult material on the Internet.” * *The Internet is a worldwide computer network.（15） |
