Ⅰ. Now the question must be reversed. What can the West’s overly indebted and sluggish nations learn from a flourishing Asia? (2012. 06 閱讀 Text3)
    【翻譯】現(xiàn)在問(wèn)題反過(guò)來(lái)了。巨額負(fù)債的、經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展緩慢的西方國(guó)家能從繁榮的亞洲學(xué)到點(diǎn)什么?
    【詞匯】1. reverse v. 反轉(zhuǎn)，顛倒，掉換
    例：The government must take action to reverse the economic decline.
    政府必須采取行動(dòng)扭轉(zhuǎn)經(jīng)濟(jì)頹勢(shì)。
    2. indebted a. 負(fù)債的，受惠的
    例：The company is heavily indebted to the bank.
    這家公司欠了銀行很多債。
    3. sluggish a. 經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展緩慢的，遲鈍的
    例：The recovery of economy remains sluggish.
    經(jīng)濟(jì)恢復(fù)很遲緩。
    4. flourishing a. 繁榮的
    例：Our village quickly became a flourishing town.
    我們的村莊很快就變成了一個(gè)繁榮的小鎮(zhèn)。
    Ⅱ. In the same way, a significant reduction of wasteful agricultural subsidies could also lower the deficit.(2012. 06 閱讀 Text3)
    【翻譯】同樣地，大幅減少浪費(fèi)的農(nóng)業(yè)補(bǔ)貼也可以減少虧空。
    【詞匯】1. wasteful a.浪費(fèi)的，奢侈的
    例：You should get rid of your wasteful habits.
    你要改掉你浪費(fèi)的壞習(xí)慣。
    2. agricultural a. 農(nóng)業(yè)的
    例：agricultural commodities 農(nóng)產(chǎn)品
    3. subsidy n.補(bǔ)貼，津貼
    例：the unemployment subsidy 失業(yè)補(bǔ)貼
    4. deficit n.赤字，虧空，逆差
    例：trade deficit 貿(mào)易赤字
    Ⅲ. Meanwhile, Europe has fallen prey to a different ideological trap: the belief that European governments would always have infinite resources and could continue borrowing as if there were no tomorrow.(2012. 06 閱讀 Text3)
    【翻譯】同時(shí)，歐洲也成為了另一個(gè)思想陷阱的受害者，那個(gè)陷阱就是認(rèn)為歐洲政府將一直擁有無(wú)限的資源，可以像沒(méi)有明天那樣繼續(xù)無(wú)節(jié)制地借用。
    【詞匯】1. meanwhile adv. 同時(shí)
    例：I was watching a film, and meanwhile Jenny was writing an E-mail.
    我在看電影，與此同時(shí)Jenny在寫(xiě)電子郵件。
    2. prey n. 被捕食的動(dòng)物，受害者
    例：fall prey to 成為……的犧牲品，受……之害
    3. ideological a. 思想上的，意識(shí)形態(tài)的
    例：the ideological and political education 思想政治教育
    4. infinite a.無(wú)窮的，極大的
    例：Teaching kids requires infinite patience.
    教小孩子需要極大的耐心。