And regardless of transferability, the study shows that what's good for people may also be good for the environment.

// 无论它是否能推广到其他地区，此项研究都表明人类和环境可以实现共赢。

For a time literature showed no interest in this public stage.

// 文学一度并未登上这一公共舞台表现出什么兴趣。

And hours of watching TV shows with canned laughter only teaches kids to process information in a passive way.

// 连续几个小时观看带有录制好笑声的电视剧节目只会让孩子以被动的方式处理信息。

On display here are varoius fantasy elements whose reference, at some basic level, seems to be the natural world.

// 这里所展示的都是各种各样充满幻想的元素，在某些基本层面上，这些元素的参照物似乎就是自然界

In other words, whatever inborn differences two people may exhibit in their abilities to memorize, those differences are swamped by how well each person "encodes" the information.

// 换言之，无论两个人在记忆力方面表现出多大的先天差异，这些差异都会被每个人人对信息的编码能力所淹没。

Bottled water,chewing gum and skin moisturizers are mentioned in Paragraph 5 so as to manifest the significant role of good habits.

// 第 5 段提及瓶装水、口香糖和保湿霜是为了表明好习惯的重要性。

During the Renaissance, the great minds of Nicolaus Copernicus, Johannes Kepler and Galileo Galilei demonstrated the power of scientific study and discovery.

// 文艺复兴期间，尼古拉・哥白尼、约翰内斯・开普勒以及伽利略・伽利雷等伟大的思想家都证明了科学研究与发现的力量。

Her critique of the lameness of many public-health campaigns is spot-on:they fail to mobilize peer pressure for healthy habits, and they demonstrate a seriously flawed understanding of psychology.

// 她（指罗森博格）对很多公共卫生运动不足的批判准确到位：它们都未能调动同辈压力以梳理健康的习惯，而且在心理理解方面也表现出严重的偏差。

This suggests the possibility that lifestyle factors might help prevent or delay this type of decline.

// 这表明，生活方式的因素有可能帮助我们阻止或者推迟这种衰退。

provide/make some suggestion for  // 给... 提供一些建议

give sb. suggesion on  // 就... 给某人建议

key indicator  // 关键指标

According to the World Social Science Report 2010, the number of social-science students worldwide has swollen by about 11% every year since 2000.

// 根据《2010 年世界社会科学报告》，自 2000 年开始，世界各地社会科学专业的学生数量每年约以 11% 的速度递增。

scientific knowledge  // 科学知识

In the idealized version of how science is done, facts about the world are waiting to be observed and collected by objective researchers who use the scientific method to carry out their work.

// 在科学研究的理想状态下，客观的研究者们将运用严谨的方法展开工作，观察和收集关于世界的事实。

Mental health has commonly been called conscience, instinct, wisdom, common sense, or the inner voice.

// 心里健康通常被描述成良知、本能、明智、常识、或内心的声音。

However, Obamacare has allowed more than 12 million people to either get insurance through Medicaid or the exchanges.

// 然而，奥巴马医改已经让 1200 多万人通过医疗补助计划或（医保）交易所获得医保。

think through  // 充分考虑

go through  // 检查、经历

live through  // 度过、经受过

carry through  // 贯彻、坚持下去

work through  // 通过反复思考来解决问题

break through  // 突破

This is a skill that will help them all throughout life.

// 这是一个会使他们终生受用的技能。

The fist shiploads of immigrants bound for the territory which is now the United States crossed the Atlantic more than a hundred years after the 15th-and-16th-century explorations of North Amercia.

//15 世纪和 16 世纪的探索者发现了北美洲，在那之后又过了 100 多年，第一批满载移民的船只才横渡大西洋，驶向如今被称为美国的那片土地。

//territory 领地，领土，领域

A calm, rule-following child might respond better to a different sort of parenting than, for example, a younger one.

// 例如，和年纪更小的孩子相比，冷静且循规蹈矩的孩子可能对一种不同类型的教养方式反应更好。

Because the California law applies to all boards, even where there is no history of prior discrimination, courts likely to rule that the law violates the constitutional guarantee of "equal protection."

// 因为加利福尼亚州的法律适用于所有的董事会，甚至适用于那些过去没有性别歧视的地方，所以法庭很有可能判决：这项法律违反了宪法保障的 “平等保护” 权利。

//discrimination 歧视

Religious associations began, for example, in the desire to secure the favor of overruling powers and to ward off evil influences.

// 例如：宗教集团始于保障否决权和驱邪避恶的愿望。

//Religious 宗教信仰的；宗教的；笃信宗教的；虔诚的；修士；修女；出家人

//associations 协会；社团；联盟；联合；合伙；关联；交往；联想；联系；association 的复数

//for example 例如；比如

//desire 愿望；欲望；渴望；情欲；肉欲；性欲；想望的人；渴望的事物；期望；想望；被吸引；对产生性欲

//favor of 有利于；赞成；支持；喜欢

//overruling 否定，拒绝，更改决定；overrule 的现在分词

//powers 控制力；影响力；操纵力；统治；政权；能力；机会；驱动，推动；迅猛移动，快速前进；power 的第三人称单数和复数

//ward off 避开，躲开，防止

//evil 恶毒的；邪恶的；有害的；道德败坏的；恶魔的；罪恶的；讨厌的；邪恶；罪恶；恶行；害处；坏处；弊端

//influences 影响；作用；支配力；控制力；影响力；有影响的人；对… 起作用；

The order also declared that state and local governments couldn't regulate broadband providers either.

// 该规定同时还宣布，各州和地方政府部门也不得对宽带供应商进行监管。

Researchers think that guilt can be a good thing because it may help regulate a child's basic emotions.

// 研究人员认为，内疚感可能是一件好事，因为它可能有助于调节孩子的基本情绪。

This includes creating a new "responsibility deal" with business, built on social responsibility, not state regulation.

// 这包括与企业建立新的 “责任协议”，即企业应该建立在社会责任的基础之上，而非国家法规。

regulatory power  // 监管权力

regulatory authority  // 监管机构

The charter's main tool of enforcement is to deny access for designers and modeling agencies to Copenhagen Fashion Week(CFW), which is run by the Danish Fashion Institute.

// 该章程的主要落实方式是拒绝设计师和模特经济公司参加由丹麦时装协会举办的哥本哈根时装周。

the World Economic Forum  // 世界经济论坛

In just one generation, millions of mothers have gone to work, transforming basic family economics.

// 仅隔了一代人的时间，数百万母亲出去工作，改善了基本的家庭经济状况。

Here's his advice for economical foodies.

// 这是他关于如何吃的省钱的建议。

Children may face serious difficulties in coping with significant moves, especially if it removes them from their current school or support system.

// 孩子们在应对重大变迁时可能会面临严重的困难，尤其是如果让他们离开目前就读的学校或保障体系。

build a new system of financial regulation  // 建立一个新的金融监管体制

decision on/about sth.  // 关于某事的决定

make/take a decision  // 做决定

Dawna Markova would most porbably agree that decisivenss derives from fantastic ideas.  //Dawna Markova 很可能会同意：判断力来源于奇妙的想法。

If circumstances always determined the life and prospects of people, then humanity would never have progressed.

// 如果环境总是决定人们的生活和前途，那么人类就永远不会进步。

A federal appeals court weighed in again Tuesday, but instead of providing a badly needed resolution, it only prolonged the fight.

// 周二，联邦上诉法院再次发表意见，但未能提供一个人们急需的决议，只是延长了这场争论持久战。

pass/adopt/approve a resolution  // 通过一项决议

make a resolution to do sth.  // 下定决心做某事

Anyone who has toiled through SAT will testify that test-taking skill also matters, whether it's knowing when to guess or what questions to skip.

// 任何一个为 SAT 奋斗过的人都可以证实，考试技巧也很重要，不管是知道何时去猜测，还是那些问题需要先跳过。

an upcoming singing contest  // 一场即将举行的唱歌比赛

In Arizona v.s. United States, the majority overturned three of the four contested provisions of Arizona's controversial plan to have state and local police enforce federal immigration law.

// 在亚利桑那州和美国的对决中，大多数法官推翻了亚利桑那州四条颇具争议的移民法案中的三条，该法案使州警察和地方警察执行联邦移民法。

This has result in protests from social scientists.

// 这已经激起了社会科学家们的抗议。

According to the Knight Foundation survey, young people verify news by referring to diverse sources.

// 根据奈特基金会的调查，年轻人通过查阅各种来源来核实新闻内容。

American companies will face a cascade of different taxed from dozens of nations that will prove burdensome and costly.

// 美国企业将面临来自数十个国家的一连串不同税收，这些税收将被证明是繁重且昂贵的。

bullet/sound proof  // 防弹的 / 隔音的

Digital services include everything from providing a platform for selling goods and services online to targeting advertising based on user data, and the tax applies to gross revenue from such services.

// 数字服务包括从提供在线商品和服务的平台到基于用户数据定向投放广告在内的一切服务，而税收适用于此类服务的总收入。

a basic level of service  // 基本水平的服务

Rather, we ascribe meanings to texts on the basis of interaction between what we might call textual and contextual material.

// 相反，读者对文本含义的推测是基于他们于所谓的文本资料和语境资料之间的互动。

the Nobel Foundation  // 诺贝尔基金会

a Knight Foundation focus-group survey  // 奈特基金会的专题调查

He could not confide them even to his wife, although they provide the unacknowledged foundation of his fiction.  // 他（指狄更斯）甚至无法向他妻子吐露这些未被公开的经历，尽管这些经历为他的小说提供了基础。

by the end of 2022  // 在 2022 年年底之前

at the end of the letter  // 在信件结尾处

His analysis should therefore end any selfcontentedness among those who may believe that the global position of English is so stable that the young generations of the United Kingdom do not need additional language capabilities.  // 因此，对于那些可能会认为英国的国际地位十分稳固，以至于英国的年轻一代人不需要掌握其他语言的人而言，他的分析可能会给他们的自满画上一个句号。

//put an end to  终止...; 结束...

//by the end of  到... 时为止

//at the end of  在... 结束时

//end up  最终成为；最后处于

//end up with  以... 结束或告终

an endless fever of self-celebration  // 一种无休止的自我庆贺的狂热

Assign responsibilites around the house and make sure homework deadlines are met.

//(给孩子) 布置一些家务活并督促他们按时完成家庭作业。

different kinds of messages  // 不同种类的信息

different historical periods  // 不同的历史阶段

different perspectives  // 不同的观点

try out different lifestyles  // 尝试不同的生活方式

Ways of reading on a train or in bed are likly to differ considerably from reading in a seminar room.

// 在火车上或床上阅读的方式很可能与在研讨室阅读有很大的不同。

make a difference  // 带来改变，产生影响

a major difference between the Japanese and U.S. workforces  // 日本劳动力和美国劳动力的一个主要区别

make no difference  // 没有区别，没有影响

A Canadian study found that children as young as 14 months can differentiate between a credible person and a dishonest one.  // 一个加拿大的研究发现，14 个月大的孩子就能区分一个可靠的人和一个不诚实的人。

This distinction is so much so that where the latter is lacking, as it is for these unlikely gardeners, the former becomes all the more urgent.  // 二者之间有很大的差别，正如这些似乎不可能存在的花园建造者所体现的，当欠缺后者（即栖身之地）的时候，想要获得前者（即一个平静之所）的需求就变得更为迫切。

The whirlwind that swept through newsrooms harmed everybody, but much of the damage has been concentrated in areas where newspapers are least distinctive.  // 这场席卷整个新闻业的风暴殃及了每个人，但大部分损失集中在那些报纸最无特色的部分。

Quinn and her colleagues conducted a test to see if rats can distinguish a friendly rat form a hostile one.

//Quinn 和他的同事进行了一项测试，看看老鼠是否能区分友好的老鼠和敌对的老鼠。

1、权力

    regulatory power  // 监管权力

    power of enforcement  // 执行权

    further concentration of power  // 权力的进一步集中

2、力量

    the power of scientific study and discovery  // 科学研究和发现的力量

    the balance of power  // 力量的平衡

3、能量

    new power sources  // 新能源

4、电力供应

    power failures  // 供电故障

5、能力

    have a power to do that  // 有那样做的能力

    the power of self-help  // 自助的能力

6、为...提供动力

    In Scotland, for example, wind turbines provide enough electricity to power 95 percent of homes.

    // 比如在苏格兰，风力发电机所产生的电足以满足 95% 的家庭用电需求。

But Mauna Kea is also home to some of the world's most powerful telescopes.

// 但是莫纳克亚山也是世界上一些（功能）强大的望远镜的所在地。

the powerful influence of American culture  // 美国文化的强大影响力

1、力量

    The most immediate changes will be observed in skill level, strength and inches lost.

    // 最直接的变化将体现在技能水平、身体力量和腰围缩减方面。

2、优势

    the relative strength of the English language

    // 英语的相对优势

Justices wanted to strengthen its coordination with Congress.

// 法官们希望加强与国会的协作

develop clean energy  // 发展清洁能源

efficient energy  // 高效能源

a major energy supplier  // 主要的能源供应商

A town of culture award could, it is argued, become an annual event, attracting funding and creating jobs.

// 他们认为，文化小镇奖可以成为一项年度盛事，吸引投资并创造就业机会。

cultural traditions  // 文化传统

cultural events  // 文化事件

cultural heritage  // 文化遗产

1、种植

    cultivate more drought-resistant trees  // 种植更多耐旱树木

2、获得（支持）

    They gave justices permanent positions so they would be free to upset those in power and have no need to cultivate political support.  // 他们赋予法官终身职位，因此法官可以自由触怒那些当权者，并且无需培养支持自己的政治势力。

3、培养

    Judith Hall mentions driving to show that social skills must be cultivated.

    // 朱迪斯・霍尔提到开车是为了表明必须培养社会技能。

4、逐渐养成（某种态度、谈话或举止方式等）

    According to Dr.Curtis, habits like hand washing with soap should be further cultivated.

    // 根据 Curtis 博士的说法，人们应该进一步养成用肥皂洗手等习惯。

Rather than just focusing on GDP. over 40 different sets of criteria from health, education and civil society engagement have been measured to get a more rounded assessment of how countries are performing.

//（该研究）不仅仅关注国内生产总值，还衡量了包括健康、教育和公民社会参与等在内的 40 多套标准，从而对一个国家的表现进行更加全面的评价。

civil servants  // 公务员

civil services  // 政务，行政部门

fragments of civilization  // 文明的碎片

the dawn of civilization  // 文明的曙光

Both men emphasized the dirt and exhaustion of war, the fragments of civilization that the soldiers shared with each other and the civilians: coffee, tobacoo, whiskey, shelter, sleep.

// 这二人都浓墨重彩的描写了战争的艰辛与疲惫，以及那些在士兵之间、士兵和平民百姓之间分享咖啡、香烟、威士忌、避难所和睡梦的文明碎片。