Checkpoint 1

• 伟大传统艺术的未来陷入不**确定性**

Throw their great tradition into question.
环境问题的未来陷入不确定性：It throws the environment problems into question.
科技的发展是一个未知的问题：It throws the development of technology into question.

• 团十郎**出身于**歌舞伎世家

Danjuro was descended from a family that pioneerd kabuki.
policy was descended from an idea; the product was descended from the last version

• 不满足于**随波于**中国的经济增长

Do more than simply ride the waves of China’s Growth.
乘势：The new product rides the waves of new eco-system.

• 华为被美国国会定位国家公敌

Huawei has been branded an enemy of the state.
brand sb (as) sth 丑化某人、败坏某人名声
They were branded as liars and cheats

• 金斯伯格的去世让民主党**有机会**在最高法院安插自己人

Ginsburg’s death gives the party a window to fill her seat on the Supreme Court.

• 微软，本来准备要收购抖音

Micorsoft, which had been in the running to buy Tiktok.
in the running to protect the environmen;
in the running to make a deal;

• 疫情会使很多客户长期使用数字银行

The pandemic shifted many customers permanently towards digital banking.
make sb do;
drive sb to do sth;

• 联合利华获得了股东的压倒性支持

Unilever secured the overwhelming support of shareholders in the Netherlands.
确保、促成、实现（传达出一种信心满满的成功感）

• 这会给科技巨头带来麻烦

That could spell trouble for the tech giants.
spell: 导致, spell trouble; spell danger;
They could face long spells of unemployment.( = bad problem)

• 疫情使经济的全球化程度降低，数字化程度升高，不平等程度加剧

The pandemic will leave economies less globalised, more digitised and less equal.
Online education leaves learning less confident, more convenient and less time-consuming.

• 即使整体失业率下降，长期失业人数仍在上升

Permanent job losses are mounting even as the headline unemployment rate falls.
— skyrocket 飞涨；猛涨 Skyrocketing prices testify to the depth of the inflation.

• 中美经济已成一体，难解难分

The two economies are too integrated to decouple entirely.

Checkpoint 2

• 法国、西班牙和英国**正准备应对**第二波疫情

France, Spain and Britain were bracing for a second wave.
we are bracing for this issues.
brace up; brace yourself.

• 一位澳大利亚法官的辞职**引发了**公众的焦虑

Public anxiety was fuelled by the resignation of an Australian judge.
Something has triggered a discussion of …
sth has fuelled a discussion of..; a discussion was fuelled

• 该地区的疫情最终出现**减缓**

The pandemic is at last starting to wane in the region.
wane vi. 衰落；变小；消逝
on the wane.. 下沉
such enthusiasm may wane

• 卫生专家对印度一个政府专门小组的说法提出质疑

Health experts cast doubt on the claim by a government panel in India.
cast uncertainty on… cast uncertainty on the future.

• 网上发表的观点只能在某种程度上说明**情况**

Views expressed online offer only a partial picture.
The picture is healthier
big-picture surveys of the public mood
paint a clearer picture of
to capture detailed pictures

• 减少公海捕捞将**使**许多鱼群得以恢复

Less fishing on the high seas would allow stocks of many species to recover.
It allows us to control the possible.
Allow people much freedom.

• 拜登无法神奇地解决困扰美国的各种问题

Joe Biden is not a miracle cure for what ails America. (problem)
Communication is a cure for misunderstandings.
Rational exlporation is a cure for the wasting of resources.
economical problem = what ails the economy
what ails the environment

• 他曾试图明年年初终结《新战略武器裁减条约》

He flirted with allowing New START to expire early next year.(试图 想要 喜欢)
He flirts with danger.
I’ve been flirting with the idea of moving to EU lately.
The business tycoon has flirted with running for public office for many years.

• 他对疫情处理不当，这会让他失去总统宝座

His mishandlling of the pandemic looks likely to cost him his job.
Overexploitation will cost us a healthy environment.
Cancer cost him a kidney.
At the cost of … 以…为代价

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