六级The 2004 Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act, intended to encourage private space vehicles and services, prohibits the transportation secretary and thereby the FA from regulating the design or operation of private spacecraft, unless they have resulted

2004年《商业空间发射修正法案》旨在鼓励私人航天器和服务，禁止运输部长和联邦航空局监管私人航天器的设计或运行，除非其结果是

考研simply arranging a meeting, making a phone call, or hosting an event is not an "official act".

简单地安排会议、打电话或主持活动都不是“官方行为”。

考研similarly, the physical act of laughter could improve mood.

同样，笑的身体行为可以改善情绪。

考研Anyway, the act of laughing probably does produce other types of physical feedback, that improve an individual's emotional state.

无论如何，笑的行为可能会产生其他类型的身体反馈，从而改善个人的情绪状态。

考研The high court’s decision said the judge in Mr.McDonnell’s trial failed to tell a jury that it must look only at his “official acts,” or the former governor’s decisions on “specific” and “unsettled” issues related to his duties.

高等法院的判决说，审判麦克唐纳的法官没有告诉陪审团，陪审团只能看他的“官方行为”，或者前州长关于与其职责相关的“具体”和“未解决”问题的判决。

考研A recent study attempts to separate them by looking at bribery prosecutions under America’s Foreign Corrupt Practices Act( ' , FCPA).

最近的一项研究试图通过观察美国《反海外腐败法》（“，FCPA”）下的贿赂起诉来区分它们。

高考Acts of generosity can change lives or just give you that warm feeling full of love.

慷慨的行为可以改变生活，也可以给你充满爱的温暖感觉。

六级Amend its 2004 Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act.

修正其2004年商业空间发射修正法案。

高考I read that people are more divided than ever, but that's not how the people I encounter tend to act.

我读到人们比以往任何时候都更加分裂，但我遇到的人往往不是这样做的。

考研For earned media , such marketers act as the initiator for users’ responses.

对于赚来的媒体，这些营销人员充当用户反应的发起人。

考研The basic compact underlying representative government, wrote Chief Justice John Roberts for the court,” assumes that public officials will hear from their constituents and act on their concerns.

首席大法官约翰·罗伯茨（John Roberts）在法庭上写道，代议制政府的基本契约“假定公职人员将听取选民的意见，并根据他们的关切采取行动。

四级In mixed schools boys feel compelled to act like men before they understand themselves well enough to know what that means, " the study reported

研究报告说：“在男女混合学校，男孩们在充分了解自己、了解这意味着什么之前，会被迫表现得像男人一样。”

四级The real test of character is whether we can learn from our mistake, by understanding why we acted as we did and then exploring ways to avoid similar problems in the future.

对性格的真正考验是我们是否能从错误中吸取教训，通过理解我们为什么会这样做，然后探索避免将来出现类似问题的方法。

四级The way to complain is to act business-like and important.

抱怨的方式是表现得像生意一样重要。

四级with the popularity of the car, registration became a must in 1903 with the Motor Car Act.

随着汽车的普及，1903年《汽车法》规定登记成为必须。

四级But can artificial intelligence AI machines act ethically, meaning can they be honest and fair?

但人工智能人工智能机器的行为是否合乎道德，也就是说它们是否诚实公平？

高考When he was writing his novels, Charles Dickens would act out the parts of the characters, he'd make faces in the mirror, and change his voice for each character.

当查尔斯·狄更斯写小说时，他会表演角色的各个部分，在镜子里做鬼脸，并为每个角色改变声音。

高考Gossip also can have a third effect: It strengthens unwritten, unspoken rules about how people should act.

流言蜚语还有第三个作用：它强化了人们应该如何行动的不成文、不成文的规则。

六级As I said, structural unemployment isn't a real problem, it's an excuse—a reason not to act on America's problems at a time when action is desperately needed.

正如我所说，结构性失业不是一个真正的问题，它是一个借口——一个在迫切需要采取行动的时候不采取行动解决美国问题的理由。

考研The IASB says it does not want to act without overall planning, but the pressure to fold when it completes it reconstruction of rules later this year is strong.

国际会计准则理事会表示，它不想在没有总体规划的情况下采取行动，但在今年晚些时候完成规则重建工作时，它面临着巨大的压力。

四级Consumers, in the U.S. at least, are acting cautiously with the savings they're getting at the gas pump, as the memory of the recent great recession is still fresh in their mind.

至少在美国，消费者对从加油站获得的储蓄反应谨慎，因为他们对最近的大衰退记忆犹新。

四级Just as peer-to-peer businesses like eBay allow anyone to become a retailer, sharing sites let individuals act as an ad hoc ( 临时的) taxi service, car-hire firm or boutique hotel (精品酒店) as and when it suits them.

正如eBay等点对点业务允许任何人成为零售商一样，共享网站也允许个人充当一个临时的临时的) 出租车服务、汽车租赁公司或精品酒店(精品酒店) 当它适合他们的时候。

高考In that sense, I'm pretty sure volunteering is more of a selfish act than I'd freely like to admit.

从这个意义上说，我很确定志愿服务是一种自私的行为，我不愿意承认。

六级Researchers used ACT scores as a measure of intellectual aptitude.

研究人员使用ACT分数作为智力倾向的衡量标准。

六级The 2004 Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act, intended to encourage private space vehicles and services, prohibits the transportation secretary ( ' , and thereby the FAA) from regulating the de sign or operation of private spacecraft, unless they have resulted in a serious or fatal injury to crew or passengers.

2004年《商业空间发射修正法案》旨在鼓励私人航天器和服务，禁止运输部长（以及联邦航空局）对私人航天器的设计或操作进行监管，除非这些行为对机组人员或乘客造成严重或致命伤害。

考研The IASB says it does not want to act without overall planning, but the pressure to fold when it completes its reconstruction of rules later this year is strong.

国际会计准则理事会表示，它不想在没有总体规划的情况下采取行动，但当它在今年晚些时候完成规则重建时，要求放弃的压力很大。

六级Parents, teachers, even the kids themselves, scored the youngsters on measures like acting before thinking and persistence in reaching goals.

家长、老师，甚至孩子们自己，都会在一些方面给孩子们打分，比如先行动后思考和坚持达成目标。

高考The findings challenge a key principle of modern parenting where schools except them to act as partners in their children's education.

这一发现挑战了现代父母教育的一个关键原则，即除了他们以外的学校在孩子的教育中充当伙伴。

高考This example should act as an inspiration for all cities.

这个例子应该对所有城市起到启发作用。

高考Sometimes I act as a listening ear for fellow students to talk over what is bothering them.

有时，我充当一个倾听的耳朵，让同学们讨论困扰他们的问题。

六级Because previous research has shown that people with high intellectual abilities are better at filtering out distractions, researchers believed students with high ACT scores would not show a significant decrease in performance due to their use of digital

因为之前的研究表明，智力高的人更善于过滤干扰，研究人员相信ACT分数高的学生不会因为使用数字技术而表现出显著的成绩下降

高考Restarting antitrust for the information age will not be easy but if govemments don't wants a data oconomy by a few giants, they must act soon.

在信息时代重新启动反垄断并非易事，但如果政府不想让少数几家巨头实施数据垄断，他们必须尽快采取行动。

六级The impolite act violates the basic rules of etiquette.

这种不礼貌的行为违反了基本的礼仪规则。

六级And perhaps parents are acting more like parents than in the recent past.

也许父母的行为比过去更像父母。

考研Within the complex social structure of the scientific community, researchers make discoveries; editors and reviewers act as gatekeepers by controlling the publication process; other scientists use the new finding to suit their own purposes; and finally, the public ( ' , including other scientists) receives the new discovery and possibly accompanying technology.

在科学界复杂的社会结构中，研究人员做出了发现；编辑和审稿人通过控制出版过程充当看门人；其他科学家利用这一新发现来满足自己的目的；最后，公众（包括其他科学家）接受新发现和可能伴随的技术。

考研In his book The Tipping Point,Malcolm Aladuell argues that social epidemics are driven in large part by the acting of a tiny minority of special individuals,often called influentials,who are unusually informed,persuasive,or well-connected.

马尔科姆·阿拉杜尔（Malcolm Aladuell）在其著作《引爆点》（The Tipping Point）中指出，社会流行病在很大程度上是由极少数特殊个体（通常被称为影响者）的行为所驱动的，这些人具有不同寻常的信息、说服力或良好的人际关系。

六级It did not escape notice that a lobbying firm set up by Lynton Crosby, David Cameron's election campaign director, had previously acted for Philip Morris International.

它并没有逃过人们的注意，大卫·卡梅伦的竞选总监林顿·克罗斯比（Lynton Crosby）成立的一家游说公司此前曾为菲利普·莫里斯国际公司（Philip Morris International）代理过职务。

考研Instead, the studies ended up giving their name to the Hawthorne effect", the extremely influential idea that the very act of being experimented upon changed subjects'behavior.

相反，这些研究最终以霍桑效应（Hawthorne effect）命名，霍桑效应是一种极其有影响力的观点，即被实验的行为改变了受试者的行为。

考研In 1968, the Congress of the United States passed the Jury Selection and Service Act, ushering in a new era of democratic reforms for the jury.

1968年，美国国会通过了《陪审团选拔和服务法》，开创了陪审团民主改革的新时代。

四级Yes, but I was going to say I thought the acting was terrible.

是的，但是我想说我觉得表演很糟糕。

考研Because most of us believe that mind is separate from matter， we think that thoughts can be hidden and made powerless； this allows us to think one way and act another.

因为我们大多数人都相信思想与物质是分离的，所以我们认为思想可以被隐藏起来，变得无能为力；这让我们能够以一种方式思考，以另一种方式行动。

高考We must act as quickly as possible now.

我们现在必须尽快采取行动。

高考Not everyone acts the same in response to events, and that is why what triggers one person may or may not trigger another.

并不是每个人对事件的反应都是一样的，这就是为什么触发一个人的东西可能触发另一个人，也可能不会触发另一个人。

高考Her simple act landed parks in prison.

她的简单行为使帕克斯进了监狱。

六级But students who surfed the web during class did worse on their exams regardless of their ACT scores, suggesting that even the academically smartest students are harmed when they're distracted in class.

但在课堂上上网的学生无论ACT成绩如何，考试成绩都较差，这表明即使是学习最聪明的学生在课堂上分心时也会受到伤害。

考研For earned media, such marketers act as the initiator for users' responses.

对于赚来的媒体，这些营销人员充当用户反应的发起人。

六级Senator Hokkons Baules, lead sponsor of the Palau National Marine Sanctuary Act, said the sanctuary will "help build a secure future for the Palauan people by honoring the conservation traditions of our past".

帕劳国家海洋保护区法案的主要发起人、参议员霍肯斯·鲍尔斯说，该保护区将“通过尊重我们过去的保护传统，帮助帕劳人民建立一个安全的未来”。

考研A recent study attempts to separate them by looking at bribery prosecutions under America's Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

最近的一项研究试图通过观察美国《反海外腐败法》下的贿赂起诉来区分它们。

考研The only major objection came from Justice Antonin Scalia,who offered an even more robust defense of state privileges going back to the alien and Sedition Acts.

唯一的主要反对意见来自法官安东宁·斯卡利亚，他为《外国人和煽动叛乱法》的国家特权提供了更有力的辩护。

高考Rising above self and acting to help others.

超越自我，行动起来帮助他人。

四级It is essential that we act with integrity in order to build the kind of world in which we want to live.

为了建设我们想要生活的世界，我们必须正直地行动。

考研While it is easy to ignore in our contact with them the effect of our acts upon their disposition, it is not so easy as in dealing with adults.

虽然我们在与他们接触时很容易忽视我们的行为对他们性格的影响，但这并不像与成年人打交道那样容易。

考研Simply arranging a meeting, making a phone call, or hosting an event is not an official act.

简单地安排会议、打电话或主持活动都不是官方行为。

六级Each business acts its own way in green labeling.

每个企业在绿色标签方面都有自己的做法。

高考Light is a powerful biological force, and on many species it acts as a magnet.

光是一种强大的生物力量，对许多物种来说，它就像一块磁铁。

六级Saying that there're no easy answers sounds wise, but it's actually foolish: our unemployment crisis could be cured very quickly if we had the intellectual clarity and political will to act.

说没有简单的答案听起来是明智的，但实际上是愚蠢的：如果我们有理智上的清晰和政治意愿采取行动，我们的失业危机可以很快得到解决。

高考They are both passionate about acting and interested in people.

他们都热衷于表演，对人也感兴趣。

六级I diligently attended my SAT, ACT, and Advanced Placement test preparation courses.

我勤奋地参加了SAT、ACT和进阶考试准备课程。

四级Calling out our fears explicitly, as Leah did, can help us act decisively.

明确地说出我们的恐惧，就像Leah那样，可以帮助我们采取果断的行动。

四级It caught us in the act, sent an alert to my smartphone, and also listed our RF interference on the system's event log.

它发现了我们的行为，向我的智能手机发送了警报，并在系统的事件日志中列出了我们的射频干扰。

考研such dimensions of read suggest-as others introduced later in the book will also do-that we bring an implicit ( ' , often unacknowledged) agenda to any act of reading.

阅读的这些维度表明，正如本书后面介绍的其他维度一样，我们在任何阅读行为中都会带来一个隐含的（’，通常是未被承认的）议程。

四级If you can accept that people from other cultures act according to their values, not yours, getting along with them will be much easier

如果你能接受来自其他文化的人根据他们的价值观而不是你的价值观行事，那么与他们相处就会容易得多

四级As the world's food security falls to pieces, individual countries acting in their own self-interest are actually worsening the troubles of many.

随着世界粮食安全的崩溃，个别国家为了自身利益而采取的行动实际上正在加剧许多国家的麻烦。

考研But for all the reasons there are to celebrate the computer, we must also act with caution.

但出于庆祝电脑的种种原因，我们也必须谨慎行事。

六级According to a series of experiments published in the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology by professors Gary Lupyan and Daniel Swignley, the act of using verbal clues to 27 trigger mental pictures helps people function quicker.

Gary Lupyan和Daniel Swignley教授在《实验心理学季刊》上发表的一系列实验表明，使用语言线索触发心理图片有助于人们更快地发挥功能。

高考This small act will let your neighbors know that you care about the area.

这个小动作会让你的邻居知道你关心这个地区。

四级Shouting or acting rude will get you nowhere.

大喊大叫或表现粗鲁对你毫无帮助。

六级It was a symbolic act, indicating that under Grune's leadership, Reader's Digest was going to be different.

这是一个象征性的举动，表明在格伦的领导下，《读者文摘》将有所不同。

考研In the US, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 has pushed most public companies to defer performance bonuses for senior executives by about a year, slightly helping reduce "short-termism."

在美国，2002年的《萨班斯-奥克斯利法案》（Sarbanes-Oxley Act）促使大多数上市公司将高管的绩效奖金推迟约一年，这略微有助于减少“短期主义”

四级When someone commits a criminal act, we always hope the punishment will match the offense.

当有人犯罪时，我们总是希望惩罚能与罪行相匹配。

高考We both passionate about acting, which comes from us being so interested in people.

我们都热衷于表演，这是因为我们对人如此感兴趣。

高考Pretty much everyone you know acts differently.

几乎你认识的每个人的行为都不一样。

高考According to the code, visitors should act with care and respect.

根据守则，游客应谨慎行事，尊重他人。

高考Think twice before we act.

行动前要三思。

高考Self expression there are many ways to express thoughts and ideas –music, acting, drawing, building, photography.

自我表达表达表达思想和想法的方式有很多——音乐、表演、绘画、建筑、摄影。

六级"The dangerous thing about lying is people don't understand how the act changes us," says Dan Ariely, behavioural psychologist at Duke University.

杜克大学的行为心理学家丹·艾瑞利说：“撒谎的危险之处在于人们不明白这种行为是如何改变我们的。”。

四级Because the values of each culture are different, understanding the values of another culture helps explain how people think and act.

因为每种文化的价值观不同，理解另一种文化的价值观有助于解释人们的思维和行为。

高考He also won praise from social media users after Mr.Anderson posted about the act of kindness on Facebook.

安德森先生在Facebook上发布了关于善举的消息后，他也赢得了社交媒体用户的赞扬。

六级It's the fastest-ever recovery of a mammal, joining peers like the Louisiana black bear as glowing successes in the history of the Endangered Species Act.

这是哺乳动物有史以来恢复最快的一次，与路易斯安那黑熊一样，在《濒危物种法》的历史上取得了辉煌的成功。

考研Ideally, different kinds of reading inform each other, and act as useful reference points for and counterbalances to one another.

理想情况下，不同类型的阅读相互通知，并作为有用的参考点和相互制衡。

六级Moreover, nonparticipation by nations, if sufficiently widespread, can undermine the political will of participating countries to act.

此外，各国的不参与如果足够广泛，可能会破坏参与国采取行动的政治意愿。

考研Such dimensions of reading suggest 一 as others introduced later in the book will also do 一 that we bring an implicit agenda to any act of reading.

阅读的这些维度表明一 正如本书后面介绍的其他内容一样一 我们在任何阅读行为中都有一个隐含的议程。

四级If you act like someone who expects a fair request to be granted, chances are it will be granted

如果你表现得像一个期待公平请求被批准的人，那么很有可能它会被批准

高考Kunqu society, the classical Chinese theater which combines singing, dancing and acting to literary works by masters of Ming and Qing dynasties, performing introduces four signature plays of Kunqu master Jiqing Zhang to American audiences.

昆曲协会是一家集唱歌、跳舞和表演于一体的中国古典剧院，它将明清大师的文学作品与昆曲表演结合起来，向美国观众介绍了昆曲大师张继清的四部经典戏剧。

四级They are already on California roads, so it is not too soon to ask whether we can program a machine to act ethically.

他们已经在加利福尼亚州的公路上了，所以现在问我们是否可以为一台机器编程，使其行为合乎道德还为时过早。

四级So I have to act quickly.

所以我必须迅速行动。

考研within the complex social structure of the scientific community, researchers make discoveries; editors and reviewers act as gatekeepers by controlling the publication process; other scientists use the new finding to suit their own purposes; and finally, t

在科学界复杂的社会结构中，研究人员做出了发现；编辑和审稿人通过控制出版过程充当看门人；其他科学家利用这一新发现来满足自己的目的；最后，t

六级They are the National Health Service and the 1948 National Assistance Act.

它们是国家卫生局和1948年《国家援助法》。

六级Moreover, non-participation by nations, if sufficiently widespread, can undermine the political will of participating countries to act.

此外，如果各国不参与的情况足够普遍，可能会破坏参与国采取行动的政治意愿。