高考It didn't look that bad, and after the first wave had shut down my ability to smell, it didn't offend the nose so much, either.

它看起来没那么糟糕，而且在第一次波浪关闭了我的嗅觉之后，它也没有那么刺痛鼻子。

2015年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

四级The ability to sleep in one chunk (整块时间) overnight goes down as we age but the amount of sleep we need to function well does not change," Dr Drummond told the American Association for the Advancement of Science conference in San Diego

一块睡的能力(整块时间) 夜间睡眠随着年龄的增长而减少，但我们需要的睡眠量并没有改变，”Drummond博士在圣地亚哥举行的美国科学进步协会会议上说

2011年6月阅读原文

四级With wired setups, the fear is that a burglar ( ' , 入室盗贼) might be able to shut your system down simply by cutting the right cable.

通过有线设置，人们担心的是窃贼（“，入室盗贼) 只需切断正确的电缆，就可以关闭您的系统。

2016年12月阅读原文

四级with wired setups, the fear is that a burglar might be able to shut your system down simply by cutting the right cable.

通过有线设置，人们担心的是窃贼可能只需切断正确的电缆就可以关闭你的系统。

2016年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

高考After spotting a wallet on the front seat inside a parked car with its window down, he stood guard in the rain for about two hours waiting for the owner to return.

在发现一辆车窗朝下的停着的汽车的前排座椅上有一个钱包后，他在雨中站岗了大约两个小时，等待车主回来。

2018年高考英语北京卷 完形填空 原文

高考Dad sat me down and said, "Alice, I know it's hard, but it's all about persistence (坚持不懈)."

爸爸让我坐下来说：“爱丽丝，我知道这很难，但这都是为了坚持(坚持不懈)."

2017年高考英语天津卷 阅读表达 原文

四级may be better at solving puzzlescan memorize things with more easemay have greater facility in abstract reasoningcan put what they have learnt into more effective usefind ways to slow down our mental declinefind ways to boost our memoriesunderstand the complex process of mental functioningunderstand the relation between physical and mental healthThe most important thing in the news last week was the rising discussion in Nashville about the educational needs of children.

能更好地解决难题能更容易地记忆事物能更容易地进行抽象推理能更有效地利用他们所学的知识找到减缓我们心理衰退的方法找到提高记忆力的方法理解心理功能的复杂过程理解生理和心理之间的关系上周新闻中最重要的一件事是纳什维尔关于儿童教育需求的讨论日益增多。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级Now what’s interesting about the theory is what do you have if you only have one out of three or two out of three? What do you have and how is it different if you have a different two out of three? What’s interesting about this kind of theorizing is it gives rise to many different combinations that can be quite interesting when you break them down and start to look at them carefully.

这个理论的有趣之处在于，如果你只有三分之一或三分之二，你会得到什么？你有什么？如果三分之二不同，又有什么不同？这种理论的有趣之处在于，它产生了许多不同的组合，当你将它们分解并开始仔细观察时，它们会非常有趣。

2016年12月听力原文

考研Even very young children tend to look down on the overweight, and teasing about body build has long been a problem in schools.

即使是非常年幼的孩子也会看不起超重的孩子，对体格的取笑一直是学校里的一个问题。

2014年考研真题（英语二）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

高考However, a similar study of British accents in the US turned these results upside down and placed some regional accents as the most attractive and BBC english as the least.

然而，一项针对美国英国口音的类似研究将这些结果颠倒过来，将一些地区口音列为最吸引人的口音，而英国广播公司英语则列为最不吸引人的口音。

2015年高考英语广东卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

四级But the code to access the program cost $120—a big sum for Harper, who had already put down $450 for textbooks, and had rent day approaching.

但是访问该项目的代码花费了120美元——这对哈珀来说是一笔大数目，他已经为教科书支付了450美元，而且租赁日即将到来。

2018年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

考研In the third quarter, CEO turnover was down 23% from a year ago as nervous boards stuck with the leaders they had, according to Liberum Research.

根据Liberum Research的数据，第三季度，CEO的更替率比一年前下降了23%，这是因为紧张的董事会与他们所拥有的领导者纠缠在一起。

2011年考研阅读原文

高考Researchers in spain and england recently found that the worms of the greater wax moth can break down polyethylene, which accounts for 40% of plastics.

西班牙和英国的研究人员最近发现，大蜡蛾的蠕虫可以分解聚乙烯，聚乙烯占塑料的40%。

2018年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

六级Newspapers relay daily accounts of goal-setting prevalent in industries and businesses up and down both Wall Street and Main Street , yet there has been surprisingly little research on how the long-trumpeted practice of setting goals may have contributed to the current economic crisis , and unethical （不道德的）behavior in general.

报纸每天都在报道华尔街和主街上下各行各业普遍存在的目标设定情况，但令人惊讶的是，很少有人研究长期鼓吹的目标设定做法是如何导致当前的经济危机的，这是不道德的(不道德的）一般行为。

2012年6月阅读原文

六级It might be tempting, therefore, to think that the old barriers have been broken down and equal opportunity achieved.

因此，认为旧的壁垒已经被打破，机会均等已经实现，这可能是一种诱惑。

2011年6月阅读原文

高考When walking down the street, I came across david, when I hadn't seen for years.

当我在街上走的时候，我遇到了大卫，当时我已经好几年没见他了。

2016年高考英语天津卷 单项填空 原文

四级Once across, the ropes were tied down and wooden bridges were hung from them.

一旦穿过，绳子就被拴住，木桥就从上面吊下来。

2015年12月听力原文

六级Businesses have downsized or shut down across America, leaving fewer job opportunities for those in search of work.

美国各地的企业纷纷裁员或倒闭，给求职者留下的就业机会越来越少。

2016年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

高考Taylor's swift action helped her teammates calm down.

泰勒的迅速行动帮助队友们冷静下来。

2017年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

六级But it was the ones that mentioned the actions of neighbours that drove down power use.

但正是这些人提到了邻国的行动，才降低了电力使用。

2015年12月阅读原文

高考She says these activities at bedtime can get kids all excited and make it hard for them to calm down and sleep.

她说，这些睡前活动会让孩子们兴奋不已，让他们很难平静下来睡觉。

2017年高考英语浙江卷（6月） 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

六级These included developing additional domestic sources (such as those on Alaska's North Slope), resuming extraction at sites that had been shut down because of cost inefficiency, capping the price that domestic producers could charge for oil, and beginning to import oil from a greater diversity of nations.

这些措施包括开发更多的国内资源（如阿拉斯加北坡的资源），恢复因成本低效率而关闭的开采场地，限制国内生产商可以收取的石油价格，以及开始从更多不同的国家进口石油。

2013年6月阅读原文

六级Ask the administration or the Republicans or most academics why America needs more manufacturing, and they respond that manufacturing gives birth to innovation, brings down the trade deficit, strengthens the dollar, generates jobs, arms the military and brings about a recovery from recession

问政府、共和党人或大多数学者，为什么美国需要更多的制造业，他们回答说，制造业催生了创新，降低了贸易赤字，增强了美元，创造了就业机会，武装了军队，并使经济从衰退中复苏

2013年6月阅读原文

考研Among the most popular : paternity and kinship testing , which adopted children can use to find their biological relatives and families can use to track down kids put for adoption.

其中最受欢迎的有：亲子关系和亲属关系测试，被收养的孩子可以用它来寻找他们的亲缘关系，家庭可以用它来追踪被收养的孩子。

2009年考研阅读原文

六级At around age 60, "muscles really start to break down," says Kathryn Starr, an aging researcher, "and because of that, the protein needs of an older adult actually increase.

在60岁左右，“肌肉真的开始崩溃，”老龄化研究人员凯瑟琳·斯塔尔说，“正因为如此，老年人对蛋白质的需求实际上增加了。

2019年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

六级In other experiments, Lupyan and Swignley found that uttering the name of a common product when on the hunt for it helped quicken someone's pace, but talking about uncommon items showed no advantage and slowed you down.

在其他实验中，Lupyan和Swignley发现，在寻找一种常见产品时说出它的名字有助于加快某人的速度，但谈论不常见的产品没有任何好处，反而会让你放慢速度。

2017年6月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section A

高考He advised him to slow down and take things easy.

他建议他放慢脚步，放轻松。

2015年高考英语天津卷 答案 选项

高考After several weeks' successful work, I began to notice that egg production was going down.

经过几周的成功工作，我开始注意到鸡蛋产量正在下降。

2016年高考英语浙江卷（10月） 完形填空 原文

考研Studies dating back to the 1930's indicate that laughter relaxes muscles, decreasing muscle tone for up to 45 minutes after the laugh dies down.

可以追溯到20世纪30年代的研究表明，笑可以放松肌肉，在笑声消失后45分钟内降低肌肉张力。

2011年考研真题（英语一）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

高考Soon afterwards, many of those people started settling down to become farmers, and their languages too became more settled and fewer in number.

不久之后，这些人中的许多人开始定居下来成为农民，他们的语言也变得越来越固定，数量也越来越少。

2018年高考英语全国卷I 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

高考See, your computer has broken down again! It doesn't make sense to buy the cheapest brand of computer just to save a few dollars.

看，你的电脑又坏了！仅仅为了节省几美元而购买最便宜的电脑品牌是没有意义的。

2015年高考英语天津卷 单项填空 原文

四级Finally, on June 7, McLaughlin once again demonstrated his carelessness by knocking down several mailboxes near the edge of the company's parking lot

最后，在6月7日，麦克劳克林再次证明了他的粗心，他撞倒了公司停车场边缘附近的几个邮箱

2013年12月听力原文

四级Leah reflects on one incident that triggered her fears, when her investors threatened to shut her down: I was probably up against the most fear I've ever had, she says.

Leah回忆了一次引发她担忧的事件，当时她的投资者威胁要关闭她：我可能遇到了我有史以来最担心的事情，她说。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级It helps slow down our aging process.

它有助于减缓我们的衰老过程。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级This turn of events is fueled primarily by the dramatic drop in the share of young Americans who are choosing to settle down romantically before age 35.

这一转变的主要原因是选择在35岁之前浪漫定居的美国年轻人比例急剧下降。

2019年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

四级This turn of events is fueled primarily by the dramatic drop in the share of young Americans who are choosing to settle down romantically before age.

这一事件的转变主要是由于选择在成年前浪漫定居的美国年轻人比例急剧下降。

2019年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

四级So you know that Sam turned down the job offered by the travel agency?

你知道山姆拒绝了旅行社提供的工作吗？

2013年12月听力原文

考研They had pushed the agency to designate the bird as "endangered, " a status that gives federal officials greater regulatory power to crack down on threats.

他们敦促该机构将这种鸟定为“濒危物种”，这一地位赋予联邦官员更大的监管权力，以打击威胁。

2016年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

四级A few months ago, I was down with a terrible cold which ended in a persistent bad cough.

几个月前，我患了重感冒，最后持续咳嗽。

2018年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section A

四级Police frequent the area day and night, as two months ago, a young man was shot just down the street.

两个月前，一名年轻男子在街上被枪杀，警察日夜不停地在该地区巡逻。

2019年6月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

考研Involuntary part-time employment is still far higher than before the recession, but it is down by 640,000from its year ago level.

非自愿兼职人数仍远高于衰退前，但比去年同期减少了64万人。

2015年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

高考Bertocchini agrees and hopes her team's findings might one day help employ the enzyme to break down plastics in landfills.

Bertocchini对此表示同意，并希望她的研究小组的发现有朝一日能帮助利用这种酶在垃圾填埋场分解塑料。

2018年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

四级In response to those restrictions, grain-importing countries are trying to nail down long-term trade agreements that would lock up future grain supplies.

为了应对这些限制，粮食进口国正试图敲定长期贸易协议，以锁定未来的粮食供应。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级agreement covering "What if my idea is turned down?

协议包括“如果我的想法被拒绝怎么办？”？

2011年6月阅读原文

高考When we touched down to blue skies and warm air, I sent up a small prayer of gratefulness.

当我们降落到蓝天和温暖的空气中时，我发出了一个小小的感恩祈祷。

2015年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

高考While he sounded the alarm, a student from leeds climbed down the cliff to collect Judy.

当他敲响警钟时，一个来自利兹的学生爬下悬崖去接朱迪。

2015年高考英语陕西卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

高考Six volunteers slid down the cliff with the help of a rope but gave up all hope of finding her alive after a 90-minute search.

六名志愿者在绳子的帮助下滑下悬崖，但在90分钟的搜寻后，他们放弃了找到她还活着的希望。

2015年高考英语陕西卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

高考He broke down as he thought of his failure to sell all his papers.

他一想到自己没能把所有的报纸都卖掉，就崩溃了。

2015年高考英语湖北卷 完形填空 原文

考研The virgin forest with its richness and variety of trees was a veritable real treasure-house which extended from Maine all the way down to Georgia.

原始森林以其丰富多样的树木是一个名副其实的真正的宝库，从缅因州一直延伸到佐治亚州。

2015年考研翻译原文

考研"Carry a book with you at all times" can actually work, too-providing you dip in often enough, so that reading becomes the default state from which you temporarily surface to take care of business, before dropping back down.

“随身携带一本书”实际上也能起作用，只要你能经常涉猎，那么阅读就成了你暂时浮出水面处理事务的默认状态，然后再放下。

2016年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

高考In this instance, step away from your keyboard to allow everyone to calm down.

在这种情况下，请远离键盘，让每个人都冷静下来。

2017年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

考研As you will come to see ,knowing that mental heath is always available and knowing to trust it allow us to slow down to the moment and live life happily.

正如你们将要看到的，知道精神健康总是可以得到的，并且知道要相信它，让我们放慢脚步，享受快乐的生活。

2016年考研翻译原文

高考I was almost knocked down recently by a cyclist riding on the pavement when there was a cycle lane right next to him.

我最近差点被一个骑自行车的人撞倒，当时他旁边有一条自行车道。

2015年高考英语湖南卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

高考The team left 100 wax worms on a commercial polyethylene shopping bag for 12 hours, and the worms consumed and broke down about 92 milligrams, or almost 3% of it.

研究小组将100只蜡虫放在一个商用聚乙烯购物袋中12小时，这些蜡虫消耗并分解了约92毫克，约占总量的3%。

2018年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

六级It is also troubling that voting rates among our youngest eligible voters—18- to 24-year-olds—are way down: Little more than one in four now go to the polls, even in national elections, compared with almost twice that many when 18-year-olds were first given the vote.

同样令人不安的是，我们最年轻的合格选民——18至24岁的选民——的投票率正在大幅下降：即使在全国选举中，也只有四分之一的人参加投票，而18岁的选民首次获得投票时，这一比例几乎是原来的两倍。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级It is also troubling that voting rates among our youngest eligible voters—18- to 24-yearolds— are way down: little more than one in four now go to the polls, even in national elections, compared with almost twice that many when 18-year-olds were first giv

同样令人不安的是，我们最年轻的合格选民——从18岁到24岁——的投票率正在大幅下降：即使在全国选举中，参加投票的选民也只有四分之一多一点，而18岁的选民首次参加giv选举时，这一比例几乎是原来的两倍

2016年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

四级And McDonald's wasn't alone in slowing down: Other chains also saw their drive-through performance slow down.

麦当劳并不是唯一一家放慢速度的连锁店：其他连锁店也看到他们的直通车业绩放缓。

2018年6月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section A

四级But instead of bringing families together, Aderhold's letter revealed a divide in the district, which has 9,700 students, and one that broke down roughly along racial lines.

但是，阿德霍尔德的信并没有将家庭聚集在一起，而是揭示了该地区有9700名学生的分歧，这一分歧大体上是按照种族划分的。

2018年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

六级And while the Portuguese took part in the trade, ferrying nuts down the coast along with other goods, by 1620, when English explorer Richard Jobson made his way up the Gambia, the nuts were still peculiar to his eyes.

尽管葡萄牙人参与了这项贸易，将坚果与其他货物一起沿海岸运送，但到1620年，英国探险家理查德·乔布森（Richard Jobson）到达冈比亚时，坚果仍然是他眼中所特有的。

2017年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

四级The Dutch king has revealed that for more than two decades he has held down a part-time second job alongside his royal duties.

这位荷兰国王透露，二十多年来，他除了履行皇室职责外，还担任着兼职的第二份工作。

2018年12月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section A

四级Yet I, too, have resisted the idea that food shortages could bring down not only individual governments but also our global civilization.

然而，我也反对粮食短缺不仅会拖垮各国政府，还会拖垮我们的全球文明。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级"You've also got color, texture and shape sensors looking down at the ground to check pasture quality," says Salah Sukkarieh of the University of Sydney, who will carry out trials on several farms in central New South Wales.

“你也有颜色、质地和形状的传感器在地面上观察牧草质量，”悉尼大学的Salah Sukkarieh说，他将在新南威尔士中部的几个农场进行试验。

2018年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

四级I always feel down when I see others accomplishing things and I feel miserable about my own achievements.

当我看到别人取得成就时，我总是感到沮丧，我为自己的成就感到痛苦。

2019年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section B

考研Among the most popular: paternity and kinship testing, which adopted children can use to find their biological relatives and families can use to track down kids put up for adoption.

其中最受欢迎的有：亲子关系和亲属关系测试，被收养的孩子可以用它来寻找他们的亲缘关系，家庭可以用它来追踪被收养的孩子。

2009年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

高考Then I asked him if he had cut down the amount of feed he had given the chickens.

然后我问他是否减少了给鸡的饲料量。

2016年高考英语浙江卷（10月） 完形填空 原文

四级The ability to sleep in one chunk (整块时间) overnight goes down as we age but the amount of sleep we need to function well does not change," Dr Drummond told the American Association for the Advancement of Science conference in San Diego.

一块睡的能力(整块时间) 随着年龄的增长，夜间睡眠会减少，但我们需要的睡眠量不会改变，”Drummond博士在圣地亚哥举行的美国科学进步协会会议上说。

2011年6月阅读原文

四级On the other side are parents like Mike jia, one of the thousands of Asian-American professionals who have moved to the district in the past decade,who said Aderhold's reforms would amount to a "dumbing down,"of his children's education.

另一方是像迈克·贾这样的家长，他是过去十年中搬到该区的数千名亚裔美国人专业人士之一，他说阿德霍尔德的改革将相当于他的孩子教育的“减速”。

2018年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

六级Unemployment cannot be brought down rapidly, declared one 1935 analysis, because the workforce is unadaptable and untrained.

1935年的一项分析表明，失业率不可能迅速下降，因为劳动力无法适应，也没有经过培训。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级Unemployment cannot be brought down rapidly, declared one 1935 analysis, because the workforce is "unadaptable and untrained. It cannot respond to the opportunities which industry may offer."

1935年的一项分析表明，失业率不可能迅速下降，因为劳动力“无法适应和未经培训”。它无法响应行业可能提供的机会。”

2016年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

四级And the quit rates were particularly convincing given that before the study started, most of the people had said they'd rather cut down gradually before quitting.

考虑到在研究开始之前，大多数人都说他们宁愿在戒烟之前逐渐减少吸烟量，因此戒烟率尤其令人信服。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级The man in the Google vehicle reported that he assumed the bus would slow down to let the car out, and so he did not switch to the manual mode.

谷歌车上的那个人报告说，他以为巴士会减速让车出来，所以他没有切换到手动模式。

2017年6月听力原文

高考I got so angry with him for laying down the law.

我对他制定法律非常生气。

2017年高考英语天津卷 阅读表达 原文

高考Larger transparent animals have the biggest challenge, because they have to make all the different tissues in their bodies slow down light exactly as much as water does.

更大的透明动物面临着最大的挑战，因为它们必须使体内所有不同的组织都像水一样减慢光线的速度。

2015年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

六级Asked what they would like to change in the world, the students mentioned only personal concerns such as slowing down the pace of life, gaining good friends, becoming more spiritual, becoming either more materially successful or less materially oriented ( ' , depending on the student's values), and being more respectful of the Earth, animals and other people.

当被问及他们希望改变世界什么时，学生们只提到了个人问题，如放慢生活节奏、结交好朋友、变得更加精神化、在物质上更加成功或更少地以物质为导向（取决于学生的价值观），以及更加尊重地球，动物和其他人。

2016年6月阅读原文

高考As he got closer, he found another vehicle upside down on the road.

当他走近时，他发现另一辆车倒在路上。

2016年高考英语全国卷1 完形填空 原文

六级The Internet is apparently taking down yet another industry.

互联网显然正在摧毁另一个行业。

2019年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

考研Many of us are weighed down by the past or anxious about the future.

我们中的许多人被过去压得喘不过气来，或者对未来感到焦虑。

2015年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级Anything like numbers, names, places have to be noted down, but the rest is never translated word for word.

任何像数字、名字、地点之类的东西都必须记下来，但其余的都不能逐字翻译。

2016年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section A

考研Yet children appear to have it down to an art -- and for the most part they don't need self-help books or therapy.

然而，孩子们似乎把它归结为一门艺术——在大多数情况下，他们不需要自助书籍或治疗。

2016年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

高考The morson company turned down my application.

莫尔森公司拒绝了我的申请。

2016年高考英语上海卷 听力 原文

六级The Home Depot approach to craftsmanship - simplify it, dumb it down, hire a contractor - is one signal that mastering tools and working with one's hands is receding in America as a hobby, as a valued skill, as a cultural influence that shaped thinking and behavior in vast sections of the country.

家得宝（Home Depot）的工艺方法——简化、简化、雇佣承包商——是一个信号，表明在美国，掌握工具和用手工作作为一种爱好、一种宝贵的技能、一种文化影响正在消退，这种影响塑造了美国大部分地区的思维和行为。

2013年6月阅读原文

六级But schools rarely dig down to find out what really makes an applicant succeed, to create a class which also contains diversity of attitude and approach – arguably the only diversity that, in a business context, really matters.

但学校很少深入挖掘到底是什么让申请者成功，创建一个态度和方法多样的班级——在商业环境中，这可能是唯一真正重要的多样性。

2011年6月阅读原文

高考She has turned down several invitations to star at shows in order to concentrate on her studies after school she plans to take a year off to model full time before going to university to get a degree in engineering or architecture.

为了在放学后集中精力学习，她拒绝了几次参加演出的邀请。她计划在上大学获得工程学或建筑学学位之前，请一年假全职模特。

2017年高考英语全国卷3 语法填空 原文

四级When the body realizes the muscles are hurt, the response is to increase blood flow to the area and increase body heat, damaged cells are then cleaned up and the body sends cells specially designed to break down the large muscle fiber fragments.

当身体意识到肌肉受伤时，反应是增加流向该区域的血液流量，增加体温，然后清除受损细胞，身体发送专门设计的细胞，以分解大块肌肉纤维碎片。

2019年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

六级Tom, one of the things visitor notices about Harrogate is the large area of open park land right down into the middle of the town.

汤姆，游客们注意到的关于哈罗盖特的一件事就是在市中心有一大片开阔的公园。

2012年6月听力原文

高考Using expansive gestures with open arms makes us feel more powerful, crossing your arms makes you more determined and lying down can bring more insights.

张开双臂，用扩张的姿态让我们感觉更强大，交叉双臂让你更有决心，躺下可以带来更多的洞察力。

2017年高考英语浙江卷（11月） 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

六级Ask the administration or the Republicans or most academics why America needs more manufacturing, and they respond that manufacturing gives birth to innovation, brings down the trade deficit, strengthens the dollar, generates jobs, arms the military and brings about a recovery from recession.

问政府、共和党人或大多数学者为什么美国需要更多的制造业，他们回答说，制造业催生了创新，降低了贸易赤字，增强了美元，创造了就业机会，武装了军队，并从衰退中复苏。

2013年6月阅读原文

四级I offer a simple proposition in response: Many of our problems—class attendance, educational success, student happiness and well-being—might be improved by cutting down the bureaucratic ( ' , 官僚的) mechanisms and meetings and instead hiring an army of good teachers.

作为回应，我提出了一个简单的建议：我们的许多问题——课堂出勤率、教育成功率、学生幸福感和幸福感——都可以通过减少官僚主义（“，官僚的) 机制和会议，而是雇佣一支优秀的教师队伍。

2016年12月阅读原文

四级I offer a simple proposition in response: Many of our problems—class attendance, educational success, student happiness and well-being—might be improved by cutting down the bureaucratic mechanisms and meetings and instead hiring an army of good teachers.

作为回应，我提出了一个简单的建议：我们的许多问题——课堂出勤率、教育成功率、学生幸福感和幸福感——可以通过减少官僚机制和会议，而不是雇佣一支优秀的教师队伍来改善。

2016年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

四级So, I'll meet you down at the station around 6?

那么，我6点左右到车站接你？

2017年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section B

考研As much of Mexico city shut down at the height of a panic, cases began to crop up in New York city, the southwestern United States and around the world.

随着墨西哥城的大部分地区在恐慌最严重时关闭，病例开始在纽约市、美国西南部和世界各地出现。

2010年考研真题（英语二）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

四级Gazing down on the city from the Getty Center, an art museum in the Santa Monica Mountains, one would find the view of the Pacific Ocean blurred by the haze.

从圣莫尼卡山脉的艺术博物馆盖蒂中心俯瞰这座城市，你会发现太平洋的景色被薄雾模糊了。

2018年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section A

考研Sales of contemporary art fell by two-thirds, and in the most overheated sector, they were down by nearly 90% in the year to November 2008.

当代艺术的销售额下降了三分之二，在最过热的领域，在截至2008年11月的一年中下降了近90%。

2010年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

四级The trend began in 2007, when leading wheat-exporting countries such as Russia and Argentina limited or banned their exports, in hopes of increasing local food supplies and thereby bringing down domestic food prices.

这一趋势始于2007年，当时俄罗斯和阿根廷等主要小麦出口国限制或禁止其出口，希望增加当地粮食供应，从而降低国内粮食价格。

2016年6月阅读原文

四级In the past, falling oil prices have given a boost to the world economy, but recent forecasts for global growth have been toned down, even as oil prices sink lower and lower.

过去，油价下跌提振了世界经济，但最近对全球增长的预测有所下调，即使油价越来越低。

2016年12月阅读原文

考研As the cost to everyone else has become clearer, politicians have begun to clamp down.

随着其他人付出的代价变得越来越明显，政客们已经开始镇压。

2012年考研阅读原文

高考When I ask him to please put down the phone and stop ignoring me, he says, "In a minute," but still checks to see if someone has posted something new on the Internet.

当我要求他放下电话，不要再无视我时，他说，“等一下，”但还是会检查是否有人在互联网上发布了新的内容。

2015年高考英语上海卷 语法填空 B 原文

四级So he lay down and fell asleep, but the tide swept in quickly at the beach.

于是他躺下来睡着了，但潮水很快冲到了海滩上。

2019年12月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section A

四级It also slows down more as you move faster, which means astronauts (宇航员) someday may survive so long in space that they would return to an Earth of the distant future.

当你移动得更快时，它也会减慢速度，这意味着宇航员(宇航员) 有一天他们可能会在太空中存活很长时间，回到遥远的未来的地球。

2011年6月听力原文

高考And while you're at it, actually sit down to eat.

当你这么做的时候，坐下来吃饭。

2015年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读B 原文