六级A shattering loss of confidence inspires behavior that overwhelms the normal self-correcting mechanisms that usually prevent a recession from becoming deep and prolonged: a depression

信心的极度丧失激发了人们的行为，这种行为压倒了通常防止衰退深入和持续的正常自我纠正机制：抑郁症

2013年6月阅读原文

六级Trees need more water as temperatures rise, but the prolonged droughts have robbed them of moisture, making whole forests easily cleared of trees and turned into farmland.

随着温度的升高，树木需要更多的水，但长期的干旱剥夺了它们的水分，使得整个森林很容易被砍伐，变成农田。

2013年6月阅读原文

六级A shattering loss of confidence inspires behavior that overwhelms the normal self-correcting mechanisms that usually prevent a recession from becoming deep and prolonged: a depression.

信心的极度丧失激发了人们的行为，这种行为压倒了通常防止衰退深入和持续的正常自我纠正机制：抑郁症。

2013年6月阅读原文

六级In the past 12 months, Nigeria has suffered from a shrinking economy, a sliding currency, and a prolonged fuel shortage.

在过去12个月里，尼日利亚遭受了经济萎缩、货币贬值和长期燃料短缺的痛苦。

2017年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A

六级Trees need more water as temperatures rise, but the prolonged droughts have robbed them of moisture, making whole forests easily cleared of trees and turned into farmland

随着温度的升高，树木需要更多的水，但长期的干旱剥夺了树木的水分，使得整个森林很容易被砍伐，变成农田

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四级“When I finally saw him it had already spread and he has since died from lung cancer” he says, “Earlier detection and treatment may not have cured him, but it would have prolonged this life” According to a recent survey, 95%of women aged between 15 and early 40s see a doctor once a year, compared to 70% of men in the same age group.

“当我最终看到他时，病情已经扩散，他已经死于癌症，”他说，“早期的检测和治疗可能无法治愈他，但这会延长他的生命。”

2008年12月英语四级考试真题

考研In primitive societies adolescence is frequently a relatively short period of time, while in industrial societies with patterns of prolonged education coupled with laws against child labor, the period of adolescence is much longer and may include most of the second decade of one’s life.

在原始社会，青春期通常是一段相对较短的时间，而在教育模式长期化、法律禁止童工的工业社会，青春期要长得多，可能包括人生第二个十年的大部分时间。

1991年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研None of these legal provisions determine at what point adulthood has been reached but they do point to the prolonged period of adolescence.

这些法律条款都没有确定成年的时间，但它们确实指出了青春期的延长期。

1991年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研On another level, many in the medical community acknowledge that the assisted-suicide debate has been fueled in part by the despair of patients for whom modern medicine has prolonged the physical agony of dying.

在另一个层面上，医学界的许多人承认，辅助自杀的争论在一定程度上是由于患者的绝望，现代医学延长了患者死亡的身体痛苦。

2002年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题

考研It identifies the undertreatment of pain and the aggressive use of “ineffectual and forced medical procedures that may prolong and even dishonor the period of dying” as the twin problems of end-of-life care.

它将疼痛治疗不足和积极使用“可能延长甚至羞辱死亡时间的无效和强制性医疗程序”确定为临终关怀的双重问题。

2002年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题