“unauthorized” characterization usually suggests the prospect of 
            juicy gossip that the subject had hoped to suppress. 
            [参考译文]推销书时，未经授权的传记往往意味着读者有可能从中读到传主不希望公之于

 

众的，绘声绘色的内幕故事。 25. In Japan, 
            however, where babies are carried on their mother’s back, infants do 
            not acquire as much attachment to eyes as they do in other cultures. 
            [参考译文]然而，在日本，由婴儿从小背在母亲背上，他们对眼睛的依恋就不如生长在其

 

他文化环境中的孩子那样深。 26. Just how 
            critical this eye maneuvering is to the maintainance of 
            conversational flow becomes evident when tow speakers are wearing 
            dark glasses… [参考译文]当谈话双方戴着墨镜时，双方的目光接触在保持交谈顺利进

 

行方面的重要性就不言而喻了。 27. 
            Unlike other lawbreakers, who must leave the country, commit 
            suicide, or go to jail, computer criminals sometimes escape 
            punishment, demanding not only that they not be charged but that 
            they be given good recommendations and perhaps other benefits. 
            [参考译文]其他的违法者或者逃亡国外，或者自杀，或者进监狱，计算机犯罪分子却不同，

他们可以逃避惩罚，并且要挟不要指控他们，甚至还要求为他们出具有利的推荐信或者为他们提供其他好处，

 

他们的要求往往能够得到满足。
            28. The possibility of increases in the cost of uranium（铀）in 
            addition to the cost of greater safety provisions could price 
            nuclear power out of the market. 
            [参考译文]用于采取进一步的安全措施的费用加上铀价的上涨会使核能因价格过高而失去

 

市场。 29. Having weighed up 
            the arguments on both sides, it seems there are good economic and 
            ecological reasons for sources of energy other than unclear power. 
            [参考译文]权衡核能赞成者和反对者的论据之后，从经济和生态两方面考虑，似乎有充分

 

的理由认为应选用其他能源。 30. Clothes 
            play a critical part in the conclusions we reach by providing clues 
            to who people are, who they are not, and who they would like to be. 
            [参考译文]人们的穿着能够暗示他们是什么样的人，不是什么样的人，或可能会是什么样

 

的人，因此，在我们判断一个人时起着关键作用。 31. 
            Coleman concludes that excellent job performance is so common these 
            days that while doing your work well may win you pay increases, it 
            won’t secure you the big promotion. 
            [参考译文]科尔曼得出的结论如下：如今出色的工作表现十分普遍，虽说工作出色你可以

 

加薪，但你未必能够高升。 32. Most women 
            and blacks are so frightened that people will think they’ve gotten 
            ahead because of their sex or color that they play down

…

（使 不突

出）their 
            visibility. [参考译文]大多数女职员和黑人职员害怕人家说自己是因为性别或种族才

 

得到提拔的，因此，他们尽量不去抛头露面。
            33. The Oxford dictionary can therefore stand more vigorous scrutiny 
            for cultural bias than the Longman dictionary because the latter 
            does not hesitate about viewing the rest of the world from the 
            cultural perspectives of the English-speaking world. 
            [参考译文]因此，《牛津词典》比《朗读曼词典》更经得起文化偏见的严格审视，因为后

 

者总是说英语国家的视角来评判其他国家的文化现象。 34. 
            In reality, though the BBC dictionary will be purchased by a far 
            wider range of language learners, as will the other two 
            dictionaries. [参考译文]实际上，BBC 词典将拥有比另外两本词典更广的读者群。 

35. And this 
            separation the detective feels between himself and the rest of the 
            world is deepened by the simple mindedness as he sees it-of 
            citizens, social workers, doctors, law-makers, and judges, who, 
            instead of eliminating crime punish the criminals less severely in 
            the hope that this will make them reform. 
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由于警察认为人们（市民，社会工作者，医生，立法人员以及法官）头脑简单

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比如，法官不是重罚以消除犯罪而是量刑从轻以期促使罪犯改过自新 因此，他们与社会之间的隔阂更深一