(单词翻译:单击)
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A new report from a British market research company says there is a "wave of micro crime" in the country. Researchers from the organisation YouGov said they were shocked by their findings. Matthew Smith, a data analyst at YouGov, said: "Looking around you, you probably wouldn't expect that three in every four people you see are hiding a criminal past. Yet that's exactly what is happening as new research…[shows] that as many as 74 per cent of British people are 'micro-criminals' – having done at least one very minor or 'micro' crime." The most common crime confessed to by the British public is paying someone cash for services, knowing that the person will not pay tax on it.
YouGov says that men and middle-class people were the most likely to commit these micro crimes. Researchers say 77 per cent of men and 71 per cent of women committed micro crimes. About 80 per cent of middle-class people admitted to committing micro crimes while the figure was closer to 70 per cent for working-class people. The second-most commonly committed crime was illegally downloading or streaming TV shows, movies or music. Slightly fewer than 30 per cent of people said they had done this. Other micro crimes included not paying for plastic bags in supermarkets, lying about your age to get a better deal, and eating things in a supermarket without paying.
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词汇学习
1.minor adj.较小的
He had a minor stroke in 1987, which left him partly paralysed.
他1987年曾患轻度中风,之后就半身不遂了 。
2.commit vt.犯罪,做错事
It makes me sick that people commit offences and never get punished.
一些人屡屡犯罪却从未受到惩戒,这真让我气愤 。
3.slightly adv.轻微地,轻轻地
Blake jumped in expertly; the boat dipped slightly under his weight.
布莱克很熟练地跳上了船,他的重量使小船微微向下沉了沉 。
4.probably adv.大概;或许;很可能
Swimming is probably the best form of exercise you can get.
游泳或许是现有的最佳锻炼方式 。
内容解析
1.The most common crime confessed to by the British public is paying someone cash for services, knowing that the person will not pay tax on it.
confess to承认,坦白
I confess to some suspicion of your honesty.
我承认对你的诚实有所怀疑 。
2.Looking around you, you probably wouldn't expect that three in every four people you see are hiding a criminal past.
three in every four四分之三
英语分数的表示法:
一、用“基数词+序数词”表示
分数在英语中通常是借助于基数词和序数词来共同表达的 。其中基数词表示分子,序数词表示分母 。
如:
1.The centimeter is one-tenth of the decimeter or one-hundredth of the meter.厘米是分米的十分之一,或者说是米的百分之一 。
2.However,the number of boys will bea third or less than the girls in the class.但是,班里男生的人数将比女生少三分之一或更少
。从以上例子可以看出:分子除用one外,也可用a;如果分子大于1,分母要用复数形式
。但是,1/2不能说a(one)second,而要说a(one)half 。例如:3.The sum of one half,one third and one fourth of a certain number is 13.某数的1/2,1/3和1/4的和是13
。 1/4和3/4可以说a(one)fourth和three fourths,但常用a quarter和three quarters表示 。应该注意的是,分数修饰名词时,若该名词是不可数名词只能用单数;若是可数名词,用单数或复数均可 。但是,若它们在句子中作主语,则谓语动词是用单数还是复数取决于名词,即与分数所修饰的名词保持一致 。例如:4.Only one-fifth of air consists of oxygen.氧气只占空气的1/5
。5.About two thirds of the students attendthe meeting.大约2/3的学生都参加了会议
。带分数也是常见的英语数词表达
。所谓带分数,实际上是“整数+分数”,表达时分而述之,只是整数部分与分数部分要用连词 and连接 。当带分数修饰名词时,该名词通常是复数,但若名词置于整数one或a之后,则用单数 。“带分数+名词”作主语时,谓语动词根据临近原则要用复数 。例如:6.You should finish the work within one and a fourth hours.你应在1.25小时内完成工作
。7.The atom breaks up in a minute and a quarter.原子在1.25分钟内裂变
。二、用per cent等表示
表示百分之一可以说one(a)hundredth,但更常用one percent或per cent,即用百分数表示法来表达 。例如:
8.Our bodies are 65percent water.我们人体含65%水分 。
9.Seventy-five percent of the earth'ssur- face is covered by water.地球表面的75%被水覆盖着
。10.Eighty-five percent of the students in English department are girls.英语系85%的学生是女生
。三、用part表示
名词part有“……分之一”的意思,分子大于1时,part用复数 。表示分数的结构一般有以下三种:
(1)“基数词(或a)+序数词+part(s)” a hundred part百分之一
(2)“基数词+part(s)+in+基数词” five parts in one thousand千分之五
(3)“基数词+part(s)+per+基数词” one part per million百万分之一
四、用“基数词+介词+基数词”表示
借助介词表示分数,介词前的数词是分子,介词后的数词是分母 。例如:
11.Ninety-nine people out of a hundred,if they were asked who first found America, would answer Clumbus.如果要问是谁首先发现美洲,一百个人中有九十九个(百分之九十九)将回答是哥伦布 。
这种结构中的介词主要有in,out of,of以及to
12.The map is drawn to a scale of one of ten thousand.这张地图是按万分之一的比例绘制的
。参考翻译
来自英国市场调查公司一份新的报告称,这个国家存在轻微犯罪浪潮
。来自YouGov组织的调查人员表示,他们为自己的发现感到震惊 。YouGov组织数据分析师Matthew Smith表示:“看一下你周围,你可能不会想到四分之三的人隐瞒着犯罪的过去 。然而,这确实是一项最新研究的结果,多达74%的英国人是轻微的罪犯 。——至少曾经犯过一次非常轻微或微小的罪行 。”英国公众承认的最常见的罪行是在知道某人不会缴税的情况下为某项服务支付现金 。YouGov表示,男性和中产阶级是最可能犯这些轻微罪行的人
。研究人员表示,77%的男性和71%的女性曾犯过微小的罪行 。大约80%的中产阶级承认犯过轻微罪行,而劳动阶级犯这种罪行的比例接近70% 。第二个最常见的罪行是非法下载或散布电视节目,电影和音乐 。稍微低于30%的人表示他们曾经这样做过 。其他轻微的罪行包括在超市没有支付塑料袋的费用,为了得到更好的待遇谎报年龄,在超市不付钱就吃东西 。