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divide

v.

分，分割；分配，分享

派生：

division

n.

分割，除法

例句：

Fire-break

divided

them

at

conveniently

spaced

intervals.

防火带把他们的距离适

当分开了。

词组：

divide…into

分，划分、除，除尽；

divide

among/between

在

……

之中分配；

divide

sth.

with

sb.

与某人分享某物；

divide

by

除以

辨析：

separate,

divide

separate

指把原来连接在一起的或者靠近的东西分割开来；

divide

是指把整体分成若干份。

enormous

a.

巨大的，庞大的，极大的

派生：

enormously

ad.

巨大地，极大地

例句：

An

enormous

gap

remains

between

the

advanced

countries

and

the

developin

g

countries.

在先进国家和发展中国家之间仍然存在着巨大的差距。

辨析：

enormous,

huge

enormous

巨大的，较

huge

正式，暗示超出寻常体积或程度，超大；

huge

都着重大小，数量之极多，体积之巨大。

finance

n.

财政；金融

v.

< br>为

……

筹集资金，供以经费

派生：

financial

a.

财政的，金融的

例句：

She

is

an

expert

in

finance.

她是一位金融专家。

The

government

will

finance

the

new

building

with

the

taxes

it

collected.

政府将用

征缴 的税收为新建筑筹集资金。

impoverish

v.

使

……

困难；使

……

贫瘠，恶化

派生：

impoverishment

n.

贫困

例句：

Our

lives

would

have

been

greatly

impoverished

if

we

had

not

got

this

job.

如果我们没有这份工作，我们的生活会很贫困。

infrastructure

n.

基础结构；基础设施

例句：

Vast

sums

are

needed

to

keep

the

infrastructure.

保养基础设施需要大量资金。

invasion

n.

侵略，侵犯

派生：

invade

v.

侵略，入侵

invader

n.

侵略者

例句：

The

navy

is

our

principal

bulwark

against

invasion.

海军是我们抵御侵略者的重

要保障。

investment

n.

投资，投资额

派生：

invest

v.

投资，投入

investor

n.

投资者

例句：

He

made

an

investment

of

$$

10,000

in

the

supermarket.

她在这个超市投资了

1

万美元。

loom

v.

隐约出现；逼近

例句：

A

figure

loomed

out

of

the

forest.

一个影子隐约在森林出现。

词组：

loom

large

赫然耸现；显得严重

potential

a.

潜在的；有可能的

n.

潜力

例句：

For

years,

scientists

have

debated

the

potential

impact

of

oil

spills.

多少年来，

科学家们就一直在探讨石油溢漏可能造成的影响。

词组：

be

potential

for

对

……

有潜力，有可能

prejudice

n.

成见，偏见

例句：

We

should

cast

away

all

prejudices

to

deal

with

this

problem.

我们应该抛弃所

有 偏见来处理这个问题。

词组：

have

a

prejudice

against

对

……

有偏见

sovereignty

n.

最高统治权；主权

例句：

China's

sovereignty

and

territorial

integrity

must

not

be

infringed.

中国的主权与

领土完整不容侵犯。

spread

v.

张开；扩展，散开

n.

传播，蔓延

例句：

He

spread

some

apple

jam

on

the

bread.

他在面包上涂上苹果酱。

The

spread

of

the

scientific

knowledge

is

necessary.

科普知识的传播是很必要的。

词组：

spread

sth.

with

sth.

把某物铺在某物上；

spread

over

延展，延神

telecom

n.

电信（全称

telecommuni cation

）

universalize

v.

使普遍化

派生：

universal

a.

全体的，与全体有关的；普遍的

universally

ad.

全体地，普遍地

univ

ersalization

n.

一般化，普遍化

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原文

Few

creations

of

big

technology

capture

the

imagination

like

giant

dams.

Perhaps

it

is

humankind's

long

suffering

at

the

mercy

of

flood

and

drought

that

makes

the

id

eal

of

forcing

the

waters

to

do

our

bidding

so

fascination.

But

to

be

fascinated

is

al

so,

sometimes,

to

be

blind.

Several

giant

dam

projects

threaten

to

do

more

harm

t

han

good.

The

lesson

from

dams

is

that

big

is

not

always

beautiful.

It

doesn?t

help

that

buildi

ng

a

big,

powerful

dam

has

become

a

symbol

of

achievement

for

nations

and

peopl

e

striving

to

assert

themselves.

Egypt?s

leadership

in

the

Arab

world

was

cemented

by

the

Aswan

High

Dam.

Turkey?s

bid

for

First

World

status

includes

the

giant

Ata

turk

Dam.

But

big

dams

tend

not

to

work

as

intended.

The

Aswan

Dam,

for

example

stopped

the

Nile

flooding

but

deprived

Egypt

of

the

fertile

silt

that

floods

left

-

all

in

return

for

a

giant

reservoir

of

disease

which

is

now

so

full

of

silt

that

it

barely

generates

electricity.

And

yet,

the

myth

of

controlling

the

waters

persists.

This

week,

in

the

heart

of

civil

ized

Europe,

Slovaks

and

Hungarians

stopped

just

short

of

sending

in

the

troops

in

their

contention

over

a

dam

on

the

Danube.

The

huge

complex

will

probably

have

all

the

usual

problems

of

big

dams.

But

Slovakia

is

bidding

for

independence

from

t

he

Czechs,

and

now

needs

a

dam

to

prove

itself.

Meanwhile,

in

India,

the

World

Bank

has

given

the

go

ahead

to

the

even

more

wro

ng

headed

Narmada

Dam.

And

the

bank

has

done

this

even

though

its

advisors

say

the

dam

will

cause

hardship

for

the

powerless

and

environmental

destruction.

The

benefits

are

for

the

powerful,

but

they

are

far

from

guaranteed.

Proper,

scientific

study

of

the

impacts

of

dams

and

of

the

cost

and

benefits

of

cont

rolling

water

can

help

to

resolve

these

conflicts.

Hydroelectric

power

and

flood

contr

ol

and

irrigation

are

possible

without

building

monster

dams.

But

when

you

are

deal

ing

with

myths,

it

is

hard

to

be

either

proper,

or

scientific.

It

is

time

that

the

world

learned

the

lessons

of

Aswan.

You

don't

need

a

dam

to

be

saved.

译文

在重大技术所创造的东西中，< /p>

很少有能像大型水坝这样能体现人的想象力的。

或许是因为人

类长期遭受洪涝和干旱的袭击，

使得人类制服洪水的愿望更加令人兴 奋不已。

但是令人着迷，

有时也会使人盲目。有些巨型大坝的项 目就有着弊大于利的危险。

建造大坝的教训是：

大的并不一定总是美的。

但是这无法阻止想要修建高大雄伟的大坝来显

示那些力争得到自我肯定的国家和人民当 作伟大成就的象征。

埃及在阿拉伯世界的领导地位

由建造阿斯旺 大坝而巩固。

土耳其为了力争成为世界一流的国家，

也包括修建 了巨大的阿塔

特克大坝。

但是大坝并没有如预期的那样发挥作用。

例如阿斯旺大坝，

它阻止了尼罗河洪水的泛滥，

但