2017考研英语阅读理解题材解析——苏格兰独立

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考研英语阅读理解题材解析 ——苏

格兰独立

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在平时的复习 中一定要拓展阅读思路，

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Scottish independence

苏格兰独立

Sparks flying

火花四溅

Poverty and dependence on the state pull Scots inopposite directions

贫困和对英国的依赖将苏格兰拉离了原来的方向

BETTING shops in Rosyth are rowdier than troublemakers are not the familiar sort

—

drunks jousting over a Rangers match or the 4.30at Musselburgh

—

but punters debating Scottish

independence.

“

We've had to chuck peopleout,

”

grumbles one bookie. A gnarled customer agrees:

“

I don't like people talking about it inmy cab,

”

he growls, eyes not moving from the racing. As

the referendum on September 18thdraws closer, tensions in this shipbuilding town are growing.

< br>在罗赛斯，

博彩店相较于平日愈发喧嚣。

闹事者们并不是 平日那一拨——醉鬼们押宝一

场流浪者队的比赛或是

Musse lburgh

赛马——而是赌马者们给苏格兰独立下注。

“我们 必须

把人撵出去，”一位赛马的下注者抱怨道。一个性情暴躁的顾客也颇为同意：

“我不喜欢人

们在我的车里谈论这件事情，”他吼道，同时目不转睛的 盯着比赛。随着

9

月

18

日的公投

将近，这个造船小镇的紧张感也在不断增加。

All

politics

is

local,

even

when

an

entire

country's

future

is

at

stake.

But

in

Rosyth,

a

run-downport

in

the

shadow

of

the

Forth

Bridge

near

Edinburgh,

distinctive

local

factors

are

pullingpeople

in

opposite

directions.

The

importance

of

the

town's

biggest

industry

seems

to

militatefor

sticking

with

Britain.

But

the

generally

depressed

state

of

the

economy

makesindependence

more

appealing

(see

article).

The

outcome

of

this

tug-of-war

will

determinehow people vote in Rosyth

—

and in other parts of Scotland.

所有的政治 都是地区性的，

即使是在一个国家的未来岌岌可危之时。

但在罗 塞斯，

这个

靠近爱丁堡附近福斯桥的破旧港口，

独特的地方性因素使得人们走上了相反的方向。

城镇最

大的产业的重要性似乎是阻碍了其与英国的绑定。

但是普遍低迷的经济状况使得独立更加 迫

切

(

见文章

)

。这场拉锯战的后果将决定人们如何在罗赛斯——和苏格兰其他地区投票。

Residents

are

reminded

of

the

case

for

union

every

time

they

leave

their

homes.

Above

treetopsand

through

gaps

between

pebble-dashed

houses,

glimpses

of

a

vast

blue

rig

marked

“

AirCarrier Alliance

”

and

“

Royal Navy

”

are visible. Beyond, the grey, 65,000-tonne slab of

Britain'snewest

aircraft- carrier,HMS Queen

Elizabeth,

sits

in

the

estuary.

In

a

place

where

13%

ofworking-age adults are on out-of-work benefits, the shipyard is by far the largest employer

—

and

it relies on money from Westminster.

居民们在每次离家之时总会被提醒联合的事例。

从树梢上卵石做的房子之间的间隙，

瞥

见一个巨大的 蓝色船桅上标有“航空运输联盟”和“皇家海军”的字样。英国最新一级排水

量达

6.5

万吨的航母，

伊丽莎白女王号航空母舰 就坐落在河口。

已达成年工龄成人中的

13%

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