华杰专硕-【英语】2010年英语真题文本精讲114期

【英语】2010年英语真题文本精讲114期

分享是种美德：

2010年真题阅读理解Text4 第三段

①The system also failed to regularly include women on juries until the mid-20^th century. ②Although women first served on state juries in Utah in 1898, it was not until the 1940s that a majority of states made women eligible for jury duty. ③Even then several states automatically exempted women from jury duty unless they personally asked to have their names included on the jury list. ④This practice was justified by the claim that women were needed at home, and it kept juries unrepresentative of women through the 1960s.

真题重点词汇及短语：

failed to do sth：未能做成某事；fail失败

regular（形容词，定期的，有能力的）-regularly（副词，定期地,常规地）-regularity（名词，规则性）

include：包含，纳入；高频词汇

on jury/on state juries：见上

not until ：直到才；重点表达

a majority of +名词复数：大部分；重点搭配

make sb eligible for sth:使某人够格做某事；eligible合格的，有资格的；真题中还出现过表示该义项的还有qualified/competent等

entitle sb to sth：赋予某人权利做某事；entitle:给...称号；使...有权利；重点单词

automatically：这里表示自动地；还可以表示无意识的，见此

exempt sb from sth:使某人排除在某物之外；exempt免除，豁除；重点词汇

person-personally（亲自地，当面地；）

ask to do sth:要求做某事

have their names included: 使他们的名字纳入...have/make sth done使某事被做/做某事

on the jury list:在陪审名单上

practice:这里表示行为；真题重要义项

be justified by sth:被什么证明是正确的；以什么为理由；justify证明是正当的，合法的；高频词汇

claim:这里用作名词，表示声称，主张；高频核心词汇

represent-representative-unrepresentative:见上第一段

句子分解：

第一句：

The system also failed to regularly include women on juries until the mid-20^th century.

参考翻译：20世纪中期之前，陪审团制度（体系）一直没有定期允许女性的加入。

第二句：

1. Although women first served on state juries in Utah in 1898,

2. it was not until the 1940s that a majority of states made women eligible for jury duty.

参考翻译：虽然早在1898年的犹他州第一次出现了女性陪审员，但是直到20世纪40年代，多数州才使女性有资格进入陪审团。

第三句：

1. Even then several states automatically exempted women from jury duty

2. unless they personally asked to have their names included on the jury list.

参考翻译：甚至有些州自动免除了女性履行陪审团的职责，除非她们自己要求将名字列入陪审团名单。

第四句：

1. This practice was justified by the claim

2. （the claim）that women were needed at home,

3. and it kept juries unrepresentative of women through the 1960s.

参考译文：这种做法的解释（理由/原因）是，家里需要女性；因此整个20世纪60年代，陪审团中都缺乏女性代表。