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　　今天的句子：

　　Covid-19 has reinforced the idea of older people as frail and vulnerable. Some previous pandemics have largely affected the young—the polio outbreaks of the 1950s mainly hit children under five; the devastating 1918-19 flu killed millions of young adults—but Covid-19 mostly kills older sufferers. Age discrimination has long spoiled labour markets around the world, in spite of legal prohibitions against it; and now campaigners are beginning to worry that the coronavirus crisis is about to make age discrimination far worse.

　　思考题：

　　According to the text, older people are ___.

　　A.more susceptible to epidemics

　　B.favored by senior HR managers

　　C.victims of bias in labor market

　　D.working longer hours with less pay.

　　词汇突破：

　　reinforced 强化

　　frail and vulnerable 体弱和易受伤害

　　pandemics 流行病

　　polio 骨髓灰质炎

　　devastating 毁灭性的

　　spoil 破坏

　　prohibitions against sth 对...的禁止

　　discrimination against sth 对...的歧视

　　句子解析：

　　第一句：

　　Covid-19 has reinforced the idea of older people as frail and vulnerable.

　　参考译文：新冠肺炎强化了老年人衰老体弱的观念。

　　第二句：

　　Some previous pandemics have largely affected the young—the polio outbreaks of the 1950s mainly hit children under five; the devastating 1918-19 flu killed millions of young adults(同位语举例)—but Covid-19 mostly kills older sufferers.

　　参考译文：过往的一些流行病主要影响年轻人——1950年代暴发的脊髓灰质炎疫情主要影响五岁以下的儿童;1918至1919年间毁灭性的流感夺去了数百万青壮年的生命，但新冠病毒主要让年长的患者丧命。

　　第三句：

　　Age discrimination has long blighted=spoiled labour markets around the world, in spite of legal prohibitions against it; and now campaigners are beginning to worry that (the coronavirus crisis is about to make age discrimination far worse.宾语从句)

　　参考译文：长期以来，尽管法律禁止年龄歧视，但世界各地的劳动力市场一直深受其扰;现在，活动人士开始担心新冠肺炎危机将加重年龄歧视。

　　思考题解析：

　　According to the text, older people are ___.

　　根据文章可知，年纪大的人_______

　　A.more susceptible to epidemics

　　更容易受到传染病的伤害

　　这里涉及到了比较，就一定要注意范围了!

　　老年人这次新冠容易受到伤害，但是并不是所有的传染病都更容易受到伤害。

　　你是不是忘了三步法讲的，比较不能偷换比较对象哦!

　　B.favored by senior HR managers

　　受到年纪大的人力资源经理的青睐

　　文章中没有提到过!

　　C.victims of bias in labor market

　　劳动力市场歧视的受害者

　　对应的的就是第三句!

　　Age discrimination has long blighted=spoiled labour markets

　　年龄歧视：世界各地的劳动力市场一直深受其扰!

　　也就是老年人是歧视的受害者。

　　完美的同义替换!

　　D.working longer hours with less pay.

　　工作时长更长，工资更少。

　　这就是你自己加戏了，文章中完全没有提到这点哦。

　　只能是可能对!

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