�、�. It might be tempting, therefore, to think that the old barriers have been broken down and equal opportunity achieved.(2011. 06 閱讀 Text3)

　　【翻譯】所以“舊的障礙已經(jīng)消除了，能做到機(jī)會(huì)均等了”這樣的想法似乎很吸引人。

　　【詞匯】1. tempting a. 誘人的，吸引人的

　　例：I turned down their tempting offer.

　　我拒絕了他們誘人的邀約。

　　2. barrier n. 柵欄，障礙物

　　例：The barriers kept them from moving on.

　　障礙物使得他們無法繼續(xù)前進(jìn)。

　　3. opportunity n. 機(jī)會(huì)，時(shí)機(jī)

　　例：He grasped this rare opportunity.

　　他抓住了這次良機(jī)。

　�、�. At the moment candidates are selected on a fairly narrow set of criteria such as prior academic and career performance, and analytical and problem solving abilities. (2011.06 閱讀 Text3)

　　【翻譯】現(xiàn)在，候選人是根據(jù)一套相當(dāng)有局限性的準(zhǔn)則來選出的，比如先前的學(xué)習(xí)成績和職業(yè)表現(xiàn)，分析能力和解決問題的能力等。

　　【詞匯】1. candidate n. 候選人

　　例：She was nominated as candidate for the Best Actress.

　　她被提名為最佳女演員的候選人。

　　2. criteria n. 標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，準(zhǔn)則;criterion的復(fù)數(shù)形式;

　　例：The new criteria should be made known to all staff.

　　新標(biāo)準(zhǔn)應(yīng)該讓所有職員都清楚知道。

　　3. prior a. 在……之前的，優(yōu)先的

　　例：She claimed that she had no prior knowledge of the strike.

　　她聲稱她事前對(duì)于罷工并不知情。

　　4. analytical a. 分析的

　　例：He lacks analytical ability.

　　他缺乏分析能力。

　�、�. But schools rarely dig down to find out what really makes an applicant succeed, to create a class which also contains diversity of attitude and approach arguably the only diversity that, in a business context, really matters. (2011.06 閱讀 Text3)

　　【翻譯】但是學(xué)校很少深挖下去找出到底是什么真正使得一個(gè)申請(qǐng)人成功。創(chuàng)建一門也涵蓋態(tài)度和方法差異的課程才是真正重要的。而這一差異可以說是商務(wù)中唯一的差異。

　　【詞匯】1. applicant n. 申請(qǐng)人

　　apply (v.申請(qǐng)，應(yīng)用)application(n.)applicant(n.)applicable(a.可用的)

　　2. diversity n. 多樣性，差異

　　例：the cultural diversity of American society 美國社會(huì)的文化多樣性

　　3. approach n. 途徑，方法

　　例：I think it is the best approach to solve this problem.

　　我認(rèn)為這是解決這個(gè)問題的最佳方法。

　　4. arguably adv. 雄辯地，可論證地

　　例：He is arguably the best actor of this century.

　　他可以稱得上是本世紀(jì)最棒的演員。