《Economist》精读笔记day3：[Poverty in China Just a little bit richer]

外刊精读 day3

[Poverty in China Just a little bit richer]

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外刊精读 day3

[Climate change：Raise the green lanterns]

Words:
flagship (某组织的)旗舰产品，最重要的理念，主建筑物
subsist on 维持生计；勉强生存
meagre (数量)很少的，不足的
designate 指定，选定；委派
threshold 阀，界限；起点
subsidy 补助金；津贴，补贴
bustling 熙熙攘攘的，忙乱的
trumpet 吹嘘；鼓吹
arduous 艰难的，艰巨的;费力的
ardent 热烈的;激情的；强烈的
episode 事件;(相关的)一连串事件；一段经历
perverse 有悖常理的；任性的
quibble 吹毛求疵，为小事而争吵
fertilizer 肥料

Sentence:
Its mud-and-brick buildings, and its setting among dusty hills in the north-eastern corner of Shanxi province, offer little to the occasional visitor to distinguish it from countless other parts of China where hard work brings but a meagre living.
//偶至的游客无法将这个地方与中国其他地方区分开来
hard work brings but a meagre living.：辛苦的工作只带来了辛苦的生活， a meagre living 这个搭配比用 poor 更学术化

They include comparisons of poverty rates and average incomes with those of the province, adjustments for inflation, quotas on the number of villages thatmay count as poor and a ban on including villages that own collective enterprises, whatever their income level.

With bustling shops and a fair number of pricey cars on its roads, Tianzhen’s county town does not, by Chinese standards, feel impoverished.
//hustle and bustle(of city life) （城市生活的）熙熙攘攘
a fair number of 代替了 a large number of

There is little disclosure about how subsidies are used, says a restaurant owner.
//little表否定意义

We are told a lot of it goes into the local credit union and that we can apply for loans there, but they only lend to people with good connections.
//good connections 当然就是说中国的关系。事实上，一些外国学者经过研究发现，中国的“关系”含义远比 connection 可表达的“联系”丰富，于是有人直接用“guanxi”

February it banned lavish new buildings and “image projects” in officially designated poor areas.
//image projects 是中国所说的面子工程

but few question the premise that China deserves immense credit for alleviating so much poverty.
//question 在这里做动词，意为“质疑”， premise 在这里则是名词，意为“前提”，也可用作动词意为“假定…为先决条件，作为…的前提”
immense credit: 极大的赞誉 ，这里的 immense credit 和下文中的 a vast
improvement 都代替了 great，可以记下这样的搭配
alleviate poverty 消除贫困，也是写作中常用的

Much still remains, however.
//虽然已有成果，但任重而道远