跟夏徛荣学英语:代价昂贵的丑闻

发表于 讨论求助 2020-09-29 18:11:41


高冷生僻词汇“scandal”(丑闻)在外刊中常常出现。。原文标题为“Wells Fargo’s recovery from a costly scandal”。

【回音壁】

孩子们,四六级过后,我们又“休息”了2天,今天开始恢复每日一学的学习。

由于最近到了期末考试复习阶段和暑期强化学习阶段了,孩子们即将开始最为残酷的第一个考研淘汰期——暑期

(建议大家可以参看下这篇文章去年的现在,那些考研牛人如何打好攻坚战?

而夏老师呢,也进入了一个最重要的阶段——也就是考试中心安排高教社进行大纲修订工作,夏老师也是要全力以赴了。

“高等教育出版社”(高教版)大纲解析和配套丛书修订工作任务量非常重,夏老师也非常疲惫,加上暑期强化班各地奔波给学子们上课,所以,我尽量做到每日更新。但从现在开始直至九月份大纲公布之前,我们的“每日一学”也有可能是不定期的,还望大家理解。

孩子们,我们各自在自己的领域奋斗。你努力做个好学生,每年都在攀登高峰;我努力做个好老师,每天都专注教学提升。也可能不是每天见面,但相信我们大家是一起奋斗的,如果有问题的同学,可以给我留言(或点击右下菜单跟我互动),我都会回复大家的。


【精选】

(1) Six months after Wells Fargo bank was heavily fined for creating bank and credit-card accounts without customer permission, its board released a report Monday on the causes of the costly scandal. 

(2) The main conclusion: Senior managers failed to detect the unethical practices of employees, many of whom felt pressure from certain managers to meet unrealistic sales targets. 

(3) In addition, former chief executive officer John Stumpf did not critically challenge corrupt practices for more than a decade.

 (4) The board itself should have been more diligent.


【解词】

to release a report 公布报告

scandal n. 丑闻

to detect v. 探查

unethical a. 不道德,不符合道德的

practices n. 做法,惯例

to meet unrealistic targets 达到不现实的目标

corrupt a. 腐败的


【解句】

第(2)句The main conclusion: / Senior managers failed to detect the unethical practices of employees, / many of whom felt pressure from certain managers / to meet unrealistic sales targets.

(1)主干部分为不完整句:the main conclusion. 之后的破折号部分对其具体解释。

(2)之后的主干为:Senior managers failed to detect the unethical practices of employees。

(3)之后连词whom引导非限定性的定语从句many of whom felt pressure from certain managers to meet unrealistic sales targets修饰employees. 其中,from certain managers和to meet unrealistic sales targets都修饰pressure.


【译文】

(1) Six months after Wells Fargo bank was heavily fined for creating bank and credit-card accounts without customer permission, its board released a report Monday on the causes of the costly scandal. 

——Wells Fargo银行因为在没有客户允许情况下创建银行和信用卡账户而受到重罚,六个月后其董事会在星期一公布了关于这次代价昂贵丑闻原因的报告。

(2) The main conclusion: Senior managers failed to detect the unethical practices of employees, many of whom felt pressure from certain managers to meet unrealistic sales targets. 

——主要结论是:高级经理们未能发现雇员有悖职业道德的做法,由于许多雇员认为来某些经理给他们施加完成不现实销售目标的压力。

(3) In addition, former chief executive officer John Stumpf did not critically challenge corrupt practices for more than a decade.

——此外,前首席执行官John Stumpf十多年来没有与腐败行为进行斗争。

(4) The board itself should have been more diligent.

 ——董事会本身也应该更加的勤政。






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