2020考研英语：《经济学人》中英读译Day176

英语阅读能力依靠什么？必然是词汇的积累，但，仅仅是词汇的积累是不够了，更应该了解英语句式，不同句型所表达意义。如何培养自己的阅读语感呢？那么就跟着聚创考研信息网小编每天学一点英语，一起为考研筑起坚实的地基。阅读是需要积累的，就像我们需要经常和人沟通才会促进我们的表达能力一样~小伙伴跟着小编一起，每天坚持打卡，培养英语阅读能力及语感，了解文章一些经典词汇的用法。 

企业丑闻新时代(3)

Take regulation first. The system is a strange blend: there are pockets of laissez-faire attitudes here,thickets of rules there and lobbying everywhere. It is variously prone to laxity, capture and incompetence.The Federal Drug Administration allowed opioids to be sold to the masses.The Federal Aviation Administration delegated part of its inspection process to Boeing employees.

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先说说法规。该体系是一个奇怪的混合：这里是零星的自由放任态度那里是错综复杂规则并且到处充斥着游说。它在很多方面都倾向于松弛、占有和无能力。联邦药品管理局允许向大众出售类鸦片药物。联邦航空管理局将其部分检验过程委托给了波音的员工。

The Federal Trade Commission has struggled to police Facebook. The fines imposed by some regulators can be small relative to market values of giant firms.Second, litigation may no longer be quite the deterrent it once was.Criminal cases leading to jail terms for top executives are as rare as socialists at Goldman Sachs. And civil law has lost its bite.America has long used class-action suits to punish firms and compensate consumers.Tort costs born by firms are equivalent to about 2% of GDP a year, higher than in other countries. Nonetheless, life has got easier for firms.Arbitration clauses, in which customers and staff forfeit the right to pursue class actions, have become more common.Firms are more likely to extend cases to appeal, which can take up to a decade.

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联邦贸易委员会努力地监管Facebook。一些监管者实施的罚款相对小于这些巨头公司的市场价值。第二，诉讼可能不再像从前一样具有相当的威慑力。刑事案件导致高管坐牢的情况和高盛投资公司中社会主义者一样稀有。民法已经失去了它的利齿。美国长期以来都用集体诉讼案惩罚公司并补偿消费者。公司的侵权成本相当于一年GDP的约2%，高于其他国家。但公司的日子越来越容易了。关于顾客和员工因失权而寻求集体诉讼的仲裁条款已经变得更加普遍。公司更有可能将个案扩展至上诉，上诉时间可以高达10年之久。

One veteran class-action lawyer says that financial penalties have shrunk relative to the value of many firms,which in turn have risen as a result of a takeover wave.She complains that for the top 50 firms, the threat of a multi-billion-dollar legal settlement"doesn't move the needle any more".The final constraint is competition. It can drive firms to cut corners but in the long run should act to discipline careless or badly behaved firms, because customers shun them.

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一名经验丰富的集体诉讼律师表示相对于很多公司的市值而言，罚款的金额已经缩水了，反过来，由于收购浪潮，这些公司市值还增加了。她抱怨称对前50家公司而言，几十亿美元诉讼和解的威胁“根本不值一提”。最后一个约束是竞争。这可以促使公司抄近路但从长期来看，应该行动起来处罚粗心或行为不良的公司，因为客户有意回避它们。

Kraft and Heinz boomed in the 20th century, thanks in part to a reputation for safety. Japanese car firms forced Detroit to raise its game in the 1980s.And today Netflix trounces the traditional cable TV firms which love to bamboozle customers.But across the economy incumbent firms have got more powerful over the past 20 years, making it harder for customers to switch.There is one alternative to Boeing, Airbus, but it lacks spare capacity. Users find it hard to leave Facebook.Pesticides and herbicides, credit-checking, drug distribution and drug retailing have grown more concentrated, too.Perhaps the rash of crises will prompt corporate soul-searching. If not, public confidence in capitalism may suffer another blow.

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卡夫和亨氏在20世纪迅速发展的部分原因是安全性的名声。20世纪80年代，日本汽车公司迫使底特律提高了其竞争力。如今Netflix斥责那些喜欢欺诈客户的传统有线电视。但是在整个经济中，在位企业在过去20多年中获得了更多的权力，这使得客户更加难以转变。波音还可以替换成空客，但后者缺乏闲置生产力。用户们发现很难离开Facebook。农药和除草剂、信贷调查、药品分销和药品零售也越来越集中。或许危机的大量涌现将促使企业自我反省。如若不反省，那么资本主义的公信力或许会遭遇另一场冲击。

注释

1.laissez-faire 自由放任的

The Government's laissez-faire attitude toward the use of motor vehicles.

政府对机动车使用放任自流的态度。

2.delegate 委托

The job had to be delegated to an assistant.

这工作得交给助手负责。

3.deterrent 威慑物

They seriously believe that capital punishment is a deterrent.

他们坚信死刑是一种威慑手段。

4.compensate 赔偿；补偿

The damages are designed to compensate victims for their direct losses.

该赔偿金是用来补偿受害人的直接损失的。

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