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Newcomers don't like the smells
城里人闻不惯那味儿（陈继龙 编译）
Aug 10th 2006 | GILBERT, PRESCOTT AND SCOTTSDALE
From The Economist print edition
GEORGE WILLIAMS, one of Scottsdale's last remaining cowboys, has beenr_______①horses and cattle on his 120 acres for 20 years. （1）The cattle go to the slaughterhouse, the hor

TEXT 59
A ticket for corruption
罚单，为腐败而开（陈继龙 编译）
Aug 10th 2006 | NEW YORK
From The Economist print edition
“THE UN needs a good smack in the face,” fumed one city councillor. New York has long been fed up with the United Nations and its diplomats. （1）The city has 1,700 of them, about 1,699 too many.Th

TEXT 58
A president in paradise
（恍如置身）天堂的总统（陈继龙 编译）
Aug 10th 2006 | VICTORIA
From The Economist print edition
（1）BEST known as a destination for honeymooners in search of perfect white beaches and swaying palms, the Seychelle islands rarely make any sort of headlines.Few tourists would even have noticed t

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the brand of me
自我标榜（陈继龙 编译）
Aug 10th 2006 | NEW YORK
From The Economist print edition
“WHAT'S the difference between God and Larry Ellison?” asks an old software industry joke. Answer: God doesn't think he's Larry Ellison. The boss of Oracle is hardly alone among corporate chiefs in having a reputati

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Something new
新意（陈继龙 编译）
Aug 3rd 2006 | BEIJING
From The Economist print edition
AFTER years of prospering as the world's workshop, China now wants to be its laboratory as well. “Innovation” has become a nationalbuzzword[1],and Chinese leaders have been tossing it into their speeches since t

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Evolve or die
不进则退（陈继龙 编译）
Jul 27th 2006
From The Economist print edition
（1）THE personal computer spawned[1] a new industry. But many of the firms that initially flourished in the PC era are now finding life difficult.Dell, the leading PC-maker, issued a profit warning last week that sent its sha

TEXT 54
The bird flu capital of the world
世界禽流感之都（陈继龙 编译）
Jul 27th 2006 | JAKARTA
From The Economist print edition
LAST week, Indonesia announced its 43rd human death from bird flu. It has now recorded more fatalities than any other nation, and instark[1]contrast to all other countries its death toll isc_

TEXT 53
The dream of the personal computer
PC之梦（陈继龙 编译）
Jul 27th 2006
From The Economist print edition
NOT many 25-year-olds can reasonably claim to have changed the world. The IBM personal computer, which was launched in 1981 and celebrates its 25th birthday in August, is a raree_______①.Other personal compu

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The seven-year itch
七年之痒（陈继龙 编译）
Jul 27th 2006 | MACAU
From The Economist print edition
THE army of workers operating along what used to be Macau's waterfront is conducting “landreclamation[1]”: dumping sand into the water to create more land on which to build ever more casinos, resorts and hotels in

TEXT 50
Hero or bully?
英雄抑或恶霸？（陈继龙 编译）
Jul 20th 2006
From The Economist print edition
（1）WHEN lawyers speak, laymen are often baffled. So it is refreshing to hear an exchange such as the following, between the attorneys-general of New York and California, as reported in the American Lawyer.“You want to st

TEXT 49
Mr Bush's first veto
布什首次动用否决权（陈继龙 编译）
Jul 20th 2006 | WASHINGTON, DC
From The Economist print edition
FIVE and a half years into hisp_______①,George Bush finally vetoed a bill this week. （1）Oddly enough, it was one that most Americans support: it would have expanded federal funding for embryonic[

TEXT 48
Friendship and trade
友谊与贸易（陈继龙 编译）
Jul 20th 2006 | DANDONG
From The Economist print edition
CHINA'S main lifeline to North Korea, a narrow road-and-rail bridge_______①the Yalu river, does not suggest there is much business to do on the other side. Atrickle[1]of trucks flows along its single-lane carri

TEXT 47
Who's your Daddy?
你爸是谁？（陈继龙 编译）
Jul 13th 2006 | HONG KONG
From The Economist print edition
（1）SO CHINA got its way after all. The takeover battle for PCCW, Hong Kong's incumbent telecoms company, ended this week before it had even properly begun.On July 10th Francis Leung, a localt_______①,stepped

TEXT 46
Wag the dog
尾巴摇狗（陈继龙 编译）
（译注：英语中有这样一种说法，即“It’s a case of the tail wagging the dog”，直译为“这可是一件尾巴摇狗的事。”，比喻“某个不重要的事物占据主导地位”。）
Jul 6th 2006
From The Economist print editionFOR the past two years in Silicon Valley, the centre of America's technology industry, conference-goers have entertained themselves playing

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Blues' delight
痛并快乐着（陈继龙 编译）
（译注：blue作名词，原意为“蓝色”，或“蓝色衣服”，而意大利的队服颜色恰好为蓝色。复数形式blues则有“忧郁、沮丧”之意。本标题直译可为“蓝衣军团的快乐”，但显然无法突出文章中心思想——意大利足球的痛苦与欢乐。）
Jul 13th 2006 | ROME
From The Economist print edition
（1）HE MAY be lumbered[1] with a nine-party coalition and a one-seat majority in the upper house of parliam