No fewer than four sessions on fishing rights have taken place during this week’s round of virtual negotiations — more than on any other topic. Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief negotiator, has said the bloc will never sign a trade deal with the UK unless the question of EU access to British waters is resolved. Formidable obstacles remain to getting a deal, not least because the pandemic has made EU governments even more determined to protect an economically precarious sector whose finances have been hammered by the lockdown.

思考题：

It can be inferred from the text that__.

A.the bloc causes obstacles of trade deal with UK

B.EU attaches great importance to fishing rights

C.the UK-EU negotiations aggravate the pandemic

D.lockdown has hurt London’s financial industry

词汇突破：

session：一场，一节，一回合

virtual negotiations 线上的谈判

a trade deal 贸易协定

access 进入

British waters 水域

Formidable 令人感到可怕的

obstacles 障碍

pandemic 疫情

determined 更有决心

precarious不确定的(这是一个超纲词，但是真题出现过!一定记住!)

finances 经济状况

hammer 打击

lockdown 活动限制

bloc 国家集团(这里就是指欧盟)

not least(表示强调，尤其)

句子解析：

句：

No fewer than four sessions on fishing rights have taken place during this week’s round of virtual negotiations — more than on any other topic.

参考译文：在本周的线上谈判中，与渔业权有关的会议不少于四场，多于其他任何主题。

第二句：

Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief negotiator, has said the bloc will never sign a trade deal with the UK unless the question of EU access to British waters is resolved.

参考译文：欧盟首席谈判代表米歇尔•巴尼尔表示，除非解决欧盟准入英国水域这个问题，否则欧盟永远不会与英国签署贸易协议。

第三句：

Formidable obstacles remain to getting a deal, not least(表示强调，尤其) because the pandemic has made EU governments even more determined to protect an economically precarious sector whose finances have been hammered by the lockdown.

参考译文：要达成协议仍阻碍重重，尤其是疫情令欧盟政府更坚定了保护渔业的决心，这个经济上岌岌可危的产业因封锁而遭受财政打击。

思考题解析：

It can be inferred from the text that__.

A.the bloc causes obstacles of trade deal with UK

(欧盟造成了和英国的贸易障碍)

文章没有说是欧盟造成的。

B.EU attaches great importance to fishing rights

(欧盟很重视渔权)

当然啦!双方都很重视，一谈就是四轮!

而且绝不妥协!

这两点替换为：重视!这就是典型的真题思路!

三步法不白看哦!模糊替换!

正确!

C.the UK-EU negotiations aggravate the pandemic

英国和欧洲的谈判加剧了疫情。

(这个因果没有谈到哦!)

错!

D. lockdown has hurt London’s financial industry

(封锁伤害了伦敦的金融业)

没有提及，错误!

文章来源背景和来源：

UK-EU talks trawl for solution in battle over fishing rights

英欧谈判寻求渔业权之争的解法

Source: https://www.ft.com/content/3d6254f2-2858-4758-9440-b96c2fa383e5

背景：英国与欧盟第四轮谈判近日结束，由于双方都在渔业权等关键问题上立场强硬，谈判的进展极为有限。一位欧盟官员表示，此轮线上谈判非常令人失望，与我们预想的相差太远。欧盟谈判代表米歇尔•巴尼尔希望英国在脱欧后能继续会欧盟成员国提供英国海域的捕渔准入，而英国代表团则坚决反对让步，因为“渔业自由”是退欧团体的核心诉求，被视为退欧的最 大好处之一。若英欧谈判不能打破僵局，在年底达成协议，英国将于明年1月起“无协议脱欧”，英欧双边贸易将在金融服务和人员流动等方面出现多重壁垒，对英国和欧盟的经济都带来巨大的影响。