Thanks partly to the nostalgic mood defined by Brexit, in the UK too many people in charge still insist on somehow reviving traditional shops. The government’s latest proposal is an online sales tax, which would make up for cuts to business rates, thereby supposedly allowing retail businesses to survive. In some places, such measures might have beneficial effects. The problem is that fixating on the traditional high street serves as a distraction from thinking about the workings of online business and Amazon specifically: how to challenge its vast power, monitor and regulate what happens to its workers, and manage the impact of the technology.

思考题：

According to the text, the endeavor to support traditional business has _______.

A.resulted in a common nostalgic mood

B.lead to generally higher sales tax in UK

C.much room for further improvement

D.improved the growth of high street stores

词汇突破：

nostalgic mood 怀旧情绪

Brexit 脱欧

in charge 掌权的

make up for 弥补

vast power 巨大的权力

high street 高街(商业街)

句子解析：

句：

Thanks partly to the nostalgic mood defined by Brexit, in the UK too many people in charge still insist on somehow reviving traditional shops.

参考译文：部分归因于英国脱欧所定义的怀旧情绪，在英国，太多的负责人仍然执着于以某种方式重振传统商店。

第二句：

The government’s latest proposal is an online sales tax, which would make up for cuts to business rates, thereby supposedly allowing retail businesses to survive.

参考译文：政府的最 新提议是征收在线销售税，以弥补商业税的下调，从而让零售企业得以存活。

第三句：

In some places, such measures might have beneficial effects.

参考译文：在一些地方，这些措施也许会产生有益的影响。

第四句：

The problem is that// insisting on the traditional high street serves as a distraction from thinking about the workings of online business and Amazon specifically: how to challenge its vast power, monitor and regulate what happens to its workers, and manage the impact of the technology.(冒号后补充说明前面的内容。)

参考译文：问题在于，执着于传统的高街会分散人们对在线商业和亚马逊的工作方式的思考：如何挑战其巨大的力量，监控和监管正在其员工身上所发生的事，以及管理技术的影响。

思考题解析：

According to the text, the endeavor to support traditional business has _______.

这个题解题的关键是：

In some places, such measures might have beneficial effects. The problem is that ...

有好处。(但)有一个问题是...

这里其实是你唯 一读的懂得地方，出题人就给了你答案：

C. much room for further improvement

还有进一步的提升空间!

C选项正确。

其他选项你反正也读不懂，索性就不选了!

这就是“模糊替换”!

A. resulted in a common nostalgic mood

(导致了一种普遍的怀旧情绪)

文中说的是脱欧造成了怀旧的情绪。

不是这些措施造成了怀旧的情绪。

A选项错误。

B. lead to generally higher sales tax in UK

(导致英国普遍较高的销售税)

没有提到!

B选项错误。

D. improved the growth of high street stores

(提升了高街店铺的增长)

没有说店铺的增长，只是说有好处，具体好处没说。

D选项错误。

文章来源背景和来源：

We fixate on the decline of the high street, but the real issue is Amazon

我们关注高街的衰落，但真正的问题在亚马逊

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/aug/02/decline-high-street-amazon-power-tech-giant

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