2014年工程硕士英语复习重点(15)

　　31、In decisions from how much to produce to whether to save and invest,humans have been assumed to be coolly rational calculators of their own self-interest.——>在决策过程中，从生产多少到要储蓄还是要投资的问题，人类都被理所当然地认为是其自身利益的冷酷的理性计算器。

　　32、我立即认出了那件外套，它是我兄弟的。——>I identified the jacket at once;it was my brother’s.

　　一、 课文中语句：

　　1、The irony is that children start out as natural scientists,instinctively eager to investigate the world around them.

　　——>有讽刺意义的是，孩子就是天生的自然科学家，本能地渴望探索周围的世界。

　　2、If fear is the negative motive for buying a product,then wanting a good image is the positive reason for choosing it. ——>如果这种担心的心理是我们消费产品的消极理由，那么希望自己有一个好的形象则是我们选择这种产品的积极理由了。

　　3、Psychologists have found that certain colors on the package of an attractive product will cause people to reach out and take that package instead of buying an identical product with different colors. ——>心理学家们发现，有吸引力的产品，其包装上的特定颜色会使人们伸手去取它，而不会买另一种颜色的相同产品。