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CCTALK考研英语 MICHAEL壹英语社团  PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 11 Michael考研英语纯干货阅读真题精读5 本节课需掌握的文章：2012年TEXT 4 使用方法： 括号标出的为阅读时需注意的字里行间技巧； 加粗字为写作积累背诵词汇； 蓝色字为阅读积累背诵词汇； 存在既加粗又蓝色的词汇； 文件最后配无任何标注的文章，供词汇背会后自测。 复习步骤1：根据上课所讲，自己把文章后的题目重新做一遍，每个选项告诉自己为什么对，为什么错。 （略） 复习步骤2：读烂文章，让表达烂在脑子里。 Text 4 If the trade unionist工会主义者 Jimmy Hoffa were alive today虚拟语气识别, he would probably represent代表 civil servant公务员. When Hoffa’s Teamsters were in their prime写作积累：in sb’s prime在某人全盛时期 in 1960, only one in ten十分之一：注意分数表达 American government workers belonged to a union工会，联盟; now 36% do. In 2009 the number of unionists in America’s public sector公共部门 passed that注意代词的指代 of their fellow members in the private sector私人部门. In Britain, more than half of public-sector workers but only about 15% of private-sector ones are unionized注意动词尾缀. There are three reasons for the public-sector unions’ thriving兴盛发达. First, they can shut things down关闭 without suffering收到某种伤害 much in the way of关于 consequences后果. Second, they are mostly bright聪明 and well-educated受过良好教育. A quarter of四分之一 America’s public-sector workers have a university degree学位. Third, they now dominate主导；在...中占据主导地位 left-of-centre politics左派政治. Some of their ties联系 go back a long way可向前追溯到很久之前. Britain’s Labor Party, as its name implies暗示, has long been associated with和...有联系 trade unionism. Its current当前的，目前的 leader, Ed Miliband, owes his position to votes from public-sector unions. 写作积累：将某事归因于...owe sth to sth At the state level在...的层面上 their influence can be even more fearsome.写作积累：...的影响可能更大 Mark Baldassare of the Public Policy Institute of California points out指出 that much of the state’s budget预算 is patrolled巡逻；监管 by unions. The teachers’ unions keep an eye on密切注视 schools, the CCPOA on prisons监狱 and a variety of各种各样的 labor groups on health care. In many rich countries average wages平均工资 in the state sector are higher than in the private one. But the real gains利益 come in benefits福利 and work p