"I now have almost totally lost the ability to read and absorb a longish article on the web or in print," he wrote earlier this year.

“我现在几乎完全失去在网络和印刷物中阅读和理解长篇文章的能力了。”他在今年早些时候这样写道。

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The article gives the mistaken impression that many competent workers who lost jobs as a result of downsizing face serious economic hardship, often for years, before finding other suitable employment.

该文章给人们一种错误的印象，即很多在企业面临严重经济困难的时候裁员而导致失业的有能力的工人通常要用几年的时间找到另一份合适的工作。

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The point of an academic degree, as opposed to a vocational qualification, is to teach understanding, rather than skills-a point sadly lost on Dr. McBride when he penned his article.

一个学术学位，不同于一种职业资格，关键在于让人理解而不是技术——不幸的是Dr . McBride在写这篇文章的时候没有注意到这一点。

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It did badly in Congress, too: a few races are stuck in legal limbo (see article), but both the party and its coalition partners lost seats in both houses.

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