第四十三节 越来越多的

1. There is accumulating evidence that much of medical work comes from

interactions with people rather than things.

越来越多的证据表明，医务工作的很多压力来自于与人的交往而不是工作。

2. This basically means that we increasingly have jobs where we deal with people

rather than things（such as components on an assembly line）.

这主要意味着，现在越来越多的工作要与人而不是与物（如装配线上的零件）打交道了。

3. Psychologists are now increasingly recognizing that this “emotional labour” may

be more mentally taxing than the “physical labour” we did in the past.

心理学家们现在日渐认识到，这种“情感劳动”和我们以往的“体力劳动”相比，可能更

费心费力。

4. In 1980, the American Psychiatric Association officially categorized pathological

gambling as a diagnosable medical disorder, and since then there has been

increasing understanding of the brain chemistry, the biology, even the genetics that

plays a role.

1980 年，美国精神病协会将病态赌博界定为一种可以确诊的疾病。自那时起，人们对在

赌博中起作用的脑化学、生物学甚至遗传学方面的了解越来越多了。

5. Record fuel costs pushed hrbrid cars to center stage at the world’s biggest car

show in 2006 but automakers argued over whether the rising popularity of petro-

electric vehicles was just the result of marketing hype.

创纪录的燃油价格把混合（动力）型汽车推到 2006 年世界最大的汽车展的中心展台，而

汽车制造商们却为汽油-电力车辆的日益流行是否只由于促销宣传所造成展开了争论。

6. Hurd also has focused on HP's sprawling global operations, using the same

marketing strategy it is employing in the U.S. to ramp up consumer sales in emerging

markets.

赫德还把重心放在了惠普公司范围日益扩大的全球业务上，使用了公司在美国的营销战

略，增加在新兴市场上消费产品的销售额。

7. And during the last 20 years, despite increasingly clear scientific evidence

regarding the dangers of climate change, the country’s output of carbon dioxide

had increased by a fifth.

在过去的 20 年里，尽管气候变化产生危害的明显科学证据不断增多，美国的二氧化碳排

放量增加了 1/5。

8. A growing number of low-power electrical goods are now available.

现在可以买到越来越多的低功率电子产品。

9. a rapidly expanding middle class 人数迅速增长的中产阶级

10. War or no war, as the generation passed, it became increasingly difficult for our

young people to accept standards of behavior that bore no relationship to the

bustling business medium in which they were expected to battle for success.

不论是否发生战争，随着时代的变化，要我们的年轻一代接受与他们必须在其中拼搏

求胜的这个喧嚣的商业化社会格格不入的行为准则已经变得越来越难了。

11. Agriculture faces a growing problem. 农业面临的问题越来越多。

12. Increasingly over the past ten years, people have become aware of the need to

change their eating habits.

在过去的十多年内，越来越多的人意识到需要改变他们的饮食习惯。

13. Consequently, there has been a growing interest in natural foods.

结果，越来越多的人对天然食物感兴趣。

14.With expanding interest in the process of as well as the product of language

acquisition

随着人们对语言习得过程及其结果给予越来越多的关注

15. It continues to grow in popularity and strength in Canada and elsewhere, and it

is being adapted for adult learners.

这种方法在加拿大及别处越来越受到欢迎，影响力也在不断增强，并被成人学习者接受。

16. The most persuasive signal is that Asia has decoupled, with a decreasing

dependence on the US.

最有说服力的一个信号就是，亚洲经济已经相对独立，对美国的依赖越来越少。

17. Petroleum's falling energy return on investment will encourage many economies

to burn more coal.

不断下降的石油能源投资回报率将鼓励更多的经济体转而燃烧更多的煤。