【赏析】
本章Miracles and Magic Engines 带给我们的思考—中国的政治经济发展道路何去何从?阐述了中国发展道路面临的抉择和主要的发展论调。西方国家开出的药方“shock therapy”: cut spending ,privatize state-owned companies ,and open borders to foreign trade and investment ,a recipe that became known as the Washington consensus(华盛顿共识)适不适用于中国?
林是质疑西方的药方,赞成渐进式改革...the key to china’s rise was the fusion of the market and strong government …he promoted china’s tinkering gradualist approach 他认为市场与政府同样重要he argued for a soft industrial policy in which a clamorous free market produced new industries and firms ,and government spotted the best prospects and helped them grow by …而杨认为,if china wants to be successful, China needs to adopt the British-or U.S.-style constitution first .吴认为China needed to adopt a Western-style democracy .
【表达】
1、 the crucible of free-market thought 自由市场思想的大熔炉
2、 running water自来水
3、 he hunched over his dest 伏案
4、 to hear his take on China’s economy (take 做名词,在这里意为attitude or interpretation )
5、 a reception in honor of the tenth anniversary of …纪念
6、 well-heeled crowd 富有的
7、 the guests swarmed them 人群簇拥着他们/ a placeis swarmingwithpeople/ a swarm of people 一大群人8、 his father was bedridden 卧床不起
9、 he argued for allowing …主张赞成
10、 he awaken to the possibilities /awakena feeling=cause them to start having this feeling. 唤醒(某种感觉)
11、 like-minded people 志同道合的人
12、 his years behind bars had mellowed his rancor
13、 as fall gave way to winter 秋去冬来
14、 he looked gaunter than usual 他比平时更憔悴
15、 the first bird that lifts its neck is the one that gets shot 枪打出头鸟