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像think-tank这类复合词在文章中反复出现，而且是考点。think-tank含义为“智囊团”。今天的文章选自于《华盛顿邮报》（2017年4月文章），原文标题为“The traditional think tank is withering.”
【回音壁】孩子们现在各种课程十分的紧张，而且考试一波又一波，四六级刷分大战在即 ......，但是考研学习贵在坚持，三日不练手生，就是这个道理。
【精选】
(1) Anybody who works in Washington knows that think-tanks play an important role in advising the government on policy.
(2) For most bureaucrats, anything past two weeks is long term.
(3) Because experts at think tanks have fewer real-time deadlines, they specialize in the strategic thinking that many Cabinet agencies cannot do.
(4) One organization in particular has dramatically increased its influence over the past decade.
(5) Its reach is so great that it has advised numerous foreign governments on their environmental policies. (6) British officials relied on it when considering reforms of the National Health Service.
【解词】
to advise v. 咨询，建议
bureaucrat n. 官员，官僚
real-time deadlines 实时最后期限
to specialize in 专攻
strategic a. 战略的
Cabinet agencies 内阁机构
reach n. 范围
【解句】
第（3）句Because experts at think tanks have fewer real-time deadlines, / they specialize in the strategic thinking / that many Cabinet agencies cannot do.
（1）句子的主干为they specialize in the strategic thinking （主谓宾）。
（2）之后，连词that引导定语从句many Cabinet agencies cannot do修饰thinking.
（3）句首，连词because引导原因状语从句，即because experts at think tanks have fewer real-time deadlines.
【译文】(1) Anybody who works in Washington knows that think-tanks play an important role in advising the government on policy.
——在华盛顿工作过的任何人都知道，智囊团在政府政策咨询方面起到重大作用。
(2) For most bureaucrats, anything past two weeks is long term.
——对多数官员而言，超过两周就是长期了。
(3) Because experts at think tanks have fewer real-time deadlines, they specialize in the strategic thinking that many Cabinet agencies cannot do.
——因为智囊团的专家们有更少即时处理的最后期限，他们专攻许多内阁机构无法做到的战略性思考。
(4) One organization in particular has dramatically increased its influence over the past decade.
——在过去这十年，有一家机构尤其在影响力上异军突起。
(5) Its reach is so great that it has advised numerous foreign governments on their environmental policies.
——它影响范围如此之大，以至于它在环境政策上给多家外国政府提供过咨询。
(6) British officials relied on it when considering reforms of the National Health Service.
——在考虑英国国家医疗服务体系（NHS）改革时，英国官员就仰仗过它。
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