今天的句子：
How did large firms go from being a symbol of American strength to being the object of almost universal scorn? A series of high-profile corporate scandals certainly hasn’t burnished the image of Big Business. Nor has the rise of the shareholder-value movement, which tolerates no mission other than producing profits, preferably in the near term.
词汇突破：
1. universal scorn 普遍的嘲讽
2. object 对象
3. high-profile 广受人们关注的；高调的
反义词：low profile (低调的)
4. burnish 改善，提升，打磨，抛光= polish
（常用搭配：burnish the image= polish the image 提升形象）
5. the rise of 兴起，崛起
6.tolerate 允许，容许，忍受
英语解释：
to allow sb to do sth that you do not agree with or like.
允许，容许(不同意或不喜欢的事情。)
This sort of behavior will not be tolerated.
(这类行为是不能容许的。)
7. other than 除了
8. mission 任务
9. preferably 更愿意地
10. in the near term 短期
第一句：
How did large firms go from being a symbol of American strength to being the object of almost universal scorn? （疑问句）
1.being a symbol of American strength 动名词短语
2.being the object of almost universal scorn 动名词短语
参考译文: 大企业是怎么从美国力量的符号沦落到众人鄙夷的地步？
第二句：
A series of high-profile corporate scandals certainly hasn’t burnished the image of Big Business.
参考译文:一系列引人注目的公司丑闻当然不能提升大企业的形象。
参考译文：引人注目的公司丑闻接二连三，肯定提升不了大企业的形象。
第三句：
Nor has the rise of the shareholder-value movement, which tolerates no mission other than producing profits, preferably in the near term.
主干识别：
Nor has the rise of the shareholder-value movement （倒装+省略）
还原：
The rise of the shareholder-value movement has not (burnished the image of Big Business).
其他成分+独立成句：
which tolerates no mission other than producing profits, preferably in the near term
which= The rise of the shareholder-value movement
no A other than B: A是B的上义词= 只有B (A 一般不用翻译)
no city other than Chongqing= only Chongqing
no man other than Kevin= only Kevin
no mission other than producing profits= only producing profits
参考译文：股东价值运动的兴起更是如此，它的唯一使命就是图利，而且喜欢短期见效。
第一题：
The rise of the shareholder-value movement has changed the image of Big Business to some extent. （True of false）
答案：FALSE
第二题：
The rise of shareholder-value movement didn’t produce the profits. (True or False)
这个题目最准确答案其实是：Not given 文章没有表述
但是一定要说正误的话考场上会认为是：FALSE
毕竟文章中说了：它的唯一使命就是图利；从整体角度来判断，不能说这个活动没有产生利润；所以如果没有比这个选项更好的选项时，我们就可以选这个选项，如果有的更好的，我们就选更好的：
比如说：
The shareholder-value movement intends only to produce the profits.
(现在是不是有点了解考研的路数了！慢慢来不要急，我会在这里好好带你！)
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明天的句子：
The globalization of the economy has at the same time turned American corporations into multinational enterprises with interests that do sometimes run counter to those of their home country.
思考题：
The globalization exerts adverse effects on the American domestic interests. (Ture or False)
原文链接：
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/04/learning-to-love-big-business/554096/