[参考译文] 这本书的附录中列出了从西班牙的法军那里缴获的许多密码文件,这些文件的秘密由英国总部的一位军官乔治·斯科维尔(George Scovell)揭露了出来。
[D] needs to in involve more countries.
[干扰排除] [B]risks表示“风险”与原文意思不符,前文提到的是如果动物有意思,与下文植物是否有意识进行联系,故而排除;[C]excuses表示“借口”,“借口为零”搭配并不通顺,[D]assumptions 表示“假设”,“假设为零”搭配也不合适,因而不管是搭配还是从原文意思出发,都可以排除。
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But a genuine partnership must be a two-way street. Fewer artist than scientists responded to the Nature poll, however, several respondents noted that artists do not simply assist scientists with their communication requirements. Nor should their work be considered only as an object of study. The alliances are most valuable when scientists and artists have a shared stake in a project, are able to jointly design it and can critique each other’ s work. Such an approach can both prompt new research as well as result in powerful art. More than half a century ago, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology opened its Center for Advanced Visual Studies (CAVS) to explore the role of technology in culture. The founders deliberately focused their projects around light-hance the “visual studies” in the name. Light was a something that both artists and scientists had an interest in, and therefore could form the basis of collaboration. As science and technology progressed, and divided into more sub-disciplines, the centre was simultaneously looking to a time when leading researchers could also be artists, writers and poets, and vice versa.
Studying Scovell’s papers at the Public Record Office (in Kew, west London) I found that he had left an extensive journal and copious notes a work in the peninsula. What was more, many original French dispatches had been preserved in this collection. I realized at once that this was priceless. (49) There may have been many spies and intelligence officers during the Napoleonic Wars, but it is usually extremely difficult to find the material they actually provided or worked on. Furthermore, Scovell’s story involved much more than just intelligence work. His status in Lord Wellington's headquarters and the recognition given to him for his work were all bound up with the class politics of the army at the time. His tale of self-improvement and hard work would make a fascinating biography in its own right, but represents something more than that. (50) Just as the code breaking has its wider relevance in the struggle for Spain, so his attempts to make his way up the promotion ladder speak volumes about British society.
[A] spoil visitor experience
[D] To arrange them in a systematic way.
[C] employers are taking a realistic attitude to degree