《經濟學人》是考研英語文章的同源期刊，本周《經濟學人》的特別報道是關于數字革命對世界產生的影響，是一個值得深思的全球熱點問題，考生應引起高度重視。在學習知識的同時，你就會知道為什么考研英語命題老師會如此青睞這本雜志，為什么這本雜志會被世界廣泛關注。

The first two industrial revolutions inflicted plenty of pain but ultimately benefited everyone. The digital one may prove far more divisive.MOST PEOPLE ARE discomfited by radical change, and often for good reason.Whether the digital revolution will bring mass job creation to make up for its mass job destruction remains to be seen.

【詞匯突破】inflict 使…遭受…

Divisive 爭議

discomfit = upset 使…不安，難堪；

radical change 巨大的改變

【參考譯文】前兩次工業革命曾帶來了巨大的痛苦，但是最終使大家都受益了。這次的數字革命可能是最有爭議的了。大多數人對巨大的改變會感到不安，而且常常有正當的理由。數字革命是否能創造出大量的工作機會來彌補其即將毀掉的工作還不得而知。

The beneficial effects of this rise in computing power have been slow to come through.

【同義替換】The beneficial effects of this rise in computing power=

The beneficial effects of the digital revolution

【參考譯文】數字化革命帶來的好處來的比較緩慢。

Exceptional growth, in other words, looks negligible until it suddenly becomes unmanageable.The digital revolution is opening up a great divide between a skilled and wealthy few and the rest of society.In both the rich and the emerging world, technology is creating opportunity for those previously held back by financial or geographical constraints; yet new work for those with modest skill levels is scarce compared with the prosperity created by earlier technological revolutions.

【詞匯突破】Exceptional growth 巨大的增長

Negligible 可忽略的；

in other words 換句話講

rich and the emerging world： 發達國家和新興國家

prosperity = bonanza

【參考譯文】換句話講，巨大的增長在變得不可管理之前，看起來都是可忽略的。數字革命使得有技術的人以及少數的富人與社會中的其他人之間的產生了巨大的鴻溝。不管是在發達國家還是在新興國家，技術為那些之前被財務和地域因素限制而受到阻礙的人創造了機會；但是那些沒什么技能的人所能獲得的機會，與前兩次技術革命所創造的繁榮時期相比就很稀缺了。

All this is sorely testing governments, beset by new demands for intervention, regulation and support. If they get their response right, they will be able to channel technological change in ways that broadly benefit society. If they get it wrong, they could be under attack from both angry underemployed workers and resentful rich taxpayers.

【詞匯突破】beset困擾，使苦惱，威脅

最后一段就留給各位考生來翻譯吧，希望考生能認真消化吸收這篇文章的重點突破詞匯，同時善用文中精彩的表述方法，把它當做語料來了解最新的前沿資訊。最后的考研即將到來，從備考初期一步一步到今天，考生們不說波瀾壯闊但至少可以有回憶而且愿意去回憶這段奮斗的歲月。