【正文】 craze to a smaller group of mostly younger people，a shift in the nature of ringtones themselves，and growing petition among the UK and other European countries，where the fad first took hold，many of the people who once paid￡2（$）or more for a 10second clip have given up buying ringtones，said Chris Jones，an analyst at Canalys，a technology industry consultancy： People were doing it because it was a new thing to has worn off with a big part of the the US，where the business is at a much earlier stage，the craze appears to have stalled even before it has reached a mass about one in 10 mobile subscribers is buying is the same proportion as a year ago，according to InfoSpace，a US ringtone pany that claims 47 percent of the US market，though it adds that reliable statistics about the market are difficult to e At the same time，the new band of distributors that sprang up to sell ringtones is finding the fat profits much harder to e are starting to switch away from the familiar polyphonic renditions of famous tunes to short clips of the original music known in the industry as truetones or of the profits from these go straight to the record labels，not the middlemen who made a killing from earlier，cruder 、參考譯文靠一小段手機音樂鈴聲輕松賺錢的日子已經(jīng)過去了。這一迄今利潤豐厚的業(yè)務正面臨壓力，原因包括：對鈴聲狂熱的群體在縮小，目前多數(shù)是年紀比較小的人；鈴聲的性質(zhì)發(fā)生了變化；以及經(jīng)銷商之間的競爭日益加劇。高科技行業(yè)咨詢公司Canalys分析師克里斯。瓊斯（Chris Jones）說，英國和其它歐洲國家是手機鈴聲熱潮的發(fā)源地，這里的許多年輕人此前曾為了一段10秒鐘的鈴聲花上2英鎊（）或更多錢，現(xiàn)在他們不再購買鈴聲?！叭藗儺敃r這么做，是因為它是個新鮮事物?，F(xiàn)在人們對此興趣逐漸淡薄，很大一塊市場隨之消失?！痹诿绹?，手機鈴聲業(yè)務還處在相當初級的階段，鈴聲熱潮甚至在席卷大眾市場前就已停滯不前。僅有十分之一的手機用戶在購買音樂鈴聲。美國手機鈴聲公司InfoSpace稱，這一比例與一年前相同，盡管它補充指出，難以取得關(guān)于這一市場的可靠數(shù)據(jù)。InfoSpace據(jù)稱占據(jù)美國47%的鈴聲市場。考試大同時，出現(xiàn)一批新的鈴聲經(jīng)銷商，它們正逐漸發(fā)現(xiàn)，現(xiàn)在要實現(xiàn)高額利潤比以前難多了。用戶從熟悉的著名曲子的“和弦”演奏轉(zhuǎn)向原版的音樂短片斷，后者在業(yè)內(nèi)稱為“真實鈴聲”（truetone）或“原音鈴聲”（realtone）。來自這些鈴聲的大部分利潤直接進了唱片公司的口袋，而不是中間商。此前這些中間商依靠比較粗糙的鈴聲賺了一大筆錢。二、重點詞匯clip ，回形針，子彈夾，剪短，修剪profitable distributor analyst ，分解者consultancy （工作）subscriber ，簽署者，捐獻者proportion ，均衡，面積，部分，使均衡，分攤polyphonic ，對位法的，復調(diào)的 rendition ，演唱，翻譯 考博英語模擬試題：考博英語閱讀訓練（4）China reins in economic expansionChina39。s growth in fixedasset investment and its money supply slowed considerably in August，providing firm evidence that the government39。s tightening measures were reining in the country39。s rapid economic Urban fixedasset investment in August rose per cent pared with a year ago，a marked slowdown from the per cent expansion from January through July and the slowest for a single month since December ，the broad indicator for money supply，rose per cent last month pared with per cent in July and 39。s economy has been growing at a record pace，expanding by per cent in the second officials and many economists are concerned that such growth rates are not sustainable in the longer latest economic data，which were released by Qiu Xiaohua，missioner of China39。s National Bureau of Statistics，suggest Beijing has been able to control excessive lending and investment to sectors such as real estate that are especially at risk of is using a bination of monetary and administrative controls in its attempts to moderate late April，China39。s central bank has twice raised benchmark lending rates and bank reserve it also mopped up a record Rmb225bn（$）in its regular open market Su Ning，the deputy central bank governor，said this week at an international conference in Beijing that the country39。s money supply was slowing dramatically as a result of these the same time，China39。s leaders are trying to control unnecessary productionfor instance by limiting land rights and enforcing environmental standards in key industries such as steel，cement and is also worried about overlending to urban property projects，including residences，offices and industrial parks，and the threat it could lead to artificially high prices and excess trying to temper credit and investment growth，Beijing is also attempting to stimulate consumer spending，since it believes a strong middle class will be a key driver of future 39。s statistics body said August retail sales were up per cent，a rate consistent with that of the previous two for oil products，jewellery，automobiles and building has been particularly 、參考譯文：8月份中國固定資產(chǎn)投資及貨幣供應量增長速度明顯放緩，這有力地證明，政府的緊縮舉措，正在抑制中國經(jīng)濟的迅速擴張。8月份，%，%的擴張速度相比，有明顯放緩；同時也是自2004年12月以來，單月增幅最低的一個月。%，%.中國經(jīng)濟一直在以創(chuàng)紀錄的速度增長，%.中國政府官員和許多經(jīng)濟學家擔心，長遠而言，這樣的增長速度難以維持。中國國家統(tǒng)計局（National Bureau of Statistics）局長邱曉華發(fā)布的最新經(jīng)濟數(shù)據(jù)顯示，中國政府能夠控制對房地產(chǎn)等行業(yè)的過渡放貸和投資，這些行業(yè)尤其存在過熱風險。中國政府正通過貨幣和行政調(diào)控手段相結(jié)合的方式，努力緩和經(jīng)濟增長。自4月底以來，中國央行已兩度上調(diào)基準貸款利率和銀行存款準備金比率。昨日，央行還在其例行的公開市場操作中，創(chuàng)紀錄地完成2250億元人民幣（合283億美元）的資金回籠工作。本周，中國央行副行長蘇寧在北京舉行的一個國際會議上表示，由于上述措施，中國的貨幣供應“明顯”放緩。與此同時，中國領(lǐng)導人正試圖控制非必要的生產(chǎn)——例如，在鋼鐵、水泥和汽車等關(guān)鍵行業(yè)，限制土地使用權(quán)并強制執(zhí)行各種環(huán)保標準。中國政府還對城市地產(chǎn)項目（包括住宅、寫字樓和工業(yè)園區(qū)）上的過度放貸，以及可能由此導致的人為高價和供應過度感到擔憂。考試大在努力遏制信貸和投資增長的同時，中國政府還試圖刺激消費支出，因為它認為，一個強大的中產(chǎn)階層，將成為未來經(jīng)濟增長的關(guān)鍵驅(qū)動力。中國國家統(tǒng)計局表示，8月份，%，這一幅度與前兩個月持平。石油產(chǎn)品、珠寶、汽車和建筑方面的需求一直特別強勁。二、重點詞匯：investment ，可獲利的東西evidence ，顯著，明白，跡象，根據(jù)，[物]證據(jù)，證物indicator ，[化]指示劑sustainable ，足可支撐的，養(yǎng)得起的 excessive ，過分的，額外benchmark[計]基準deputy ，代表dramatically ，引人注目地artificially （考試大）credit ，信用，聲望，榮譽，[財務]貸方，銀行存款，信任，把??歸給previous ，早先的adv.（1）在??以前；（2）返回上一級菜單第二篇：考博英語1How pelling and thoughtprovoking the above image is(images are)!多么引人注目的、容易讓人產(chǎn)生聯(lián)想的畫面呀！2What is apparently betrayed in the cartoon(s)is that …,in contrast, …這個漫畫明顯表現(xiàn)出來的是、相反的，、、3What on earth can we derive from the interesting and instructive drawing?從這幅有趣的、有教育性意義的圖畫上我們究竟可以得到什么信息呢？4It goes without saying that(there is no denying the fact that)what the painter actually aims to convey in the picture is(pictures are)，事實上作者在這幅畫中傳達的目標意義深刻。5Primarily, we can learn that such cases are far from being rare and upsetting parallels can be readily found anywhere from our neighborhood and around the ’s more, there has been a growing concern nowadays over the worsening is hard to imagine what our society would be like if such pervasive trend go ，我們可以發(fā)現(xiàn)這樣的事情很常見，在我們附近，在世界范圍內(nèi)很容易的就能看到類似的令人不愉快的事情。其次，現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)對這類惡化的現(xiàn)象給予了越來越多的關(guān)注。很難想象如果類似的影響惡劣的趨勢沒有得到制止我們的社會將變成什么樣子。8Additionally, to reverse the grim situation, eff