《经济学人》作为研究生英语考试文章的同源期刊，受到业界广为关注。为帮助考生更好的理解文章行文结构，本周就《经济学人》关于数字革命对世界产生的影响这一专题进行探讨。数字革命长期以来一直是一个值得深思的全球热点问题，考生应引起高度重视。以下命题专家带大家一起来分析下这篇文章，以供考生参考。

　　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。

　　【词汇突破】inflict 使…遭受…

　　Divisive 争议

　　discomfit = upset 使…不安，难堪；

　　radical change 巨大的改变

　　【参考译文】前两次工业革命曾带来了巨大的痛苦，但是最终使大家都受益了。这次的数字革命可能是最有争议的了。大多数人对巨大的改变会感到不安，而且常常有正当的理由。数字革命是否能创造出大量的工作机会来弥补其即将毁掉的工作还不得而知。

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

　　【同义替换】The beneficial effects of this rise in computing power=

　　The beneficial effects of the digital revolution

　　【参考译文】数字化革命带来的好处来的比较缓慢。

　　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。

　　【词汇突破】Exceptional growth 巨大的增长

　　Negligible 可忽略的；

　　in other words 换句话讲

　　rich and the emerging world： 发达国家和新兴国家

　　prosperity = bonanza

    【参考译文】换句话讲，巨大的增长在变得不可管理之前，看起来都是可忽略的。数字革命使得有技术的人以及少数的富人与社会中的其他人之间的产生了巨大的鸿沟。不管是在发达国家还是在新兴国家，技术为那些之前被财务和地域因素限制而受到阻碍的人创造了机会；但是那些没什么技能的人所能获得的机会，与前两次技术革命所创造的繁荣时期相比就很稀缺了。

　　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。

　　【词汇突破】beset困扰，使苦恼，威胁

　　希望以上的分析能给考生一些启示，最后一段在此不做翻译，留给大家练习。希望考生能认真消化吸收这篇文章的重点突破词汇，同时善用文中精彩的表述方法，把它当做语料来了解最新的前沿资讯。考研报名已正式拉响，从初期的备考到冲刺期，过程虽不能说有多波澜壮阔但至少会留下回忆，并且这段经历对今后的发展也会产生很大影响。