govern---v.统治；管理；支配；控制；影响
government---n.政府
The anonymous, lonely, undistracted nature of online gamblings is especially conductive to compulsive behavior.But even if the government knew how to move against Internet gambling, what would be its grounds for doing so?
governance---n.统治方式；管理方法
Just as bosses and boards have finally sorted out their worst accounting and compliance troubles, and improved their feeble corporation governance, a new problem threatens to earn them—especially in America—the sort of nasty headlines that inevitably lead to heads rolling in the executive suite: data insecurity.Left,until now, to odd, low level IT staff to put right, and seen as a concern only of data rich industries such as banking, telecoms and air travel, information protection is now high on the boss's agenda in business of every variety.
government-funded---adj.政府拨款的
The Internet—and pressure from funding agencies, who are questioning why commercial publishers are making money from government-funded research by restricting access to it—is making access to scientific results a reality.
self-governing---adj.自我管理的
be governed by---受约束；被控制
administrate---v.管理
conduct---v.引领；引导
interpret---v.解释；了解；认为
interpretation---n.解释；翻译
While the quality of legal journalism varies greatly, there is an undue(不适当的) reliance(依赖) amongst ([书]在...之中)many journalists on interpretations supplied to them by lawyers.
misinterpret---v.曲解
The author thinks the banks were "on the wrong planet" in that they____.
[A]misinterpreted market price indicators(指示).
[B]exaggerated(夸大) the real value of their assets.
[C]neglected(忽略) the likely existence of bad debts.
[D]denied booking losses(账面损失) in their sale of assets.
define----v.使明确；解释
specify---v.指定；详述
prove---v.证明，证实；结果是；证明是；检验；考验；坚定
improve---v.提高，提升；改善；增进
Which of the following proverbs(谚语) is closest to the message the text tries to convey(表达)?
[A]''Faith will move the mountains.''
[B]''One reaps(收割) what one sows(播种).''
[C]''Practice makes perfect.''
[D]"Like father,like son."
show---v.说明；表明；表现出 n.(电视或广播)节目；秀
In the 2006 film version of The Devil Wears Prada, Miranda Priestly, played by Meryl Streep, scolds(骂) her unattractive assistant for imagining that high fashion doesn't affect her. Priestly explains how the deep blue color of assistant's sweater descended(降) over the years from fashion shows to department stores and to the bargin bin(箱子) in which the poor girl doubtless found her garment(服装).
confirm---v.证实；证明；确认
return---v.返回；回来；归来；回答 n.回报；利润；收益
returning---adj.回头的
overturn---v.(使)翻转；推翻；撤销(判决)；颠覆 n.翻转；打翻；颠覆；废除
On the overturned provisions the majority held the congress had delibrately(故意) "occipied the field" and Arizona had thus(因此) intruded(侵入) on the federal's privileged(优先) powers.
in return for---作为...的回报
industrial---adj.工业的；产业的
In 1924 America's National Research Council(委员会) sent two engineers(工程师) to supervise(监督) a series of industrial experiments at a large telephone-parts factory called the Hawthorne Plant near Chicago.
iindustry---n.产业；工业；行业；勤勉
Bob Liodice, the chief executive of the Association of National Advertisers, says consumers will be worse off if the industry cannot collect information about their preferences.
industrialized---adj.工业化的
industrialization---n.工业化