这是本月新闻周刊的句子，种种原因使得研究者把目光投向了老的药品。（什么原因？今天的文字会谈。）制药公司丢弃的化合物或者为其他用途设计的常用药中可能隐藏着未知但强效的抗癌药。根据抗癌基金的数据，药物再利用可让肿瘤药物通常的开发周期减少4年。
今天的句子：
At a time when drugs can take a decade from discovery to market, and as Big Pharma develops fewer drugs, a growing number of researchers are, like Pantziarka, betting on old drugs. Repurposing isn’t new, but it has accelerated in recent years. And more than anything, that’s because researchers, who used to rely on serendipity, now have formidable data-crunching technologies that help identify crossover candidates.
思考题：
The chief reason why old drugs are being researched recently is ___
(A) the longer time needed to commercialize a drug.
(B) the growing interest in old drugs among researchers.
(C) the less interest in new drugs among Big Pharma
(D) the disruptive data technology employed by researchers.
词汇突破：
1. from discovery to market 从发现到市场= commercialize
2. betting on 把希望寄托在
3. Repurpose 为了新用途对什么稍加改动
4. formidable data-crunching technologies 强大的数据分析技术
5. crossover跨界
6. serendipity 机缘，运气 （不用记，这是超纲词，但是不影响做题。）
7.disruptive 突破性
第一句：
At a time when drugs can take a decade from discovery to market, and as Big Pharma develops fewer drugs, a growing number of researchers are, like Pantziarka, betting on old drugs.
切分：
1.At a time when drugs can take a decade from discovery to market
2. and as Big Pharma develops fewer drugs
3. a growing number of researchers are, like Pantziarka, betting on old drugs.
参考译文：在这个发现新药品到上市需要10年的年头，大型制药公司研发药物的数量也在缩水的时候，越来越多的研究人员和Pantziarka一样押宝旧药。
第二句:
Repurposing isn’t new, but it has accelerated in recent years.
参考译文：药物用途调整并不是新做法，但近年来加速发展。
第三句：
And more than anything, that’s because researchers, who used to rely on serendipity, now have formidable data-crunching technologies that help identify crossover candidates.
切分：
1. And more than anything,
2. that’s because researchers now have formidable data-crunching technologies
3. who used to rely on serendipi
参考译文：而且重要的是，因为研究人员过去依靠机缘，现在却拥有强大的数据分析技术来帮助识别跨界药。
思考题：
The chief reason why old drugs are being researched recently is ___
题干的chief 和reason是关键！
问主要原因找主要原因!总之，问什么找什么！
你们很棒！终于大多数上道了，如果还没有上道的，不要忧伤，
我们一起努力不放弃！
(A) the longer time needed to commercialize a drug.
这是原因，但不是主要原因！
(B) the growing interest in old drugs among researchers.
这是结果，不是原因！
(C) the less interest in new drugs among Big Pharma
这是原因但不是主要原因！
(D) the disruptive data technology employed by researchers.
这是主要原因，而且是完美的同义替换！正确！
明天的句子：
Widespread use of smart phone and social media has changed in no small measure our way of communication, of shopping and of learning. We used to be vocal about the benefits that new technologies brought: they will lead to unprecedented job growth, support the economy and improve the quality of our lives. But it’s hard to ignore the growing public apathy in chatting with our friends in person. Regardless of the enormous amount of photos shared on Face book, modern city dwellers grow detached from their immediate surroundings and fail to realize that codes and digits can never provide the human touch that we yearn for.
（不要觉得长，明天你就知道这些句子有什么用了！）
思考题：
The benefits of the new technologies are dwarfed by the growing public apathy.