[高中] 問幾個句子 (from Time magazine / 9/28的)

[initialdream (go go go)]

在 Time 雜誌 9/28那一期當中，我有以下幾個問題:

1. 有一篇文章在探討the People's Republic of China繁榮復興之路

    In 1949 more than 90% of the population lived in rural areas;
    given the expansion of urban areas, slightly more than half (721
    million) do today, according to official statistics.

2. So is it crazy to imagine that, given the difficulties it faces,
   someday the whole experiment might blow up?

3. Still, given the unprecedented scale and nature of China’s socioeconomic
   change over the past 30 years, the country’s relative stability is
   commendable.

在以上的三個句子中，given的作用和意義為何? 我實在是找不太到相關的用法?


4. 另一篇則是在探討 Wikipedia 上的更新的資料 越來越少的狀況

   Under the new plan, people can freely alter Wikipedia articles on,
   say, their local officials or company head - but those changes will
   become live only once they've been vetted by a Wikipedia administrator.

   我們通常不是說 says John 或 say某人     為什麼這邊 say 的前後要有逗點呢?
   (我確定我沒有抄錯喔)

5.  We have managed, rather gracefully, far more change than we predicted would
    come; it turns out that our past’s vision of the future was not visionary
    enough.

    前半句中，would的主詞在哪裡啊?

    p.s. 這句話出現的文章大致上是在討論 : the future’s power is born of
    experiment, and the endless grudge match between fear and hope

6. 最後一個問題是這句話我完全無法抓到意思 迳

   Who better to get in touch with than an old flame?

   (這一篇文章是在說 the function of Facebook…People have found ways to
    reconnect with one another.)

不好意思，問題有點多，所以先謝謝耐心看完並幫我解答問題的各位大大們!

Thanks a lot!





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推 aranahall:考慮到某種情況時 可用given
→ dunchee:http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/given_3
→ dunchee:http://www.learnersdictionary.com/search/given
→ dunchee:(選 preposition)
→ dunchee:4 -> http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/say_1
→ dunchee:-> 8 SUG.......
→ dunchee:5 -> than we predicted (前頭的"change"重複用，可以省略
→ dunchee:，這是than的常用法)
→ dunchee:，這是than這類連接詞的常見用法)
→ dunchee:6.  http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/old
→ dunchee:4 ->裡頭有old flame. 剩下你的你可以從內文去推
→ initialdream:非常感謝各位的解答  I got all of them.