现既定目标的实用性。
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■ Words and Phrases: 1. knowledge economy (also knowledge-based economy (L10): 知识经济 2. knowledge capital (L11): 知识资本 3. be interwoven with (L19): 与……交织在一起 4. social capital (L19): 社会资本 5. be detrimental (to) (L29): (对……)有害的 6. primary health care (L38): 初级保健护理 7. psychosocial care (L38): 心理疏导，心理干预， 心理护理 8. poverty alleviation (L41): 扶贫 9. high-yielding (L47): 高产的，高收益的
翻译： 面对全球知识经济的到来，一个国家创造和运用 知识资本的能力是可持续发展不可或缺的，其重 要性不亚于物质资本和金融资本的获取。
Language Points 2. However, many practices disappear only
because of the intrusion of foreign technologies or development concepts that promise short-term gains or solutions to problems that they cannot sustain. (Para. D) promise: to signify that a situation or event may have a particular quality or to be that particular thing 翻译：然而，很多本土习俗的绝迹仅仅是因 为外来技术或发展理念的侵入所导致。 因为这些技术或理念能带来短期效益 或解燃眉之急，但都不可持续。
当地农民觉得，本地品种在更为恶劣的气候 翻译：
条件下依然可以生长。尽管产量低，但平均 产量远可以弥补引进品种绝产所造成的损失。
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4. …— and critically validate it against the usefulness for their intended objectives. (Para. I) validate: to prove and confirm the value or worth of against: according to
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■ Words and Phrases: 10. crop failure (L49): 欠收 11. variance (L50): 变异，变化 12. be susceptible to (L50): 易受……影响的，易 患……疾病的 13. development agent (L62): 传承代理人，传承者， 传承部门 14. private sector (L63): （经济的）私营部分，私营 部门 15. override (L72): 推翻，撤销
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3. The loss of an entire crop was considered by farming community as more than offset by the lower, average yields of the local variety that performed also under more extreme conditions. (Para. G) According to the local farmers, the local variety could also grow under more extreme conditions and its lower, average yields could more than compensate for the loss of the introduced crop.
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■ Sentences：
1. In the emerging global economy a country’s ability to build and mobilize knowledge capital is as essential for sustainable development as the availability of physical and financial capital. (Para. B) In the emerging global economy, knowledge capital, physical capital, and financial capital are equally important for the sustainable development of a country.