【题源1】What is distinctive about Li's work in general is the contrast between its emotional intensity and its calm, measured tone.

【翻译】总的来说，李的作品*独特的地方，就是其强烈的情感与平缓的语气所形成的反差。

【重要词汇】

1)work：n. 作品，著作a book, piece of music, painting, etc.

[例]She’s an artist whose work I really admire. 她这位艺术家的作品令我赞赏不已。

2)measured：adj. 谨慎小心的slow and careful, controlled

[例]He walked down the corridor with measured steps. 他迈着缓慢而匀称的脚步沿着走廊走去。

【句子难点】

emotional intensity与calm, measured之间划线，上面打负号，负号指向contrast。

【题源2】【So perhaps the lesson is that, rather than wanting their monarchy to emulate its modernized Scandinavian counterparts, the British public cherishes it most when it is most anachronistic.】The Queen Mother herself practiced a brand of majesty in which glimpses of personality never went further than that—yet she remained more popular than her ostentatiously human descendants.

【翻译】所以这个教训或许是，British的民众并不希望他们的君主制模仿Scandinavian的现代化制度，在君主制*过时的时候，他们最爱护的就是这个体制。Queen Mother（伊丽莎白一世），实行了一系列威严的政策，这使得对她印象的初步认识也从来没有超过这一点。然而跟后来几位过分平凡的君主相比，她却更受人民所爱戴。

[例]She hopes to emulate her sister’s sporting achievements. 他希望在运动成绩上面赶上她姐姐。

[例]The Foreign Minister held talks with his Chinese counterpart. 外交部长于中国外交部长举行了会议。

3)anachronistic：n. 过时的 a person, a custom or an idea that seems old-fashioned and does not belong to the present

[例]The monarchy is seen by many people as an anachronism in the modern world. 许多人认为君主制在现代世界不合时宜。

4)personality：n. 特点the qualities of a place or thing that make it interesting and different

[例]The problem with many modern buildings is that they lac personality. 许多现代建筑物的问题是缺乏特色。

【句子难点】

一是喜欢一个过时的制度，二是不希望这个制度现代化。