读新闻学英文

对，把字词放在语境中对学语言帮助很大。

我平时其实不读中英对照。 为了贴这里懒省事才找纽约时报。 对照着读也不错。

美国大学校园抗议给民主党带来挑战 College Protests Over Gaza Deepen Democratic Rifts

1. 3. But since the Hamas-led attack on Israel on Oct. 7, and the Israeli military response that has killed more than 30,000 people, according to local authorities, the fight over American policy toward Israel has been especially pronounced on the left.
但自从去年10月7日哈马斯领导对以色列的袭击，以及以色列做出军事回应以来，美国对以色列政策引起的争论在左翼人士之间尤为激烈。据当地政府称，以色列的军事行动已造成3万多人死亡。

pronounced: 明显/显著. very noticeable or marked; conspicuous. 文中译为“激烈”。


2. Most Democrats say they both support free speech and condemn antisemitism, and consider criticism of the Israeli government to be fair game. But in seeking to address an intractable conflict marked by competing historical narratives, debates over how to distinguish between legitimate criticism of Israel and antisemitic speech are fraught and reaching a fever pitch on campus.
大多数民主党人表示，他们既支持言论自由，也谴责反犹太主义，并认为对以色列政府的批评是公平的。但是，面对这场以针锋相对的历史叙事为特征的鏖战，对以色列的合理批评和反犹主义言论有何分别成了一种令人忧心的辩论，并在大学校园里达到了白热化的程度。

intractable: 難駕馭的；難對付的；難解決的
We are facing an intractable problem. 我們面臨著一個棘手的問題。

tractable: 易處理的；易控制的；易勸服的
The problem turned out to be less tractable than I had expected. 這個問題最後處理起來遠比我預期棘手。

（"tract" 这个词根的意思是: to drag, to pull）


3. Nowhere have those tensions been more clear than at Columbia University, which has become both an epicenter of the protest movement and a focal point for its detractors.
这种紧张关系在哥伦比亚大学表现得最为明显，该校既是抗议运动的中心，也是批评者的焦点。

detractor: 惡意批評者，貶低者
His detractors claim that his fierce temper makes him unsuitable for leadership.
他的批評者聲稱他脾氣暴躁，不適合做領袖。

（detract --- 字面意思 to pull down）

haha, if you're not at the table, you're on the menu.
我们中文说酒桌上谈生意， 逐字直译就麻烦了。

“在车行讨价还价”？ 厉害。我们只用emails 问价。 那么，新车到手了？