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雅思閱讀對于段落的考察要求比較低， 但是因為小標題題這種題型的存在， 烤鴨們在備考的時候，也要提高自己對于讀段落整體速度的能力。下面南京雅思培訓老師就帶大家一起看看下面這個例子。
例： （前方高能，句子有點長，請耐心讀完）
Second, litigation may no longer be quite the deterrent it once was. Criminal cases leading to jail terms for top executives are as rare as socialists at Goldman Sachs. And civil law has lost its bite. America has long used class-action （集體起訴）suits to punish firms and compensate consumers. Tort costs（侵權成本） born by firms are equivalent to about 2% of GDP a year, higher than in other countries（這塊本質而言都是讓步用的， 是在陳述的是litigation 的deterrent的性質，在讀的時候就應該提醒自己，這塊并非是陳述的重點）. Nonetheless（讀的時候的重點出現 開始轉折，論述litigation 的not deterrent it was once）, ife has got easier for firms. Arbitration clauses, in which customers and staff forfeit the right to pursue class actions, have become more common. Firms are more likely to extend cases to appeal, which can take up to a decade. One veteran class-action lawyer says that financial penalties have shrunk relative to the value of many firms, which in turn have risen as a result of a takeover wave. She complains that for the top 50 firms, the threat of a multi-billion-dollar legal settlement “doesn’t move the needle any more”
在讀 for the top 50 firms 這句話的時候需要注意， 這塊話之前之內都沒有轉折， 說明這句話和前面的句子本質而言都是方向一致的，所以move the needle 這個表述即使看不懂也沒有關系，反正論述的點都是在說明 litigation may no longer be quite the deterrent it once was.
順便說一下move the needle 是英文里面的俚語， 表示 帶來改變/ 產生變化 的意思。
OK，以上就是我給大家分享的雅思閱讀復習技巧，每個部分我都用了真題來論述，希望能對大家！
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