But science does provide us with the best available guide to the future, and it is critical that our nation and the world base important policies on the best judgments that science can provide concerning the future consequences of present actions. #anki

• available /əˈveɪləbl/ adj. 可以利用的，可获得的， 可购得的，可找到的；有空的
• unavailable /ˌʌnəˈveɪləbl/ adj. 不能利用的，难以获得的；忙的
• critical /ˈkrɪtɪk(ə)l/ adj. 至关重要的，关键的；批判的，爱挑剔
• judgment /ˈdʒʌdʒmənt/ n. 判断；辨别力
• concerning /kənˈsɜːnɪŋ/ prep. 关于，涉及
• consequence /ˈkɒnsɪkwəns/ n. 结果；重要性
• present /ˈpreznt/ adj. 当前的；现存的；礼物

翻译：但是科学确实为我们提供了关于未来最好的可行性指导，而且至关重要的是，我们国家和整个世界在做重要决策时，应该以科学能够提供的关于人类当前行为对未来影响的最佳判断为依据。

简化：But science does provide us with the best available guide to the future, and it is critical that our nation and the world base important policies on the best judgments that science can provide concerning the future consequences of present actions.

A century ago, Freud formulated his revolutionary theory that dreams were the disguised shadows of our unconscious desires and fears; by the late 1970s, neurologists had switched to thinking of them as just “mental noise”—the random byproducts of the neural-repair work that goes on during sleep. #anki

• formulate /ˈfɔːmjuleɪt/ v. 确切地阐述；构想出，规划
• revolutionary /ˌrevəˈluːʃənəri/ adj. 革命性的，创新的；革命的
• revolution /ˌrevəˈluːʃn/ n. 革命
• disguise /dɪsˈɡaɪz/ v./n. 伪装，掩饰
• neurologist /njʊəˈrɒlədʒɪst/ n. 神经病学家
• neural /ˈnjʊərəl/ adj. 神经的；神经系统的，神经中枢的
• shadows 阴影

翻译：一个世纪前，弗洛伊德阐述了他革命性的理论——梦是人们无意识的欲望和恐惧经伪装后的影子；到了 20 世纪 70 年代末期，神经病学家们转而认为它们（梦）仅仅是“精神噪声”——在睡眠期间进行神经修复活动的随机副产品。

简化：A century ago, Freud formulated his revolutionary theory that dreams were the disguised shadows of our unconscious desires and fears; by the late 1970s, neurologists had switched to thinking of them as just “mental noise”—the random byproducts of the neural-repair work that goes on during sleep.

As a linguist, he acknowledges that all varieties of human language, including non-standard ones like Black English, can be powerfully expressive—there exists no language or dialect in the world that cannot convey complex ideas. #anki

• linguist /ˈlɪŋɡwɪst/ n. 语言学家
• dialect /ˈdaɪəlekt/ n. 方言

翻译：作为语言学家，他承认各种各样的人类语言，包括像黑人英语这样的非标准语言，都具有强大的表达力——世界上没有表达不了复杂思想的语言或方言。

简化：As a linguist, he acknowledges that all varieties of human language, including non-standard ones like Black English, can be powerfully expressive—there exists no language or dialect in the world that cannot convey complex ideas.

Rodriguez notes that children in remote villages around the world are fans of superstars like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Garth Brooks, yet “some Americans fear that immigrants living within the United States remain somehow immune to the nation’s assimilative power.” #anki

• somehow /ˈsʌmhaʊ/ adv. 不知为什么；不知怎么地
• assimilative /əˈsɪmɪlətɪv/ adj. 同化的

翻译：罗德里格斯指出，世界各地偏远村庄的孩子们都是诸如阿诺德·施瓦辛格和加斯·布鲁克斯等超级明星的粉丝，然而“一些美国人担心，住在美国的移民仍然以某种方式不受这个国家同化力量的影响”。

简化：Rodriguez notes that children in remote villages around the world are fans of superstars like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Garth Brooks, yet “some Americans fear that immigrants living within the United States remain somehow immune to the nation’s assimilative power.”