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Word文档下载后（可任意编辑） 第 第 PAGE 1 页 共 NUMPAGES 1 页 GRE阅读练习： 西班牙面临加泰分裂危机 GRE考试模拟：GRE阅读练习： 西班牙面临加泰分裂危机 GRE考试精品课程训练  Even though the spectre of secession is an unwelcome distraction, Spain still needs to change  分裂的阴影分散了西班牙的注意力，尽管不受欢迎，但这个国家依旧需要变革  George Orwell, a British writer, fought in the trenches in the Spanish civil war to defend Catalonia from General Franco. He would surely be saddened by what is going on in that beautiful, cultured corner of Spain. On November 25th Catalans will vote in a regional election called as an unofficial referendum on independence. Since Catalonia represents a big chunk of the euro zone’s fourth-largest economy, and since Spain is in the front-line of efforts to save the euro, the vote and its aftermath will be felt farther afield.  英国作家乔治·奥威尔曾经参加过西班牙内战，保卫过加泰罗尼亚，抵御了佛朗哥将军的部队。如果他还在世，定会为在这个美丽文明的西班牙东北角上演的悲剧而痛心。11月25日加泰罗尼亚人将进行地区性选举，也作非正式独立公投。由于加泰罗尼亚是欧元区第四大经济体西班牙的重要一部分，且西班牙又处在拯救欧元行动的前线，无疑这次投票及其结果都将产生及其深远的影响。  What could be wrong with 7.5m people with their own language and culture choosing to become a nation-state? At first blush, it is hard to object to what Catalan nationalists call the “right to decide”. In fact, there are many reasons why Catalans should not waste their energy trying to break away from Spain. Start by recalling Orwell’s definition of nationalism as “power-hunger tempered by self-deception”。  加泰罗尼亚拥有750万人口和属于自己的语言，选择独立何错之有?乍一看，似乎很难反驳加泰罗尼亚民族主义者所谓的“自主决定权”。事实上，有很多理由解释了为什么加泰罗尼亚不应该在争取独立这件事上耗费精力。首先回顾一下奥威尔对于名族主义的定义：“一种因自欺而产生的权利饥渴”。  Under Spain’s constitution of 1978, Catalonia enjoys more self-government than almost any other corner of Europe. It runs its own schools, hospitals, police, prisons and cultural institutions. It lacks only tax-raising powers and the Ruritanian trappings of statehood, which nationalist politicians appear to be hungry for. As for the self-deception, this is sometimes farcical: Catalan public television offers a weather forecast that includes provinces that have b