2021考研英語長難句復(fù)習(xí)（一五零）

　　

　　Examples of benefits or costs of the current concentration wave are scanty. Yet it is hard to imagine that the merger of a few oil firms today could re-create the same threats to competition that were feared nearly a century ago in the U.S., when the Standard Oil Trust was broken up.

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　　證明目前這股合并浪潮是帶來利益還是付出代價(jià)的事例很少。但是很難想象，當(dāng)今幾個(gè)石油公司合并了，會(huì)再次同樣威脅到競爭，在美國近一個(gè)世紀(jì)前人們就擔(dān)心這個(gè)威脅，那時(shí)美國標(biāo)準(zhǔn)石油信托公司被迫解散。

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　　但是很難想象，當(dāng)今病毒傳播全世界，會(huì)再次同樣威脅到人類，在2003年人們就擔(dān)心這個(gè)威脅，那時(shí)SARS很嚴(yán)重。