Diners seated on stools typically do not linger over dinner as long as diners seated at standard tables.as long as可以表示只要，做连词，后面接句子，如：As long as you do that, then the rest is kind of simple and easy.; 也可以表示和……一样长。
many farmers in these areas are likely to reduce their output as the water supply they need in order to maintain production shrinks.they need in order to maintain production做定语修饰water supply，shrinks做water supply的谓语动词。as做不了介词表示作为，是，就只能做连词，表示因为/像……一样。这个时候需要找后面从句的谓语动词。
Most agricultural practices in areas with water shortages are water intensive.大多数农业操作在这个缺水区域的是水密集型的。intensive，集中的，集约的。labor/capital/technology/water intensive，劳动力/资金/技术/水密集型
have nothing to do with 与……无关，
CR核心：抱怨争议报道，但观众并不是因此减少。
A，其他社交网络也报告了观众数量的下降。 CR：这里没有说是其他也做了矛盾报道的社交网络，所以应该看成是不管是报道了还是没报道的其他社交网络都经历了观众数量的下降。说明观众数量下降并不是由于报道引起的。
看来用其他人如何如何来推理的选项也不是必然要被排除的。其他人都是/不是A，所以我也是/不是A，错误；我遭受某种结果，其他人也遭受了这种结果，说明我遭受这种结果并不是因为某个我独有的原因，ok。
98 percent of men and 75 percent of women who were born in the country, by the time they reached adulthood, had been attacked by the birds
如果不加“，”那么就是adulthood had been attached by the birds.
the spare tire is exactly the same make and model as the tires that are mounted on the wheels.备用轮胎和已安装在轮子上的轮胎是同样的款式。make做名词，品牌，型号；spare，备用的，闲置的；mount，山，嵌入，安装
When people who have purchased a carefully designed luxury automobile need to replace a worn part of it, they almost invariably replace it with a part of exactly the same make and type. worn，用旧的，磨损的，坏掉的；invariably，不变地，总是，必然地
It offers a conclusion that is no more than a paraphrase of one of the pieces of information provided in its support.它提供了一个结论，这个结论只是对用来支持该结论的部分信息的解释/转述。
It takes a condition to be the effect of something that happened only after the condition already existed.它把条件作为事情的结果，这件事情只有在该条件已经具备的情况下才会发生。（先有鸡还是先有蛋？）
It makes a distinction that presupposes the truth of the conclusion that is to be established.它做了一个区分，预先假设了结论的真实性。
Regularly seeing "Thank you" written on their bills would not lead restaurant patrons to revert to their earlier tipping habits.
经常性的看到账单上的“Thank you”不会改变餐厅顾客之前的消费习惯；取反，如果经常看到“thank you”会改变他们的小费习惯的话，servers的收入就会增加了；反之则不会增加
to cover their projected administrative costs 覆盖预计的行政成本。project，预计；表达
Since each month on average slightly more than 10 percent of Enterprise's customers overdraw their accounts,因为每月略多于10%的企业客户会透支他们的账户。slightly，修饰more，略多于
if a case is won, the firm usually receives more than it would have received if it had been paid on the alternate hourly rate basis.
if现在+then 现在；if had+then would have表过去没发生过的情况
比较对象处于不同的时态，ok
the decision may be appealed.决定可能被上诉。
appeal，上诉；吸引
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c a preference for ，非要用in 可以 the preferences in ， 且 either 放在动词以后