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近读Economist，打算出一本关于Economist 英文特点，词汇，句式乃至段落的教材。 想法一出，立即展开批判性的阅读。 现将今日阅读收获与读者分享，请青岛北京雅思的同学认真阅读，请other readers多提宝贵意见： 插入成分 And this, whether it is motivated by obstinacy, denial or a sober calculation of the strategic stakes in Iraq, is a good thing. The new American commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus, must report to Congress in mid-September on how his campaign is going. Advocates of quitting say that after losing more than 3,000 soldiers and spending more than $300 billion America has already failed and should therefore depart. So why, instead of waiting two months for the generals report, have politicians in Washington allowed the debate to take on such a frantic new character? 前置成分： WHEN a war such as the one in Iraq turns bad, there is not always a particular moment that defines the point of defeat. If anything, it has so far been a modest success. As John McCain told the Senate this week after a visit to Iraq, the new strategy has been an improvement on the one it replaced. | 
