13.Progress in both areas is undoubtedly necessary for the social, political, and intellectual development of these and all other societies; however, the conventional view that education should be one of the very highest priorities for promoting rapid economic development in poor countries is wrong.

【分析】并列復(fù)合句。分號連接兩個(gè)并列分句。前一分句是簡單句，其主干為Progress is necessary…,for…為該分句的的狀語；后一分句的主干為the conventional view... is wrong, that引導(dǎo)的同位語從句補(bǔ)充說明view。

【譯文】對于這些國家及所有其他國家的社會、政治和學(xué)術(shù)發(fā)展來說，經(jīng)濟(jì)和教育這兩個(gè)領(lǐng)域取得的進(jìn)步無疑 都是必需的。然而，認(rèn)為在貧窮國家里，教育應(yīng)該放在首位以推動經(jīng)濟(jì)增長的傳統(tǒng)觀點(diǎn)是錯(cuò)誤的。

【點(diǎn)撥】priority是重點(diǎn)詞匯，意思是"優(yōu)先（權(quán)）重點(diǎn)；優(yōu)先考慮的事”，a high/top priority指“優(yōu)先考慮的事",give top priority to 指“優(yōu)先考慮”，have/take priority over “比...優(yōu)先”。

【臨摹】重傷人員比輕傷人員優(yōu)先得到治療。

14.The findings of a research institution have consistently shown that workers in all countries can be trained on the job to achieve radically higher productivity and, as a result,radically higher standards of living.

【分析】復(fù)合句。該句的主干是The findings have shown that…,其中that引導(dǎo)賓語從句。從句中的to achieve...作目的狀語，其中as a result為插入語。

【譯文】一家研究所的研究結(jié)果一貫表明：所有國家的工人都可以通過在崗培訓(xùn)從根本上提高生產(chǎn)率,從而從根本上提高生活水平。

【點(diǎn)撥】consistently指“一致地；一貫地，始終如一地”，對應(yīng)的形容詞consistent常與with搭配，表示“與...相符合的”