重點講解：

administrative
adj. 管理的，行政的
Other industries have had to sack managers to reduce administrative costs.
其他行業(yè)已不得不解雇管理人員來減少管理成本。
This ensures that any further administrative operations from the toolkit can not be performed.
這樣可確保不能從工具集執(zhí)行任何進一步的管理操作。
recognition
n. 識別；承認，認出；重視；贊譽；公認
He searched for a sign of recognition on her face, but there was none.
他在她的臉上搜尋她認出來的跡象，但沒有。
His government did not receive full recognition by the United States until July.
他的政府直到7月才得到美國的完全承認。
sophistication
n. 復雜；詭辯；老于世故；有教養(yǎng)
It would take many decades to build up the level of education and sophistication required.
要花好幾十年的時間來逐步達到所需要的教育和發(fā)展水平。
Languages are not just differing codes, but subjective symbols, associated with issues such as coolness, sophistication, and broader horizons.
語言不僅僅為不同的代碼，還是主觀符號，與涼爽、復雜和更寬視野等主觀感覺相關。

美國文化：

聽證會起源于英美，是一種把司法審判的模式引入行政和立法程序的制度。聽證會模擬司法審判，由意見相反的雙方互相辯論，其結果通常對最后的處理有拘束力。出了本段視頻，我們還可以在《聞香識女人》的末尾找到關于聽證會的內容，就是那段著名的演講。