2021考研英語長難句復習（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的事例很少。但是很難想象，當今幾個石油公司合并了，會再次同樣威脅到競爭，在美國近一個世紀前人們就擔心這個威脅，那時美國標準石油信托公司被迫解散。

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　　但是很難想象，當今病毒傳播全世界，會再次同樣威脅到人類，在2003年人們就擔心這個威脅，那時SARS很嚴重。