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wyxhwUID: 121913

1:If we observe the actions of men, whether as individuals or as groups, and whether scientists or non-scientists, we find that they frequently fall into avoidable error because of a failure to reason correctly.

question: as means what?

2:The whole industrial process which makes many of the goods and machines we need and use in our daily lives, is bound to creat a number of waste products which upset the environmental balance, or the ecological balance as it is also known.

question: I cannot understand what "as it is also known."mean


3:Even the "radical" critiques of this mainstream research model, such as the critique developed in Divided Society, attach the issue of ethnic assimilation too mechanically to factors of economic and social mobility and are thus unable to illuminate the cultural subordination of Puerto Ricans as a colonial minority.

question:whether exist usage "illuminate A as B ",? what as mean?

gdhdannyUID: 125843

1. the first 'as' means to be the role of

2. 'as is also known' means 'people also know that'

Again, strongly recommend you to look up references in M-W.

wyxhwUID: 121913

how to improve english reading? can you give me some advices?

pinkoliviaUID: 174664

Do treat the reading materials as ur beloved lover,feel them,take care of them ......