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The article opens and closes with descriptions of two news reports, each making one major point in contrast with the other.

译文：

本文开头和结尾叙述了两篇新闻报道，每篇均与另一篇在一个主要问题上有着显著的差异。

点睛：

介词短语with descriptions of...为谓语opens and closes的方式状语。each making...相当于two news reports的后置定语，可以看成是非限定性定语从句each of which makes one major point in contrast with the other的省略形式，其中in contrast with意为“和…构成对比”。

考点归纳：

与名词contrast相关的常见短语还有：

*by contrast相比之下
The old house was spacious; by contrast the new apartment seems cramped.
老房子很宽敞，相比之下，新公寓看起来很狭窄。

*contrast between...之间的差别
The contrast between the two brothers surprised me.
雨兄弟之间的差别让我大吃一惊。

*in contrast to和…相比
Lisa is quite short, in contrast to her mother who is tall．
莉萨很矮，相比之下她母亲却很高挑。