2022年考研人數逐年增加，競爭之激烈使得我們不得不加急復習的日程。眾所周知，閱讀理解占據了考研英語二100分試卷的一半分值，而考研英語閱讀文章大多來自英美國家的主流報刊雜志，所以如果能在日常就多多閱讀這些文章，對以后讀懂文章做對題目來說會大有裨益。但是對大多數備考的同學來說，剛開始投入復習，就去讀考試文章難度的新聞報刊，也是不現實、并且不符合循序漸進的學習規律的，所以我們會在每次推送中，給大家給出兩篇短文，一篇是初階水平（大致在初高中水平）；一篇是高階水平（四六級到考研水平）；同學們可以根據自己當前的情況，選擇其中一篇進行學習。
學習步驟如下：
1.不看漢語譯文自己看一遍短文做理解
2.看漢語譯文比對自己理解的意思與之出入
3.強化記憶重點單詞（以記憶其漢語意思為主）
初階文段
I had a letter from my sister yesterday. She lives in Nigeria. In her letter, she said that she would come to England next year. If she comes, she will get a surprise. We are now living in a beautiful new house in the country. Work on it had begun before my sister left. The house was completed five months ago. In my letter, I told her that she could stay with us. The house has many large rooms and there is a lovely garden. It is a very modern house, so it looks strange to some people. It must be the only modern house in the district.
短文翻譯
我昨天收到我姐姐的一封信。她住在尼日利亞。她在信中說她明年要來英國。如果她來，她會有一個驚喜。我們現在住在鄉下一所漂亮的新房子里。在我姐姐離開之前就已經開始動工了。這所房子是五個月前竣工的。在我的信中，我告訴她她可以和我們住在一起。這所房子有許多大房間，還有一個可愛的花園。這是一座非常現代的房子，所以有些人覺得它很奇怪。這一定是這個地區唯一的現代化住宅了。
重點單詞
surprise [s??pra?z]
n.意想不到(或突然)的事;
complete [k?m?pli?t]
v.完成; 結束;
modern [?m?dn]
adj.現代的; 當代的;
district [?d?str?kt]
n.地區; 區域;
高階文段
On the eve of his inauguration as president on Wednesday, Joe Biden has led a powerful tribute to more than four hundred thousand Americans who've died from the pandemic.Mr Biden said the U.S must heal as a nation.This is the scene in Washington where Joe Biden is to be sworn in as the 46th president of the United States.Security will be tighter than ever after last week's capital riots.
短文翻譯
在周三的總統就職典禮前夕，喬·拜登向死于新冠疫情的40多萬美國人致以崇高的敬意。拜登表示，美國必須愈合創傷。這里是華盛頓——喬·拜登即將宣誓就任美國第46任總統的場所。在上周的首都騷亂之后，華盛頓的安全措施將比以往任何時候都更加嚴格。
重點單詞
president [?d?str?kt]
n.總統; 國家主席;
tribute [?tr?bju?t]
n.(尤指對死者的)致敬，頌詞; 悼念; 致哀;
pandemic [p?n?dem?k]
n.(全國或全球性)流行病; 大流行病;
swear in
使宣誓就職;
security [s??kj??r?ti]
n.保護措施; 安全工作;
capital [?k?p?tl]
n.首都; 國都;
riot [?ra??t]
n.暴亂; 騷亂;
