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
Business Insider reports that a rumor which started online and has since gone viral is at the heart of the KFC free food scam.
KFC South Africa has discredited reports that a student was arrested after pretending to be an executive from the fast-food brand to get free food from restaurants around Durban, South Africa.The Daily Mail reported that the now-viral story was spurred by media coverage that began with a "rumor"saying a 27-year-old man entered KFC stores and told employees that he worked in the fast-food company's head office before testing food in the kitchen. KFC South Africa tweeted:"It would be legendary if only it were true. Fake is as far as it gets with this story."
短文翻譯
《商業內幕》報道肯德基免費食品騙局始于在網上迅速傳播開來的謠言。南非肯德基公司否認了一名學生因假裝是該快餐品牌主管并以此從南非德班各店獲取免費食物而被捕的報道。《每日郵報》報道稱這則迅速走紅的新聞是由媒體相關報道所引發的報道稱一名27歲男性走進KFC并告知工作人員他在該公司總部工作之后便進入廚房試吃。南非肯德基在推特上表示：“如果這是真的，那將成為一個傳奇。這個故事的主要特征就是假。”
重點單詞
go viral
走紅
discredit [d?s?kred?t]
v.敗壞…的名聲; 使喪失信譽;
arrest [??rest]
v.拘留，逮捕
executive [?ɡ?zekj?t?v]
n.經理
media coverage
媒體報道
legendary [?led??ndri]
n.傳奇，傳說
高階文段
America is failing moms.
Let's start over.
In 1974, humorist Erma Bombeck published a syndicated newspaper column that outlines the lives of American mothers whether they’ve read it or not.In "When God Created Mothers," Bombeck describes God making a mother with the help of an angel."She has to be completely washable, but not
plastic.Have 180 movable parts...all replaceable," God tells the angel."Run on black coffee and leftovers.Have a lap that disappears when she stands up.
短文翻譯
美國正在辜負母親這一群體
那就讓我們從頭開始吧
1974年，幽默作家艾爾瑪·邦貝克在報紙上發表了一篇一稿多投的專欄文章，這篇文章堪稱概括了所有美國母親的生活面貌，無論她們看過這篇文章與否。邦貝克在這篇題為“上帝創造母親時”的文章中寫到，上帝在天使的幫助下創造了一位母親。“她必須完全可以水洗，但不能是塑料材質的。要有180個可移動的組建——還都要是可更換的組建，”上帝對天使說道。“用清咖啡和剩菜就能養活。有站起身來就會消失的游泳圈。
重點單詞
newspaper column
報刊專欄
outline [?a?tla?n]
v.概括
completely [k?m?pli?tli]
adv.徹底地
plastic [?pl?st?k]
adj.塑料的
replaceable [r??ple?s?bl]
adj.可替換的
leftover
剩菜
