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
New York Jets linebacker Brandon Copeland has a Wall Street background, runs his own real-estate business, and teaches a financial-literacy class at Wharton.According to Business Insider, the NFL player also saves nearly all of his income.When he's asked for money advice, Copeland keeps it simple.His main piece of advice is to track all of your expenses.He said, "Think about every single dollar, don't even think about income — think about how much money is spent."
短文翻譯
紐約噴氣機隊中后衛布蘭登·科普蘭擁有在華爾街工作的背景、經營他個人的房地產公司并在沃頓商學院教授財務知識課程。據“Business Insider”報道,這位美國職業橄欖球大聯盟球員還將他的絕大多數收入都存了起來。當科普蘭被問及金錢方面的建議時,他的回答很簡單。他的主要建議是跟蹤你所有的開支。他說,“想一想每一元錢,而不要去想收入——想一想花出去了多少錢。”
重點單詞
run his business
經營他的企業
real estate
房地產,實業
financial-literacy
財務知識
income [??nk?m]
n.收入
expense [?k?spens]
n.費用,開銷
高階文段
Loneliness is a widespread problem with complex roots.There has been a quiet pandemic developing while most people’s attention has been on covid-19. The lockdown has worsened a problem that has been spreading in many developed nations for decades: loneliness.
It is a complex issue which covers not only social lives, but ①the way you work and ②the way you vote. Noreena Hertz, an academic, tackles the subject in an important new book, “The Lonely Century”.
Loneliness increases the risk of heart disease, strokes and dementia. Those ③who say they are lonely are likelier to be depressed five years later. In addition, lonely people can become more hostile towards others and more attracted to extremist politics.
短文翻譯
孤獨是一個普遍存在的問題,其根源很復雜。當大多數人的注意力都集中在新冠肺炎上時,一場悄無聲息的流行病正在蔓延。封鎖加劇了在許多發達國家蔓延了幾十年的問題:孤獨。
這是一個復雜的問題,不僅涉及社會生活,還涉及你的工作方式和投票方式。學者諾瑞娜·赫茲在一本重要的新書《孤獨的世紀》中探討了這個問題。
孤獨會增加患心臟病、中風和癡呆癥的風險。那些說自己孤獨的人更有可能在五年后抑郁。此外,孤獨的人會變得更加敵視他人,更容易被極端政治所吸引。
重點單詞
lockdown [?l?kda?n]
n.封城,活動限制
complex issue
復雜的問題
①the way you work
②the way you vote
the way做先行詞,即被修飾的名詞,表示……的方式
①工作的方式
②投票的方式
heart disease
心臟病
③who say they are lonely
做定語從句修飾前面的Those,表示:那些說自己孤獨的人
be likelier to do sth.
更有可能做某事
hostile [?h?sta?l]
adj.敵對的
extremist politics
極端主義政治