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
The public benefit of a functioning health system far outweighs any harm in impeding sellers from maximising their profits.
This was a point made to the University of Chicago's survey by one of the dissenting economists,who argued that it was fair to cap prices after a natural disaster."Efficiency is less important than distribution under such transitory conditions," said Angus Deaton, now a Nobel laureate.
In a global health crisis, his argument is even more compelling. Conventional morality—the revulsion against price gouging—trumps conventional economics.
短文翻譯
一個正常運轉的醫療系統所帶來的公共利益,遠遠超過了阻礙銷售商實現利潤最大化所帶來的危害。
這是一位持不同意見的經濟學家在芝加哥大學的調查中提出的觀點,他認為,在自然災害之后限制價格是公平的。
諾貝爾獎得主安格斯·迪頓表示:“在這種暫時的情況下,效率不如分配重要。
在一場全球健康危機中,他的觀點更加令人信服。傳統道德——對哄抬物價的反感——勝過傳統經濟學。
重點單詞
outweigh [?a?t?we?]
v.重于,大于,超過
impede [?m?pi?d]
v.阻礙,阻止
dissent [d??sent]
v.(對官方意見) 不同意,持異議;
transitory [?tr?nz?tri]
adj.暫時的; 片刻的; 轉瞬即逝的;
revulsion [r??v?l?n]
n.嫌惡; 惡心; 驚恐;
文段 II
Don’t waste a good crisis
Big tech firms are thriving. They should seize the moment and detoxify their relations with society.
The pandemic will have many losers, but it already has one clear winner: big tech. The large digital platforms, including Alphabet and Facebook, will come out of the crisis even stronger. They should use this good fortune to reset their sometimes testy relations with their users. Otherwise big government, the other beneficiary of the covid calamity, is likely to do it for them.
短文翻譯
不要在危機中浪費好機會
大型科技公司正在蓬勃發展。應抓住時機,消除與社會的關系。
這場流行病將導致許多輸家,但已經有了一個明顯的贏家:大型科技公司。包括Alphabet和Facebook在內的大型數字平臺在渡過危機后將更加強大。他們應該充分發揮這種上升運勢來重新調整與用戶之間有時會出現的緊張關系。否則,“大政府”——冠狀病毒災難的另一個受益者——可能會代他們做這件事。
重點單詞
thrive [θra?v]
超過興旺發達,繁榮
detoxify [?di??t?ks?fa?]
v.解毒; 去毒; 除去…的毒素; 戒毒; 戒酒
reset [?ri??set]
v.調整,重新設置
beneficiary [?ben??f???ri]
n.受益者; 受惠人; 遺產繼承人
calamity [k??l?m?ti]
n.災難; 災禍;