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。
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）
文段一
Ruth Simmons joined Goldman Sachs's board as an outside director in January 2000; a year later she became president of Brown University. For the rest of the decade she apparently managed both roles without attracting much criticism. But by the end of 2009 Ms. Simmons was under fire for having sat on Goldman's compensation committee; how could she have let those enormous bonus payouts pass unremarked? By February the next year Ms. Simmons had left the board. The position was just taking up too much time, she said.
短文翻譯
Ruth Simmons 于 2000 年 1 月加入 Goldman Sachs 公司董事會，成為一名外部董事。一年后，她成為布朗大學的校長。在隨后的幾年，她很明顯扮演兩個角色，但并未受到多少批評。但是到了 2009 年底，Simmons女士卻由于擔任 Goldman 公司薪酬委員會委員而受到人們強烈抨擊；她怎能在無人注意的情況下輕易發放如此巨額的獎金呢？到了第二年 2 月，Simmons 女士便離開了 Goldman 公司董事會。她說，該職位占用了她自己太多的時間。
重點單詞
director [d??rekt?(r)]
n.董事會成員
criticism [?kr?t?s?z?m]
n.批評; 批判; 責備; 指責;
compensation [?k?mpen?se??n]
n.補償(或賠償)物;(尤指) 賠償金，補償
enormous [??n??m?s]
adj.巨大的; 龐大的; 極大的
unremarked [??nr??mɑ?kt]
adj.未被注意的
文段 II
Outside directors are supposed to serve as helpful, yet less biased, advisers on a firm's board. Having made their wealth and their reputations elsewhere, they presumably have enough independence to disagree with the chief executive's proposals. If the sky, and the share price, is falling, outside directors should be able to give advice based on having weathered their own crises.
短文翻譯
外部董事在公司董事會中應該扮演有益而又相對公正的顧問角色。由于他們在其他地方已經獲得了財富，并且贏得了聲譽，因此他們有足夠的獨立性來反對首席執行官的提議。如果公司經營不佳，股價下跌，外部董事還應根據自己克服危機的經驗給出建議。
重點單詞
be supposed to
應該做某事
biased [?ba??st]
adj.有偏見的; 傾向性的;
reputation [?repju?te??n]
n.名譽; 名聲;
presumably [pr??zju?m?bli]
adv.很可能; 大概; 想必是
independence [??nd??pend?ns]
n.獨立; 獨立(之日); 自主; 自立
