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）
Both sides in the debate can twist the numbers. The antis point out that the number of people entering America legally or illegally (about in a year) is higher than at any time since the early years of the century. The pros reply that, as a proportion of the population, immigration is still relatively low by 20th-century standards.
More controversial is the origin of the new immigrants. Between 1810 and 1900, more than 80% of immigrants came from Europe. By the 1980s, the European share had dropped to 9%. The vast majority of America’s immigrants today come from Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. Does this matter? The antis think the mix is a danger to the fabric of American society. The pros think that view differs little from that of those who wrote darkly about the “alien hordes” from southern and Eastern Europe who would “steadily reduce the average intelligence of the country”.
短文翻譯
辯論的雙方都可以玩弄這些數字。反對者指出如今合法或者非法（大約每年100萬）進入美國的人口數量比自從這個世紀前幾年開始的任何時候都要多。支持者反駁道：作為人口的一部分，截止到 20世紀，移民比例依然處于相對較低的水平。
越來越受爭議的是移民的來源問題。從1810年至1900年，多于 80%的移民來自歐洲。到了20世紀80年代，移民中歐洲人所占比例下降到9%。如今，美國移民主要來自亞洲，拉丁美洲和加勒比。這重要嗎？反對者認為這種混合將對美國的社會結構造成威脅。支持者認為這種觀點與憂郁的預言從南歐和東歐入侵的“外星人”將拉低美國的文化知識水平的論斷沒什么兩樣。
重點單詞詳解
1.Antis ['?nt?]
n. 反對者
2.point out ……
指出……
3. a proportion of……
一部分……
4.Relatively ['rel?t?vl?]
adv. 相當地；相對地
5.Controversial [k?ntr?'v???(?)l]
adj. 有爭議的；有爭論的
6.Origin ['?r?d??n]
n. 起源；原點
7.The vast majority of……
大多數……
8.fabric [?f?br?k]
n.結構
9.Differ from
與...不同
10.Alien ['e?l??n]
n. 外國人，外僑；外星人
11.Steadily ['sted?l?]
adv. 穩定地；穩固地
12.Intelligence [?n'tel?d?(?)ns]
n. 智力；情報工作
