計劃說明
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
As we had had a long walk through one of the markets of old Delhi, we stopped at a square to have a rest. After a time, we noticed a snake charmer with two large baskets at the other side of the square, so we went to have a look at him. As soon as he saw us, he picked up a long pipe which was covered with coins and opened one of the baskets. When he began to play a tune, we had our first glimpse of the snake. It rose out of the basket and began to follow the movements of the pipe. We were very much surprised when the snake charmer suddenly began to play jazz and modern pop songs. The snake, however, continued to 'dance' slowly. It obviously could not tell the difference between Indian music and jazz!
短文翻譯
我們在德里的一個市場里走了很長一段路后，我們在一個廣場停下來休息。過了一會兒，我們注意到廣場的另一邊有一個耍蛇的，手里拿著兩個大籃子，所以我們去看了看他。他一看見我們，就拿起一根長管子，上面蓋著硬幣，還打開一個籃子。當他開始演奏一首曲子時，我們第一眼看到了那條蛇。它從籃子里出來，開始跟著管子律動。當耍蛇人突然開始演奏爵士樂和現代流行歌曲時，我們非常驚訝。然而，蛇繼續緩慢地“跳舞”。它顯然無法區分印度音樂和爵士樂的不同！
重點單詞
notice [?n??t?s]
v.注意到
snake charmer
耍蛇人
glimpse [ɡl?mps]
v.一瞥，一看
obviously [??bvi?sli]
adv.顯然，明顯地
高階文段
The silence was suddenly broken when a large car, with its headlights on and its horn blaring, roared down the arcade. It came to a stop outside the jeweler's. One man stayed at the wheel while two others with black stockings over their faces jumped out and smashed the window of the shop with iron bars. While this was going on, Mr. Taylor was upstairs. He and his staff began throwing furniture out of the window. Chairs and tables went flying into the arcade. One of the thieves was struck by a heavy statue, but he was too busy helping himself to diamonds to notice any pain. The raid was all over in three minutes, for the men scrambled back into the car and it moved off at a fantastic speed. Just as it was leaving, Mr Taylor rushed out and ran after it throwing ashtrays and vases, but it was impossible to stop the thieves. They had got away with thousands of pounds worth of diamonds.
短文翻譯
突然之間打破了寧靜，一輛大轎車亮著前燈，響著喇叭，呼嘯著沖進了拱廊街，在珠寶店門口停了下來。一人留在駕駛座上，另外兩個用黑色長筒絲襪蒙面的人跳下車來。他們用鐵棒把商店櫥窗的玻璃砸碎。此時，泰勒先生正在樓上。他與店員動手向窗外投擲家具，椅子，桌子飛落花流水在拱廊街上。一個竊賊被一尊很重的雕像擊中，但由于他忙著搶鉆石首飾，竟連疼痛都顧不上了。這場搶劫只持續了 3 分鐘，因為竊賊爭先恐后地爬上轎車，以驚人的速度開跑了。就在轎車離開的時候，泰勒先生從店里沖了出來，跟在車后追趕，一邊還往車上扔煙灰缸、花瓶。但他已無法抓住那些竊賊了。他們已帶著價值數千鎊的首飾逃之夭夭了。
重點單詞
blare [ble?(r)]
v.發出（刺耳響亮的聲音）
scramble [?skr?mbl]
v.爬，攀登
move off
離開，離去
ashtray [???tre?]
n.煙灰缸
vase [vɑ?z]
n.花瓶
