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
According to CNN.com, "Smoking even one cigarette a day during pregnancy can double the chance of sudden unexpected death for your baby,according to a new study analyzing over 20 million births, including over 19,000 unexpected infant deaths."Pulmonologist Dr. Cedric "Jamie" Rutland, a national spokesman for the American Lung Association, told the press,"One of the most compelling and most important points that I would take away from the study is that even smoking one or two cigarettes still had an effect on sudden infant death..."
短文翻譯
CNN消息稱，“懷孕期間每天哪怕是只抽一只煙都會加倍嬰兒猝死的幾率，一項新研究對兩千萬出生嬰兒進行分析，其中包括19000多例嬰兒死亡。”美國肺臟協會國家發言人、肺臟學家Cedric "Jamie" Rutland博士告訴記者“在該研究中我想強調地最驚人最重要的點之一就是即便是抽一兩根煙仍會對嬰兒猝死有影響。”
重點單詞
unexpected [??n?k?spekt?d]
adj.出乎意料的
infant death
嬰兒死亡
Lung Association
肺部協會
press [pres]
n.新聞界
compelling [k?m?pel??]
adj.不可抗拒的
have an effect on sth.
對……有影響
高階文段
"You can imagine what this mother can do or endure."How much longer will fables of valor be held up as an excuse for using mothers to prop up a failing system?Even if women can handle it, or at least appear outwardly to be handling it, does it really have to be this hard?How many fathers would find "enduring" to be a satisfying existence?American mothers have been the under-supported cog in the wheel of American capitalism for too long.We must now completely reimagine their role and start over.
短文翻譯
“你可以大膽地想象她的潛能和忍受能力。”英勇的寓言被視為利用母親來維持一個失敗的體制的借口，這樣的日子還要繼續到何時？就算女性能扛下來，或者至少表面上看還能扛下來，難道就一定要讓她們的處境如此艱難嗎？有多少父親會覺得“忍受”是一種令人滿意的生活狀態？美國的媽媽們充當美國資本主義車輪下的齒輪的時間太長了。我們必須現在就徹底重塑她們的角色，然后重新來過。
重點單詞
endure [?n?dj??(r)]
v.忍受，忍耐
excuse [?k?skju?s ]
n.借口
prop up =support
支持
outwardly [?a?tw?dli]
adv.表面上
a satisfying existence
一種讓人滿意的存在狀態
capitalism [?k?p?t?l?z?m]
n.資本主義
reimagine =re-+imagine
v.重新構想
