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
When a friend told Aleacia Jenkins about an obscure Californian company that was asking for blood donations from people who have recovered from the virus to help researchers develop tests for antibodies, she didn't hesitate.
But what she did not know at the time was that the company, Cantor BioConnect, was selling those donations to laboratories and test manufacturers at sometimes exorbitant prices: from $350 up to $40,000 for a rare samplefrom a single donor.
Cantor BioConnect said its prices were directly related to the “high costs” of its supply chain, which includes finding donors, testing the samples, safety costs and shipping logistics.
短文翻譯
當阿萊加斯·詹金斯從一位朋友那里得知，加州一家不知名的公司正呼吁新冠康復者獻血，以幫助研究人員開發抗體測試，她毫不猶豫地加入了。
然而，她當時并不知道，這家名為康托爾生物連接（Cantor BioConnect）的公司，正在把捐贈的血液以高得離譜的價格出售給實驗室和檢測試劑盒制造商：單個捐贈者的血樣價格起步350美元，稀有樣本可賣到4萬美元。
該公司表示，其價格與供應鏈的“高成本”直接相關，包括尋找捐贈者、檢測樣本、安全成本和配送物流。
重點單詞
obscure [?b?skj??]
adj. 不知名的，不重要的
donation [d???ne???n]
n. 捐贈，捐獻；捐贈物
hesitate [?hez?te?t]
vi. 猶豫，遲疑
manufacturers[?m?nju?f?kt??r?(r)]
n. 制造商
exorbitant [?ɡ?z??b?t?nt]
adj. （要價等）過高的；（性格等）過分的
supply chain
供應鏈；供給鏈；供需鏈
文段 II
Britain’s hospital radio stations are one of the less well-known features of its health system: tiny operations, staffed by volunteers, that you would never know existed unless you’d been a patient here.
Patients can normally listen to the shows, which are heavy on chart music and old hits, using headphones connected to an entertainment unit beside their beds. In some cases, the shows are even played out of speakers on the wards or in the emergency room waiting area.
短文翻譯
英國的醫院廣播電臺是其醫療系統鮮為人知的特色之一：電臺的規模很小，員工都是志愿者，如果你沒有住過院，可能都不知道還有這種電臺的存在。
通常，病床旁娛樂部件上連有耳機，住院患者可戴上耳機收聽電臺節目，這些節目大多是榜單音樂和懷舊金曲。有時，這些節目還會在病房或急診室的等待區公放。
重點單詞
Feature [?fi?t??(r)]
n. 特色，容貌vi. 起重要作用
Operation [??p??re??n]
n. 操作；經營
Chart[t?ɑ?t]
n. 圖表；vt. 繪制…的圖表
Entertainment[?ent??te?nm?nt]
n. 娛樂；款待
Emergency[??m??d??nsi]
n. 緊急情況；突發事件adj. 緊急的；備用的
