2022年考研人數(shù)逐年增加，競(jìng)爭(zhēng)之激烈使得我們不得不加急復(fù)習(xí)的日程。眾所周知，閱讀理解占據(jù)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(guó)家的主流報(bào)刊雜志，所以如果能在日常就多多閱讀這些文章，對(duì)以后讀懂文章做對(duì)題目來說會(huì)大有裨益。但是對(duì)大多數(shù)備考的同學(xué)來說，剛開始投入復(fù)習(xí)，就去讀考試文章難度的新聞報(bào)刊，也是不現(xiàn)實(shí)、并且不符合循序漸進(jìn)的學(xué)習(xí)規(guī)律的，所以我們會(huì)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(jí)到考研水平）；同學(xué)們可以根據(jù)自己當(dāng)前的情況，選擇其中一篇進(jìn)行學(xué)習(xí)。

學(xué)習(xí)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(duì)自己理解的意思與之出入

3.強(qiáng)化記憶重點(diǎn)單詞（以記憶其漢語意思為主）

初階文段

Having said all of the above, it's important to add that we shouldn't try too hard to be happy. Scientists tell us this can backfire and actually have a negative impact on our wellbeing. As the Chinese philosopher Chuang Tzu is reported to have said: "Happiness is the absence of striving for happiness."And in that, once more, we need to look to the example of our children, to whom happiness is not a goal but a natural by product of the way they live.

短文翻譯

說完以上這些，還要補(bǔ)充的很重要的一點(diǎn)就是，我們不應(yīng)過分追求快樂。科學(xué)家告訴我們，這樣做可能會(huì)事與愿違，對(duì)我們的健康產(chǎn)生負(fù)面影響。正如中國(guó)哲學(xué)家莊子所說：“吾以無為誠樂矣 。”想要達(dá)到這種境界，我們還是要向孩子們學(xué)習(xí)，對(duì)于他們而言，幸福不是目標(biāo)，而是他們生活方式的天然副產(chǎn)品。

重點(diǎn)單詞

impact [??mp?kt]

n.巨大影響; 強(qiáng)大作用;

wellbeing [?w?l?bi???]

n.健康; 安樂

philosopher [f??l?s?f?(r)]

n.哲學(xué)家; 深思的人; 善于思考的人;

absence [??bs?ns]

n.缺席; 不在; 不存在

strive [stra?v]

v.努力，奮斗，爭(zhēng)取

文段 II

Supermarkets contain a lot of stuff.The average supermarket, according to the Food Marketing Institute, carries some 44,00 different items, and many carry tens of thousands more. The sheer volume of available choice is enough to send shoppers into a state of information overload. According to brain-scan experiments, the demands of so much decision-making quickly become too much for us. After about 40 minutes of shopping, most people stop struggling to be rationally selective, and instead begin shopping emotionally—which is the point at which we accumulate the 50 percent of stuff in our cart that we never intended buying.

短文翻譯

超市旨在吸引顧客在自己店內(nèi)停留盡量長(zhǎng)的時(shí)間。原因很簡(jiǎn)單：顧客在店里停留的時(shí)間越長(zhǎng)，看到的商品就會(huì)越多；而看到的商品越多，你就會(huì)買的越多。超市有大量商品。根據(jù)食品營(yíng)銷研究院所說，普通超市大概有 44000 種不同的商品；很多超市更是會(huì)比普通超市多上萬種商品。眾多選擇足以讓顧客面臨各種信息，不堪重負(fù)。根據(jù)腦部掃描實(shí)驗(yàn)，需要做這么多的決定很快就會(huì)使我們難以承受。大約購物 40 分鐘以后，大部分顧客就無法試圖做出理性的選擇，而會(huì)沖動(dòng)購物——此時(shí)，在購物車?yán)铮覀円呀?jīng)裝了一半根本沒想買的東西。

重點(diǎn)單詞

stuff [st?f]

n. 東西，物品，玩意兒

Institute [??nst?tju?t]

n.(教育、專業(yè)等) 機(jī)構(gòu)

available [??ve?l?bl]

adj.可獲得的; 可購得的; 可找到的; 有空的;

overload [???v??l??d]

v.使超載; 使負(fù)荷過重;

rationally ['r??(?)n(?)li]

adv.理性地

accumulate [??kju?mj?le?t]

v.積累