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）
文段一
You may proudly claim to only have frozen peas in the freezer—that's not good enough. Mine is filled with leftovers, bread, stock, meat and fish. Planning ahead should eliminate wastage, but if you have surplus vegetables you'll do a vegetable soup, and all fruits threatening to “go off” will be cooked or juiced.
Everyone says this, but it really is a top tip for frugal eaters. Shop at butchers, delis and fishsellers regularly, even for small things, and be super friendly. Soon you'll feel comfortable asking if they've any knuckles of ham for soups and stews, or beef bones, chicken carcasses and fish heads for stock which, more often than not, they'll let you have for free.
短文翻譯
你也許會很驕傲地說自己的冰箱里只有一些凍青豆，但這還不夠。我的冰箱里裝滿了吃剩的食物，面包、高湯、肉和魚。提前計劃好可以避免浪費，但是如果家里有多余的蔬菜，可以做成蔬菜湯，那些可能會壞掉的水果可以當成食材做飯或者榨成果汁。
每個人都這樣說，但是這個對節儉的食客來說是很重要的一條建議。經常在肉店、熟食店和魚店買東西，即使小東西也在這些地方買，并且表現地很友好。很快你會發現自己很輕松地問他們是否可以給你一些豬腿骨頭做湯或者燉菜，或者是否有些牛骨、雞架或者魚頭等讓你回家熬湯，他們往往免費給你的。
重點單詞
leftover [?left??v?(r)]
n.吃剩的食物; 殘羹剩飯; 遺留物; 殘存物; 遺留下來的風俗習慣;
eliminate [??l?m?ne?t]
v.排除; 清除; 消除; (比賽中) 淘汰; 消滅，干掉(尤指敵人或對手);
surplus [?s??pl?s]
n.過剩; 剩余; 過剩量; 剩余額; 盈余; 順差;
threatening [?θretn??]
adj.威脅的; 恐嚇的; 陰沉沉的; 烏云密布的;
frugal [?fru?ɡl]
adj.(對金錢、食物等) 節約的，節儉的; 簡單廉價的;
文段 II
What would you do with $590m? This is now a question for Gloria Mackenzie, an 84-year-old widow who recently emerged from her small, tin-roofed house in Florida to collect the biggest undivided lottery jackpot in history. If she hopes her new-found fortune will yield lasting feelings of fulfillment, she could do worse than read Happy Money by Elizabeth Dumn and Michael Norton.
短文翻譯
如果你中了 5.9 億美元巨獎會怎么花這筆錢？84 歲的格羅里亞·麥肯茲現在正被這個問題所困擾，這位孤寡老人住在佛羅里達的一個鐵皮房子里，前不久她中了有史以來最大的個人彩票頭獎。如果她希望這筆新得到的財富能夠帶來長久的滿足感，那她最好拜讀一下由伊麗莎白·鄧恩和邁克爾·諾頓合作的書《快樂理財》。
重點單詞
emerge [i?m??d?]
v.(從隱蔽處或暗處) 出現，浮現，露出; 暴露; 露出真相; 被知曉; 露頭; 顯現; 顯露;
tin-roofed
adj.鐵皮房頂的
lottery [?l?t?ri]
n.彩票
jackpot [?d??kp?t]
n.(在碰運氣游戲中的) 頭獎，最高獎;
fortune [?f??t?u?n]
n.(尤指影響人生的) 機會，運氣; 大筆的錢; 巨款; (個人、家庭、國家等的) 發展變化的趨勢，命運，際遇;
fulfillment [f?l?f?lm?nt]
n.滿足感; 成就感; 履行; 實現; 完成; 滿足;
