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

But the article is actually quite optimistic, as it outlines a potential solution to this problem, suggesting that an approach (which involves a one-hour, next-to-no-cost program) can close 63 percent of the achievement gap (measured by such factors as grades) between first-generation and other students.

短文翻譯

事實上，這篇文章相當樂觀，因為它簡要列舉了這個問題的潛在解決方式，提供了一個能縮小“初代”大學生和其他學生間 63%的成就差距(由成績等因素衡量)的方案。此方案囊括一個歷時一個小時，而且近乎零成本的項目。

重點單詞

optimistic [??pt??m?st?k]

adj. 樂觀的

outline [?a?tla?n]

v.概述; 略述;

potential [p??ten?l]

adj.潛在的，可能的

gap [ɡ?p]

n.差距

文段 II

 The authors of the paper are from different universities, and their findings are based on a study involving 147 students (who completed the project) at an unnamed private university. First generation was defined as not having a parent with a four-year college degree. Most of the first-generation students (59.1 percent) were recipients of Pell Grants, a federal grant for undergraduates with financial need, while this was true only for 8.6 percent of the students with at least one parent with a four-year degree.

短文翻譯

這篇文章的作者們來自不同的學校，而且這些研究發現也是基于對一個不具名的私立大學中的 147 名學生(他們參與完成了這個項目)的觀察而得出的。父母雙親中無一人獲得大學本科學歷的大學生就是“初代”大學生。大多數(59.1%)“初代”大學生都接受了旨在為有需要的學生提供經濟資助的佩爾助學金，而對父母中有人完成本科教育的其他學生而言，這一數據僅維持在 8.6%。

重點單詞

private [?pra?v?t]

adj.私有的; 私用的

recipient [r??s?pi?nt]

n.受方; 接受者

federal grant

聯邦申請財政撥款資助;

undergraduate [??nd??ɡr?d?u?t]

n.本科生