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）
Social scientists have identified at least three major forces that collectively bind together successful democracies: social capital (extensive social networks with high levels of trust), strong institutions, and shared stories. Social media has weakened all three.
To see how, we must understand how social media changed over time—and especially in the several years following 2009.In their early period, platforms such as Myspace and Facebook were relatively harmless. They allowed users to create pages on which to post photos, family updates, and links to the mostly static pages of their friends and favorite bands.
In this way, early social media can be seen as just another step in the long progression of technological improvements—from the Postal Service through the telephone to email and texting—that helped people achieve the eternal goal of maintaining their social ties.
短文翻譯
社會科學家已經確定，至少有三種主要力量共同將成功的民主國家聯系在一起：社會資本(具有高度信任的廣泛社會網絡)、強大的制度和共享的故事。社交媒體削弱了這三個因素。
要了解其中的原因，我們必須了解社交媒體是如何隨著時間而變化的，尤其是在2009年之后的幾年里。在早期，Myspace和Facebook等平臺相對來說沒什么危害。他們允許用戶創建頁面，在上面發布照片、更新家庭動態，以及與他們的朋友和最喜歡的樂隊的靜態頁面鏈接。
在這種情況下，早期的社交媒體可以被視為漫長的技術進步過程中的又一步——從郵政服務到電話，再到電子郵件和短信——幫助人們實現維持社會關系的永恒目標。
重點單詞
identify [a??dent?fa?]
v.識別，鑒定
collectively [k??l?kt?vli]
adv.集體地，共同地
democracy [d??m?kr?si]
n.民主政體
social capital
社會資本
social network
社交網絡
They allowed users to create pages on which to post photos, family updates, and links to the mostly static pages of their friends and favorite bands.
on which引導定語從句，修飾pages,意為：在這個頁面上，發布照片、更新家庭動態，以及與他們的朋友和最喜歡的樂隊的靜態頁面鏈接。
technological improvement
技術進步
social ties
社會關系，社交聯系
