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）

Someday a stranger will read your e-mail without your permission or scan the Websites you've visited. Or perhaps someone will casually glance through your credit card purchases or cell phone bills to find out your shopping preferences or calling habits.

In fact, it's likely some of these things have already happened to you. Who would watch you without your permission? It might be a spouse, a girlfriend, a marketing company, a boss, a cop or a criminal. Whoever it is, they will see you in a way you never intended to be seen - the 21st century equivalent of being caught naked.

短文翻譯

有一天，一個陌生人會不經你的允許看你的電子郵件，或者瀏覽你訪問過的網頁。再或者有人會隨意翻閱你的信用卡的購物單或手機話費單，以此來了解你的購物喜好或通話習慣。

事實上，很可能其中一些事情已經在你的身上發(fā)生過了。誰會未經你的允許而窺視你呢？也許是你的配偶，你的女友，營銷公司，老板，警察，或者罪犯。無論是誰，他們都會以一種你始料未及的方式窺視你——這在21世紀就相當于你裸體是被別人撞見。

重點單詞詳解

1. permission (n.許可；準許；允許；同意)

To give or yield permission to or for.  同意給予批準或許可

You can't take photographs here without permission. 

未經許可你們不能在此處拍照。

Permit(v.)

2. scan(n./v. 掃描；瀏覽；審視；細看)

【近】glance through, look through

at a glance 一瞥；看一眼

glance at 看一下，瀏覽；提到，影射

at first glance 乍一看，初看；第一眼就……

Do you read it, scan it or skip over it to something shorter?

還是只是瀏覽一下？亦或跳過它去讀些更短小的內容？

3. credit(n.貸款；信用，信譽；榮譽；學分v.相信；記入貸方 ；歸功于；贊頌)

We don't mind who gets the credit so long as we don't get the blame.

只要我們不挨批評，誰受到表揚我們都不在乎。

I think our credit has been overextended to diversify.

我認為我們的貸款到目前為止太分散了。

You must pass the examination to get credit for the course.

你必須通過考試才能獲得那門課程的學分。

creditable  可信的；聲譽好的；值得稱贊的

creditor  債權人，貸方

4. purchase (v./n. 購買；贏得)

【近】buy

5. preference(n.喜愛；喜愛的事物；優(yōu)待，優(yōu)先權)

personal preference 個人喜好

【近】tendency, liability, priority, trend, favor

You truly have no preference.

你真的沒有任何偏好。

What each person likes is an individual preference so the initial consultation is very important.

每個人喜愛的都是一種個人偏愛，因此初期的會診是很重要的。

preferred (a.優(yōu)先的；首選的)

preferential(a.優(yōu)先的；選擇的；特惠的；先取的)

6. habit(n.習慣；習性；氣質)

Jesse is a creature of habit and always eats breakfast.

杰西是按習慣行事的人，每天都吃早餐。

in the habit of doing something習慣于…/養(yǎng)成…的習慣

They were in the habit of giving two or three dinner parties a month.

他們習慣于每月舉辦兩三次晚宴。

You should cultivate the habit of listening to what you are told. 

你應該養(yǎng)成聽從吩咐的習慣。

Habitual(a.習慣的；慣常的；習以為常的)

Habituate(v.使習慣于，使熟習于)

7. In fact (實際上，其實；實則；事實上)

【近】in practice, in reality, as it is, in nature,as a matter of fact

She carries her age very well. She looks 50 but in fact she's more than 60 .

她不顯老，她看上去像50歲，其實已經60多了。

8. criminal(adj. 刑事上的；犯罪的；可恥的n. 罪犯)

Her husband faces various criminal charges.

她丈夫面臨多項刑事的指控。

criminal law 刑法

criminal responsibility 刑事責任

criminal case [法]刑事案件，刑事案

crime rate 犯罪率

9. intend(v.意欲，打算；打算使，想讓…做；意指)

intend to do 想要做；想要做某事

They intend to be an army of light against the onslaught of darkness.

他們打算成為一支光明之師對抗黑暗軍團的猛烈進攻。

intended (a.故意的，有意的；打算中的)

10. equivalent (a./n.相等的，相同的；等值的；等量的；等效的)

be equal to 等于

equal opportunity 機會均等

He has no equal in music..

他在音樂方面沒有匹敵

China has always insisted that all countries, big or small, should be equal.

中國歷來主張國家不分大小， 應該一律平等。