計劃說明
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。但是對大多數備考的同學來說，剛開始投入復習，就去讀考試文章難度的新聞報刊，也是不現實、并且不符合循序漸進的學習規律的，所以我們會在每次推送中，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（四六級到考研水平）；同學們可以根據自己當前的情況，選擇其中一篇進行學習。
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）
初階文段
Nearly a week passed before the girl was able to explain what had happened to her. One afternoon she set out from the coast in a small boat and was caught in a storm. Towards evening, the boat struck a rock and the girl jumped into the sea. Then she swam to the shore after spending the whole night in the water. During that time she covered a distance of eight miles. Early next morning, she saw a light ahead. She knew she was near the shore because the light was high up on the cliffs. On arriving at the shore, the girl struggled up the cliff towards the light she had seen. That was all she remembered. When she woke up a day later, she found herself in hospital.
短文翻譯
將近一個星期過去了，女孩才能夠解釋她發生了什么事。一天下午，她乘小船從海岸出發，遇上了暴風雨。傍晚時分，船撞上了一塊巖石，女孩跳進了海里。在水里呆了一整夜后，她游到了岸邊。在那期間，她游了八英里的距離。第二天一大早，她看見前面有一盞燈。她知道自己離海岸很近，因為懸崖上的光線很高。一到岸邊，女孩就朝著她看到的光亮，掙扎著爬上懸崖。她只記得這些。一天后她醒來時，發現自己在醫院里。
重點單詞
storm [st??m]
n.暴風雨
cliff [kl?f]
n.懸崖，峭壁
shore [???(r)]
n.海岸
高階文段
Editorsof newspapers and magazines often go to extremes to provide their readers with unimportant facts and statistics. Last year a journalist had been instructed by a well-known magazine to write an article on the president's palace in a new African republic. When the article arrived, the editor read the first sentence and then refused to publish it. The article began: 'Hundreds of steps lead to the high wall which surrounds the president's palace.' The editor at once sent the journalist a fax instructing him to find out the exact number of steps and the height of the wall.
短文翻譯
報刊雜志的編輯常常為了向讀者提供一些關緊要的事實和統計數字而走向極端。去年，一位記者受一家有名的雜志的委托寫一篇關于非洲某個新成立共和國總統府的文章。稿子寄來后，編輯看第一句話就拒絕予以發表。文章的開頭是這樣的：“幾百級臺階通向環繞總統府的高墻。”編輯立即給那位記者發去傳真，要求他核實一下臺階的確切數字和圍墻的高度。
重點單詞
statistics [st??t?st?ks]
n.統計數字
journalist [?d???n?l?st]
n.新聞記者
instruct [?n?str?kt]
v.指示，命令
president [?prez?d?nt]
n.總統
surround [s??ra?nd]
v.圍繞，環繞
