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
As autonomous vehicles become more popular, some researchers remain worried about potential safety issues.Digital Trends reports researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have been looking at the differences between autonomous systems learning in training and real world issues.A model by MIT and Microsoft researchers is testing what the cars will do when the training they have "learned" doesn't match what is happening on the road.Author of the paper Ramya Ramakrishnan said in a statement."Many times, when these systems are deployed, their trained simulations don't match the real-world setting and they could make mistakes, such as getting into accidents."
短文翻譯
隨著自動駕駛汽車越來越受歡迎，一些研究人員仍然擔心潛在的安全問題。麻省理工學院的研究人員一直在研究自主系統在訓練與現實問題之間的差異。麻省理工學院和微軟研究人員制作的模型正在測試：當汽車“學到"的訓練與實際道路情況不匹配時，汽車會發生什么情況。論文作者Ramya Ramakrishnan表示：“很多時候，當系統部署之后，模擬訓練與現實環境不匹配時，汽車可能會出錯，比如發生事故。”
重點單詞
autonomous vehicles
自動駕駛汽車
potential safety issues
潛在的安全問題
deploy [d??pl??]
v.部署
simulation [?s?mju?le??n]
n.模擬
高階文段
The second culprit cited by Ms Hertz is “neoliberalism”, which she defines as a “minimum state, maximum markets” approach. But it is hard to believe that state retreat is ①as decisive a factor in the loneliness pandemic as she suggests; after all, in 1990 the government of the average advanced economy spent 42% of GDP, and the proportion is the same today, according to the IMF.
Some changes in behaviour are down to individual choice. Before the pandemic no one was stopping people going to church or taking part in sports. They simply preferred to do other things. Indeed, one reason for the decline in communal activities is that men choose to be with their families rather than head to the bar; American fathers spend three times③as much time with their children as they did in the 1960s. That is surely a welcome development.
短文翻譯
赫茲女士提到的第二個罪魁禍首是“新自由主義”，她將其定義為“最小國家，最大市場”的方法。但很難相信，國家倒退是她所謂的孤獨大流行的決定性因素；畢竟，根據國際貨幣基金組織的數據，1990年發達經濟體的政府平均支出占GDP的42%，而今天的支出所占比例也是一樣的。
行為上的一些變化取決于個人的選擇。在新冠疫情之前，沒有人阻止人們去教堂或參加體育活動。他們只是更喜歡做其他事情。事實上，公共活動減少的一個原因是，男性選擇與家人呆在一起，而不是去酒吧；美國父親與子女在一起的時間是20世紀60年代時的三倍，這無疑是一個可喜的發展。
重點單詞
①as decisive a factor in the loneliness pandemic as she suggests;
as……as， 和……一樣
advanced economy
發達經濟體
behaviour [b??he?vj?(r)]
n.行為，舉止
individual choice
個人的選擇
communal activities
公共的活動
rather than
而不是
③as much time with their children as they did in the 1960s.
和他們在二十世紀六十年代陪伴孩子的時間一樣多
three times as much time as……
是……時間的三倍
