2022年考研人數逐年增加，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
Huff Post reports Canada may be rid of all single-use plastics in less than two years.On Monday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the country will ban single-use plastics as early as 2021,following similar announcements from California, Hawaii and New York.During a press conference at Quebec's Gault Nature Reserve, Trudeau said,"As parents, we're at a point where we take our kids to the beach and we have to search out a patch of sand that isn't littered with straws, styrofoam or bottles. That's a problem."The European Union voted in March to ban single-use plastics including cutlery, straws, and stirrers, to take effect in 2021.
短文翻譯
《赫芬頓郵報》報道，加拿大或將在兩年內淘汰所有一次性塑料。周一，賈斯廷·特魯多總理宣布加拿大將在2021年前禁止一次性塑料，此前加利福尼亞、夏威夷和紐約也發布了類似公告。在魁北克高爾特自然保護區舉行的一場新聞發布會上，特魯多表示，“作為父母，我們帶孩子去海灘時我們必須找到一塊沒有亂扔吸管、泡沫塑料或瓶子的沙灘。這是一個問題。”今年三月，歐盟禁止一次性塑料，包括餐具、吸管和調酒棒，該禁令將于2021年生效。
重點單詞
single-use plastic
一次性塑料
announcement [??na?nsm?nt]
n.公告，布告
press conference
新聞發布會
The European Union
歐盟
cutlery [?k?tl?ri]
n.餐具
take effect
奏效，生效
高階文段
Motherhood is valorized in American culture because we don't want to admit the truth:we have built an entire economy on the backs of unpaid and poorly paid women.①Even as gender roles have shifted in the U.S.,the expectation ②that the mother will be the parent primarily responsible for maintaining the household and taking care of the children,③no matter what else she has on her plate,is still as true today as when Bombeck wrote her column.
短文翻譯
就美國文化而言，母親這一身份之所有會受到贊揚其實是因為我們不愿面對現實：我們把整個經濟的負擔都壓在了酬勞很低，甚至是沒有酬勞的女性肩上。雖然美國的性別角色已經發生了一定的轉變，但社會對母親應當是父母雙方中承擔操持家庭和照顧孩子的主要責任的一方的期待，無論她還有多少其他的事情要做，至今仍和邦貝克寫那篇專欄時一樣嚴重。
重點單詞
unpaid and poorly paid
無酬勞和低酬勞的
shift [??ft]
v.改變，轉移
expectation [?ekspek?te??n]
n.期望
be responsible for
對……負責
on one's plate
需要做的事
①Even as gender roles have shifted in the U.S.,
讓步條件狀語從句
②that the mother will be the parent primarily responsible for maintaining the household and taking care of the children,
做后置定語反向修飾其前面的名詞expectation
③no matter what else she has on her plate，
插入語，主句是 the expectation is still as true today as when Bombeck wrote her column.
