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
Cash is unlikely to go away soon. Coins and paper currency remain the most popular ways to pay for things in most countries. But longer term, cash appears to be in a losing battle with electronic payment methods.
There are few corners of the world where electronic transactions are not growing faster than cash. The consulting firm Capgemini recently estimated that electronic payments will grow about 10.9 percent a year between 2015 and 2020.
But the movement away from cash is happening in very different ways and at varying paces around the world.
短文翻譯
現金不太可能太早被淘汰。硬幣和紙鈔仍是大多數國家最受歡迎的購物支付方式。但長期來說，現金在與電子支付方式的對抗中似乎處于下風。
世界上幾乎沒有什么地方的電子交易增長速度不及現金。凱捷(Capgemini)咨詢公司最近估計，電子支付在2015年至2020年間年增長率約為10.9％。 但在全球各地，這場擺脫現金的運動發生的方式和速度卻不盡相同。
重點單詞
cash [k??]
n.現金; (任何形式的) 金錢，資金;
currency [?k?r?nsi]
n.通貨; 貨幣; 通用; 流行;
remain [r??me?n]
v.仍然是; 保持不變; 剩余; 遺留;
battle [?b?tl]
n.戰役; 戰斗; 搏斗;
electronic payment
電子支付; 網上支付;
transaction [tr?n?z?k?n]
n.(一筆) 交易，業務，買賣;
consult [k?n?s?lt]
v.咨詢; 請教;
estimate [?est?m?t]
v.估價; 估算
movement [?mu?vm?nt]
n.(身體部位的) 運動，轉動; 移動;
vary [?ve?ri]
v.(大小、形狀等) 相異，不同，有別;
高階文段
Scandinavian countries are already well along the road toward cashless societies. Many banks in Sweden no longer have cash on hand, and consumers can make instant transfers directly from their bank accounts.
In Kenya, the local mobile phone company Safaricom, not the banks or the government, has pushed the envelope. Safaricom created a system, known asM-Pesa, that allows customers to make payments directly from their phones.
China is the most talked-about location in the battle between cash and electronic payments. PayPal-like wallets created by Chinese online giants Alibaba and Tencent have become the most popular ways to pay for things online.
短文翻譯
斯堪的納維亞國家已經穩步邁向無現金社會。瑞典的許多銀行不再擁有現金，消費者可以直接從銀行賬戶進行即時轉賬。
在肯尼亞，推動革新的并非銀行或政府，而是當地的移動電話公司Safaricom。Safaricom創造了一個名為M-PESA的系統，讓消費者能直接從他們的手機付款。
在這場現金與電子支付間的對抗中，中國是人們談論得最多的國家。由中國在線巨人阿里巴巴和騰訊創造出的類似PayPal的手機錢包，已經成為網絡購物最受歡迎的付款方式。
重點單詞
cashless [?k??l?s]
adj.不用現金的;
society [s??sa??ti]
n.社會
consumer [k?n?sju?m?(r)]
n.消費者; 顧客; 用戶;
instant [??nst?nt]
adj.立即的; 立刻的
transfer [tr?ns?f??(r)]
v.(使) 轉移，搬遷;轉賬；
government [?ɡ?v?nm?nt]
n.政府; 內閣; 政體;
envelope [?env?l??p]
n.信封; 塑料封套;
location [l???ke??n]
n.地方; 地點; 位置;
giant [?d?a??nt]
n.巨人，巨頭
