考研人數(shù)逐年增加，競(jìng)爭(zhēng)之激烈使得我們不得不加急復(fù)習(xí)的日程。眾所周知，閱讀理解占據(jù)了考研英語(yǔ)二100分試卷的一半分值，而考研英語(yǔ)閱讀文章大多來(lái)自英美國(guó)家的主流報(bào)刊雜志，所以如果能在日常就多多閱讀這些文章，對(duì)以后讀懂文章做對(duì)題目來(lái)說(shuō)會(huì)大有裨益。
學(xué)習(xí)步驟如下：
1.不看漢語(yǔ)譯文自己看一遍短文做理解
2.看漢語(yǔ)譯文比對(duì)自己理解的意思與之出入
3.強(qiáng)化記憶重點(diǎn)單詞（以記憶其漢語(yǔ)意思為主）
文段一
When the government talks about infrastructure contributing to the economy the focus is usually on roads, railways, broadband and energy. Housing is seldom mentioned.
Why is that? To some extent the housing sector must shoulder the blame. We have not been good at communicating the real value that housing can contribute to economic growth. Then there is the scale of the typical housing project. It is hard to shove for attention among multibillion pound infrastructure project, so it is inevitable that the attention is focused elsewhere. But perhaps the most significant reason is that the issue has always been so politically charged.
短文翻譯
當(dāng)政府討論到對(duì)經(jīng)濟(jì)做出貢獻(xiàn)的基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施時(shí)，焦點(diǎn)通常集中在公路、鐵路、寬帶和能源方面。卻很少涉及住房問(wèn)題。
為什么會(huì)是這樣呢？在某種程度上住房建設(shè)部門(mén)應(yīng)該為此負(fù)責(zé)任。我們不太擅長(zhǎng)給公眾傳達(dá)住房給經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展帶來(lái)的真正價(jià)值。此外典型的住房建設(shè)項(xiàng)目形成了一定的規(guī)模。這就很難在數(shù)億萬(wàn)英鎊的基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施建設(shè)中獲得注意力，所以不可避免的，人們的關(guān)注焦點(diǎn)就轉(zhuǎn)到其他方面了。但是或許最重要的原因是這一問(wèn)題總是與政治相關(guān)。
重點(diǎn)單詞
infrastructure [??nfr?str?kt??(r)]
n.(國(guó)家或機(jī)構(gòu)的) 基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施，基礎(chǔ)建設(shè)
sector [?sekt?(r)]
n.(尤指一國(guó)經(jīng)濟(jì)的) 部門(mén)，領(lǐng)域，行業(yè);
contribute to
捐助; 給…投稿; 有助于…
inevitable [?n?ev?t?bl]
adj.不可避免的
significant [s?ɡ?n?f?k?nt]
adj.有重大意義的; 顯著的;
文段 II
Nevertheless, the affordable housing situation is desperate. Waiting lists increase all the time and we are simply not building enough new homes.
The comprehensive spending review offers an opportunity for the government to help rectify this. It needs to put historical prejudices to one side and take some steps to address our urgent housing need.
短文翻譯
然而，經(jīng)濟(jì)適用房的情況也不容樂(lè)觀。等待買房的名單一直在增加，我們建造的新房子總是不夠。
這次綜合支出審查給政府提供了一個(gè)機(jī)會(huì)來(lái)幫助調(diào)整這種情況。這需要將歷史偏見(jiàn)放在一邊，并采取一些措施來(lái)解決目前住房緊張的問(wèn)題。
重點(diǎn)單詞
Nevertheless [?nev?e??les]
adv.盡管如此; 不過(guò); 然而
affordable [??f??d?bl]
adj.買得起的; 價(jià)格合理的; 負(fù)擔(dān)得起的;
desperate [?desp?r?t]
adj.(因絕望而) 不惜冒險(xiǎn)的，不顧一切的，拼命的; 絕望的;
comprehensive [?k?mpr??hens?v]
adj.全部的; 所有的; (幾乎) 無(wú)所不包的; 詳盡的; 綜合性的
rectify [?rekt?fa?]
v.矯正; 糾正; 改正;
prejudice [?pred?ud?s]
n.偏見(jiàn); 成見(jiàn)
address [??dres]
v.演講; 解決（問(wèn)題）
