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。

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）

文段一

There are some indications that it is preparing to do just that. The communities minister, Don Foster, has hinted that George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer, may introduce more flexibility to the current cap on the amount that local authorities can borrow against their housing stock debt. Evidence shows that 60, 000 extra new homes could be built over the next five years if the cap were lifted, increasing GDP by 0.6%.

短文翻譯

有跡象表明政府已經開始著手采取一些措施了。社區部長唐·福斯特暗示，財政部部長喬治·奧斯本或許會采取一些靈活性的措施，以放寬目前當地政府能夠借來應對建房債務的最高限額。有證據顯示如果這一限額能夠提高，那么接下來的五年就能夠建造六萬套新房，GDP 也會隨之增長 0.6%。

重點單詞

indication [??nd??ke??n]

n.表明; 標示; 顯示;

community [k??mju?n?ti]

n.社區; 社會; 團體; 社團

minister [?m?n?st?(r)]

n.(英國及其他許多國家的) 部長，大臣;

hint [h?nt]

v.暗示; 透露; 示意;

Chancellor [?t?ɑ?ns?l?(r)]

n.(德國或奧地利的) 總理; (英國大學的) 名譽校長; (某些美國大學的) 校長;

flexibility [?fleks?'b?l?ti]

n.靈活性；彈性；適應性

authority [???θ?r?ti]

n.權力; 威權; 當權(地位); 權; 職權; 批準; 授權;

文段 II

Ministers should also look at creating greater certainty in the rental environment, which would have a significant impact on the ability of registered providers to fund new developments from revenues.

But it is not just down to the government. While these measures would be welcome in the short term, we must face up to the fact that the existing ￡4.5bn programme of grants to fund new affordable housing, set to expire in 2015，is unlikely to be extended beyond then. The Labour party has recently announced that it will retain a large part of the coalition's spending plans if returns to power. The housing sector needs to accept that we are very unlikely to ever return to era of large-scale public grants. We need to adjust to this changing climate.

短文翻譯

領導們同樣也應該考慮為租賃環境創造更多的穩定性，這對注冊供應商用稅收投資新的發展項目的能力有很重要的影響。

但這并不能僅僅只靠政府。雖然這些措施在短期內會受到歡迎，但是我們必須面對這樣的事實：目前授予投資新的經濟適用房建設項目的資金是 4.5billion，到 2015 年過期，并且這筆錢不可能延期。工黨最近發表聲明稱如果他們能夠上臺，那么聯合政府的大部分消費計劃將會得以保留。住房部門需要接受我們不可能再回到大規模的公共設施投資時代的現實。我們需要做出調整以適應目前不斷改變的環境。

重點單詞

certainty [?s??tnti]

n.確實的事; 必然的事; 確信; 確實; 確定性

rental [?rentl]

n.租金; 出租; 租賃; 招租;

register [?red??st?(r)]

v.登記; 注冊;

grant [ɡrɑ?nt]

v.(尤指正式地或法律上) 同意，準予，允許; (勉強) 承認，同意;

n.(政府、機構的) 撥款;

announce [??na?ns]

v.宣布，宣告(決定、計劃等); (尤指通過廣播) 通知; 聲稱; 宣稱;