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）
Social scientists have identified at least three major forces that collectively bind together successful democracies: social capital (extensive social networks with high levels of trust), strong institutions, and shared stories. Social media has weakened all three.
To see how, we must understand how social media changed over time—and especially in the several years following 2009.In their early period, platforms such as Myspace and Facebook were relatively harmless. They allowed users to create pages on which to post photos, family updates, and links to the mostly static pages of their friends and favorite bands.
In this way, early social media can be seen as just another step in the long progression of technological improvements—from the Postal Service through the telephone to email and texting—that helped people achieve the eternal goal of maintaining their social ties.
短文翻譯
社會(huì)科學(xué)家已經(jīng)確定，至少有三種主要力量共同將成功的民主國(guó)家聯(lián)系在一起：社會(huì)資本(具有高度信任的廣泛社會(huì)網(wǎng)絡(luò))、強(qiáng)大的制度和共享的故事。社交媒體削弱了這三個(gè)因素。
要了解其中的原因，我們必須了解社交媒體是如何隨著時(shí)間而變化的，尤其是在2009年之后的幾年里。在早期，Myspace和Facebook等平臺(tái)相對(duì)來(lái)說(shuō)沒(méi)什么危害。他們?cè)试S用戶創(chuàng)建頁(yè)面，在上面發(fā)布照片、更新家庭動(dòng)態(tài)，以及與他們的朋友和最喜歡的樂(lè)隊(duì)的靜態(tài)頁(yè)面鏈接。
在這種情況下，早期的社交媒體可以被視為漫長(zhǎng)的技術(shù)進(jìn)步過(guò)程中的又一步——從郵政服務(wù)到電話，再到電子郵件和短信——幫助人們實(shí)現(xiàn)維持社會(huì)關(guān)系的永恒目標(biāo)。
重點(diǎn)單詞
identify [a??dent?fa?]
v.識(shí)別，鑒定
collectively [k??l?kt?vli]
adv.集體地，共同地
democracy [d??m?kr?si]
n.民主政體
social capital
社會(huì)資本
social network
社交網(wǎng)絡(luò)
They allowed users to create pages on which to post photos, family updates, and links to the mostly static pages of their friends and favorite bands.
on which引導(dǎo)定語(yǔ)從句，修飾pages,意為：在這個(gè)頁(yè)面上，發(fā)布照片、更新家庭動(dòng)態(tài)，以及與他們的朋友和最喜歡的樂(lè)隊(duì)的靜態(tài)頁(yè)面鏈接。
technological improvement
技術(shù)進(jìn)步
social ties
社會(huì)關(guān)系，社交聯(lián)系
