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考研英语阅读利剑——主题



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考研英语阅读利剑——主题
面对只有半个多月的时间即将步入研究生考试考场,很多学生似乎变得更加迷茫,似乎以前所复习的内容不知道如何有效地总结归纳,更不知道作为考研英语当中的重头戏——阅读理解怎么样才能真正为自己在大考当中获得稳定的分数。



很多同学毫无目的的去阅读大量的文章,有的同学甚至是为了阅读而去阅读,在阅读的过程中毫无章法可言。如果这种状态一直持续到...

考研英语阅读利剑——主题
面对只有半个多月的时间即将步入研究生考试考场,很多学生似乎变得更加迷茫,似乎以前所复习的内容不知道如何有效地总结归纳,更不知道作为考研英语当中的重头戏——阅读理解怎么样才能真正为自己在大考当中获得稳定的分数。



很多同学毫无目的的去阅读大量的文章,有的同学甚至是为了阅读而去阅读,在阅读的过程中毫无章法可言。如果这种状态一直持续到考试当天的话,对于很多学生来说,应该是一件非常可怕的事情。因为考研英语阅读理解在平时看起来似乎很难,但在正式的考试当中,它其实能够为广大考生贡献很大的力量。因为在考研阅读的文章选择、编写以及试题的设置的过程当中,事实上是有很多规律的,并且从考官的角度来说,他们从来不期望所有的考题的正确率都不到20%。换句话说,考研阅读其实是有一部分送分的题目的。只要考生在考场上清楚文章的行文规律以及抓住出题的规律,正确率达到60%以上并不是可望而不可及的事情。大家要知道,历年考研英语阅读理解的正确率几乎都在60%左右徘徊。

  那么我们今天这篇文章想给大家主要解决的问题就是在真正阅读理解的过程中,被我们称为利剑的——主题的重要性。大家首先要清楚,在国内,不论是什么类型的英语考试,只要是阅读理解,那么文章就有且只有一个主题。这种唯一性就直接导致命题者在设置考题的时候就不可避免地无法绕开主题出题。也就是说在考试的时候,阅读理解的主题一定是你的阅读重点,如果时间不够的话,抓住主题也能帮你获得一些分数。下面我们就用2004年的一篇真题给大家解释一下。2004年的这篇考题对于当年的考生来说,有点难度,因为文章当中的核心词汇是很多同学不认识的词——alphabetism,并且这篇文章所主要论述的观点也是有的考生所不太熟知的——字母歧视的问题。

  我们首先来看一下第一个段落:

  Over the past century, all kinds of unfairness and discrimination have been condemned or made illegal. But one insidious form continues to thrive: alphabetism. This, for those as yet unaware of such a disadvantage, refers to discrimination against those whose surnames begin with a letter in the lower half of the alphabet.

  本段中出现了一个转折词,其后的内容是我们需要关注的,而后面的内容告诉我们:one insidious form continues to thrive: alphabetism。这里就出现了刚才所提过的生词alphabetism,其实考官在后面给考生进行了详尽的解释This, for those as yet unaware of such a disadvantage, refers to discrimination against those whose surnames begin with a letter in the lower half of the alphabet。也就是说alphabetism指的就是字母歧视。读到这里,我们可以确定第一个段落的主题——现在存在着不为大家所重视的字母歧视的问题。

  下面我们需要关注的是第二段作者有没有对于第一段的观点有没有改变。

  It has long been known that a taxi firm called AAAA cars has a big advantage over Zodiac cars when customers thumb through their phone directories. Less well known is the advantage that Adam Abbott has in life over Zoë Zysman. English names are fairly evenly spread between the halves of the alphabet. Yet a suspiciously large number of top people have surnames beginning with letters between A and K.

  在读第二段第一句的过程中我们发现作者仅仅是在举例子,并且没有发现有转折词出现。那么如果时间比较紧张的同学在现场就可以将这一段略看。也就是说第二段和第一段的作用是一样的,为了支持第一段的观点。行文至此,作者要想再转变自己的观点,可能性不是很大。在读第三段的时候我们需要关注的仍然是作者是否将第一段的主题转变。

  Thus the American president and vice-president have surnames starting with B and C respectively; and 26 of George Bush’s predecessors (including his father) had surnames in the first half of the alphabet against just 16 in the second half. Even more striking, six of the seven heads of government of the G7 rich countries are alphabetically advantaged (Berlusconi, Blair, Bush, Chirac, Chrétien and Koizumi). The world’s three top central bankers (Greenspan, Duisenberg and Hayami) are all close to the top of the alphabet, even if one of them really uses Japanese characters. As are the world’s five richest men (Gates, Buffett, Allen, Ellison and Albrecht).

  扫过第三段,我们发现作者举了另外一个例子,也就是领导人的名字,再次验证第一段的观点。到此,我们便可确认——现在存在着不为大家所重视的字母歧视的问题——是我们全文的主题所在。

  在读第四段的时候我们心里应该很有数了,因为我们已经抓住了全文的主题,按照考研文章的一般行文思路,后面应该是继续阐述的过程。

  Can this merely be coincidence? One theory, dreamt up in all the spare time enjoyed by the alphabetically disadvantaged, is that the rot sets in early. At the start of the first year in infant school, teachers seat pupils alphabetically from the front, to make it easier to remember their names. So short-sighted Zysman junior gets stuck in the back row, and is rarely asked the improving questions posed by those insensitive teachers. At the time the alphabetically disadvantaged may think they have had a lucky escape. Yet the result may be worse qualifications, because they get less individual attention, as well as less confidence in speaking publicly.

  好,第四段我们只需要记住有个理论出现就可以了。如果后面考到我们再去仔细阅读。

  The humiliation continues. At university graduation ceremonies, the ABCs proudly get their awards first; by the time they reach the Zysmans most people are literally having a ZZZ. Shortlists for job interviews, election ballot papers, lists of conference speakers and attendees: all tend to be drawn u


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