考研英语历年真题阅读要点之2008-Text 3（二）
“古之立大事者，不惟有超世之才，亦必有坚忍不拔之志。”各位同学，你们的考研复习进度如何？需要坚持不懈哦。文都英语老师继续为大家梳理历年考研英语真题阅读文章中涉及的要点，包括词汇、短语、长难句以及简单的阅读方法。接下来看一下2008年考研英语真题阅读Text 3，这篇文章主要探讨了美国人乃至全人类基本上已经达到了基因决定的身高极限。Genetically speaking, there are advantages to avoiding substantial height. During childbirth, larger babies have more difficulty passing through the birth canal. Moreover, even though humans have been upright for millions of years, our feet and back continue to struggle with bipedal posture and cannot easily withstand repeated strain imposed by oversize limbs. “There are some real constraints that are set by the genetic architecture of the individual organism,” ...
genetically speaking“总的来说”；there are advantages to doing“做某事是有好处的”；avoid“避免”，形容词形式avoidable，其反义词unavoidable，相当于inevitable；substantial height可以理解为“身材过高”；childbirth“分娩”；have difficulty (in) doing“做某事有困难”；birth canal“产道”；moreover“此外”；upright“直立的”；struggle with“与...斗争”；bipedal“两足的”；posture“姿势”；withstand“承受”；strain“负担”；impose“强加”；oversize“过大的”；constraint“限制”；genetic architecture“基因机构”，architecture也可以表示“建筑”；individual organism“个体生物”。
Genetic maximums can change, but don’t expect this to happen soon... senior anthropologist ... ensures that ... the uniforms and workstations fit recruits without alteration. She says that, unlike those for basketball, the length of military uniforms has not changed for some time. And if you need to predict human height in the near future to design a piece of equipment, Gordon says that by and large, “you could use today’s data and feel fairly confident.”
maximum“最大值”，反义词minimum；expect“期待，指望”；senior“资深的”，也可以表示“高级的，年长的”，senior citizen“老年人”；ensure“确保”；uniform“制服”；recruit在这里充当名词，表示“新成员”；alteration“改变”；unlike“不像”；those指代uniform；length“长度”；military uniform“军服”；predict“预测”；in the near future“在不远的将来”；design“设计”；equipment“装备，设备”；by and large“大体上”；fairly“相当地”；confident“确信的”，名词形式confidence，self-confidence“自信”。
以上就是文都英语老师为大家梳理的2008年考研英语真题阅读Text 3后两段的要点。“百川东到海，何时复西归？少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。”各位同学，好好把握学习和探索的黄金时期，不断丰富自己，提升能力吧！“长风破浪会有时，直挂云帆济沧海。”
文都考研温馨提醒：2018考研招生专业目录预计公布时间段为6月至10月，更多有关招生简章、招生专业目录以及推免生招生简章信息。【2018文都保研推免交流QQ群：375436493】
页:
[1]