考研英语（二）历年真题阅读要点之2013-Text 2（一）
随着考研英语复习的推进，我们越来越接近最新的真题。各位同学是否具备了一定的应试能力呢？为了帮助大家更好地复习，文都教育考研英语老师为各位同学梳理一下历年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2013年考研英语（二）真题Text 2，这篇文章主要探讨了美国现行移民政策。A century ago, the immigrants from across the Atlantic include settlers and sojourners. Along with the many folks looking to make a permanent home in the United States came those who had no intention to stay, and who would make some money and then go home. Between 1908 and 1915, about 7 million people arrived while about 2 million departed. About a quarter of all Italian immigrants, for example, eventually returned to Italy for good. They even had an affectionate nickname, “uccelli di passaggio,” birds of passage.
immigrant“移民”；the Atlantic“大西洋”，the Pacific“太平洋”，the Indian Ocean“印度洋”，the Arctic Ocean“北冰洋”；along with“连同”；folks“人们”；look to do“盼望做某事”；permanent“永久的”；have no intention to do“不打算做某事”；depart“离开”，名词形式departure，也可以表示“离职”；a quarter of“四分之一”；for good“永久地”；affectionate“亲切的”；nickname“绰号”。
Today, we are much more rigid about immigrants. We divide newcomers into two categories: legal or illegal, good or bad. We hail them as Americans in the making, or brand them as aliens to be kicked out. That framework has contributed mightily to our broken immigration system and the long political paralysis over how to fix it. We don’t need more categories, but we need to change the way we think about categories. We need to look beyond strict definitions of legal and illegal. To start, we can recognize the new birds of passage, those living and thriving in the gray areas. We might then begin to solve our immigration challenges.
rigid“严格的”；divide...into...“把...划分成...”；category“种类，分类”；legal“合法的”，反义词illegal“非法的”；hail...as...“称赞...为...”；in the making可以指“形成中的”；brand...as...“给...加上...污名”；alien“外国人”；kick out“赶走”；framework“结构，架构”；contribute to“有助于”；mightily可以指“非常地”；paralysis“瘫痪”；fix“修复”；strict“严格的”；definition“定义”，动词形式define；recognize“正式承认，认可”；thrive“繁荣”；solve“解决”；challenge“挑战”，在此结合语境，可以指“问题”。
以上就是文都教育考研英语老师为大家梳理的2013年考研英语（二）真题Text 2前两段的要点。努力不等于重复劳动，也不等于故意拖延以寻求自我安慰。希望各位同学合理安排时间，努力与方法相结合，简单高效完成复习任务，不仅攻破考研，也为以后的生活奠定良好的基础。
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