考研英语（二）历年真题阅读要点之2015-Text 2（二）
针对考研英语阅读，其重要性对于考研英语乃至整个考研是不言而喻的。因此，各位同学一定要予以重视。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2015年Text 2，这篇文章主要探讨了“第一代大学生”面临的问题及其解决措施。The authors of the paper are from different universities, and their findings are based on a study involving 147 students (who completed the project) at an unnamed private university. First generation was defined as not having a parent with a four-year college degree. Most of the first-generation students (59.1 percent) were recipients of Pell Grants, a federal grant for undergraduates with financial need, while this was true only for 8.6 percent of the students with at least one parent with a four-year degree.
author“作者”；paper“论文”；findings“发现”；be based on“以...为基础”；involve“包括”；complete“完成”；unnamed“未提及的”；private university“私立大学”；define as“定义为”；recipient“接收者”；grant“拨款”；federal“联邦的”；undergraduate“大学生”；financial need“财政需求”；at least“至少”。
Their thesis -- that a relatively modest intervention could have a big impact -- was based on the view that first-generation students may be most lacking not in potential but in practical knowledge about how to deal with the issues that face most college students. They cite past research by several authors to show that this is the gap that must be narrowed to close the achievement gap.
thesis“论点”，也可以表示“论文”；modest“适度的”；intervention“干预，介入”；have a big impact“有重大影响”，可与介词on搭配；be lacking in“缺乏”；potential“潜能”；practical“实践的”；deal with“处理”；cite“引用”；gap“差距”；narrow“缩小”；close“结束”。
Many first-generation students “struggle to navigate the middle-class culture of higher education, ..., and take advantage of college resources,” they write. And this becomes more of a problem when colleges don’t talk about the class advantage and disadvantages of different groups of students. Because U.S. colleges and universities seldom acknowledge how social class can affect students’ educational experience, many first-generation students lack sight about why they are struggling and do not understand how students like them can improve.
struggle to do“挣扎着做某事”；navigate“驾驭”；middle-culture“中产阶级文化”；take advantage of“利用”，advantage“优势，有利条件”，disadvantage“劣势，不利条件”；resources“资源”；seldom“极少”；acknowledge“承认”；affect“影响”；lack sight about“缺乏对...的见解”；improve“提升”。
以上就是文都教育考研英语老师为大家梳理的2015年Text 2后三段的要点。时钟滴答滴答从不停歇，考研迫在眉睫。一直在努力的各位同学一定要坚持到底哦，坚持就是胜利！之前不够努力的同学也不要气馁。“临阵磨枪，不快也光。”现在行动起来，简单高效，认真复习，也是有机会的。
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