考研英语历年真题阅读要点之2007-Text 3（二）
时间对于考研复习而言并不慷慨，复习的内容又那么多。怎么办呢？各位同学应该具备化繁为简，把握有效信息的能力。文都英语老师继续为大家梳理考研英语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2007年考研英语真题阅读Text 3，这篇文章主要探讨了中产阶级家庭面临的经济危机。During the same period, families have been asked to absorb much more risk in their retirement income. Steelworkers, airline employees, and now those in the auto industry are joining millions of families who must worry about interest rates, stock market fluctuation, and the harsh reality that they may outlive their retirement money. For much of the past year, President Bush campaigned to move Social Security to a saving-account model, with retirees trading much or all of their guaranteed payments for payments depending on investment returns.
absorb“承受”；retirement“退休”；steelworker“钢铁工人”；airline employee“航空公司员工”；auto industry“汽车工业”；join“加入”；worry about“担忧”；interest rates“利率”；stock market fluctuation“股市的波动”；harsh reality“严酷的现实”；outlive“比...活得长”；they may outlive their retirement money可以理解为“退休金可能不够用”；campaign to do可以理解为“推进或致力于”；saving-account“储蓄账户”；retiree“退休人员”；guaranteed payment“保证金”；trade...for...“用...交易...”；investment return“投资回报，投资收益”。
For younger families, the picture is not any better. Both the absolute cost of healthcare and the share of it borne by families have risen -- ... are spreading from legislative halls to Wal-Mart workers, with much higher deductibles and a large new dose of ... Even demographics are working against the middle class family, as the odds of having a weak elderly parent -- and all the attendant need for physical and financial assistance -- have jumped eightfold in just one generation.
picture结合语境，可以表示“情况”；absolute cost“绝对成本”；healthcare“医疗保健”；share“份额”；borne为bear“承担”的过去分词形式；spread“传播”；legislative“立法的”；deductible“免赔费用”；a large new dose of可以表示“大量新增的”；demographics“人口统计资料”；work against“对...不利”；odds“可能性”；attendant“伴随的”；assistance“援助，帮助”；eightfold“八倍地”。
... perspective, ... to exercise more financial responsibility ... a frightening acceleration of the wholesale shift of financial risk onto their already overburdened shoulders. The financial fallout has begun, and the political fallout may not be far behind.
perspective“观点”；exercise financial responsibility“履行经济责任”；frightening“令人恐惧的”；acceleration“加速”；wholesale“大规模的”；overburdened“负担过重的”；fallout“附带结果”。
以上就是文都英语老师为大家梳理的2007年考研英语真题阅读Text 3后两段的要点。“一寸光阴一寸金，寸金难买寸光阴。”与其慨叹时间过得如此之快，不如行动起来，为了目标而努力！努力的同时还要结合一定的方法，简单高效完成复习任务，进而突破考研英语乃至整个考研。
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