考研英语历年真题阅读要点之2005-Text 4（二）
历年真题是考研复习最重要的参考。各位同学的复习进度如何？如果进度缓慢甚至还没开始，可要抓紧时间啦！为了帮助大家更有针对性地复习，文都教育考研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2005年考研英语真题阅读Text 4，这篇文章主要讲了正规英语的衰退。Illustrated with an entertaining array of examples from both high and low culture, the trend that Mr. McWhorter documents is unmistakable... As a linguist, he acknowledges that all varieties of human language, including non-standard ones like Black English, can be powerfully expressive -- there exists no language or dialect in the world that cannot convey complex ideas. He is not arguing, as many do, that we can no longer think straight because we do not talk proper.
illustrate“阐明，举例说明”；entertaining“令人愉快的”；an array of“大量的”；high and low culture可以表示“雅俗文化”；trend“趋势”；document“记录，记载”；unmistakable“不会弄错的”；acknowledge“承认”；variety“变体”；expressive“有表现力的”；there exists no language or dialect in the world that cannot convey complex ideas双重否定，“世界上没有一种语言或者方言不能传达复杂的想法”，换句话说，就是“世界上任何一种语言或方言都能传达复杂的想法”；argue“认为”；think straight可以表示“清楚地思考”。
Russians have a deep love for their own language and carry large chunks of memorized poetry in their heads, while Italian politicians tend to elaborate speech that would seem old-fashioned to most English-speakers. Mr. McWhorter acknowledges that formal language is not strictly necessary, and proposes no radical education reforms -- he is really grieving over the loss of something beautiful more than useful. We now take our English “on paper plates instead of china.” A shame, perhaps, but probably an inevitable one.
have a deep love for“深深地热爱”；large chunks of可以表示“大量的”；memorized“记忆的，背诵的”；tend to“倾向于”；elaborate“精心雕琢的”；old-fashioned“过时的，守旧的”；acknowledge“承认”；strictly“严格地，完全地”；propose“提出”，名词形式proposal“提议，建议”，也可以表示“求婚”；radical“根本的，激进的”；grieve over“为...感到悲伤”；由he is really grieving over the loss of something beautiful more than useful和take our English “on paper plates instead of china”这两句话可知，paper plates指的是something useful，china“瓷器”则指something beautiful；shame“憾事”；inevitable“不可避免的”。
以上就是文都教育考研英语老师为大家梳理的2005年考研英语真题阅读Text 4后两段的要点。“有志者事竟成，破釜沉舟，百二秦关终属楚；苦心人天不负，卧薪尝胆，三千越甲终吞吴。”各位同学不仅要有志向，更要有行动。用行动实现自己的理想吧！让理想之花在行动中绽放!
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