考研英语历年真题阅读要点之2008-Text 1（一）
“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 1，这篇文章主要探讨了现代社会女性压力大于男性的状况。While still catching-up to men in some spheres of modern life, women appear to be way ahead in at least one undesirable category. “Women are particularly susceptible to developing depression and anxiety disorders in response to stress compared to men,” according to Dr. Yehuda, chief psychiatrist at New York’s Veteran’s Administration Hospital.
catch up to“赶上”；sphere“方面”，也可以用aspect，respect；way相当于very；way ahead“遥遥领先”；at least“至少”；undesirable“不受欢迎的，令人不愉快的”；category也可以理解为“方面”；particularly“尤其”；be susceptible to“易患...”，也可以表示“易受...影响”；develop可以指“患病”；depression“抑郁症”；anxiety disorders“焦虑症”；in response to“对...作出反应”；stress“压力”；compared to“与...相比”；psychiatrist“精神病学家”；veteran“退伍军人”。
... that sex hormones somehow affect the stress response, causing females under stress to produce more of the trigger chemicals than do males under the same conditions. In several of the studies, when stressed-out female rats had their ovaries (the female reproductive organs) removed, their chemical responses became equal to those of the males.
hormone“激素，荷尔蒙”；somehow“以某种方法”；affect“影响”；stress response可以指“对压力的反应”；cause“导致”；female“雌性”；trigger“引发，触发”；trigger chemical可以指“触发性化学物质”；under the same conditions“在相同条件下”；stressed-out“不堪重负的，承受巨大压力的”；reproductive“生殖的”；remove“移除”；equal“相等的”。
Adding to a woman’s increased dose of stress chemicals, are her increased “opportunities” for stress. “It’s not necessarily that women don’t cope as well. It’s just that they have so much more to cope with,” ... “Their capacity for tolerating stress may even be greater than men’s,” she observes, “... they become worn out from it more visibly and sooner.”
首句是个倒转结构，原来的语序应该是her increased “opportunities” for stress are adding to a woman’s increased dose of stress chemicals；not necessarily“未必，不一定”；cope with“处理”，相当于deal with；capacity“能力”，也可以表示“容量”；tolerate“忍受，承受”；observe“评论”；worn out“疲惫不堪的”。
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 1前三段的要点。“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。”
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