考研英语（二）历年真题阅读要点之2012-Text 4（一）
英语（二）阅读虽然比英语（一）简单，但是不要掉以轻心。历年考研英语真题是宝贵的复习资料。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2012年考研英语真题阅读Text 4，这篇文章主要探讨了失业状况对美国的影响。The great recession may be over, but this era of high joblessness is probably beginning. Before it ends, it will likely change the life course and character of a generation of young adults. And ultimately, it is likely to reshape ...
recession“萧条，衰退”；era“时代”；high joblessness“高失业率”；life course“生命历程”；character“性格”；be likely to do“可能做某事”；reshape“重塑”。
No one tries harder than the jobless to find silver linings in this national economic disaster. Many said that unemployment, while extremely painful, had improved them in some ways; they had become less materialistic and more financially prudent; they were more aware of the struggles of others. In limited respects, perhaps the recession will leave society better off. At the very least, it has awoken us from our national fever dream of easy riches and bigger houses, and put a necessary end to an era of reckless personal spending.
the jobless“失业者”；silver linings“（不幸或失望中的）一线希望”；national economic disaster“全国性的经济灾难”；painful“痛苦的”；improve“提升，改善”；in some ways“在某些方面”；materialistic“物质主义的，金钱至上的”；financially“财政上，金融上”；prudent“节俭的”，也可以表示“谨慎的”；be aware of“意识到”；struggle“斗争”；in limited respects“在有限的方面”；leave“使得”；better off“经济状况好的，富裕的”；at the very least“至少”；awake sb. from“从...中唤醒”；fever dream可以指“狂热的梦”；put an end to“结束，终止”；reckless“粗心大意的”；spending“开销”。
But for the most part, these benefits seem thin, uncertain, and far off. In The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth, the economic historian Benjamin Friedman argues that both inside and outside the U.S., lengthy periods of economic stagnation or decline have almost always left society more mean-spirited and less inclusive, and have usually stopped or reversed the advance of rights and freedoms. Anti-immigrant sentiment typically increases, as does conflict between races and classes.
for the most part“在极大程度上”；benefit“好处”；thin“微弱的”，可以理解为“微不足道的”；uncertain“不确定的”；far off“遥远的”；moral“道德的”；consequence“影响”；lengthy“漫长的”；period“时期”；stagnation“停滞”；decline“衰退”；mean-spirited“心胸狭隘的”；inclusive“包容的”；reverse“颠倒”；typically“通常”；conflict“冲突”；race“种族”；class“阶级”。
以上就是文都教育考研英语老师为大家梳理的2012年考研英语真题阅读Text 4前三段的要点。实践出真知。想要更好地把握考研英语阅读的思路和特点，各位同学应该以真题为主，仔细研究，找出其内在规律。另外，历年真题只做一遍是不够的，完成之后应该加以回顾。
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