考研英语历年真题阅读要点之1996-Text 2

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　　“得真题者得天下”，真题的价值是任何模拟题都无法企及的。接触真题应该从基础阶段开始。文都英语老师为大家解读考研英语历年真题阅读理解中涉及的要点，包括词汇、短语和长难句。接下来看一下1996年考研英语真题阅读Text 2，这篇文章主要探讨了BBC的改革问题。
　　With the start of BBC World Service Television, millions of viewers in Asia and America can now watch the Corporation’s news coverage, as well as listen to it.
　　首段为独句段，要么交代背景，要么与文章中心相关；显然，在这里交代了背景；news coverage“新闻报道”。
　　And of course in Britain listeners and viewers can tune in to... They are brought sport, comedy, drama, music, news and current affairs, education, religion, parliamentary coverage, children’s programmes and films for an annual license fee of ￡83 per household.
　　tune in to“收听，收看”；they指的是listeners and viewers；current affairs“新闻，时事”；parliamentary“议会的，国会的”；an annual license fee“每年的收视费”。
　　It is a remarkable record, stretching back over 70 years -- yet the BBC’s future is now in doubt. The Corporation will survive as a publicly-funded broadcasting organization, at least for the time being, but its role, its size and its programmes are now the subject of a nation-wide debate in Britain.
　　remarkable“值得注意的”；stretch back“回溯到”；in doubt“可怀疑的，不能肯定的”；as充当介词“作为”；publicly-funded“政府资助的，公立的”；for the time being“暂时”；subject“主题，对象”；a nation-wide debate“全国性的争论”，world-wide“世界范围的”，school-wide“学校范围的”。
　　The debate was launched by... it was worth keeping. The reason for its inquiry is that the BBC’s royal charter runs out...
　　launch“发起”；be worth doing“值得做某事”；inquiry“调查”；royal charter“皇家特许状”；run out“到期”，也可以表示“耗尽，用完”。
　　Defenders of the Corporation -- of whom there are many -- are fond of quoting the American slogan “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” The BBC “ain’t broke,” they say, by which they mean it is not broken (as distinct from the word ‘broke’, meaning having no money), so why bother to change it?
　　defender“维护者”；be fond of doing“喜欢做某事”；quote“引述”；slogan“标语”；be distinct from“与...不同”；broke“破产的”；bother to do“费心去做某事”。
　　Yet the BBC will have to change, ... to become more commercial, competing with each other for advertisers, and cutting costs and jobs... and partly by viewers’ subscriptions -- which will bring about the biggest changes in the long term.
　　commercial“商业化的”；cut costs and jobs“精简开支并裁员”；subscription“订阅，捐献”，动词subscribe；in the long term“从长远来看”，可以应用于写作。
　　以上就是文都教育考研英语老师为大家梳理的1996年考研英语真题阅读Text 2的要点。学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆。大家平时一定注重学习与思考相结合。不要急于参考答案解析，一定要有独立思考的过程，善于发现和解决问题，从而培养和提升个人能力。
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