考研英语历年真题阅读要点之2003-Text 4（二）

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　　阅读是一个相对综合的题型，涉及到多方面能力的考查。与其在浩如烟海的复习资料中迷失方向，不知所措，不如直接从真题入手。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2003年考研英语真题阅读Text 4，这篇文章主要探讨了对死亡的态度。
　　... Anyone can see this trend is unsustainable. Yet few seem willing to try to reverse it. Some scholars conclude that a government with finite resources ... that the old and infirm “have a duty to die and get out of the way,” so that younger, healthier people can realize their potential.
　　trend“趋势”；unsustainable“无法维持的”；reverse“颠覆”；it指的就是this trend；finite resources“有限的资源”；the old and firm“年老体弱的人”；realize“实现”；potential“潜能”；realize one’s potential可以表示“发挥潜能”。
　　I would not go that far. Energetic people now routinely work through their 60s and beyond, and remain dazzlingly productive... former surgeon general C. Everett Koop chairs an Internet start-up in his 80s. These leaders are living proof that prevention works and that we can manage the health problems that come naturally with age...
　　段首句表明作者对上一段结尾的观点持有否定或不完全赞同的态度。routinely“例行公事地，通常”；dazzlingly“灿烂地，耀眼地”；remain dazzlingly productive可以表示“仍然具有惊人的工作能力”。接下来举例论证可以直接略过。former surgeon general“前卫生局局长，前军医处处长”；chair“担任...主席”；an Internet start-up可以表示“互联网新建公司”；living proof“生动的证明”；that... and that...引导同位语从句；prevention“预防”；work“起作用”；manage“处理”。
　　Yet there are limits to what a society can spend in this pursuit. As a physician, I know the most costly and dramatic measures may be ineffective and painful. I also know that people in Japan and Sweden, countries that ... As a nation, we may be overfunding the quest for unlikely cures while underfunding research on humbler therapies that could improve people’s lives.
　　尾段首句为转折句，格外关注。“然而，一个社会在医疗方面的花费是有限的。”costly“昂贵的”；dramatic“引人注目的”；ineffective“无效的”；countries充当Japan and Sweden的同位语；overfund“对...提供过多资金”；quest“追求”；unlikely cures“没希望的治疗”；underfund“对...提供资金不足”；humbler therapy“更为普通的治疗”。
　　以上就是文都教育考研英语老师为大家梳理的2003年考研英语真题阅读Text 4后三段的要点。考研也许不简单，但是应该没有大家想象得那么困难。“绝知此事要躬行”，各位同学赶紧行动起来吧！阅读难，但是最重要，因此不可以回避，也不要无休止地拖延，否则后患无穷。如果大家能够坚持下来，到时候也许会发现原来不过如此。
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