考研英语历年真题阅读要点之2013-Text 4（一）

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　　“宝剑锋从磨砺出，梅花香自苦寒来。”各位同学，为了考研成功，一定要克服困难，认真准备哦。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2013年Text 4，这篇文章主要探讨了联邦政府和州政府之间就移民问题产生的分歧。
　　On a five to three vote, the Supreme Court knocked out much of Arizona’s immigration law Monday -- a modest policy victory for the Obama Administration. But on the more important matter of the Constitution, the decision was an 8-0 defeat for the Administration’s effort to upset the balance of power between the federal government and the states.
　　vote“投票”，vote for“投票赞成”，vote against“投票反对”；the Supreme Court“最高法院”；knock out“击倒”，结合语境，可以理解为“否决”；immigration law“移民法”；modest“适度的”，modest policy victory可以指“政策上微弱的胜利”；matter“问题”；constitution“宪法”；decision“决议”；defeat“失败”；upset“扰乱，颠覆”；balance“平衡”；federal government“联邦政府”。
　　... the majority overturned three of the four contested provisions of Arizona’s controversial plan ... that... enforce federal immigrations law... to “establish a uniform Rule of Naturalization” and that federal laws precede state laws are noncontroversial. Arizona had attempted to fashion state police that ran parallel to the existing federal ones.
　　the majority“大多数人”，the majority of students“大多数学生”；overturn“推翻”；provisions“条款”；controversial“有争议的”，反义词noncontroversial“毫无争议的”；enforce“执行”；establish“制定”；uniform“统一的”；naturalization“归化，移入”；precede“优于”；that... and that...为两个并列的主语从句，本句为主系表结构；attempt to do“试图做某事”；fashion“制定”；run parallel to“与...并驾齐驱”；existing“现存的”。
　　Justice ... liberals, ruled that the state flew too close to the federal sun. On the overturned provisions the majority held the congress had deliberately “occupied the field” and Arizona had thus intruded on the federal’s privileged powers.
　　justice“法官”，也可以指“公平，主义”；liberal“自由主义者”；rule“裁决”；overturned“被推翻的”；hold“持有...观点”，也就是“认为”；congress“国会”；deliberately“故意地”；occupy“占据”；intrude on“干涉”；privileged“享有特权的”。
　　以上就是文都教育考研英语老师为大家梳理的2013年Text 4前三段的要点。“古之立大事者，不惟有超世之才，亦必有坚忍不拔之志。”不经历风雨，怎能见彩虹？考研尚未成功，同学仍需努力。不管遇到什么样的困难，一定要认真复习。坚持，坚持，坚持！
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