考研英语（二）历年真题阅读要点之2013-Text 1（二）

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　　随着考研英语复习的推进，我们越来越接近的真题。各位同学是否具备了一定的应试能力呢？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年考研英语（二）真题Text 1，这篇文章主要探讨了随着自动化的发展，人类劳动应该告别平庸。
　　In the past, workers with average skills, doing an average job, could earn an average lifestyle. But, today, average is officially over. Being average just won’t earn you what it used to. It can’t when so many more employers have so much more access to so much more above average cheap foreign labor, cheap robotics, cheap software, cheap automation and cheap genius. Therefore, everyone needs to find their extra -- their unique value contribution that makes them stand out in whatever is their field of employment.
　　average skills“普通的技能”；lifestyle“生活方式”；officially“正式地”；just在这里可以指“实在”；have access to“有接触...的机会”；above average“高于普通水平的”；labor“劳动力”；robotics“机器人学”；automation“自动化”；genius“天才”；extra“额外的事物”，在这里指“额外价值”；unique“独特的，独一无二的”；value contribution“价值贡献”；stand out“突出，引人注目”；field of employment“就业领域”。
　　Yes, new technology has been eating jobs forever, and always will. But there’s been an acceleration. As Davidson notes, “In the 10 years ending in 2009, [U.S.] factories shed workers so fast that they erased almost all the gains of the previous 70 years; roughly one out of every three manufacturing jobs -- about 6 million in total -- disappeared.”
　　acceleration“加速”；note“指出”；shed“摆脱”；erase“抹去”；gain“收获”；previous“以前的”；roughly“粗略地，大约”；in total“总计”。
　　There will always be change -- new jobs, new products, new services. But the one thing we know for sure is that with each advance in globalization and the I.T. revolution, the best jobs will require workers to have more and better education to make themselves above average.
　　know for sure“确切地知道”；with each advance in globalization and the I.T. revolution“随着全球化和信息技术革命的每一次进步”；require“需要，要求”。
　　In a world where average is officially over, there are many things we need to do to support employment, but nothing would be more important than passing some kind of G.I.Bill for the 21st century that ensures that every American has access to post-high school education.
　　尾段又一次强调average is officially over；support“支持”；pass“通过”；G.I.Bill“退伍军人安置法案”；ensure“确保”；post-high school education“高中以上的教育”。
　　以上就是文都教育考研英语老师为大家梳理的2013年考研英语（二）真题Text 1后四段的要点。努力不等于重复劳动，也不等于故意拖延以寻求自我安慰。希望各位同学合理安排时间，努力与方法相结合，简单高效完成复习任务，不仅攻破考研，也为以后的生活奠定良好的基础。
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