考研英语（二）历年真题阅读要点之2012-Text 4（二）

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　　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。
　　Income inequality usually falls during a recession, but it has not shrunk in this one. Indeed, this period of economic weakness may reinforce class divides, and decrease opportunities to cross them -- especially for young people. The research of Till Von Wachter ... suggests that not all people graduating into a recession see their life chances dimmed: those with degrees from elite universities catch up fairly quickly to where they otherwise would have been if they had graduated in better times; it is the masses beneath them that are left behind.
　　inequality“不平等”；shrink指“缩小”；economic weakness“经济疲软”；reinforce“加强”；class divide“阶级分化”；decrease“减少”；cross“越过”；suggest“表明”；not all“不是所有”；graduate into a recession“在经济衰退时期毕业”；dimmed“暗淡的”；elite“精英”；catch up to“赶上”；otherwise“否则”；in better times“在较好的时代”；the masses“大众”；beneath“在...之下”；be left behind“落后”。
　　In the Internet age, it is particularly easy to see the resentment that has always been hidden within American society. More difficult, in the moment is discerning precisely how these lean times are affecting society’s character. In many respects, the U.S. was more socially tolerant entering this recession than at any time in its history, and a variety of national polls on social conflict since then have shown mixed results. We will have to wait and see exactly how these hard times will reshape our social fabric. But they certainly will shape it, and all the more so the longer they extend.
　　Internet age“网络时代”；particularly“特别”，相当于in particular；resentment“愤恨”；hide“隐藏”；within American society“在美国社会内部”；discern“识别”；precisely“精确地”；lean times“拮据时期”；affect“影响”；in many respects“在诸多方面”；tolerant“宽容的，容忍的”；a variety of“各种各样的”；poll“民意测验”；mixed“混合的，形形色色的”；wait and see“拭目以待”；hard times“艰难时期”；social fabric“社会结构”；all the more so“更是如此”；extend“延伸”，在此结合语境，指“持续”。
　　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后两段的要点。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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