考研英语历年真题阅读要点之2005-Text 2（一）

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　　历年真题是考研复习最重要的参考。各位同学的复习进度如何？如果进度缓慢甚至还没开始，可要抓紧时间啦！为了帮助大家更有针对性地复习，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2005年考研英语真题阅读Text 2，这篇文章主要探讨了人们对全球变暖问题的态度。
　　Do you remember all those years when scientists argued that smoking would kill us but the doubters insisted that we didn’t know for sure? That the evidence was inconclusive, the science uncertain? That the antismoking lobby was out to destroy our way of life and the government should stay out of the way? Lots of Americans bought that nonsense, and over three decades, some 10 million smokers went to early graves.
　　when引导定语从句，修饰限定years，可以译成“当时”；argue“认为”；doubter“怀疑者”；insist“坚持认为”；inconclusive“不确定的”，相当于uncertain；antismoking lobby“反对吸烟的游说团体”；be out to do“企图做某事”；destroy“毁掉，破坏”；way of life“生活方式”；stay out of the way“置身事外”；buy可以引申为“相信”；nonsense“胡说八道”；some相当于about“大约”；go to early graves“提前步入了坟墓”。
　　There are upsetting parallels today, as scientists in one wave after another try to awaken us to the growing threat of global warming. The latest was a panel from the National Academy of Sciences, enlisted by the White House, to tell us that the Earth’s atmosphere is definitely warming and that the problem is largely man-made.
　　upsetting“令人苦恼的”；parallel“相似之处”；in one wave after another“一波接着一波，源源不断”；awaken“使...意识到”；growing threat“日益严重的威胁”；global warming“全球变暖”；panel“座谈小组”；enlist可以表示“征募，赞助”；atmosphere“大气”；definitely“肯定”；man-made“人造的”。
　　The clear message is that we should get moving to protect ourselves... added this key point in the preface to the panel’s report: “... But science does provide us with the best available guide to the future, and it is critical that our nation and the world base important policies on the best judgments that science can provide concerning the future consequences of present actions.”
　　get moving to do“行动起来做某事”；key point“要点”；preface“引语，前言”。But science does provide us with the best available guide to the future“但是科学的确为我们提供了对未来的最可靠的向导”，转折和强调同时出现，极有可能是命题点，重点关注一下。base...on...“基于”；judgment“判断”；concerning“关于”；consequence“影响”。
　　以上就是文都教育考研英语老师为大家梳理的2005年考研英语真题阅读Text 2前两段的要点。“有志者事竟成，破釜沉舟，百二秦关终属楚；苦心人天不负，卧薪尝胆，三千越甲终吞吴。”各位同学不仅要有志向，更要有行动。用行动实现自己的理想吧！让理想之花在行动中绽放!
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