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发表于 2017-8-6 16:33:36
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动词表变化
All of this caused a crisis of confidence. Americans stopped taking
prosperity for granted. They began to believe that their way of doing business
was failing, and that their incomes would therefore shortly begin to fall as
well. The mid 1980s brought one inquiry after another into the causes of
America’s industrial decline. Their sometimes sensational findings were filled
with warnings about the growing competition from overseas.
动词是各种变化最明显的体现,它可以表明文中所述情况、作者态度以及情感的变化等。本段中出现的划线动词都体现了一个从好到坏的变化趋势,再结合文章话题,可以确定本段中心是:美国经济霸主地位的丧失给人们的信心带来的消极影响。
形容词表态度
Even before Alan Greenspan’s admission that America’s red hot economy is
cooling, lots of working folks had already seen signs of the slowdown
themselves. From car dealerships to Gap outlets, sales have been lagging for
months as shoppers temper their spending. For retailers, who last year took in
24 percent of their revenue between Thanksgiving and Christmas, the cautious
approach is coming at a crucial time. Already, experts say, holiday sales are
off 7 percent from last year’s pace. But don’t sound any alarms just yet.
Consumers seem only mildly concerned, not panicked, and many say they remain
optimistic about the economy’s long term prospects even as they do some modest
belt tightening.
形容词是作者对所论述话题的态度的直接体现。以此段为例,前半部分都是关于美国经济不景气的描述,如果只看到这些,一定会认为下文也应该是一些消极方面的描述。但在But转折之后,出现了一系列的形容词,这是词都具有积极的感情色彩,与前面的情况形成鲜明的对比,表明了作者的态度,也是本段段落中心的体现。
虽然,在考研阅读思路中还有许多其他方式可以确定文章或段落的主题,但是当文章话题比较陌生,语言比较晦涩难懂的时候,通过找主题词来确定文章主题无疑会是一种简单有效的途径。所以,希望考生们牢记“最强音符,旋律复现”,读文章过程中树立找主题词的意识,帮助自己有效理解文章、快速解题。
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