考研英语历年真题阅读要点之2002-Text 3（一）

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　　现在基础阶段，大家的复习重点仍然是早年考研英语真题阅读的精读。阅读是一个相对综合的题型，在复习过程中，各方面能力都会有所提升。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2002年考研英语真题阅读Text 3，这篇文章主要探讨了油价波动对世界经济的影响。
　　Could the bad old days of economic decline be about to return? Since OPEC agreed to supply-cuts in March, the price of crude oil has jumped to almost $26 a barrel, up from less than $10 last December. This near-tripling of oil prices calls up scary memories of the 1973 oil shock, ... Both previous shocks resulted in double-digit inflation and global economic decline. So where are the headlines warning of gloom and doom this time?
　　“经济衰退的糟糕的旧时光将会重现吗？”首段首句为问句，这种情况，通常问题就是文章中心，阅读的目的是寻找问题的答案。supply-cuts“减少供应”；crude oil“原油”；call up“使想起”；scary“可怕的，恐怖的”；oil shock“石油危机”；result in“导致”；double-digit“两位数的”；inflation“通货膨胀”；headline“新闻头条”；warn of“发出关于...的警告”；gloom and doom“前景黯淡，对未来悲观失望”。
　　The oil price was given another push up this week when Iraq suspended oil exports. Strengthening economic growth, at the same time as winter grips the northern hemisphere, could push the price higher still in the short term.
　　another表明和上一段之间存在并列的逻辑关系；push“推动”，push up就表示“上升”；suspend“使暂停”；oil export“石油出口”；strengthen“加强，巩固”；economic growth“经济增长”；grip“紧握”，as winter grips the northern hemisphere“随着北半球冬季的到来”；in the short term“从短期来看”。
　　Yet there are good reasons to expect the economic consequences now to be less severe than in the 1970s. In most countries the cost of crude oil now accounts for a smaller share of the price of petrol ... retail price, so even quite big changes in the price of crude have a more muted effect on pump prices than in the past.
　　yet表转折；there are good reasons to do“有充分的理由做某事”；expect“期待，预料”；consequence“影响”；severe“严重的”；cost“成本”；account for（比例）占；share“份额”；petrol“汽油”；retail price“零售价”；muted“温和的”；have an effect on“对...造成影响”；pump price“零售价格”。
　　以上就是文都教育考研英语老师为大家梳理的2002年考研英语真题阅读Text 3前三段的要点。“骐骥一跃，不能十步；驽马十驾，功在不舍。锲而舍之，朽木不折；锲而不舍，金石可镂。”切忌“三天打鱼，两天晒网，”对学习一定要有恒心和毅力，如果没有坚持，极有可能导致一事无成。
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