考研英语历年真题阅读要点之2003-Text 1（一）

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　　阅读是一个相对综合的题型，涉及到多方面能力的考查。与其在浩如烟海的复习资料中迷失方向，不知所措，不如直接从真题入手。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2003年考研英语真题阅读Text 1，这篇文章主要探讨了美国网络间谍行业的发展。
　　... The American spymaster who built the Office of Strategic Services in the World War II and later laid the roots for the CIA was fascinated with information. Donovan believed in using whatever tools came to hand in the “great game” of espionage -- spying as a “profession.” These days the Net, which has already re-made such everyday pastimes as buying books and sending mail, is reshaping Donovan’s vocation as well.
　　American spymaster“美国间谍大师”指的就是Wild Bill Donovan这个人；strategic“战略的”，strategic decision“战略性决策”；lay the roots for“为...打下基础”；CIA即Central Intelligence Agency“中央情报局”，intelligence“情报”，相当于information；be fascinated with“对...着迷”；come to hand“到手”；破折号后解释说明espionage“间谍活动”，含义同spying；pastime“消遣”；reshape“改造，重新塑造”；vocation“职业”，有一个词写法和它很像，vacation“假期”。
　　The latest revolution isn’t simply a matter of gentlemen reading other gentlemen’s e-mail. That kind of electronic spying has been going on for decades. In the past three or four years, the World Wide Web has given birth to a whole industry of point-and-click spying. The spooks call it “open-source intelligence,” and as the Net grows, it is becoming increasingly influential. In 1995 the CIA held a contest to see who could compile the most data about Burundi. The winner, by a large margin, was a tiny Virginia company called Open Source Solutions, whose clear advantage was its mastery of the electronic world.
　　revolution“革命”；simply“简单地，仅仅”；a matter of“...的问题”；electronic spying“电子间谍”；go on“持续存在”；World Wide Web“万维网”；give birth to“产生，造成”；point-and-click“即点即击的”；spook“间谍”；open-source intelligence“公开来源情报”；increasingly相当于more and more；influential“有影响力的”；hold a contest“举办竞赛”；compile“编译”；by a large margin“以较大幅度”；tiny“微小的，很小的”；clear advantage“明显优势”；mastery“掌握，征服”。
　　以上就是文都教育考研英语老师为大家梳理的2003年考研英语真题阅读Text 1前两段的要点。考研也许不简单，但是应该没有大家想象得那么困难。“绝知此事要躬行”，各位同学赶紧行动起来吧！阅读难，但是最重要，因此不可以回避，也不要无休止地拖延，否则后患无穷。如果大家能够坚持下来，到时候也许会发现原来不过如此。
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