考研英语历年真题阅读要点之2010-Text 1（二）

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“吾尝终日而思矣，不如须臾之所学也；吾尝跂而望矣，不如登高之博见也。”与其盲目憧憬未来，不如赶紧行动起来。文都英语老师继续为大家梳理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2010年考研英语真题阅读Text 1，这篇文章主要探讨了报刊文艺评论范围和严肃性的衰退。
　　We are even farther removed from the unfocused newspaper reviews published in England between the turn of the 20th century and the eve of World War II, at a time when newsprint was dirt-cheap and stylish arts criticism was considered an ornament to the publications in which it appeared.
　　be removed from“远离”；unfocused“无焦点的”；between the turn of the 20th century and the eve of World War II“从20世纪初到二战前夕”；newsprint“新闻用纸”，也就是“报纸”；dirt-cheap“非常便宜的”；stylish“时髦的”；ornament“装饰”；publication“出版物”。
　　In those far-off days, it was taken for granted that the critics of major papers would write in detail and at length about the events they covered. Theirs was a serious business, and even those reviewers who wore their learning lightly, like George Bernard Shaw and Ernest Newman, could be trusted to know what they were about.
　　in those far-off days“在那些遥远的日子里”；it was taken for granted that“人们理所当然地认为”；critic“评论家”；major paper“主流报刊”；in detail“详细地”，和at length含义相同；cover“报道”；theirs指的是“评论家所从事的新闻写作”；a serious business“正经事”；wear one’s learning lightly可以理解为“舞文弄墨”；trust“信赖”；be about“从事”。
　　These men believed in journalism as a calling, and were proud to be published in the daily press. “So few authors have brains enough or literary gift enough to keep their own end up in journalism,” Newman wrote, “that I am tempted to define ‘journalism’ as ‘a term of contempt applied by writers who are not read to writers who are.’”
　　believe in“相信...的真实性”；journalism“新闻工作”；calling“职业”；proud“骄傲的”；daily press“每日新闻”；brains“才智”；literary gift“文学天赋”；so...that...“如此...以至于...”；keep one’s own end up“坚持”；be tempted to do“想要做某事”；define...as...“把...定义为...”；a term of contempt“带有蔑视色彩的术语”；applied by writers who are not read to writers who are“那些没有读者的作家用来描述有读者的作家”，句末省略了read。
　　以上就是文都英语老师为大家梳理的2010年考研英语真题阅读Text 1第三段的要点。能力的提升不可能一蹴而就。“操千曲而后晓声，观千剑而后识器。”各位同学，平时一定注重积累，循序渐进，在量变的基础上实现质变。结果固然重要，但是过程同样重要。从某种程度上来说，什么样的过程带来什么样的结果。
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