考研英语历年真题阅读要点之2014-Text 4（二）

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　　各位同学，考研英语复习进度怎么样？为了心中的目标，一定要坚持哦！为了帮助各位同学更加有效地复习，文都教育考研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2014年考研英语真题阅读Text 4，这篇文章主要探讨了AAAS新发表的报告可能弊大于利。
　　Unfortunately, despite 2½ years in the making, ...: the illiberal nature of liberal education at our leading colleges and universities. The commission ignores that for several decades America’s colleges and universities have produced graduates who don’t know the content and character of liberal education and are thus deprived of its benefits. Sadly, the spirit of inquiry once at home on campus has been replaced by the use of the humanities and social sciences as vehicles for publicizing “progressive,” or left-liberal propaganda.
　　unfortunately“不幸地”，反义词fortunately，阅读文章中出现均可理解为but；despite“尽管”，相当于in spite of；in the making“在形成中，在发展中”；illiberal可以指“粗鄙的，缺乏文化素养的”；liberal education“文科教育”；ignore“忽视”；produce“培养”；content“内容”；character“特性”；be deprived of“被剥夺，被夺去”；benefit“好处”；inquiry“探究，探索”；at home“熟悉，无拘无束”；the spirit of inquiry once at home on campus可以理解为“曾经弥漫在校园里的探索精神”；be replaced by“为...所取代”；vehicle“工具”；publicize“宣传”；progressive“先进的”；left-liberal“左翼自由派的”；propaganda“宣传”。
　　Today, professors routinely treat the progressive interpretation of history and progressive public policy as the proper subject of study while portraying conservative or classical liberal ideas -- such as free markets or self-reliance -- as falling outside the boundaries of routine, and sometimes legitimate, intellectual investigation.
　　routinely可以指“惯例地，老一套地”；treat...as...“把...看作...”；interpretation“解释”；proper“恰当的”；subject“科目”；portray...as...“把...描绘成...”；conservative“保守的”；classical“传统的”；self-reliance“自力更生”；fall outside“超出...范围”；boundary“范围”；legitimate“合理的，正统的”；intellectual“学术的”；investigation“调查”。
　　The AAAS displays great enthusiasm for liberal education. Yet its report may well set back reform by obscuring the depth and breadth of the challenge that Congress asked it to illuminate.
　　display“显示，表现”；enthusiasm“热情”；set back“延误，使...受挫折”；obscure“使...模糊不清”；challenge“挑战”；illuminate“阐明”。
　　以上就是文都教育考研英语老师为大家梳理的2014年考研英语真题阅读Text 4后三段的要点。“百川东到海，何时复西归？少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。”“劝君惜取少年时”，各位同学，好好把握学习和努力的黄金时期吧！不要等到来不及的时候才知道后悔。
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