考研英语（二）历年真题阅读要点之2013-Text 3（二）

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　　随着考研英语复习的推进，我们越来越接近的真题。各位同学是否具备了一定的应试能力呢？为了帮助大家更好地复习，文都教育考研英语老师为各位同学梳理一下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2013年考研英语（二）真题阅读Text 3，这篇文章主要探讨了人们应该拒绝快速决策，学会理智反应。
　　Yet we can reverse such influences. If we know we will overreact to consumer products or housing options when we see a happy face (one reason good sales representatives and real estate agents are always smiling), we can take a moment before buying. If we know female job screeners are more likely to reject attractive female applicants, we can help screeners understand their biases -- or hire outside screeners.
　　reverse“颠倒”；influence“影响”；overreact to“对...反应过度”；option“选择”；sales representative“销售代表”；real estate agent“房地产经纪人”；female“女性的”；screener可以指“招聘人员”；be more likely to do“更可能做某事”；reject“拒绝，排斥”；attractive“有吸引力的”；applicant“申请人”，在此结合语境，指“求职者”；bias“偏见”；hire“雇佣”。
　　John Gottman, the marriage expert, explains that we quickly “thin slice” information reliably only after we ground such snap reactions in “thick sliced” long-term study. When Dr. Gottman really wants to assess whether a couple will stay together, he invites them to his island retreat for a much longer evaluation; two days, not two seconds.
　　marriage“婚姻”；expert“专家”；explain“解释”，名词形式explanation；reliably“可靠地”；ground可以指“基于”；long-term“长期的”；study“研究”；couple“夫妇”；invite“邀请”；retreat“休息寓所”，也可以表示“撤退”；evaluation“评估”。
　　Our ability to mute our hard-wired reactions by pausing is what differentiates us from animals: dogs can think about the future only intermittently or for a few minutes. But historically we have spent about 12 percent of our days contemplating the longer term. Although technology might change the way we react, it hasn’t changed our nature. We still have the imaginative capacity to rise above temptation and reverse the high-speed trend.
　　mute“减弱，缓和”；pause“暂停，停顿”；differentiate...from...“区分”；intermittently“间歇地”；contemplate“沉思”；although“虽然，尽管”，引导让步状语从句，不用重点关注，我们要关注的是主句部分；nature“本性”；imaginative capacity“想象力”；rise above“不受...的影响”，也可以表示“克服”；temptation“诱惑”；trend“趋势”。
　　以上就是文都教育考研英语老师为大家梳理的2013年考研英语（二）真题Text 3后三段的要点。努力不等于重复劳动，也不等于故意拖延以寻求自我安慰。希望各位同学合理安排时间，努力与方法相结合，简单高效完成复习任务，不仅攻破考研，也为以后的生活奠定良好的基础。
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