首先得说一句大实话,就是考研英语阅读终究是应试的,并没有时间给我们做“美文赏析”,所以每一篇考研阅读的文章,都不是我们可以常规的一个单词一个单词去读的。
考研阅读就是要跳读的,跳读是一个考察点。
考研阅读最大的误区就是把考点当技巧,很多人说阅读技巧,实际上那不能是技巧,那是考点。什么叫跳读?本质上就是熟悉了文章套路以后,筛选信息,整理信息的能力,那正是考研的隐性考察。反而全文细读,那不是研究生。再比如完形填空他不考察考生英语能力(因为完形填空的文章相比较阅读是极其简单的),他要考察考生的逻辑思维能力。
再比如,我用《木糖英语真题手译》做题的时候发现,英语一的题干往往不给大家出题段,就是要求考生自己筛选信息,这种出题最无耻的一次是2008
38.What do we learn about Thomas Jefferson?
39.Which of the following is true according to the text? 40.Washington’s decision to free slaves originated from his
可以看到后三段没有给出明显的段落信息,导致陷入死循环 其次,考研题材是无所谓的,因为没有人是百科全书,并且考研为了公平性,他绝不可能偏向于某一类考生,因此他在命题时就已经考虑到题材问题。也就是说,题材并不构成考研阅读的难度。
最后是预判文章信息,预判文章并不是盲目预判,而是通过逻辑预判。比如说,2016年,
The largest firms in America and Britain together spend more than $ 15 billion a year on CSR, according to an estimate by EPG, a consulting firm. This could add value to their businesses in three ways.
大家读到了加粗那句话,接下来是不是就可以马上进行预判,下面一定说三个方式,那么,下面内容就直接抛弃,读下面一段话。这就是筛选信息的能力。考纲将其表述为,
区分论点和论据
所以,这是考点!考点!考点!而不是技巧。 1. 阅读
考生应能读懂选自各类书籍和报刊的不同类型的文字材料(生词量不超过所读材料总词汇量的3%),还应能读懂与本人学习或工作有关的文献资料、技术说明和产品介绍等。对所读材料,考生应能: 1)理解主旨要义; 2)理解文中的具体信息; 3)理解文中的概念性含义; 4)进行有关的判断、推理和引申; 5)根据上下文推测生词的词义;
6)理解文章的总体结构以及上下文之间的关系;
7)理解作者的意图、观点或态度; 8)区分论点和论据。
最重要是第六条,理解文章上下文关系和总体结构,这就需要考生进行跳读,筛选信息。
难点是第四条,也就是推理。推理本质上是重述。
最后,不需要泛读,泛读是提高阅读能力,不是提高考试能力 Bankers have been blaming themselves for their troubles in public. Behind the scenes, they have been taking aim at someone else: the accounting standard-setters. Their rules, moan the banks, have forced them to report enormous losses, and it’s just not fair. These rules say they must value some assets at the price a third party would pay, not the price managers and regulators would like them to fetch.
这篇是2010年最后一篇,题材极其冷门。
这一段开头,什么都读不懂都没有关系,至少加粗部分能读懂吧。加粗部分意味着什么呢?
“:”,这是给出答案的标志。their、these是指代,做承上启下的作用。not,指的是对比对照。读到这个程度,这一段直接扔。
Unfortunately, banks’ lobbying now seems to be working. The details may be unknowable, but the independence of standard-setters, essential to the proper functioning of capital markets, is being compromised. And, unless banks carry
toxic assets at prices that attract buyers, reviving the banking system will be difficult.
这一段一看,还是啥也看不懂。但是,加粗部分总看得懂吧。Unfortunately是强转折的标志,并且它还有一种情感,表示反对。后面的and,表示前后的顺从关系。
After a bruising encounter with Congress, America’s Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) rushed through rule changes. These gave banks more freedom to use models to value illiquid assets and more flexibility in recognizing losses on long-term assets in their income statement. Bob Herz, the FASB’s chairman, cried out against those who “question our motives.” Yet bank shares rose and the changes enhance what one lobby group politely calls “the use of judgment by management.”
these是指代,表示承上启下,后面的yet是转折。 European ministers instantly demanded that the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) do likewise. The IASB says it does not want to act without overall planning, but the pressure to fold when it completes it reconstruction of rules later this year is strong. Charlie McCreevy, a European commissioner, warned the IASB that it did “not live in a
political vacuum” but “in the real word” and that Europe could yet develop different rules.
这里的likewise=and,表示与上文并列。后面的not...but,表示不是...而是。
It was banks that were on the wrong planet, with accounts that vastly overvalued assets. Today they argue that market prices overstate losses, because they largely reflect the temporary illiquidity of markets, not the likely extent of bad debts. The truth will not be known for years. But bank’s shares trade below their book value, suggesting that investors are skeptical. And dead markets partly reflect the paralysis of banks which will not sell assets for fear of booking losses, yet are reluctant to buy all those supposed bargains.
It....that...,强调句。but转折。
To get the system working again, losses must be recognized and dealt with. America’s new plan to buy up toxic assets will not work unless banks mark assets to levels which buyers find attractive. Successful markets require independent and even combative standard-setters. The FASB and IASB have been exactly that, cleaning up rules on stock options and