2022年考研人数逐年增加，竞争之激烈使得我们不得不加急复习的日程。众所周知，阅读理解占据了考研英语二100分试卷的一半分值，而考研英语阅读文章大多来自英美国家的主流报刊杂志，所以如果能在日常就多多阅读这些文章，对以后读懂文章做对题目来说会大有裨益。但是对大多数备考的同学来说，刚开始投入复习，就去读考试文章难度的新闻报刊，也是不现实、并且不符合循序渐进的学习规律的，所以我们会在每次推送中，给大家给出两篇短文，一篇是初阶水平（大致在初高中水平）；一篇是高阶水平（四六级到考研水平）；同学们可以根据自己当前的情况，选择其中一篇进行学习。
学习步骤如下：
1.不看汉语译文自己看一遍短文做理解
2.看汉语译文比对自己理解的意思与之出入
3.强化记忆重点单词（以记忆其汉语意思为主）
初阶文段
I was having dinner at a restaurant when Tony Steele came in. Tony worked in a lawyer's office years ago, but he is now working at a bank. He gets a good salary, but he always borrows money from his friends and never pays it back. Tony saw me and came and sat at the same table. He has never borrowed money from me. While he was eating, I asked him to lend me twenty pounds. To my surprise, he gave me the money immediately.“ I have never borrowed any money from you” Tony said, “so now you can pay for my dinner!”
短文翻译
托尼·斯蒂尔进来时，我正在一家餐馆吃晚饭。托尼几年前在律师事务所工作，但现在在银行工作。他薪水很高，但他总是向朋友借钱，又从不还钱。托尼看见我就过来坐在同一张桌子旁。他从未问我借过钱。他吃饭时，我让他借给我二十英镑。令我吃惊的是，他马上把钱给了我。“我从来没有向你借过钱，”托尼说，“所以现在你可以帮我付饭钱了！”
重点单词
restaurant [ˈrestrɒnt]
n.餐厅; 餐馆;
lawyer [ˈlɔːjə(r)]
n.律师
salary [ˈsæləri]
n.薪金，薪水(尤指按月发放的);
immediately [ɪˈmiːdiətli]
adv.立即; 马上;
高阶文段
The pandemic was a boon for some. Once the shock of lockdowns faded, stockmarkets climbed towards new records, in part because of the soaring share prices of tech firms. Zoom meetings became a feature for office employees sent home to work remotely (Zoom fatigue was soon a common gripe). As online shopping flourished, Amazon recruited hundreds of thousands of extra staff. Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s boss, saw his wealth increase from $111bn in March to $185bn in December. The combined wealth of the world’s ten richest people grew by 57%, to $1.14trn.
短文翻译
这场疫情对部分人来说是件好事。一旦封锁措施的冲击消退，股票市场就会攀升至新的纪录，部分原因是科技公司的股价飙升。Zoom会议成了被派回家远程工作的办公室员工的特色(Zoom疲劳很快成为大家吐槽的对象)。随着在线购物的蓬勃发展，亚马逊额外招募了数十万名员工。亚马逊(Amazon)老板杰夫·贝索斯(Jeff Bezos)的财富从3月份的1110亿美元增加到12月份的1850亿美元。全球十大富豪的总财富增长了57%，达到1.14万亿美元。
重点单词
pandemic [pænˈdemɪk]
n.(全国或全球性)流行病; 大流行病;
lockdown [ˈlɒkdaʊn]
n.活动(或行动)限制;
fatigue [fəˈtiːɡ]
n.疲劳; 劳累;疲软
gripe [ɡraɪp]
n.抱怨，牢骚
flourish [ˈflʌrɪʃ]
v.繁荣，兴旺
