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
On Wednesday evening, we went to the Town Hall. It was the last day of the year and a large crowd of people had gathered under the Town Hall clock. It would strike twelve in twenty minutes’ time. Fifteen minutes passed and then, at five to twelve, the clock stopped. The big minute hand did not move. We waited and waited, but nothing happened. Suddenly someone shouted. 'It's two minutes past twelve! The clock has stopped!’ I looked at my watch. It was true. The big clock refused to welcome the New Year. At that moment, everybody began to laugh and sing.
短文翻译
星期三晚上，我们去了市政厅。这是一年的最后一天，一大群人聚集在市政厅的钟下。二十分钟后十二点。十五分钟过去了，还剩下5分钟到12点，钟停了。那只大分针一动不动。我们等了又等，但什么也没发生。突然有人喊道现在是十二点二分！钟停了！’我看了看手表。是真的。大钟拒绝迎接新年。就在那一刻，大家开始欢笑歌唱。
重点单词
gather [ˈɡæðə(r)]
v.聚集; 集合;
strike [straɪk]
v.击; 打; 撞击;
minute hand
分针
refuse [rɪˈfjuːz]
v.拒绝; 回绝;
高阶文段
The death of George Floyd, a black man, at the hands of police in Minneapolis sparked the worst unrest across America for decades. Floyd’s cry that he couldn’t breathe to the officer kneeling on his neck reverberated around the world. The incident led to a surge in global support for Black Lives Matter and a reckoning with the legacy of slavery and colonialism.
短文翻译
在明尼阿波利斯，黑人乔治·弗洛伊德死于警察之手，这引发了美国几十年来最严重的骚乱。弗洛伊德对跪压他脖子上的警察求饶，他窒息般的呼救声传遍了全球。这一事件导致全球支持“黑人的命也是命”的呼声高涨，人们开始反思奴隶制和殖民主义的遗留问题。
重点单词
spark [spɑːk]
v.引发; 触发
unrest [ʌnˈrest]
n.动荡; 动乱; 骚动;
reverberate [rɪˈvɜːbəreɪt]
v.回荡; 回响; 有长久深刻的影响;
surge [sɜːdʒ]
v.激增; 涌; 汹涌;
reckon [ˈrekən]
v.认为; 想;
legacy [ˈleɡəsi]
n.遗产; 遗留; 后遗症;
slavery[ˈsleɪvəri]
n.奴隶制;
colonialism [kəˈləʊniəlɪzəm]
n.殖民主义;
