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。
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）
文段一
We rose-tint our memories and put ourselves into self-affirming situations. We become defensive whencriticized, and apply negative stereotypes to others to boost our own esteem, we stalk around thinking we’re hot stuff.
Psychologist and behavioral scientist Nicholas Epley oversaw a key studying into self-enhancement and attractiveness.
Rather than have people simply rate their beauty compared with
others, he asked them to identify an original photograph of themselves’ from a lineup including versions that had been altered to appear more and less attractive.
短文翻译
我们给自己的记忆添上浪漫的色彩，并且将自己置于自我确定的情况中。当受到批评时，我们会进行防御。并用他人负面刻板的印象来提高自己的自信，我们高昂阔步以为自己是了不起的人。
心理学家和行为科学家尼古拉斯·艾普利进行了一个自我提高和吸引力方面的研究。他不仅仅让受试者给自己的美貌打分并与其他人相对比，还要求他们从一堆已经改得更加或者不怎么具有吸引力的照片中辨别出自己原始面貌的照片。
重点单词
rose-tint
v.精致化，美化
self-affirming
adj.自我肯定的
defensive [dɪˈfensɪv]
adj.防御的; 保护的; 保卫的; 戒备的; 怀有戒心的; 自卫的; 防守的;
stereotype [ˈsteriətaɪp]
n.模式化观念(或形象); 老一套; 刻板印象
esteem [ɪˈstiːm]
n.尊重; 敬重; 好评;
compress [kəmˈpres]
v.(被) 压紧; 精简; 浓缩; 压缩; 压缩
文段 II
Visual recognition, reads the study, is “an automatic psychological process occurring rapidly and intuitively with little or no apparent conscious deliberation”. If the subjects quickly chose a falsely flattering image—which must did—they genuinely believed it was really how they looked.
短文翻译
这项研究认为视觉识别是“一个自发的心理过程，它会快速并直觉地反应出来，而极少带有那种明显有意识的思考”。如果受试对象很快选择了一张虚伪的讨人喜欢的照片——肯定会这么做——他们就真的认为这是他们真正的模样。
重点单词
intuitively [ɪnˈtjuːɪtɪvli]
adv.直觉地，直观地；由直觉而得地
deliberation [dɪˌlɪbəˈreɪʃn]※
n.思考; 考虑;
flatter [ˈflætə(r)]
v.奉承; 讨好; 向…谄媚;
genuinely ['dʒenjuɪnli]
adv.由衷地; 真诚地; 真正地; 诚实地;
