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
Knowing the results of Epley's study, it makes sense that why people hate photographs of themselves viscerally—on one level, they don't even recognize the person in the picture as themselves. Facebook therefore, is a self-enhancer's paradise, where people can share only the most flattering photos, the cream of their wit, style, beauty, intellect and lifestyles. “It's not that people's profiles are dishonest”, says Catalina Toma of Wiscon—Madison university,” but they portray an idealized version of themselves.
短文翻译
了解了艾普利的研究结果，人们本能的讨厌自己的照片这一点也就能够想得通了——从某种层面上来说，他们甚至认为那些照片中的人不是自己，因而，Facebook 也就成了自我提高者的天堂，在那里他们可以分享最讨人喜欢的照片，以及他们的机智、风格、美貌、智力和生活方式的精华面。这并不代表他们的档案不真实，威斯康星麦迪逊大学的卡特琳娜·托马说，“他们塑造了一个理想化的自己”。
重点单词
make sense
(行为方式) 有道理，合乎情理; 可以理解; 讲得通;
viscerally
adv.内脏的; 发自内心;
intellect [ˈɪntəlekt]
n.(尤指高等的) 智力，思维逻辑领悟力; 智力高的人; 才智超群的人;
profile [ˈprəʊfaɪl]
n.面部的侧影; 侧面轮廓; 概述; 简介; 传略; 印象; 形象;
idealized [aɪˈdiːəlaɪzd]
adj.理想化的
文段 II
Epley found no significant gender difference in responses. Nor was there any evidence that, those who self-enhance the must (that is, the participants who thought the most positively doctored picture were real) were doing so to make up for profound insecurities. In fact those who thought that the images higher up the attractiveness scale were real directly corresponded with those who showed other makers for having higher self-esteem. “I don't think the findings that we having have are any evidence of personal delusion”, says Epley. “It's a reflection simply of people generally thinking well of themselves’. If you are depressed, you won't be self-enhancing.
短文翻译
艾普利发现在做出反应时，男女之间并没有很大的性别差异。也没有证据表明自我提高这一必要性(也就是说，这些受试者认为改得好的照片是真正的自己)是为了弥补不安全感。事实上，那些认为改良过有较大吸引力的照片是自己真正照片的人也正是那些自信心较高的人。艾普利说：“我认为我们目前的发现并不是个人幻觉的证据，它仅仅是一种自我认识良好的反应。”如果你觉得很郁闷，就不会进行自我提高。
重点单词
evidence [ˈevɪdəns]
n.根据; 证明; 证据; (法庭上的) 证据，证词，人证，物证;
profound [prəˈfaʊnd]
adj.巨大的; 深切的; 深远的; 知识渊博的; 理解深刻的;
insecurity [ˌɪnsɪˈkjʊərɪti]
n.不牢靠；不安全；无保障;
correspond with
与……相一致
reflection [rɪˈflekʃn]
n.映像;映照出的影像; (声、光、热等的) 反射; 反映; 显示; 表达;
