计划说明
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
Business Insider reports that a rumor which started online and has since gone viral is at the heart of the KFC free food scam.
KFC South Africa has discredited reports that a student was arrested after pretending to be an executive from the fast-food brand to get free food from restaurants around Durban, South Africa.The Daily Mail reported that the now-viral story was spurred by media coverage that began with a "rumor"saying a 27-year-old man entered KFC stores and told employees that he worked in the fast-food company's head office before testing food in the kitchen. KFC South Africa tweeted:"It would be legendary if only it were true. Fake is as far as it gets with this story."
短文翻译
《商业内幕》报道肯德基免费食品骗局始于在网上迅速传播开来的谣言。南非肯德基公司否认了一名学生因假装是该快餐品牌主管并以此从南非德班各店获取免费食物而被捕的报道。《每日邮报》报道称这则迅速走红的新闻是由媒体相关报道所引发的报道称一名27岁男性走进KFC并告知工作人员他在该公司总部工作之后便进入厨房试吃。南非肯德基在推特上表示：“如果这是真的，那将成为一个传奇。这个故事的主要特征就是假。”
重点单词
go viral
走红
discredit [dɪsˈkredɪt]
v.败坏…的名声; 使丧失信誉;
arrest [əˈrest]
v.拘留，逮捕
executive [ɪɡˈzekjətɪv]
n.经理
media coverage
媒体报道
legendary [ˈledʒəndri]
n.传奇，传说
高阶文段
America is failing moms.
Let's start over.
In 1974, humorist Erma Bombeck published a syndicated newspaper column that outlines the lives of American mothers whether they’ve read it or not.In "When God Created Mothers," Bombeck describes God making a mother with the help of an angel."She has to be completely washable, but not
plastic.Have 180 movable parts...all replaceable," God tells the angel."Run on black coffee and leftovers.Have a lap that disappears when she stands up.
短文翻译
美国正在辜负母亲这一群体
那就让我们从头开始吧
1974年，幽默作家艾尔玛·邦贝克在报纸上发表了一篇一稿多投的专栏文章，这篇文章堪称概括了所有美国母亲的生活面貌，无论她们看过这篇文章与否。邦贝克在这篇题为“上帝创造母亲时”的文章中写到，上帝在天使的帮助下创造了一位母亲。“她必须完全可以水洗，但不能是塑料材质的。要有180个可移动的组建——还都要是可更换的组建，”上帝对天使说道。“用清咖啡和剩菜就能养活。有站起身来就会消失的游泳圈。
重点单词
newspaper column
报刊专栏
outline [ˈaʊtlaɪn]
v.概括
completely [kəmˈpliːtli]
adv.彻底地
plastic [ˈplæstɪk]
adj.塑料的
replaceable [rɪˈpleɪsəbl]
adj.可替换的
leftover
剩菜
