编者从命题人偏好的英文原版权威报刊杂志中选取了最接近考研真题命题特点的新文章,绝大部分文章节选自2011年7月—2012年12月的时文,所涉及的内容广泛而丰富,从政治、军事、经济、外交到科技、文化、教育、体育、娱乐、音乐、电影节目等无所不有,而且文体不尽相同,形式各异。话题贴近生活、贴近现实,具有时代性、知识性、趣味性等特点。文章语言优美,文笔流畅,寓知识性、趣味性、信息性于一体,让你尽览原汁原味的英文风采。选材不但符合时代的潮流而且贴近考研命题趋势,使考生从庞大的信息资源中解放出来,节省了宝贵的复习时间,达到事半功倍的效果。
★同源时文,洞悉考研阅读;
★精彩篇章,感知文化底蕴;
★精准注释,激发阅读热情;
★经典句型,品味英语优美;
★唯美译文,展示语言力量。
★采撷经典同源时文,拾贝考研核心词汇;
★编排方式从易到难,符合语言学习规律,
★循序渐进中培养考研必胜信心;
★常考、高频词汇与典型长难句相结合,
★全面奠定语言基础,提升阅读综合实力。
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徐绽:考研英语实力派青年教师,考研英语应试的“王牌专家”,十余年英语教学生涯,具有精深的英语语言文化理论底蕴和丰富的教学实践经验,桃李遍布大江南北。授课风格幽默,富有激情,大气磅薄,挥洒自如,课堂信息量大,有的放矢,直击要害,让学员在开心、轻松的气氛中掌握知识,满载而归,满怀信心面对考试。
主讲课程:考研词汇、阅读理解、写作、翻译。
Section One 经典时文120篇
科普大世界
Brightening the Clouds Touted as a Way to Save Corals(3)
Citizen Scientist: Out of the Lab and onto the Streets(6)
Fake Smile in a Mirror(9)
People in Their 90s Are Getting Smarter(12)
A Culture of Consent(15)
Atheists Turn to Science During Times of Stress(18)
Calm Sun, Vigorous Sun—SidebySide(21)
Carbon Emissions Helping to Make Earth Greener(24)
Climate Change, the Measure of Global Warming(27)
FaceReading System(30)
Gesture that Smartphones can Appreciate(33)
Gut Microbes Spur Liver Cancer in Obese Mice(36)
HumanAnimal Hybrids Mean Boom Time for Bioethicists(39) Section One 经典时文120篇
科普大世界
Brightening the Clouds Touted as a Way to Save Corals(3)
Citizen Scientist: Out of the Lab and onto the Streets(6)
Fake Smile in a Mirror(9)
People in Their 90s Are Getting Smarter(12)
A Culture of Consent(15)
Atheists Turn to Science During Times of Stress(18)
Calm Sun, Vigorous Sun—SidebySide(21)
Carbon Emissions Helping to Make Earth Greener(24)
Climate Change, the Measure of Global Warming(27)
FaceReading System(30)
Gesture that Smartphones can Appreciate(33)
Gut Microbes Spur Liver Cancer in Obese Mice(36)
HumanAnimal Hybrids Mean Boom Time for Bioethicists(39)
Tectonic Plates’ Movement Begins to Bring Europe
and American Closer(41)
Update Your Software Without Stress or Disruption(44)
Want Fewer Hurricanes? Pollute the Air(47)
Wood is Key Ingredient in Cheap Rechargeable Battery(50)
Meet the World’s Most Advanced Brain Scanner(53)
How the Brain Really Works(56)
China’s Space Programme(59)
Flower Power(63)
How to Get Rid of Bloodsucking Insects(67)
A Better Way to Diagnose Skin Cancers(71)
Train Franchises(75)
Mobile Broadband(79)
生活新风尚
Dance for Parkinson’s Disease: Movement as Medicine(83)
Is Bedtime Snacking Bad?(86)
Let’s Spend Some Time Apart:
LongDistance Relationships Are Deeper(89)
Wrap up Warm to Avoid Heart Attacks(92)
How Much Exercise Will It Take to Work Off a Burger?
Menus May Soon Tell You(95)
Michael Jackson and Sleep Deprivation:
Does Poor Sleep Increase Risk of Sudden Death?(98)
Mindful Eating: Peaceful Coexistence with Food(101)
New Cancer Drugs Harness Power of Immune System(104)
Science and Technology Safer Childbirth in Bangladesh(107)
Vegetarians Live Longer than MeatEaters, Study Finds.(110)
Wearing Sunscreen Every Day
Can Make You Look Younger, Longer(113)
Welcome to the New Home Office(116)
Nutrition at Fast Food Restaurants Still
Leaves Much to be Desired(119)
Baby Names(123)
Drinking Habits (127)
French Children Don’t Throw Food(131)
On Your Mark (135)
Russian Pensions(139)
Animal and Snakeskin Prints Featured in Fall Denim Looks(143)
The Golden Age of Motoring Is Over(146)
Taking Your Feelings to Work(149)
When “I Do” Means “I Don’t Anymore” (152)
Material Girl(155)
教育文化界
ADHD Drugs Don’t Boost Kids’ Grades(158)
Delaying Retirement Lowers Risk of Alzheimer’s (161)
Desk Jobs Can Be Killers(164)
How do Unit Blocks Help Children Learn?(167)
New Technology Is Poised to Disrupt Schools(170)
Programs Aim to Help Diners Find Healthful,
Sustainable Meals(173)
Schools Get New Rules on Selling Junk Food(176)
American Business in Wartime (178)
Forgotten Romantic Heroine (182)
Late Starter (186)
The Art of Prediction (190)
The Joys of Parenthood (195)
The Spirit of 1812 (200)
ViolinMaking (204)
Work and Play (208)
It’s Not About You (212)
Learning Empathy by Looking Beyond Disabilities(216)
Roaring Tigers, Anxious Choppers(220)
经贸风云榜
A Lighter Ball and Chain(224)
A Price Worth Paying(226)
Going for Gold(229)
It’s Official: We’re Seduced by Cigarette Packaging(232)
Queen Set for 5% Income Boost(235)
Widefare(238)
Will Google Succeed in the Future?(241)
Yahoo Promises not to “Screw It up”
over $1.1bn Tumblr Deal(245)
All That Glisters(248)
All for One, and One for All(251)
Drizzle and Drought (255)
American Retailers Try Again in Europe (259)
Logoland (263)
The View from the Top, and Bottom (267)
What Women Do (271)
Not Drowning, but Waving (275)
Obama Tells Agencies to Save on Travel, Coffee Mugs(279)
Obama to Propose “Buffett Tax” on Millionaires (283)
娱乐百分百
Eating in a Cafeteria Makes Food Taste Worse(287)
How USA General Knowledge Has Changed, 1980~2012(290)
What Signals a Dog Is About to Attack?(293)
Mo Yan Wins Nobel Prize (296)
A Swan’s Song (299)
Same as It Ever Was (303)
World Without End (308)
Film Legend Elizabeth Taylor Passed Away (312)
London Designers Hail “Elegant” Kate Middleton (316)
One Day (320)
Schwarzenegger Opens Austria Museum (324)
“Breaking Dawn” Sees Its Stars Looking to New Horizons(328)
Alisters Turn Oprah’s Farewell Show into
a StarStudded Event (332)
Michelle Obama’s Look (335)
Huayi Brothers and the New Business
of Chinese Blockbusters (339)
Conrad Murray Found Guilty of Killing Michael Jackson(343)
Anne Hathaway Gets a FairyTale Proposal(347)
A Sociology Class for Gaga (350)
Well, at least You Can Game about It (353)
Diana Spencer’s Legacy Lives on in Collectibles(356)
世界任我行
Singing in the Rain(359)
Thunderbirds are gone(362)
People Living in Southern States Live Longer(365)
The Antarctic Continent:South Park(367)
The Health Dangers the Hotshots Faced(370)
The Iceman Cometh(373)
Thirsty Clean Energy May Add to Water Stressed World(376)
Traitorous Fish Throw Friends to the Wolves(379)
Come and See My Villa (382)
Four Airlines May Have to Merge (385)
Huge Sucking Sound (389)
Rhinos at Risk(393)
Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting(397)
Finding Cathy (401)
Charlotte Bronte Fan Spends
Life Dressed as Victorian Heroine (405)
Zombie Craze Continues to Infect Popular Culture (409)
Section Two 精华时文60篇
(注:该部分目录及内容请见本书所赠光盘内PDF文件)
Section Two 精华时文60篇
科普大世界
A Moon Rock of Ages(1)
Kids in Polluted Areas ShowCognitive Problems(4)
Some People May be Badto the Bone(7)
Thinner Wife Makes Happier Marriage(10)
Upending Anonymity(13)
Your Own Facts(17)
Apple Founder Steve Jobs Dies Aged 56(21)
Apple’s TV “to be Voice Controlled”(24)
BombSniffing SensorsBetter than Dogs(27)
Life on Mars Could Stem from Earth(30)
There and Back Again(33)
Keyboards Claims to Revolutionize Typing(36)
Does the Internet Make You Smart or Dumb?(39)
Gadget for LongDistance Lovers(43)
PaperThin Screens with a Twist(46)
Shortsightedness’ Mystery Figured Out(49)
Reflections on Gender Cliché(52)
Frog Skin Medicine(55)
Toto Toilet Targets Health Conscious(58)
生活新风尚
Counting on Power of Triple Double (61)
Check This Out: RU a Phone Freak?(64)
Frames with No Glass (67)
Up Close and Personalized(71)
Watch Your Words on Twitter, Facebook (74)
More Office Workers Take Stand Against Sitting (77)
Texting Explosion Era(80)
Sick of This Text: “Sorry, I’m Late”(83)
New Vow: I Don’t Take Thee(86)
Screens Put Yea