考研英語歷年真題閱讀要點之Text 4（一）

 　各位同學，考研英語復習進度怎么樣?為了心中的目標，一定要堅持哦!為了幫助各位同學更加有效地復習，小編繼續為大家梳理歷年考研英語真題閱讀文章中涉及的要點，包括詞匯、短語、長難句以及簡單的閱讀方法。接下來看一下考研英語真題閱讀Text 4，這篇文章主要探討了AAAS新發表的報告可能弊大于利。

　　“The Heart of the Matter,” the just-released report ..., deserves praise for affirming the importance of the humanities and social sciences to the prosperity and security of liberal democracy in America. Regrettably, however, the report’s failure to address the true nature of the crisis facing liberal education may cause more harm than good.

　　just-released“剛剛發布的”;report“報告”;deserve“應得”;praise“稱贊”;affirm“確認，肯定”;the humanities“人文科學”;prosperity“繁榮”;security“安全”;liberal“自由的”;democracy“民主”;failure“失敗”;address可以理解為“指出”;true nature“本質”;crisis“危機”;may cause more harm than good“可能弊大于利”。

　　In 2010, leading congressional Democrats and Republicans ... asking that it identify actions that could be taken by “federal ... individual benefactors and others” to “maintain national excellence in humanities and social scientific scholarship and education.” In response, ... Among ... are top-tier-university presidents, scholars, lawyers, judges, and business executives, as well as prominent figures from diplomacy, filmmaking, music and journalism.

　　leading“主要的”;congressional“國會的，議會的”;democrat“民主主義者”;republican“共和主義者”;ask“要求”;identify“確認”;take actions“采取行動”;federal“聯邦的”;benefactor“捐助者”;maintain“維持”;excellence“優秀，卓越”;scholarship“獎學金”;in response“作為回應”;top-tier“頂尖的”;executive“執行者”;prominent“杰出的，卓越的”;figure“人物”;diplomacy“外交”;filmmaking“電影制作”;journalism“新聞業”。

　　... admirable. Because representative government presupposes an informed citizenry, the report supports full literacy; stresses ... particularly ... and encourages the use of new digital technologies. To encourage innovation and competition, the report calls for increased investment in research, the crafting of coherent curricula ... to bear on ... The report also advocates greater study of foreign languages, international affairs and the expansion of study abroad programs.

　　admirable“值得贊揚的”;representative“代議制的”;presuppose“以...為先決條件”;informed“知情的”;citizenry“公民”;literacy“讀寫能力”;stress“強調”;particularly“尤其”;encourage“鼓勵”;digital technology“數字技術”;innovation“革新”;competition“競爭”;call for“提倡”;investment“投資”;crafting“制定”;coherent“連貫的”;curricula，單數形式curriculum“課程體系”;bear on“承擔”;advocate“提倡”;international affairs“國際事務，國際關系”。

　　以上就是小編為大家梳理的2014年考研英語真題閱讀Text 4前三段的要點。“百川東到海，何時復西歸?少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。”“勸君惜取少年時”，各位同學，好好把握學習和努力的黃金時期吧!不要等到來不及的時候才知道后悔。