考研英語歷年真題閱讀要點之Text 1（二）

 　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 1，這篇文章主要探討了英國財政大臣提出的失業保障計劃。

　　Losing a job is hurting: you don’t skip down to the jobcentre ..., delighted at the prospect of doubling your income from the generous state. It is financially terrifying, psychologically embarrassing and you know that support is minimal and extraordinarily hard to get... you are now excluded from the work environment that offers purpose and structure in your life. Worse, the crucial income to feed yourself and your family and pay the bills has disappeared...

　　hurting“受傷害的”;skip down to“蹦蹦跳跳地到某處”;be delighted at“因...而高興”;prospect“前景”;double“加倍”;income“收入”;generous“慷慨的”;terrifying“令人恐懼的”;psychologically“心理上地”;embarrassing“令人尷尬的”;support“資助”;minimal“最低限度的”;extraordinarily“非常”;be excluded from“被...排除在外”;purpose“目標”;crucial“重要的”;feed“供給”;pay the bill“付賬單”。

　　But in Osborneland, your first instinct is to fall into dependency -- permanent dependency ... -- supported by a state only too ready to indulge your falsehood. It is as though 20 years of ever-tougher reforms ... The principle of British welfare is no longer that you can insure yourself against the risk of unemployment and receive unconditional payments if the disaster happens.

　　instinct“本能”;permanent“永久的”;be ready to do可以理解為“樂意做某事”;falsehood“錯誤的信仰”;as though“好像，仿佛”;ever-tougher“日益艱難的”;principle“原則”;welfare“福利”;insure oneself against“給自己投保以防，使自己免于”;risk“風險”，take risk“冒險”，take the risk of doing“冒險做某事”;unemployment“失業”;unconditional“無條件的”;disaster“災難”。

　　Even the very phrase ... who had no mandatory right to a benefit he or she has earned through making national insurance contributions. Instead, the claimant receives a time-limited “allowance,” conditional on actively seeking a job; no entitlement and no insurance ...

　　phrase“短語”;allowance“補貼”;mandatory“強制性的”;right“權利”;make national insurance contributions“繳納國民保險稅”;time-limited“有時間限制的”;be conditional on“在...條件下”;actively“積極地”;entitlement可以指“權利”。