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1、考研英语阅读理解分析2010年考研英语阅读理解第一篇全文翻译及分析想要把考研英语考好，不在考场上心理崩盘，只有详细研究真题和精读外刊，否则绝大部分考生对文章的理解注定是只言片语和模糊不清的，而考研英语强调的是精细、精确地理解。很多学生反映看不懂外刊，但是如果我们不在平时崩盘，那么就会在考试时崩溃。请大家仔细体会我们的忠告!(1)Of all the changes that have taken place in English-language newspapers during the past quarter-century, perhaps the most far-reaching

2、has been the inexorable decline in the scope and seriousness of their arts coverage. Not only have many newspapers done away with their book-review sections, but several major papers, including the Chicago Sun-Times and the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, no longer employ full-time classical-music critics

3、. Even those papers that continue to review fine-arts events are devoting less space to them, while the “think pieces” on cultural subjects that once graced the pages of big-city Sunday papers are becoming a thing of the past。译文过去的25年，在英文报纸发生的所有变化中，或许最具有深远意义的变化就是这些报纸文艺报道的范围在缩小，严肃性在减弱，势头不可阻挡。不仅许多报纸都撤

4、掉了其书评版面，而且一些主要报纸，包括芝加哥太阳时报和明尼阿波利斯星坛报也都不再雇佣全职的古典音乐评论家了。纵然是那些继续评论美术方面的事件的报纸留给这些评论也比以往要少。与此同时，曾经使大城市星期日报纸增色的关于文化主题的文章版面也已经是明日黄花了。语篇分析为同一意群，讲述了这样一个事实，在过去25年间英文报纸所有变化中，或许意义最为深远的变化就是报纸的文艺报道方面范围缩小、严肃性减弱。句考生需要重点关注的信息就是perhaps the most far-reaching，most最高级表示强调，而far-reaching也是从程度上对changes表示强调，所以我们可以知道，最重要的变化就

5、是the inexorable decline in the scope and seriousness of their arts coverage.，命题人肯定会围绕这种重大的变化进行命题，这就是作者强调的重点信息，强调就是考点，希望考生仔细体会!另外，their指代English-language newspapers。运用not only,but这一句型对进行举例，来具体说明。用even开头，承接上一句，进一步举例说明这种变化;需要注意的是，连接词while也是考生关注的重点，该词的前后往往也会涉及到重点信息，我们来看while引导的句子，once表明过去、曾经是怎么样的，而are b

6、ecoming则表示现在又是一种什么样的状况，这里存在着时间上的对比，也是考点，即曾经使大城市星期日报纸增色的关于文化主题的文章版面(现在)也已经是明日黄花了。重点单词far-reachingadj. having a great influence or effect 具有深远影响的inexorable /neksrbl/ adj .an inexorable process cannot be stopped 不可阻挡的coverage /kvrd/ n. when a subject or event is reported on television or radio, or in n

7、ewspapers 新闻报道think piecen. A think piece is an article in a newspaper or magazine that discusses a particular subject in a serious and thoughtful way. 内幕新闻、(内容)严肃且(思想)深邃的文章必备搭配inexorable decline势不可挡的衰退;arts coverage文艺报道;book-review section书评版;major papers主流报纸、主要报纸;classical-music critics古典音乐评论家;emp

8、loy full-time critics雇佣全职评论家;review the event评论这一事件;cultural subject文化主题(2)It is, I suspect, difficult to the point of impossibility for the average reader under the age of forty to imagine a time when high-quality arts criticism could be found in most big-city newspapers. Yet a considerable number

9、of the most significant collections of criticism published in the 20th century, including Virgil Thomsons The Musical Scene (1945)， Edwin Denbys Looking at the Dance (1949)， Kenneth Tynans Curtains (1961)， and Hilton Kramers The Age of the Avant-Garde (1973) consisted in large part of newspaper revi

10、ews. To read such books today is to marvel at the fact that their erudite contents were once deemed suitable for publication in general-circulation dailies。译文我怀疑，年龄在40岁以下的普通读者无法想象那样一个能够在大部分的大城市报纸上找到高质量的文艺评论的时代。然而有大量在20世纪出版的具有最重要意义的评论作品，包括维吉尔汤姆逊的音乐现场(1945年)、埃德温登比的看舞蹈(1949)、肯尼斯惕南的窗帘(1961)和希尔顿克拉莫尔的先锋派时

11、代(1973)在报纸评论中占据了很大部分。如今去读这种书籍会使人们对这样一种事实感到大为惊讶，那就是这些书籍广博的内容曾经被人们认为很适合在面对大众发行的日报上刊登。语篇分析 用I suspect开头，表达了作者的观点。注意suspect表示“确定的怀疑”，而doubt则表示“不确定的怀疑”，请看柯林斯字典对这两个词的区分：suspect You use suspect when you are stating something that you believe is probably true, in order to make it sound less strong or direct

12、.;doubt If you have doubt or doubts about something, you feel uncertain about it and do not know whether it is true or possible. If you say you have no doubt about it, you mean that you are certain it is true。对这两个词的区分，我们往往能判断出作者的态度是对某事物支持还是反对，有助于我们解题!Yet表示转折，说现在很难找到高质量的文艺评论，而则以过去为例，说明了过去是一个怎样的情况，讲述了

13、有大量在20世纪出版的具有最重要意义的评论作品占据了报纸评论的大部分，并举出四种评论作品。又回到如今(today)，说去读这种书籍会使人感到大为惊讶，而在原来(were once)则被认为是一种正常的事情，这也说明了报纸的文艺报道在范围上倒退，证明文章主题(第一段的后半句)。两句存在时间上的对比，而句句内也存在这种时间对比。重点单词collection/klekn/ n. A collection of things is a group of similar things that you have deliberately acquired, usually over a period o

14、f time. 作品、收藏品criticism /krtszm/ n. Criticism is a serious examination and judgment of something such as a book or play. 评论erudite /erdat/ adj. If you describe someone as erudite, you mean that they have or show great academic knowledge. You can also use erudite to describe something such as a book

15、or a style of writing. (FORMAL) 广博的、博学多识的必备搭配to the point of 到的程度= to the degree of = to the extent of;average reader普通读者;imagine a time想象一个时代;high-quality criticism高质量的评论;a considerable number of很大数量的;newspaper reviews报纸评论;marvel at对感到惊讶;erudite contents广博的内容;general-circulation面对大众发行(3)We are even

16、 farther removed from the discursive newspaper reviews published in England between the turn of the 20th century and the eve of World War II, at a time when newsprint was dirt-cheap and stylish arts criticism was considered an ornament to the publications in which it appeared. In those far-off days,

17、 it was taken for granted that the critics of major papers would write in detail and at length about the events they covered. Theirs was a serious business, and even those reviewers who wore their learning lightly, like George Bernard Shaw and Ernest Newman, could be trusted to know what they were a

18、bout. These men (for they were all men) believed in journalism as a calling, and were proud to be published in the daily press. “So few authors have brains enough or literary gift enough to keep their own end up in journalism,” Newman wrote, “that I am tempted to define journalism as a term of conte

19、mpt applied by writers who are not read to writers who are.”译文我们离20世纪初期和二战前夕期间在英国发表的东拉西扯的报纸评论甚至更远，当时，新闻用纸非常便宜，而且时髦的文艺评论被认为是一种对刊登这种内容的出版物的装饰。在那些遥远的年代，主流报纸的评论家们会把报道的事件详细充分地记录下来，这被视为理所当然。这些评论家们所从事的是严肃的事业。甚至是那些喜欢卖弄学问的评论家们(像萧伯纳和欧内斯特纽曼)也知道自己在做什么，这一点足以让人信任。这些男人(因为他们都是男人)把新闻业认为是一个职业，并且对于他们的文章能够在报纸上刊登出来感到很自豪

20、。“能拥有足够的思想或足够的文学天赋可以使他们在新闻业上成就自己的事业的作者是如此之少”， 纽曼写道，“以致于我禁不住把新闻业定义成被某些作家所使用的一个耻辱的术语。对真正的作家而言，他们根本就没有学问”。语篇分析用even farther承接上一段，继续说明当代人远离报纸评论，并以20世纪初期和二战前夕期间英国发表的评论为例。even farther“甚至更加(远离)”，我们反推上一段也是在说我们“远离”报纸上的文艺评论，只不过这一段举了一个“更加远离”的例子继续证明文章主题(第一段的后半句)。In those far-off days指的是between the turn of the 2

21、0th century and the eve of World War II这段时间，承接第句。句的Theirs与business相对应，译成“这些评论家们所从事的事业”， reviewers替换critics，都表示“评论家”。中的These men指代句中的那些评论家们，为同一意群。句中包含一个so that句型，表示“如此以致于”，在句子中离得比较远，在翻译的时候我们把“如此之少”放在后面，这样能更好的衔接下面的“以致于”。大家注意：applied by writers who are not read to writers who are。其中who are not read为定语从

22、句，修饰writers，这里的read为adj. 请看韦氏词典的解释：read adj. instructed by or informed through reading. 有学问的，也就是说这些writers根本没有学问，那么是对于谁来说没有学问呢?to writers who are。此处who are的后面省略了read，就是说，对于有学问的作家来说(即真正的作家来说)，那些writers是根本没有学问的。请各位考生仔细体会!重点单词discursive /dsksv/ adj. discussing many different ideas, facts etc, without a

23、lways having a clear purpose 东拉西扯的、不着边际的dirt-cheap adj. If you say that something is dirt-cheap, you are emphasizing that it is very cheap indeed. (INFORMAL) 极其便宜stylish /stal/ adj. attractive in a fashionable way 时髦的、流行的、吸引人的far-off adj. If you describe a moment in time as far off, you mean that it

24、 is a long time from the present, either in the past or the future. 遥远的wear ones learning lightly 卖弄某人的学问calling /kl/ n. A calling is a profession or career which someone is strongly attracted to, especially one which involves helping other people. 职业= vocationbrain/bren/ n. Your brain is your mind

25、and the way that you think. 思想= mindgift /gft/ n. a natural ability 天赋contempt /kntempt/ n. a feeling that someone or something is not important and deserves no respect 耻辱、侮辱必备搭配discursive reviews东拉西扯的评论;arts criticism文艺评论;take for granted认为理所当然;at length详细地;serious business严肃的事业;literary gift文学天赋;k

26、eep ones end up in在成就事业;be tempted to do 禁不住做(4)Why, then, are virtually all of these critics forgotten? Neville Cardus, who wrote for the Manchester Guardian from 1917 until shortly before his death in 1975, is now known solely as a writer of essays on the game of cricket. During his lifetime, thou

27、gh, he was also one of Englands foremost classical-music critics, a stylist so widely admired that his Autobiography (1947) became a best-seller. He was knighted in 1967, the first music critic to be so honored. Yet only one of his books is now in print, and his vast body of writings on music is unk

28、nown save to specialists。译文那么，为什么几乎所有的这些评论家们被人们忘却了呢?从1917年开始一直到1975年死前不久还在为曼彻斯特卫报写文章的内维尔卡达斯，如今仅仅作为一个撰写关于板球比赛文章的作家被人们所知。然而，在他的一生中，他也是英国最重要的古典音乐评论家之一。他也是一位被广为赞赏的文体家，其1947年的自传是一本畅销书。他于1967年被授予爵士称号，也是第一位被授予这个头衔的音乐评论家。然而，他出的书中如今只有一本还在版。并且，他关于音乐方面的大量作品都不为人知，除了专业人士以外。语篇分析句的then承接上一段，作者提出一个问题，即为什么几乎所有的这些评论家

29、们被人们忘却了呢? 为同一意群，以内维尔卡达斯为例，讲述了评论家们被人们忘却的现象。句主干是：Neville Cardus is now known solely as a writer of essays on the game of cricket。注意，solely表示仅仅，说明如今内维尔卡达斯仅仅作为一个撰写关于板球比赛文章的作家被人们所知，我们据此推测，他肯定还有其他方面不为人知，而他其他方面的不为人知恰恰是因为文艺评论的衰退!who wrote for his death in 1975为非限制性定语从句，修饰Neville Cardus.两句介绍了他其他的优秀方面。介绍了他在音乐

30、方面除了专业人士外，还有大量的作品不为人知。注意这里的save用法很特殊，表示“除 之外”。重点单词virtually /vtuli / adv. You can use virtually to indicate that something is so nearly true that for most purposes it can be regarded as true. 几乎solely /sul-li / adv. not involving anything or anyone else 仅仅、只有foremost /fmust / adj. the best or most i

31、mportant 最重要的、最好的knight/nat/ v. to give someone the rank of knight 授予爵士称号specialist/spelst/ n. someone who knows a lot about a particular subject, or is very skilled at it 专业人士必备搭配solely as仅仅作为;classical-music critics古典音乐评论家;foremost critics重要的评论家;best-selling book畅销书(5)Is there any chance that Carduss criticism will enjoy a posthumous revival? The prospect seems remote. Journalistic tastes had changed long before his death, and postmodern readers have little use for the richly upholstered Vicwardian prose in which he specialized. Moreover, the amateur tradition in music criticism