2011年考研阅读文章T4精读——解析版.docx

2011年考研阅读文章精读——解析版Text 4①It‘s no surprise that Jennifer Senior‘s insightful, provocative magazine cover story, “ I Love My Children, I Hate My Life,” is arousing much chatter—nothing gets people talking like the suggestion that child rearing is anything less than a completely fulfilling, life-enriching experience. ②Rather than concluding that children make parents either happy or miserable, Senior suggests we need to redefine happiness: instead of thinking of it as something that can be measured by moment-to-moment joy, we should consider being happy as a past-tense condition. ③Even though the day-to-day experience of raising kids can be soul-crushingly hard, Senior writes that “ the very things that in the moment dampen our moods can later be sources of intense gratification and delight.* It‘s no surprise that sv 某事并不意外* insightful, provocative magazine cover story 见解深刻，充满煽动性的杂志封面故事insight: If you gain insight or an insight into a complex situation or problem, you gain an accurate and deep understanding of it.The project would give scientists new insights into what is happening to the earths atmosphere...该项目将使科学家对地球大气层的状况有更新的深入了解。The article gives us a real insight into the causes of the present economic crisis.这篇文章分析了目前经济危机的原因，发人深省。insightful：富有洞察力的;有深刻见解的She offered some really interesting, insightful observations.她给出了一些非常有趣又富有洞察力的评论。* arouse 唤起，引起Arouse is used with these nouns as the object: anger, anxiety, concern, conscience, controversy, curiosity, desire, emotion, enthusiasm, expectation, interest, jealousy, opposition, passion, resentment, suspicion, sympathy* nothing like有正面的“最好莫如”或负面的“最坏莫如”的意思。There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered. (Nelson Mandela, A Long Walk to Freedom) 最好的事情，莫如回到一处保持原样的地方，看看自己到底如何变了。There is no place like home. 哪儿都比不上家里舒服。There is nothing like a long walk to stimulate the contemplation...没有什么比走很长的路更能激起沉思的了。* anything less than 绝不是* a completely fulfilling,