考研英语#2017-2025考研究生英语词汇#巧用真题学习

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真题是考研复习的好资料，以下是从真题中直接选取的经典段落文章，从中给大家挑选常考和易混淆词汇。下面我们一起来学习下2011年Text 1中的经典段落吧。
It’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. Rather 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. Even 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.”
高频词汇知识点：
It’s no surprise that 不足为奇的是
=No surprise /No shock here/ Not surprisingly.
insightful a.有深刻见解的，有洞察力的
provocative a.刺激的，挑拨的
cover story n 封面故事
arouse v.引起，唤醒，鼓励
chatter v 喋喋不休
raising kids 抚养孩子
易混淆词汇辨析：
raise、arise、rise、rouse、arouse的区分：
1、raise (raised，raised)及物动词，根本含义“使上升” raise salary
(1)“举起”raise one’s hand
(2)“提出”raise a question
(3)“抚养，相当于bring up”raise children
(4)“筹集”raise funds
2、arise(arose，arisen)
(1)“发生”，例：Problems arose from the outset.一开始就产生了很多问题。
(2)“起源于”，例：Accidents always arise from the carelessness.许多事故都源于粗心。
3、rise(rose，risen)没有 rised 这个单词。
v.“上升”，(一定是不及物的)只能说 sth. rise(s)，如 the price rises，she rises from the chair。
n.“上升，上涨” the rise of China.
give rise to=lead to引起，例：The food shortage gave rise to the serious problems.食品的短缺引起了严重的问题。
4、rouse“唤醒”例：I was roused by the sound of the alarm.我被闹铃的声音吵醒。
5、arouse“唤起”如，arouse one’s interest / sympathy“唤起某人的兴趣 / 同情心”
经典句子知识点：
1.Rather than concluding that children make parents either happy or miserable, Senior suggests we need to redefine happiness,
解析：句子中包含Rather than .A.., ...B..的句型，该句型重在强调B，所以句子后半部分是阅读的重点。
2.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.
解析：句子中包含instead of .A.., ...B..的句型，该句型重在强调B，所以句子后半部分是阅读的重点。
3.Even 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.”
解析：句子中包含Even though .A.., ...B..的句型，该句型重在强调B，所以句子后半部分是阅读的重点(等同于Even if .A.., ...B..的用法)
考研是一场持久战，它的起步就是大纲词汇过关。