三战老狗考研英语二2014年text1全文翻译笔记(三战考研成功率有多少)
三战老狗考研英语二2014年text1全文翻译笔记(三战考研成功率有多少)
|==??很常规套路的英语二阅读,一个强干扰项,细节对比,找准定位句,读仔细就ok了,英语二蛮看细节的。
以下文章,空行分段,划线部分是该段核心句,红字是亮光个人认为的段落大意,文章中的蓝字为解题句,选项里的蓝色则是正确选项,希望有助于大家食用。
①what would you do with $590m?
有了五亿九千万美元,你会做什么?
②this is now a question for gloria mackenzie, an 84-year-old widow(寡妇)?who recently emerged from her small, tin-roofed(锡皮屋顶的)?house in florida to collect the biggest undivided(完整的、专一的)?lottery jackpot(头奖)?in history.
现在,这对于gm是一个问题,gm是一个84岁的寡妇,她最近从她弗洛里达的小的、锡皮屋顶的房子去收集(领取)历史上最大的完整乐透大奖。
③if she hopes her new-found fortune will yield(产生)?lasting feelings of fulfillment, she could do worse than read happy money by elizabeth dunn and michael norton.
如果她希望她的新财富将产生出持久的满足感,那么她再差也应该读ed和mn的《快乐的钱》。
对于大笔金钱,如果想要产生出持久满足感,就应该读《快乐的钱》。于是引出了《快乐的钱》这个本书。
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①these two academics use an array of behavioral research to show that the most rewarding ways to spend money can be counterintuitive(相反+本能=异于本能的).
两位学者通过一系列行为研究,证明了最有回报的花费金钱的方法可能是异于本能的。
②fantasies(幻想)?of great wealth often involve visions of fancy cars and extravagant homes.
巨大财富的幻想常常涉及豪车和豪宅的观点。
③yet satisfaction with these material purchases wears off fairly(公平地、相当地)?quickly.
然而这些物质花销的满足退去的相当快。
④what was once exciting and new becomes old-hat; regret(后悔)?creeps(蔓延)?in.
那些曾经兴奋的、新奇的东西都会变成旧帽子(都会过时);后悔就蔓延了上来。
⑤it is far better to spend money on experiences, say ms dunn and mr. norton, like interesting trips, unique meals or even going to the cinema. (21)
md和n先生说,像是有趣的旅行、独一无二的一顿饭,或者甚至去电影院都远比在奢侈品上花费要好得多。
⑥these purchases often become more valuable with time—as stories or memories—particularly if they involve feeling more connected to others.
这些消费常常在时间的伴随下变得更加有价值——就像故事或者回忆——特别是如果它们涉及到有其他人的更多联系的感受。
把金钱花费在物质上没多少价值,花费在经历上就很赞。
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①this slim volume is packed with tips to help wage(工资)?slaves(奴隶)?as well as lottery winners get the most “happiness bang for your buck(钱)”.
薄薄的书卷里提出了 助工薪阶层能和乐透赢家一样得到最“从你的金钱而来的最快乐的一击”的小贴士。
②it seems most people would be better off if they could shorten their commutes to work, spend more time with friends and family and less of it watching television?(something the average american spends a whopping(巨大的)?two months a year doing, and is hardly jollier for it). (22)
似乎如果大多数人能缩短他们通勤的时间、花费更多的时间陪伴朋友和家人,以及并且减少看电视(平均美国人花费的巨大的、一年中两月在看电视上,并且很难从中获得快乐)的时间,他们将会更好。
③buying gifts or giving to charity is often more pleasurable than purchasing things for oneself, and luxuries are most enjoyable when they are consumed sparingly(节制地、保守地). (23)
购买礼物或者给慈善机构常常比给自己花费更加令人愉快,并且奢侈品在它们被节制消费的时候最享受。
④this is apparently the reason mcdonald’s restricts the availability of its popular mcrib(23)—a marketing trick that has turned the pork(猪肉)?sandwich(三明治)?into an object of obsession.
这显然是麦当劳限制倍受欢迎的mcrib的可获取量的原因——市场策略使得猪肉三明治被众人着迷。
这本书告诉你如何能花钱花的最享受:把金钱花费到与他人分享上会更愉快;节制消费更愉快。
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①readers of happy money are clearly a privileged(享有特权的)?lot, anxious(焦虑)?about fulfillment, not hunger.
《快乐的钱》的作者明显是有很多特权的人,担忧的是富足,而不是饥饿。
②money may not quite buy happiness, but people in wealthier countries are generally happier than those in poor ones.
钱也许不能买到与之相当的快乐,但是富有国家的人们通常比贫穷国家的人们要更快乐。
③yet the link between feeling good and spending money on others can be seen among rich and poor people around the world, and scarcity(缺乏)?enhances the pleasure of most things for most people. (25)
然而感觉良好和花费金钱在其他人身上是有联系的,(无论是对于)在世界上被视为富有或者贫穷的人,并且缺乏会提高大多数人的大多数事情的愉悦感。
④not everyone will agree with the authors’ policy ideas, which range from mandating more holiday time to reducing tax(税金)?incentives for american homebuyers.
不是所有人都会同意作者的政策想法,其范围包括命令更多节假日时间去减轻美国房屋购买者的税金激励。
⑤but most people will come away from this book believing it was money well spent.(24)
但是大多数人将从这本书过来(看完后)认为这本书值得花钱购买。
这本书不是给穷人看的,但是他讲的道理是普世的——把钱花在别人身上会让你更愉悦,所以大多数人都觉得这本书值得购买。
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21.according to dumn and norton, which of the following is the most rewarding purchase?
根据d和n,下列哪项是最能回报支付的?
[a]?a big house
大房子
[b]?a special tour
特别的旅游
[c]?a stylish car
时尚轿车
[d]?a rich meal
丰盛的饭(唯一有点干扰力的选项,独一无二不等于丰盛)
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22. the author’s
attitude toward americans’ watching tv is __________.
作者对于美国人看电视的态度是
[a]?critical
批评的(作者希望大家少看电视,而且括号里还说看电视耗时巨大还得不到什么快乐)
[b]?supportive
支持的
[c]?sympathetic
同情的
[d]?ambiguous
模棱两可的
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23. mcrib is mentioned in paragraph 3 to show that__________.
m在第三段被提到是为了展示
[a]?consumers are sometimes irrational(不合理的、无理性的)?
顾客有时是没有理性的(哪儿说顾客没理性了)
[b]?popularity usually comes after quality
欢迎通常来自质量(哪有质量的事情)
[c]?marketing tricks are effective
市场策略是有效的(虽然也对,扩折号后面那句话就是这个意思,但是这并不是最优项,且与中心无关,事实上这个市场策略就是——稀有的东西能够增加愉快感,即d项)
[d]?rarity(珍贵、稀薄)?generally increases pleasure
珍贵通常能增加愉快
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24. according to the last paragraph, happy money __________.
根据最后一段,《快乐的钱》
[a]?has left much room for readers’ criticism
留下了很多给读者批评的空间
[b]?may prove to be a worthwhile purchase
也许能够证明是值得购买的(全文最后一句话“大多数人读过以后觉得值得购买”)
[c]?has predicted a wider income gap in the us.
预测了美国里的广阔的收入鸿沟
[d]?may give its readers a sense of achievement
也许给了他的读者一种成就感(强烈干扰项,因为你有可能把成就感翻译成了收获感,但我搜了一下,这个单词的意思确实是“n. 成就;完成;达到;成绩”)
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25. this text mainly discusses how to __________.
这篇文章主要讨论了
[a] balance feeling good and spending money
平衡感觉良好和花钱(强烈干扰项,确实讲到了感觉良好和花钱的关系,但并非平衡二者,全 没说如何平衡两者,如果改成“感觉良好和花钱之间的关系”就可了,其实就是c项“如何从花钱中获得长久满足,即良好感觉”)
[b] spend large sums of money won in lotteries
花掉从乐透赢到的大量金额的钱
[c] obtain lasting satisfaction from money spent
从花钱里获得长久的满足感
[d] become more reasonable in spending on luxuries
在奢侈品的花费上变得更有理智????