2016考研英語：如何從長難句中get閃光詞匯？

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2016考研人起步備考已經有一段時間，考生們一定發現，無論是完型、閱讀亦或是新題型，長難句的影子無處不在，誠然，長難句的學習成為戰爭考研英語攔路虎的必經之路。掌握備考方法，無異于獲得備考法寶，學起來才能萌萌噠，高分才不是問題。下面都教授就帶各位考生來學習一下，如何在長難句中get閃光詞匯，從而戰勝長難句。

Part 1

【2014年真題】

Most archaeological sites have been located by means of careful searching, while many others have been discovered by accident. Olduvai Gorge, fell into its deep valley in 1911.Thousands of Aztec artifacts came to light during the digging of the Mexico City subway in the 1970s.Most archaeological sites , however , are discovered by archaeologists who have set out to look for them. Such searches can take years.

●閃光詞組

通過仔細搜索：by means of careful searching

偶然：by accident

恰好掉入深谷：literally fall into the deep valley

重見光明：come to light

開始做某事：set out to do something

●考點練兵

Olduvai Gorge , an early hominid site in Tanzania , was found by a butterfly hunter who literally into its deep valley in 1911.

參考譯文：坦桑尼亞早期的原始人遺址——Olduvai 峽谷，就是1911年被一個恰好掉進這個深谷的蝴蝶獵手發現的。

Part 2

【2012年真題】

However,manyleadingAmerican universities want their undergraduates to have a grounding in the basic canon of ideas that every educated person should posses. But most find it difficult to agree on what a“general education”should look like.At Harvard，Mr Menand notes，“the great books are read because they have been read”--they form a sort of social glue.One reason why it is hard to design and teach such courses is that they can cut across the insistence by top American universities that liberal-arts education and professional education should be kept separate , taught in different schools .

●閃光詞組

基本經典思想：basic canon of ideas

形成某種社會粘合劑：from a sort of social glue

美國頂級大學：top American universities

打破X一貫堅持的原則：cut across the insistence by X

文科教育與職業教育：liberal-arts education and professional education

●考點練兵

At Harvard , Mr Menand notes ,“the great books are read because they have been read“---they form a sort of social glue.

參考譯文：Menand提出，在哈佛大學“人們閱讀經典著作的原因是因為這些書一直都在被人們閱讀”——這些經典著作形成了一種社會粘合劑。

希望今天都教授的講解，能夠作為2016考研學子們復習英語公共課的一個切入點。知識在于點滴的積累，時不我待，各位考生快快利用好黃金備考期，向著理想的大門進軍吧!預祝各位考生金榜題名，取得理想佳績!