2003年考研英语阅读真题单词解析（考研1号读者原创）.doc

2003年考研英语阅读真题单词解析（考研1号读者原创） 2002年Text 1 If you intend using humor in your talk to make people smile, you must know how to identify shared experiences and problems. Your humor must be relevant to the audience and should help to show them that you are one of them or that you understand their situation and are in sympathy with their point of view. Depending on whom you are addressing, the problems will be different. If you are talking to a group of managers, you may refer to the disorganized methods of their secretaries; alternatively if you are addressing secretaries, you may want to comment on their disorganized bosses. identify （v.）认出，识别；鉴定； identification（n.）识别，身份证明，简写成ID。 relevant adj 有关的 中肯的 有重大作用的 audience n 观众 听众 读者 接见 sympathy（n.）同情，同感 be in～with sb./sth. 同意，赞同。如：We are all in～with your proposals. sym-前缀表示“相同的” anti-表示“相反的”，如：antipathy反感。 disorganized adj 紊乱的 无组织的 secretaries n 秘书 书记 部长 大臣（secretary的复数） alternatively（ad.）作为选择，或者；这个词在写作中常用来引导另外一个平行的观点或意见； alternative（a./n.）二者择一（的），选择性（的） addressing n 寻址 定址 访问 address（v.）与…说话，向…致辞，演说；从事，忙于 comment n 评论 意见 批评 vt 作为评语 vi 发表评论 disorganized adj 紊乱的 无组织的 Here is an example, which I heard at a nurses’ convention, of a story which works well because the audience all shared the same view of doctors. A man arrives in heaven and is being shown around by St. Peter. He sees wonderful accommodations, beautiful gardens, sunny weather, and so on. Everyone is very peaceful, polite and friendly until, waiting in a line for lunch, the new arrival is suddenly pushed aside by a man in a white coat, who rushes to the head of the line, grabs his food and stomps over to a table by himself. “Who is that?” the new arrival asked St. Peter. “Oh, that’s God,” came the reply, “but sometimes he thinks he’s a doctor.” convention（n.）大会，协定，习俗，惯例； conventional（a.） accommodations（n.）住处，住所；座位，车厢；适应；便利的设备，有帮助的事物 push aside 把……向旁边推 grabs n 链钩（grab的复数）v 抓取 捕获（grab的第三人称单数） stomp（n./v.）跺脚，践踏，