考研英语历年真题2006剖析.doc

2006 [] Text 1 P1 S1 In spite of “endless talk of difference,” American society is an amazing machine for homogenizing people. （ Despite ）In spite of+名词（组），主谓···尽管，虽然 前后对立、对比； 不断地谈论差异（不同）； 1) be amazed at 对···感到不可思议；2)amazing adj. 神奇的，不可思议的； homogenize v.同化,assimilate identify v. 查出，找出； associate v. 联系,联想； associate···with 将···和···联系在一起； share v.共有,有共同的； assimilate /similar v.同化/相似； monopolize v. monopoly n.垄断 S2 There is “the democratizing uniformity of dress and discourse, and the casualness and absence of deference”(which is)characteristic of popular culture.这是大众文化所特有的 there is （which is）···定语从句 dress and discourse 穿着和谈吐 democracy 民主；democratic民主的 uniform 制服，统一的；school/military — casual 随意的 casualness 随意 absence of deference 缺乏敬畏 1）absent 缺席的，缺乏的；→ absence n. ；2）defer 敬畏，害怕 characteristic 特点，特色；特有的； euthanasia 安乐死 popular culture 大众文化：1）抵制精英elite/elitism 2）人人都可以参与，人人平等 S3 People are absorbed into “a culture of consumption”（主谓···which was···） launched by the 19th-century department stores that offered “vast arrays of goods in an elegant atmosphere.（19世纪百货商店→消费文化→在优雅的环境中提供琳琅满目的商品） consumption n. consume v. 消费 department stores 百货商店 outlet 商店 launch v. 发起，发动 launch a campaign 发起一个运动 offer=provide v. 提供； arrays of=chunks of=lots of 许多 ；an array of=a lot of vast adj 巨大的 vast arrays of ；vast majority of people 大多数人； elegant adj.优雅的 elephant n. 大象 emerge v. ；emergence n. 出现 owe···to···把···归咎于··· S4 Instead of intimate shops （which are）catering to a knowledgeable elite,” these were stores “anyone could enter, regardless of class or background. instead of···，主谓··· 不是···而是··· intimate adj.亲密的 intimate friends intimate shops 提供无微不至的商店 cater···to···满足，迎合； S5 This turned shopping into a public and democratic act.” public adj. 大众的 democratic adj. 人人都可以参与 以前shopping仅elite→（19世纪百货商店出现消费文化）如今shopping成为anyone could enter, regardless of class or background. S6 The mass media, advertising and sports are other f