2010年度太奇基础班授课讲义.doc

考研英语基础班授课讲义 (2010) 主讲教授 朱泰祺 张洪兵 北京太奇培训学校 内部资料 翻印必究 前 言 本讲义是按照《全国硕士研究生入学考试英语考试大纲（非英语专业）》所规定的考试要求，又考虑到部分考生英语基础比较薄弱，需要在强化班以前进行适应性训练而编写的。编者力图通过中级阅读在词汇和语法方面提高考生的语言能力，以便帮助考生打好基础、顺利过渡到强化阶段。 本讲义分4次讲座，共16学时。此讲义的难度相当于大学英语四级。本着精讲多练、讲中有练、练中有讲、讲练结合的原则，通过授课教师讲解和学员操练迅速提高学员的词汇语法水平和阅读能力，从而进入考研切入点，了解考试的要求、命题的重点和难点，并掌握一整套行之有效的学习方法和应试对策，以便在2010年的考试中取得满意的成绩。 学员在辅导班上应全神贯注、认真听讲、记笔记，积极参加课堂的操练活动，课下应认真复习、按时完成教师布置的家庭作业。此外，学员可以使用朱泰祺教授编著的《新编硕士研究生英语入学考试复习指导(2010)》和《实用考研词汇学习手册》两书作为课外参考书，以满足不同层次考生的个性化需要。 预祝学员们考研成功！ 北京太奇培训学校教务部 面授电话： (010) 网络视听班：(010) 学校网址：www. tqedu. cn (2010) 考研英语基础班授课讲义 (一) 朱泰祺主讲 Text 1 There is no doubt that adults, and even highly educated adults, vary greatly in the speed and efficiency of their reading. Some proceed very slowly throughout; others dash along too quickly and then have to regress. Poor readers in particular may lack the ability to vary their manner of reading according to the type of reading matter and to their intentions in reading it. A good reader can move at great speed through the text of a novel or similar light reading matter. He may be able to skim a page, picking up a word or two here and there, and gain a general idea of what the text is about without really reading it. In reading more difficult material, with the intention of taking in the whole of it, he will proceed more slowly, but even then he will vary his pace, concentrating on the key words and passages, perhaps re-reading them several times, and pass more quickly over the remainder. A less efficient reader tends to maintain the same speed whatever material he reads. Consequently, even light reading matter gives him little pleasure because he reads so slowly. But this pace may be too fast for really difficult material which requires special concentration at difficult points. A type of reading