每年的考研真题中，都不乏经典段落，下面新祥旭考研节选了一部分，希望大家看完后有所收获，作文中用到可以锦上添花哦。

　　●经典段落一

　　Think of those fleeting moments when you look out of an aeroplane window and realize that you are a bird. Now think of your laptop, thinner than a brown-paper envelope, or your cellphone in the palm of your hand. Take a moment or two to wonder at those marvels. You are the lucky inheritor of a dream come true。

　　The second half of the 20th century saw a collection of geniuses,warriors, entrepreneurs and visionaries labour to create a fabulous machine that could function as a typewriter and printing press, studio and theatre , paintbrush and gallery ,piano and radio, the mail as well as the mail carrier。

　　【经典段落中的经典搭配】

　　稍纵即逝的瞬间： fleeting moments

　　腾出一点时间做某事 take a moment or two to do something

　　感叹这些神奇 wonder at those marvels

　　幸运的继承者 lucky inheritor

　　20世纪涌现出的某人或某事 the 20th century saw somebody or something

　　一大批天才、勇士、实业家以及梦想家 a collection of geniuses,warriors, entrepreneurs and visionaries labour

　　●经典段落二

　　But for all the reasons there are to celebrate the computer, we must also act with caution. This is because the networked computer has sparked a secret war between downloading and uploading --between passive consumption and active creation--whose outcome will shape our collective future in ways we can only begin to imagine. I call it a secret war for two reasons. First , most people do not realize that here are strong commercial agendas at work to keep them in passive consumption mode. Second , the majority of people who use networked computers to upload are not even aware of the significance of what they are doing。

　　【经典段落中的经典搭配】

　　有无数理由可以做某事 celebrate the computer

　　称颂电脑 act with caution

　　触发隐秘战争 spark a secret war

　　影响共同的未来 shape our collective future

　　试图做某事的商业模式 commercial agendas at work to do something

　　意识到重要性 be aware of the significance

　　●经典段落三

　　They also suffer more often than most people from a number of nasty genetic diseases , such as breast cancer. These facts , however , have previously been thought unrelated. The former has been put down to social effects , such as a strong tradition of valuing education. The latter was seen as a consequence of gennetic isolation. Dr.Cochran suggests that the intelligence and diseases are intimately linked.His argument is that the unusual history of these pople has subjected them to unique evolution ary pressures that have resulted in this paradoxical state of affairs。

　　遭受一些令人难受的遗传性疾病 suffer from a number of nasty genetic diseases

　　以前被认为是不相关的 have been put down to social effects

　　归因于社会影响 hanve been put down to social effects

　　高度重视教育的传统 a strong tradition of valuing education

　　被看做基因隔离的结果 be seen as a consequence of genetic isolation

　　密切相关 be intimately linked

　　使他们承受独特的进化压力 have subjected them to unique evolutionary pressures

　　矛盾的状态 paradoxical state of affairs

　　●经典段落四

　　The ideals of the early leaders of independence were often egalitarian , valuing equality of everything. Bolivar had received aid from Haiti and had promised in return to abolish slavery had been abolished everywhere except Spain’s remaining colonies. Early promises to end Indian tribute and taxes on people of mixed origin came much slower beaucase the new nations still needed the revenue such policies produced.Egalitarian sentiments were often tempered by fears that the mass of the mass of the population was unprepared for self-rule and democracy。

　　强调一切事物的平等 value equality of everything

　　收到援助 receive aid

　　废除奴隶制 abolish slavery

　　这些政策带来的税收 the revenue such policies produced

　　因为担心而缓解 be tempered by fears

　　混种人 people of mixed origin

　　平等主义思想 egalitarian sentiments

　　没有准备好自治和民主 be unprepared for self-rule and democracy

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