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真題是考研復習的好資料，以下是從真題中直接選取的經典段落文章，從中給大家挑選常考和易混淆詞匯。下面我們一起來學習下2011年Text 1中的經典段落吧。

It’s no surprise that Jennifer Senior’s insightful, provocative magazine cover story, “I love My Children, I Hate My Life,” is arousing much chatter—nothing gets people talking like the suggestion that child rearing is anything less than a completely fulfilling, life-enriching experience. Rather than concluding that children make parents either happy or miserable, Senior suggests we need to redefine happiness. Instead of thinking of it as something that can be measured by moment-to-moment joy, we should consider being happy as a past-tense condition. Even though the day-to-day experience of raising kids can be soul-crushingly hard, Senior writes that “the very things that in the moment dampen our moods can later be sources of intense gratification and delight.”

高頻詞匯知識點：

It’s no surprise that 不足為奇的是

=No surprise /No shock here/ Not surprisingly.

insightful a.有深刻見解的，有洞察力的

provocative a.刺激的，挑撥的

cover story n 封面故事

arouse v.引起，喚醒，鼓勵

chatter v 喋喋不休

raising kids 撫養孩子

易混淆詞匯辨析：

raise、arise、rise、rouse、arouse的區分：

1、raise (raised，raised)及物動詞，根本含義“使上升” raise salary

(1)“舉起”raise one’s hand

(2)“提出”raise a question

(3)“撫養，相當于bring up”raise children

(4)“籌集”raise funds

2、arise(arose，arisen)

(1)“發生”，例：Problems arose from the outset.一開始就產生了很多問題。

(2)“起源于”，例：Accidents always arise from the carelessness.許多事故都源于粗心。

3、rise(rose，risen)沒有 rised 這個單詞。

v.“上升”，(一定是不及物的)只能說 sth. rise(s)，如 the price rises，she rises from the chair。

n.“上升，上漲” the rise of China.

give rise to=lead to引起，例：The food shortage gave rise to the serious problems.食品的短缺引起了嚴重的問題。

4、rouse“喚醒”例：I was roused by the sound of the alarm.我被鬧鈴的聲音吵醒。

5、arouse“喚起”如，arouse one’s interest / sympathy“喚起某人的興趣 / 同情心”

經典句子知識點：

1.Rather than concluding that children make parents either happy or miserable, Senior suggests we need to redefine happiness,

解析：句子中包含Rather than .A.., ...B..的句型，該句型重在強調B，所以句子后半部分是閱讀的重點。

2.Instead of thinking of it as something that can be measured by moment-to-moment joy, we should consider being happy as a past-tense condition.

解析：句子中包含instead of .A.., ...B..的句型，該句型重在強調B，所以句子后半部分是閱讀的重點。

3.Even though the day-to-day experience of raising kids can be soul-crushingly hard, Senior writes that “the very things that in the moment dampen our moods can later be sources of intense gratification and delight.”

解析：句子中包含Even though .A.., ...B..的句型，該句型重在強調B，所以句子后半部分是閱讀的重點(等同于Even if .A.., ...B..的用法)

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