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考研英语阅读理解外刊原文经济学人

Diageo last week took a majority stake in Seedlip, a non-alcoholic spirit sold as an alternative to gin — a move seen by analysts as the drinks giant’s attempt to grab more of the growing teetotal market. The young are more abstemious than their elders, and manufacturers and marketers need to keep up.帝亚吉欧(Diageo)不久前收购了Seedlip的多数股权，这是一种被作为金酒替代品出售的无酒精型烈酒——市场分析师们将此举解读为酒业巨头试图在日益扩张的无酒精饮料市场中分一杯羹。

年轻一代相对于他们的长辈在饮酒方面更加节制，酒类生产商和营销机构必须跟上这种趋势。

For those of us who don’t drink or, in my case, only occasionally, a reduction in others’ drinking, along with a fall in the antisocial consequences, is a welcome development. At a wedding in Italy this summer, I marvelled as a group of Italian and French guests partied under a hot afternoon sun and late into the night, without anyone staggering or slurring in the way they would inevitably have done in the UK.对于我们当中那些不喝酒——或者以我自己为例——仅偶尔喝一杯的人来说，他人饮酒量的下降，以及与之相随的危害社会公共利益问题的减少，是一种令人愉快的新变化。

考研英语阅读理解外刊原文经济学人

The Guardian view on unaffordable homes: building injustice into the economy《卫报》关于难以负担的住房的观点：在经济中制造不公The average wage of the top 1% in Britain rose to £13,770 a month in December. Jeevun Sandher, an economist at King’s College London, points out the very richest saw their incomes rise the fastest during the pandemic. This group were also likely to have been able to save the most while Covid raged. Where do the very wealthiest spend their cash? One place is housing, for which there is a low level of stock being released on to the market. The result is rising house prices. Over the past 12 months, asking prices have gone up by 9.5%.12月，英国最富有的1%人群的平均工资上升至每月13770英镑。

伦敦国王学院的经济学家桑德尔指出，在疫情期间，最富有的人的收入增长最快。

在新冠病毒肆虐期间，这一群体也可能是能够存最多钱的人。

最富有的人把钱花在哪里？其中一个地方就是住房，因为住房市场上的存量很低。

结果就是房价上涨。

在过去12个月里，住房要价上涨了9.5%。

This has a knock-on effect for renters. UK rents rose by 8.3% in the last three months of 2021. For would-be first-time buyers, the situation is as bad if not worse, with the current average price of £277,000 nearly £25,000 higher than just a year ago. Those looking to have a roof to live under will find little solace in official figures. These record an 11% drop in the number of total homes added in 2021 compared with the year before. The number of new affordable houses that began being built dropped 16% year-on-year. Shortages of labour and materials, as well as planning delays, will make it harder for the 11th Tory housing minister since 2010 to meet government targets for new homes.这对租客产生了连锁反应。

考研英语阅读理解外刊原文经济学人

We must pay the cost of carbon if we are to cut it让每一个人都有减排的动力Shouldn’t we be doing more to respond to the climate emergency? It’s a natural question to ask. But, perhaps, we should turn the question around, and ask: why haven’t we solved the climate change problem already?为了应对气候紧急状态，我们难道不应该多做一点事情？这是个很自然的问题。

然而，也许我们应该反过来问：为什么我们还没有解决气候变化问题？Economics suggests a ready answer: externalities. Unfortunately, the concept of externalities is a century old, and it shows. So why do economists persist in using this dusty old term, and is it still useful?经济学给出了一个现成的答案：外部性。

可是，外部性的概念存在了一个世纪之久，而且得到了印证。

那么，经济学家们为什么还要使用这个陈旧的术语呢？它是否仍然有用？An externality is a cost — or sometimes, a benefit — that is not borne by either the buyer or the seller of a product. And, if neither has to bear the cost, neither has much reason to care.外部性是一种成本（有时是一种好处），是产品的买方和卖方都无需承担的成本。

经济学英语文章范文

经济学英语文章范文Economics is a social science that studies how individuals, governments, businesses, and other entities allocate resources to meet their needs and wants. 经济学是一门研究个人、政府、企业和其他实体如何分配资源以满足他们的需求和欲望的社会科学。

One fundamental concept in economics is scarcity, which refers tothe limited availability of resources relative to unlimited human wants. 经济学中一个基本概念是稀缺性，指的是资源的有限供应与人类无限的需求之间的关系。

Supply and demand are essential factors in determining prices and quantities of goods and services in a market economy. 供给和需求是决定市场经济中商品和服务价格和数量的重要因素。

Economists also study how individuals and societies make choices in the face of scarcity, considering trade-offs and opportunity costs. 经济学家还研究个人和社会在稀缺性面前如何做出选择，考虑权衡和机会成本。

The field of economics is divided into two main branches: microeconomics, which focuses on the behavior of individual consumers and producers, and macroeconomics, which examines the economy as a whole. 经济学领域分为两个主要分支：微观经济学，着重研究个体消费者和生产者的行为，和宏观经济学，研究整个经济。

考研英语阅读理解外刊原文经济学人

One afternoon in April 2020, I took an old bamboo rod out of my shed and cut it to a length of 115cm. Stood on the ground, it came about halfway up my chest. I laid it on a scrubby patch of our garden on the island of Aegina, in Greece: one end next to a tough-looking dandelion, the other pointed northwards. Then I dug up the dandelion with a trowel and replanted it at the other end of the stick. A small step for humans, but quite the leap for the dandelion.2020年4月的一个下午，我从棚子里拿出一根旧竹竿，把它切成了115厘米的长度。

立在地上，它的长度大概是到我胸部高度的一半。

我把它搁在花园中的一小片灌木丛生的土地上，花园位于希腊的埃吉纳岛（Aegina）上。

竹竿的一端挨着一株看上去很强韧的蒲公英，另一端朝着北方。

随后我用泥铲把蒲公英挖了出来，再把它重新种进竹竿另一端的土里。

对人类来说，这是一小步的距离，但对蒲公英而言却是一次不小的跃进。

This 115cm corresponds to a particular measurement. It is the present average velocity of climate change — how fast the effects of global heating are moving across the surface of the planet — and thus represents the speed we need to move in order for the conditions around us to stay the same. It also implies a direction: the bubble habitats where different forms of life can survive and thrive are moving uphill, and towards the poles.这115厘米所对应的是一个特定的尺寸。

考研2020英语二阅读理解

考研2020英语二阅读理解考研英语是许多考生关注的焦点，而阅读理解部分更是重中之重。

本文将针对2020年英语二阅读理解部分，为大家进行详细解析，帮助考生更好地掌握阅读技巧，提高答题准确率。

一、2020年英语二阅读理解概述2020年英语二阅读理解部分共包含四篇文章，分别涉及政治、经济、文化、科技等方面。

每篇文章约600-800词，共有20道题目，总分值为50分。

阅读理解部分要求考生在理解文章大意的基础上，对文章中的具体信息进行理解和分析。

二、文章主题及结构分析1.第一篇文章：政治类主题：英国脱欧结构：这篇文章主要讲述了英国脱欧的背景、原因以及脱欧后的影响。

文章结构清晰，分为引入、论述和结论三个部分。

2.第二篇文章：经济类主题：共享经济结构：文章从共享经济的概念、发展、优势以及挑战四个方面进行了论述。

文章结构紧凑，观点明确。

3.第三篇文章：文化类主题：跨文化交流结构：这篇文章以一个跨文化交流的案例为引子，分析了跨文化交流的障碍和解决方法。

文章结构合理，案例生动。

4.第四篇文章：科技类主题：人工智能结构：文章围绕人工智能的发展、应用和未来挑战展开论述。

文章结构清晰，观点新颖。

三、阅读理解技巧及策略1.快速阅读：首先快速浏览文章，抓住文章主题和结构，了解文章大意。

2.细节理解：在了解文章大意的基础上，针对每个问题，定位到文章中的具体信息，进行理解和分析。

3.排除法：对于不确定的选项，可以通过排除法去除明显错误的选项，提高答题准确率。

4.逻辑推理：在理解文章的基础上，运用逻辑推理，分析文章中的观点和论证。

四、总结2020年英语二阅读理解部分涉及多个领域，文章类型丰富。

掌握阅读理解技巧和策略，有助于提高答题准确率。

希望本文的分析和解读，能对考生的备考有所帮助。

考研英语阅读理解外刊原文经济学人

Have baby, stay in school生孩子还是继续上学？Why teenage mothers in Zimbabwe struggle to get educated为什么津巴布韦的未成年妈妈很难继续接受教育Brilliant Ndlovu has never really known childhood. Since the age of seven she has headed her household in Tsholotsho, a town in rural western Zimbabwe, after her parents went to work abroad. The oldest of five, she scraped a living growing crops while trying to keep up with her schoolwork.聪明的恩德洛夫从未真正经历过童年。

自从7岁起，她的父母去国外工作后，她就一直在津巴布韦西部乡村小镇茨洛特肖主持家务。

她是五个孩子中的老大，一边靠种庄稼勉强糊口，一边还要努力完成学业。

But in 2020 the covid-19 pandemic struck, coming shortly after a devastating drought. Farmers could not afford to pay child labourers like Ms Ndlovu. “So I looked for a man to help support my family,” she recalls. She found one who demanded sex in exchange for money. Aged 17, she got pregnant.但在2020年，经历一场毁灭性的干旱后，新冠疫情又紧随其后。

考研英语阅读理解外刊原文经济学人

Child psychology儿童心理学Babies learn about the world by looking at who shares saliva婴儿通过看谁分享唾液来认识世界The complexities of human relations are difficult enough for adults to navigate—and they have at least some idea of the rules. Children have yet to learn those rules. Infants are, nonetheless, able quickly to identify close relationships between other people, and thus to build up a map of the social world around them.人际关系的复杂性对成年人来说已经够难驾驭的了——而且他们至少对规则有所了解。

孩子们甚至都没有了解过这些规则。

尽管如此，婴儿还是能够很快地识别出其他人之间的亲密关系，从而构建出他们对周围社会世界的认识。

How they do this has perplexed sociologists, anthropologists and developmental psychologists for decades. In a paper just published in Science, Ashley Thomas of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology proposes a partial answer: slobber.几十年来，他们是如何做到这一点的一直困扰着社会学家、人类学家和发展心理学家。

在刚刚发表在《科学》期刊上的一篇论文中，麻省理工学院的阿什利·托马斯提出了一个可能的答案：唾液。

考研英语阅读理解外刊原文经济学人

Britain’s young face a poorer future英国年轻一代面临更加贫穷的未来Economic statistics will never fully capture the extent of the sacrifices of Britain’s youth during the pandemic. For a generation of students and pupils it was a lost chance to make friends, explore who they are and, gradually, become adults — as well as to learn, in person. In the face of the deaths in the broader population, it is easy to dismiss as frivolous the setbacks of those who missed partying, travelling and dating during the long months stuck inside but these are still years of carefree youth they will not get back. What is more, most of these privations were primarily to protect those from older generations, the most vulnerable to the coronavirus.经济统计数字将永远不能完全反映出英国青年在这场大流行病中牺牲了多少。

对于这一代学生来说，他们失去了结交朋友、探索自我并逐渐成长为人,以及亲身学习的机会。

在有人死于新冠疫情之际，我们很容易认为被困在室内长达数月而错过聚会、旅行和约会的人所经历的这些挫折无关痛痒，但这是他们再也无法重返的无忧无虑的青春时光。

考研英语阅读理解外刊原文经济学人

The Guardian view on secondhand clothes: the thrill of the old《卫报》关于二手衣服的观点：旧衣服的激动“Few articles change owners more frequently than clothes. They travel downwards from grade to grade in the social scale with remarkable regularity,” wrote the journalist Adolphe Smith in 1877 as he traced a garment’s journey: cleaned, repaired and resold repeatedly; eventually cut down into a smaller item; finally, when it was beyond all wearability, the fibres recycled into new fabric for the wealthier classes.记者史密斯在1877年追踪一件衣服的历程时写道：“很少有物品能比衣服更频繁地更换主人了。

它们在社会阶层中逐级向下移动，具有显著的规律性”：反复清洗、修补和转售；最终被切割成更小的部分；最后，当它已经不适合穿着的时候，这些纤维就被回收制成新的布料，供富裕阶层使用。

That model is almost incomprehensible in the era of fast fashion. The average British customer buys four items a month, often at pocket-money prices; though the low cost is a godsend for the hard-up, many purchases are discarded after a few outings, or never worn at all. Clothes Aid reports that 350,000 tonnes of used but still wearable clothing goes to landfill in the UK each year.在快时尚的时代，这种模式几乎是不可理解的。

考研英语阅读理解外刊原文经济学人

How to think about gamification如何看待游戏化The world of badges, streaks and leaderboards徽章、打卡和排行榜的世界The mopei phone-swing device is ingeniously depressing. It is a cradle for smartphones that rocks back and forth when it is plugged in, and it is designed to cheat fitness apps into believing that you are on the move.MoPei 手机摇步器是一个巧妙的小装置。

这是一个智能手机的摇篮，接上电源后便可以前后摇晃，它的设计目的是让健身应用误以为你在运动。

If you have a step counter, this phone shaker can gull it into thinking you have taken 8,700 paces in an hour. “Ideal for those people who don’t have the time or energy to get your recommended steps in,” boasts the product blurb.如果你有一个计步器，这个摇步器就可以骗过它，让它误以为你在一个小时内走了8700步。

该产品的宣传语吹嘘道：“这个产品是那些没有时间和精力完成推荐步数的人的最佳选择。

”Such cheating is pointless but not uncommon. Blog posts run through ways to trick a Fitbit into recording exercise, from strapping it to your children to swinging it on a piece of string. Strava is an app for runners and cyclists to record their times; becoming the fastest rider on a course segment is a lot easier if you use a motorbike.这种作弊行为毫无意义，但并不少见。

考研英语阅读理解外刊原文经济学人

How the seven-day week came to rule the world一周7天的星期制为何能在全球通行？A new book shows how modern cities embraced the weekly rhythm一本新书阐明了现代城市是如何习惯一周7天的生活节奏的In the autumn of 1853 Thomas Butler Gunn got lost—temporally rather than physically. On a visit to Mammoth Cave in Kentucky, and isolated from the outside world, his diary quickly slipped the moorings of chronological reality. Wednesdays are repeated and days go mislabelled. It took around a fortnight, and renewed contact with civilisation, for Gunn to restore his weekly bearings.1853年的秋天，托马斯·巴特勒·甘恩陷入了迷途——并非空间上的迷失，而是时间上的迷失。

在对美国肯塔基州猛犸洞的一次探险中，由于与外界完全隔绝，他所写下的日记很快就与现实时间脱节。

星期三被他重复记下了多次，很多日子的记录都错乱了。

回到人类文明世界大约两周后，冈恩才恢复了他对星期的感知。

The episode, says David Henkin, suggests how fragile a sense of time can be—especially when it comes to weeks. Unlike months or years, these seven-day groupings have no real basis in astronomy. People from Nigeria to China have thrived without them.大卫·亨金表示，这个故事表明人们的时间观念是多么不靠谱——尤其是涉及星期的概念时。

关于经济类的英语考研作文模板

关于经济类的英语考研作文模板Title: An Economic English Postgraduate Entrance Examination Essay Template。

Introduction。

The field of economics plays a crucial role in shaping the world we live in. It encompasses a wide range of topics, from the study of individual behavior to the analysis of global financial markets. As such, it is a popular choice for postgraduate study, with many students opting to pursue a master's or doctoral degree in economics. In this essay, we will explore a template for an English postgraduate entrance examination essay in the field of economics.I. Introduction to the Topic。

The opening paragraph should provide a brief introduction to the topic that will be discussed in the essay. This could include an overview of the importance of economics, the specific area of economics that will be addressed in the essay, and the relevance of the topic to current economic issues.II. Theoretical Framework。

考研英语阅读理解精读100篇

阅读理解精选100篇---经济类考研英语阅读理解精读100篇unit1unit1Some of the concerns surrounding Turkey’s application to join the European Union, to be voted on by the EU’s Council of Minis ters on December 17th, are economic-in particular, the country’s relative poverty. Its G DP per head is less than a third of the average for the 15 pre-2004 members of the EU. But it is not far off that of one of the ten new members which joined on May 1st 2004 (Latvia), and it is much the same as those of two countries, Bulgaria and Romania, which this week concluded accession talks with the EU that could make them full members on January 1st 2007.Furthermore, the country’s recent economic progress has been, according to Donald Johnston, the secretary-general of the OECD, "stunning". GDP in the second quarter of the year was 13.4% higher than a year earlier, a rate of growth that no EU country comes close to matching. Turkey’s inflation rate has just fallen into single figures for the first time since 1972, and this week the countr y reached agreement with the IMF on a new three-year, $10 billion economic programme that will, according to the IMF’s managing director, Rodrigo Rato, "help Turkey... reduce inflation toward European levels, and enhance the economy’s resilience".Resilience has not historically been the country’s economic strong point. As recently as 2001, GDP fell by over 7%. It fell by more than 5% in 1994, and by just under 5% in 1999. Indeed, throughout the 1990s growth oscillated like an electrocardiogram recording a violent heart attack. This irregularity has been one of the main reasons (along with red tape and corruption) why the country has failed dismally to attract much-needed foreign direct investment. Its stock of such investment (as a percentage of GDP) is lower now than it was in the 1980s, and annual inflows have scarcely ever reached $1 billion (whereas Ireland attracted over $25 billion in 2003, as did Brazil in every year from 1998 to 2000).One deterrent to foreign investors is due to disappear on January 1st 2005. On that day, Turkey will take away the right of virtually every one of its citizens to call themselves a millionaire. Six noughts will be removed from the face value of the lira; one unit of the local currency will henceforth be worth what 1m are now-ie, about €0.53 ($0.70). Goods will have to be priced in both the new and old lira for the whole of the year, but foreign bankers and investors can begin to look forward to a time in Turkey when they will no longer have to juggle mentally with indeterminate strings of zeros.注（1）：本文选自Economist；12/18/2004, p115-115, 2/5p；注（2）：本文习题命题模仿2004年真题text 1第1题和第3题（1，3），2001年真题text 1第2题（2），1999年真题text 2第2题（4）和2002年真题text 3第4题（5）；1. What is Turkey’s economic situation now?[A] Its GDP per head is far lagging behind that of the EU members.[B] Its inflation rate is still rising.[C] Its economy grows faster than any EU member.[D] Its economic resilience is very strong.2. We can infer from the second paragraph that__________.[A] Turkey will soon catch the average GDP level of the 15 pre-2004 EU members[B] inflation rate in Turkey used to be very high[C] Turkey’s economy will keep growing at present rate[D] IMF’s economic program will help Turkey join the EU3. The word “oscillated” (Line 3, Para graph 3) most probably means_________.[A] fell[B] climbed[C] developed[D] swang4. Speaking of Turkey’s foreign direct investment, the author implies that_________.[A] it’s stock is far less than that of other countries[B] it does not have much influence on Turkey’s economic progress[C] steady GDP growth will help Turkey attract more foreign direct investment[D] Turkey’s economic resilience relies on foreign direct investment5.We can draw a conclusion from the text that__________.[A] foreign investment environment in Turkey will become better[B] Turkey’s citizens will suffer heavy loss due to the change of the face value of the lira[C] the local currency will depreciate with the removal of six noughts from the face value[D] prices of goods will go up答案：C B D C A篇章剖析本篇文章是一篇说明文，介绍了土耳其的经济状况。

考研英语经济类阅读理解及答案解析

考研英语经济类阅读理解及答案解析考研，除了做教育类的英语阅读理解之外，还可以做做经济类型的。

下面是店铺给大家整理的考研英语经济类阅读理解及答案，供大家参阅!考研英语经济类阅读理解及答案：SALLIE KRAWCHECK CEO of Citigroup's new Smith Barney unitAS A TRACK STAR in high school, Sallie Krawcheck ranked among her state's best at the high jump. But she hasn't jumped for anyone since, and her unshakable independence has propelled her career on Wall Street to heights unimaginable to a girl coming of age in Charleston, S.C., in the 1970s. Then, Krawcheck--always an outstanding student--thought mostly of cheerleading and "dating the coolest boy," she acknowledges. "She was in danger of becoming terminally cute," recalls her high school guidance counselor, Nancy Wise, who recognized Krawcheck's potential early and stoked her business ambitions. Today Krawcheck, 37, is one of the most powerful women in the corporate world and a rising star.How far she climbs depends on how well she meets her latest challenge: closing the credibility gap at financial-services giant Citigroup, after government inquiries put a cloud over the firm's reputation--and its stock. Krawcheck was hired in October from the independent stock-research firm Sanford C. Bernstein (where she was CEO) to be Citi's designated savior. Citigroup's proud CEO, Sanford Weill, personally wooed her, reorganizing a large chunk of Citi around her. Krawcheck is now CEO of a reconstituted Smith Barney, which encompasses Citi's stock-research and retail-brokerage operations.This large stage leaves Krawcheck outwardly undaunted.She's relaxed and confident, with a self-deprecating sense of humor. She says she's "incredibly insecure," and has had nightmares in which she fails to win the respect of her new colleagues. But this soft-spoken humility belies a toughness present from the start. Daughter of a lawyer and sister of three more, Krawcheck learned early on to substantiate her assertions--or keep quiet."It used to get quite interesting around the dinner table," says her father Lenny, who practices law in Charleston. "Politics, relationships--you name it. It was every man for himself and awful tough to make your point." Jokes Sallie: "None of us could get a friend to come over for dinner."Krawcheck earned a journalism degree from the University of North Carolina and an M.B.A. from Columbia University. She went to work at Salomon Brothers but soon moved to Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, where she met her husband Gary Appel. In 1994 Krawcheck moved to Bernstein and dived into stock research. She began covering financial-services firms in 1997 and immediately became the most influential analyst in that field. During those years, Krawcheck earned Weill's ire--and respect when she was later proved correct--by dwelling on the pitfalls of Weill's acquisition of Salomon~~~~~~~~By Daniel Kadlec Time; 12/2/2002, Vol. 160 Issue 23, p52, 1/2p, 1c注(1)：本文选自Time; 12/2/2002, p52, 1/2p, 1c;注(2)：本文习题命题模仿对象2003年真题Text 2;1. The author begins his article by __________.[A]making a comparison[B]posing a contrast[C]justifying an assumption[D]explaining a phenomenon2. Krawcheck was chosen the CEO of the Smith Barney because ___________.[A]the CEO of the Citigroup trusted her[B]she was thought to be able to save Citigroup out of trouble[C]she has wonderful experience in this field[D]she is the new rising star3. Krawcheck’s success depends on ___________.[A]how well she can regain the firm’s reputation[B]how well she can save the firm’s credibility crisis[C]how well she can raise the firm’s stock[D]how well she can fulfill her own plan and aim4. The previous days Krawcheck spent at home are mentioned to show that __________.[A] Krawcheck knows well how to prove her ideas[B] family members are always on different sides.[C]there is an air of freed om at Krawcheck’s home[D]they have a variety of topics at dinner5.From the text we learn that Krawcheck is ___________.[A]humorous[B]soft-hearted[C]sensitive[D]strong-minded答案：ABBAD篇章剖析本文记述了萨利•克劳切克成功的职业生涯。

考研英语经济学人文章阅读训练2020022902

Rethinking how we value data重新思考数据的价值Looking at the world’s most precious resource through new eyes用新的眼光去看待世界上最珍贵的资源Everyone knows that data are worth something.The biggest companies in the world base their businesses on them.Artificial-intelligence algorithms guzzle them in droves.But data are not like normal traded goods and services,such as apples and haircuts.每个人都知道数据是有价值的。

世界上最大的公司都是以数据为基础开展业务的。

人工智能算法正在大量使用数据。

但数据与正常的商品和服务贸易（例如苹果和理发）有所不同。

They can be used time and again,like public goods.They also have spillover effects,both positive,such as helping to improve health care,and negative,such as breaches of personal information.That makes them far from easy to value.数据就像公共物品一样可以被反复利用。

它还具有溢出效应，既有正面影响（例如，有助于改善医疗保健），也有负面影响（例如，个人信息的泄露）。

这就使得数据的价值很难被估量。

A new report,led by Diane Coyle,an economist at the University of Cambridge,attempts to address this by understanding the value of data and who stands to benefit from it.She says market prices often do not ascribe full value to data because,in many cases,trading is too thin.由剑桥大学经济学家黛安·科伊尔主导的一份新的报告试图通过理解数据的价值以及谁将从中受益来解决这一问题。

考研英语经济学人文章阅读训练二

An ancient murder-mystery一个古老的谋杀之谜What killed the woolly rhino?是谁杀死了长毛犀牛？From the moa in New Zealand to the dodo in Mauritius,the arrival of humans has often spelled extinction for tasty but previously isolated animals.Many scientists had assumed that the woolly rhinoceros, a shaggy beast that sported an enormous horn,suffered the same fate. The animal was common in northern Europe and northern Asia30,000 years ago,when the first humans arrived.Shortly after,it disappeared.从新西兰的恐鸟到毛里求斯的渡渡鸟，人类的到来往往意味着这些美味可口但曾与世隔绝的动物将惨遭灭绝。

许多科学家认为，长毛犀牛（一种身披长毛、长着巨角的动物）也遭受了同样的命运。

3万年前，在人们最早到来之际，长毛犀牛在北欧和北亚都很常见，但不久之后就灭绝了。

But Love Dalén,a professor at the Centre for Palaeogenetics in Stockholm, and Edana Lord,one of Dr Dalén’s PhD students,are not so sure.In a paper published in Current Biology,they use data from ancient DNA to argue that,this time at least,humans might be innocent.但是斯德哥尔摩古基因学中心的洛夫·戴伦教授及其博士生伊达娜·洛德并不认为是人类致其灭绝的。

考研英语阅读理解外刊原文经济学人

Surging living costs force Britons to work past retirement age生活成本飙升迫使英国人退休后继续工作The share of older UK workers planning to carry on working in their retirement has nearly doubled in two years due to rising living costs and insufficient pension savings, according to a survey from Abrdn.根据Abrdn的一项调查，由于生活成本上升和养老金储蓄不足，计划退休后继续工作的英国老年员工比例在两年内增加了近一倍。

The investment manager’s stark findings underscore the impact of soaring energy and food prices on household budgets, which is pressuring people’s finances as inflation hits a 30-year high.这家投资管理公司的严峻调查结果凸显出能源和食品价格飙升对家庭预算的影响。

随着通胀触及30年高点，家庭预算正给人们的财务状况带来压力。

Surveying people planning to retire in 2022, Abrdn found that 66 per cent respondents proposed to continue with some form of employment beyond retiring, up from just over 50 per cent in a similar study last year and just 34 per cent in 2020.Abrdn对计划2022年退休的人进行了调查，发现66%的受访者打算在退休后继续从事某种形式的工作，而在去年的一项类似研究中，这一比例略高于50%，而在2020年，这一比例仅为34%。

1996考研英语阅读理解第三篇

1996考研英语阅读理解第三篇1996考研英语阅读理解部分的第三篇文章是一篇关于非洲大陆环境和经济发展的文章。

文章主要介绍了非洲大陆在环境问题上所面临的挑战，以及如何通过可持续发展来推动经济增长和保护环境的措施。

本文将按照该文章的内容进行论述，以保持文章的连贯性和易读性。

非洲是一个资源丰富但环境问题严重的大陆。

文章指出，由于人口增长、城市化和工业发展等原因，非洲的环境问题日益严重。

其中，土地退化、水资源短缺、森林砍伐和气候变化等问题是当前非洲面临的主要挑战之一。

首先，土地退化是非洲面临的重要环境问题之一。

由于不合理的农业种植方式、过度放牧和不可持续的土地利用方式，非洲大陆上许多地区的土壤质量下降严重。

这导致农田的产量下降、生态系统被破坏和经济发展受阻。

其次，水资源短缺也是非洲大陆面临的严重问题。

由于气候变化和过度使用，非洲许多地区的水资源供应不足。

这不仅给人们的日常生活带来了极大的不便，也限制了农业的发展和工业的扩张。

此外，森林砍伐是非洲环境问题的另一个重要方面。

非洲拥有丰富的森林资源，但由于过度砍伐和非法伐木等原因，许多地区的森林面临严重的退化和破坏。

这不仅导致野生动植物种群减少，还加剧了土地退化和气候变化等问题。

最后，气候变化是非洲面临的重要挑战之一。

由于全球气候变暖的影响，非洲大陆正在经历极端气候事件的增加，如干旱、洪涝和风暴等。

这对农业和渔业等关键行业造成了巨大的影响，进一步加剧了环境问题和经济发展的困难。

然而，尽管非洲面临着环境问题的巨大挑战，但可持续发展为该大陆带来了希望。

文章指出，非洲国家已经开始采取一系列措施来推动经济增长和环境保护。

例如，许多国家制定了可持续发展的战略和政策，加强了土地保护和可再生能源的利用。

同时，非洲也加强了国际合作，与其他国家和国际组织共同应对环境问题和气候变化。

总之，非洲大陆面临着严重的环境问题，如土地退化、水资源短缺、森林砍伐和气候变化等。

然而，通过可持续发展的措施和国际合作，非洲正在为保护环境和推动经济增长寻求解决方案。

考研英语经济学人文章阅读训练2020031402

Rethinking sick leave反思病假制度Attitudes towards employee illness are out of step with the times对待生病员工的态度与时代脱节The global spread of covid-19has led to calls for those who might be infected with the new disease to“self-isolate”at home.That could prove a threat to economic activity.It also represents a terrible dilemma for workers,some of whom could face financial hardship if they don’t turn up.随着新冠病毒在全球范围内的传播，人们呼吁那些可能感染了这种新疾病的人待在家里进行“自我隔离”。

但这可能会对经济活动造成威胁，同时也会让员工们陷入两难的境地，一些员工如果不去上班可能将面临经济困难。

The quandary is all the greater when the disease is unfamiliar,with symptoms that are often mild,at first,and resemble common ailments. And if,like a quarter of all Americans working in the private sector, employees get no paid sick leave at all,they are more likely to take the risk and attend.而当这种疾病不为人熟知，最初的症状很轻微，并且类似于普通疾病时，人们更是会感到左右为难。