英语阅读技巧：句子理解

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英语阅读技巧：句子理解

　　阅读理解部分的短文内容非常广泛，有人物传记、经济、天文史地、社会文化、科普小品、风土人情、幽默故事及日常生活的各个方面。试题往往就短文中容易误解和忽略之处灵活地提出问题，所用的句型和词语也往往不同于短文中相应部分的句型和词语。

英语阅读技巧：句子理解

　　例题

　　By “Ellen Spero isn’t biting her nails just yet” (Lines 1-2, Paragraph 1), the author means ________.

　　[A] Spero can hardly maintain her business

　　[B] Spero is too much engaged in her work

　　[C] Spero has grown out of her bad habit

　　[D] Spero is not in a desperate situation

　　结合句子理解题的解题方法：

　　解题思路

　　（1）阅读题干，确定关键词：

　　关键词：“Ellen Spero isn’t biting her nails just yet”

　　（2）定位到段（文章第一段）

　　When it comes to the slowing economy, Ellen Spero isn’t biting her nails just yet. But the 47-year-old manicurist isn’t cutting, filling or polishing as many nails as she’d like to, either. Most of her clients spend $12 to $50 weekly, but last month two longtime customers suddenly stopped showing up. Spero blames the softening economy. “I’m a good economic indicator,” she says. “I provide a service that people can do without when they’re concerned about saving some dollars.” So Spero is downscaling, shopping at middle-brow Dillard’s department store near her suburban Cleveland home, instead of Neiman Marcus. “I don’t know if other clients are going to abandon me, too.” she says.

　　（3）定位到句，同义替换，得出答案。

　　结合句子理解题的解题方法：

　　①：先翻译题中句子的字面意思：Ellen Spero不咬指甲

　　②:定位到文中：

　　When it comes to the slowing economy, Ellen Spero isn’t biting her nails just yet.

　　当讨论到经济发展速度开始减慢时，艾琳·斯派罗还不至于咬手指

　　③：联系段落或者文章的主旨：

　　段落的话要注意段首和段尾:

　　由于这句话在段首，我们只能往它后面的句子中开始理解。比如第二句话：But the 47-year-old manicurist isn’t cutting, filling or polishing as many nails as she’d like to, either.重点关注But，这是一个转折，说明前后意思不一致，然后看下这句话的意思：但是，这位四十七岁的指甲修饰师修剪、锉磨、上油的指甲数量却难遂其愿了。可能无法翻译的如此完美，那你应该可以看出来 isn’t as many as（不如...多），either这些否定词，说明前面很有可能就是肯定的语气。

　　我们再来看一下四个选项：

　　[A] Spero can hardly maintain her business

　　Spero几乎无法维持生意

　　【分析】由前面的解释可知其与原文恰恰相反。Spero应该是还可以维持才对。只是后面生意不是想象中那么好。

　　[B] Spero is too much engaged in her work

　　Spero太忙碌于其工作

　　【分析】纯粹的主观臆断，太忙了所以不至于有时间去啃指甲吗？？难道你不忙就可以啃了吗？【黑人问号脸】

　　[C] Spero has grown out of her bad habit

　　Spero已经摆脱了坏习惯

　　【分析】字面上意思来看啃指甲确实是个坏习惯，但是出题人会跟你讲这种个人习惯讲半天还出题的吗？以我们做题的经验来看肯定是英文中的什么比喻暗喻习语这些高大上的东西。（在这里是暗喻）

　　[D] Spero is not in a desperate situation

　　Spero尚未陷入绝境