计划说明
考研人数逐年增加，竞争之激烈使得我们不得不加急复习的日程。众所周知，阅读理解占据了考研英语二100分试卷的一半分值，而考研英语阅读文章大多来自英美国家的主流报刊杂志，所以如果能在日常就多多阅读这些文章，对以后读懂文章做对题目来说会大有裨益。但是对大多数备考的同学来说，刚开始投入复习，就去读考试文章难度的新闻报刊，也是不现实、并且不符合循序渐进的学习规律的，所以我们会在每次推送中，给大家给出两篇短文，一篇是初阶水平（大致在初高中水平）；一篇是高阶水平（四六级到考研水平）；同学们可以根据自己当前的情况，选择其中一篇进行学习。
学习步骤如下：
1.不看汉语译文自己看一遍短文做理解
2.看汉语译文比对自己理解的意思与之出入
3.强化记忆重点单词（以记忆其汉语意思为主）
初阶文段
According to CNN.com, "Childhood obesity continues to rise around the world,and the World Health Organization has called it "one of the most serious public health challenges of the 21st century."Tiago Barreira, an assistant professor in the Department of Exercise Science at Syracuse University in New York who has studied childhood obesity on a global scale, wanted to clarify:
"There are still more children that are underweight in the world than there are obese, but that's likely to change pretty soon..."
短文翻译
CNN网站消息称，“全球范围内儿童期肥胖持续增长，世界卫生组织称这是“21世纪最严重的公众健康挑战之一。”纽约锡拉丘兹大学运动科学系助理教授蒂亚戈·巴雷拉研究了全球范围内的儿童期肥胖，她想要澄清：
“全球体重不足儿童数量比肥胖儿童数量更多，但这种情况可能很快就会改变。”
重点单词
obesity [əʊˈbiːsɪti]
n.肥胖症
World Health Organization
世界卫生组织
on a global scale
在全球范围内
clarify [ˈklærəfaɪ]
v.阐明
underweight [ˌʌndəˈweɪt]
adj.体重不足的
高阶文段
Bitcoin grabs the headlines, but the real action is at central banks
Anyone who bought bitcoin a year ago must feel vindicated—and rich. The price of the cryptocurrency crossed $50,000 for the first time on February 16th, a five-fold increase over the past year. Wall Street grandees including BlackRock, Bank of New York Mellon and Morgan Stanley are mulling holding some for clients. Last week Tesla, an electric-car maker, said it had bought $1.5bn-worth of bitcoin and would accept it as payment for its cars.
短文翻译
比特币常常占据新闻头条，但真正的进展发生在各国央行
一年前买了比特币的人一定觉得自己扬眉吐气而且很富有。这种加密货币的价格在2月16日首次突破5万美元，过去一年里涨了五倍。包括贝莱德、纽约梅隆银行和摩根士丹利在内的华尔街巨头正在考虑为客户持仓。上个月，电动汽车制造商特斯拉表示已购买了价值15亿美元的比特币，并将接受用比特币购买它家的汽车。
重点单词
currency [ˈkʌrənsi]
n.货币
a five-fold increase
五倍的增长
mull doing sth.
考虑做某事
electric-car
电动汽车
payment [ˈpeɪmənt]
n.付款，支付
