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。
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）
Someday a stranger will read your e-mail without your permission or scan the Websites you've visited. Or perhaps someone will casually glance through your credit card purchases or cell phone bills to find out your shopping preferences or calling habits.
In fact, it's likely some of these things have already happened to you. Who would watch you without your permission? It might be a spouse, a girlfriend, a marketing company, a boss, a cop or a criminal. Whoever it is, they will see you in a way you never intended to be seen - the 21st century equivalent of being caught naked.
短文翻译
有一天，一个陌生人会不经你的允许看你的电子邮件，或者浏览你访问过的网页。再或者有人会随意翻阅你的信用卡的购物单或手机话费单，以此来了解你的购物喜好或通话习惯。
事实上，很可能其中一些事情已经在你的身上发生过了。谁会未经你的允许而窥视你呢？也许是你的配偶，你的女友，营销公司，老板，警察，或者罪犯。无论是谁，他们都会以一种你始料未及的方式窥视你——这在21世纪就相当于你裸体是被别人撞见。
重点单词详解
1. permission (n.许可；准许；允许；同意)
To give or yield permission to or for. 同意给予批准或许可
You can't take photographs here without permission.
未经许可你们不能在此处拍照。
Permit(v.)
2. scan(n./v. 扫描；浏览；审视；细看)
【近】glance through, look through
at a glance 一瞥；看一眼
glance at 看一下，浏览；提到，影射
at first glance 乍一看，初看；第一眼就……
Do you read it, scan it or skip over it to something shorter?
还是只是浏览一下？亦或跳过它去读些更短小的内容？
3. credit(n.贷款；信用，信誉；荣誉；学分v.相信；记入贷方 ；归功于；赞颂)
We don't mind who gets the credit so long as we don't get the blame.
只要我们不挨批评，谁受到表扬我们都不在乎。
I think our credit has been overextended to diversify.
我认为我们的贷款到目前为止太分散了。
You must pass the examination to get credit for the course.
你必须通过考试才能获得那门课程的学分。
creditable 可信的；声誉好的；值得称赞的
creditor 债权人，贷方
4. purchase (v./n. 购买；赢得)
【近】buy
5. preference(n.喜爱；喜爱的事物；优待，优先权)
personal preference 个人喜好
【近】tendency, liability, priority, trend, favor
You truly have no preference.
你真的没有任何偏好。
What each person likes is an individual preference so the initial consultation is very important.
每个人喜爱的都是一种个人偏爱，因此初期的会诊是很重要的。
preferred (a.优先的；首选的)
preferential(a.优先的；选择的；特惠的；先取的)
6. habit(n.习惯；习性；气质)
Jesse is a creature of habit and always eats breakfast.
杰西是按习惯行事的人，每天都吃早餐。
in the habit of doing something习惯于…/养成…的习惯
They were in the habit of giving two or three dinner parties a month.
他们习惯于每月举办两三次晚宴。
You should cultivate the habit of listening to what you are told.
你应该养成听从吩咐的习惯。
Habitual(a.习惯的；惯常的；习以为常的)
Habituate(v.使习惯于，使熟习于)
7. In fact (实际上，其实；实则；事实上)
【近】in practice, in reality, as it is, in nature,as a matter of fact
She carries her age very well. She looks 50 but in fact she's more than 60 .
她不显老，她看上去像50岁，其实已经60多了。
8. criminal(adj. 刑事上的；犯罪的；可耻的n. 罪犯)
Her husband faces various criminal charges.
她丈夫面临多项刑事的指控。
criminal law 刑法
criminal responsibility 刑事责任
criminal case [法]刑事案件，刑事案
crime rate 犯罪率
9. intend(v.意欲，打算；打算使，想让…做；意指)
intend to do 想要做；想要做某事
They intend to be an army of light against the onslaught of darkness.
他们打算成为一支光明之师对抗黑暗军团的猛烈进攻。
intended (a.故意的，有意的；打算中的)
10. equivalent (a./n.相等的，相同的；等值的；等量的；等效的)
be equal to 等于
equal opportunity 机会均等
He has no equal in music..
他在音乐方面没有匹敌
China has always insisted that all countries, big or small, should be equal.
中国历来主张国家不分大小， 应该一律平等。
