考研英语的阅读理解部分是考试的重心,也是广大学生的备考重点,而且阅读理解重视的是文章的篇章结构和上下文逻辑关系,考生可以通过对历年真题阅读理解的分析,总结出出题的思路及解题技巧。下面新航道考研小编给大家带来了2026考研英语真题精讲:2008阅读 Text 4(四),希望对大家有帮助。
2008 阅读 Text 4 精讲
第四段
①For one thing, the South could not afford to part with its slaves. ②Owning slaves was “like having a large bank account,” says Wiencek, author of An Imperfect God: George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of America. ③The southern states would not have signed the Constitution without protections for the “peculiar institution,” including a clause that counted a slave as three fifths of a man for purposes of congressional representation.首先,南方承担不起放弃奴隶的代价。《一个不完美的上帝:乔治华盛顿,他的奴隶,和美国的创造》一书的作者维塞克说,拥有奴隶 “就像拥有一个巨大的银行账户”。如果没有对 “特殊制度” 的保护,南方各州是不会签署宪法的,其中包括一项条款,即在国会代表中,一个奴隶可以算作五分之三个人。
①For one thing, the South could not afford to part with its slaves.首先,南方承担不起放弃奴隶的代价。
For one thing:首先;一则
the south:指美国南部,美国种植园奴隶制——美国从殖民地时期到1863年解放奴隶为止,在南部地区使用奴隶劳动、种植一种或少数几种供出口的农作物的大农业组织形式。所以,南方是奴隶制最深的地方。
part with sth:放弃;交出。
afford vt. 买得起;承担得起(to)
②Owning slaves was “like having a large bank account,” says Wiencek, author of An Imperfect God: George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of America.《一个不完美的上帝:乔治华盛顿,他的奴隶,和美国的创造》一书的作者维塞克说,拥有奴隶 “就像拥有一个巨大的银行账户”。
own vt. 拥有,这里是分词(动名词)短语做主语
account n. 账户;账目;报告;解释(考研重点词汇,几乎所有意思都考过)
这里是直接引语,用了全倒装
author部分是W的同位语,具体说这个人是谁
③The southern states would not have signed the Constitution without protections for the “peculiar institution,” including a clause that counted a slave as three fifths of a man for purposes of congressional representation.如果没有对 “特殊制度” 的保护,南方各州是不会签署宪法的,其中包括一项条款,即在国会代表中,一个奴隶可以算作五分之三个人。
sign vt. 签字;签名
the constitution:宪法
protect vt. 保护。—— protection n. 保护
peculiar adj. 特殊的
including部分是分词做状语,这里相当于一个非限定性定语从句:
including a clause that counted a slave as three fifths of a manfor purposes of congressional representation.
clause n. 条款
that后面是定语从句
count sb/sth as sb/sth:看作;认为;算作;被视为
three fifths of a man:3/5个人,就是两个奴隶才算一个自由人
purpose n. 目标;用途。
congress n. 国会。—— congressional adj. 国会的。
represent vt. 代表。—— representation n. 代表。
总结:第四段是说,南方需要奴隶制度,不能废除,不然,南方各州就不签署宪法。
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