阅读外刊学英文（14）

有不少亲们希望昕妈能够多写些关于外刊阅读方面的文章，于是今晚抽空再推出一期《阅读外刊学英文》，带你一起放眼看世界，领略原汁原味的语言魅力。

就以下面的两段文字为例。

For all college students, including and especially those from low-income backgrounds, the coronavirus has unraveled years of hard work and extracurricular hustle. Life on Harvard’s campus was meant to offer students the possibility of forming relationships with well-connected peers and professors, a social environment that could multiply opportunities. Now, the experience has narrowed into what is possible through a computer screen.

这段文字中的三句话环环相扣，开宗明义指出新冠病毒颠覆了大学生多年来在课堂内外的努力。同时使用be meant to 这一词组以及now一词，前后形成鲜明对比，从而引出哈佛课程将会改为线上的话题。

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Harvard, which will continue to charge full tuition, has said it will allow students who cannot “progress academically” at home to return to campus in the fall. But its process for evaluating which students qualify is opaque. The form the school is using to assess requests to return asks students to check various boxes indicating challenges at their home, including whether they have a Windows or Macintosh computer and face food insecurity.

首先用一定语从句说明哈佛将继续按全额收取学费，并已表示将允许那些无法在家中“取得学业进步”学生秋季返校。接着用but转折，指出评定哪些学生符合这个条件的过程很不透明。最后用一长句来说明评定条件所需表格勾选的具体内容，其中恰到好处地使用including 这一介词短语进行补充。

总之，阅读外刊可以有助于培养思维和语感，让你在英语考试中更有把握。当然最高境界是在于敲开一种全新思维方式的大门，从而摒弃死记硬背单词和句型的学习方法，摆脱死抠语法的僵硬阅读模式，尽情享受语言魅力，获得更为广阔视野和格局的能力。

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