阅读外刊学英文(28)

伴随着2021年的来临，疫情又开始反弹，全球很多地方原本热闹非凡的跨年活动也变得冷冷清清。今晚昕妈推出《阅读外刊学英文》第二十八期，学英文感受新年气氛的同时做好疫情防控。

                     阅读技巧指南

一、培养英语阅读和思考习惯，尽量摈弃母语的思维定式，学会通过上下文逻辑关系、词缀、行文衔接等推断生词意思，进而可以深挖文本，了解字里行间的意思。

二、尽自己最大的努力理解文章，把握主旨，并不强求逐字逐句去理解透彻。如果遇到生词，先猜一下它的意思，再看注释。学会通篇读下来，理解大意，抓住主要观点。从全文角度理解文章总体意思，要比完全理解每一个小细节更重要。

三、根据自己实际主动学习，查缺补漏，通过阅读不断提升。阅读的量积累到一定程度，我们的英文水平就会有质的飞跃。

四、不要为了阅读而阅读，阅读既是一种享受原汁原味语言魅力的过程，更是一个学习借鉴的积累进程。一篇好的文章，其中的表达，包括词汇、句式、语法等层面都会有很多值得我们学习积累的地方。

                      原文阅读

New Year's celebrations during the pandemic

This New Year's Eve is being celebrated like no other in most of the world, with many bidding farewell to a year they'd prefer to forget.

From the South Pacific to New York City, pandemic restrictions on open-air gatherings saw people turning to made-for-TV fireworks displays since they could not toast the end of 2020 in the presence of friends or carousing strangers.

As midnight rolled from Asia to Europe, Africa and the Americas, the New Year's experience mirrored national responses to the virus. Some countries and cities canceled or scaled back their festivities, while others without active outbreaks carried on like any other year.

Crowds fill streets in China's pandemic-hit Wuhan，Celebrate New Year

Large crowds took to the streets at midnight on Friday in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, celebrating the arrival of 2021 after a year marred by a deadly pandemic that killed thousands there and required the city to be locked down between the end of January and early April.

As per tradition, hundreds gathered in front of the old Hankow Customs House building, one of the city's more popular New Year's Eve spots. When the building's old clock reached midnight many people released balloons into the air, cheered and called out "happy new year."

                       原文导读

以上摘录了两篇外刊文章，一篇是关于疫情下跨年活动的报道。这个新年前夜的庆祝方式在世界上大多数地方都是独一无二的，许多人都在告别他们宁愿忘记的一年。从南太平洋到纽约市，由于疫情防控无法举杯庆祝2020年的结束，人们开始观看电视制作的烟花表演。

第二篇则是有关武汉跨年夜的报道。武汉的大批民众在周五午夜走上街头，庆祝2021年的到来。跨年夜，许多武汉市民依旧按照传统来到江汉关大楼前。当大楼的钟声在零点敲响时，大家放飞手中的气球，欢呼并高喊着“新年快乐”。

                   写在最后的话

学习掌握一门语言，是为了换一个视角看世界，进而眼界更开阔、心态更平和。坚持阅读，我们会更加客观、公正地看待这个世界。