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　　“吾尝终日不食，终夜不寝，以思，无益，不如学也。”思考固然重要，但是必须与学习相结合。没有开始复习或者进度缓慢的同学，赶紧行动起来吧!文都考研英语老师继续为2018考研同学们梳理历年考研英语真题阅读文章中涉及的要点，包括词汇、短语、长难句以及简单的阅读方法。接下来看一下2011年考研英语真题阅读Text 1，这篇文章主要讲了对纽约爱乐乐团新任音乐指挥的看法。

　　The decision of the New York Philharmonic to hire Alan Gilbert as its next music director has been the talk of the classical-music world ever since the sudden announcement of his appointment in 2009. For the most part, the response has been favorable, to say the least. “Hooray! At last!” wrote Anthony Tommasini, a sober-sided classical-music critic.

　　Philharmonic“爱乐乐团”;hire sb. as...“雇佣某人担任...”;ever since“自从”;sudden“突然的”;announcement“宣布”;appointment“任命”。首句貌似复杂，实则不然，去掉所有修饰限定和补充说明，主干部分就是The decision has been the talk“决定成为了话题”。for the most part“在极大程度上”;response“回应”;favorable“赞成的”;to say the least“至少可以这样说”;hooray“万岁”;sober-sided可以表示“以严肃著称的”;critic“评论家”。

　　One of the reasons why the appointment came as such a surprise, however, is that Gilbert is comparatively little known. Even Tommasini, who had advocated Gilbert’s appointment in the Times, calls him “an unpretentious musician with no air of the formidable conductor about him.” As a description of the next music director of an orchestra that has hitherto been led by musicians ..., that seems likely to have struck at least some Times readers as faint praise.

　　surprise“令人惊讶的事物”;comparatively“相对地”;little known“几乎不为人知”;advocate“拥护”;unpretentious“谦逊的，不炫耀的”;with no air of“没有...的样子”;formidable“令人敬畏的”;conductor“指挥”，相当于director;description“描述”;orchestra“管弦乐队”;hitherto“迄今”;led原形lead“领导”;that指代description;strike sb. as...“给人以...印象”;faint praise可以理解为“苍白的赞美，牵强的赞美”。

　　For my part, I have no idea ... To be sure, he performs an impressive variety of interesting compositions, ... or boot up my computer...

　　for my part“就我而言”，可用于写作发表个人看法;have no idea“不知道”;to be sure“诚然，的确”;perform“演奏”;a variety of“各种各样的”;boot up“启动”。

　　以上就是文都考研英语老师为大家梳理的2011年考研英语真题阅读Text 1前三段的要点。阅读是一个相对综合的题型。阅读能力的提升，其实可以促进其他各个题型解题能力的提升。因此，各位同学一定合理支配时间，以阅读为主，全面提升个人英语水平，进而突破考研英语。

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