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　　阅读是一个相对综合的题型，涉及到多方面能力的考查。与其在浩如烟海的复习资料中迷失方向，不知所措，不如直接从真题入手。文都考研英语老师继续为2018考研同学们梳理考研英语历年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2003年考研英语真题阅读Text 4，这篇文章主要探讨了对死亡的态度。

　　... Anyone can see this trend is unsustainable. Yet few seem willing to try to reverse it. Some scholars conclude that a government with finite resources ... that the old and infirm “have a duty to die and get out of the way,” so that younger, healthier people can realize their potential.

　　trend“趋势”;unsustainable“无法维持的”;reverse“颠覆”;it指的就是this trend;finite resources“有限的资源”;the old and firm“年老体弱的人”;realize“实现”;potential“潜能”;realize one’s potential可以表示“发挥潜能”。

　　I would not go that far. Energetic people now routinely work through their 60s and beyond, and remain dazzlingly productive... former surgeon general C. Everett Koop chairs an Internet start-up in his 80s. These leaders are living proof that prevention works and that we can manage the health problems that come naturally with age...

　　段首句表明作者对上一段结尾的观点持有否定或不完全赞同的态度。routinely“例行公事地，通常”;dazzlingly“灿烂地，耀眼地”;remain dazzlingly productive可以表示“仍然具有惊人的工作能力”。接下来举例论证可以直接略过。former surgeon general“前卫生局局长，前军医处处长”;chair“担任...主席”;an Internet start-up可以表示“互联网新建公司”;living proof“生动的证明”;that... and that...引导同位语从句;prevention“预防”;work“起作用”;manage“处理”。

　　Yet there are limits to what a society can spend in this pursuit. As a physician, I know the most costly and dramatic measures may be ineffective and painful. I also know that people in Japan and Sweden, countries that ... As a nation, we may be overfunding the quest for unlikely cures while underfunding research on humbler therapies that could improve people’s lives.

　　尾段首句为转折句，格外关注。“然而，一个社会在医疗方面的花费是有限的。”costly“昂贵的”;dramatic“引人注目的”;ineffective“无效的”;countries充当Japan and Sweden的同位语;overfund“对...提供过多资金”;quest“追求”;unlikely cures“没希望的治疗”;underfund“对...提供资金不足”;humbler therapy“更为普通的治疗”。

　　以上就是文都考研英语老师为大家梳理的2003年考研英语真题阅读Text 4后三段的要点。考研也许不简单，但是应该没有大家想象得那么困难。“绝知此事要躬行”，各位同学赶紧行动起来吧!阅读难，但是最重要，因此不可以回避，也不要无休止地拖延，否则后患无穷。如果大家能够坚持下来，到时候也许会发现原来不过如此。

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