考研人数逐年增加，竞争之激烈使得我们不得不加急复习的日程。众所周知，阅读理解占据了考研英语二100分试卷的一半分值，而考研英语阅读文章大多来自英美国家的主流报刊杂志，所以如果能在日常就多多阅读这些文章，对以后读懂文章做对题目来说会大有裨益。
学习步骤如下：
1.不看汉语译文自己看一遍短文做理解
2.看汉语译文比对自己理解的意思与之出入
3.强化记忆重点单词（以记忆其汉语意思为主）
文段一
There are some indications that it is preparing to do just that. The communities minister, Don Foster, has hinted that George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer, may introduce more flexibility to the current cap on the amount that local authorities can borrow against their housing stock debt. Evidence shows that 60, 000 extra new homes could be built over the next five years if the cap were lifted, increasing GDP by 0.6%.
短文翻译
有迹象表明政府已经开始着手采取一些措施了。社区部长唐·福斯特暗示，财政部部长乔治·奥斯本或许会采取一些灵活性的措施，以放宽目前当地政府能够借来应对建房债务的最高限额。有证据显示如果这一限额能够提高，那么接下来的五年就能够建造六万套新房，GDP 也会随之增长 0.6%。
重点单词
indication [ˌɪndɪˈkeɪʃn]
n.表明; 标示; 显示;
community [kəˈmjuːnəti]
n.社区; 社会; 团体; 社团
minister [ˈmɪnɪstə(r)]
n.(英国及其他许多国家的) 部长，大臣;
hint [hɪnt]
v.暗示; 透露; 示意;
Chancellor [ˈtʃɑːnsələ(r)]
n.(德国或奥地利的) 总理; (英国大学的) 名誉校长; (某些美国大学的) 校长;
flexibility [ˌfleksə'bɪləti]
n.灵活性；弹性；适应性
authority [ɔːˈθɒrəti]
n.权力; 威权; 当权(地位); 权; 职权; 批准; 授权;
文段 II
Ministers should also look at creating greater certainty in the rental environment, which would have a significant impact on the ability of registered providers to fund new developments from revenues.
But it is not just down to the government. While these measures would be welcome in the short term, we must face up to the fact that the existing ￡4.5bn programme of grants to fund new affordable housing, set to expire in 2015，is unlikely to be extended beyond then. The Labour party has recently announced that it will retain a large part of the coalition's spending plans if returns to power. The housing sector needs to accept that we are very unlikely to ever return to era of large-scale public grants. We need to adjust to this changing climate.
短文翻译
领导们同样也应该考虑为租赁环境创造更多的稳定性，这对注册供应商用税收投资新的发展项目的能力有很重要的影响。
但这并不能仅仅只靠政府。虽然这些措施在短期内会受到欢迎，但是我们必须面对这样的事实：目前授予投资新的经济适用房建设项目的资金是 4.5billion，到 2015 年过期，并且这笔钱不可能延期。工党最近发表声明称如果他们能够上台，那么联合政府的大部分消费计划将会得以保留。住房部门需要接受我们不可能再回到大规模的公共设施投资时代的现实。我们需要做出调整以适应目前不断改变的环境。
重点单词
certainty [ˈsɜːtnti]
n.确实的事; 必然的事; 确信; 确实; 确定性
rental [ˈrentl]
n.租金; 出租; 租赁; 招租;
register [ˈredʒɪstə(r)]
v.登记; 注册;
grant [ɡrɑːnt]
v.(尤指正式地或法律上) 同意，准予，允许; (勉强) 承认，同意;
n.(政府、机构的) 拨款;
announce [əˈnaʊns]
v.宣布，宣告(决定、计划等); (尤指通过广播) 通知; 声称; 宣称;
