2004 年考研英语真题 - 阅读 3 解析

2004 年考研英语真题 - 阅读 3 解析

When it comes to the slowing economy, Ellen Spero isn't biting her nails just yet. [1]           

翻译：当谈到现在正在放缓的经济时，Ellen Spero 并不为此感到焦虑不安。

1. When it comes to the slowing economy, 是 when 引导的时间状语从句。

2. come to 谈到；达到；共计。

3. slowing economy 增长放缓的经济；低迷的经济。

4. bite one's nails 咬指甲；焦虑，担心；束手无策。

5. just yet 恰好现在；只是。

But the 47-year-old manicurist isn't cutting, filling or polishing as many nails as she'd like to, either. [2]         

翻译：但是，这位四十七岁的指甲修饰师修剪、填补或者说磨光的指甲数量却也不是她想要的那么多。

1. as many nails as she'd like to, either. 是 as+ 形容词 + 名词 +as+ 从句结构，第一个 as 是副词，第二个 as 是关系代词，引导比较状语。

Most of her clients spend $12 to $50 weekly, but last month two longtime customers suddenly stopped showing up. [3]

翻译：她的大多数顾客每周消费 12 到 50 美元，但是上个月两位常客突然就不来了。

1. but 连接两个并列句。

2. Most of 大部分，大多数的；绝大多数。

3. longtime customer 长期顾客。

4. stop doing sth 停止做某事。

5. show up 露面；露出；揭露。

Spero blames the softening economy. [4]  

翻译：Spero 责备起疲软的经济。

1. softening economy 经济疲软。 

"I'm a good economic indicator,"she says,"I provide a service that people can do without when they're concerned about saving some dollars." [5]

翻译：她说，“我是个很好的经济指标，在人们考虑省钱的时候会摒弃我所提供的服务”。

1. 双引号内容是引语，前后有两个并列句，作 says 的宾语。

2. economic indicator 经济指标；经济目标。

3. that people can do without, 是 that 引导的定语从句，修饰 a service。

4. do without 没有… 也行；摒弃。

5. when they're concerned about saving some dollars. 是 when 引导的时间状语从句。

6. concern about 对… 表示担心 / 忧虑。

So Spero is downscaling, shopping at middle-brow Dillard's department store near her suburban Cleveland home, instead of Neiman Marcus. [6]   

翻译：因此，Spero 正在削减开支，只在自己居住的 Cleveland 郊区的 Dillard 中档百货商店购物，而不再去 Neiman Marcus。

1. shopping at middle-brow Dillard's department store, 现在分词短语作伴随状语。

2. middle-brow 中流的；一般的。

3. department store 百货公司；百货商店。

4. near her suburban Cleveland home, 介词短语作定语，修饰 Dillard's department store。

5. instead of 代替；而不是…。

"I don't know if other clients are going to abandon me, too" she says. [7]    

翻译：她说，“我不知道其他顾客是不是也会抛弃我。”

1. 双引号内容是引语，作 says 的宾语。

2. if other clients are going to abandon me, too, 是 if 引导的从句，作 know 的宾语。

3. be going to do sth 将要去做某事；打算做某事。

Even before Alan Greenspan's admission that America's red-hot economy is cooling, lots of working folks had already seen signs of the slowdown themselves. [8] 

翻译：实际上在 Alan Greenspan 承认美国炙热的经济正在冷却之前，许多工薪阶层就已经看出了他们经济放缓的迹象。

1. (Even) before Alan Greenspan's admission (that...), 是 before 引导的时间状语。

2. that America's red-hot economy is cooling, 是 that 引导的同位语从句，修饰 admission。

3. red-hot 炙热的；最新的；热烈的。

4. red-hot economy 白热化经济；过热的经济。

5. lots of 许多；大量。

6. working folk 工薪阶层。

7. sign of … 的标志；… 的符号。

8. of the slowdown. 介词短语作定语，修饰 signs。

From car dealerships to Gap outlets, sales have been lagging for months as shoppers temper their spending. [9]

翻译：从汽车经销商到 Gap 服饰专卖店，由于顾客调整他们的支出，销售额几个月来一直在下滑。

1. From car dealerships to Gap outlets, 介词短语作方面状语。

2. for months, 介词短语作时间状语。

3. as shoppers temper their spending. 是 as 引导的原因状语从句。

For retailers, who last year took in 24 percent of their revenue between Thanksgiving and Christmas, the cautious approach is coming at a crucial time. [10]      

翻译：对于零售商们，去年在感恩节和圣诞节之间的收入占他们收入的 24%，他们在关键时刻也将采取谨慎措施。

1. For retailers, 介词短语作方面状语。

2. who last year took in 24 percent of their revenue between Thanksgiving and Christmas, 是 who 引导的定语从句，修饰 retailers。

3. take in 吸收；接受；领会；欺骗。

4. between Thanksgiving and Christmas, 介词短语作时间状语。

5. cautious approach 谨慎做法；谨慎措施。

6. at a crucial time, 介词短语作时间状语。

7. crucial time 关键时刻；关键时期。

Already, experts say, holiday sales are off 7 percent from last year's pace. [11]    

翻译：专家们说，节假日的销售额跟去年的速度相比，已经减少了 7%。

1. experts say, 作插入语，也可认为其余部分作 say 的宾语。

2. holiday sale 假日销售额。

3. from last year's pace. 介词短语作时间状语。

But don't sound any alarms just yet. [12]

翻译：但是不要马上发出警报。

1. sound alarm 发出警报；拉响警报。

2. just yet 恰好现在；刚才。

Consumers seem only mildly concerned, not panicked, and many say they remain optimistic about the economy's long-term prospects, even as they do some modest belt-tightening. [13]     

翻译：消费者们看起来只是稍有担心，并不是恐慌；就在他们适度地进行开支缩减时，许多人仍然称他们对经济的长期发展前景持乐观态度。

1. and 连接两个并列句。

2. they remain optimistic about the economy's long-term prospects, (even as...), 是省略了引导词的从句，作 say 的宾语。

3. be optimistic about 看好；对于… 感到乐观。

4. about the economy's long-term prospects, 介词短语作方面状语。

5. long-term 长期的；从长远来看。

6. even as they do some modest belt-tightening. 是 even as 引导的让步状语从句。

7. even as, 即使；甚至；正巧在… 的时候。

8. belt-tightening 紧缩开支；强制性节约。

Consumers say they're not in despair because, despite the dreadful headlines, their own fortunes still feel pretty good. [14]

翻译：消费者说他们并没有陷入绝望之中，因为尽管有媒体上可怕的头条，他们仍然感觉自己的财产状况非常好。

1. they're not in despair, 是省略引导词的从句，作 say 的宾语。

2. be in despair 陷于绝望之中；在绝望中。

3. because...their own fortunes still feel pretty good. 是 because 引导的原因状语从句。

4. despite the dreadful headlines, 是插入语，在 because 引导的原因状语从句中作让步状语。

5. dreadful headlines 可怕的头条。

6. pretty good 非常好；相当不错。

Home prices are holding steady in most regions. [15]   

翻译：在大多数地区，房价保持稳定。

1. Home price 房价；国内价格。

2. hold steady 保持稳定。

3. in most regions. 介词短语作地点状语。

In Manhattan, "there's a new gold rush happening in the $4 million to $10 million range, predominantly fed by Wall Street bonuses," says broker Barbara Corcoran. [16]   

翻译：经纪人 Barbara Corcoran 说，在曼哈顿，“出现了一股新的淘金热，价格在 400 万到 1000 万之间，这些资金主要来源于华尔街奖金”。

1. In Manhattan, 介词短语作地点状语。

2. 双引号内容是引语，作 says 的宾语。

3. gold rush 淘金热；淘金潮。

4. happening in the $4 million to $10 million range, 现在分词短语作定语，修饰 a new gold rush。

5. (predominantly) fed by Wall Street bonuses, 过去分词短语作定语，修饰 a new gold rush。

6. fed by 由… 提供；源于…。

7. Wall Street 华尔街。

In San Francisco, prices are still rising even as frenzied overbidding quiets. [17]

翻译：在旧金山，就在疯狂的竞价购买逐渐平息时，房价依然在上涨。

1. In San Francisco, 介词短语作地点状语。

2. even as frenzied overbidding quiets. 是 even as 引导的让步状语从句。

3. even as 即使；甚至；正巧在… 的时候。

4. frenzied overbidding 疯狂的竞价；狂热的出价。

"Instead of 20 to 30 offers, now maybe you only get two or three," says john Tealdi, a Bay Area real-estate broker. [18]  

翻译：海湾地区房地产经纪人 John Tealdi 说：“现在你可能只能得到两套或者三套的报价了，而不是二十到三十套。”

1. 双引号内容是引语，作 says 的宾语。

2. Instead of 代替；而不是…。

3. a Bay Area real-estate broker, 作 john Tealdi 的同位语，对其解释说明。

4. Bay Area 海湾地区；湾区。

5. real-estate broker 房地产经纪人，不动产经纪人。

And most folks still feel pretty comfortable about their ability to find and keep a job. [19]

翻译：大多数人仍然对他们找到并保住一份工作的能力感觉相当好。

1. about their ability, 介词短语作方面状语。

2. to find and keep a job. 是 to do 不定式短语作定语，修饰 their ability。

Many folks see silver linings to this slowdown. [20]

翻译：许多人在这次经济衰退中仍能看到一线希望。

1. silver lining 一线希望；乌云周围的白光；曙光乍现。

2. to this slowdown. 介词短语作方面状语。

Potential home buyers would cheer for lower interest rates. [21]

翻译：潜在的购房者会为更低的利率而感到高兴。

1. home buyer 购房者。

2. cheer for 为… 欢呼，喝彩；给… 加油。

3. interest rate 利率。

Employers wouldn't mind a little fewer bubbles in the job market. [22]

翻译：雇主也不介意在人才市场少了些泡沫。

1. not mind 不介意。

2. a little fewer bubbles, 作宾语。

3. in the job market. 介词短语作定语，修饰 bubbles。

4. job market 就业市场；工作市场；求职广场。

Many consumers seem to have been influenced by stock-market swings, which investors now view as a necessary ingredient to a sustained boom. [23]

翻译：许多消费者似乎已经受到了股市波动的影响，而投资者如今将它看作是经济持续增长的必要因素。

1. seem to do sth 似乎要做某事；看起来要做某事。

2. be influenced by 受… 的影响。

3. stock-market 股票市场；证券市场。

4. which investors now view as a necessary ingredient to a sustained boom. 是 which 引导的定语从句，修饰 stock-market swings。

5. view as 认为… 是…；把… 看作…。

6. as a necessary ingredient. 是介词短语作从句中宾语 (which:stock-market swings) 的补语。

7. necessary ingredient 必要因素。

8. to a sustained boom, 介词短语作定语，修饰 a necessary ingredient。

9. sustained boom 持续的繁荣。

Diners might see an upside, too. [24]

翻译：就餐者可能也看到了有利的方面。

Getting a table at Manhattan's hot new Alain Ducasse restaurant need to be impossible. [25]

翻译：在曼哈顿火爆的 Alain Ducasse 新饭店订张餐位简直是不可能的事情。

1. Getting a table, 是动名词短语作主语。

2. at Manhattan's hot new Alain Ducasse restaurant, 是介词短语作地点状语。

3. need to be impossible. 直译是：需要的是不可能；意思是：简直是不可能的。

Not anymore. [26]

翻译：不再是了。

1. Not anymore 不再是了；不再。

For that, Greenspan & Co. may still be worth toasting. [27]

翻译：因为这个，或许美联储（Greenspan 和公司）依然值得庆祝。

1. For that, 介词短语作原因状语。

2. Co. 公司（company 的缩写）。

2. Greenspan, 是 Alan Greenspan, 前美联储主席（1987 年 8 月 -2006 年 1 月）。

4. be worth toasting 值得庆祝。