考研英语历年真题阅读要点之2015-Text 4（二）

 　各位同学，就考研英语真题而言，最后三套建议用来进行考前模拟。小编继续为大家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2015年考研英语真题阅读Text 4，这篇文章主要探讨了社会筛选机制引起的道德缺失问题。

　　In many respects, the dearth of moral purpose frames not only the fact of such widespread phone hacking but the terms on which the trial took place. One of the astonishing revelations was how little Rebekah Brooks knew of what went on in her newsroom ... and the fact that she never inquired how the stories arrived. The core of her successful defence was that she knew nothing.

　　respect“方面”，相当于aspect;frame“设计，建造”，在此可以引申为“导致，构成”;term“条款”;take place“发生，进行”;astonishing“令人惊讶的”;revelation“启示”;know of“知道，了解”;go on“发生”;newsroom“新闻编辑部”;inquire“询问，查究”;core“核心，要点”;defence“辩护”。

　　... it has become normal that well-paid executives should not be accountable for what happens in the organizations that they run... the collective doctrine has been that the sorting mechanism of society should be profit. The words that have mattered are efficiency ... shareholder value, business-friendly, wealth generation, sales, impact and, in newspapers, circulation. Words degraded to the margin have been justice, fairness, tolerance, proportionality and accountability.

　　well-paid“待遇优厚的，收入高的”;be accountable for“对...负责”，相当于be responsible for;run“经营”;doctrine“信条”;profit“利益”;matter“要紧”;efficiency“效率”;shareholder“股东”;business-friendly“商业友好的”;sales“销售额”;circulation“发行量”;degrade to“降级到”;margin“边缘”;justice“正义”;fairness“公平”;tolerance“宽容”;proportionality“均衡”;accountability“责任”。

　　The purpose of editing the News of the World was not to promote reader understanding, to be fair in what was written or to betray any common humanity. It was to ruin lives in the quest for circulation and impact. Ms. Brooks may or may not have had suspicions about ... gave no instructions -- nor received traceable, recorded answers.

　　edit“编辑”;promote“提升”;fair“公平的”;betray“背叛，出卖”，名词形式betrayal;humanity“人性”;ruin“毁灭”;in the quest for“为了追求”;suspicion“怀疑”，形容词形式suspicious，常见搭配be suspicious of;instruction“指示”;traceable“可追踪的”，动词形式trace，trace back“追溯”。