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英语时文阅读中因为地名、人名、专有名词鱼龙杂居其中,加上一些生癖单词,给时文阅读带来很大的障碍。
但仔细观察不难发现时文文体结构大体相似,如果我们根据文章结构去理解会容易很多,当时文阅读量达到一定数量,英语时文自然就能轻车熟路!下面我们以一篇时文为例说明之。
China SARS fighter returns to spotlight in coronavirus battle
中国“非典”战士重回公众视野,迎战冠状病毒
Zhong Nanshan, an 83-year-old doctor who became a household name 17 years ago for “daring to speak” in the fight against SARS, is the public face of China’s effort to control a new strain of coronavirus.
17年前因在抗击“非典”中“敢讲真话”而家喻户晓的83岁钟南山院士,如今再次成为中国抗击新一波冠状病毒的公众形象。
Despite his advanced age, Zhong was appointed to lead
the
investigation into the new virus, which has rattled millions of Chinese who are traveling for the week-long Lunar New Year holiday. His announcement on Monday that the virus could spread between humans ratcheted up worries about the outbreak, after which Beijing has warned officials of public shame if they cover up any infections.
正逢长达一周的春节假期,新型病毒的爆发让数百万春运中的中国民众惴惴不安。
尽管年事已高,钟南山仍临危受命,牵头调查此次疫情。
钟南山于周一宣布该病毒存在“人传人”的现象,加剧了人们对疫情的担忧。
此后中央政府警告官员,如瞒报任何感染病例,他们将被钉在耻辱柱上。
That marks a departure from 2003, when in an atmosphere of fear and suspicion, Zhong, a respiratory diseases specialist, gave media his candid, pessimistic assessment of the severity of the SARS crisis.
这与2003年的情况有所不同:当时,在充满恐惧和猜疑的气氛中,身为呼吸系统疾病专家的钟南山坦率地向媒体透露了他对于SARS危机严重程度的悲观估计。
Zhong was hailed for his integrity and has remained a public figure ever since,weighing in on public health issues such as air pollution and food safety.
钟南山因其直言不讳而广受赞誉,并自此成为一个公众人物,不断为空
气污染和食品安全等公共卫生问题而发声。