【原】阅读外刊学英文(29)

休息日宅在家，是读书的大好时机，正是应了那句古诗“读书之乐乐何如?绿满窗前草不除”。今晚昕妈抽空推出《阅读外刊学英文》第二十九期，供感兴趣的童鞋们参考，希望能帮到更多有需要的人。

                 阅读技巧指南

1.培养英语阅读和思考习惯，尽量摈弃母语的思维定式，学会通过上下文逻辑关系、词缀、行文衔接等推断生词意思，进而可以深挖文本，了解字里行间的意思。

2.尽自己最大的努力理解文章，把握主旨，并不强求逐字逐句去理解透彻。如果遇到生词，先猜一下它的意思，再看注释。学会通篇读下来，理解大意，抓住主要观点。从全文角度理解文章总体意思，要比完全理解每一个小细节更重要。

3.根据自己实际主动学习，查缺补漏，通过阅读不断提升。阅读的量积累到一定程度，我们的英文水平就会有质的飞跃。

4.不要为了阅读而阅读，阅读既是一种享受原汁原味语言魅力的过程，更是一个学习借鉴的积累进程。一篇好的文章，其中的表达，包括词汇、句式、语法等层面都会有很多值得我们学习积累的地方。

                      原文阅读

House lawmakers on Friday approved President Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, advancing the legislation to the Senate.

The vote came days after the United States surpassed 500,000 deaths from COVID-19.

The proposal would provide a new round of financial support for workers, families and businesses, including direct payments of up to $1,400 for eligible individuals and couples, an expansion and extension of supplemental unemployment benefits and an increase to the child tax credit.

Also in the bill is $25 billion for emergency rental assistance and an expanded tax credit for low-income workers without children.

The Senate will have just over two weeks to make changes to the bill before current federal unemployment benefits expire on March 14.  No Republicans in the Senate are expected to support the legislation, having balked at the price tag.

"We already know what is the best stimulus plan out there," House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said at a press conference Friday. "It's to fully reopen our economy. To do that, we need our economy to go back to work, back to school and back to health."

                      原文导读

众议院议员周五批准了拜登总统1.9万亿美元的冠状病毒救助方案，将该立法提交给参议院。而在这个方案出来的几天前，美国死于COVID-19的人数已经超过50万人。这项提议将为工人、家庭和企业提供新一轮的财政支持，包括向符合条件的个人和夫妇直接支付至多1400美元的资金，扩大和延长补充失业救助，并增加儿童税收抵免。

                   写在最后的话

外刊信息量大、逻辑性强、图文并茂、遣词造句优美，不失为一个实用的学习素材。当然这还需要选择合适的素材，运用正确的方法，且要有毅力坚持下去。