2023復習正是強化復習階段，在考研英語中占了40分，所以考研英語閱讀是英語科目中重要的一項。名師老師曾建議過考研生需要堅持每天泛讀10-15分鐘的英文原刊。強烈推薦了雜志《經濟學人》.雜志中的文章也是考研英語的主要材料來源.希望考研考生認真閱讀，快速提高考研英語閱讀水平。 　　Personalised car stickers 　　個性化汽車貼紙 　　Family portraits on wheels 　　輪胎上的全家福 　　Windscreens are the new Facebook 　　擋風玻璃變成了新的臉書網 　　IN THE Middle Ages, heraldry allowed knights toshow off family histories in amazing detail, luggingshields or banners into battle that explained their ancestry, whether they had married anheiress and their status as a first or younger son. Eight centuries later American drivers arecatching up, thanks to personalised family stickers: tiny stick-figure depictions of an entirehousehold . Thoughthe trend s origins are obscure, there is a consensus that it began in Mexico several yearsago and at first involved generic outline figures, revealing ony the number of children in afamily. 　　在中世紀，騎士們可以使用非常精細的紋章來炫耀自己家族歷史，在戰場上帶著有家族紋章的盾牌或旗幟可以闡明他們的血統和一位女繼承人結婚，或者身為家中長子或幼子。八百年后，汽車司機也開始這樣做了，而他們使用的是個性化家庭貼紙：一副小小的全家簡筆畫描繪。盡管這股潮流的起源已經不甚明了，但幾年前在墨西哥興起了一種默認觀點，首先就是在車上貼通用類數字圖，表明了家中孩子的數量。 　　Now the stickers are well established north of the border. And, thanks to a combination ofAmerican individualism and advances in custom-manufacturing, they are morphing intoever-more-detailed family chronicles. 　　如今貼紙在邊境線北部也開始流行起來。由于美國個人主義和先進的定制加工業，它們變成了更加精細的家族編年史。 　　Chroma Graphics of Tennessee, a supplier to such firms as Walmart, recently designed itsfirst kits to celebrate households headed by same-sex couples. The pick-and-mixkitsdesigned at the request of a large retail customer, but not yet on saleinclude twofather-figures, two mother-figures and an assortment of children and pets, says BrendaSellers, the firm s president. The packaging is in rainbow colours, bearing intertwined pairsof two male and two female astrological symbols as a final clue. 　　田納西州的彩色圖案是一些公司如沃爾瑪之類的供應商，他最近計劃推出首套慶祝同性戀人擔任戶主系列貼紙。該公司總裁布倫達塞勒斯表示，這套組合貼紙是應一個大型零售商客戶要求推出的，但尚未對外出售。它包括兩個父親形象，兩個母親形象，各種各樣的孩子和寵物。包裝是彩虹色的，上面有兩對互相交錯的同性男女占星符號，作為一個最終暗示。 　　In Idaho a sign-maker, Woodland Manufacturing, has pioneered hyper-personalised stickers.Visitors towww.familystickers.com, its online retail arm, can combine thousands of differentheads, bodies and accessories to depict, say, a bearded, balding x-ray technician, married toa bee-keeping mother whose kids enjoy ballet and baseball, and who ownguinea pigs. 　　在愛達荷州有家標牌制造商，名叫林地制造，他提倡超個性化貼紙。訪問他家在線零售網站www.familystickers.com的訪客可以將上千種頭部、身體和附屬部件結合描繪，一個禿頂但胡子濃密的放射線技術員稱。該技術員與一名勤勞的婦女結了婚，他們的孩子喜歡芭蕾舞和棒球，還養著荷蘭豬。 　　Most are bought by women, says the firm s marketing boss, Aaron Ellsworth. Thenumber-one seller is dog stickers: For a lot of people, their pet is their family, says MrEllsworth. Candour is a trend, with customers asking for large Xs to place over divorcedspouses, or tiny halos to place over a family member who has died. Some lovelorn folk leavegaps in family line-ups, labelled: Position Open . Coloured stickers are big justnow, and also zombies. 　　該公司的銷售經理亞倫埃爾斯沃斯稱大多數貼紙的購買者都是女性。賣得最火的是犬類貼紙，對于大部分人來說，他們的寵物就是家人。埃爾斯沃斯說。坦率是一種趨勢，顧客會購買大型X符號來代表離婚夫妻，或者小小的光圈來代表去世的家人。一些失戀的人在家庭的一行貼紙中留出空位，貼上標簽空窗期。如今彩色的貼紙和僵尸貼紙也賣得很火。 　　Two powerful forces are at work, suggests Mr Ellsworth. The internet now allows consumersto order customised products directly from a factory. And in a fast-changing world, all of uswant to feel unique. Those medieval knights would have understood. 　　埃爾斯沃斯稱有兩種強大的力量在起作用。如今的網絡可以使顧客按照自己要求直接從加工廠訂購產品。而且在如今這個瞬息萬變的世界，每個人都想使自己顯得與眾不同。那些中世紀騎士會理解這種心情的。 　　詞語解釋 　　1.allow to 允許 　　Allow to freeze solid for 3-4 hours or overnight. 　　允許凍結3-4小時或隔夜固體。 　　Apply solution to the tube and allow to becometacky. 　　在內胎上涂抹膠水并讓它發粘。 　　2.catch up 追上;吹起;打斷 　　China is struggling to catch up in these areas too. 　　在這些領域，中國同樣也在奮力追趕。 　　We ll help him to catch up when he s well. 　　他好了以后我們會幫助他趕上來的。 　　3.want to 想要 　　Customers want to be taught, not sold. 　　對客戶要授之以漁，而不是授之以魚。 　　You want to do something exceptional. 　　你想面對些無與倫比的挑戰。

　　2023復習正是強化復習階段，在考研英語中占了40分，所以考研英語閱讀是英語科目中重要的一項。名師老師曾建議過考研生需要堅持每天泛讀10-15分鐘的英文原刊。強烈推薦了雜志《經濟學人》.雜志中的文章也是考研英語的主要材料來源.希望考研考生認真閱讀，快速提高考研英語閱讀水平。 　　Personalised car stickers 　　個性化汽車貼紙 　　Family portraits on wheels 　　輪胎上的全家福 　　Windscreens are the new Facebook 　　擋風玻璃變成了新的臉書網 　　IN THE Middle Ages, heraldry allowed knights toshow off family histories in amazing detail, luggingshields or banners into battle that explained their ancestry, whether they had married anheiress and their status as a first or younger son. Eight centuries later American drivers arecatching up, thanks to personalised family stickers: tiny stick-figure depictions of an entirehousehold . Thoughthe trend s origins are obscure, there is a consensus that it began in Mexico several yearsago and at first involved generic outline figures, revealing ony the number of children in afamily. 　　在中世紀，騎士們可以使用非常精細的紋章來炫耀自己家族歷史，在戰場上帶著有家族紋章的盾牌或旗幟可以闡明他們的血統和一位女繼承人結婚，或者身為家中長子或幼子。八百年后，汽車司機也開始這樣做了，而他們使用的是個性化家庭貼紙：一副小小的全家簡筆畫描繪。盡管這股潮流的起源已經不甚明了，但幾年前在墨西哥興起了一種默認觀點，首先就是在車上貼通用類數字圖，表明了家中孩子的數量。 　　Now the stickers are well established north of the border. And, thanks to a combination ofAmerican individualism and advances in custom-manufacturing, they are morphing intoever-more-detailed family chronicles. 　　如今貼紙在邊境線北部也開始流行起來。由于美國個人主義和先進的定制加工業，它們變成了更加精細的家族編年史。 　　Chroma Graphics of Tennessee, a supplier to such firms as Walmart, recently designed itsfirst kits to celebrate households headed by same-sex couples. The pick-and-mixkitsdesigned at the request of a large retail customer, but not yet on saleinclude twofather-figures, two mother-figures and an assortment of children and pets, says BrendaSellers, the firm s president. The packaging is in rainbow colours, bearing intertwined pairsof two male and two female astrological symbols as a final clue. 　　田納西州的彩色圖案是一些公司如沃爾瑪之類的供應商，他最近計劃推出首套慶祝同性戀人擔任戶主系列貼紙。該公司總裁布倫達塞勒斯表示，這套組合貼紙是應一個大型零售商客戶要求推出的，但尚未對外出售。它包括兩個父親形象，兩個母親形象，各種各樣的孩子和寵物。包裝是彩虹色的，上面有兩對互相交錯的同性男女占星符號，作為一個最終暗示。 　　In Idaho a sign-maker, Woodland Manufacturing, has pioneered hyper-personalised stickers.Visitors towww.familystickers.com, its online retail arm, can combine thousands of differentheads, bodies and accessories to depict, say, a bearded, balding x-ray technician, married toa bee-keeping mother whose kids enjoy ballet and baseball, and who ownguinea pigs. 　　在愛達荷州有家標牌制造商，名叫林地制造，他提倡超個性化貼紙。訪問他家在線零售網站www.familystickers.com的訪客可以將上千種頭部、身體和附屬部件結合描繪，一個禿頂但胡子濃密的放射線技術員稱。該技術員與一名勤勞的婦女結了婚，他們的孩子喜歡芭蕾舞和棒球，還養著荷蘭豬。 　　Most are bought by women, says the firm s marketing boss, Aaron Ellsworth. Thenumber-one seller is dog stickers: For a lot of people, their pet is their family, says MrEllsworth. Candour is a trend, with customers asking for large Xs to place over divorcedspouses, or tiny halos to place over a family member who has died. Some lovelorn folk leavegaps in family line-ups, labelled: Position Open . Coloured stickers are big justnow, and also zombies. 　　該公司的銷售經理亞倫埃爾斯沃斯稱大多數貼紙的購買者都是女性。賣得最火的是犬類貼紙，對于大部分人來說，他們的寵物就是家人。埃爾斯沃斯說。坦率是一種趨勢，顧客會購買大型X符號來代表離婚夫妻，或者小小的光圈來代表去世的家人。一些失戀的人在家庭的一行貼紙中留出空位，貼上標簽空窗期。如今彩色的貼紙和僵尸貼紙也賣得很火。 　　Two powerful forces are at work, suggests Mr Ellsworth. The internet now allows consumersto order customised products directly from a factory. And in a fast-changing world, all of uswant to feel unique. Those medieval knights would have understood. 　　埃爾斯沃斯稱有兩種強大的力量在起作用。如今的網絡可以使顧客按照自己要求直接從加工廠訂購產品。而且在如今這個瞬息萬變的世界，每個人都想使自己顯得與眾不同。那些中世紀騎士會理解這種心情的。 　　詞語解釋 　　1.allow to 允許 　　Allow to freeze solid for 3-4 hours or overnight. 　　允許凍結3-4小時或隔夜固體。 　　Apply solution to the tube and allow to becometacky. 　　在內胎上涂抹膠水并讓它發粘。 　　2.catch up 追上;吹起;打斷 　　China is struggling to catch up in these areas too. 　　在這些領域，中國同樣也在奮力追趕。 　　We ll help him to catch up when he s well. 　　他好了以后我們會幫助他趕上來的。 　　3.want to 想要 　　Customers want to be taught, not sold. 　　對客戶要授之以漁，而不是授之以魚。 　　You want to do something exceptional. 　　你想面對些無與倫比的挑戰。