各位同学，考研复习的基础阶段就快结束了。你们的基础打好了吗？如果没有的话，赶快行动起来哦！文都教育考研英语老师继续为大家梳理考研英语历年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2001年考研英语真题阅读Text 3，这篇文章主要讲了美国人不相信报纸的根本原因。
Replies show that compared with other Americans, journalists are more likely to live in upscale neighborhoods, have maids, own Mercedeses, and trade stocks, and they’re less likely to go to church, do volunteer work, or put down roots in a community.
be more likely to do“更有可能做某事”，be less likely to do“不太可能做某事”；upscale neighborhoods“质优价高的社区”；trade stock“炒股”；go to church（去教堂）做礼拜；put down roots in“扎根于”。
Reporters tend to be part of a broadly defined social and cultural elite, so their work tends to reflect the conventional values of this elite. The astonishing distrust of the news media isn’t rooted in inaccuracy or poor reportorial skills but in the daily clash of world views between reporters and their readers.
tend to do“倾向于”，可以理解为“往往”；broadly defined“广义上的”；elite“精英”；reflect“反映，表达”；conventional values“传统价值观念”；astonishing“惊人的”；be rooted in“根源在于”；reportorial“记者的，报告的”；clash“冲突，碰撞”；world views“世界观”；“记者和读者之间世界观的碰撞”就是文章开头问题的答案。
This is an explosive situation for any industry, particularly a declining one. Here is a troubled business that keeps hiring employees whose attitudes vastly annoy the customers. Then it sponsors lots of symposiums and a credibility project dedicated to wondering why customers are annoyed and fleeing in large numbers.
explosive“爆炸性的”；particularly“尤其”，也可以用in particular，especially；declining“衰退的”；troubled“麻烦的，棘手的”；hire“雇佣”；annoy“惹恼”，形容词annoyed“恼怒的”，annoying“令人恼怒的”；sponsor“赞助，发起”；symposium“讨论会，座谈会”；be dedicated to“致力于，从事”；wonder“想知道”；flee“逃走，消失”。
But it never seems to get around to noticing the cultural and class biases that so many former buyers are complaining about. If it did, it would open up its diversity program, now focused narrowly on race and gender, and look for reporters who differ broadly by outlook, values, education, and class.
重点关注But转折处；get around to doing“抽出时间做某事”；bias“偏见”；complain about“抱怨，投诉”；换句话说，作者认为应该关注文化和阶级偏见；open up“开发”；diversity“多样性”；focus on“关注”；broadly可以表示“明显地”。
以上就是文都教育考研英语老师为大家梳理的2001年考研英语真题阅读Text 3后三段的要点。“不积跬步无以至千里，不积小流无以成江海。”各位同学复习的时候，一定踏踏实实打好基础，就好像树木在土壤里扎根一样，经历这个漫长甚至痛苦的过程之后，成长起来就相对容易了。
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