考研英語內(nèi)容多以背誦和記憶為主，我們整理了：2018考研英語長(zhǎng)難句之“冗繁削盡留清瘦”(二)相關(guān)知識(shí)點(diǎn)，希望能幫助考生們夯實(shí)基礎(chǔ)，在積累中慢慢進(jìn)步。

　　2018年的考研英語復(fù)習(xí)已經(jīng)開始。我們知道，考研英語往往涉及長(zhǎng)難句。為了幫助各位同學(xué)更好地復(fù)習(xí)，在這里，介紹一些閱讀中出現(xiàn)過的相對(duì)具有代表性的長(zhǎng)難句的分析方法。接下來，介紹一下“冗繁削盡留清瘦”，刪去多余的枝節(jié)，把握主要信息的閱讀方法。

　　Rather than concluding that children make parents either happy or miserable, Senior suggests we need to redefine happiness: instead of thinking of it as something that can be measured by moment-to-moment joy, we should consider being happy as a past-tense condition. Even though the day-to-day experience of raising kids can be soul-crushingly hard, Senior writes that “the very things that in the moment dampen our moods can later be sources of intense gratification and delight.” (2011-Text4)

　　首先看一下第一句話。Rather than表示“而不是”，也就是說，它所引導(dǎo)的分句是否定的觀點(diǎn)。那么，可以直接略過。接下來，instead of thinking of it as something that can be measured by moment-to-moment joy, we should consider being happy as a past-tense condition.在這里，instead of也表示“而不是”，說明它所引導(dǎo)的分句也是否定的觀點(diǎn)，因此同樣略過。那么，這句話我們需要閱讀的內(nèi)容就是Senior suggests we need to redefine happiness: we should consider being happy as a past-tense condition.“Senior認(rèn)為我們需要重新定義幸福：我們應(yīng)該把幸福看作一種過去時(shí)的狀態(tài)。”接下來看一下第二句話。Even though表示“雖然，盡管”，也就是說它所引導(dǎo)的是從句，可以略過，我們直接關(guān)注一下主句的內(nèi)容Senior writes that “the very things that in the moment dampen our moods can later be sources of intense gratification and delight.“Senior寫到，正是那些現(xiàn)在使我們心情沮喪的事物日后可以成為強(qiáng)烈的幸福和喜悅的源泉。”這樣讀完之后，邏輯就清晰了。

　　我們看一下針對(duì)這部分內(nèi)容所出的試題。

　　36. Jennifer Senior suggests in her article that raising a child can bring__________.

　　[A] temporary delight

　　[B] enjoyment in progress

　　[C] happiness in retrospect

　　[D] lasting reward

　　AB選項(xiàng)是原文否定的內(nèi)容，也就是我們略過的信息;D選項(xiàng)符合中國(guó)人的觀念，但是原文未提及;而C選項(xiàng)正好對(duì)應(yīng)原文we should consider being happy as a past-tense condition和the very things that in the moment dampen our moods can later be sources of intense gratification and delight。因此本題選C。

　　有的同學(xué)可能認(rèn)為只要把整篇文章每句話都讀懂，就可以把題做對(duì)。事實(shí)并非如此。所謂長(zhǎng)難句的閱讀能力，不一定要把長(zhǎng)難句完全看懂，而是要知道重點(diǎn)把握什么內(nèi)容。那些相關(guān)但是沒有用的信息可能只會(huì)誤導(dǎo)大家，導(dǎo)致越看越糊涂。面面俱到，結(jié)果好像什么也沒把握，什么也沒看懂是不可取的。我們應(yīng)該具備把握主要信息的能力，從而把題做對(duì)。這才是關(guān)鍵。