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1、考研英语阅读题源：纽约时报文章解析（3）SenatorBarackObamalikestojoke名词作动词，开玩笑的意思thatthebattlefortheDemocraticpresidentialnominationhasbeengoingonsolong,babieshavebeenborn,andthey’realreadywalkingandtalking.That’snothing.Thebattlebetweenthesciencesandthehumanitieshasbeengoingonforsolong,itsearlyparticipantshaves
2、toppedwalkingandtalking,becausethey’realreadydead.①It’sbeensome50yearssincethephysicist-turned-novelistC.P.Snowdeliveredhisfamous“TwoCultures”lectureattheUniversityofCambridge,inwhichhedecrieddecry[dɪ'kraɪ]vt.责难，谴责；诽谤the“gulfofmutualincomprehension,”the“hostilityanddislike”thatdividedtheworld
3、’s“naturalscientists,”itschemists,engineers,physicistsandbiologists,fromits“literaryintellectuals,”agroupthat,bySnow’sreckoning,includedprettymucheveryonewhowasn’tascientist.②Hiscritiquesetoffsetoffv.出发；引起；动身；使爆炸；抵销；分开afrenzyfrenzy['frenzɪ]n.狂暴；狂怒；暴怒vt.使发狂；使狂怒ofdesperationthatcontinuestothisd
4、ay,particularlyintheUnitedStates,aseducators,policymakersandotherobserverslamentlament英[lə'ment]美[lə'mɛnt]n.挽歌；恸哭；悲痛之情vi.哀悼；悲叹；悔恨vt.哀悼；痛惜theBalkanizationBalkanization[,bɔ:lkənai'zeiʃən;-ni'z-]n.巴尔干化；分割成小国；割据ofknowledge,thescientificilliteracyofthegeneralpublicandthechronicacademicturfturf[tɜː
5、f]n.草皮；泥炭；跑马场vt.覆草皮于，turfwars地盘争夺圈地战争warsthatarealltooeasilylampoonlampoon[læm'puːn]n.讽刺文章vt.讽刺ed. Yetafewscholarsbelievethattheculturalchasmchasm['kæz(ə)m]n.峡谷；裂口；分歧；深坑canbebridge名词做动词，渡过dandthesciencesandthehumanitiesunitedintoapowerfulnewdisciplinethatwouldapplythestrengthsofbothmindse
6、tmindset['maɪn(d)set]n.心态；倾向；习惯；精神状态，理念体系s,thequantitativeandqualitative,toawidearrayofproblems.AmongthemostambitiousoftheseexercisesinfusionthinkingisaprogramunderdevelopmentatBinghamtonUniversityinNewYorkcalledtheNewHumanitiesInitiative.③JointlyconceivedbyDavidSloanWilson,aprofessorofbiolog
7、y,andLeslieHeywood,aprofessorofEnglish,theprogramisintendedtobuildonsomeofthethemesexploredinDr.Wilson’sevolutionarystudiesprogram,whichhasprovedenormouslypopularwithscienceandnonsciencemajorsalike,andwhichhedescribesintherecentlypublished“Ev
