考研英語閱讀百分之八十都出自一些英美報刊雜志The Economist ( 《經濟學家》 ), Times( 《時代周刊》等等，所以考生平時做閱讀訓練的時候可以多看看這些文章，比網校在線也會分享一些出自這些雜志的中英文雙語閱讀，大家可以看看。下面是關于聯合國嚴厲制裁朝鮮的一篇文章，大家讀讀看。
2017考研英語《經濟學人》閱讀：聯合國嚴厲制裁朝鮮
The European Union announced that it will provide700m ($760m) in aid to accommodate migrants incountries overwhelmed by the refugee crisis. Most ofthe money is expected to go to Greece. AngelaMerkel, Germany's chancellor, scolded Austria andother countries for clamping down on refugeearrivals, and vowed not to abandon Greece.
歐盟宣布將向深陷難民危機的國家提供7億歐元(7.6億美元)的難民安置援助。該援助的一大部分將給希臘。德國總理安吉拉·默克爾(Angela Merkel)譴責奧地利等國家抵制難民入境的行為，并承諾不會放棄對希臘的援助。
The leader of Spain's Socialist Party, Pedro Sánchez, failed in his first attempt to form aminority government with the upstart centrist Ciudadanos party. Both the centre-right PopularParty and the far-left Podemos party voted against the proposed coalition in parliament. If MrSánchez fails again in a second vote planned for March 4th, the caretaker government willprobably call new elections.
西班牙工人社會黨( Socialist Party)領導人彼得羅·桑切斯(Pedro Sánchez)與新興中立公民黨(Ciudadanos party)首次嘗試組建少數黨政府，但最終以失敗告終。在議會上，西班牙中右翼人民黨(Popular Party)和極左翼我們可以黨(Podemos party )都對擬議的聯合提出了反對。如果桑切斯在3月4日的第二次投票中再次失敗，臨時政府將很可能進行新的選舉。
Ireland's governing coalition of the Fine Gael and Labour parties suffered a stinging electoraldefeat, dropping from a combined 113 seats to 57. The opposition Fianna Fáil party, whichcame second with 44 seats, vowed not to join a coalition with Fine Gael, leaving no cleardirection for forming a new government.
一場激烈的選舉后，由愛爾蘭統一黨(Fine Gael )和工黨(Labour parties )組成的執政聯盟遭遇慘敗，執政聯盟的議席從113個跌到57個。反對黨共和黨(Fianna Fáil party)得到44個議席，列位第二，但該黨承諾不會與統一黨聯盟，這使得新政府組建的局勢不明朗。
The EU and America revealed details of their proposed deal for companies to share digitalinformation, which replaces the Safe Harbour agreement that was thrown out by Europe'scourts. Officials said the deal contains measures to protect stricter European privacyguarantees.
近日，歐盟和美國公布了企業間共享數字信息的提案協議，取代此前被歐盟法庭否決的《安全港》(SafeHarbour)協議。官員稱這項協議擬有措施，捍衛歐洲更嚴苛的隱私保障體系。
Argentina reached an agreement in principle to pay four of the largest creditors whose refusalto accept earlier debt-restructuring offers precipitated a default by the country in 2014.Argentina is to pay Elliott Management, a hedge fund, and three other holdouts $4.7 billion, 25% less than they are claiming. If the deal goes through, Argentina will be able to resumeborrowing on international credit markets.
2014年，阿根廷四位主要債權人拒絕了初期提出的債務重組計劃，導致該國債務違約。近日，阿根廷政府一致同意償付四位主要債權人的相應債務，將支付對沖基金埃利奧特管理公司以及其他三家公司47億美元，這比索賠額要少25%。如果此協議通過，阿根廷便可以重返國際信貸市場借貸。
Police in Colombia arrested Santiago Uribe, the brother of álvaro Uribe, a former president, forallegedly leading a paramilitary group suspected of murdering criminals and anti-governmentguerrillas in the 1990s. Santiago Uribe denies the charges; his supporters say his arrest ismotivated by politics. álvaro Uribe, who is now a senator, opposes the government's plan toend the conflict with the FARC rebels.
哥倫比亞警方逮捕了前總統阿爾瓦羅·烏里韋(álvaro Uribe)的哥哥圣地亞哥·烏里韋(Santiago Uribe)，據稱他在20世紀90年代領導了一個準軍事組織涉嫌殺害罪犯和反政府游擊隊。圣地亞哥否認了這些罪名。他的支持者表示他是由于政治原因被捕。現為參議員的阿爾瓦羅反對政府與哥倫比亞革命武裝叛軍和解的計劃。
The Jamaica Labour Party won the country's election, defeating the governing People's NationalParty. Andrew Holness, Jamaica's new prime minister, campaigned against the PNPgovernment's austerity programme and promised to exempt from income tax 72% of theJamaicans who pay it.
牙買加工黨戰勝人民民族黨(People's National Party)贏得大選。牙買加新任總理安德魯·霍尼斯(AndrewHolness)反對人民民族黨政府的緊縮計劃，并允諾免除牙買加人民72%的收入所得稅。
A ceasefire in Syria went into effect on February 27th. Despite numerous small violations, itappeared to be holding, allowing a smoother delivery of aid.
2月27日，敘利亞沖突各方正式?；?。盡管仍有無數違背協議的行為，但?；鹁置嬉琅f維持，以方便救助物資順利送達。
In Iran moderates did well in elections to the parliament, inflicting defeats on hardliners despitetheir attempts to stop the moderates from standing. The parliament has only limited powers,but reformists were nonetheless cheered.
盡管遭到強硬派的阻撓，伊朗溫和派在議會選舉中表現不凡，挫敗了強硬派。雖然議會權力有限，但對于改革主義者來說，這無疑是一個好消息。
Jihadists from al-Shabab killed at least 30 people when they detonated two bombs in the Somalitown of Baidoa.
青年黨圣戰主義者在索馬里拜多亞(Baidoa)引爆兩枚炸彈，至少30人遇難。
Concerns increased that civil war may break out in Burundi after protests and violence over adecision by Pierre Nkurunziza to run for a third term as president. In the latest escalation oftroubles, the government ordered all foreign nationals to give their details to the police.
繼皮埃爾·恩庫倫齊扎(Pierre Nkurunziza)決定第三次競選總統遭到民眾抗議甚至引發暴力事件之后，國際社會越來越擔心布隆迪可能會發生內戰。在最近的沖突升級中，政府要求所有外籍人士須向警方報告自己的詳細信息。
Robert Mugabe, the president of Zimbabwe and the world's oldest head of state, celebratedhis 92nd birthday with a lavish party and a 92kg cake. Zimbabwe, which is suffering its worstdrought in decades, is near economic collapse and unable to pay civil servants.
津巴布韋總統羅伯特·穆加貝(Robert Mugabe)舉行奢華派對慶祝92歲生日。他是世界上年紀最大的政府首腦，生日當天做了一個92千克的生日蛋糕。正遭受數十年一遇旱災的津巴布韋，經濟處于崩潰邊緣，公務員的工資也無著落。
1.knock out 淘汰;擊敗
例句:He predicated in rhyme, with unerringaccuracy, the round in which he would knock out hisopponent.
他用韻律詩精準無誤地預測他將在哪一回合淘汰他的對手。
2.hold out 堅持
例句:Professional football and baseball players hold out if their team refuses to pay them whatthey think they are worth.
職業足球和棒球選手，如果他們的球隊伸出拒絕支付他們什么他們認為他們的價值。
3.tend to 傾向于
例句:We all tend to overemphasize the purposes we feel most passionate about and neglectthe others. Churches do the same thing.
我們都偏重于自己較熱衷的目的，而忽然其他的，教會亦是如此。
4.pick up 撿起;接載
例句:He would just pick up the phone and get foreign people to invest in his economy in SouthAfrica.
他會拿起電話打給國外的投資人，讓他們到南非來投資。