考研英語歷年真題閱讀要點之Text 2（二）

 　各位同學，考研英語復習進度怎么樣?為了心中的目標，一定要堅持哦!為了幫助各位同學更加有效地復習，小編繼續為大家梳理歷年考研英語真題閱讀文章中涉及的要點，包括詞匯、短語、長難句以及簡單的閱讀方法。接下來看一下考研英語真題閱讀Text 2，這篇文章主要探討了美國律師行業的現狀及弊端。

　　Reforming the system would help both lawyers and their customers. Sensible ideas have been around for a long time, but the state-level bodies that govern the profession have been too conservative to implement them... Another is to let students sit for the bar ... If the bar exam is truly a stern enough test for a would-be lawyer, those who can sit it earlier should be allowed to do so. Students who do not need the extra training could cut their debt mountain by a third.

　　reform在此充當動詞“改革，革新”;customer“客戶”，相當于client;sensible“明智的”;be around“來訪，露面”，sensible ideas have been around for a long time可以理解為“明智的想法已經出現很長一段時間”;state-level“州級的”;body“機構”;govern“管理，支配”;conservative“保守的”;implement“實施，執行”;them指sensible ideas;sit for“參加”;stern“嚴厲的”;a would-be lawyer“想要成為律師的人”;sit an exam“參加考試”;cut“削減”;debt mountain可以指“巨額債務”;a third“三分之一”。

　　The other reason why costs are so high is the restrictive guild-like ownership structure of the business... non-lawyers may not own any share of a law firm. This keeps fees high and innovation slow..., but opponents of change among the regulators insist that keeping outsiders out of a law firm isolates lawyers from the pressure to make money rather than serve clients ethically.

　　restrictive“限制性的”;guild-like“協會式的”;ownership“所有權”;share“股份”;fee“費用”;innovation“革新”;opponent“反對者”;regulator“監管者”;insist“堅持”;keep out of“使...置于...之外”;outsider“外人”;isolate sb. from sth.“使某人與某物分離”;rather than“而不是”;serve“為...服務”;ethically“倫理上地”。

　　In fact, ..., by encouraging law firms to use technology and to employ professional managers to focus on improving firms’ efficiency. After all, other countries, ..., have started liberalizing their legal professions. America should follow.

　　in fact“事實上”，相當于in reality，as a matter of fact，往往用于寫作;encourage“鼓勵”;employ“雇傭”;focus on“集中精力于”;efficiency“效率”;after all“畢竟”;liberalize“使自由化”，名詞形式liberty，形容詞形式liberal。