考研英語歷年真題閱讀要點之2015-Text 2（二）

 　各位同學，就考研英語真題而言，最后三套建議用來進行考前模擬。小編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2015年考研英語真題閱讀Text 2，這篇文章主要探討了逮捕期間嫌疑人的智能手機內容應該得到法律保護。

　　Americans should take steps to protect their digital privacy. But keeping sensitive information on these devices is increasingly a requirement of normal life. Citizens still have a right to expect private documents to remain private and protected by the Constitution’s prohibition on unreasonable searches.

　　take steps“采取措施”，也可以用take measures，take actions;privacy“隱私”，形容詞形式private;sensitive“敏感的”;device“裝置”;increasingly相當于more and more;requirement“需求”;normal life“正常生活”;have a right to do“有權做某事”;document“文件”;prohibition“禁止，禁令”;unreasonable“不合理的”。

　　As so often is the case, stating that principle doesn’t ease the challenge of line-drawing... it would not be overly onerous for authorities to obtain a warrant ... They could still invalidate ... when facing severe, urgent circumstances, and they could take reasonable measures to ensure that phone data are not erased or altered while a warrant is pending. The court, though, may want to allow room for police to cite situations where they are entitled to more freedom.

　　as so often is the case“情況通常是這樣”;state“規定，闡明”;ease“減輕，緩和”;challenge“挑戰”;line-drawing“素描”，在此可以引申為“分界”;overly“過度地，極度地”;onerous“麻煩的”;obtain“獲得”;invalidate“使無效”;severe“嚴重的”;urgent“緊急的”;take reasonable measures“采取合理的措施”;ensure“確保”;erase“刪除”;alter“改變”;pending“懸而未決的”;allow room for“為...留有余地”;cite“引用”;be entitled to“有...的資格”。

　　... swallow California’s argument whole. New, disruptive technology sometimes demands novel applications ... compares ... with the establishment of automobile use as a virtual necessity ...: The justices had to specify novel rules for the new personal domain ...; they must sort out how the Fourth Amendment applies to digital information now.

　　swallow“忍受，吞沒”，在此結合語境可以引申為“接受”;disruptive“破壞性的”;novel“新奇的”;compare...with...“把...與...相比較”;virtual“實質上的”;necessity“需求”;specify“詳細說明”;domain“領域”;sort out“挑選出”;apply to“應用于，適用于”。