四级晨读美文记单词(4)
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四级晨读美文Unit 4 Economic Views 经济观察Text 1 Economic Reason for Immigration to AmericaThe third reason why immigrants have traditionally come to the United States is to have a better life —that is, to raise their standard of living. For the vast majority of the immigrants who came here, it was probably the most compelling reason for leaving their homeland. Because of its incredibly abundant natural resources, the United States appeared to be a “land of plenty”where millions could come to seek their fortunes. Of course, most immigrants did not “get rich overnight,”and many of them suffered terribly, but the majority of them were eventually able to improve upon their former standard of living. Even if they were not able to achieve the economic success they wanted, they could be fairly certain that their children would have the opportunity for a better life. The phrase “going from rags to riches”became a slogan for the great American Dream. Because of the vast riches of the North American continent, the dream came true for many of the immigrants. They achieved material success；they became very attached to material things. Material wealth became a value to the American people. Placing a high value on material possessions is called materialism, but this is a word that most Americans find offensive. To say that a person is materialistic is an insult. To an American, this means that this person values material possessions above all else. Americans do not like to be called materialistic because they feel that this unfairly accuses them of loving only material things and of having no religious values. In fact, most Americans do have other values and ideals. Nevertheless, acquiring and maintaining a large number of material possessions is of great importance to most Americans.[A] raise [B] insult [C] slogan [D] fortunes [E] attached [F] accuses [G] offensive [H] compelling [I] possessions [J] immigrants [K] incredibly [L] Nevertheless移民到美国的经济原因移民在传统上来到美国的第三个原因是为了寻求更好的生活——也就是提高他们的生活标准。
对大多数来到这里的移民来说，这大概是最能吸引他们离开祖国的一个因素。
因为美国的自然资源惊人地丰富，它看起来就像一块“富足的土地”，成百万的人都可以到那里寻找财富。
当然，大多数移民并不能“一夜暴富”，他们中很多人经受了很多苦难，但是绝大多数人的生活标准最终都能够比以前有所提高。
即使他们不能得到他们所想要的经济上的发迹，他们也确信他们的孩子会有机会过上更好的生活。
短语“从赤贫到暴富”变成了伟大美国梦的一句口号。
因为北美洲具有的巨大财富，许多移民的梦想都得到了实现。
他们取得了物质上的成功；也变得很看重物质的东西。
对美国人来说，物质财富成为了一种价值观。
看重物质财富被称为物质主义，但这是一个令大多数美国人感到不快的词。
称一个人是物质主义者是对他的一种侮辱。
对一个美国人来说，这就意味着这个人将物质财富看得高于一切。
美国人不喜欢被称为物质主义者，因为他们感觉这是对他们不公正的指责，指责他们只喜欢物质的东西，而没有宗教价值观。
事实上，大多数美国人确实有其他的价值观和理想。
不过，获得并拥有大量的物质财富对大多数美国人来说都是非常重要的。
难句解析1. The third reason why immigrants have traditionally come to the United States is tohave a better life —that is, to raise their standard of living.【分析】复合句。
why 引导定语从句修饰the third reason，将主谓语分开，破折号后的成分是对to have a better life 的解释说明。
2. Because of its incredibly abundant natural resources, the United States appeared to be a “land of plenty”where millions could come to seek their fortunes.【分析】复合句。
句首because of 引导的短语作状语表原因，主句中where 引导的定语从句修饰a“land of plenty”。
3. Americans do not like to be called materialistic because they feel that this unfairly accuses them of loving only material things and of having no religious values.【分析】多重复合句。
because 引导原因状语从句，其中that 引导的从句作feel 的宾语，accuses 后边有两个表并列关系的of 结构，由and 连接，第二个of 前省略了them。
下面我们学习文中标红的高频词高频词汇immigrant n. (从外国来的)移民，侨民【词根】来自immigr(ate)(使移居入境) ＋ant(表人)【搭配】illegal immigrants非法移民【引申】〈同根〉emigrant n.移居外国者【听力例句】The United States is a country of immigrants. 美国是一个移民国家。
[06.6]同根↓immigrate v.移来；使移居入境【词根】im (进入) ＋migr (迁移) ＋ate (动词后缀) →使迁移入内【听力例句】She was three when her parents immigrated to America in 1926. 1972年她的父母亲移居到美国的时候她三岁。
[07.6]同根↓migrate* vi.移居，迁徙【搭配】(some birds) migrate twice a year(一些鸟)一年迁徙二次；migrate to America to find work 移居到美国去找工作【引申】〈同根〉emigrate vi.永久移居｜immigrate vt.使移居入境〈反义〉remain vi.保持，逗留｜stay v.逗留同义巧辨migrate, emigrate, immigratemigrate用于人和动物，有时含有缺乏永久的居住地之意，尤指出于季节性或定期迁移这两个原因；emigrate 和immigrate 仅用来指人，意味着永久性的迁移，一般指越过政治意义上的疆界。
emigrate指“离开此地去某地”，immigrate指“离开某地而进入此地”。
!!!图2raise* vt.提高；举起；增加；筹款；养育；提出n.加薪；提高，升，举；高处【搭配】raise one’s standard of living 提高自己的生活水平【引申】〈同义〉lift vt.提，举｜boost v. & n.提高；激励〈近形〉rise vi.升起，上升｜arise vi.产生，出现【阅读例句】Some $ 36,000 has been raised in donations from Safeway. Safeway大约筹集了3.6万美元。
[05.12]compelling a.强制性的；令人信服的；扣人心弦的，激动人心的【搭配】compelling reasons令人信服的理由；a compelling adventure story扣人心弦的冒险故事【引申】〈同根〉compel vt.强迫，迫使：compel sb to do sth 迫使某人做某事【听力例句】For the rest of her talk, she was a forceful and compelling speaker. 余下的演说，她语气坚定，并令人注目。
[06.12]同根↓expel v.强迫(某人)离开；用力排出或驱出【词根】ex(出) ＋pel(推，驱)→把某人驱出→驱逐【活用例句】Water is sucked in at one end and expelled at the other.水从一端吸进去从另一端排出来。
