专八真题（2023英语专八真题）

扫清阅读障碍:

1.class-ridden adj.受阶级支配的，阶级分化的

2.hierarchy n.等级制度

3.perch v.处在某物的上面

4.upper-caste adj.上层种姓的

5.be alert to sth. 警觉某事

6.sticky adj.黏性的（比喻不易改变的）

7.end up 最后处于...

8.better of 比较宽裕的

今日句子：

When George Orwell wrote in 1941 that England was "the most class-ridden country under the sun", he was only partly right. Societies have always had their hierarchies, with some group perched at the top. In the Indian state of Bihar the Ranveer Sena, an upper-caste private army, even killed to stay there.

By that measure class in Britain hardly seems entrenched (根深蒂固的).But in another way Orwell was right, and continue to be. As a new YouGov poll shows, Britons are surprisingly alert to class — both their own and that of others. And they still think class is sticky. According to the poll, 48% of people aged 30 or over say they expect to end up better off than their parents. But only 28% expect to end up in a different class. More than two-thirds think neither they nor their children will leave the class they were born into.

第一段:

When George Orwell wrote in 1941 that England was "the most class-ridden country under the sun", he was only partly right. Societies have always had their hierarchies, with some group perched at the top. In the Indian state of Bihar the Ranveer Sena, an upper-caste private army, even killed to stay there.

参考译文:

乔治奥威尔在1941年写道，英国是“天底下阶级性最强的国家”。但他只说对了一部分。任何社会都始终存在着等级制度，一些群体占据着最高层。在印度比哈尔邦，一个叫兰威尔塞纳的上层种姓的雇佣兵为维护自己的地位甚至不惜杀戮。

写作思路:

[A1]When George Orwell wrote in 1941 that England was "the most class-ridden country under the sun",类似 as saying goes引出作者想要表达的内容。

[A2]He was only partly right.对前面那句话进行概况，是支持还是只有部分正确，从而引出自己的观点。

[A3]Societies have always had their hierarchies, with some group perched at the top. 表达作者自己的观点。

[A4]In the Indian state of Bihar the Ranveer Sena, an upper-caste private army, even killed to stay there.举例证明自己的观点。

第二段:

By that measure class in Britain hardly seems entrenched (根深蒂固的). But in another way Orwell was right, and continue to be. As a new YouGov poll shows, Britons are surprisingly alert to class — both their own and that of others. And they still think class is sticky. According to the poll, 48% of people aged 30 or over say they expect to end up better off than their parents. But only 28% expect to end up in a different class. More than two-thirds think neither they nor their children will leave the class they were born into.

参考译文:

照此来看,阶级观念在英国似乎并不根深蒂固。但从另一方面来看，奥威尔的说法是正确的，直到今天也是如此。根据YouGov调查公司最近所做的一项调查,英国人对阶级划分出奇地敏感，对自己所在阶级和其他人所在阶级都是如此。同时，他们仍然认为阶级身份是不容易改变的。该调查显示,在30岁以上(包括30岁）的人群中，有48%的人预计他们最终会比父母过的宽裕。但只要28%的人预计自己最终能够处于和父母不同的阶级。超过三分之二的人认为自己及子女不会脱离他们出生时所处的阶级。

写作思路:

[B1]By that measure class in Britain hardly seems entrenched.很妙的应用，起到承上启下的作用，对上段的回应，也是开启下段的关键，反着说，感觉这个观点现象不明显，更凸显后面的观点和事实。

[B2]But in another way Orwell was right, and continue to be. 用一个转折词，从而引出自己的观点，以此强调自己的观点。

[B3]As a new YouGov poll shows, Britons are surprisingly alert to class — both their own and that of others. And they still think class is sticky. According to the poll, 48% of people aged 30 or over say they expect to end up better off than their parents. But only 28% expect to end up in a different class. More than two-thirds think neither they nor their children will leave the class they were born into.用调查报告加具体数字，使观点更加具有说服力。

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