2002年3月 section2 Questions 1～5（全真試題集P95）
重點(diǎn)在于分析文章的主線和枝節(jié)信息

第一段

Helen Beasley says she did not set out to become a surrogate mother.
Helen Beasley 文章開頭出現(xiàn)的一個(gè)人物
文章中人物的作用：
1、文章的主角Leading role
2、議論文中的Example
3、被引用者的話 Quotation
東西方新聞報(bào)道焦點(diǎn)不同：西方新聞更愿意暴露社會(huì)上尖銳、新奇、有爭(zhēng)議的事件。

The 26-year-old legal secretary from Shrewsbury, England, a single mom with a 9-year old son, was thinking more about becoming a paid egg donor.
egg donor. 卵子捐獻(xiàn)者
本句很具體，目的是為了說(shuō)明第一句話。

When she bought her first computer and did some research on the Internet, the tales of childless couples she came across broke her heart, she says, and made her think of going one step further, as some 20, 000 surrogate moms do each year in the U.S. "
本句也非常具體，也是對(duì)第一句話的說(shuō)明和支持。

The more I thought about it, "she says, "the more I thought of happy endings."
本句的目的也是為了證明第一句話所表達(dá)的主旨。

注意：
英美一流報(bào)刊文章通常是倒三角結(jié)構(gòu)，文章的前三分之一一定會(huì)表明文章主旨、核心、線索。

第二段

Six-and-a-half months after her first surrogate pregnancy began, as twin babies kick inside her, Beasley could not be much farther from a happy ending.
主句：Beasley could not be much farther from a happy ending 說(shuō)明這篇文章描述的是一件壞事情。.

She’s mired in a bitter legal battle with Charles Wheeler and Martha Berman, the San Francisco attorneys who found her classified ad on the Internet and flew her over last March for a trip to a fertility clinic.
Mired 使……深陷泥潭
本句中有很多具體的描述，這些具體的東西在閱讀的時(shí)候都可以被忽視，我們只需明確主角陷入了官司中。
Pregnant with one more baby than Wheeler and Berman wanted, Beasley says, she has received only 1, 000 of the 20, 000 they originally agreed to pay her.
本句中有很多數(shù)字，而數(shù)字往往是可以被忽略的。

The fate of the twins she’s carrying but does not want or have legal rights to will be decided by a California court, in one of the most bizarre surrogacy cases yet.
Bizarre：奇怪
文章的第二段把案子的背景信息告訴了大家。

第三段：

Beasley acknowledges the Wheeler and Berman, who have refused to talk to the media, made it clear in their discussions that they wanted just one child.
What’s more, notes Stanford law professor Deborah Rhode, "theirs was a very extensive contract.
What’s more ：更有甚者
重要連接詞及用法：
Furthermore，moreover，that is，that is to say，i.e，also
等遞進(jìn)連接詞后面的信息更加重要
Stanford law professor Deborah Rhode：文章中的頭銜可以略看

There were 50 clause providing for every contingency, "including the case of a multiple pregnancy, a real possibility given that three donor eggs fertilized by Wheeler’s sperm were implanted in Beasley’s womb.
Contingency：可能性、偶然性
Including的出現(xiàn)說(shuō)明接下來(lái)的文字要列舉一系列的內(nèi)容，這些列舉內(nèi)容都是非常具體的，不太可能成為主題句，在口譯閱讀中可以略看。

The contract required Beasley to honor the couple’s decision about whether to have a selective reduction, the termination of one or more fetuses in a multiple pregnancy.
Fetuses：胚胎

Still, Beasley says, "I didn’t realize they would go so ballistic" over the idea of twins.
Ballistic：勃然大怒

第三段的主題在于What’s more引出的句子中，關(guān)鍵詞extensive
特別記錄，第三段的很多內(nèi)容與合同、官司有關(guān)。

第四段：

Beasley claims she would have gone through with the selective reduction has Wheeler and Berman made the arrangements early in the pregnancy.
But, as she tells it, there was a lengthy e-mail row between the two sides after Beasley returned to England:
But關(guān)鍵轉(zhuǎn)折詞，異曲同工的詞還有however, yet, nevertheless, nonetheless這些詞后面的信息很重要
Row在本篇文章的用法：
2. The word "row" in the sentence "there was a lengthy e?mail row between the two sides"(Para. 4) can be replaced by ________.
(A) negotiation磋商 (B) argument 爭(zhēng)吵
(C) communication交流 (D) dialogue對(duì)話

it was a petty affair in which each accused the other of going on vacation without warning, but it took weeks to mediate.

By the time Wheeler and Berman booked Beasley’s flight to California for the reduction, it was week 13 of her pregnancy, she says.
第四段的關(guān)鍵在于明確文章中的兩方人物有爭(zhēng)執(zhí)。

第五段

At that stage, Beasley felt that terminating a fetus was wrong. Plus, the late date increased the risk that both fetuses would be lost in the procedure. Her high blood pressure was already complicating the pregnancy.
At that stage：在那個(gè)階段
以上三句話，是在并列說(shuō)明一個(gè)主題，內(nèi)容很具體，可以略看

Beasley claims that Wheeler and Berman’s lawyer, who declined to comment, presented her with two options: to terminate one fetus as requested or terminate both and still get paid.
本句也是并列說(shuō)明，可以略看。

第六段

Unwilling to do either, Beasley tried to compromise option of seeking other potential parent.
從本句看出，本段開始的內(nèi)容將是主人公“尋找出路”的地方。

She says both sides offered candidates but fought over what-if anything-the newcomers would pay Wheeler and Berman for their in-vitro fertilization and donor-egg expenses.
-if anything-

破折號(hào)的作用：

1、 解釋：用淺顯的語(yǔ)言說(shuō)明復(fù)雜的內(nèi)容。
2、 總結(jié)：前面簡(jiǎn)單，后面濃縮。
3、分隔：兩個(gè)破折號(hào)一定是分隔作用，第一個(gè)破折號(hào)總結(jié)、解釋前面的內(nèi)容，后面的破折號(hào)就是一個(gè)插入的作用。

In Britain the matter would have been simpler. There, surrogate mothers have full legal rights to the babies they bear for at least the first six weeks. But since the contract was signed in California, Beasley, now living in San Diego, supported by her lawyer there, is suing to sever the couple’s rights over the children and claim unspecified damages.

Britain、California：地點(diǎn)強(qiáng)對(duì)比往往會(huì)蘊(yùn)含著考點(diǎn)
By last Thursday the blood was so bad that Berman had the man who came to serve her with papers thrown out of her office building.
Blood：脾氣
本句內(nèi)容非常具體，不會(huì)成為考點(diǎn)。

第七段

This very pubic debacle has surrogacy supporters pretty steamed too. "The only victims I see in this case are those babies and surrogate parenting itself, "says Shirley Zager, director of the Illinois-based Organization of Parents Through Surrogacy, herself a surrogate mother.

Shirley Zager, director of the Illinois-based Organization of Parents Through Surrogacy, herself a surrogate mother. 從語(yǔ)者的經(jīng)歷和頭銜可以推測(cè)出語(yǔ)者的支持傾向

According to law professor Rhode, changes of heart happen in only 4 out of every 10, 000 legal surrogate arrangements; however, such cases usually involve the surrogate mom wanting to keep her offspring after they’re born

And even though they have been through a lot together, Beasley has no such plans for the twins. "Financially, emotionally, I don’t have the means, "she says. Their happy ending will have to wait.

1. According to the passages, Helen Beasley became a surrogate mother mainly because______.
(A) she wanted to have a daughter of her own
(B) she liked to be a voluntary egg donor
(C) she had much sympathy for those childless families
(D) she needed the money from surrogate parenting
答案來(lái)源：
When she bought her first computer and did some research on the Internet, the tales of childless couples she came across broke her heart, she says, and made her think of going one step further, as some 20, 000 surrogate moms do each year in the U.S. "
本題是細(xì)節(jié)題，可以從上下文找到答案。

2. The word "row" in the sentence "there was a lengthy e?mail row between the two sides"(Para. 4) can be replaced by ________.
(A) negotiation (B) argument
(C) communication (D) dialogue

3. It can be found from the passages that the contract between Beasley and Wheeler and Berman_____.
(A) was unfair to the surrogate mother
(B) was quite comprehensive and accepted by both parties
(C) did not include clauses related to multiple pregnancy
(D) specified the reduction of payment in case of multiple pregnancy
(B) Comprehensive與第三段關(guān)鍵詞extensive形成呼應(yīng)
注意：類似這樣的題目一定優(yōu)先選擇主題相符的答案，這是非常的主題原則。

4. According to the passage, Beasley refused to terminate one of the fetuses out of all the following reasons EXCEPT that____.
(A) her high blood pressure would lead to danger in operation
(B) both of the twin fetuses would face the risk of being lost
(C) the termination would be too late after week 13 of her pregnancy
(D) the decision to reduce fetuses was cruel and unethical
答案來(lái)源第五段

5. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
(A) Beasley is going to keep the twins herself.
(B) Both sides are seeking potential parents.
(C) The laws concerning surrogate mothering are different in the two countries.
(D) The case is quite unusual compared with most other surrogate cases.

總結(jié)：
答題技巧：分清主題和細(xì)節(jié)(數(shù)字，例子，引用，etc.)，做好筆記