拿到閱讀文章，一般情況下有兩種思路，一是瀏覽文章，大概摸清主題，再做題;二是直接做題，邊做邊回原文定位，即我們常說的定位、替換、排除。新文道網校靖老師建議大家按第一種思路走，因為在大綱中明確提出對文章主題的把握，在題目設置中也有主題題目的考察，另外有的同學定位不準的問題就是因為沒有整體瀏覽文章。我們瀏覽文章，盡可能抓住主題，一般都會在首段或者二段出現，如若抓不住，也會在做題中慢慢有所領悟。我們以一篇模擬題為例，指導大家在做題之前如何閱讀。

　　瀏覽首段(或二段)及末段(細節不用看)、各段首句，瀏覽二段首句還是整段需要視情況而定，我們見識的文章多了就能非常熟練地有所取舍了。文章首段兩句話分別是在說常識上的認識和最新的研究結果，該研究成果也就是文章的主題，It is plain common sense---......,but it's not true......Research...第二段結構和一段是一樣的，常識加上研究的結果，同樣又一次揭示主題，People might think......But when researchers......三段首句關鍵點是如何過上更幸福的生活，The recognition......may offer clues on how to lead a happier life. For example......緊接著后邊是舉例論證說明，不用看。四段給出了各個研究成果，settle on...also find...not find...but discover...

　　首句提到幸福是內心的富足。末段首句以問題開頭，Why is unhappiness less influenced by environment?后邊給出了原因以及具體的做法。因此，全文邏輯結構是探討happiness and unhappiness的關系問題，總(1、2段提出二者關系)--分(3、4、5段解釋原因及做法)結構。

　　把握了整體的文章框架，就能大概看出主題，并且對細節題目的定位也更精準。基礎階段，不怕走的慢，就怕走的歪，多多分析結構，見得多了在后期自然能順利地hold住。希望大家踏實耐心復習，金榜題名。

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　　It’s plain common sense—the more happiness you feel, the less unhappiness you experience. It’s plain common sense, but it’s not true. Recent research reveals that happiness and unhappiness are not really two sides of the same emotion. They are two distinct feelings that, coexisting, rise and fall independently.

　　People might think that the higher a person’s level of unhappiness, the lower their level of happiness and vice versa. But when researchers measure people’s average levels of happiness and unhappiness, they often find little relationship between the two.

　　The recognition that feelings of happiness and unhappiness can co-exist much like love and hate in a close relationship may offer valuable clues on how to lead a happier life. It suggests, for example, that changing or avoiding things that make you miserable may well make you less miserable, but probably won’t make you any happier. That advice is backed up by an extraordinary series of studies which indicate that a genetic predisposition for unhappiness may run in certain families. On the other hand, researchers have found happiness doesn’t appear to be anyone’s heritage. The capacity for joy is a talent you develop largely for yourself.

　　Psychologists have settled on a working definition of the feeling—happiness is a sense of subjective well-being. They have also begun to find out who’s happy, who isn’t and why. To date, the research hasn’t found a simple formula for a happy life, but it has discovered some of the actions and attitudes that seem to bring people closer to that most desired of feelings.

　　Why is unhappiness less influenced by environment? When we are happy, we are more responsive to people and keep up connections better than when we are feeling sad. This doesn’t mean, however, that some people are born to be sad and that’s that. Genes may predispose one to unhappiness, but disposition can be influenced by personal choice. You can increase your happiness through your own actions.

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