英语阅读技巧 句子理解
阅读理解部分的短文内容非常广泛，有人物传记、经济、天文史地、社会文化、科普小品、风土人情、幽默故事及日常生活的各个方面。试题往往就短文中容易误解和忽略之处灵活地提出问题，所用的句型和词语也往往不同于短文中相应部分的句型和词语。
By “Ellen Spero isn’t biting her nails just yet” (Lines 1-2, Paragraph 1), the author means .
[A] Spero can hardly maintain her business
[B] Spero is too much engaged in her work
[C] Spero has grown out of her bad habit
[D] Spero is not in a desperate situation
结合句子理解题的解题方法：
（1）阅读题干，确定关键词：
关键词：“Ellen Spero isn’t biting her nails just yet”
（2）定位到段（文章第一段）
When it es to the slowing economy, Ellen Spero isn’t biting her nails just yet. But the 47-year-old manicurist isn’t cutting, filling or polishing as many nails as she’d like to, either. Most of her clients spend $12 to $50 weekly, but last month two longtime customers suddenly stopped showing up. Spero blames the softening economy. “I’m a good economic indicator,” she says. “I provide a rvice that people can do without when they’re concerned about saving some dollars.” So Spero is downscaling, shopping at middle-brow Dillard’s department store near her suburban Cleveland home, instead of Neiman Marcus. “I don’t know if other clients are going to abandon me, too.” she says.
（3）定位到句，同义替换，得出答案。
结合句子理解题的解题方法：
①：先翻译题中句子的字面意思：Ellen Spero不咬指甲
②:定位到文中：
When it es to the slowing economy, Ellen Spero isn’t biting her nails just yet.
当讨论到经济开展速度开始减慢时，艾琳·斯派罗还不至于咬手指
③：联系段落或者文章的主旨：
段落的话要注意段首和段尾:
由于这句话在段首，我们只能往它后面的句子中开始理解。比方第二句话：But the 47-year-old manicurist isn’t cutting, filling or polishing as many nails as she’d like to, either.重点关注But，这是一个转折，说明前后意思不一致，然后看下这句话的意思：但是，这位四十七岁的指甲修饰师修剪、锉磨、上油的指甲数量却难遂其愿了。可能无法翻译的如此完美，那你应该可以看出来 isn’t as many as（不如...多），either这些否认词，说明前面很有可能就是肯定的语气。
我们再来看一下四个选项：
[A] Spero can hardly maintain her business
Spero几乎无法维持生意
【分析】由前面的解释可知其与原文恰恰相反。Spero应该是还可以维持才对。只是后面生意不是想象中那么好。
[B] Spero is too much engaged in her work
Spero太忙碌于其工作
【分析】纯粹的主观臆断，太忙了所以不至于有时间去啃指甲吗？？难道你不忙就可以啃了吗？【黑人问号脸】
[C] Spero has grown out of her bad habit
Spero已经摆脱了坏习惯
【分析】字面上意思来看啃指甲确实是个坏习惯，但是出题人会跟你讲这种个人习惯讲半
天还出题的吗？以我们做题的 经历来看肯定是英文中的什么比喻暗喻习语这些高大上的东西。（在这里是暗喻）
[D] Spero is not in a desperate situation
Spero尚未陷入绝境
【分析】不至于咬指甲就是情况还可以维持，加上后面句子的含义，但是远远不如想象中那么好了。逻辑是不是很通顺啦？那就是它了！
这边正确答案是D。
1、标志：在题干中明确指出原文中的某句话，要求理解其意思。
2、关键：对原句进展语法和词义的准确分析（找主干），应该重点抓原句的字面含义。假设该句的字面含义不能确定，那么依据上下文进展判断。注意：部分含义是由整体决定的。
3、句子理解题的错误选项干扰项特征：推得过远。做题时应把握住推的度。
4、思路： 对句子微观分析；不行就依据上下文；选择时不要推得过远。
