六级提高九：双篇限时阅读与跨文比较

本课为原创大学书面英语能力课程，不对应统一的人教版大学教材或固定大学年级；不含听力。练习目标只反映本站材料掌握情况，不保证实际考试分数。

学习目标

1. 在两篇不同主题文章中分别识别主旨、证据与限制，不混用来源。

2. 对比表面指标与实际目标，完成限时阅读后按错误原因复盘。

3. 在本课主题中理解新增词块的语境用法，并把其中相关词项迁移到新的完整句子。

核心讲解

本站建议首次用12分钟完成两篇阅读及6题，再不限时复盘；这是训练节奏，不是官方单篇规定。先各用一句写主旨，再做题。跨文比较只比较真正共有的关系，不把一篇细节搬进另一篇。

原创阅读A：Working less, or hiding the work?

A small design firm tested a four-day working week without reducing salaries. The managers hoped that fewer scheduled hours would encourage staff to organise meetings more carefully. During the trial, teams shortened routine meetings and set aside periods for uninterrupted work. The number of completed client projects remained similar to that of the previous month.

At first sight, this seemed to show that the same output could be produced in less time. Yet an employee survey revealed that some staff were answering messages on their nominal day off. Others said they felt pressure to work faster and take fewer breaks. If work moved outside the recorded schedule, a shorter official week would not necessarily mean a smaller workload. Counting completed projects also said little about how demanding those projects had been.

The firm decided to keep experimenting, but changed what it measured. Staff were asked to record time spent on work outside scheduled hours and to describe the difficulty of their assignments. Managers also discussed expectations about responding to messages. The trial might still offer benefits, but these needed to be assessed against actual working conditions rather than the appearance of a shorter calendar.

原创阅读B：Shade that reaches the street

A neighbourhood group proposed planting trees along a busy walking route. Summer afternoons made the pavement uncomfortable, and residents wanted more shade. A sponsor offered funding for a large number of young trees. The proposal attracted attention because the total was easy to announce and sounded ambitious.

A landscape planner supported more planting but questioned the use of tree numbers as the main measure of success. A tree placed where few people walked would not provide the same immediate benefit as one shading a busy crossing. Young trees also needed water and protection while they established roots. Planting many without arranging maintenance could lead to losses that made the impressive initial total misleading.

The group revised the plan around locations, survival and future shade. It identified stretches of pavement with little protection and asked who would maintain each tree. Some planting was delayed until water supplies could be arranged. This reduced the number planted in the first month, but the group regarded delay as preferable to planting trees that were unlikely to survive. It planned to review survival over several seasons rather than declare success on the day of planting.

先独立标记两文的目标、观察和限制；完成练习后再比较它们的关系，不提前假定两篇观点完全相同。

例题解析

独立示例（不是下列练习原文）：文章甲说许多读者愿意参加周末活动，文章乙说周末活动仍需工作人员。共同点不能写“两篇都证明活动已成功举办”，因为前者是意愿、后者是条件。跨文比较先核对信息状态，再决定哪些关系确实共有。

本课词汇与搭配

下列为本课实际讲解的词项；词形变化及同一词的不同义项不等于新增独立词汇量。

词汇工坊

本表补足本课话题的读写词块，含中学承接和大学应用，不将每项都计为大学新词。先遮住中文解释推测例句，再用自己的句子替换人物、时间或对象。理解义项、掌握搭配、能够迁移是三项不同任务；下方两道迁移练习检验部分关键词块，不代表全部词项已自动掌握。

练习

先独立完成，再核对答案；开放题须按要点人工评分，不以是否逐字等同范文评分。

1

A文中哪些发现削弱“工作量肯定减少”的结论？写两项。

2

A文为什么completed projects相近仍不足以比较生产情况？

3

B文规划者是否反对种树本身？用证据回答。

4

B文暂缓部分种植的理由是什么？A. The sponsor preferred signs to planting. B. Residents had asked the team to use only mature trees. C. Water supplies for maintenance had to be arranged. D. The route already had enough shade for the trial.

5

两文共同支持哪一主张？A. Measures should account for conditions affecting the intended benefits. B. The original indicators became irrelevant once the trials began. C. Shortening the initial schedule was the main solution in both cases. D. Participants’ preferences alone were sufficient to evaluate the plans.

6

用60—80个英文词比较两文，明确标记In A / In B，并保留各自具体目标。

7

词汇迁移：译：未记录的加班和缩短的休息时段可能隐藏实际工作负担，并影响员工福祉。

8

词汇迁移：译：沿繁忙行人路线种植树苗之后，团队需要持续记录存活率和遮阴覆盖。