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1、2017考研英語時(shí)文精選：倫敦街頭的涂鴉文化 研究過考研英語真題的同學(xué)都會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)，考研文章中的素材都是來源于西方的主流期刊和雜志，其中從《經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)人》這個(gè)期刊采取的素材較多。如果考研的同學(xué)能夠把這些題源的文章作文平常泛讀的材料，勢(shì)必會(huì)增強(qiáng)大家對(duì)背景知識(shí)和語感的把握?！ ∥亩冀逃慕萄欣蠋煏?huì)為大家精選一些有代表性和話題性的文章為大家解讀，希望2017考研的學(xué)生能夠跟著我們的腳步去復(fù)習(xí)英語。打好基礎(chǔ)，腳踏實(shí)地地在考研的路上越走越順?！ ∧敲矗裉煳覀儊矸窒硪黄督?jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)人》中的《涂鴉墻上文化》，希望大家能夠希望的涂鴉文化有所了解。下面請(qǐng)看具體文章和詞匯解析(紅色字體為寫作常用詞匯)
2、?！ raffiti,TheWriting'sontheWall 涂鴉墻上文化 Havingturned?respectable,graffiticultureisdying. LONDON'S?fastest-changing?artgalleryishiddeninasunkenballcourtonahousingestateinStockwell,southLondon.OnasunnySundayafternoonsixorsevenmen,mostlyintheir30s,arebusypaintingthewallswithnewdesigns.The
3、yhaveputupcartoons,nameswritteninelaborate,multi-colouredletteringandcleverperspectivetricks.Tinsofspraypaintandbeerstandontheground;laddersleanagainstthepaintings.Theatmosphereisnotunlikethatofagolfcourse:amixofconcentrationandblokeyrelaxation. Graffitipaintingis?traditionally?adaredevil
4、pursuit.Teenagersdodgesecurityguardstoputtheirnamesontrainsandbuses.But?overthepastdecade?thathasallbutdisappearedfromBritain'scities.Between2007and2012thenumberofincidentsofgraffitirecordedbytheBritishTransportPolicefellby63%.Asurveybytheenvironmentministryshowsthatfewerplacesareblightedb
5、ytagsthanever.Graffitiare?increasingly?confinedtosanctionedwalls,suchastheStockwellballcourts.Intimethepracticemay?dieout?entirely. Themostobviousreasonforthedeclineintaggingandtrain-paintingisbetterpolicing,saysKeeganWebb,whorunsTheLondonVandal,agraffitiblog.NumerousCCTVcamerasmeanitisha
6、rdertogetawaywithpainting?illegally.Andpunishmentsaremoresevere.Once-prolifictaggerssuchasDanielHalpin,whopaintedhispseudonym“Tox”alloverLondon,havebeengivenlongprisonsentences.Britishgraffitiartistswhowanttopainttrainsusuallygoabroadtodoitthesedays,saysMrWebb. Agenerationalshiftisapparen
7、t,too.Fewerteenagers?aregettinginto?paintingwalls.TheyprefertoplaywithiPadsandvideogames,reckonsBoydHill,anartistknownasSoloOne,whoineffectrunstheStockwellballcourts.Thosewhodo?getinvolved?tendtopreferstreetarttograffitiproper(whichpuristsdefineaslettersandnam
