考研英语：历年真题阅读要点之1995-Text 2（一）

　　There are two basic ways to see growth: one as a product, the other as a process. People have generally viewed personal growth as an external result or product that can easily be identified and measured. The worker who gets a promotion, the student whose grades improve, the foreigner who learns a new language -- all these are examples of people who have measurable results to show for their efforts.

　　view... as...“把...看作...”;external“表面的”，反义词internal“内在的”;that引导定语从句，修饰限定其前并列名词result or product;identify“识别”;measure“衡量”，形容词measurable;the worker, the student, the foreigner三个并列的名词分别由定语从句修饰限定，大家可以借鉴一下这样的写作手法，从而使得内容更为充实;get a promotion“升职”;破折号后补充说明，可以略过。

　　By contrast, the process of personal growth is much more difficult to determine, since by definition it is a journey and not the specific signposts or landmarks along the way. The process is not the road itself, but rather the attitudes and feelings people have, their caution or courage, as they encounter new experiences and unexpected obstacles. In this process, the journey never really ends; there are always new ways to experience the world, new ideas to try, new challenges to accept.

　　by contrast“相反”;determine“确定”，也可以表示“决定”，determine to do“决定做某事”，名词determination;since“因为”，引导原因状语从句;it指代the process of personal growth;specific signposts or landmarks“特定的路标或地标”;along the way“沿途”;but rather可以表示“更确切地说”;caution“谨慎”;as充当连词，“当...时”;encounter“遇到”可以充当及物动词，也可以充当不及物动词与with连用;unexpected“意想不到的”;obstacle“障碍”;最后一句由两个分号连接，分号前后语义并列，看懂其一即可;...there are always new ways to experience the world, new ideas to try, new challenges to accept.大家可以把这个句子背诵下来，用于写作。