经常有很多“烤鸭”们在做雅思阅读题时抱怨：为什么题目和原文所有的词我都认识，就是读不明白什么意思？

　　原以为只要杀下心来背了单词，阅读就不成问题，却还是在看到题目后一头雾水。

　　殊不知，在阅读词汇中，有许多看起来非常“岁月静好”的小词。你信心满满以为非常了解它的释义，甚至不屑一顾。但就是这样的纯良无害，却在不经意间扭转了整个句子的意思，温柔地给你致命一击。

　　英语词汇里虽然有非常多的“一词多义”，但有些词汇，只要稍加联想，再配合上下文，就能“猜”准意思。像是lesson，大家都知道名词是课程，用作动词作“教训”，也就是——给你上一课，很好联想。

　　knowledge名词是知识，动词用作“理解、知道”，也算贴切。但是有些词汇的不同意思，真是看过之后让你有种完全“八杆子打不着”的感觉，而且极具迷惑性，让人防不胜防。像这样的“白莲花”，词汇界也是一抓一把。现在就跟着北京环球教育尹星钰老师，在阅读考点里，好好撕开这些熟词的真、面、目！

　　1.as

　　首推as，是因为它表面看来实在“太简单”，但很多同学都会忽略as居然还有because“因为”的意思。

　　真题题目：Although English was then overtaken by German，it developed again in the 19th century as a direct result of the ______.

　　真题原文：However, in the 19th century scientific English again enjoyed substantial lexical growth as the industrial revolution created the need for new technical vocabulary.（C5T2P3）

　　这题中，as 就并不是“像，或作为”而是与as a result of 同义，用作“因为”。

　　as a result of -----------as

　　除此之外，as还常考“虽然”的意思

　　e.g. Tired as they were, they walked on. 这里如果翻译成“正如他们这么累”那意思就很瞎了。

　　2.demanding

　　demand认识，是要求、需求。demanding呢，有要求的，需求的。

　　那看下这道判断题，T/F/NG

　　题目：A is more demanding than B.

　　原文：A is more difficult than B.

　　答案居然是T！没想到吧。demanding就是difficult，严苛的。

　　真题原文：Making a rapid emotional assessment of the events of the moment is an extremely demanding job for the brain,

　　配对选项为One of the brain's most difficult tasks is to respond instantly to whatever is happening.

　　difficult tasks ---------------demanding job （C5T2P2）

　　再有，

　　题目：Prior to the suggestopedia class, students are made aware that the language experience will be demanding.

　　原文：Through meeting with the staff and satisfied students they develop the expectation that learning will be easy and pleasant.  （C7T1P3）

　　所以了解demanding（difficult）就是对应easy的话，很快选F。

　　3.注意still 是有“静止”的意思。

　　所以真题里Pictures were still, only reality moved。词汇不行，句子来补。后半部move对应still。（C6T3P1）

　　4.subject

　　常以“科目”示人，有些基础不错的同学，还知道它有“主题”“主语”的意思。但是，在雅思阅读里，subject最常见的意思是people！

　　真题原文：The noise was quite disruptive at first, but after about four minutes the subjects were doing just as well on their tasks as control subjects who were not exposed to noise. （C7T4P3）

　　因为雅思阅读里，经常会有讲实验文章。在其中subject指“实验对象”。所以今后再看到做实验类的文章，直接把subject看作people就好了。

　　5.term

　　学生党看到一定很亲切：“学期”肯定不会错。殊不知term在雅思学术文章里，最常见的是“专业词汇”。

　　真题：the term used to describe hidden costs.

　　6.refer to as

　　除了term有专业词汇的意思，refer to as 也表示“…的专业术语是…”。

　　这里要注意区别 refer to “参考，查阅，涉及”和refer to as… “…称作”，而且后者往往后面常接专业术语名词。

　　e.g.1 真题原文：That is mainly because the costs of all this damage are what economists refer to as "externalities"。

　　e.g.2 真题题目：Plants which do not respond to light levels are referred to as_______.

　　真题原文：Plants which flower after a period of vegetative growth, regardless of photoperiod, are known as day-neutral plants. （C5T4P3）

　　refer to as ------------are known as

　　7.appreciate

　　“感谢+欣赏”该够了吧，什么？还有“理解”？！

　　e.g.1 真题原文：If you visit the Canadian Arctic, you immediately appreciate the problems faced by people for whom this is home. （C6T2P3）

　　e.g.2 But now she appreciates she had the chance to be bilingual.

　　这两处就都是understand，comprehend “理解，领会”的意思。

　　以上这些熟词看起来很简单，它内里边边角角的意思经常被忽略，却常作为雅思阅读的词汇考点。在阅读内容认为没有生词的情况下，许多“烤鸭”们还是读不懂什么意思，甚至完全搞错，给定位和理解都造成很大困难。今天带大家查缺补漏，扫清知识盲点，希望在今后的学习中，多多注意熟词生义的积累。