考研英语是一门需要长时间积累的学科，对于备战2015考研的学子们来说，同学们应该主攻单词和语法，坚持每天1-2篇的英语阅读以此来培养语感。

　　WHY past generations regarded women as the weaker sex is a mystery to anyone who has examined the question objectively, for they are far stronger than men—outliving them in pretty well every society in the world. Partly that is because men are more violent, and their violence is largely directed at other men. But partly it is physiological. Men seem to wear out faster than women do. Yet no one knows why.

　　【词汇突破】：
pretty well=almost
　　directed at 针对
　　wear out 消耗
　　physiological 生理的

　　【参考译文】：过去，人们认为女性是更弱势的性别。对于任何客观的研究过这个问题 的人而言，人们为什么这样认为还是个迷。因为女性要比男性强太多，在这个世界上几乎每个社会中，女性寿命都要比男性长。人们之所以这样认为，部分是由于男性要更暴力。而且他们的暴力大部分是针对其他男性的。这也部分是因为生理的因素。男性精力似乎比女性消耗的快。但是没有人知道是为什么。