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1、2017考研英语时文精选：伦敦街头的涂鸦文化 研究过考研英语真题的同学都会发现，考研文章中的素材都是来源于西方的主流期刊和杂志，其中从《经济学人》这个期刊采取的素材较多。如果考研的同学能够把这些题源的文章作文平常泛读的材料，势必会增强大家对背景知识和语感的把握。 文都教育的教研老师会为大家精选一些有代表性和话题性的文章为大家解读，希望2017考研的学生能够跟着我们的脚步去复习英语。打好基础，脚踏实地地在考研的路上越走越顺。 那么，今天我们来分享一篇《经济学人》中的《涂鸦墙上文化》，希望大家能够希望的涂鸦文化有所了解。下面请看具体文章和词汇解析(红色字体为写作常用词汇)
2、。 Graffiti,TheWriting'sontheWall 涂鸦墙上文化 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
