今天的句子是非常典型的考研文章的开始。来自卫报。

一定听语音！

What starts with an “o”, has an “s” in the middle, and ends with death? If you like crosswords and puzzles, you’ll love the posters that have been springing up around the country in the last few days.The word with the missing letters, is, of course, “obesity”. “OB__S____Y is a cause of cancer”, says the poster.

词汇突破：crosswords and puzzles 猜字和猜谜游戏

          Poster 海报

          spring up 突然兴起；迅速出现

          obesity 肥胖

第一句：

What starts with an “o”, has an “s” in the middle, and ends with death?

什么是以O字母开头，中间字母是S，而结尾是死亡。

第二句：

If you like crosswords and puzzles,

(状语从句)

you’ll love the posters

(主干)

that have been springing up around the country in the last few days.

(定语从句)

That = posters

如果你喜欢猜字或者猜谜游戏，你会喜欢上最近几天在全国各地出现的这些宣传海报的。

第三句：

The word with the missing letters, is, of course, “obesity”.

缺失字母的单词当然是“肥胖”这个词。

第四句：

“OB__S____Y is a cause of cancer”, says the poster.

海报是这样写道的：肥胖是癌症的原因。