考研英语外刊：为什么女性更喜欢读真实犯罪类小说

A 2010 study found that around 70 percent of Amazon reviews of true-crime books are by women (compared with books about war, where 82 percent of the reviews are by men). Something is going on here, but what? Men, the statistics tell us, are involved in violent crime — as perpetrators and victims alike — in much larger numbers than women. When women are connected to crime, we’re much more likely to be victims or survivors. Perhaps our fascination with these stories stems in part from wanting to learn from them. If a woman escaped her attacker in this particular way, we think, perhaps I could too.

单词笔记：

1. review    英 [rɪˈvjuː]   美 [rɪˈvjuː]  

n.评审，审查，检查，检讨(以进行必要的修改);(对书籍、戏剧、电影等的)评介，评论;报告;汇报;述评;回顾

v.复查;重新考虑;回顾;反思;写(关于书籍、戏剧、电影等的)评论;评介

第三人称单数： reviews 复数： reviews 现在分词： reviewing 过去式： reviewed 过去分词： reviewed

2. statistic    英 [stəˈtɪstɪk]   美 [stəˈtɪstɪk]  

n.统计数字;统计资料;统计学;(一项)统计数据

复数： statistics          派生词： statistical adj.  statistically adv.

3. perpetrator    英 [ˈpɜːpətreɪtə(r)]  美 [ˈpɜːrpətreɪtər]  

n.作恶者;行凶者;犯罪者

复数： perpetrators

4. victim    英 [ˈvɪktɪm]   美 [ˈvɪktɪm]  

n.受害者;罹难者;罹病者;牺牲品;受骗者;上当的人;为祭祀杀死的动物(或人);祭品;牺牲

复数： victims

5. survivor    英 [səˈvaɪvə(r)]   美 [sərˈvaɪvər]  

n.幸存者;生还者;挺过困难者

复数： survivors

6. fascination    英 [ˌfæsɪˈneɪʃn]   美 [ˌfæsɪˈneɪʃn]  

n.魅力;极大的吸引力;入迷;着迷

复数： fascinations

7. perhaps    英 [pəˈhæps]   美 [pərˈhæps]  

adv.可能;大概;也许;(表示不确定)也许;(用于粗略的估计)或许

复数： perhapses