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1、隨著捐款源源不斷地進(jìn)來(lái)，我校明年的財(cái)務(wù)狀況會(huì)好很多了。這樣我們就能集中應(yīng)對(duì)我們作為教育工作者必須承擔(dān)起最重要的任務(wù)：鼓勵(lì)學(xué)生實(shí)現(xiàn)他們的學(xué)業(yè)目的，培養(yǎng)他們成為有責(zé)任感、靠得住的人，使他們對(duì)將來(lái)的生活有所準(zhǔn)備，并在他們追求物質(zhì)及精神滿(mǎn)足的過(guò)程中給予指導(dǎo)With more and more donations coming in, our university will be much better off financially next year. We will thus be able to focus on the most important task that we, educator

2、s, must take on: to encourage students to attain their scholarly/academic goals, to train them to be dependable and responsible individuals, to prepare them for the life ahead, and to guide them in their pursuit of spiritual as well as material satisfaction.也許你羨慕我，因?yàn)槲铱梢越柚?jì)算機(jī)在家里工作。我也這么想，互聯(lián)網(wǎng)使我的工作方便多了。

3、我可以通過(guò)電子郵件撰寫(xiě)、編輯并交出我的文章，在網(wǎng)上與我的同事聊天，與老板談?wù)摴ぷ鳌Ｎ矣檬髽?biāo)一擊，馬上能拿到我要的一切資料，獲得最新的消息。可是，另一方面，用網(wǎng)絡(luò)通信有時(shí)也令人沮喪。系統(tǒng)有可能癱瘓，更糟糕的是，因?yàn)闆](méi)有面對(duì)面交談的情感提示，鍵出的詞有時(shí)候似乎很難理解Perhaps you envy me for being able to work from home on the computer. I agree that the Internet has made my job a lot easier. I can write，submit and edit articles via e

4、mail, chat with my yyyI need and keep up with the latest news. But then, communicating through the Net can be frustrating at times. The system may crash. Worse still, without the emotional cues of face-to-face communication, the typed words sometimes seem difficult to interpret.眾多事實(shí)證明這一說(shuō)法：要想讓自己很快從低落

5、的情緒中解脫出來(lái)，你得讓自己哭。你不必為“哭”而感到羞愧。憂(yōu)慮和悲傷能隨同眼淚一起流出身體l看一看唐娜的例子吧。她的兒子在一次車(chē)禍中不幸去世。這次打擊之大使她欲哭無(wú)淚。她說(shuō)：“直到兩個(gè)星期后的一天，我才開(kāi)始放聲痛哭。然后，我便覺(jué)得好像一塊大石頭從我的肩膀上抬走了。是眼淚將我?guī)Щ氐搅爽F(xiàn)實(shí)之中，幫助我度過(guò)危機(jī)。”Numerous facts bear out the argument/statement/claim that in order to recover speedily from negative emotion, you should allow yourself to cry. Y

6、ou neednt/dont have to be ashamed of crying. Anxiety and sorrow can flow out of the body along with tears. Consider the case of/Take Donna, Her son unfortunately died in a car accident. The intensity of the blow made her unable to cry. She said, “It was not until two weeks later that I began to cry.

7、 And then I felt as if a big stone had been lifted from my shoulders. It was the tears that brought me back to earth and helped me survive the crisis.”南希*霍普金斯是麻省理工學(xué)院（MIT）得到生物學(xué)教授。她渴望知識(shí)，努力工作。然而，作為一名科學(xué)家，她不能不注意校園里男女不平等的各種表現(xiàn)。男女教授做同樣的工作，但是到了提升的時(shí)候，行政領(lǐng)導(dǎo)卻很有選擇性。具有諷刺意味的是在取得這么多的文化進(jìn)步以后，婦女在高等學(xué)府里卻仍然處于不利的地位。當(dāng)她增加實(shí)驗(yàn)室

8、面積請(qǐng)求被拒之后，她知道她必須抗?fàn)帯Ｒ虼怂Ьo牙關(guān)向校長(zhǎng)申訴，這次抗?fàn)幰詣倮娼K，南希也因此變成了男女平等的倡導(dǎo)者。Nancy Hopkins is a biology professor at MIT. She craves knowledge and works hard. However, as a scientist, she could not help noticing all kinds of indications of gender inequality on campus. Men and women professors did the same work, but wh

9、en it came to promotion the administrators were rather selective. It was ironic that after so much cultural progress, women were still at a disadvantage in institutions of higher education. When her request for more lab space was refused, she knew she had to fight. So she gritted her teeth and compl

10、ained to the President. The fight ended in victory and Nancy was converted into a gender-equality advocate. Unit 2 How dose spending connect to happiness? One explanation lies in conspicuous consumption （炫耀式消費(fèi)）. The idea is that the rich dont accumulate（積累） wealth simply in order to consume it . Rat

11、her they accumulate wealth in order to display it, and their happiness is fueled（引發(fā)） by their neighbors envy . As a result ,the country finds itself in the grips of a luxury fever -families with annual incomes of $50,000 try to emulate the consumption of those with $70,000 , who in turn try to emula

12、te those with $140,000 ,and so on . Its just plain common sense. Its physically impossible for a piece of paper like money to make you happy. Instead what makes people happy is the feeling of security or power money bring. A recent survey indicates that those from the Forbes list of the 400 richest

13、Americans sand the Maasai of East Africa are almost equally satisfied .The Maasai are a traditional herding people who have to no electricity or running water and live in huts made of mud(泥漿) It follows that economic development and personal income cannot account for the happiness that they are so o

14、ften linked to.Unit 4 I live in a small coastal town of 398 people located halfway between San Francisco and the Oregon border. The nearest traffic light is nine miles north in the town of Mendocino; its closest companion to the south is over 90 miles away. The nearest four-lane highway is 58 miles

15、east. Federal Express doesnt deliver here on Saturdays.But there in Internet access here . It enables me to work at home , writing computer books and articles for computer magazines . It enables local students and historians to conduct research. It enables local business -inns, music stores ,driving

16、 schools -to reach new customers . It enables local people to enjoy the benefits of email and the delights of websites and chat rooms . In fact , because small towns have few people ,few stores ,and few libraries and schools ,you could argue that the Internet provides more benefits to small towns th

17、an it does to big cities . But Internet service providers are not interested in small markets . What they are interested in is making money . As a result , people in many small towns and remote areas are unable to keep up with the development of information technology .Unit 5 The Brooklyn Bridge tha

18、t spans the river between Manhattan and Brooklyn is simply an engineering miracle .In 1883, a creative engineer , John Roebling ,was inspired by an idea for this spectacular bridge . However, bridge building experts told him to forget it. It just was not possible .Roebling nevertheless, convinced hi

19、s son, Washing, an up-and-coming engineer, that the bridge could be built. The two of them conceived the concept of how it could be accomplished and how to overcome the obstacles .Somehow they convinced bankers to finance the project. They hired their crew and began to build their dream bridge. The

20、project was only a few months under way when a tragic on-site accident killed John Roebling and severely injured his son. Washington was severely brain-damaged, under to talk or walk. Everyone thought the project would have to be stopped ,since the Roebling were the only ones who understood how the

21、bridge could be built. Thought Washington Roebling was unable to move or talk ,his mind was as sharp as ever. One day as he lay in his hospital bed, an idea flashed in his mind an to how to develop a communication code. All he could move was one finger, so he touched the arm of his wife that finger

22、.He tapped out the code to communication to her what she was to tell the engineers who continued building the bridge .For 13 years ,Washington tapped out his instructions with one finger until the spectacular Brooklyn Bridge was finally completedUnit 6The words first black woman have been used to de

23、scribe Shirley Ann Jackson for so long that her name seems incomplete without them. She was the first black woman to earn a Ph.D from MIT, the first black woman in the country to earn a physics doctorate , and she was both the first African American and the first woman to chair the U.S. Nuclear Regu

24、latory Commission.Growing up in the late 1950s and early 1960s ,when the race for space was in full fora,a young Jackson came to see the world around her as full of secrets . For years ,she collected bees and kept them under her familys back porch, making painstaking records of their behaviors as he

25、 adjusted variables like heat, light ,and diet. It was like reading a great mystery novel,she recalls. Her parents encouraged her to pursue her passions ,and her siblings ,two sisters and a brother,all recognized her natural talents for leadership. But it was the assistant principal at Washington D.

26、Cs Roosevelt High School who steered her toward MIT. Today ,even at such lofty posts as heading the NRC, Jackson says she is essentially doing the same thing she did way back with the bees: studying interactions in the environment around her ,making keen observations ,and taking constructive action

27、based on what she learned. Jackson strongly believes that woman must be true friends to one another and assist and encourage one another in their efforts. From her youngest days, she took time to tutor fellow women and minority students in their studies. Thats because ,says Jackson ,being a trailbla

28、zer is only a good thing if one does not allow high weeds to grow back because no one was inspired to follow .Jackson won;t ba satisfied to go down in history as the first black woman of anything unless the familiar phrase is followed by two more word :of many.第一單元1） To use you the machine ,first in

29、sert（插入） the correct coins ,then select(挑選) the drink you want and press the button 使用你的機(jī)器，首先插入正確的硬幣，然后選擇你想要的飲料（挑選），按下按鈕2） Professor Smith translated not only from the French but also ,on occasion（間接，有時(shí)） ,from the Polish 史米斯教授不僅僅翻譯法語(yǔ)，有時(shí)，也翻譯波蘭語(yǔ)3） Food chemists will investigate（調(diào)查，探究） the health food(

30、保健食品)on sale to see if it really does give the benefits claimed 食品化學(xué)家將調(diào)查保健食品（保健食品）銷(xiāo)售是否真的有人的利益4） In retrospect（回顧過(guò)去） ,it was the wrong time to open a new data processing(數(shù)據(jù)處理)center in this city 回想起來(lái)，這是打開(kāi)一個(gè)新的數(shù)據(jù)處理錯(cuò)誤的時(shí)間（數(shù)據(jù)處理）中心在這個(gè)城市5） My initial（開(kāi)始的，最初的） reaction to the news was relief ,but as I though

31、t more about it I began to feel angry 我對(duì)這一消息的最初的反應(yīng)是救濟(jì)，但當(dāng)我想更多的時(shí)候，我開(kāi)始感到憤怒6） Make sure the label(標(biāo)簽) is firmly attached（系，貼，連接） to the parcel(包裹)before you mail it 確保標(biāo)簽（標(biāo)簽）牢牢地貼在包裹郵寄前（包裹）7） My boyfriend bought me dinner to make up for（補(bǔ)償，彌補(bǔ)） being late the day before 我的男朋友給我買(mǎi)了晚飯，以彌補(bǔ)前一天的遲到8） The committe

32、e is awaiting(等候，期待)a decision from the head office before it takes any action 委員會(huì)在采取行動(dòng)之前正在等待總部的決定9） The little girl did not seem to be in the least（一點(diǎn)，絲毫=not at all） frightened of being left by in the house 那個(gè)小女孩似乎不害怕在屋里被遺棄了10） The WTO is intended to promote（催進(jìn)，推進(jìn)） trade among its member states(成員國(guó)

33、)WTO的目的是促進(jìn)各成員國(guó)之間的貿(mào)易（成員國(guó)）11）When the moon uemerged(出現(xiàn))from behind the clouds I made out a figure moving in the distance 當(dāng)月亮出現(xiàn)（出現(xiàn)）從后面我做了一個(gè)圖在遠(yuǎn)處移動(dòng)的云第二單元1） Prof.Williams says that my composition is good except for the ending which seems too abrupt(意外的，突然的) prof.williams說(shuō)我的作文很好除了結(jié)尾太突然2） Suffering from ins

34、omnia(失眠)for several days ,Ann went to see her doctor and was told that the problem was more emotional（情感上的） than physical 失眠（失眠）幾天，安去看了醫(yī)生，被告知問(wèn)題比更多的在情感上3） The organizer of the charity concert said ,:”I ask all of you to join me in praying that God will bless（祈禱上帝保佑） those who have given so generousl

35、y for the poor and needy”慈善音樂(lè)會(huì)的組織者說(shuō)：“我請(qǐng)你們大家一起祈禱，上帝會(huì)保佑那些為窮人和窮人慷慨捐助的人4） The insurance policy does not cover damage to the goods caused by normal wear and tear（損壞，磨損）保險(xiǎn)單不包括因正常磨損所造成的貨物損壞5） The old econnmic beliefs are widely regarded as too dated（過(guò)時(shí)） to be useful in solving the problem now emerging in o

36、ur economy 舊經(jīng)濟(jì)信仰被認(rèn)為太過(guò)時(shí)不能解決現(xiàn)在的出現(xiàn)的經(jīng)濟(jì)問(wèn)題6） You are free to say what you think, but as a responsible individual you should also be prepared to face the consequences（后果，結(jié)果） what you say 你可以自由地說(shuō)出你的想法，但作為一個(gè)負(fù)責(zé)任的個(gè)人，你也應(yīng)該準(zhǔn)備面對(duì)你說(shuō)的后果7） Prices are going down. However this seemingly（表面上） welcome change may bring abo

37、ut other problem in the economy 價(jià)格正在下降。然而，這種表面上可喜的變化可能會(huì)帶來(lái)經(jīng)濟(jì)上的其他問(wèn)題8） Johns view on the train crash(火車(chē)墜毀) stands in contrast to（與形成對(duì)比） those of almost all of his colleagues約翰在火車(chē)墜毀上的觀點(diǎn)與其他同事形成對(duì)比9） Curiosity（好奇心） is the most powerful driving force in ones pursuit of knowledge 好奇心是一個(gè)人對(duì)知識(shí)的追求中最強(qiáng)大的動(dòng)力10） Afte

38、r teaching grade school for a year or so ,she felt a genuine（真正的） love for the pupils 在小學(xué)教書(shū)一年左右的時(shí)間后，她感受學(xué)生真誠(chéng)的愛(ài)11） Donations from alumni(校友)are an important source of the universitys income. But research funds come primarlly（主要的） from the government 校友的捐款（校友）是大學(xué)的重要收入來(lái)源。但是主要的的基金來(lái)源于政府12） Shuold judges c

39、onsider popular sentiments（態(tài)度） before deciding cases？ 要考慮民意法官?zèng)Q定案件之前？第四單元1) He would have preferred wife not to work ,but conversely （相反地） he was also proud of what she did 他寧愿妻子不工作，但反過(guò)來(lái)說(shuō)他也為她所做的工作感到驕傲2） Things are much cheaper here than in New York,but then（但另一方面，然而） ,our average salary is much small

40、er 這里的東西比在紐約便宜得多，但那時(shí)，我們的平均工資要小得多3）His forgetfulness may be a symptom（癥狀） of brain trouble 他的健忘是腦部問(wèn)題的一種癥狀4）The small boy started spitting（吐出） blood and his mother panicked驚慌失措)小男孩開(kāi)始吐血，他的母親驚慌失措（驚慌失措）5）These laws are intended to prevent government officials from abusing（濫用，虐待） their power這些法律旨在防止政府官員濫用

41、權(quán)力6）“Go to the bathroom and wash your hands,”the nurse told the chlidren in a commanding tone（口氣，語(yǔ)氣） “去洗手間洗手，”護(hù)士用命令的口氣告訴孩子們7）Mary ,a Harvard Law School graduate , was a very capable(能干的)lawyer and our firm took her in as a partner.(take in 接受，得到)瑪麗，哈佛法學(xué)院的畢業(yè)生，是一個(gè)很能干的（能干的）律師，我們公司接受她作為我們的一個(gè)伙伴8) The art

42、icle is interesing ,but it needs some editing（編輯） before it can be published 這篇文章是有趣的，但它需要一些編輯才能發(fā)表9) To my knowledge , they have arranged（安排） to meet next Friday morning in the managers office 據(jù)我所知，他們被安排在下星期五上午在經(jīng)理辦公室見(jiàn)面10) When we say that we see light at the end of the tunnel , we mean that victory

43、is in sight（可以看到的，臨近） . 當(dāng)我們說(shuō)，我們看到在隧道盡頭的光，我們的意思是勝利是在眼前。11) He promised to repay me in three days.But the days stretched（拉長(zhǎng)，伸展） into mouths and I never got a cent bake from him 他答應(yīng)在三天內(nèi)答復(fù)我，然而日子一天又一天，我也沒(méi)有收回他一分錢(qián)。12) Before we can draw conclusions, we must collect enough data（數(shù)據(jù)） and analyze them scientif

44、ically 在我們可以得出結(jié)論之前，我們必須收集足夠的數(shù)據(jù)，并進(jìn)行科學(xué)分析第五單元1) He was startled(使大吃一驚) by the sound of the back door opening in the dead of night 他被深夜的后門(mén)開(kāi)的聲音嚇了一跳2) There is nothing serious about the damage ;it is a mere（僅僅，只不過(guò)） scratch(劃痕)on the door of the car.沒(méi)有什么嚴(yán)重的損害；它僅僅是一個(gè)（劃痕）在汽車(chē)的門(mén)。3) Mom was singing a lullaby to

45、 me baby sister while rocking the cradle with a gentle backwards and forwards motion（運(yùn)動(dòng)，移動(dòng)） 媽媽唱搖籃曲給我的小妹妹，一個(gè)溫柔的向前和向后運(yùn)動(dòng)搖動(dòng)搖籃4) Tense and hot ,we were really sweating（出汗，汗水） as we waited for them to announce the results又緊張又熱，我們真的流著汗水都很擔(dān)心我們等待他們宣布結(jié)果5) He sat leaning against the back of the seat with his l

46、egs streched out（伸展） straight in front of him.他坐靠在他的座位的后面的腿伸出直在他面前。6) Shes one of thous habitually vain（虛榮的，自負(fù)的） people who keep glancing at themselves in the mirror when they think no ones looking.她是一個(gè)愛(ài)虛榮的人，習(xí)慣一直在鏡子里打量自己的時(shí)候，他們認(rèn)為沒(méi)有人看7) Mike is an extremely careless man.on one occasion（有一次）,it was not

47、 until he got to an ATM that it occurred to him he had left his card at home 邁克是個(gè)非常粗心的人。有一次，他直到到了ATM才發(fā)現(xiàn)把卡留在了家里8) Young children often feel a lot of anxiety（憂(yōu)慮，擔(dān)心） about their first day at school 年輕的孩子們?cè)趯W(xué)校的第一天常常感到很不安9) Stan tends to be driven by his emotions（情緒）-he rarely considers the consequences o

48、f his actions.Stan往往會(huì)被自己的情緒所駕馭很少去考慮他做事的后果10) She ought to be thoroughly ashamed of（be ashamed of 因感到難為情） herself for talking to her guests in such a rude way 她以這種粗魯?shù)姆绞胶涂腿苏f(shuō)話(huà)，應(yīng)該是以她自己的方式為恥11) In my minds eye（在想象中）, she remains a little girl of six although shes actually a grown woman now.在我的心目中，她仍然是一個(gè)六歲的小女孩，雖然她實(shí)際上是一個(gè)成年的女人。12) He had tried to put the unpleasant scene out of his mind,but it kept on recurring（再來(lái)，再發(fā)生） to him,especially in dreams 他曾試圖把不愉快的場(chǎng)景放在心上，但它不斷向他反復(fù)，特別是在夢(mèng)中第六單元1)Students from countries such as China ,which has a drastically difference c