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1、通道2an unemployed man is desperate to support his family . he applies for a job as a janitor at a large firm and easily passes a test . the human resources manager tells him , (1) will be hired at a minimum wage of $ 5.15 an hour ,let me have your e-mail address so that we can get you in the loop . o

2、ur system will automatically e-mail you all the forms and advise you when to start and where to report on your first day .”一個失業(yè)的人不顧一切地為自己的家庭提供支持。他申請一份工作作為一個在大型公司的門衛(wèi)，很容易通過測試。人力資源經(jīng)理告訴他，(1)你將以5.15美元一小時的最低工資，讓我有你的電子郵件地址，這樣我們可以讓你在循環(huán)中。我們的系統(tǒng)將 自動發(fā)電子郵件給你所有的表格，并建議你何時開始和哪里報告你的第一天?！皌aken aback , the man protest

3、s that he is poor and has neither a computer nor an e-mail address .tothis the manager replies , "without an e-mail address you can hardly expect to be employed by a high-ech firm .good day .”吃了一驚，他抗議說他很窮，沒有電腦和電子郵件地址。這個經(jīng)理回答說，沒有一個電子郵件地址，你不能指望受雇于一家高科技公司的好日子?！癮stonished , the man leaves . not know

4、ing where to turn and having $10 in his wallet , he walks past a farmers ' market and sees a stand sehng reeatomatoes .he buys a crate of the tomatoes , carries it to a busy corner and displays the tomatoes . in less than two hours he sells all the tomatoes and makes a 100% profit . repeating th

5、e process several times more that day , he ends up with almost $100 and arrives home that night with several bags of groceries for his family .驚訝，那人離開。他不知道在哪兒能把10美元的錢包翻到錢包里，他走過一個農(nóng)民的市場，看到一個賣著漂亮的紅色番茄的人，他買了一箱西紅柿，把它帶到了一個 角落，并展示了西紅柿。在不到2個小時的時間里，他賣了所有的番茄，賺了100%勺利潤。他每天重復(fù)這一過程，最終達(dá)到100美元，并在那天晚上回家，給家人帶了幾袋食品雜貨。

6、during the night he decides to repeat the tomato business the next day . he gets up early every day and woks into the night . he multiplies his profits quickly .在晚上，他決定在第二天重復(fù)第二天的番茄生意。他起床很早，每天工作到深夜。他將他的利潤迅速。by the end of the second year he has a dozen very nice used trucks and employs fifteen previou

7、sly unemployed people , all selling tomatoes . he continues to work hard . time passes and at the end of the fifth year he owns a fleet of nice trucks and a warehouse , plus two tomato farms .到了二年，他有一打很好用的卡車，雇了十五名以前的人，都是番茄。他繼續(xù)努力工作。 在第五年的時間里， 他擁有一支漂亮的卡車和一個倉庫， 外加 2 個番茄農(nóng)場。planning for the future , he d

8、ecides to buy some life insurance . consulting with an insurance adviser , he picks an insurance plan to fit his new circumstances . then the adviser asks him for his e-mail address in order to send the final documents electronically .未來的規(guī)劃，他決定買一些人壽保險。咨詢一位保險顧問，他選擇一項保險計劃以適應(yīng)他的新情況。然后，顧問要求他為他的電子郵件地址，以電子

9、方式發(fā)送最終文 件。when the man replies that he doesn t have time to mess with a computer and has e-mail address , the insurance man is astonished , “what, you don ht ave e-mail ? no computer ? no internet ? just think where you would be today if you d hadyears ago !”當(dāng)那個人回答說， 他沒有時間去搞電腦， 沒有電子郵件地址， 保險人驚訝地說： “什

10、么， 你沒有電子郵件？沒有電腦？沒有互聯(lián)網(wǎng)？想想如果你在五年前有了所有的一切，你會在哪里！ “(2)“ ha !” snorts the“miafni . d-mhaidl feive years ago i would be sweeping floorsat microsoft and making $5.15 an hour .”( 2) “哈！不屑的人。 “如果我五年前就發(fā)過電子郵件，我將在微軟掃地，每小時賺5.15美元。 “通道8(1) “congratulations , mr. jones , it' s a girl .”(1)祝賀，瓊斯先生，這是一個女孩?！癴athe

11、rhood is going to have a different meaning and bring forth a different response from every man who hears these words . some feel pride when they receive the news , while others worry , wondering whether they will be good fathers . although there are some men who like children and may have had consid

12、erable experience with them , others do not particularly care for children and spend little time with them . many fathers and mothers have been planning and looking forward to children for some time . for other couples , pregnancy was an accident that both husband and wife have accepted willingly or

13、 unwillingly .父親要有不同的含義，產(chǎn)生不同的反應(yīng)每個人聽到這句話。有些人會感到驕傲， 當(dāng)他們得到這個消息，而其他人擔(dān)心，想知道他們是否會成為好父親。雖然有一些人 喜歡孩子，可能有相當(dāng)?shù)慕?jīng)驗(yàn)，但也有一些人不特別照顧孩子，花點(diǎn)時間與他們。許 多父親和母親一直在計劃和期待著一段時間的孩子。對于其他夫妻來說，懷孕是一個 意外，丈夫和妻子都情愿或不情愿地接受。(2) whatever the response to the birth of a child , it is clear that the change from the role of husband to that of f

14、ather is a difficult task . yet , unluckily , few attempts have been made to educate fathers in this process . although numerous books have been written about american mothers , only recently has literature focused on the role of a father .(2)無論對一個孩子的出生有什么反應(yīng)，很明顯，從丈夫的角色轉(zhuǎn)變?yōu)楦赣H的轉(zhuǎn) 變是一項艱巨的任務(wù)。然而，不幸的是，很少有人試

15、圖在這個過程中，父親的教育。 雖然許多書都是關(guān)于美國母親的，但最近才有文學(xué)關(guān)注的是父親的角色。it is argued by some writers that the change to the f ather ' s role , although difficult , is not nearly as great as the change the wife must make to the mother' s role .role seems to require a complete change in daily routine and adjustment ,

16、and the father role is less demanding and immediate . however , ever though we mentioned the fact that growing numbers of women are working outside the home , the father is still thought by many as the breadwinner in the household .有些作家認(rèn)為，改變父親的角色，雖然困難，是不是幾乎一樣偉大的變化，妻子 必須作出的母親的角色。母親的角色似乎需要一個完全的改變，在日常和

17、調(diào)整，和父 親的角色是不那么苛刻和直接。然而，即使我們提到越來越多的婦女外出工作，父親 仍被許多人視為養(yǎng)家糊口的人。(1) telephone , television , radio , and the internet help people communicate with each other . because of these devices , ideas and news of events spread quickly all over the word . for example , within seconds , people can know the results

18、of an election in another country . an international football match comes into the homes of everyone with a television set . news of a disaster , such as a flood , can bring help from distant countries . within hours , help is on the way . this is because with modern technology information travels f

19、ast .(1)電話、電視、廣播和互聯(lián)網(wǎng)幫助人們互相交流。由于這些設(shè)備，思想和新聞 事件迅速蔓延，所有的字。例如，在幾秒鐘內(nèi)，人們可以知道另一個國家的選舉結(jié)果。 一場國際足球比賽是每個人的家里有一臺電視機(jī)。災(zāi)難的消息，如洪水，可以從遙遠(yuǎn) 的國家?guī)韼椭Ｔ趲讉€小時內(nèi)，幫助在路上。這是因?yàn)殡S著現(xiàn)代科技信息的快速傳 播。how has this speed of communication changed the world ? to many people , the world has become smaller . of course , this does not mean that t

20、he world is actually smaller . it means that the world seems smaller . (2)two hundred years ago , communication between the continents took a long time . all news was carried on ships that took weeks or even months to cross the oceans . in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries , it took six weeks

21、 for news from europe to reach the americas . this time difference influenced people ' s actions . for example , a few battles in the war of 1812 between england and the united states could have been avoided . a peace agreement had already been signed . peace was made in england , but the news o

22、f peace took six weeks to reach america . during these six weeks , the large and serious battle of new orleans was fought . many people lost their lives after a peace treaty had been signed . they would not have died if news had come in time . in the past , communication took much more time than it

23、does now . there was a good reason why the world seemed so much larger than it does today .這個交流的速度怎樣改變了世界？對許多人來說，世界變得越來越小。當(dāng)然，這 并不意味著世界實(shí)際上是較小的。這意味著世界似乎變小了。(2)二百年前，各洲間的交流時間很長。所有的新聞都是在幾周甚至幾個月的時間里進(jìn)行的，甚至是數(shù)周甚 至數(shù)月的時間穿越海洋。在第十七和第十八個世紀(jì)，它花了六個星期的時間從歐洲到 美洲的新聞。這一時期的差異影響了人們的行為。舉例來說，在英國和美國之間的戰(zhàn) 爭中，有幾場戰(zhàn)爭是可以避免的。已簽署了一項

24、和平協(xié)議。和平是在英國制造的，但 是和平的消息花了六個星期才能到達(dá)美國。在這六個星期里，新奧爾良的大而嚴(yán)重的 戰(zhàn)役戰(zhàn)斗了。和平條約簽署后，許多人失去了生命。如果消息及時到來，他們不會死 的。在過去，通信花的時間比現(xiàn)在的時間要大得多。有一個很好的理由，為什么世界 似乎比現(xiàn)在大得多。(1)do you ever feel like nobody likes you ? i feel that way sometimes , too . i think it ' s natural to want people to like you . i mean , who doesn' t

25、want friends ? but iwanting everyone to like me . and when they don' ,t it 'essy for me to feel bad about myself .(1)你有沒有覺得沒有人喜歡你？我有時也會有這樣的感覺。我想讓人們喜歡你 是很自然的。我是說，誰不想要朋友？但我努力奮斗著，希望每個人都喜歡我。當(dāng)他 們不，這很容易讓我覺得自己不好。i have this big group of friends , and in that group , there 'ose girl who hangs ou

26、t mostly with the guys . now i was raised with brothers , and i usually feel more comfortable hanging around with guys than with girls . and most of time , guys feel comfortable hanging out with me , too . so i was starting to feel kind of hurt that the guys were hanging out with this other girl and

27、 not with me .我有這個大的一群朋友，在那個群體里，有一個女孩，大部分和男人在一起?，F(xiàn) 在我和兄弟們一起長大，我通常都會覺得比女孩更舒服。大部分的時間，和我一起的 人感到舒服。所以我開始感到有點(diǎn)傷害，這些家伙和這個女孩在一起，而不是和我在one day , it really started to bother me . i crawled in my bed and just started crying . i was like ," what ' s wrong with me ? why doesnone want evbe around me ? am

28、ijust not sweet enough ? am i just not likable ? "i came up with all reasons why people wouldn ' t want to hang out with me . for instance , i have a strong personality , and i can be very intense . i am also very honest , and i ' ll say what ' s on my mind . that ' s not best t

29、hing . honesty is good , but sometimes i' d be better off keeping my mouthfigured if i changed my personality , people might like me better .有一天，它真的開始打擾我了。我爬在我的床上，只是開始哭泣。我就想，我怎么了？ ”為什么不是每個人都想在我身邊？我只是不夠甜嗎？我只是不討人喜歡嗎？我提出了所有的理由，為什么人們不愿意和我一起出去玩。例如，我有很強(qiáng)的個性， 我可以非常強(qiáng)烈。我也很誠實(shí)，我會說我的想法是什么。這并不總是最好的事情。誠 實(shí)是好的，但

30、有時我會更好地保持我的嘴關(guān)閉。我想如果我改變了我的性格，人們可 能會更喜歡我。the day after my crying session , i decided i would try to be sweet and quiet , to be the girl everyone would love . but that just wasn' t me . and i thought this is dumb . it finalcame to me that this whole thing wasn' t about me . people want to be wi

31、th who theyto be with . those guy friends of mine weren ' t choosing to not be around me . (2) they didn ' t hate me . they were just hanging out with another person . that'在我哭泣的那一天之后，我決定試著做一次甜美的安靜，做每個人都喜歡的女孩。但那只是不是我。我認(rèn)為這是愚蠢的。它終于來到我，這整個事情不是關(guān)于我。人們 希望與他們想成為的人。我的那些人的朋友沒有選擇不在我身邊。(2)他們不恨我。他們只

32、是和另一個人在一起。這就是生活的方式。i guess what i ' vearned is that not everyone is going to love me . not everyone is going to want to be around me all the time . it doesn' t mean there ' s anyme . and it doesn ' m ean there 'anything wrong with them . people are just different . sure , there a

33、re things about me that i need to work on . but i don' have to try to be everyone ' s best friend . i only need to be the person god made me to be .我想我學(xué)到的是，不是每個人都會愛我。不是每個人都會想要在我身邊的所有時 間。這并不意味著我有什么錯誤。這并不意味著他們有什么錯誤。人們只是不同。當(dāng) 然，我需要在我的工作上做一些事情。但我不必試圖成為每個人的最好的朋友。我只 需要是上帝讓我成為的人。more and more cars a

34、ppear on the roads of the capital that their speed drops increasingly . even on ring roads no.4 and no.5 that are far from the metropolis center car-speed is still limited . (1) experienced drivers all know a famous road rule ; better slow moving than standing still . so long as the car is on the mo

35、ve , even as slowly as a turtle crawling , it is still possible to estimate the time of arriving at its destination . on the contrary , if it is blocked or stands still , even though there may be a chance to run as fast as flying like a bird , it is still unpredictable when it reaches its destinatio

36、n .越來越多的汽車出現(xiàn)在首都的道路上，他們的速度越來越快。即使在五環(huán)路4號、 5號，遠(yuǎn)離都市中心的車速度仍然是有限的。(1)有經(jīng)驗(yàn)的司機(jī)都知道一條著名的道路 規(guī)則；而更慢的移動比站立的更慢。只要汽車在動，甚至在海龜?shù)呐佬羞^程中，它仍 然可以估計到達(dá)目的地的時間。相反，如果它被阻止或靜止，即使有可能是一個機(jī)會 跑得像一只鳥一樣快，它仍然是不可預(yù)測的，當(dāng)它到達(dá)目的地。this gives me an association of our economic development . it' s quite r(understandable that underdeveloped area

37、s or trades want to develop their economy or enterprises more rapidly . (2) but economic development has to follow its own rules , just like harvesting crops in the fields or gathering fruit on the trees . there must be flowers blooming in the spring before trees yield fruit in the autumn . you'

38、 ll havseason of flowers opening and fading and the days of fruit ripening . you cannot depend on your wishful thinking or take things for granted .這給了我一個經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展協(xié)會。經(jīng)濟(jì)欠發(fā)達(dá)地區(qū)或行業(yè)更迅速發(fā)展經(jīng)濟(jì)或企業(yè)，這 是相當(dāng)合理的和可以理解的。(2)經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展必須遵循它自己的規(guī)律，就像在田里收割 莊稼或在樹上收獲果實(shí)一樣。春天樹木在秋天結(jié)果子時，必須有盛開的花朵。你要等 待花開的季節(jié)，凋謝的日子，成熟的日子。你不能依靠你的一廂情愿或把事情視為理 所

39、當(dāng)然。in the past there was a good-natured man whose wish was to become rich rapidly by increasing productivity . instead of planting rice twice a year he changed into three . thus he was kept busy in the fields more than ever but the harvesting was not as good as he hoped . why ? as a mathematical say

40、ing goes ,“ 3 multiplied by 3 is 9 ,but 2 multipis 10 .”在過去，有一個善良的人的愿望是通過提高生產(chǎn)率來致富快。他改成了三年，而 不是一年兩次種植水稻。因此，他在田野里一直忙著，但收獲卻不如他希望的那么好。 為什么？俗話說：“臻以3是9, 2乘以5是10?！眃r. sun yatsen said long ago ,for allrenterprises is :" the faster they yieldthe smaller the profit is ; the slower the profit comes , the

41、greater it is .中山先生早就說過，二個企業(yè)的規(guī)則是：更快的產(chǎn)生利潤，利潤越??；速度較慢的利潤來源，更是這樣。”as a matter of fact , the rate of gdp increase in the u.s. for the recent 200 years is about 2% per year minus the population factor . this seems like a small-step progress . but even this small-step progress , as it keeps going all the w

42、ay , it succeedsin producing a superpower . isn 'itt a good example to illustrate the saying “better slow moving than standing still ?”事實(shí)上，美國國內(nèi)生產(chǎn)總值的增長率在最近的200年是2%左右，每年的人口比例是負(fù)的。這似乎是一個小小的進(jìn)步。但即使是這個小小的進(jìn)步，因?yàn)樗粩嗲斑M(jìn)，它成 功地在制造一個超級大國。這是不是一個很好的例子來說明說更好的慢動比靜止？”(1)hand washing is the single most effective thi

43、ng to do to reduce the spread of infections diseases. failing to sufficiently wash hands contributes to nearly 50 per cent of all food borne illness outbreaks , according to the u.s. centers for disease control and prevention .(1)洗手是減少傳染病傳播的唯一最有效的方法。美國疾病控制和預(yù)防中心稱， 未能充分洗手有助于近50的食物傳染病的暴發(fā)。experts say it

44、 takes 15 to 20 seconds of vigorous hand washing with soap and water to effectively kill the germs which cause infections . yet the study found that people washed their hands for , on average , only about six seconds . a third of people do not use soap when washing their hands and 10 per cent do not

45、 wash their hands at all .專家們說，用肥皂和水進(jìn)行有力的洗手可以有效地殺死引起感染的細(xì)菌，這需要15到20秒的時間。然而，研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，人們的手洗，平均，只有約六秒。三分之一的人不 使用肥皂洗手時，10個百分之不洗他們的手。professor borchgrevink ' s team obserdewashing in toilets in bars , restaurants and other public establishments .教授的團(tuán)隊觀察到在廁所博克格雷溫克海底手在酒吧洗衣，飯店和其他公共場所。among the findings were

46、that 15 per cent of men didn ' wtash their hands at all , compared with 7 per cent of women and when they did wash their hands , only 50 per cent of men used soap , compared with 78 per cent of women . people were less likely to wash their hands if the sink was dirty and hand washing was more pr

47、evalent earlier in the day .調(diào)查結(jié)果中，15的男性沒有洗手，與7的女性相比，當(dāng)他們洗手時，只有50的男 性使用肥皂，而女性的比例為78。在一天中，人們不太可能洗手，洗手是比較普遍的一天。professor borchgrevink , who worked as a chef and restaurant manager before becoming a researcher , said the findings have implications for both consumers and those who operate restaurant and h

48、otels .教授博克格雷溫克海底，誰擔(dān)任廚師和餐廳經(jīng)理在成為一名研究員，說調(diào)查結(jié)果 對消費(fèi)者和那些經(jīng)營餐廳和酒店的影響。he said :" (2)imagine you ' re a business owner and people come to your establishmand get a food borne illness because they didn ' wash their handsand then your reputation is on the line . you could lose your business .”他說：72)

49、想象你是一個企業(yè)主，人們來到你的建立和得到一個食物傳染病， 因?yàn)樗麄儾幌此麄兊氖?，然后你的聲譽(yù)是在行。你可能會失去你的生意。”my husband and i got married in 1981 and for the first ten years of our marriage i was very happy to stay home and raise our three children . then four years ago , our youngest child went to school and i thought i might go back to work .

50、我丈夫和我在1981結(jié)婚，并在我們的婚姻的前十年，我非常高興地呆在家里，提 高我們的三個孩子。四年前，我們最小的孩子去上學(xué)了，我想我可以回去工作了。(1) my husband was very supportive and helped me to make my decision. he emphasized all of the things i can do around the house , and said he thought i could be a great success in business .(1)我丈夫非常支持，并幫助我做出決定。他強(qiáng)調(diào)我可以在家里做的所有事情，

51、 他說，他認(rèn)為我可以是一個偉大的商業(yè)成功。after several weeks of looking for a job , i found my present job , which is working for a small public relations firm . at first , my husband was very proud of me and would tell his friends ,“ my clever little wife can run that company she' s working for .在幾周的工作之后，我找到了我現(xiàn)在的工

52、作，這是一個小型的公關(guān)公司工作。一 開始，我丈夫?yàn)槲腋械椒浅ｒ湴?，并會告訴他的朋友，我的聰明的小妻子可以經(jīng)營這家公司的工作。“(2) but as his joking statement approached truth , my husband stopped talking to me about mu job . i have received several promotions and pay increases , and i more money than he is . i can buy my own clothes and a new car . because of o

53、ur joint incomes , my husband and i can do many things we had always dreamed of doing , but we don' t do these things because he is very unhappy .(2)但當(dāng)他開玩笑的陳述接近真相時，我丈夫不再跟我談?wù)撽P(guān)于穆的工作。我已 經(jīng)收到了一些晉升和加薪，我現(xiàn)在賺的錢比他多。我可以買我自己的衣服和一輛新車。 因?yàn)槲覀兊墓餐杖?，我丈夫和我可以做很多事情，我們一直夢想著做，但我們不?這些事情，因?yàn)樗欠浅２桓吲d。we fight about little

54、 things and my husband is very critical of me in front of our friends . for the first time in our marriage , i think it is possible that our marriage may come to an end .我們和我的丈夫在我們的朋友面前對小事情和我的丈夫是非常關(guān)鍵的。第一次在 我們的婚姻，我認(rèn)為這是可能的，我們的婚姻可能會結(jié)束。i love my husband very much , and i don' t want him to feel inae

55、soroveumiyjob . i think i can be a good wife and a working woman , but i don' t knowgive me some advice ? w川 i have to choose one or the other or can i keep both my husband and my new career ?我非常愛我的丈夫，我不想讓他自卑，但我也喜歡我的工作。我想我可以做一個 好妻子和一個女人，但我不知道。誰能給我一些建議？我必須選擇一個或另一個，我 可以保持我的丈夫和我的新事業(yè)嗎？doreen sykora

56、is now a junior at mcgill university . she had a difficult time when she began college . she said ,“ i was always well prepared for my examinations . but i wointo class to take the exam , and i would fall apart . i could not answer the questions correctly - even though i knew the answers ! i would j

57、ust blank out because of nervousness and fear . hitoshi sakamoto , an anthropology student at temple university in tokyo reports similar experiences .多琳也現(xiàn)在是麥克吉爾大學(xué)大三的學(xué)生。她剛上大學(xué)的時候就很難了。她說，我總是為我的考試做好準(zhǔn)備。但我會去參加考試，我會崩潰。我不能正確地回答問題， 即使我知道答案！我只是因?yàn)榫o張和恐懼的空出。”仁坂，在東京天普大學(xué)的人類學(xué)學(xué)生報告類似的經(jīng)歷。(1) these two young students w

58、ere experiencing something called test anxiety . when a student worries and is stressed about a test , his or her mind does not work as well as it usually does . the student cannot write or think clearly because of the severe tension and nervousness .(1)這2名年輕學(xué)生正在經(jīng)歷一種叫做考試焦慮的事情。當(dāng)一個學(xué)生擔(dān)心，并強(qiáng) 調(diào)了一個測試，他或她的心

59、不工作，以及它通常是。由于緊張和緊張，學(xué)生不能寫或 想清楚。now there are special university courses to help students . in these courses , advisors and psychologists try to help students by teaching them to manage test anxiety . such a course helps students learn to live with stress and not fail because of it . first , students take a practice test to measure their worry level . if the tests show that their stress level is high , the students can take a short course to man