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Unit 1 section11. A college education can be very costly in the United States.2. Rising costs have led more and more families to borrow money to help pay for college.3. There are different federal loans and private loans for students.4. Interest rates on some of these loans will go up on July 1st.5. There are growing concerns that many students graduate with too much debt.1.在美国，大学教育的费用会很贵。

2.费用的上涨使越来越多的美国家庭通过借钱来支付上大学的费用。

3.有各种各样的联邦贷款和私人贷款可供学生挑选。

4. 在这些贷款品种中，有些品种的利率将从7月1日起上调。

5. 人们越来越担心，很多学生将背着沉重的债务从大学毕业。

Listening and translation: (U2)1.Some people fear they do not get enough vitamins from the foodsthey eat.一些人担心他们并未从所吃的食物中获取足够的维生素。

2.So they take products with large amounts of vitamins.因为他们服用大剂量维生素制剂。

于是/因此他们服用大量的维生素产品。

3.They think these vitamin supplements will improve their healthand protect against disease.他们认为这些维生素制剂能够增进健康、预防疾病。

他们认为这些维生素补充剂能够增强健康，预防疾病。

4.Medical experts found little evidence that most supplements doanything to protect or improve health.医学专家没有发现多少能证明这些制剂中的绝大多数能保障或增进健康的证据。

医学专家没有发现什么证据能证明大多数补充剂能保护或改善健康。

5.But they noted that some do help to prevent disease.但是他们注意到其中一些确实有助于预防疾病。

Unit 3Section one Tactics for listening1. Girls score higher than boys in almost every country.2. Differences between males and females are a continuing issue of fierce debate.3. Cultural and economic influences play an important part.4. But recent findings suggest that the answer may lie in differences between the male and female brain.5. These include differences in learning rates.Translation1. 几乎在所有的国家里，女孩子都比男孩子得分高。

2. 男女差异一直是激烈争论的焦点。

3. 文化和经济的影响起着重要作用。

4. 但是最新的发现提示，答案也许在于男女大脑的差异。

5. 这些包括学习速度上的差异。

Unit41.Clara Barton made a big difference in many lives.克拉拉.巴顿极大地改变了许多人的生活。

/ 影响了很多人的生活。

make a difference 有影响，起（重要）作用；使得结果不同2.She went to the fields of battle to nurse the wounded.她前往战场护理（照顾）伤员。

3.She wrote letters in support of an American Red Crossorganization.她写信支持建立（一个）美国红十字会组织。

4.The United States Congress signed the World’s Treaty of theInternational Red Cross.美国国会签署了国际红十字（世界）公约。

5.Today her work continues to be important to thousands of peoplein trouble.今天，她的工作对于成千上万遭遇困难的人来说仍然很重要。

Unit 51.Stocks, bonds, land---people invest in different things and fordifferent reasons.股票、债券、土地---人们由于不同原因进行不同的投资。

2.But all investors share the same goal.但是所有的投资者都有一个共同的目标。

3.They want to get more money out of their investment than theyput into it.他们希望通过投资获得比所投入的资金更多的货币回报。

4.The money they invest today provides capital for future growth inthe economy.他们今天的投资为将来经济的发展提供了资金。

5.Investors have to decide how much risk they are willing to takeand for how long.投资者必须决定自己愿意在多长的时间范围内承受多大的风险。

Unit 61.Blogs are being used more and more by teachers.老师们对于博客的使用越来越多。

越来越多的老师在使用博客。

2.Many Internet services now offer free and easy ways to createpersonal Web pages.现在很多因特网服务商都提供免费、便捷的制作个人网页的方式。

cators did not become involved with blogging right away.教育工作者并不是从一开始就涉足博客的。

/就使用博客的。

4.Many were concerned with privacy issues and security.很多人担心隐私和安全问题。

5.But now, thousands of teacher blogs can be found on the Internet.但是现在在因特网上可以找到成千上万个教师博客[网页]。

Unit 71.Each year, more than two million weddings take place in theUnited States.每年在美国有两百多万对新人结婚。

/有两百多万场婚礼。

2.More than 80,000 million dollars is spent on those weddings.这些婚庆（婚礼）要花去八百多亿美元。

3.And that does not include honeymoon travel for the newlyweds.这还不包括新人的蜜月旅行。

4.An old tradition says brides should wear something old, somethingnew, something borrowed and something blue.根据一项古老的传统，新娘在结婚那天必须穿戴一样旧的东西，一样新的东西，一样借来的东西和一样蓝色的东西。

（注意速记：sth.）5.These four things are supposed to bring good luck.据说这四样东西可以带来好运。

Unit 81.The oldest of America’s baby boomers are 60 years old this year.年龄最大的一批在美国二战后生育高峰出生的人今年将满六十岁。

2.The United States and many other industrialized countries have a growing retireepopulation and are expecting that growth to continue.美国和许多工业化国家的退休人口都在增长，而这种增长预计还将持续.3.By the time this generation reaches the traditional retirement age of 65, they willrepresent 20 percent of the US population.当这一代人到达传统退休年龄——65岁时，他们的人数将占美国人口的百分之二十。

4.Baby boomers have a higher rate of home ownership than the national averageand one out of four own more than one property.战后生育高峰年代出生的人拥有住房的比例高于全国平均水平，其中四分之一的人拥有一处以上的房产。

5.Many boomers feel they are in good health and believe they will live longer andbe happier if they continue to be active.很多战后生育高峰年代出生的人觉得自己现在还很健康，并且相信如果继续保持积极的心态，他们将更加长寿，生活得更愉快。

Unit 91.Supermarkets are big stores that provide a wide choice of foods and other products. 超市是那些能够提供大量可供选择的食品和其他商品的大型商场。