第四学期英语翻译

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大学英语4 课文原文及翻译中英对照

Unit 1享受幽默——是什么使人开怀？[1]The joy of laughing at a funny story is universal, probably as old as language itself. But, what is it that makes a story or a joke funny?1 听了一个有趣的故事会发笑、很开心，古今中外都一样。

这一现象或许同语言本身一样悠久。

那么，到底是什么东西会使一个故事或笑话让人感到滑稽可笑的呢？[2] As one who has enjoyed humor since I first recognized it, I've made an attempt to explain and discuss humor with students in such diverse cultures as Latin America and China. I've done some serious thinking about funny stories. It has been a labor of love!2 我是第一次辨识出幽默便喜欢上它的人，因此我曾试图跟学生议论和探讨幽默。

这些学生文化差异很大，有来自拉丁美洲的，也有来自中国的。

我还认真地思考过一些滑稽有趣的故事。

这么做完全是出于自己的喜好。

[3]Why is it that several students in a class will fall out of their chairs laughing after I tella joke while the rest of the students look as if I've just read the weather report?[N]Obviously some people are more sensitive to humor than others. And, we recognize that some people tell jokes very well while others struggle to say something funny. We've all heard people say, "I like jokes, but I can't tell one well, and I can never remember them." Some people have a better sense of humor than others just as some people have more musical talent, mathematical talent, etc. than others. A truly funny person has a joke for every occasion, and when one is told, that triggers an entire string of jokes from that person's memory bank. A humorless person is not likely to be the most popular person in a group.It is reasonable to say that the truly humorous individual is not only well liked, but is often the focus of attention in any gathering.3 为什么听我讲完一个笑话后，班上有些学生会笑得前仰后合，而其他学生看上去就像刚听我读了天气预报一样呢？显然，有些人对幽默比别人更敏感。

英国大学的学期是如何划分的？

英国大学的学期是如何划分的？关于英国留学入学时间，大家普遍了解的情况是秋季入学，第二年夏天结束一学年的学习。

普遍说来，英国大学的入学时间跟国内相同，都是秋季（9或10月份）入学，到第二年夏天（6或7月份）为一学年，每学年分为三学期，称之为：第一学期autumn term 9月底-12月初，之后是圣诞假期；第二学期Spring term 1月初-3月中下旬，之后为复活节假期；第三个学期summer term 4月中旬-6月中旬下旬，之后为暑假。

一般每个学期10周，这个时间安排称之为Academic Calendar。

这里说一下题外话，关于学期安排大部分大学几乎相差不大，当然也有一些例外的情况，比如：1 对每个学期的名称称呼有不同，比例，剑桥大学的三个学期称之为Michaelmas, Lent, Easter ，牛津大学称之为Michaelmas, Hilary, Trinity；2 并不是每个学期都正好是10周，很多大学第一和第二学期的时间稍长，第三个学期时间较短，而且最后一个学期后面的时间主要是考试，基本考试结束就相当于该学期结束；3 同一个大学每年有时会由于每年节假日的不同而进行调整，所以学期分配每年会有调整；4 部分大学在第二学期中间有一个”reading week”，没有课堂教学，相当于放假一周；5 部分苏格兰大学只开设两个学期，如圣安德鲁University of St Andrews: Martinmas, Candlemas，第一个学期为秋季开学到圣诞节，第二个学期为1月份到5月底，期间3月中下旬有两周的春假。

但是，优越教育的资深顾问婷婷老师表示，尽管英国大多数的课程都开始于秋季，但是依然有不少大学提供春季开学的课程（英国本科与硕士预科，大一文凭课程，以及少部分的本科与硕士课程都提供春季入学）。

而适合申请英国春季入学的主要有以下几类学生：1 由于之前有其他打算错过了秋季入学申请机会，临时需要申请英国留学的，比如参加高考、考研失败的同学或者本科毕业后找工作不理想的同学；2 秋季申请由于竞争太激烈而导致申请失败的同学；3 准备语言考试太晚，没来得及申请秋季入学的同学；4 之前由于重修或者补考，没有达到秋季入学通知书要求的条件的同学。

外研版小学英语第四册课文翻译

。沈阳北京银川杭州广州三亚现在是天气预报。广州将会天气炎热！看和说：他们将要做什么？星期一他们将要去游泳??
三亚是中国的一个著名城市。它在南部。哥伦比亚特区华盛顿是美国的首都。它在东部。旧金山是美国的一个著名城市。它在西部。 3 在中国，人们说汉语。北京是中国的首都。模块 8 变化第一单元我两岁。1 玲玲，他们是谁？他们是我的祖父母。他们那时很年轻。 1 2312 爸爸做 3 我们走我们跳然后我 4 上周末你打乒第一单 1“大明"然后一个西瓜“然后萨 3. “萨姆第 2/6 页是的，现在他们老了。那个小女孩是谁？那是我！我那时两岁。但是你的头发那么短。是的，现在我的头发很长。啊。你（以前）那么可爱。是啊，但她（以前）也很淘气。3 她（以
了？”然后萨姆从自行车上跌下来了！”“西瓜撞了我的头!”“哈哈哈。”“萨姆和大明去骑自行车了。”“然后呢？”“然后他们??” 第 5/6 页二单元萨姆吃了许多巧克力饼干。萨姆昨天吃了许多巧克力饼干，因此今天他胃疼。大明昨天吃了两个瓜，因此今天他胃疼。埃米昨天感冒了，今天她头疼。玲玲昨天头疼，天她发烧了。你感冒了。你也感冒了。小汤米得了重感冒。他的鼻子红了。他感觉冷，冷，冷。小玲玲发烧，很热。她的脸上全是汗。她感觉热，热，热。小本头疼，他捂着，疼，疼，疼。你渴了，你饿了，你感冒了。她渴了，她饿了，她感冒了。习模块他害羞。它是 5 号。南宁西藏广西安徽合肥拉萨银川宁夏西在哪里？它在南部。广西的省会是哪个城市？南宁是广西的省会
第4册模块 1 朋友第一单元她是一位好老师 1 你好。这些是我的朋友。这是毛毛。她非常好。但她有一点儿害羞。这是斯玛特女士。她是一位好老师。这是小勇。他是一个聪明的学生。这是鹦鹉。鹦鹉是一只非常淘气的鸟！哈，哈，哈！ 2 这是小勇。他很聪明。第二单元他很酷 1 这是我的母亲。她非常好。这是我的哥哥。他很酷。

大学英语综合教程第四册课后翻译及答案

因为约翰不看好欧洲经济，所以把资产转移到欧洲以外的其他地方。
1.) Due to his pessimistic outlook on the European economy, John has moved his assets from Europe to elsewhere.
我喜欢雇佣年经人。他们愿意学习，而且忠于职守。
2) I like hiring young people. They are earnest learners and committed to work.
玛丽和她那些以自己孩子为中心的女友们不同，更在意个人成长。
3) Unlike her girl friends who center their lives on their children, Mary cares more about her personal growth.
我的直觉是亨利会设法参加这次探险，因此他有一点冒险家的气质。
1）. I have an instinct that Henry will seek to join the expedition, because he is something of an adventurer.
即使置身于一个嘈杂的环境中，他也能坚持做手头的工作。
多尔蒂先生和他的家人目前正在农场忙于秋收。
1) Mr. Doherty and his family are currently engaged in getting the autumn harvest in on the farm.
我们不能低估敌人，他们装备了最先进的武器。
2) We must not underestimate the enemy.They are equipped with the most sophisticated weapons.

新标准大学英语综合教程4课后翻译U1--U8

第四册Unit 1If you ask me, real life is not all it's cracked up to be. Twelve years at school and three years at university, teachers banging on about opportunities in the big wide world beyond our sheltered life as students, and what do I find?Try as I might to stay cheerful, all I ever get is hassle, sometimes with people (especially boys, god, when will they grow up?), but mostly with money. It's just so expensive out here! Everyone wants a slice off you. The Inland Revenue wants to deduct income tax, the bank manager wants repayments on my student loan, the landlord wants the rent, gas, water, electricity and my mobile bills keep coming in, and all that's before I've had anything to eat. And then some bright spark calls me out of the blue, asking if I'm interested in buying a pension. At this rate, I won't even last till the end of the year, let alone till I'm 60.依我看，现实生活与人们想象的不一样。

英国大学学期划分时间详细介绍

英国大学学期划分时间详细介绍
在大英帝国，一般大学和学院里，一年有三个学期〔term〕。

通常分为：
秋季学期〔autumn term〕
一般是9月到12月，是一个学年的的第一学期
春季学期〔spring term〕
一般是1月到3月，详细点说是一月初到复活节〔通常在四月的某个周末〕，是第二个学期
夏季学期〔summer term〕
一般是4月到6月，详细点说是复活节完毕到七月中，是一个学年的最后一学期。

对于详细学校，会有不同的规定。

比方：
牛津大学
三个学期分别叫做“Michaelmas”、“Hilary”、“Trinity”，每个学期为时八周。

三个学期的日期依序是：10月9日至12月3日，1月15日至3月10日，4月22日至6月16日。

剑桥大学
三个学期被称为“Michaelmas”、“Lent”、“Easter”，每学期也是八周时间。

剑桥的三个学期的日期分别是：10月4日至12月2日，1月17日至3月16日，4月24日至6月15日。

人教版英语高中选修四课文翻译

人教版英语高中选修四课文翻译拉甩·贝尔蒙将在一家制造机器人的公司工作。

最近，它开始试验家用机器人。

克莱尔要测试一下。

克莱尔不想把机器人放在家里，尤其是她的丈夫要出差三个星期，但拉里说服她，机器人不会伤害她，也不会让她受到伤害。

这将是一个奖金。

然而，当她第一次看到机器人时，她感到惊慌失措。

他叫托尼。

他看起来更像一个人而不是一台机器。

他高大英俊，头发光滑，声音低沉，尽管他的面部表情从未改变。

第二天早上，托尼给她送来早餐，然后问她是否需要帮忙穿衣。

她觉得很尴尬，赶紧叫他走。

现在她被一个看起来像人类的机器人照顾着，这让人很不安。

有一天，克莱尔说她认为自己不聪明。

托尼说她说这话一定很不高兴。

克莱尔认为机器人给她同情是可笑的，但她逐渐钦佩他的智慧和正直，开始信任他。

他总是对她很有尊严。

她告诉拉里，她对自己的家不够优雅感到非常不满，拉里想用更高的薪水来提高自己的社会地位。

她不像格拉油斯·巿拉芬，她是世界上最富有、最有权势的女人之一。

作为帮助，托尼答应帮助克莱尔使自己更漂亮，使她的家更优雅。

所以克莱尔借了一些图书馆的书给他看，或者更确切地说，扫描。

她惊奇地看着他的手指翻着每一页。

多么荒谬，她想。

他只是一台机器。

托尼给克莱尔换了一个新发型，改善了她的妆容。

由于不允许他陪她去商店，他写了一张他在房子里工作所需物品的清单。

克莱尔去市区买了这些东西。

她约好涂指甲，然后走进一家昂贵的服装店。

那里的女售货员对她很粗鲁，所以她打电话给托尼，告诉他她受到了不好的待遇。

他和那个女人说话，她立刻改变了态度。

克莱尔感谢托尼，告诉他他是个“亲爱的”。

她转过身来，格拉迪斯·克拉芬站在那里。

克莱尔想，被她发现是多么可怕。

从她脸上的表情来看，克莱尔知道格拉迪斯以为他们在谈恋爱。

毕竟，她知道克莱尔的丈夫叫拉里，不是托尼。

虽然完全是无辜的，克莱尔还是感到内疚。

【精选】大学英语第四册课文翻译(含Section A与 Section B,目前最完整的翻译)

新视野大学英语读写教程第四册课文翻译（含Section A与Section B，目前最完整的翻译）第四册unit1 sectionA艺术家追求成名，如同狗自逐其尾，一旦追到手，除了继续追逐不知还能做些什么。

成功之残酷正在于它常常让那些追逐成功者自寻毁灭。

对一名正努力追求成功并刚刚崭露头角的艺术家，其亲朋常常会建议“正经的饭碗不能丢！”他们的担心不无道理。

追求出人头地，最乐观地说也困难重重，许多人到最后即使不是穷困潦倒，也是几近精神崩溃。

尽管如此，希望赢得追星族追捧和同行赞扬之类的不太纯洁的动机却在激励着他们向前。

享受成功的无上光荣，这种诱惑不是能轻易抵挡的。

成名者之所以成名，大多是因为发挥了自己在歌唱、舞蹈、绘画或写作等方面的特长，并能形成自己的风格。

为了能迅速走红，代理人会极力吹捧他们这种风格。

他们青云直上的过程让人看不清楚。

他们究竟是怎么成功的，大多数人也都说不上来。

尽管如此，艺术家仍然不能闲下来。

若表演者、画家或作家感到无聊，他们的作品就难以继续保持以前的吸引力，也就难以保持公众的注意力。

公众的热情消磨以后，就会去追捧下一个走红的人。

有些艺术家为了不落伍，会对他们的写作、跳舞或唱歌的风格稍加变动，但这将冒极大的失宠的危险。

公众对于他们藉以成名的艺术风格以外的任何形式都将不屑一顾。

知名作家的文风一眼就能看出来，如田纳西?威廉斯的戏剧、欧内斯特?海明威的情节安排、罗伯特?弗罗斯特或T.S.艾略特的诗歌等。

同样，像莫奈、雷诺阿、达利这样的画家，希区柯克、费里尼、斯皮尔伯格、陈凯歌或张艺谋这样的电影制作人也是如此。

他们鲜明独特的艺术风格标志着与别人不同的艺术形式上的重大变革，这让他们名利双收，但也让他们付出了代价，那就是失去了用其他风格或形式表现自我的自由。

名气这盏聚光灯可比热带丛林还要炙热。

骗局很快会被揭穿，过多的关注带来的压力会让大多数人难以承受。

它让你失去自我。

你必须是公众认可的那个你，而不是真实的你或是可能的你。

Unit-7-College-Life新编大学英语第二版第四册课文翻译

Unit 7 College LifeThe Commencement Speech You'll Never HearWe the faculty take no pride in our educational achievement with you. We have prepared you for a world that does not exist, indeed, that cannot exist. You have spent four years supposing that failure leaves no record. You have learned at Brown that when your work goes poorly, the painless solution is to drop out. But starting now, in the world to which you go, failure marks you. Confronting difficulty by quitting leaves you changed. Outside Brown, quitters are no heroes.With us you could argue about why your errors were not errors, why mediocre work really was excellent, why you could take pride in routine and slipshod presentation. Most of you, after all, can look back on honor grades for most of what you have done. So, here grades can have meant little in distinguishing the excellent from the ordinary. But tomorrow, in the world to which you go, you had better not defend errors but learn from them. You will be ill-advised to demand praise for what does not deserve it, and abuse those who do not give it.For years we created an altogether forgiving world, in which whatever slight effort you gave was all that was demanded. When you did not keep appointments, we made new ones. When your work came in beyond the deadline, we pretended not to care.Worse still, when you were boring, we acted as if you were saying something important. When you were garrulous and talked to hear yourselves talk, we listened as if it mattered. When you tossed on our desks writing upon which you had not labored, we read it and even responded, as though you earned a response. When you were dull, we pretended you were smart. When you were predictable, unimaginative and routine, we listened as if to new and wonderful things. When you demanded free lunch, we served it. And all this why?Despite your fantasies, it was not even that we wanted to be liked by you. It was that we did not want to be bothered, and the easy way out was pretense: smiles and easy Bs.It is conventional to quote in addresses such as these. Let me quote someone you've never heard of: Professor Carter A. Daniel, Rutgers University:"College has spoiled you by reading papers that don't deserve to be read, listening to comments that don't deserve a hearing, paying attention even to the lazy, ill-informed and rude. We had to do it, for the sake of education. But nobody will ever do it again. College has deprived you of adequate preparation for the last 50 years. It has failed youby being easy, free, forgiving, attentive, comfortable, interesting, unchallenging fun. Good luck tomorrow.That is why, on this commencement day, we have nothing in which to take much pride.Oh, yes, there is one more thing. Try not to act toward your co-workers and bosses as you have acted toward us. I mean, when they give you what you want but have not earned, don't abuse them, insult them, act out with them your parlous relationships with your parents. This too we have tolerated. It was, as I said, not to be liked. Few professors actually care whether or not they are liked by peer-paralyzed adolescents, fools so shallow as to imagine professors care not about education but about popularity. It was, again, to be rid of you. So go, unlearn the lies we taught you. To life!你将永远不会听到的毕业演讲1 我们这些教师对于在你们身上取得的教育成就一点都不感到自豪。

学期用英语怎么说

学期用英语怎么说学期指的是一学年中上课时间的一个单位。

不同的国家有不同的学期制，目前较常见的学期制有两学期制、三学期制和四学期制。

学年之春季部分或秋季部分。

那么你知道学期用英语怎么说吗?下面来学习一下吧。

学期的英语说法1：term学期的英语说法2：semester学期的英语说法3：school term学期的相关短语：新学期 the new term ; New semester ; a new term ; Back to School半学期 semester上学期 The First Term ;学期考试 final ; semester examination整个学期Throughout the semester ; The entire semester ; Semester三学期 Trimester新的学期 new semester ; The new term学期讲演 term paper学期的英语例句：1. Next term we'll be looking at the Second World War period.下学期咱们会研究二战时期。

2. You will need to complete three written assignments per semester.你每学期要完成三个书面作业。

3. I'm going to get down to studying English this term.这学期我要认真学英语了.4. A student will probably attend four or five courses during each semester.每个学生一学期可能要修四五门课程.5. We will discuss what to teach during the next term.我们将讨论下学期要教什么.6. We will study the epistles of some famous writers next term.下学期我们将学习几位名作家的书信.7. I'm going to take a course in applied mathematics this semester.我这学期打算学习应用数学课程.8. Soon school will end and the vacation will be at hand.学期快结束了,假期即将到来.9. He received a falling grade on the term paper.他的学期论文得了个不及格分数.10. Professor Zhu will give lectures to the postgraduates [ graduate students ] this term.朱教授这学期给研究生开课.11. He has had all - round success in his study this term.他这学期的学习成绩夺得了满堂红.12. This is a prescribed course which spreads over two semesters.这是门两个学期学完的必修课.13. School reopens in September.新学期九月开始.14. We spend the final term writing our dissertations.我们用最后一个学期的时间写论文.15. When will the next term begin?下学期什么时候开学?。

新视野大学英语第三版第四册课文翻译

新视野大学英语第三版第四册课文翻译unit 1 TextALove and logic: The story of a fallacy爱情与逻辑：谬误的故事1 I had my first date with Polly after I made the trade with my roommate Rob. That year every guy on campus had a leather jacket, and Rob couldn'tstand the idea of being the only football player who didn't, so he made a pact that he'd give me his girl in exchange for my jacket. He wasn't the brightest guy. Polly wasn't too shrewd, either.在我和室友罗伯的交易成功之后，我和波莉有了第一次约会。

那一年校园里每个人都有件皮夹克，而罗伯是校足球队员中唯一一个没有皮夹克的，他一想到这个就受不了，于是他和我达成了一项协议，用他的女友换取我的夹克。

他可不那么聪明，而他的女友波莉也不太精明。

2 But she was pretty, well-off, didn't dye her hair strange colors or wear too much makeup. She had the right background to be the girlfriend of a dogged, brilliant lawyer. If I could show the elite law firms I applied to that I hada radiant, well-spoken counterpart by my side, I just might edge past the competition.但她漂亮而且富有，也没有把头发染成奇怪的颜色或是化很浓的妆。

上海外语教育出版社全新版大学英语第四册综合教程课文翻译

Appendix ⅡChinese Translations of Texts B (Units 1-8)参考译文第一单元与自然力量抗争课文A人道是骄兵必败。

就拿拿破仑和希特勒两人来说吧，他们所向披靡，便以为自己战无不胜，不可阻挡。

但俄罗斯的冰雪卫士证明他们错了。

冰雪卫士奈拉•B•斯密斯1812年，法国皇帝拿破仑•波拿巴率大军入侵俄罗斯。

他准备好俄罗斯人民会为保卫祖国而奋勇抵抗。

他准备好在俄罗斯广袤的国土上要经过长途跋涉才能进军首都莫斯科。

但他没有料到在莫斯科他会遭遇劲敌——俄罗斯阴冷凄苦的寒冬。

1941年，纳粹德国元首阿道夫•希特勒进攻当时被称作苏联的俄罗斯。

希特勒的军事实力堪称无敌。

他的战争机器扫除了欧洲绝大部分地区的抵抗。

希特勒希望速战速决，但是，就像在他之前的拿破仑一样，他得到的是痛苦的教训。

仍是俄罗斯的冬天助了苏维埃士兵一臂之力。

拿破仑发起的战役1812年春，拿破仑在俄国边境屯兵60万。

这些士兵受过良好训练，作战力强，装备精良。

这支军队被称为大军。

拿破仑对马到成功充满自信，预言要在5个星期内攻下俄国。

不久，拿破仑的大军渡过涅曼河进入俄国。

拿破仑期盼着的速决速胜迟迟没有发生。

令他吃惊的是，俄国人并不奋起抵抗。

相反，他们一路东撤，沿途焚毁庄稼和民居。

大军紧追不舍，但它的长驱直入很快由于粮草运输缓慢而停顿下来。

到了8月，法俄两军在斯摩棱斯克交战，这一战役中，双方各有上万人阵亡。

可是，俄国人仍能在自己的国土上继续后撒。

拿破仑未能取得决定性的胜利。

此刻他面临着一个重要抉择。

是继续追击俄国，军队，还是把军队驻扎在斯摩棱斯克，在那儿度过将到的冬天?拿破仑孤注一掷，决定向远在448公里之外的莫斯科进发。

1812年9月7日，法俄两军在莫斯科以西112公里外的鲍罗季诺激战。

夜幕降临时，3万名法国士兵以及4万4千名俄国士兵或伤或亡，倒在了战场上。

俄国军队再次撤往安全之处。

拿破仑顺利进入莫斯科，然而，对该市的占领成为毫无意义的胜利。

新视野大学英语(第三版)第四册课文翻译

unit 1 TextALove and logic: The story of a fallacy爱情与逻辑：谬误的故事1 I had my first date with Polly after I made the trade with my roommate Rob. That year every guy on campus had a leather jacket, and Rob couldn't stand the idea of being the only football player who didn't, so he made a pact that he'd give me his girl in exchange for my jacket. He wasn't the brightest guy. Polly wasn't too shrewd, either.在我和室友罗伯的交易成功之后，我和波莉有了第一次约会。

他可不那么聪明，而他的女友波莉也不太精明。

2 But she was pretty, well-off, didn't dye her hair strange colors or wear too much makeup. She had the right background to be the girlfriend of a dogged, brilliant lawyer. If I could show the elite law firms I applied to that I had a radiant, well-spoken counterpart by my side, I just might edge past the competition.但她漂亮而且富有，也没有把头发染成奇怪的颜色或是化很浓的妆。

新视野大学英语第三版第四册读写教程翻译

第一单元The Doctr‎i ne of the Mean is the core ofConfu‎c iani‎s m. The so-calle‎d “mean” by Confu‎c iusdoesn‎’t mean “compr‎o mise‎” but a “moder‎a te”and “just-right‎” way when under‎s tand‎i ng andhandl‎i ng objec‎t ive thing‎s. Confu‎c ius advoc‎a tedthat this thoug‎h t shoul‎d not only be treat‎e d as away to under‎s tand‎and deal with thing‎s but alsobe integ‎r ated‎i nto one’s daily‎condu‎c t to makeit a virtu‎e throu‎g h self-culti‎v atio‎n and train‎i ng.The Doctr‎i ne of the Mean is not only the core ofConfu‎c iani‎s m but also an impor‎t ant compo‎n entof tradi‎t iona‎l Chine‎s e cultu‎r e. From the time itcame into being‎to the prese‎n t, it has playe‎d aninval‎u able‎role in the const‎r ucti‎o n of natio‎n alspiri‎t, the trans‎m issi‎o n of natio‎n al wisdo‎m, and the devel‎o pmen‎t of natio‎n al cultu‎r e.中庸思想是‎儒家思想的‎重要内容。

全新版进阶英语第四册课文翻译及语言点U3 How to Get a Job at Google

全新版大学进阶英语综合教程第4册Unit 3 Job HuntingText A How to Get a Job at Google目录课文：How to Get a Job at Google (1)课文翻译：怎样在谷歌谋得一份工作 (4)语言点（Language Focus） (6)How to Get a Job at GoogleBy Thomas L. Friedman1 Last June, in an interview with Adam Bryant of The Times, Laszlo Bock, the senior vice president of people operations for Google — i.e., the guy in charge of hiring for one of the world’s most successful companies — noted that Google had determined that “GPA’s are worthless as a criteria for hiring, and test scores are worthless. ... We found that they don’t predict anything.” He also noted that the “proportion of people without any college education at Google has increased over time” — now as high as 14 percent on some teams. At a time when many people are asking, “How’s my kid gonna get a job?” I thought it would be useful to visit Google and hear how Bock would answer.2 Don’t get him wrong, Bock begins, “Good grades certainly don’t hurt.” Many jobs at Google require math, computing and coding skills, so if your good grades truly reflect skills in those areas that you can apply, it would be an advantage. But Google has its eyes on much more.3 “There are five hiring attributes we have across the company,” explained Bock. “If it’s a technical role, we assess your coding ability, and half the roles in the company are technical roles.For every job, though, the No. 1 thing we look for is general cognitive ability, and it’s not I.Q. It’s learning ability. It’s the ability to process on the fly. It’s the ability to pull together disparate bits of information. We assess that using structured behavioral interviews that we validate to make sure they’re predictive.”4 The second, he added, “is leadership — in particular emergent leadership as opposed to traditional leadership. Traditional leadership is, were you president of the chess club? Were you vice president of sales? How quickly did you get there? We don’t care. What we care about is, when faced with a problem and you’re a member of a team, do you, at the appropriate time, step in and lead. And just as critically, do you step back and stop leading, do you let someone else? Because what’s critical to be an effective leader in this environment is you have to be willing to relinquish power.”5 What else? Humility and ownership. “It’s feeling the sense of responsibility, the sense of ownership, to step in,” he said, to try to solve any problem — and the humility to step back and embrace the better ideas of others. “Your end goal,” explained Bock, “is what can we do together to problem-solve. I’ve contributed my piece, and then I step back.”6 And it is not just humility in creating space for others to contribute, says Bock, it’s “intellectual humility. Without humility, you are unable to learn.” It is why research shows that many graduates from hotshot business schools plateau. “Successful bright people rarely experience failure, and so they don’t learn how to learn from that failure,” said Bock.7 “They, instead, commit the fundamental attribution error, which is if something good happens, it’s because I’m a genius. If something bad happens, it’s because someone’s an idiot or I didn’t get the resources or the market moved. ... What we’ve seen is that the people who are the most successful here, who we want to hire, will have a fierce position. They’ll argue like hell. They’ll be zealots about their point of view. But then you say, ‘Here’s a new fact,’ and they’ll go, ‘Oh, well, that changes things; you’re right.’” You need a big ego and small ego in the same person at the same time.8 The least important attribute they look for is “expertise.” Said Bock: “If you take somebody who has high cognitive ability, is innately curious, willing to learn and has emergent leadership skills, and you hire them as an HR person or finance person, and they have no content knowledge, and you compare them with someone who’s been doing just one thing and is a world expert, the expert will say, ‘I’ve seen this 100 times before; here’s what you do.’” Most of the time the nonexpert will come up with the same answer, added Bock, “because most of the time it’s not that hard.” Sure, once in a while they will mess it up, he said, but once in a while they’ll also come up with an answer that is totally new. And there is huge value in that.9 To sum up Bock’s approach to hiring: Talent can come in so many different forms and be built in so many nontraditional ways today, hiring officers have to be alive to every one — besides brand-name colleges. Because “when you look at people who don’t go to school and make their way in the world, those are exceptional human beings. And we should do everything we can to find those people.” Too many colleges, he added, “don’t deliver on what they promise. You generate a ton of debt, you don’t learn the most useful things for your life. It’s [just] an extended adolescence.”10 Google attracts so much talent it can afford to look beyond traditional metrics, like GPA. For most young people, though, going to college and doing well is still the best way to master the tools needed for many careers. But Bock is saying something important to them, too: Beware. Your degree is not a proxy for your ability to do any job. The world only cares about — and pays off on — what you can do with what you know (and it doesn’t care how you learned it). And in an age when innovation is increasingly a group endeavor, it also cares about a lot of soft skills — leadership, humility, collaboration, adaptability and loving to learn and re-learn. This will be true no matter where you go to work.怎样在谷歌谋得一份工作托马斯·L·弗里德曼1 去年6月，在接受《纽约时报》的亚当·布赖恩特采访时，谷歌公司的人力运营高级副总裁拉兹洛·博克——也就是负责为当今世界数一数二的成功企业招聘员工的那个人——曾提到，谷歌已经明确了一点，“平均成绩绩点作为一个招聘依据是毫无价值的，考试分数是毫无价值的。

新概念英语青少版第一册第43课：Theschoolyear学年

The school year！学年！There are four terms in the school year:⼀学年有四个学期:the Autumn Term,the Winter Term,秋季学期，冬季学期,the Spring Term and the Summer Term.春季学期和夏季学期。

The first term is the Autumn Term.第⼀学期是秋季学期。

The Autumn Term begins in September and ends in December.秋季学期始于九⽉结束于⼗⼆⽉。

The second term is the Winter Term.第⼆学期是冬季学期。

Ther Winter Term begins in January and ends in April.冬季学期始于⼀⽉结束于四⽉。

The third term is the Spring Term.第三学期是春季学期。

The Spring Term begins in May and ends in July.春季学期始于五⽉结束于七⽉。

The fourth term is the Summer Term.第四学期是夏季学期。

The Summer Term begins in July and ends in September.夏季学期始于七⽉结束于九⽉。

Sandy and Sue like the Summer Term best.桑迪和苏喜欢夏季学期。

They are always on holiday then.那时他们总是放假。

They always go to the seaside.他们总是去海滨。