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Lesson one Home at last1. Not only had China changed dramatically since most of them had left but also the nation could offer more personal freedoms and economic opportunities than ever before.2. Most of them like to go in for ecommerce.3. Because IT is the leading industry now.4. They want to gain experience in the States before they come back.5. It is the complicated relationship and the uncertainty of our human resource management system.6. It means some of the HBS elite have made their final decision to return to China to serve their country.Lesson two1.Osaka: nearly complet exclusion of non-JP companies from the project , built at the zenith of JP’seconomic powerGuangzhou: nearly completely designed and engineered by foreign companies, developing country with low-wage work force.2.Openness combined with China’s vast population of 1.3 billion. Potential size of its market.3.Its immense and low-paid work force.4.第一小问:Not necessary.第二:Yes, it is especially susceptible to economic booms and busts. At the same time, China’s one-party system may struggle to adapt to the social tensions brought to the surface by rapid economicdevelopment.第三:No, China’s strengths and using the experience of JP for reference.5.Fast development +vast population of 1.3 billion+ military muscle +increasing trade surplus.第二问:Trade with China. Cheaper labor=Cheaper products=preference of made-in-China=fewer sale of made-in US=fewer products of US factories=fewer job forUS.第三问;No, China’s strengths,especially the cheap labor advantage are partially the reason of theunemployment in US. The fast development cannot being undertaking without drawing any attention or attack.6.Susceptible to economic booms and bustsEconomic bubbleUnemployed adultsAcute setbacksLesson Three China finds western ways bring news woes1. The writer thinks that the best way to appreciate how much changed in China has is to examine the people themselves: what they eat and drink now and how dangerously overweight more than one-fifth of adults are.2. Traditional Chinese lifestyle emphasizes restraint while the Western lifestyle emphasizes indulgence. The change from Traditional lifestyle to Western indulgence will affect public health strongly: deaths fromdiet-related illnesses are expected to increase 10 times faster than population growth. And the increase in health care costs could slow down the economic development.3. Less exercise and more fat in the diet. Because people have more money than before.4. YES. He believes that increased supplies of alcohol, together with the rising disposable income, have stimulated drinking.5. YES. Unhealthy eating and drinking may cause diseases like heart attack, stroke and adult-onset diabetes, and the government will have to spend more money to treat these diseases.Lesson four 保护名胜古迹刻不容缓1.What activities are harming ancient Buddhist grottoes?Too many tourists and their breathing are harming them.2.Who turned the caves into the painted shrines?It was the travelers along the old silk road.3.Are murals in good shape.No, they are not in good shape. Many of them are already sagging or peeling from walls, and their delicate beauty is fading away. Others have deteriorated beyond repair efforts.4.Why is it difficult for the authorities to prevent them from being destroyed?Money is at the root of the problem. China is a poor nation. Local governments have little money left over for cultural conservation.5.Does the Chinese government value the preservation of those historical and cultural sites?Yes, it does. For instance, it has given award to the Getty Conservation Institute for its contributions to the preservation of them at Dunhuang.6.Why did Mr. Neville Agn ew say “ tourism and conservation are good partners”?If you can make a good connection, they are. In other words, if you can allocate part of the money earned from tourism to conservation, and don’t turn to tourism as a cash cow, they will be good partners.Lesson five The evolution wars1. in the late fall. This is a challenge to Darwin’s theory which is widely regarded as one of the best-supported ideas in science since it comes from decades of study and objective evidence. Till now Darwin’s theory is the only explanation for the rich variety of life forms on Earth, so scientists fell horrible.2. Bush supports the idea of introducing both evolutionism and intelligent design in biology class. His attitude will further provoke battles on the topic and even bring more political and competitive pressure on science.3. NO. Because Darwin’s theory has conflicted with people’s religious convictions. The “monkey trial” was a famous case, in which Tennessee school teacher was convicted of violating the ban of teaching evolution in 1925. That was a big war between creationism and evolutionism.4. Living things are too exquisitely complex to have evolved by a combination of chance mutations and natural selection. Some pieces in the fossil record that may prove the evolution process are missing.5. NO. The earlier anti-Darwinists, mostly creationists, regarded evolution as a heresy and they openly claimed the role of God. But the proponents of intelligent design accept some role of evolution and they avoid bringing God into the discussion.6. They think the intelligent design is faith-based, so the debate about evolution is not a real scientific argument.7. Because it is difficult for people to argue over such benign and earnest language. This can even make people feel the theory a scientific one and avoid violation against the Constitution.8. 开放性问题。

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英语报刊选读参考答案英语报刊选读Journalistic Reading教师用书Teacher’s Book总主编王嘉褆主编林玫刘雁BOOK ONE (2)UNIT 1 Campus (2)UNIT 2 Entertainment (5)UNIT 3 Entertainment (9)UNIT 4 Food (12)UNIT 5 Crime (15)UNIT 6 Disaster (19)UNIT 7 Sports (23)UNIT 8 Art (28)UNIT 9 Economy (31)UNIT 10 Ecology (36)UNIT 11 Health (39)UNIT12 Automobile & Driving (43)UNIT 13 Quality problems (48)UNIT 14 Shopping (52)UNIT 15 Gun control (56)UNIT 16 Psychology (59)BOOK ONEUNIT 1 CampusI.Vocabulary Builder1.Definition1)chaotic: extremely disorganized; badly organized; be in mess2)primary: main; most important; key; major; chief; prime; principal3)seduce: attract; tempt4)highlight: the most important, interesting, or enjoyable part ofsomething such as a holiday, performance, or sports competition5)reluctant: unwilling6)compelling: very interesting or exciting, so that you have to payattention7)reveal: show; indicate8)mainstream: accepted by or involving most people in a society;normal; ordinary9)critical: important; crucial10)evolution: a long, gradual process during which something developsand changes, usually becoming more advanced; a gradual change and development2. Terms translation1) a bipartisan consensus2)high school diploma3)drop-out rate4)college wage premium5)the K-12 system6)more academically rigorous7)well-rounded citizens8)certification tests9)career and technical education3. Blank filling1) persevered 2) persisted 3) insisted 4) insisted 5) persevere6) agony 7) adversity 8) torment 9) plight 10) assure/reassure11) insure/ensure 12) insure 13) insure/ensure 14) assured/reassuredII.Translation1.选择圣路易斯的华盛顿大学是个不错的决定,但真正让我享受到理想大学生活的,(不是大学本身)是我到了大学后作的一些决定。

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BOOKTHREEUNITl The Time 100I. Vocabulary Builder1.Word matchl)b 2)f 3)e 4)g 5)a 6)d8)c 9)h 10)i7)j2. Synonym finder1) immigrants 2) foreigner 3) expatriate 4) aliens5) audacious 6) bold 7) adventurous 8) daring9) light-heated 10) hilarious 11) comical 12) witty15) pull through 16) survive13) escaped 14) stayingalive3・ Wordformation1) compatriot 2) patron 3) patriot 4) paternal 5)expatriate6) circumvent 7) advent 8) revenues 9) misadventure 10)convenientII. Sentence StructureSentence combination1)The Preside nt made the Joel 100™ because he lowered my taxes, just like Scott」effers, myaccountant, who also made the list.2)Comi ng in at No. 100 on my list was Nouriel Roubi ni, the econo mist who predicted that thehousi ng bubble was going to burst — thus maki ng him the least in flue ntial pers on in theentire world.3)Nicholas Christakis (No. 5), a Harvard professor of medicine and sociology whose entire fieldof study is how people in flue nee each other, argues that he has affected me as much as asibling.2.Terms translation1)has been supportive of2)Hffling through this issue3)do not even have Wikipedia entries4)the ones we spend the most time with5)more than a $5000 raise wouldDe 2)b 3)j 4) a 5)c 6)7)d8) i 9)f10) g2. Synonym finder1) subsided2) ebbing 3)lesse n 4) wane 5)heady 6) thrilling 7) exhila rati ng 8) exciting 9) ultimate 10) prime 11) foremost12) optimum 13) roots 14) impetus15)spur16) stimulus3. Word formation1) mutual 2) transmuted3) commutes 4) mutate 6) fusible7) confusion8) refuse9) infusing5) mutable10)UNIT 2 The Newsweek 50I. Vocabulary BuilderII. Sentence Structure Sentence combination1) After all, George W. Bush has pretty con siste ntly projected an air of con fide nee, one that tends to get people even more worried than they need to be.2) Swe risen, who after Warre n Buffett is perhaps the most successfu I in vest or in rece nt decades, argues that this has been the crucial flaw in the Bush administration's actions. 3) Carefully retreating from these obligations to restore a market economy will be as complex an exit strategy as the one from Iraq.4) Afgha nista n —is as importa nt as this one huge task: to restore con fide nee, certai nty and reform to America.5)The beginning of 2009, the last year of the first decade of the 21st century, is a good time to consider the nature of power; and of the powerful, because the world is being reordered in so many ways —broadly by what my colleague Fa reed Zakaria calls "the rise of the rest," the emerge nee of powers such as In dia, China and Brazil, and specifically by the global recession.2. Terms translation1) treated as en dowed with super natural, superhuma n, or at least specifically excepti onal powers or qualities2) able to exercise in flue nee in every realm and on every continent in a way that no other major power can3) it was not in being but in doing that George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt built their enormous reputations4) to restore con fide nee to America ns, and in deed to the world5)In the popular imagination, power tends to be viewed in one of two ways, both extreme1. Word match diffu si onDj 2)f 3) a 4)d5)b6)h 7)c8)e9) i10) g2. Synonym finder1) assemblies2)congregation 3) company 4) troop 5) batch 6) party 7) array 8)band 9) dawned 10) emerged 11) arising 12) commenee 13) friction 14)controversy15) discord16) dissent3. Word formation1) fidelity 2) defy3) diffident4) infidelscon fidant6) merciless 刀 Mercer8)mercenaries 9)commercial mercha ndise5)10)UNIT 3 The World in 2009I. Vocabulary BuilderII. Sentence Structure 7. Sentence combination1) Originally designed to last for a year, the London Eye, like that other "temporary" attraction, the Eiffel Tower, is not going any where.2)In 2009 Chicago, the original home of the Ferris, will upgrade its Navy Pier wheel to double its original size, to over 91 metres (300ft), and Berlin's wheel, around 50 metres higher than its 135-metre London rival, will be the tallest in Europe at almost 185 metres. 3)With violenee seemingly on the wane, Baghdad's authorities are beginning the tough sell of tourism in the Iraqi capital, having recently launched a design competition for a Baghdad wheel. 4) Iran could also frighten the neighbourhood by putting a satellite into orbit, which would mean its having the capability to launch an intercontinentai ballistic missile. 5)Optimists may still hope for a peace deal to be signed by Israelis and Palestinians, but pessimists will fear another war between Israel and Lebanon's Hizbullah, with the "Party of GocT acting as Iran's proxy.2. Terms translation1) a striking gap between surging emerging markets and sluggish rich economies. 2) We had a pretty good Olympics, too.3) it is the long odds that can ruin a bookmaker's day 4) let's play a "5%-to-20% game 7'5)with the odds determined largely by their security men1. Word matchl)e 2)i 3)f 4) b 5) h 6)c7)j8) d 9) a10) g2. Synonym finder1) trick2)hoax3) trap4)decep 廿on5) exhaustion 6) Tiredness 7) weariness 8) fatigue 9)venue 10) loca 廿on 11) whereabouts 12) position13)nuances 14) points15) particulars16) spec 讦ics3. Word formation1) compatible 2) passi on ate3) Pathology 4) dispassionpsychopathy6) heirloom7) inherit8) heritage9) heir5)10)UNIT 4 Business and LifeI. Vocabulary BuilderII. Sentence Structure Sentence combination1)He's particularly annoyed by a friend who works at an auto dealership who tweets every time he sells a car; a married couple who bicker on Facebook's public walls and another couple so "mooshy-gooshy" they sit in the same room of their house posting love messages to each other for all to see.2) Last year was a relatively good year to be a Chinese bank, and for none more so than for China Merchants Bank Co., a mid-sized lender that in recent years has built a strong franchise and reputation for quality service.3) China Mobile, the Iongstanding leader among China's telecommunications carriers, has more wireless subscribers than any other company in the world with 493 million subscribers as of June.4) Lenovo, which was late to introduce consumer PCs at a time when commercial sales have declined around the world, suffered more than its competitors from waning global PC sales and was losing market share outside of China.5) Baidu, Google Inc.'s chief rival in China and the country's most popular Web site, has re bo un ded after some n egative publicity last year over its sales practices that sent the company's shares plunging.2. Terms translation1) yet posts videos on Facebook of "uber cute" kittens 2) In all that information you're posting about your life3) who continued to lend at a rapid clip even as Western financial institutions tightened credit4) Of the top five spots in the Chinese survey results, four went to tech giants. 5)most didn't place in the top 10 in the Asia 200 financial-reputation category1. Word match hered ityUNIT 5 CourtesyI. Vocabulary Builder1.Word match1) c 2)g 3) a 4) i 5) b 6) j 刀h 8) d 9) f 10)e2.Synonym finder1) comp unction 2) conscienee 3) remorse 4) guilt5)accused 6) alleged 7) confronted 8) criticize9) divide 10) minus 11) plus 12) times13) stealing 14) snitching 15) plagiarized 16) pilfered3. Word formation1) summit 2) con summate 3) summarized 4) consume 5)summatio n6) morality 7) demoralized 8) morale 9) immoral 10)moralII. Sentence StructureSentence combination1)My native state of South Carolina, which is not much smaller than present-day Hungary,once imagined a future for itself as an independent country.2)He was ostracized as a child, not because he was a」ew—his pare nts were n't very religiousanyhow—but because he had been born with two clubfeet, a condition that, in those days,required institutionalization and a succession of painful operations.3)Wise he was, in deed, but Mr. Teszler also had a won derful sense of humor.4)Women were slightly more courteous than men and, oddly, both groups were sign讦icantlymore polite towards their own sex.5)Many in the latter category said they were too busy or could n't be bothered to stop, but asign讦icant minority was more scared of crime - or being seen as a criminal - than rude. 2. Terms translation1)he was as smart as he was modest2)And in a twist you would not believe in a Steven Spielberg film3)Mr. Teszler took the precaution of having cyanide capsules placed in lockets that could beworn about his neck and those of his family.4)They have a reputation for being big-headed, but New Yorkers showed they are big-heartedtoo,5)Toron to, Can ada, came third among our 35 citiesUNIT 6 JapanI. Vocabulary Builder1.Word match1)j 2)e 3) h 4) a 5) i 6) c 7) b 8) g 9) f 10) d2.Synonym finder1) rejecting 2) declined 3) shunned 4) turned himdown5) goldmine 6) lucrative 7) favourable 8) profitable9) welfare 10) safety 11) security 12)haven13) dealings 14) industry 15) venture 16) business3. Word formation1) intended 2) tendentious 3) distend 4) osterisible 5)portent6) contention 7) tend 8) superintendenee 9) pretensions 10)Hyperte nsionII. Sentence StructureSentence combination1)For that reason, a growing number of」apanese women seem to believe that work as ahostess, which can easily pay $100,000 a year, and as much as $300,000 for the biggest stars,makes economic sense.2)In a 2009 survey of 1,154 high school girls, by the Culture Studies Institute in Tokyo,hostessing ranked No. 12 out of the 40 most popular professions, ahead of public servant (18) and nurse (22).3)Young women are drawn nonetheless to Cinderella stories like that of Eri Momoka, a singlemother who became a hostess and worked her way out of penury to start a TV career andher own line of clothing and accessories.4) A rece nt New York Times article described the J apa nese profess io n of hostessi ng, whichinvolves entertaining men at establishments where customers pay a lot to flirt and drink withyoung women (services that do not, as a rule, involve prostitution).5)Lear ning in dividual n ames, affilia tions, titles and pers onal attributes while drinking andpaying attention to each customer's needs, demands physical exertion and mental gymnasties.2. Terms translation1)exhausti on from a life of part ying is a more com mon hazard2)let alone at the relatively high pay that hostesses can earn3)are responsible in large part for creating the illusion among even young girls that this is somekind of a glamorous profession4)endorsed the goal of creating a gender-equal society based on respect for the humanrights of women and men,5)But does hostessing bring women a rosy life and socioeconomic mobilityl)e 2) h 3) b 4)i5)d6)j7) a 8)f9)g10) c2. Synonym finder1) hampering2) dogged 3) plagued 4) hinder 5) led 6) head up 7) running 8)headed 9) enjoy 10) blessed 11) boasts 12) possess 13) rate 14) levels15) amount16) extent3. Word formation1) repeal 2) repulse3) propelled 4) pulsationcompulsive6) figuration7) prefigured8) disfigured9) effigy5)10)UNIT 7 AfghanistanI. Vocabulary BuilderII. Sentence Structure 7. Sentence combination1)Poya is a con testa nt in The Candidate, a reality TV show that follows six Afgha ns aged 22 or younger as they compete to develop the policies, campaign and support necessary to win a poll of viewers voting by SMS text messages on their mobile phones.2) There had been some hope for a genuinely competitive election last spring when several popular poli 廿 cians announ ced plans to run for preside nt, but Karzai resp on ded by winning endorsements from key powerbrokers and making shrewd political alliances with former rivals, giving himself a commanding lead.3) Producers of The Candidate, which airs on the privately owned Tolo TV network, are hoping to help by focusing Afghans on what they want from their political leaders.4)In the space of a single week, a string of disturbing military and political events revealed not just the extraordi nary burde ns that lie ahead for the America ns and Afgha ns toili ng to create a stable nation, but the fragility of the very enterprise itself.5) On Tuesday, four American soldiers on patrol near in the southern city of Kandahar were killed when their armored vehicle, known as a Stryker, struck a homemade bomb, now the preferred killer of American troops.2. Terms translation1) in which milli ons of viewers voted via text message every week for their favorite sin ger 2) One of the critical problems we have in Afghanistan is that we have a personality approach to politics3)a rotati ng panel of judges rate the can didates based on prese ntati on, strategy and persuasive ness4) The show's con testa nts are give n $1,300 a month to spe nd on real-world campaig ning1. Word matchtran sfigure1) d 2) i 3) h 4)b 5)j 6)a刀c 8)e 9)g10) fUNIT 8 PakistanI. Vocabulary Builder1.Word match2.Synonym finder1) ache 2) spasm 3) pain 4) twinge5) reports 6) coverage 7) exclusive 8) story9) Trust 10) fund 11) charity 12) Aid13)tra nsformati on 14) shift 15) mutations 16) conversionWord formation1) forgives 2) forlorn 3) forbidden 4) forgo 5)Forget6) assembly 7) simile 8) resembles 9) fascimile 10) simultaneousII. Sentence Structure7. Sentence combination1)But history moves quickly in Pakista n, and after mon ths of televised Taliba n cruelties,broken promises and suicide attacks, there is a spreading sense — apparent in the newsmedia, among politicia ns and the public ——that many Pakista nis are fin ally tur ning against the Taliba n.2)But it seems especially profound among the millions of Pakista nis directly th reate ned bythe Taliban advanee from the tribal areas into more settled parts of Pakistan, like the SwatValley.3)Finally, the military agreed to a truce in February that all but ceded Swat to the Taliban andallowed the in surge nts to impose Islamic law, or Shariah.4)Benazir Bhutto, who was assassinated at age 54 on Thursday in the Pakistani city ofRawalpindi, spent three decades navigating the turbulent and often violent world ofPakistani politics, becoming in 1988 the first woman to be democratically elected to lead amodern Muslim country.5)Under detention at the time, Ms. Bhutto was allowed to visit her father before his executionat Rawalpindi's central prison, only a short distanee from the site of the rally where she waskilled nearly three decades later.2. Terms translation1)and provoked a characteristic response2)he quickly fell into a bitter dispute with Ms. Bhutto over the family's political legacy3)only to be ousted by Pakista n's preside nt in 1990, havi ng served less tha n half her term4)Her ouster, on both occasions, sparked only sporadic protests across Pakistan5)who presented herself on public platforms as the standard-bearer for Pakistan'simpoverished massesl) e 2) h 3) j 4) d 5) a6) c 7)i8)f 9)g10) b1) riddl 2)enigma3)mystery4)puzzlUNIT 9 IndiaI. Vocabulary Builder1.Word match2.Synonym finder5) favouritism 6) preferential treatment 7) discrimination 8) nepotism9) share 10) doled out 11) allotted 12) distributed13) ordered 14) set out 15) arranging 16) Line up3. Word formation1) conceivable 2) interception 3) recipie nt's 4) anticipate 5) deceit6) inflammatory 7) effulgent 8) flagrant 9) inflammable 10) flame II. Sentence StructureSentence combination1)Researchers at the In ter national Food Policy Research In stitute have found that whileincreasing women's decision-making power would reduce discrimination against girls insome parts of South Asia, it would make things worse in the north and west of India.2)In China and in the north and west of India, the spread of ultrasound technology, which caninform parents of the sex of their fetus, has turned a pool of missing girls into an ocean.3)Neighbors who didn't own land, who've watched their friends get rich while they stayedbehind, often don't feel quite as sanguine about the changes.4)Around here, where a way of life is disappearing and no one knows what will take its place,where some one seems to lose for every one who win s, it's a lot harder to know what tomake of India's economic boom.5)There's a tendency, in much of the media, both domestic and foreign, to greet the changesweeping across India either with unbridled optimism or excessive pessimism.2. Terms translation1)the bias against girls was far more pronounced there than in the poorer region2)those aborted, killed as newborns or dead in their first few years from neglect3)Development seemed to have not only failed to help many Indian girls but to have madethings worse.4)because they are denied the health care and the education that their brothers receive5)Nor does a rise in a woman's autonomy or power in the family necessarily counteractprejudice against girlsUNIT 10 HaitiI. Vocabulary Builder1. Word matchDg 2)d 3)b 4) h 5) i 6) a 7)f 8)j 9)c 10) e2. Synonym finder1) intuition 2) sixth sense 3) gut feeling 4) instinct5) residents 6) locals 7) citizens 8) inhabitants9) implore 10) plead for 11) impose on 12) appealed13) appeal 14) retrial 15) Tribunal 16) hearing3. Word formation1) tenet 2) sustain 3) detained 4) maintain 5)ten eme nt6) abstained 7) entertain 8) pertain 9) continent 10)retainII. Sentence StructureSentence combination1)Almost instin ctively, he and a group of 11 people, in cludi ng a restaura nt man ager, aschool principal, an accountant, a flight attendant and a truck driver figured out how to getdown to the island nation.2)With roads wiped out by Iandslides, we drove 2.5 hours to Pedernales, a town on thewestern coast of the DR, where we hoped to pick up a boat the rest of the way to Haiti.3)They were detained as they tried to take 33 Haitian children whom the Baptists said hadbeen orphaned into the neighboring Dominican Republic.4)On Tuesday, Reginald Brown, an American lawyer for Jim Allen, one of the detainees, wroteto Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, aski ng her to pers on ally get in volved in thecase.5)In rece nt n ews reports, Bill Clinton, the former US preside nt, was described as working onsuch a plan, while Domi nique Strauss-Kah n, the head of the In ter national Mon etary Fund,called for a "Marshall plan for Haiti", with foreig n go ver nmen ts, compa nies and NGOsdoing the rebuilding and foreign investment setting up factories.2. Terms translation1)Haitia n prosecutors have charged the America ns with kidn appi ng and crimi nal associatio n2)Our point was to draw attention to the plight of Haitian orphans3)the unprecedented situation that exists in Haiti now requires a response beyond what wouldbe expected in the ordinary course4)and those same aid agencies are ready to repeat the same mistakes as before5)ranks coun tries on 10 in dicators of how easy the local go ver nment makes it for a localcitizen to start and run a businessUNIT 11 EducationI. Vocabulary Builder1. Word matchl)a 2)j 3)d 4) h 5)b6)7)f 8)g 9)c 10) e2. Synonym finder1) absorbed 2) assimilate 3) digest 4) taking in5) locations 6)venue 7)site 8) spot9) mission 10) project 11)undertaking 12) assignment13) beaming 14) grinning 15) smirking 16) leered3. Word formation1) victor 2) evicted 3) conviction 4) vanquish 5)convi ncible6) revoked 7) vociferous 8) equivocal 9) advocate 10)vocalII. Sentence StructureSentence combination1)House alumni — only one or two will stay on as "sophomore ambassadors'7— are beingencouraged to take advantage of a new university wide support program to smooth the wayto the second year.2)Colleges nation wide are trying to address the special n eeds of first-ge nerati on stude nts, ineluding thecolleges below, which have received grants for inno vative approaches torecruiting and retaining them.3)I was more concerned with finding a hook that would set me apart from the tens ofthousands of other appliesnts, who were, of course, trying to do the same thing.4)Looking through the brochures accumulated on endless campus visits, I didn't find manyschools that offered bachelor's degrees to people who studied a random assortment of Ianguages, and wan derlust made me re I u eta nt to choose one.5)Turns out she was investigating the neurological underpinnings of syntactic structure, usingfunctional M.R.I. to determine where in the brain certain elements of sentence processingtake place.2. Terms translation1)But once in, many were failing.2)no alcohol or over night visitors, midn ight curfew on week nights and 3 a.m. on weeke nds3)She understands all too well the gravitational pull that home can exert.4)This past year; the residents' grades ranged from struggling-to-achieve-C's to dean's list.5)At my affluent public high school, potential pre-meds and Wall Streeters (yes, at age 17)lined the hallways.1) e 2)f3) i 4)c5)j6)a 7)h8)b 9)g10) d2. Synonym finder1) nominated 2) selects3) appointed 4) named 5) friendly 6) amiable 7) pleasant 8) warm9) responsible 10) reas on able 11) mature 12)sensible 13) crawling 14) inching15) creep16) edging3. Word formation1) probation 2) disproved 3) reproved 4)Probationers 6)quashes 7) discuss8)repercussions 9) percussionconcussed5) proof10)UNIT 12 Science and TechnologyI. Vocabulary BuilderII. Sentence StructureSentence combination 1)People are starting to think of underwater archaeology as focused not just on nautical history, but on the prehistoric Iandscape that existed when glaciers had water tied up and sea levels were much lower. 2)He cites rece nt research suggesti ng that tributyli n, a comm on polluta nt used as a preservative and pesticide, impacts cells at even tiny concentrations and could be con tribute to a rise in huma n obesity. 3)The 17-mile (27-kilometer) long particle collider is designed to probe the mysteries of the big bang and illumi nate puzzli ng phe nomena like dark matter, an in visible material that neither emits nor reflects light, yet accounts for the vast majority of mass in the un iverse. 4)While the computer scientists agreed that we are a long way from Hal, the computer that took over the spaceship in "2001: A Space Odyssey/ they said there was legitimate con cer n that tech no logical progress would tran sform the work force by destro ying a widening range of jobs, as well as force humans to learn to live with machines that increasingly copy human behaviors. 5)Impressed and alarmed by advances in art 讦icial intelligenee, a group of computer scientists is debating whether there should be limits on research that might lead to loss of human control over computer-based systems that carry a growing share of society's workload, from waging war to chatting with customers on the phone.2. Terms translation1)By mon itori ng these gen etic varia nts seas on to seas on2) became the first to use a telescope for astronomical observation3) and that is hand in glove with the story of how galaxies formed and evolved4) These cha nges have been largely gen erated by the activities of differe nt kinds of organisms.1. Word match5)genomic data will likely be used to create drugs customized to individuals.1) c 2)f3)b 4)i6)d7) a 8) h 9)e10)gUNIT 13 Health and TechnologyI. Vocabulary Builder1.Word match2. Synonym finder1) skilled 2) brilliant 3) outstanding 4) expert5) principal 6) key 7) main 8)predominant9) recommendations 10) guidanee 11) counselling 12) tip13) desire 14) compulsion 15) 1 onging 16) urge3. Word formation1) hypothecate 2) hypocrisy 3) hyperactive 4) hypothesis 5)Hypers onic6) Corps 7) corpulent 8) corporation 9) incorporated 10)corpseII. Sentence StructureSentence combination1)With many villages having no clean water or basic sanitation, let alone reliable access toclinics and doctors, moder n wizardry like molecular diag no sties and digital medical recordsseem ir re leva nt.2)As an HIV parent herself, Ms Thabethe was so incensed by this state of affairs that shehelped start iTeach, an outreach programme based at one of the busiest hospitals inKwaZulu-Natal.3)Using a form of text messaging similar to SMS, this sends out up to a million short messagesa day, encouraging the recipients in their local Ianguage to contact the national AIDS hot line.4)The most promising applications of mHealth for now are public-health messaging, stitchingtogether smart medical grids, extending the reach of scarce health workers and establishingsurveillanee networks for infectious diseases.5)One less on emerging from these various experime nts is that the visible face of any mHealthor e-health scheme, regardless of where it operates, needs to be as simple and user-friendlyas possible, whereas the hidden back end should use sophisticated software and hardware.2.Terms translation1)he delivered a speech at a con fere nee on tech no logy for the developi ng world2)Last year Mr Gates stepped down from Microsoft to run his family's charitable foun dati on3)Given the risk-averse culture of the health systems of the rich world4)despite recent advances in tackling the disease5)it sidesteps the stigma as mobile phones are very personalUNIT 14 GlobalizationI. Vocabulary Builder1.Word matchl)g 2)c 3)e 4)j 5)b 6)h刀a 8) d 9) i 10) f2. Synonym finder1) today 2) now 3) in this day and age 4) nowadays5) amazed 6) staggered 7) astounded 8) astonished9) commendation 10) praise 11) complime nt 12) recogniUon13) deflated 14) discouraged 15) disenchanted 16) let down3. Word formation1) radix 2) eradicated 3) radicle 4) radical 5)eradicator6) acquitted 7) requite 8) unrequited 9) quitter 10)quitII. Sentence StructureSentence combination1)It became a global bra nd in 2005, when it paid aro und $1.75 billi on for the personal-computer business of one of America's best-known companies, IBM—including the ThinkPad laptop range beloved of many businessmen.2)Leno vo's Chin ese R&D labs developed a butt on that recovers a computer system within 60seconds of a crash, essential in countries with an unreliable power supply.3)Mr Yang even moved his family to live in North Carolina to allow him to learn more aboutAmerica n culture and to improve his already respectable comma nd of En glish, the Ianguage of global business.4)This is despite plenty of academic evidenee that open economies generally do better thanclosed ones, that in America in particular many more and generally better jobs have beencreated in recent years than have been destroyed, and that the number of jobs lost tooutsourci ng is tiny compared with those wiped out by tech no logical inno vati on.5)The growing role of states that often lack democratic credentials creates a sense that thecompetition from emerging-economy champions and investors is unfair; and that rich-country firms may lose out to less well-run competitors which enjoy subsidised capital, helpfrom political cronies or privileged access to resource supplies.2.Terms translation1)and talking more about the fate of humanity as a whole2)with emerging-market companies now competing furiously against rich-country ones3)such was its con fide nee in its own bra nd4)in a domestic market buoyed by GDP growth rates。

2023年大学英语精读第三册第3课Why,I,Teach,3篇

2023年大学英语精读第三册第3课Why,I,Teach,3篇

2023年大学英语精读第三册第3课Why,I,Teach,3篇大学英语精读第三册第3课Why I Teach1Every teacher probably asks himself time and again: What are the reasons for choosing teaching as a career? Do the rewards teaching outweigh the trying ments? Answering these questions is not a simple task. Let“s see what the author says.Why I TeachPeter G. BeidlerWhy do you teach? My friend asked the question when I told him that I didn"t want to be considered for an administrative position. He was puzzled that I did not want what was obviously a "step up" toward what all Americans are taught to want when they grow up: money and power.Certainly I don"t teach because teaching is easy for me. Teaching is the most difficult of the various ways I have attempted to earn my living: mechanic, carpenter, writer. For me, teaching is a red-eye, sweaty-palm, sinking-stomach profession. Red-eye, because I never feel ready to teach no matter how late I stay up preparing. Sweaty-palm, because I"m always nervous before I enter the classroom, sure that I will be found out for the fool that I am. Sinking-stomach, because I leave the classroom an hourlater convinced that I was even more boring than usual.Nor do I teach because I think I know answers, or because I have knowledge I feel pelled to share. Sometimes I am amazed that my students actually take notes on what I say in class!Why, then, do I teach?I teach because I like the pace of the academic calendar. June, July, and August offer an opportunity for reflection, research and writing.I teach because teaching is a profession built on change. When the material is the same, I change —— and, more important, my students change.I teach because I like the freedom to make my own mistakes, to learn my own lessons, to stimulate myself and my students. As a teacher, I"m my own boss. If I want my freshmen to learn to write by creating their own textbook, who is to say I can"t? Such courses may be huge failures, but we can all learn from failures.I teach because I like to ask questions that students must struggle to answer. The world is full of right answers to bad questions. While teaching, I sometimes find good questions.I teach because I enjoy finding ways of getting myself and my students out of the ivory tower and into the real world. I once taught a course called "Self-Reliance in a Technological Society." My 15 students read Emerson, Thoreau, and Huxley. They kept diaries. They wrote termpapers.But we also set up a corporation, borrowed money, purchased a run-down house and practiced self-reliance by renovating it. At the end of the semester, we would the house, repaid our loan, paid or taxes, and distributed the profits among the group.So teaching gives me pace, and variety, and challenge, and the opportunity to keep on learning.I have left out, however, the most important reasons why I teach.One is Vicky. My first doctoral student, Vicky was an energetic student who labored at her dissertation on a little-known 14th century poet. She wrote articles and sent them off to learned journals. She did it all herself, with an occasional nudge from me. But I was there when she finished her dissertation, learned that her articles were accepted, got a job and won a fellowship to Harvard working on a book developing ideas she"d first had as my student.Another reason is George, who started as an engineering student, then switched to English because he decided he liked people better than things.There is Jeanne, who left college, but was brought back by her classmates because they wanted her to see the end of the self-reliance house project. I was here when she came back. I was there when she told me that she later became interested in the urban poor and went on to e acivil rights lawyer.There is Jacqui, a cleaning woman who knows more by intuition than most of us learn by *ysis. Jacqui has decided to finish high school and go to college.These are the real reasons I teach, these people who grow and change in front of me. Being a teacher is being present at the creation, when the clay begins to breathe.A "promotion" out of teaching would give me money and power. But I have money. I get paid to do what I enjoy: reading, talking with people, and asking question like, "What is the point of being rich?"And I have power. I have the power to nudge, to fan sparks, to suggest books, to point out a pathway. What other power *?But teaching offers something besides money and power: it offers love. Not only the love of learning and of books and ideas, but also the love that a teacher feels for that rare student who walks into a teacher"s life and begins to breathe. Perhaps love is the wrong word: magic might be better.I teach because, being around people who are beginning to breathe, I occasionally find myself catching my breath with them.大学英语精读第三册第3课Why I Teach2administrativea. of the management of affairs 行政的,管理的administrationn. 管理(部门),行政(机关)puzzlevt. fill with doubt and confusion 使迷惑step (-) upn. promotion; increase in size, speed, etc.mechanicn. skilled workman, esp. one who uses or repairs machines and tools 机械工;机修工sweatya. covered with sweat, sweatingpalma. 手掌professionn. occupation, esp. one requiring special training, such as law, medicine, or teachingconvincevt. make (sb.) feel certain; cause (sb.) to realizepelvt. force (sb. or sth. to do sth.)pacen. rate or speed of development, or in walking, etc. 速度;步速calendarn. 日程表,日历opportunityn. favourable occasion or chancereflectionn. careful thinking; consideration 深思;考虑reflect vi.stimulatevt. encourage; excite 刺激;激励freshmann. student in his first year at a college or universityfailuren. a person, attempt, or thing that fails; lack of successivoryn. 象牙ivory towern. place or condition of retreat from the world of action into a world of ideas and dreams 象牙塔self-reliancen. ability to do things and make decisions by oneself 依靠自己;自力更生reliancen. trust, confidence; dependence 信赖;信心;依靠technologicala. of or related to technology 技术的corporationn. (AmE) 有限公司run-downa. old and broken or in bad conditionrenovatevt. restore (old buildings, oil paintings, etc.) to a former, better state 修复,修整semestern. (AmE) either of the two periods into which a school year is divided; term 学期repayvt. pay back (money, etc.)loann. sth. lent, esp. a sum of money 借出的东西;贷款distributevt. divide among several or many; give or send out 分发;分送distribution n.varietyn. difference in quality, type or character; a number of or a collectionof different things 变化,多样化;种种challengen. the quality of demanding petitive action, interest, or though 挑战doctorala. having to do with the university degree of doctor 博士的energetica. vigorous 精力充沛dissertationn. (学位)论文poetn. one who writes poetrylearneda. showing or requiring much knowledge 博学的journaln. magazine or daily newspaper 杂志;日报occasionala. happening from time to time, not regular 偶尔的,间或的nudgen. (fig.) words, actions or feeling that stimulate 启示vt. push or touch slightly, esp. with the elbow to attract attention; (fig.) stimulatefellowshipn. position or a sum of money granted to a person for advanced study or research 研究员职位;研究员薪金switchvt. change or shift; turnurbana. of a town or citycivil rightsn. the rights of a citizen without regard to his race, religion, sex, etc.公民权lawyern. person who practises law 律师intuitionn. (power of) the immediate understanding of truths, events, facts without reasoning 直觉*ysisn. the separation of a substance into parts for careful examination and study 分析creationn. act of creating; sth. created 创造(物)clayn. 粘士pointn. main idea or purpose 要点;意义,目的pathwayn. pathrarea. unusually good; distinctive 稀有的;杰出的magicn. mysterious charm; strange influence or power; art of obtaining mysterious results by tricks 魔力;魔术大学英语精读第三册第3课Why I Teach3stay upnot go to bed until after the usual time 不睡觉,熬夜take notes 记笔记build onbase on; use as a base for further developmentkeep a diary记日记leave outfail to mention or include; omitsend offpost; dispatchwork at/ ongive one"s attention to doing or trying to docatch one"s breathrest and get back one"s normal breath, as after running; stop breathing for a moment from surprise, fear, shock, etc.。

美英报刊阅读教程Lesson 3 课文

美英报刊阅读教程Lesson 3 课文

Lesson 3 Women Leap Off Corporate LadderMany turn to start-ups for freedom1 Women’s start-ups have higher successBy Stephanie ArmouCorporations are losing thousands of female employees and managers eager to start businesses of their own.Professional women say they’ re leaving corporate jobs because of advancement barriers, scant help balancing work and family, and a desire to pursue an entrepreneurial goal.2Like a growing number of women, JoAnn Corn abandoned a successful corporate career to launch her own business, Health Care Resources, a Denver-based firm3.“I was petrified,” says Corn, who has continually expanded her business. “1 was just champing at the bit.4 My mind was filled with these ideas, but they were suppressed.”An unprecedented number of professional women are taking the same initiative. The number of female-owned businesses is growing at nearly twice the national average, a pace that alarms some private employers.“The loss of women’s talents in corporations is becoming increasingly worrisome,” says Sheila Wellington, president of Catalyst, a New York-based nonprofit and research advisory group5. “Clearly, the message to Corporate America is maintain these women.”The number of female-owned businesses grew by 78% from 1987 to 1996, according to the National Foundation for Women Business Owners (NFWBO) 6. There were about 8 million female-owned businesses in 1996, or 36% of all businesses. Many women are shunning the privatesector7 because of:•Barriers to advancement. Nearly 30% of female entrepreneurs with prior private-sector experience cited glass-ceiling issues8 as the major reason they left corporations, based on a 1998 survey by Catalyst, NFWBO and The Committee of 200, and organization of businesswomen. “There didn’t seem to be a lot of opportunity for moving up,” says Diahann Lassus, who started her own financial planning firm in New Providence, N. J.9, after quitting a corporate management job. “I felt like the opportunities weren’t there anymore.”Diahann Lassus giving a lecture•More flexibility. Even though entrepreneurs toil long hours, many can choose when they work. “I can’t wait for the day when I’m just doing my own business,” says Tammie Chestnut, 27, of Tempe, Ariz.10, who recently launched a resume consulting busi ness”, The Resum6 Shop, while working for the Tempe Chamber of Commerce. “I want freedom. 1 want to take the day off to spend with my child.”The need for flexibility was cited by more than half the female business owners as a major reason for leaving corp orate positions, based on the survey by Catalyst and other women’ s groups.“I wanted to work part time and choose my own hours,” says Aura Ahuvia, 33, who launched a monthly publication, The Washtenaw Parent12, in 1995 from her home in Ann Arbor, Mich13. “It gave me more flexibility than any job around here. If my kids get sick, I can take the day off.”•An entrepreneurial spark14. Many women say entrepreneurial interests were stifled at corporatejobs.“As you get larger, it’s really a struggle to think outside the box15,” says Lois Haber, CEO of Delaware V alley Financial Services in Berwyn, Pa.16, which uses a focus group to foster creativity. “You just want to get the work done.”Female-owned firms generate about $2.3 trillion in revenue, a 236% jump from 1987 to 1996. Female business owners employ about 18.5 million people, which means one out of every four company workers in the USA is at a female-owned firm. “The rise in women entrepreneurs is one of the big demographics changing our society,” says Ly nn Neeley, president-elect of the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship.Female entrepreneursAnd it’s an issue causing mounting concern for private employers trying to hold onto top hires17. Deloitte & Touche, for example, started programs such as flexible work arrangements to help stanch turnover. Others are taking advantage of the disillusionment: McDonald’s ads woo franchisees with the slogan “Golden Arches, not glass ceilings.”18“Women starting businesses today compared to 20 years ago are more likely to leave because they’re frustrated,” says Julie Weeks, research director at NFWBO. “Those are the kind of employees companies would love to keep.”But going solo is no guarantee of success.19 Women report they struggle to be taken seriously. Hours can be grueling. Failure rates are high.While start-ups often have a shaky future, there is promise. Female-owned businesses are more likely to remain in operation than the average firm. The fastest growth today among female-owned firms includes manufacturing, construction, whole-sale distribution and agribusiness.“They see an opportunity to make a difference and become involved,” says Sharon Hadary, executive director of NFWBO. “Not only do we have more women-owned business, the businesses we have are more sophisticated and larger. The businesses themselves are becoming more substantial.”The Small Business Administration reports that nearly three-fourths of female-owned firms launched in 1991 were still operating three years later, vs. two-thirds of all companies.“The biggest obstacle is they’re not taken seriously,” says Phyllis Hill Slater, president of the National Association of Women Business Owners. “I tell women, ‘The more money you earn the more seriously you’ 11 be taken.’ ”Worth the riskMany women feel it’ s worth the gamble. Just last month, Geraldine Laybourne, the president of Walt Disney’ s20 cable networks, said she will leave to start a firm producing shows for women and children.Studies show women take greater risks. According to a survey, 59% of male business owners polled are in a business closely related to previous careers, while 56% of the women own businesses either totally unrelated to previous careers or that had been a personal interest.The shifts can be dramatic. Gail Johnson quit a job as a systems programmer to start Lasting Impression, which helps clients with presentation skills and business etiquette.21“This was always my love,” says Johnson, 50, of Lafayette, Calif.22 “It seemed appealing to be in charge and in control. You’ re out on a limb23 more and you have to wear many hats24, but I love it.”And today’s female entrepreneurs are more apt to be former managers and executives, reflectingwomen’ s advancement over the years.“I kept thinking, ‘Why am I making all this money for someone else?’” says Nina McLemore, who in 1995 co-founded Regent Capital Partners—an equity and debt investment firm—after being president of Liz Claibourne Accessories25.Business experts say companies will continue losing professional women if they don’t do more to encourage them to stay. They suggest retention and mentoring programs, flexible scheduling and a willingness to encourage creativity.Some women say nothing would entice them back. Sharon Fein, 41, started her travel agency instead of taking a management job with a large travel firm.“They wanted me to work more and longer hours for less pay. That’s management,” says Fein of Walnut Creek, Calif.26 “That wasn’ t going to do it. I felt like I didn’ t have a choice.It’ s not without challenges, but it’ s gone very well.”From USA Today, June 9, 1998V. Analysis of Content1. According to this article, private employers __________A. are indifferent to the leaving of top female employeesB. are trying to hold onto female employeesC. have done nothing to attract the femalesD. can easily find male employees to replace female hires2. According to this article, which of the following statements is wrong ?A. Today, female-owned firms are more likely to remain in operation than the average firm.B. The failure rate of female-owned firms is lower than that of the average firm.C. In comparison to men, women take fewer risks in starting a business.D. More than half of female owners are in a business irrelevant to previous careers.3. The sentence “… you have to wear many hats, …” in the last paragraph means ___________.A. you have to put many hats on your headB. you have to take up many responsibilitiesC. you have to take many risksD. you will feel cold at a high position4. The central idea of this article is that__________.A. private employees should do more to encourage their female employees to stayB. women are more independent in the business worldC. female-owned companies are more robust than the average firmD. it ‘ s a growing trend for women to leave corporate jobs to start their own businesses VI. Questions on the Article1. According to this article, what causes professional women to leave their corporate jobs?2. What was the major reason for 30 percent of women’ s decision to leave corporations?3. What does “More flexibility” in this article refer to?4. According to the article, is it easy for women to run their own business?Topics for Discussion1, Do you think it is a good phenomenon that women start their own businesses?2. Do you think that women in the United States enjoy equal treatment as men?。

英美报刊选读答案(L10-21)

英美报刊选读答案(L10-21)

Answer key for Lesson 10V.CABDCVI.1.Richard Atkinson investigated the problems by personally reading the manuals and sampletests to review and assess the verbal and mathematical questions. Besides, he visited schools to find students’ responses to SAT exams.2.After the investigation, he proposed that SAT I should be scrapped. His proposal has caused ahuge stir on campuses nationwide and rekindled long-standing arguments about the test.3.The College Board argues that SAT measures the sort of higher-order math andliterary-reasoning skills that students need to succeed in college and later in life and that the test correlates well with freshman-year college grades.4.They have adopted college admission systems based in part on class is automatically admittedto state universities.5.Their worry is that it is only a matter of time before there is pressure to scrap subject-areatests and getting rid of the SAT is the first step in a wretched direction.6.SAT I refers to the tests on higher-order math and literary-reasoning skills. Many critics thinkthe questions are confusing and verbal analogies too obscure. SAT II refers to the subject-specific achievement tests which measure knowledge in such areas as writing, math, physics, history and foreign language.7.The test debate will not die down anytime soon.Answer key for Lesson 11V.B C B A DVI.1.The insurance company has refused Lorraine Hiskey’s medical bill, because the companyclaimed that her treatment was “experimental”.2.Politicians have focused attention on the 35 million Americans who have no health coverage.3.The kind of medical care deemed experimental, unproven, unnecessery or to inappropriate isdenied coverage。

英语报刊选读第3课militaryaffairs全文+翻译

英语报刊选读第3课militaryaffairs全文+翻译

英语报刊选读第3课militaryaffairs全文+翻译Army Study of Iraq War Details a 'Morass' of Supply Shortages by Eric Schmitt陆军研究伊拉克战争的细节的泥沼供应短缺埃里克·施密特The first official Army history of the Iraq war reveals that American forces were plagued by a "morass" of supply shortages, radios that could not reach far-flung troops, disappointing psychological operations and virtually no reliable intelligence on how Saddam Hussein would defend Baghdad.第一次伊拉克战争的正式军队的历史表明,美国军队被困扰的“泥潭”的供应短缺,收音机无法到达遥远的部队,令人失望的心理作战,几乎没有可靠的情报关于萨达姆·侯赛因将如何保卫巴格达的。

Logistics problems, which senior Army officials played down at the time, were much worse than have previously been reported. While the study serves mainly as a technical examination of how the Army performed and the problems it faced, it could also serve as a political document that could advance the Army's interests within the Pentagon.物流问题,高级陆军官员遇到的,在那时,比以前报道的糟糕得多。

报刊选读Unit 3

报刊选读Unit 3

2. Asian families earn an average of $35,9000 per year, more than the average for white families. However, as the Asian family is larger, their per capita income is actually less than that of white people.
2. Of all the images broadcast from the Los Angeles riots, one in particular burned into the minds of AsianAmericans… to burn into /to burn into one’s mind
Questions on the article 1. What was the message Asian-Americans got from the attacks on Korean-Americans in the Los Angeles riots?
2. Why are Asian-Americans compare with white people in family income and per capita income?
common ground: common topic
15. What the Asian mosaic lacks is a larger sense of unity. mosaic: a group of various kinds of ethnic groups that are seen or considered as a whole.

大学英语精读第三版第三册课文翻译介绍

大学英语精读第三版第三册课文翻译介绍

Unit 1与法律的一次小矛盾一个年青人发现,在街上漫无目的的闲逛也会带来波及法律上的麻烦。

一种误解致使另一种误会,直到最后他一定在法庭上接受审讯.法律小矛盾我一生只有一次堕入与法律的矛盾。

被捕与被带上法庭的整个经过在当时是一种令人极不快乐的经历,但此刻这却成为一个好故事的素材。

特别令人愤慨的是我被捕及随后在法庭上受审时期的各种果断情况。

事情发生在十二年前的二月,那是我中学毕业已经几个月了,但是要等到十月份才能上大学,所以当时我仍在家中。

一天上午,我到达离我住地不远的伦敦郊区的里士满,那是我正在找一份暂时的工作,一边攒些钱去旅行。

因为天体明朗,有没有什么急事,我便安闲自得的看看窗店橱窗,走走公园,有时干脆停下来四周观看。

必定是这类明显无所作为的样子使我倒了霉。

事情发生在十一点半左右,当我在当地图书室谋之未成,刚从那边出来,就看见一个人从马路对面走过来,明显是想跟我说话。

我愿意为他是要问我时间。

想不到他说他是警察,要拘捕我。

开始我还认为这是个玩笑。

但紧接着又来了一个衣着警服的警察,这下我不容置疑了。

“为何抓我?”我问。

“四周游荡,有作案嫌疑,”他说。

“做什么案?”我又问。

“偷东西,”他说。

“偷什么”我追问。

“牛奶瓶”他说,表情极端严肃。

“噢,”事情是这样的,这一带常常发生小偷小摸的案件,特别是从门前台阶上偷走牛奶瓶。

接着,我犯了个大错误,那是我才十九岁,留着一头乱蓬蓬的长发,自认为是六十年月“青年反主流文化”的一员。

所以,我想对此表现出一副冷淡,毫不在意的态度,于是用一种很随意的无所谓的声调说:“你们跟我多久了?”这样一来,我在他们眼里,我是惯于此种情况的,这又使他们确信我是一个彻头彻底的坏蛋。

几分钟以后了一辆警车。

“坐到后边去,”他们说:“把手放在椅背上,不准乱动。

”他俩分别坐在我的左右,这下可不是闹着玩的了。

在警察局,他们审讯了我好几个小时。

我连续装着老于世故,对此种事习以为常的样子。

当他们问我向来在干什么事时,我告诉他们我在找工作。

《英语报刊选读》期末复习指导教程

《英语报刊选读》期末复习指导教程

《英语报刊选读》期末复习指导一、课程说明本课程为本科开放教育英语专业的选修课程之一,开设时间为第五学期。

教学对象是广播电视大学英语本科学生或具有同等水平的自学者。

本课程采用的教材为《美英报刊文章阅读》和《〈美英报刊文章阅读〉学习辅导》(周学艺主编,北京大学出版社出版,2001年10月第2版)。

二、考试说明本课程终结性考核方式为闭卷考试,考生不得携带任何形式的参考资料和电子读物或工具。

考核范围为:第1单元Chinese AffairsLesson One Exploding Touris m Eroding China’s RichesLesson Two Beijing Dreams of 2008Lesson Three Home at Last第2单元American Affairs (I)Lesson Four Best Graduate SchoolsLesson Five Is Harvard Worth It ?第3单元American Affairs (II)Lesson Eight Judge Sees Politics in Los Alamos CaseLesson Ten Big Crimes, Small CitiesLesson Eleven Hollywood Demons第4单元American Affairs (III)Lesson Thirteen Lobbyist Out Of Shadow Into The SpotlightLesson Fourteen The Rich Get Richer and Elected---1---第5 单元American Affairs (IV)Lesson Nineteen Free-talking and Fast Results第6单元British AffairsLesson Twenty Why the Monarchy Must StayLesson Twenty-one Anything But Beef?第7单元Asian AffairsLesson Twenty-four Giant on The Move第8单元Australian, Brazilian, European & African AffairsLesson Twenty-eight Killing in the Name of GodLesson Twenty-nine Testimony to S. African Catharsis题型及分数比例:I.补上标题中省略或被代替的单词(10%)II、阅读理解部分:选择题(30%)正误判断题(20%)问题回答(20%)III. 翻译题(20%)三、复习要点本考试重点考查学生对英语报刊的阅读理解能力和对时事政治新闻词语的掌握,并适当考查课程中所介绍的读报知识。

报刊选读课后答案

报刊选读课后答案

电大英语报刊选读课程导学一、课程总的概况课程领域概括这是英语教学中的一门不能或缺的课程。

通过学习本课程,使学生掌握常见报刊词汇,报刊文章标题的翻译,学会看懂较简单的英语报刊文章。

通过阅读英语报刊了解国际时事,了解各国的政治,历史、文化、教育、人民和国家概况等与英语学习有关的背景知识。

以利学生进一步巩固和提高英语学习,培养学生英语阅读的能力。

目标引导本课程的教学目的是通过学生自主学习及教师的导学和助学(包括面授辅导),使学生掌握常见报刊词汇,报刊文章标题的翻译,学会看懂较简单的英语报刊文章。

通过阅读英语报刊了解国际时事,了解各国的政治,历史、文化、教育、人民和国家概况等与英语学习有关的背景知识。

进一步巩固和提高学生英语阅读理解和简单翻译的能力。

二、使用学习资源1.根据主教材学习1.本课程采用的文字主教材为《美英报刊文章阅读》(精选本第二版),及上海电视大学外语系编辑的报刊活页。

本课程教学安排为一学期。

课内学时为72,共4学分,(每周4学时)。

《美英报刊文章阅读》共30课,选其中10为必学内容,其余内容供学生自学,10课必学内容为Lessons1,3,4,8,10,13,14,19,24,26。

以上10课用10周学完。

每周一课。

2.本教材课文并非按语言难易循序渐进,而是按内容编写,学生自学时有一定难度。

学生学习时重点是根据教师的导学,掌握一定的英语报刊常见词汇,基本会看懂报刊文章的大意;通过翻译报刊标题了解报刊大致内容;通过阅读英语报刊文章了解国际时事、各国的历史、文化、风俗、习惯,掌握相关的信息。

因此阅读和理解是重点。

教师助学时应着重帮助学生掌握重点,分析讲解难点,而语法分析、语言点的掌握不作要求。

建议学生在课后以练习为线索,多看看英语报刊文章。

考前复习也是以练习,常见词汇和推荐的英语报刊文章为主。

3.本课程实际是泛读快速阅读训练的混合型课程。

泛读是一门进行大量阅读实践的课程,应该突出"泛"的特点。

美英报刊文章选读Lesson3

美英报刊文章选读Lesson3
Lesson Three :
An American in Beijing
• 每年数以万计的美国学生会挑选一个学期到世界各地去学习,他们有 去英国的,有去西班牙的,有去印度的。劳伦。库诺帕克滋是支持全 球相互依赖论者,他在北京一所大学度过一学期过后,发现在海外留 学益处多多,在中国尤r the Boston Red Sox, is the name of a popular baseball team in America. Baseball is known as America’s national pastime. But the International Olympic Committee announced in 2007 that it was dropping baseball from its list of sports after the 2008 Summer Games.
• 朝鲜战争原是朝鲜半岛上的朝韩之间的民族内战,后美、苏、中国等 分别支持朝韩双方的多个国家不同程度地卷入这场战争。1950年6月 25日,朝鲜得到苏联默许不宣而战入侵韩国,历时三年的朝鲜战争爆 发。7月7日,联合国安理会通过第84号决议,派遣联合国军支援韩国 抵御朝鲜的进攻。8月中旬,朝鲜人民军将韩军驱至釜山一隅,攻占 了韩国90%的土地。9月15日,以美军为主的联合国军(美国、英国、 加拿大、澳大利亚、新西兰、荷兰、法国、土耳其、泰国、菲律宾、 希腊、比利时、哥伦比亚、埃塞俄比亚、南非、卢森堡)在仁川登陆, 开始大规模反攻。10月25日,中国人民志愿军应朝鲜请求赴朝,与朝 鲜并肩作战,战事陷入胶着状态。1951年7月10日,中华人民共和国 和朝鲜方面与联合国军的美国代表开始停战谈判,经过多次谈判后, 终于在1953年7月27日签署《朝鲜停战协定》

英美报刊选读3

英美报刊选读3

Forget Stocks-Chinese Turn Bullish on Booze and Caterpillar FungusFrom Wall Street Journal of January 30, 2012Caterpillar fungus used to boost sexual virility is just one of the latest alternative assets for Chinese investors. The WSJ's Deborah Kan talks to Dinny McMahon.BEIJING-For generations, Chinese men looking for a dose of vigor have sworn by a traditional remedy: fungus harvested from dead caterpillars, known in some quarters these days as Himalayan Viagra.Now Chinese investors are using the rare fungus to try to boost something else-their investment returns. The fungus has doubled in price over the past two years and the top grade now fetches more than $11,500 a pound, according to Fuzhou-based brokerage firm Industrial Securities. With Chinese stocks falling, real-estate markets flat and bank deposits offering measly returns, Chinese investors have been looking for help in strange places. Besides traditional medicinal products, they are plowing money into art-based stock markets, homegrown liquors, mahogany furniture and jade, among other decidedly non-Western asset classes."On a micro level, speculation has appeared," says Long Xingchao, president of the information center of the China Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine. The association says prices of traditional medicines, including red ginseng and false starwort, have surged since 2010, partly because of speculators. Mr. Long insists, however, that a price bubble isn't forming. "There's nothing to pop," he says.Newfangled exchanges are sprouting across China to take advantage of the excitement. Nanjing Pharmaceutical Co. set up an exchange last year for trading traditional medicines such as deer antler. In November it extended hours so investors could trade when they get home from work. "Expanding the hours gives investors more time to make a profit," the exchange said on its website.Exchanges have popped up that allow investors to buy and sell shares of individual works of art. In the city of Tianjin last summer, an unnamed seller floated about 30 million shares of a painting called "Eternal Lotus Wind," at an initial price of 1.61 yuan apiece-about 25 cents. Within two days, investors had bid the shares up 52%, valuing the painting at about $11.5 million. Then the shares began sliding; they now trade at 36% below the initial offering price.Cui Ruzhuo, who painted "Eternal Lotus Wind" but didn't profit from the offering, says the art market still has legs. "We still haven't arrived at the high point," he says.Investors are taking to drink, as well. Maotai-the most popular variant of a homegrown liquor called baijiu, and once a favorite of Chairman Mao-now sells for more than $300 a bottle, double the price a year ago."In the past, baijiu was only for consumption," says Liu Xiaowei, chairman of auction house Beijing Googut Auction Co., which held a baijiu auction last month. "But now it's also a collectors' item and for investment."At the December auction, a businessman from Jiangsu province dropped $8,300 on two dozen bottles of liquor of uncertain vintage-their water-stained cardboard packaging suggested they were old-almost four times the starting price on the auction docket. "If I held these for a while, I could definitely make some money," said the buyer, who didn't provide his full name.China's banks are getting in on the action. Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd., China's biggest state-owned lender by assets, set up a fund for customers to invest in high-end pu'er tea, marketing it as a low-risk investment. China Merchants Bank Co. is planning to allow some customers to trade diamonds through its website.Auction house Googut helped three banks set up bank-run investment funds for customers to invest in baijiu and other liquors. Mr. Liu, Googut's chairman, said the funds are eyeing an annual return of about 20%.The problem for Chinese investors is that returns have evaporated from more traditional markets. Real estate was once China's favorite investment, but government efforts to contain price increases and keep housing affordable have led to price stagnation and even declines in some cities. China's major stock exchange in Shanghai is down almost 20% since the beginning of 2011. Bank deposit rates are lower than the pace of inflation, meaning savers effectively pay banks for the privilege of handling their money."There really are very few investment channels," says Ren Jun, a 30-year-old media entrepreneur with investments in contemporary art, antiques, gold and silver. "That's why I'm kind of forcing myself to be brave in trying new options."China's central government is less than intoxicated by the investment party. It said in November it would tighten oversight of Chinese asset exchanges, warning of "serious speculation and price manipulation" among some and adding that some "managers have run off with clients' funds." Some of the biggest boom-and-busts have taken place at art exchanges."Roaring Yellow River," a traditional landscape painting by the late artist Bai Gengyan, was the first work listed last year by the Tianjin Cultural Artwork Exchange. Within two months of the offering, shares were trading at nearly $3 each, up from about 15 cents, valuing the painting at about $18 million. The previous auction high for the artist's work was a bit more than $600,000. About two months after the offering, the Tianjin city government suspended trading in "Roaring Yellow River" and another painting, and the exchange imposed limits on daily and monthly price changes. Shares of "Roaring Yellow River" now trade at about 20 cents, down more than 90% from their peak.Shanghai financial-software designer Jimmy Wang sunk about $790,000 into shares of a pink diamond and a jade pendant traded on the same exchange, putting up his house as collateral to finance the investment. He says he has lost as much as 2.7 million yuan. "So basically I've lost my house to the bank and I am struggling to pay the interest," he says.Such hard-luck stories haven't slowed the hunt for the next great investment.Wang Jingbo, chief executive of wealth-management company Noah Holdings Ltd. in Shanghai, said late last year she was considering recommending to clients a fund that invests in high-end watches. Googut's Mr. Liu believes the next market to watch is white jade.Mr. Ren, the media entrepreneur, says he is looking at diamonds. "While silver and gold may see fluctuations depending on international markets," he contends, "the price of diamonds never drops."。

美英报刊阅读lesson 3

美英报刊阅读lesson 3

claims is not only the the dads? best way of parenting but also the Chinese way.
PART THREE
During our first weeks in Beijing, we attended a talent show at our children’s British school and watched Chinese students ascend the stage and play Chopin etudes and Beethoven symphonies, while their Western counterparts ambled up and proudly played the ABCs under their flapping arms. It was enough to make anyone pause and a paragon of excellence (黄金标准,典范) ponder the way we are raising our kids. But time in China also taught me that while some here view a Chinese education as the gold standard standard, many there are questioning the system, noting that it stifles creativity and innovation, two things the nation sorely needs. Further, having seen it in action, I have a strong aversion to hard driving “Tiger” parenting, certain that is not a superior method if your goals are my goals: to raise independent, competent, confident adults.

英语报刊阅读教程unit 3 International Politics and Military Affairs

英语报刊阅读教程unit 3 International Politics and Military Affairs

Before Reading Global Reading Detaied Reading After Reading
Before Reading
(The Introduction of Background Information) Syria Tartus Pentagon Lebanon's Hezbollah
Global Reading


Structure Text Analysis
Global Reading (Part Division of the Text)
Part Paras
1
Main Ideas
1~8 U.S decries Russia weapons sale to Syria.
2
Before Reading


Lebanon‘s Hezbollah: 黎巴嫩真主党,也做Hizbollah, Hezbollah[,hezbə'lɑ:],an organization of militant Shiite Muslims based in Lebanon 赫兹布拉派; 建于 黎巴嫩的激进什叶派穆斯林组织。

4. flippant: [ˈflɪpənt] adj. 轻薄的,轻浮的; 无礼 的; 油头滑脑; 轻口薄舌。 e.g. John was offended by the doctor's flippant attitude. 约翰被医生轻率的态度而激怒。 5. dour: ['daʊə(r)]adj. 严厉的; 阴沉的; (岩石 )嶙峋的; 顽强不屈。

议会选举以及欧洲国家选举会占据几乎所有国家 的新闻头条,会让选民觉得太过遥远。而地方委 员会选举是在您的城市进行的,他们通常会创办 学校,图书馆,建立休闲中心,清理街道,甚至 新增垃圾桶。这些服务都是您所需要的,喜欢的 ,并且一直希望改善的。

大学英语精读第3册 第3课 课文翻译及课后答案

大学英语精读第3册 第3课 课文翻译及课后答案

大学英语精读第3册第3课课文翻译及课后答案Unit 3我为什么当老师你为什么要教书呢?当我告诉一位朋友我不想谋求行政职务时,他便向我提出这一问题。

所有美国人受的教育是长大成人后应该追求金钱和权力,而我却偏偏不选择明明是朝这个目标“迈进”的工作,他们对此感到迷惑不解。

当然,我之所以教书并不是因为我觉得教书轻松。

我做过各种各样的工作借以谋生:机修工、木工、作家,教书可是其中最难的一行。

对我来说,教书是个会令人熬红眼睛、掌心出汗、精神沮丧的职业。

说熬红眼睛,这是因为我晚上不管备课到多晚,总觉得准备得还不充分。

说掌心出汗,是因为我跨进教室之前总是非常紧张,自信学生一定会发觉我其实是个傻瓜笨蛋。

说精神沮丧,这是因为我1小时后走出教室时,确信这堂课上得比平常还要平淡无味。

我之所以教书,也不是因为我认为自己能够解答问题,或者因为我有满腹学问,非与别人分享不可。

有时我感到很吃惊,学生竟真的把我课上讲的东西做了笔记!这样说来,我为什么还要教书呢?我教书,是因为我喜爱校历的步调。

6月、7月和8月提供了一个供思考、研究和创作的机会。

我教书,是因为教学是建立在“变化”这一基础上的职业。

教材还是原来的教材,但我自身却变了——更重要的是,我的学生变了。

我教书,是因为我喜欢有让自己犯错误的自由,有自己吸取教训的自由,有激励自己和激励学生的自由。

作为教师,我可以自行做主。

如果我想要求一年级的学生通过自行编写课本的办法来学习写作,谁能说我不可以那样做呢?这样的课程也许会彻底失败,但我们都可以从失败的尝试中获得教益。

我教书,是因为我喜欢学生提出必须绞尽脑汁才能回答的问题。

我们这个世界有无穷无尽的正确答案来对付拙劣的问题。

何况我在教学过程有时也会想到一些出色的问题。

我教书,是因为我喜欢想方设法使自己和我的学生从象牙塔里走出来,进入现实世界。

我曾经开过一门叫做“在工业技术社会里如何自力更生”的课程。

我教的15位学生读了爱默生、梭罗和赫胥黎的作品,记了日记,还写了学期论文。

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