英语阅读积累

1. RAM(random access memory) works similarly to short term memory. Its capacity is very limited ,and storage for any memory in that stage continues for a short time. A computer’s hard drive is similar to a person’s long-term memory. Information is encoded and stored in a much more permanent fashion for later retrieval. The encoding of the information is what makes the difference in whether it’s stored in short-term memory or long-term memory. Long-term memory requires more time and repetition, among other things, to further encode and store a piece of data. Forgetting can happen if information isn’t encoded properly.If someone is distracted by noise or visual stimuli while studying, then the information is more likely to have errors in encoding.

2.Americans use the word friend in a very general way. They may call both casual acquaintances and close companions friends. American have school friends, work friends, sports friends and neighborhood friends. These friendships are based on common interests. When the shared activity ends, the friendship may fade. American society is one of rapid change. Studies show that one out of five American families move every year. American friendships develop quikely, and they may change just as quickly. People from the United States may at first seem friendly. Americans often chat easily with strangers. But American friendliness is not always an offer of true friendship.

3.The Internet may actually make people feel lonelier.

4.Because walking-step is shorter, race-walkers have to stretch their hips forward and backward, which is good for flexibility. So they burn up more calories than they would be running at the same speed over the same distance.

5.In the United States sports are more than entertainment, for they are woven into the fabric of daily life.

6.In the age of affection, the way to create real profit is to attract the emotional rather than the purely rational consumers.

7.Henry Ford once said,”The business of America is business.” By this he meant that the USA way of life is based on the values of the business world.

8.In an economic crisis, first of all we would have to fire the women. We would retain men because they are the pillar of household earnings. I would never want to dismiss the main income earners because that might destroy a whole family.

9.First, labor supply depends on a number of factors including wage rates, non-labor income and wealth. Second, individual firms have very little control over the market wage; firms are forced to pay the charge, and because people don’t reside at their workplace, there is an important spatial dimension to labor markets. Different supply and demand conditions can and do prevail at different geographical locations.