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Unit 11. If 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. And this rate, I won’t even last till the end of the year, let alone till I’m 60.依我看，现实生活并没有人们想象的那么美好。

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⼤英4⼝语Summary打印版⼤英4课⽂SummaryUnit 1active reading 2If you ask meThis is a story of a graduate who gets a job in a pub for a year and has chance to be successful.Since her family can’t support her to further study,she has to work.She has financial problems and feels lonely.She talks her trouble to tony,a regular customer of the pub,who gets her a loan to set up a business.With his help she has her mother’s degree and her own company.After few years tony is disabled,the writer helped him as the repayment.Unit 2active reading 1Danger!Books may change your lifeThis article introduces the power of reading books to us.Reading is we-changing activity,it help us enter into a new world.And it will influence the way we live.The writer mentions a word “homerun book”that might be the answer for the book that everyone should read.The “reading homerun book”is an experience that will give you pleasure and satisfaction.Everyone is looking for their own homerun book. As the title said because reading will change our life,it is dangerous,but it’s also charming.active reading 2They were alive and they spoke to meThe writer introduces the reason that makes a book live,that is recommendation of one reader to another.Books are things that men cherish deeply,you lend it to another and you will get a friend.Writer suggests that we should read as little as possible,not as much as possible.What is important in reading is quantity but what we are thinking.Unit 3active reading 1A fifty years of fashionThis article intr oduces fashion between 1960 to 2010.During this time we can’t ignoretwo facts,the jeans and the length of women’s skirts and dresses.The jeans date back to 16 century in France,and then it is work cloth of miners,and then become associated with youth an d new ideas.The length of women’s dresses is associatedwith economy.And it also introduces different cloth style in different ages.active reading 2Eco-jewellery sea glassThis article introduces the reason why sea glass is very popular.The first is sea glass is a form of nature’s power,it is environment friendly.Second,the decrease in supply and the increase in demand.That makes a boom in the market.Gina Cowen,who is a jewellery designer,is still on the hunt of sea glass,and she thinks artists will find ways to sue all of theresource in the sea.Unit 4active reading 1The credit card trapThis article is a story with writer’s complain about bank credit card.She takes some examples to analyze how credit cards get people in to the trap.And make people be in debt for bank.So she uses humorous way to suggest us to cut the cards into small pieces.Don’t believe it any more.active reading 2The key to wedded bliss money matters.This article tells us that what is important in marriage is money.Couples should havesimilar thought on money,otherwise money will be a big problem.So writer give us some suggests:talk and share goals,run a home like a business,be supportive of work,enjoy but within reason,use a mediator maintain some independence and invest in your marriage.Unit 5active reading 1Sex difference in English gossip rulesThis article introdices that researchers found that men gossip as much as women,but they deny that they gossip.Why women gossip sounds like gossip,t here are 3 facts:First,the tone rule,women’s tone is high and quick,but men’s tone is flat;Second,detail rule:women like the detail but men think it is boringl;Third,and feedback rule.active reading 2Marked:women in the workplaceThis article doesn’t co mplain directly,but I think writer is complaining about theunfair between women and men.Women have to make choice about dress and apperance and the way they sign their name.And women’s job is also be marked.Because people will judge them by those things.However,men do not have to make the same choices.Unit 6active reading 1Winston ChurchillThis article is a biography of Winston Churchill.The writer admires Churchill becausewhen nation was dangerous,he shows us courage and determination.The a rticle introduces Churchill’s life,he was born in a rich family.When he was at school he wasn’t good-looking or clever and sickly.And then he went to military school and went to the battle ground.He experienced setbacks on his work and also has beautiful love.Churchill is the inspiration of England especially in the World War II。

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Book 4 Retelling the passagePlease retell Unit 1AR1: Looking for a job after university? First, get off the sofa this passage talks about More than 650,000 students left university this summer and most in these financially testing times have no idea what to do next. And prents revert to nagging. One of the graduates --- Jack Goodwin. He fails to get a job. Since then he has spent the summer “hiding”. He talks to his friends about his aimless days and finds that most are in the same boat. And his mother is taking a soft line with him at that moment. But she hope that her son can get a job to do. Gael Lindenfield, a psychotherapist, says that the Goodwin parents have struck exactly the right note. She says that parents should be wary of becoming too soft, and should tread sympathetically after a job setback. I agree with her, we can start with a simple job. It’s certainly more likely to get a job than lounging in front of the TV.Please retell Unit 1 AR2: If you ask methis passage talks about an economic graduate who gets a job in a pub for a year and then has an opportunity to be successful. Because her family can’t support her to further study, she has to work. She has financial problems. She doesn’t have any friends in London. Also, she doesn’t have a boyfriend, she feels lonely. She tells her troubles to Tony, a regular customer of the pub. And Tony talks to some friends and gets her a load to set up a business. Because of his help, she has her master’s degree and her own company. Finally, she repays the money, and Tony is disabled after a car accident. In aword, it is worthwhile to suffer. We just need to wait for one or two breaks in our life to succeed.Please retell Unit 2 AR1: Danger! Books may change your lifeThis passage talks about the power of reading books. Reading is a life-changing activity. It helps us enter a new world and liberate us from the real world we come from; it stimulates our emotions and allows us enjoy and celebrate the variety and difference, and provides us with an opportunity to grow. As soon as we are able to listen, books are supremely influential in the way we live. Homerun book might be the book that everyone should read. It gives us pleasure and satisfaction. And We’re always looking for our own home-run books. In a word, we should read more books to discover the real meaning of our life.Please retell Unit 2 AR2: They were alive and they spoke to meThis passage talks about some Henry Miller’s views on the book. First, Henry Miller describes the struggle he waged to obtain books when he was young. And then introduces What makes a book live. that is, the passionate recommendation of one reader to another. He thinks that when you have possessed a book with mind and spirit, you are enriched. But when you pass it on you are enriched threefold. Everyone would like to wade through all those books we have so long toyed with in our mind. And he suggests that read as little as possible. He then advises a way to test it---that is, leave a book alone, but think about it as intensely, observe with what extraordinary acumen youtackle it and realize that only little of the books is really new to you. In a word, not everyone can be a prodigious reader. We should choose a book carefully.Please retell Unit 3 AR1: Been there, done that, got the T-shirtThis passage talks about the use of clothes. First, writer introduces her father’s old battle jacket. Then writer says that the original, prehistoric purpose of clothes was purely functional---they needed to be warm and waterproof, and to protect our modesty. But today, there are lots of fashionistas who are the followers of the latest fashions at the expense of comfort and practicality. Other choose clothes to make a favourable impression of some kind on the people they meet in particular circumstances. Finally, those people who have no interest in fashion usually choose somber colours as a form of camouflage. And fashion has two important functions. Firstly, it can allow us to express or reflect our emotions through the clothes we wear. Secondly, a sense of occasion.Our clothes are indicative of our lives, the events, the emotions, the sense of nostalgia for yesterday's innocence. We like to keep clothes so that they can remind us of those old days.Please retell Unit 3 AR2: Eco-jewellery: sea glassThis passage talks about a jewellery designer Gina Cowen and her work in sea glass. Firstly, she says that there is no rule about how long chunks of glass must spend before they can officially be called sea glass, but the older, the better. Then she describes how to make the jewellery. Her decision to become a jeweller came after stints in journalismand music management in her 20s and 30s. Her favourite hunting ground is Seaham Beach in County Durham. The creation of sea glass is a form of recycling. The decline in supply, combined with an increase in demand, has produced a boom in the market. And its eco-credentials lend sea glass further appeal. If the decline in sea glass seems to suggest we should revive dumping glass, Cowen refuses to condone it. Because there will be something else to replace it.Please retell Unit 4 AR1: The credit card trapThis passage talks about lots of people are caught in the credit trap set by banks. The banks give a false sense of superiority to people with exclusive gold credit cards. They target people who are prone to impulse-buying, and potentially bad credit risks, tempted to spend more than they have, and liable to fall behind with repayments. They lure impoverished students with unrealistic interest rates. They charge people who go over the limit the exorbitant interest but omit to tell them the interest paid is not for the debt, but for the overspend of the overdraft. The writer hope that we lay out all of our credit cards in a line, take a large pair of scissors and cut them into small pieces, then send them back to our bank. In a word, keep away from the credit card trap, and have a reasonable consumption.Please retell Unit 4 AR2: Look after yourselfThis passage talks about that the writer’s birthday is in a few weeks, and she has a somewhat unusual birthday present in mind---a puppy. However, their family isn’twealthy by any means. Her father I an actor. He learns that the life of an actor is precarious. This made him very respectful towards money and the need to look after himself. The writer gets up the courage to tell her father what she wants. Although her father can’t afford that. He doesn’t deny it. He shows her their expenditure on household bills. He said that before they could spend money on puppies, they had to pay all the bills. The writer starts to work out all the costs over the dog's life and look for a job to earn some money. On her birthday, she gets her puppy. The writer thanks her daddy for everything he taught her to look after herself.Please retell Unit 5 AR1: Sex differences in English gossip rulesThis passage talks about the differences in gossip between men and women. Researchers have found that men gossip as much as women and men spend much more time talking about themselves. And the men define “gossip”as “exchanging information”. There’re three reasons why female gossip sounds like gossip. Firstly, the tone rule. Women think that the gossip-tone should be high and quick, or a stage whisper, but always highly animated. But men gossip in the same flat, unemotional manner as any other piece of information. Secondly, the detail rule. Females stressed the importance of detail in the telling of gossip. But men find all this detail boring, irrelevant and unmanly. Thirdly, the feedback rule. a good gossip needs appreciative listeners who give appropriate feedback. But men who did respond in the approved female manner would sound inappropriately girly, or even disturbingly effeminate. For men, a suitable expletive can convey their surprise.Please retell Unit 5 AR2: Marked: women in the workplaceThis passage talks about that the extra meanings are carried by gender markers. Marking words for female tends to mark them for frivolousness. Females have to make decisions about hair, clothing, make-up and accessories, and each of those decisions carried meaning. Sexy clothes send a message that the wearer wants to be attractive and availability. A woman wearing bright colors calls attention to herself, but if she avoids bright colors, she has avoided something. When women fill out a form, women must choose among three titles, each of them marked. If a woman takes her husband’s name, it will announce that she is married and also that she is traditional. But men don’t have to make the same choices.Please retell Unit 6 AR1: Winston ChurchillThis passage talks about Winston Churchill’s life. In the summer of 1940, Britain stood alone on the brink of invasion. At that crucial time, Winston Churchill, defined what it meant to be British. When he is young, his family doesn’t give too much support. He pays for himself by doubling up as a war correspondent. He uses his dispatches to promote himself as a hero of the Boer War. He was elected as Tory MP for Oldham in the same year. And Churchill's attitude to who challenged the system was brutal. In 1911, he was made First Lord of the Admiralty. And he had the opportunity to plan a major military offensive at Gallipoli, in 1915. Gallipoli was a disaster, costing Winston his joband nearly his sanity. But his wife helps him through it. As time passes, he became a has-been. But he returned when he was 65 years old. And he died in 1965. In a word, Churchill is an instinctive, daring, often infuriating war leader. But he is also an inspiration.。

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新标准大学英语综合教程4课文Summarybywithzhfn第1单元行动。

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unit2act.1danger!booksmaychangeyourlife1.本文介绍了Reading Books Tous的功能。

当你读库帕书的时候，你就可以进入世界了。

书籍会影响生活。

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更重要的是质量而不是数量。

unit3act.1fiftyyearsoffashion1960年至2022年的时尚有两个不变的因素：无处不在的Jeans，以及女性裙子和连衣裙的风格和风格。

他们的历史可以追溯到16世纪，后来他们成为了工人的工作服。

20世纪50年代，Jeanswer人与年轻人在一起，之后发展出了新思想。

女性的长寿与经济有关。

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More than 650,000 students left university this summer and many have no idea about the way to get a job. Students Know they need to find a job,but dont konw how to find. The problem also plagued their parents,parents dont know how to help them.Some students didn't go to find a job because of enormous competitive pressure, low salary or a series of personal reasons. After a failure of applying a job，they start waching TV shows on the sofa rather than finding a job again.When their parents find this problem , they start to worry about their children's future.A psychologist give some advices to every parent about the problem. Firstly,the transition from university to a job is tough for parents and children,parents need to find the balance point between understanding children and not making their life too comfortable. Secondly,the main job for the parents is to be there because if they start advising them what to do, that is when the conflict starts. Thirdly, it's a good idea to get some jobs like bar work,shelf-stacking.All in all,this passage mainly tell us when we on the way to find a job,we need get off the sofa first.1.2This passage tell us a story about a girl overcame many difficulties and became successful in her field at last.First,the girl’s family can’t support her for university study.As a result,she packed up her belongings and went to London to get a job in order not to burden her family.Unfortunately, she was faced with many problems and she felt lonely.She told her problems to Tony.Tony give her a loan to start a business.With Tony’s help.she got her master degree and set up her own company.Many years later,Tony was disabled after an accident.She pays back Tony’s help and Tony thought investing in people gives the best return you can ever hope.2.1This passage mainly tell us the importance of reading. When we read a book we will enter a new world so that it may change our life.As soon as we are able to listen,books are supremely influential in the way we live.As we all know, reading books allows us to enjoy and celebrate this variety and difference in safety,and provides us with an opportunity to grow. And every book will have its own language and dialect,its own vocabulary and grammary. We may not always understand every word or sentence,but whether we're enchanted or whether we feel excluded,our emotions are nevertheless stimulated.So books can help us to discover the real meaning of our life, and they may change our life. Such is the power of reading.2.2This article is about the author’s views of reading books. The author is a writer and he likes reading books very much. He think that a book lives though the passionate recommendation of one reader to another. Nothing can throttle this basic impulse in the human being. And he also raises that we should read books as often as possible bacause a book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition. He told us that when you are eager to read a book, leave it alone for a few days and ask yourself earnestly if it be absolutely necessary to read it. In the end, the author described a writer who readed a lot and meanwhile writtrn a lot.3.1The article is about the fashion tendency in the last 50 years. The author mainly introduced the development of jeans and the relationship of economy and hemiline. It was Levi Strauss who invited the jeans. At first, only miners wore jeans. In the mid-1960s and early 1970s, the hippie movement influenced the design of jeans. And jeans remained fashionable during the period of punk. Besides, the ahthor found that as the stock market rises, so do hemlines, and when it falls, so do they.3.2Sea glass is popular for several reasons. First, the creation of sea glass is a form of recycling. Second, sea glass becomes rarer than diamonds now. Third, its eco-credentials lend sea glass further appeal. So the designers would like to put sea glass to use.Gina Cowen became a sea glass jeweler. Her designs were sold at Liberty or to private customers.Though seaglass become rarer, Gina Cowen refuses to condone it and she even rejects to polish new glass to make it look old. So we'd better follow Cowen’s example and search for glowing pebbles before they vanish.4.1Today, we are caught in the credit crunch because banks set traps .The banks give a false sense of superiority to people with exclusive gold credit cards in hand. They target people who tempted to spend more than they have, students with unrealistic interest rates and people who go over the l imits the exorbitant interest but omit the interest. By this deceive means, the banks earn money. So in order not to be cheated, we should be cautious about credit cards provived by banks4.2Money matters is the key to wedded bliss.To preserve their marital assets and their union,couples had better share similar outlooks on money matters,or ,find some middle ground.To become more compatible with their significant other and ultimately more prosperous,couples need follow these guidelines:Talking and sharing goals;Running a home like a business;Using a mediator while having strong yet divergent opinions.5.1Researchers have found that men gossip as much as women,and men spend much time talking about themselves.But men don’t admit it,and they define it as “exchanging information”.The reason why female gossip sounds like gossip is that there three principal factors involved:The high and quick tone and sometimes likes a stage whisper,but always highly animated.A detailed speculation with possible motives,causes and outcomesAnimated and enthusiastic feedback rule.5.2Women constantly have to make choices about dress and appearance, and even the way they sign their names, which lead people to make judgments about them. A woman without a particular hair style is considered careless about how she looks and can be disqualified for many positions. What’s more,tight or revealing clothed send a message that the wearer wants to be attractive and that she is still available. Light make-up calls attention to the wearer who tries to be attractive without being alluring.A woman who takes her husband’s surname announces to the world that she is married and also that she is traditional and may be less herself. However, men do not have to make the same choices6.1W inston Churchill was born in 1874 into one of Britain’s grand est families. His parents are both cold and distant people. He was bullied when he was in Harrow. His dream was to be a general, so he got into the RMAS. Then he became a soldier and a hero in Boer war. In 1911, he lost his job and sanity because the failure of the Gallipoli in 1915.He recovered from his depression by his fashion and his wife’s support. When he returned England, he had already achieved many great things. He through his leadership and example to encourage Britons to win the war against the monstrous tyranny and defend what all we hold dear. He saved Britain.。

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UNIT 1Active Reading 1What are the most important issues for students today? Is the university campus really such a different place compared to what it was 40 years ago?For the students in the 1960s, going to college was the most exciting and stimulating experience of their life. They took part in protests and launched strikes against the establishment with their new and passionate commitment to freedom and justice. Going to college also meant their first taste of real freedom. They could discuss the meaning of life, read their first forbidden book and see their first indie film.In contrast, the students today don’t have the passion for college life that they used to. Today, college is seen as a kind of small town from which people are keen to escape. Instead of the heady atmosphere of freedom which students in the 1960s discovered, students today are much more serious.College has become a means to an end, an opportunity to improve their prospects of being competitive in the employment market, and not an end in itself.But in spite of all this, the role of the university is the same as it always has been. It is the place where students have the opportunity tolearn to think for themselves.Active Reading 2Older generations generally have a negative attitude to today’s students, the product of postmodern times. Today’s students are expected to accomplish anything in an era with extraordinary privileges and opportunities. It would seem they do the opposite. They direct their energy on the Internet communicating ideas and frustrations, instead of trying to assert their identity by revolution. Perhaps when they are not told about what their parents did before, they will be seen writing the revolution in technology.UNIT 2Active Reading 1Empathy, orginally known as motor mimicry, stemmed from physical imitation of others’ plight, which then evokes the same feelings in oneself. Children seem to feel sympathetic distress from infancy—much earlier than they realize they exist apart from other peopleBy one year old, they start to learn the pain is someone else’s but still seem confused about what to do. At around two and a half years, motor mimicry fades from toddlers’ repertoire when they are able to distinguish their own feelings from others’ feelings, so they are able touse other means to comfort others. At the same time, their sensivity to other’s emotional upsets begins to diverge from one to another. Active Reading 2This is Sandy is an extract from Tone, a story about the life of a deaf girl. She thinks her friends are honorable people who beam with pride when they introduce her to someone new. When people find out she is deaf they are mostly shocked for a moment at first but pretend not to be. Sandy says that the hearing aids she saw in a catalog are great fashion accessories, they’re just like a clip you put onto your ear. Sandy likes to show her hearing aid. She doesn’t tie her hair up in a knot but sh e tucks it behind her ears. Sandy’s friend Carol introduces her to a boy called Colin at a party. They sit together on a couch and Colin realizes that Sandy can understand what he is saying by reading his lips. Someone turns up the volume of the music and they dance together. Soon they are dating. This is when the real drama begins.UNIT 3Active Reading 1Identity theft refers to stealing information about someone that makes it possible to use their bank account or credit card. With an informal and conversational tone the author persuades readers intoactions against the threats of identity fraud in our daily life. According to the author we make the thieves’ job easy by leaving our mails unprotected, using ball pens for checks and forms, throwing documents containing our personal information in the trash, leaving our computer on and so on. So we should look for different ways to protect ourselves and change our mindset.Identity crime is very likely to happen at any time, to any of us. We can take precautions to improve the chances of avoiding this crime, though it will never go away.Active Reading2The writer tries to create a feeling of fear in order to warn readers of the threat involved in the ever-increasing amounts of data on people being collected. With various stylistic devices, the writer leads readers along his thought-path step by step to the point that collecting personal information places people in peril because we don’t know who collects it for what purposes. And neither do we know where the information goes and how it is used. According to the writer, identity theft is much feared in society but there are worse things than that. And the danger is growing though it is vague, not certain. There is no balance yet between the convenience of the world and the peril that we sense in the presence of all that information in the databases which can be employed as aweapon as well as a tool.UNIT 4Active Reading 1What exactly is news? The objective importance and the historical, international significance of an event is not enough. It is the odd, unexpected and human nature that made news like 9/11 memorable and newsworthy. So is immediacy which refers to the nearness of the event in time.When it comes to immediacy, those media like TV, radio and Internet have an enormous advantage over the press. However, no matter what form it may take, all the media more or less covertly, influence the public. That is the so- called power of the media.In the new millennium, maybe the press or TV are not going to disappear overnight, but the power of the media may be eroded or at least devolved to ordinary people.Active Reading 2All over the English-speaking world, newspaper circulation has been confronted with a long-term trend of decline. The decline comes much from the challenge of internet and the negative environmental impact of newspaper industry. The challenge of internet mainly focuses on itsattraction to readers and minute-by-minute ads monitoring system. But maybe the newspaper won’t die without struggle. Besides its convenience over laptop, the demand for local news and the exploitation of lifestyle journalism will create new revenue streams. And more interestingly, the ritual of reading the newspaper has become a hard habit to break.UNIT 5Active Reading 1As an anti-war novel, Catch-22 is well known for its comic tone as against the normal perception of a war novel which tends to be serious, sentimental and involve bloodshed. Its main character is Yossarian. Unlike the war heroes who would die for their home country, Yossarian aims to survive the war and go back home.To achieve this goal, he has to pretend to be insane. If he were crazy, he could be grounded. So he had to ask Doc Daneeka first. But once he asked Doc Daneeka, it meant he would no longer be crazy and would have to fly more missions.Normally, he was sane if he didn’t fly more missions while he would be crazy if he flew more missions. Anyway, he would be plunged into a tricky situation– a Catch-22 situation.Active Reading 2To escape from Nazi persecutionof the Jews, Anne and her family members emigrated from Germany to Holland. However, in 1940 the Germans invaded, and occupied Holland. So quickly did the persecution of the Dutch Jews begin there that the Franks and another Jew family, the Van Pels went into hiding in the secret annexe. For the next two years, eight people of the two families were confinedto just six small rooms and could never go outside.Under such harsh circumstances, Anne continued to write her diary, which she started a few weeks before they moved to the hiding. Her diary was the account of the day-to-day activity in the annexe –the suffering, but her dreams and aspirations were still there. The diary voiced a declaration of her principles and of the right to human dignity so profoundly that it was viewed as the voice of Holocaust.In August 1944,the hiding place was stormed, and Nazi officers arrested everyone.They were taken to concentration camps.Out of the eight people in hiding, Otto Frank was the only survivors, and when he found his daughter’s diary after the war, he arranged for its publication in recognition of her courage. Anne’s writing would be a support and comfort to the world after her death.UNIT 6Active Reading 1Standing at the vast and beautiful Stadium Australia, I was tense and excited. The feeling was fantastic since I was so close to my childhood dream. I tried to concentrate on the crowd and felt unified with them. The first lap was good but mental and physical fatigue were starting to crush me on the second lap. I kept telling myself: “two minutes, one more lap towardsbeing the Olympic champion”. As I crosse d the line I was sure that I’d just made it. But negative thoughts lingered in my mind. When I saw my name in lights, I felt a tingle through the whole of my body. It was the moment that will stay with mefor the rest of my life. Active Reading 2It is time to blow the whistle on the so-called beautiful game -- soccer. For one thing, it is a game of chance. Goals are the best illustration of the chance natureof this game. Ninety percent of goal shots failed. The scoring system is another evidence. Most finals, 0-0, 1-0, 2-1, indicate that games tend to be standoffs and it’s a matter of luck to be ahead when time runs out. For another, soccer is a sport in which strategies and regulations are so obscure. No universal interpretation can be found for offside rules. Besides, with only one referee on the field, most of theinfractions-- pushing, punching, tripping, kneeing, handballing-- are committed when he isn’t looking.。

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大英4课文summary1.2The passage tells a story about a woman overcame many difficulties and became successful in her field at last.First, the girl had her eyes on the course at the London School of Econmics. The girl’s family can’t support her for university study,as a result, she has todrop out from school and start to work to make a living. Unfortunately, she was faced with many problems and she felt lonely.She told her problems to Tony.Tony give her a loan to start a business.With T ony’s help.she got her master degree and set up her own company.But many years later,T ony was disabled after an accident and need the repayments of the loan to adapt his house for his disability.She pays back T ony’s help and Tony thought investing in people gives the best return you can ever hope.2.1Books may change your life, when we pick up a book we are about to enter a new world. What’s more ,books helps us liberate from the real world we come from.Reading books allows us to enjoy and celebrate variety and difference in safety, and provides us with an opportunity to grow. When we read books, we learn to look beyond our immediate surroundings to the horizon and a landscape far away from home.IN addition, reading books can give us power and stimulate our emotions. As soon as we are able to listen, books are supremely influential in the way we live.Books have helped me to discover the real meaning of my life, and have made it possible for me to get out of the confusion and meaninglessness.2.2This article is about the author’s views of reading books. The author is a writer and he likes reading books very much. He think that a book lives though the passionate recommendation of one reader to another. Nothing can throttle this basic impulse in the human being. And he also raises that we should read books as often as possible bacause a book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition. He told us that when you are eager to read a book, leave it alone for a few days and ask yourself earnestly if it be absolutely necessary to read it. In the end, the author describeda writer who readed a lot and meanwhile writtrn a lot.3.1The article is about the fashion tendency in the last 50 years. The author mainly introduced the development of jeans and the relationship of economy and hemiline. It was Levi Strauss who invited the jeans. At first, only miners wore jeans. In the mid-1960s and early 1970s, the hippie movement influenced the design of jeans. And jeans remained fashionable during the period of punk. Besides, the ahthor found that as the stock market rises, so do hemlines, and when it falls, so do they.3.2Sea glass is popular for several reasons. First, the creation of sea glass is a form of recycling. Second, sea glass becomes rarer than diamonds now. Third, its eco-credentials lend sea glass further appeal. So the designers would like to put sea glass to use.Gina Cowen became a sea glass jeweler. Her designs were sold at Liberty or to private customers.Though seaglass become rarer, Gina Cowen refuses to condone it and she even rejects to polish new glass to make it look old. So we'd better follow Cowen’s example and search forglowing pebbles before they vanish.4.1Today, we are caught in the credit crunch because banks set traps .The banks give a false sense of superiority to people with exclusive gold credit cards in hand. They target people who tempted to spend more than they have, students with unrealistic interest rates and people who go over the l imits the exorbitant interest but omit the interest. By this deceive means, the banks earn money. So in order not to be cheated, we should be cautious about credit cards provived by banks4.2Money matters is the key to wedded bliss.To preserve their marital assets and their union,couples had better share similar outlooks on money matters,or ,find some middle ground.T o become more compatible with their significant other and ultimately more prosperous,couples need follow these guidelines: Talking and sharing goals;Running a home like a business;Using a mediator while having strong yet divergent opinions.5.1Researchers have found that men gossip as much as women,and men spend much time talking about themselves.But men don’t admit it,and they define it as “exchangi ng information”.The reason why female gossip sounds like gossip is that there three principal factors involved: The high and quick tone and sometimes likes a stage whisper,but always highly animated.A detailed speculation with possible motives,causes and outcomesAnimated and enthusiastic feedback rule.5.2Women constantly have to make choices about dress and appearance, and even the way they sign their names, which lead people to make judgments about them. A woman without a particular hair style is considered careless about how she looks and can be disqualified for many positions. What’s more,tight or revealing clothed send a message that the wearer wants to be attractive and that she is still available. Light make-up calls attention to the wearer who tries to be attractive without being alluring.A woman who takes her husband’s surname announces to the world that she is married and also that she is traditional and may be less herself. However, men do not have to make the same choices6.1W inston Churchi ll was born in 1874 into one of Britain’s grandest families. His parents are both cold and distant people. He was bullied when he was in Harrow. His dream was to be a general, so he got into the RMAS. Then he became a soldier and a hero in Boer war. In 1911, he lost his job and sanity because the failure of the Gallipoli in 1915.He recovered from his depression by his fashion and his wife’s support. When he returned England, he had already achieved many great things. He through his leadership and example to encourage Britons to win the war against the monstrous tyranny and defend what all we hold dear. He saved Britain.。

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unit 1 summaryWhat are the most important issues for students today? Is the university campus really sucha different place compared to what it was 40 years ago?For the students in the 1960s, going to college was the most excitina and stimulating experience of their life. They took part in protests and launched strikes against the establishment with their new and passionate commitment tofreedom and justice. Going to college also meant their first taste of real freedom. They could discuss the meaning of 肝e, read their first forbidden book and see their first indie film.In contrast, the students today don't have the passion for college life that theyused to. Today, college is seen as a kind of small town from which people are keen to escape. Instead of the heady atmosphere of freedom which students in the 1960s discovered, students today are much more serious . College has become ameans to an end , an opportunity to improve their prospects of being competitive in the employment market, and not an end in itself .But in spite of all this, the role of the university is the same as it always has been. It is the place where students have the ouportuAity to learn to think for themselves, unit 2 summary Empathy,onceknown as motor mimicryoriginates fromDhvsical imitatiion of others'distress, which thenarousesthe same feelings in oneself. Children seem tofeel otherchildren's pair ard discomfortfromthe day they areborn-・much earlier than they realize they existasindividuals. By one year old, they start to learn themiseryis someone else's but still seem confused about what todo. At around two and a half years,children may growout of motor mimicrywhen they are able todifferentiatetheir own feelings from others' feelings, so they are ableto use other means to comfort others. At the same timejheirempathic concembegins todifferfrom one toantoher. unit3 summaryIdentity theft refers to stealing information about someone that makes it possible to use their bank account or credit card. With an informal and conversational tone the author persuades readers into actions against the threats of identity fraud in our daily life. According to the author we make the thieves3 job easy by leaving our mails unprotected, using ball pens for checks and forms, throwing documents containing our personal information in the trash, leaving our computer on and so on. So we should look for different ways to protect ourselves and change our mindset. Identity crime is very likely to happen at any time, to any of us. We can take precautions to improve the chances of avoiding this crime, though it will never go away.unit4 summaryWhat exactly is news? The objective importance and the historical, international significance of an event is not enough. It is the odd, unexpected and human nature that made news like 9/11 memorable and newsworthy. So is immediacy which refers to the nearness of the event in time.When it comes to immediacy, those media like TV, radio and Internet have an enormous advantage over the press. However, no matter what form it may take, all the media more or less covertly, influence the public. That is the so- called power of the media.In the new millennium, maybe the press or TV are not going to disappear overnight, but the power of the media may be eroded or at least devolved to ordinary people.Unit 11 On university campuses in Europe, mass socialist or communist movements gave rise to increasingly violent clashes between the establishment and the college students, with their new and passionate commitment to freedom and justice.在欧洲的大学校园里，大学生以新6勺姿态和激情地投入到自由和正义的事业中去，大规模的社会主义或共产主义运动引发了他们与当权者之间日益升级的暴力冲突。

大学英语第四册Summary和课后练习翻译

Unit1summary1.人们常说骄兵必败。

拿破仑和希特勒在俄罗斯的失败就是典型的例子。

They say that pride comes before a fall. The failure of Napoleon’s and Hitler’s invasions of Russia is a good case in point.2. 1812年，拿破仑率领大军入侵俄罗斯。

他自信会马到成功，预言5周内攻下俄国。

In 1812, Napoleon led his Grand Army into Russia. Confident of a quick victory, he predicted the conquest of Russia in five weeks.3.然而他未能料到会在莫斯科遭遇劲敌---俄罗斯的严冬，从而以失败告终。

But he was not prepared for the devastating enemy that met him in Moscow --- the severity of Russian winter. Thus he ended in failure.4. 1941年，希特勒不宣而战，对苏联发动袭击。

他希望速战速决，预计3个月结束战役。

In 1941, without a declaration of war, Hitler began an invasion of the Soviet Union. He expected a short campaign --- to last no longer than 3 months.5.但是，他犯下了同样的致命错误---低估了俄罗斯冬季的严酷，而付出了惨重的代价。

But he made the same vital mistake --- underestimated the severity of Russian winter, and took a toll on his invading army.6.任何军事行动都必须考虑到自然因素。

新标准大英4课文翻译讲解

Unit 1Active reading (1)大学毕业找工作的第一要义：别躺在沙发上做梦今年夏天，超过65 万的大学生毕业离校，其中有许多人根本不知道怎么找工作。

在当今金融危机的背景下，做父母的该如何激励他们？七月，你看着21 岁英俊的儿子穿上学士袍，戴上四方帽，骄傲地握着优等学士学位证书，拍毕业照。

这时，记忆中每年支付几千英镑，好让儿子吃好、能参加奇特聚会的印象开始消退。

总算熬到头了。

等到暑假快要结束，全国各地的学生正在为新学期做准备的时候，你发现大学毕业的儿子还歪躺在沙发上看电视。

他只是偶尔走开去发短信，浏览社交网站Facebook，去酒吧喝酒。

这位前“千禧一代”的后裔一夜之间变成了哼哼一代的成员。

他能找到工作吗？这就是成千上万家庭所面临的景象：今年夏天，超过65 万大学生毕业，在当今金融危机的背景下他们中的大多数人不知道自己下一步该做什么。

父母只会唠叨，而儿女们则毫无缘由地变成了叛逆者，他们知道自己该找份工作，但却不知道如何去找。

来自米德尔塞克斯郡的杰克?古德温今年夏天从诺丁汉大学政治学系毕业，获得二级一等荣誉学士学位。

他走进大学就业服务中心，又径直走了出来，因为他看见很多人在那里排长队。

跟他一起住的另外5 个男孩也都跟他一样，进去又出来了。

找工作的压力不大，虽然他所认识的大多数女生都有更清晰的计划。

他说：“我申请政治学研究工作，但被拒了。

他们给的年薪是1 万8 千镑，交完房租后所剩无几，也就够买一罐煮豆子，可他们还要有研究经历或硕士学位的人。

然后我又申请了公务员速升计划，并通过了笔试。

但在面试时，他们说我‘太冷漠’了，谈吐‘太像专家治国国论者’。

我觉得自己不可能那样，但我显然就是那样的。

”打那以后他整个夏天都在“躲”。

他能够轻松复述《交通警察》中的若干片段，他白天看电视的时间太多，已经到了影响健康的地步。

跟朋友谈自己漫无目标的日子时，他才发现他们的处境和自己的并没有两样。

其中一位朋友在父母的逼迫下去超市摆货，其余的都是白天9 点到5 点“无所事事”，晚上去酒吧喝酒打发时间。

新标准大学英语4课文summary

新标准大学英语4课文summaryUnit1 reading2 if you ask meThis is an informal and personalized account of an economic graduate who gets a job in a pub for a year and then has an opportunity to be successful (a lucky break). Since her family can’t support her to further study, she has to work. She has financial problems and feels lonely. She tells her troubles to Tony, a regular customer of the pub, who talks to some friends and gets her a loan to set up a business. With this help she has her master’s degree and her own company. however, unluckliy,Tony is disabled after an accident and needs the repayment of the loan to adapt his house for his disability. She pay back Tony’s help, and Tony thinks that investing in people gives the best return you can ever hope for. Unit2 reading1Reading is a life-changing activity. It helps us enter a new world and liberate us from the real world we come from; it stimulates our emotions and allows us enjoy and celebrate the variety and difference from books; it aids us to get out of confusion in a material world and to discover the real meaning of the life. Simply put, books are supremely influential in the way we live.Homerun book might be the answer for the book that everyone should read. It describes the first reading experience thatinduces such pleasure and satisfaction that you cannot put it down and it may range from the classics to the most recent. Everyone is looking for their own homerun books. And what is yours?Unit2 reading2Henry Miller depicts the struggle he made to obtain books when he was young, and then introduces the reason that makes a book live---that is, the enthusiastic recommendation of one reader to another. In his eyes, books are one of the few things men cherished deeply, but if you lend it to others, it makes friends for you. He continues to suggest that the vast majority of books repeat what others say, so read as little as possible. He then advices such a way to test his suggestion---that is, leave a book alone, but think as intensely as possible and if you decide to read, observe with what extraordinary acumen you read it and realize that very little of the books is really new to you.Unit3 reading1Between 1960 and 2010, there are two constant factors:the ubiquitous jeans and the rise and fall of hemlines for women’s skirts and dresses.Jeans were invented by Levi Strauss in the mid-19th century in America. But it soon became popular among young people. In late 1950s, it export to Europe and Asia. The most important development in fashion in the1960s was the miniskirt invented by Mary, Quant.Hemlines were related to the economy. Whenever the economic outlook is unsettled, both men and women tend to wear more conservative clothes. And as the economy situation changed, time saw a number of different styles. Sometimes the hemline can even predicted a change in the mood of the stock market long before it actually happens. And it was proved in the economic crisis in 2008. During the whole period, fashion styles have ranged widely. But the constant factors over this period are denim and hemlines.Unit3 reading2Sea glass is popular among the jewellery collectors for several reasons. First, the creation of sea glass is a form of recycling , where n ature compensates for man’s folly. Second, with human recycling rather than hurling it into the sea, sea glass becomes rarer than diamonds, its supply is in decline while its demand is on the rise. This leads to its boom in the market.Third, its eco-credentials lend sea glass further appeal, as gold extraction damages the environment and diamond industry has a poor human rights record. So the designers would like to put sea glass to use.Gina Cowen became a sea glass jeweller after her stints injournalism and music management in her 20s and 30s. While sea glass is disappearing, she is still on the hunt.Gina Cowen’s collection started in her walk along a shingle beach near Capetown, South Africa, where she was born. She has several hunting grounds, South Africa, Fiji, Majorca in Spain, and the UK. But her favourite one is Seaham Beach in the UK.Her designs were sold at Liberty, London, but mostly she sells her jewellery to private customers.With the decline of sea glass in supply, there has arisen problem of reviving old habits of dumping glass into the sea. Gina Cowen refuses to condone it and she even rejects the idea of polishing new glass to make it look old, as there is a story behind sea glass.So follow Cowen’s example and search for glowing pebble s before they vanish.Unit4 reading1Today, we are caught in the credit crunch because banks set traps which appeal to our vanity and greed and sometimes to our basic need for survival.The banks give a false sense of superiority to people with exclusive gold credit cards in hard. They target people who are prone to impulse-buying, and potentially bad credit risks, tempted to spend more than they have, and liable to fall behind withrepayments. They lure impoverished students with unrealistic interest rates.They charge people who go over the limit the exorbitant interest but omit to tell them the interest paid is not for the debt, but for the overspend of the overdraft. By attracting us with their endless publicity for loans of money, the banks earn money.So how to get ourselves out of the traps? Lay out all of your credit cards in a line, take a large pair of scissors and cut them into small pieces. Then the banks have no potential to tempt money away from you.Unit4 reading2What’s the key to Wedded bliss? Money matters. Marriage at its core is a financial union. T o preserve their marital assets and their union, couples had better share similar outlooks on money matters or, at the very least, find some middle ground. Otherwise, money will be a huge factor in breaking up marriages.However, not everyone is lucky to get married to a financial twin. To become more compatible with their significant other and ultimately more prosperous, couples need follow these guidelines: talking and sharing goals; running a home like a business, that is, making a budget and keeping track of earnings, expenses and debts, making big financial decisions and setting goals together; beingsupportive of careers; enjoying, but within reason; using a mediator while having strong yet divergent opinions.Maintaining some financial independence; spending time and money together as a kind of investment in marriage.Unit5 reading1Researchers have found that men gossip as much as women and men spend much more time talking about themselves. However, men don’t admit they gossip, instead they define it as ‘’exchanging information’’.The reason why female gossip actually sounds like gossip is that there seem to be three principal factors involved. Firstly, the tone rule. Women adopt a tone which is high and quick, or sometimes a stage whisper, bue always highly animated, while men gossip in the same flat, unemotional manner as any other piece of information. Secondly, the detailed rule. For women, a detailed speculation about possible motives, causes and outcomes is crucial. However, men find all this detail boring, irrelevant and unmanly. Thirdly, the freedback rule. Female listeners are required to be at least as animated and enthusiastic as speakers. However, men who respond in such a manner would be considered inappropriately girly, or evendisturbingly effeminate. For them, a suitable expletive is better to convey their surprise.Unit5 reading2Women constanly have to make choices about dress and appearance, and even the way they sign their names, which lead people to make judgments about them. A woman without a particular hair style is considered careless about how she looks and can be disqualified for many positions. Tight or revealing clothes send a message that the wearer wants to be attractive and that she is still available. Light make-up calls attention to the wearer as someone who tries to be attractive without beingalluring. A woman who takes her husband’s surname announces to the world that she is married and also that she is traditional and may be less herself. However men do not have to make the same choices.Unit6 reading1Churchill believed that he was destined to lead his country. He fought as a soldier in World War 1 and led the country to victory in World War 2 . it seemed to ironic that a leader of such renowed as Churchill could not count on the loyalty of voters in 1945. However, in a democratic country, electors cannot be bullied, and he had to tolerate political defeat after military victory, and went once more to his country retreat, Chartwell.。

新标准大学英语综合教程1 Unit 4 summary

1.Can we live without our mobile phones?Mobile phones have been the biggest factor of change in everyday behavior. An increasing number of subscribers make more calls and take decisions more quickly that make an impact on our lifestyle. At the same time, the world has become smaller due to the wide use of mobile phones. In order to test whether people can live without mobile phones, the researchers ask three people to switch off their mobile phones for three days.The businessman loses his social life,but he is less likely to act on an impulse.Moreover,not having a phone creates more time for him to think.The schoolgirl cant’t speak to her friends or make arrangements for her social life without her mobile phone,but she feels more independent.The working mother,switching off her phone,feels anxious at first,but later on she finds that life can be solitary without anyone distracting her or interfering with her daily routine,so she feels it’s like therapy for the soul.2. Thank you for inviting us,when can we leave?The passage describes some nonverbal and verbal cultural bump about different countries.These phenomna reflect that there may be cross-cultural problems which cause misunderstanding,even you speak a language well. It’s impossible to collect all the information you might need to be relaxed in the many different cultures around the world, but you need to be tolerant and aware of the possibility of differences.。

专四summary范文

专四summary范文英文回答：The given task requires writing a summary in both English and Chinese, using two different languages to answer the question. The summary should be at least 800 words long and should not reveal the prompt within the text.Summary:In the given task, the main requirement is to write a summary in two different languages, English and Chinese.The summary should not be less than 800 words and shouldnot disclose the prompt.To fulfill this requirement, it is essential tocarefully analyze the given text and extract the key points. The summary should be concise, clear, and well-structured.English回答：To begin with, it is crucial to understand the main idea and purpose of the text. By identifying the main points, it becomes easier to summarize the content effectively.Next, it is important to consider the organization of the summary. The summary should have an introduction, body, and conclusion. The introduction should provide a brief overview of the text, while the body should present the main points and supporting details. Finally, the conclusion should summarize the key findings.Moreover, the language used in the summary should be concise and precise. Unnecessary details and repetitions should be avoided to maintain clarity and coherence.Furthermore, it is important to maintain the original meaning of the text while summarizing. Paraphrasing can be used to express the ideas in a more concise manner, but it is essential to avoid distorting the original message.Additionally, the summary should be written in a neutral and objective tone. Personal opinions and biases should be excluded to ensure an unbiased representation of the text.In conclusion, to write an effective summary in both English and Chinese, it is crucial to carefully analyze the given text, extract the main points, and organize the summary in a clear and concise manner. The language used should be precise, and the original meaning of the text should be maintained. By following these guidelines, it is possible to meet the requirements of the given task.中文回答：在给定的任务中，主要要求用英文和中文写一篇摘要。

新标准大学英语综合教程4课文Summary

Unit 1 Act.2 If Yo u Ask Me1.This is a story of a graduate who gets a job in a pub for a year and has achance to be successful.2.Since he r fam ily can’t su p p o rt h e r to fu rth e r stu d y, sh e h as to wo rk. Sh e h as financial p ro b le m s and feels lo n e ly. She talks her trouble to To n y, a re g ular customer of the pub. Who gets her a loan to set up a business. With his help she has her monster’s d e g re e and he r o wn co m p any.3.After a few years T ony had b een in a car accid ent and could n’t work, the writer’s m oney help ed him. Tony said investing in p eop le g ives the b est returnyo u can e ve r ho p e fo r.Unit 2 Act.1 Danger! Books may Change Your Life1.This article introduces the power of reading books to us. When we pick up a book, we are about to enter a new world. Books will influence the way we live.2.The writer m entio ns a wo rd“ho m e-run b o o k” that m ight be the answerfor the book everyone should re ad. “Home-run”book is which can give you pleasure and satisfaction.3.The title described the power of reading.Unit 2 Act.2 They were alive and they spoke to me1.The writer introduces what m ake s a book alive. A book lives through the p assio nate re co m m e nd atio n o f o ne re ad e r to ano the r.2.The writer suggests us re ad as little as possible not as much as possible. What is more important is the quality not the quantity.Unit 3 Act.1 Fifty Y e ars o f Fashio nFashion in the year 1960 to 2010 has two constant factors: the ubiquitous jeans and the rise and fall of hemlines of women’s skirts and dresses. The jeans date back to 16 century, and then jeans bacame the work cloth of miners. Jeans were worn with young people in 1950s, and after that developed a lot, associated with new ideas. The length of women’s dresses is associated with economy. When the economy is positive, women enjoy to show them.Unit 3 Act.2 Eco-jewellery: Sea GlassThis article introduces the reason why sea glass is very popular. And describes the process o f making jewellery fro m sea glass, m ake s people think about the importance of recycling. And paints the passion of Gina Cowen, who is a jewellery d e sig n e r.Unit 4 Act.1 The Cre d it Card TrapThis article te lls the write r’s co m p lain ab o u t b an k cre d it card. She take s so m eexamples to analyze how credit cards get people in to a trap and make people be in debt for bank. The author use a humorous way to suggest people how to solve the credit card trap, that cut them by scissors, never use them anymore.Unit 4 Act.2 The Key to Wedded Bliss? Money MattersThis article tells us that what is important to marriage is money. What makes marrige work is finding your financial soulmate, marrying a person who share s yo ur attitud es ab o ut m o ney. The writer g ives so m e g uid elines: (1) talk and shareg o als (2) run a home like a business (3) be supportive o f careers (4) e n jo y, b ut within re aso n (5) u se a m e d iato r (6) m ain tain so m e in d e p e n d e n ce (7) in ve st in yo u rmarriageUnit 5 Act.1 Sex Differences in English Gossip RulesThis article summarizes findings form recent re se arch. And it presents the writer’s o wns re se arch find ing s that m e n g o ssip as m uch as wo m e n, b ut the y callit “exchanging information”. The main difference between male and female g o ssip is that fem ale g o ssip so und s like g o ssip. Three p rincip al invo lved are: thetone rule, the detail rule and the feedback rule.Unit 5 Act.2 Marked:Women in the workplaceWo m e n constantly have to m ake choices about d re ss and appearance, and even the way they sign their names, which lead people to make judgments aboutthem; men do not have to make the same choices.Unit 6 Act.1 Winston ChurchillChurchill cam e fro m a fam o us fam ily and was a so ld ier and p o litician. When Churchill became Prime Minister in 1940, Britain was at wa r. Churchill made speeches that inspired the nation, and led the country to victory. Although he was considered a great military leader, Churchill lost the general election after the war.。

新标准大学英语4课文复述Summary

Book 4 Retelling the passagePart I Please retell Unit 1 AR2 “If you ask me”The writer has been in trouble in the past. She couldn’t even last till end of the year. After getting her master’s, she didn’t really go out to work just yet. She had her eyes on the course at the LSE. But her family couldn’t afford to pay for it.After leaving university, she went to London to get a job. She wanted a job about finance and investments. But she didn’t get it. Finally, she got a job in the pub. It was a quiet demanding job, and she liked it.In the pub, she met a customer whose name is tony. And she told her unlucky story to tony. Tony gave the writer a loan for her to set up her business.Fortunately, the writer succeeded. So she paid back Tony and set up her own firm. Tony wrote her a thank-you note.Part I Please retell Unit 2 AR1 “Danger! Books may change your life”When we pick up a book, we are about to enter a new world. Weknow we live in a world of variety and difference. Reading books allows us to enjoy and celebrate this variety and difference in safety, and provides us with an opportunity to grow. After taking the trouble to go to our local library or bookstore, we could realize the truth of the power of reading books. We may not always understand every word or sentence, but whether we're enchanted or whether we feel excluded, our emotions are nevertheless stimulated. As soon as we are able to listen, books are supremely influential in the way we live. When we become adults, books define our lives. As adults, we are always looking for our own home-run books which give us such pleasure and satisfaction that we can not put it down. Books may change our lives. Such is the power of reading.Part I Please retell Unit 2 AR2 “They were alive and they spoke to me”I have a collection of books which are selected by me. And in the past I did most of my work without the aid of a library I look upon as an advantage rather than a disadvantage. One of the first things I associate with the reading of books is the struggle I waged to obtain them. A book lives through the passionate recommendation of one reader to another. Books are one of the few things men cherish deeply. And the better the man the more easily will he partwith his most cherished possessions. Here an irrepressible impulse seizes me to offer a piece of gratuitous advice. It is this: Read as little as possible, not as much as possible! Indubitably the vast majority of books overlap one another.Knowledge and awareness of this repetitive quality in books can help us select and read all that is worthwhile in the entire realm of literature.Part I Please retell Unit 3 AR1 “Fifty years of fashion”No history of fashion in the years 1960 to 2010 can overlook or underestimate two constant factors: the ubiquitous jeans and the rise and fall of hemlines for women's skirts and dresses. Jeans was used by miners in the Californian in the mid-19th.But then became associated with youth, new ideas, rebellion and individuality. It has often been noted that there is a precise correlation, with only a few exceptions, between the length of women's skirts and the economy. Perhaps the most important development in fashion in the 1960s was the miniskirt. The hippie movement of the mid-1960s and early 1970s influenced the design of jeans. The mid-1980s saw the rise of a number of different styles. The late 1980s in the US saw the rise of the more conservative style called Preppy style. In the 1990s, Boots and Converse or Nike trainersremained popular, but the predominant colors became olive green and oatmeal. Sometimes the hemline indicator, as it's called, can even precede and predict a change in the mood of the stock market long before it actually happens. Fashion styles have ranged widely, and have usually been sparked off by a desire to identify people as belonging to a particular sub-culture.Part I Please retell Unit 3 AR2 “Eco-jewellery: sea glass”Although sea glass is disappearing, jewellery designer Gina Cowen is still on the hunt for the elusive treasure. It has the ability to transform magically from something ordinary to luminous treasure after a stint in the sea. There is no hard and fast rule about how long chunks of glass must spend in the waves before they can officially be called sea glass. Cowen decided to become a jeweller came after stints in journalism and music management in her 20s and 30s. Her favourite hunting ground—and popular among collectors—is Seaham Beach in County Durham. The creation of sea glass is a form of recycling, but more than that. The decline in supply, combined with an increase in demand, has produced a boom in the market. Its eco-credentials lend sea glass further appeal, at a time when people have started to question jewellery'sorigins. In 50 years, plastic may be the only thing being washed up, but Cowen is confident artists will find ways to put it to use.Part I Please retell Unit 4 AR1 “The credit card trap”Several years ago, I became unhappy because my credit card was only a fairy pathetic, but my friend get a gold one. And I thought that she couldn’t get it. So, I wanted a gold one, and I applied. However, I was turned down, I asked why. It appears that I am not the kind of person that they want to have their gold credit card. 3 years ago, my No.2daughter applied for a credit card and needed me to act as a guarantee. At last, I’d hauled her back into the house. Another friend’s daughter came across a more serious problem. Because of her credit card, she even did not get the loan. At last, she had to drop out of university. The banks set traps which appears to our vanity and greed and sometimes to our basic neede for survival. And then we fall into their traps. As for me, I don’t want any more credit cards, no more status symbols.Part I Please retell Unit 4 AR2 “The key to wedded bliss? Money matters”In fact, when it comes to finances, your marriage is likely to be your most valuable asset—or your largest liability. Today, while most of us marry for romantic reasons, marriage at its core is still a financial union. Making those choices as a team is one of the most important ways to preserve your marital assets, and your union, experts say. These guidelines are compiled from the successfully married and from experts on psychology, divorce and finance. TALK AND SHARE GOALS. Before walking down the aisle, couples should have a talk about their financial health and goals. RUN A HOME LIKE A BUSINESS. BE SUPPORTIVE OF CAREERS. Having a supportive partner helps you professionally, which should trickle down to your mutual bottom line. ENJOY, BUT WITHIN REASON. Create a cash cushion, and live a lifestyle you can sustain. USE A MEDIATOR. Perhaps both of you have strong yet divergent opinions about how to invest.MAINTAIN SOME INDEPENDENCE. INVEST IN YOUR MARRIAGE. Think of it as dollar-cost averaging your marriage, where you make small investments over time.Part I Please retell Unit 5 AR1 “Sex differences in English gossip rules”Contrary to popular belief, researchers have found that men gossipjust as much as women. Men were certainly found to be no more likely than women to discuss "important" or "highbrow" subjects. In fact, recent research has revealed only one significant difference, in terms of content, between male and female gossip: Men spend much more time talking about themselves. In my focus groups and interviews, most English males initially claimed that they did not gossip, while most of the female readily admitted that they did. Clearly, there is a stigma attached to gossip among English males, an unwritten rule to the effect that, even if what one is doing is gossiping, it should be called something else. The English women I interviewed all agreed that a particular tone of voice was considered appropriate for gossip. Among English women, it is understood that to be a "good gossip" requires more than a lively tone and attention to detail. Among English women, it is understood that to be a "good gossip" requires more than a lively tone and attention to detail..Part I Please retell Unit 5 AR2 “Marked: women in the workplace”The term "marked" is a staple of linguistic theory. The unmarked forms of most English words convey "male". Being male is theunmarked case. Unfortunately, marking words for female also, by association, tends to mark them for frivolousness. For man no make-up is unmarked. There is no unmarked woman. There is no woman's hairstyle that could be called "standard". Women have to choose between shoes that are comfortable and shoes that are deemed attractive. If a woman's clothes are tight or revealing (in other words, sexy), it sends a message—an intended one of wanting to be attractive but also a possibly unintended one of availability. A woman wearing bright colors calls attention to herself, but if she avoids bright colors, she has (as my choice of verb in this sentence suggests) avoided something. Women can't even fill out a form without telling stories about themselves. A married woman who wants to have her cake and eat it too may use her surname plus his. In a list (Harvey O'Donovan, Jonathon Feldman, Stephanie Woodbury McGillicutty), the woman's multiple name stands out. It is marked.Part I Please retell Unit 6 AR1 “Winston Churchill”In the summer of 1940, Britain stood alone on the brink of invasion. This was the moment when Britain had to be at its greatest. And in Churchill we found it. Churchill was born in 1874 in a grand family. His family hadbeen fighting for king and country for generations. So did him. But his parents was not kind to him. When he was s child, he was not outstanding. So his father thought that he would be a loser. After leaving school, Churchill joined the army. Then he behaved good as a hero of Boer War. Because of that, he become a MP. As a politician, he thought highly of law and order. But his dream is to become a general. So he must be happy when he became First Lord of the admiralty. But he failed in Gallipoli. Then he became depressed. But he recovered because of his wife. To amends his mistake, he took himself off to the trenches of France to fight. At last, he succeeded. In 1930s, he was on the backbenches. When War II broke out, he became the leader of Britain. In 1940, he lead British people to ride out a storm. When he died in 1965, the new rock-and-roll Britain stood still.。

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新编大学英语四大英4U1概要summaryFatal AttractionAgatha Christie, the British murder mystery writer, is still world-renowned for her work of appealing “whodunit”novels. In her works, what attract readers the most are the puzzles set for people to solve as the story develops, which never fails to arouse people’s curiosity. Also, there are recognizable investigators like Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, and familiar settings specially created such as quiet villages and country houses. Her stories always involve people from different classes.However, her world, to some extent, is not real.Due to the time and place where Agatha lived, the murderers in the story are always sentenced to death at the very end. Opposite from reality where miscarriage of justice take place, this brings the readers great comfort and becomes the reason for its permanent popularity. Old fashioned as this kind of “whodunit”is, people’s passion for them never fade. Nowadays, inste ad of chasing contemporary crime novels that unsettles them, people’s obsession for whodunit still reflects in many ways of their lives. The fatal attraction will always exist unless human beings lost curiosity.。

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Unit 2Chaplin is a great comic not only for his own mother country but more for the world. Chaplin’s Tramp was considered a little __crude__ and thought that he had too much of an eye for the ladies and that his clothes gave him an __ appearance________ more like an Italian waiter than anything else. He resisted making a _talking_____ movie until 1936 when he made up a ___nonsense______ language which sounded like no known nationality. Chaplin achieved great success because he was an immensely ____talented___ man and the kind of comic who used his ___physical___ senses to invent his art as he went along. However, the ___collision____ between the need to be loved and the fear of being __betrayed_____ resulted in disaster in his ___emotional_____ life which was shown in his movies. Eventually, life gave Chaplin the stable ____happiness____, that is, his marriage with Oona O’Neil. Chaplin died on _____Christmas___ Day 1977.1Crude 2 appearance 3 talking 4nonsense talented physical collision betrayed emotional happiness ChristmasUnit 4Telecommunications is widely conceived as a key to __developing_______ countries’ dream of jumping into the modern world. Although there is some disputeas to how __fast__ they can push ahead with their plans, different developing countries are still seeking their own ways of leaping over their ___backwardness_________ with one jump in this direction. Surely, they will catch up with __developed_______ countries on the information super-highway as long as they __persist__ in their efforts.developingfastbackwardnessdevelopedpersistunit 5While loneliness is very common in the U.S., few people care to admit to it because it is perceived as (1)_______________________. It is seen as admirable for American heroes to bravely go alone into the wilderness and for poets and philosophers (2)________________. Some poets and philosophers, like William Wordsworth and John Milton and Henry David Thoreau, enjoy (3)____________________. When an individual is not solitary out of choice, the experience is (4)_______________________________. It is (5)_____________ to talk to someone not only about the big things but also about the little daily things. As a consequence, lonely people will talk about the little things to themselves, the cat, the dog and, (6)__________________, to total strangers. Therefore, it’s important for ordinarypeople to (7)______________, make themselves comfortable at least temporarily, and find some grace and pleasure in their home1some sort of social disease2to seek out solitude3inspiration from solitude4both less enjoyable and productive5our basic need6most embarrassingly7stay rationalUnit 6Bribery in various forms is on the _________ in many countries, and even a way of life for centuries. If an official clearly tells that if you offer him a _________ bribe, you’ll easily get an import license and avoid “procedure delays”, do you ________ or ________ your principles? Bribery and other questionable payments indeed have become a fact of __________ life. We divide these payments into ______ broad categories. The first category consists of substantial payments made for ______ purposes or to secure major_________. The second category covers payments made to obtain quicker official _________ of some project, to ________ the wheel of government. The third category involves payments made into countries where it is traditional to pay people to help with the ________ of a business deal. But how to prohibit bribery in all its forms? ICC favors a code of conduct that would ban the ______ and ______ of bribes. Unfortunately, opinions differ among the members of ICC concerning how to _______ the code. Anyway, today’s businessman will frequently meet situations where it is difficult to _______ his business interests ______ his moral conscience.Increase substantial pay up stand by commercial three political contracts approval speed up passage giving seeking enforce square withunit 10If a business does not adapt to changes in the business environment, then ______. Recently it has been argued that _______ don’t necessarily have the abilities to ______. It would appear that ___________ rather than IQ is a more accurate measure of intelligence. It is also ______. This is an important point for businesses to understand because customers don’t really care about ______: they will take their business to _______. Such a place will be a business staffe with people _______.1. it will fail2 smart but inflexible employees3. adapt to this ever-changing environment4. flexibility and Emotional Intelligence5. a more accurate predictor of success6. how highly intelligent a businessman is7. wherever they are understood and respected8. with a high Emotional Intelligence who havethe ability to understand and relate well to others。

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