新视角研究生英语(一)翻译5.遥控器

新视角研究生英语第一册课后翻译（完整版）Unit 11.餐饮行业与电影行业的共同之处在于其小型企业的失败率很高。

The restaurant industry has one thing in common with the film industry: the high failure rate among its small business.2.他的伟大在于他具有非凡的能力，集科学家和实业家的品质于一身。

His greatness lies in his outstanding ability to connect the qualities of a scientist with those of an industrialist.3.像工作单位取代居住地一样，我们的种族身份已被职业身份所取代。

这一现象在流动作业的行业中表现得尤为明显。

We have replaced ethnic identity with professional identity, the way we replaced neighborhoods with workplace, which is quite obvious among the mobile professions.4.显然，任何一家大公司的老板都不可能事事亲力亲为，需要找一些方法把他们的理念传达给他人。

Plainly, in any large enterprise the boss cannot be directly involved in everything, and some means have to be found to transfer his belief to others.5.没有任何人愿意再过那种自己无法控制、要别人认可、任人摆布的日子了。

No one was willing to experience the feeling of being out of control and dependent on someone else’s approval, at someone else’s mercy.6.人们渴望一种成就感，渴望有能力凭自己的手、自己的脑、自己的意志办成事情。

新视⾓研究⽣英语第⼀册课后答案1-10单元NEW PERDPECTIVE Book One1.Vocabulary1.In the summer, I prefer roaming on the field with my friends and enjoying the sunshine to staying at home alone.2.We felt sorry for his trouble. He was hounded by many creditors, losing all his property and being discarded by his family.3.Men love their ideas more than their lives. And the more preposterous the idea, the more eager they are to die for it.4.I was so shocked when I found that the vulgar imitation of the president and other officials did please the well-educated audience and an understanding laugh broke out in the hall.5.Although many of us want to be perfect in all aspects, we need to admit that everyone has his defects and no one is impeccable.6.To take vengeance on Germany, at the end of World WarⅡ, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics bombed Berlin severely.7.To be a successful artist, you need not only to have an exquisite sense of color but also to keep practicing as much as you can.8.When we visited the famous hall, we found that the gaudy decoration revealed the vulgar taste of the house owner, who was a tycoon of housing industry.9.We all believe in the maxim that action speak louder than words.10.As a member from the conservative group, this nominee was chosen since it had been widely known that he would fight tooth and nail to maintain status quo and make no change to the current policies.11.As house prices _plummet, the new breed of renters escape the danger of falling into debt traps and save their spare cash for the future.12.Nothing could _daunt_ me and I talked to everyone with the same message: “Cancer was absolutely great because it put youin touch with yourself and the world”.13.The 19-year-old model Saffron Domini needed little persuasion to appear in a _harrowing_ film about racism and violence.14.Carefree and full of youthful enthusiasm, his happy _disposition_ attracted whites and Indians alike.15.In British political life of the previous twenty years, latent anti-Jewish feeling had been apt to_surface_ in response to particular events.16.With standards often being poor, unregulated, and uncontrolled, disaster seems _imminent_.17.After walking for an hour, she wasn’t sweating, but there was a pleasurable sense of _exertion_.18.Particularly worrisome were the fruit drinks, which projected a _wholesome_ image while containing sugar in some form oranother.19.With the rising tide and bad conditions it was possible that the stranded_ man might not survive until the lifeboat arrived.20.One study estimates that the headquarters and related functions of big American companies _gobble_ up almost a fifth of theirannual profits.21.His way of staying sane was to compose poems in classical Chinese while he somehow kept with him.22.The children’s insatiable curiosity will be satisfied one way or the otherm as there are plenty of museums, libraries and children’s palaces in the city.23.Examination of the theory which purports to provide an answer to this question is nonetheless important for a numberof reasons.24.It is impossible to forget the uplifting speech that the president gave at the commencement ceremony.25.The athlete, a devout Christian, like his parents, died in 1945 in a Japanese internment camp in Shandong province.26.The picture drawn is a static one, and it has been unable to provide a convincing account of how and why changes have occurred in the pattern of industrial relations.27.The choice of players for the team seemed completely arbitrary.28.His listened in rapt concentration as Mr. Mercer described how one soldier shot off his leg and threatened to kill him until he shouted back at him.29.Respect for life is a cardinal principle of English law.30.Building a home is a more demanding business compared with buying one.31.Advances in therapy and diagnosis have raised complex legal and moral issues in areas such as abortion,and pati ents’rights.32.The discovery of how bronze is made was probably accidental , but it turned out to be an important event.33.Though Winston Churchill became the Prime Minister in 1940,he was taken as the most famous and obvious dissenter fora very long time.34.When you hear the melody, you will strongly feel that the same enlightenment that happened to the composer has befallenyou.35.This is only a partial success, since we have to make a compromise.36.That exhilarating game, which the tennis star won by 4-3,attracted 20,000people to the Giant Stadium even though the official limit was some 5,000 fewer.37.After the vapid conversation with those conservative members of the organization, the newcomer felt bored and determined never to join this group again.38.The dirty air and the crowd make the market not a safe place for those who swoon easily.39.The task is really mindless and anyone in the company can finish it without any problem.40.I enjoy my scholastic life, in which I am isolated from the complicated society and can devote myself to academic research.41.She was able to light fires in the hearts of the people she met and mobilize them to do something for the revolution.42.Social science is a collective name, covering a series of individual sciences.43.Johnson was reputed to pay his employees handsomely, but in return he expected complete loyalty, total commit and absolute respect.44.They carefully designed a special diet which contained all the known nutrients needed to sustain her life.45.He sounded very exc ited on the phone, but he wouldn’t reveal the exact contents of the videotape, except to say that it contained the evidence we needed.46.Finally he realized that money was not a substitute for health, happiness, companionship, or emotional security.47.He has realized the terrible mistake, and is trying his best to remedy it.48.Although everyone does it that way, he wants to change the prevailing practice.49.We asked the company how they would market the product and reverse its shrinking market share.50.Whether wolves merit so much protection is a much debated point among farmers in the area where wolves are plentiful and do cause damage on farms.51.Slender and graceful in light furs, the model wore a jeweled girdle, fine clothes and a _gorgeous hat.52.During these amazing years of _unprecedented_ expansion, Greater London grew at a much faster rate than the national population as a whole and faster than the suburbs of any provincial city./doc/49ea574333687e21af45a9af.html plete your visit with a leisurely _stroll_ around Cardiff Bay and enjoy the remarkable historic buildings and the delightfulspecialty shops.54.As a judge who believed that there was either good or evil, with no gray area in between, he was _stern_ with lawbreakersbut generous to the poor.55.The new ruler was condemned for his introduction of a _repressive_ political system that allowed no freedom.56.The pressure of population growth within the _confines_ of a small island of only 29 square miles led to the development ofan innovatory, intensive system based on very effective soil conservation techniques.57.Then I pretended to notice him for the first time and engaged him in conversation in an _impromptu_ manner.58.Roughly one-half of the world’s population, including almost all of East and Southeast Asia, depends on rice as its prin cipal_staple_ food.59.The bank planned to charge card holders a ten-yuan _annual_ fee from next year, which invited strong opposition from its customers.60._Intrinsically_motivating activities are those in which people will engage for no reward other than the interest and enjoyment that accompanies them.61.To most women, diamond is an irresistible temptation .62.Don’t worry. Even if the road is cut off by snow, we have sufficient food to last a week.63.Much should be taken into consideration when one budgets for a research project.64.People doubt whether prison is the best sanction against a crime like this throughout the country.65.I don’t think he is qualified for the position. He panics easily and is therefore useless in an emergency.66.With a 30-year effort, the company has built a reputation of innovative designs, and quality manufacturing.67.A suspected kidnapper was caught after a rush-hour police chase along a London Underground tunnel yesterday.68.Intellectual property rights represent exclusive rights for Intellectual wealth created in the field of science, technology, literature, and arts.69.Since there is no better way to evaluate one’s intelligence, we have to place our reliance on IQ tests.70.I hereby affirm that all the information given in this form is true and correct.71.PART B1.Don’t interrupt him. He is now working seriously on his dissertation that is due at the end of this semester. Buckling down to2.He has a bad temper and always falls into a fury the slightest reason, which makes him extremely unwelcome among all the friends. An extreme anger3.Through reading the novel, the students realized that the hunchback’s hideous appearance could not conceal his noble characters. Ugly and unpleasant4.When the World WarⅡbroken out and the area was bombed severely, many city dwellers had to move to the sticks and led a totally different life. Country areas5.In the general conference, his coarse speaking tone irritated the delegate from the neighboring country and then everyone was involved in a fierce debate. Rude6.The police had to keep track of all the actions of the suspects in order to identify the real criminal. Be informedabout7.Confronted with all these evidences and the witnesses, the drunk driver conceded that it was he who caused the fatality of the 3 victims in the traffic accident. Admit8.When famine and drought become more severe, the president said he could not size up the whole situation and take any action unless he had received a complete report. Make a judgment about9.Gaping at the TV screen and watching the fire and smoke, the whole world was startled and could not believe the World Trade Center turned into ruins. Staring10.When thousands of bodies, including those of women and children, were discovered in the forest, everyone and all the media took the same side, criticizing the monstrous mass murder with full bullets. Evil11.With a(n) _thriving_ network of committees, sports clubs and societies, each student is encouraged to play a full part in this aspect of student life.12.They may pick up ideas almost at random from skimming journals, ideas that may _spark_ new trains of thought or fruitful new cross-connections.13.Being a good listener is not only useful because you will hear what others miss, but you will find that people will tell you things that they _shield from_ others.14.What right did he have to come back into her life like this, trying to _shatter_it into small pieces that couldn’t be putback together for a second time?15.In many areas local services were provided by numerous different authorities, which often gave rise to_acute_co-ordination problems.16.The awful truth that he was suffering from lung cancer _dawned on_ him, though his family members tried very hard to keep the secret.17.I suppose yoga enthusiasts would find it painless, but for most of us an hour spent in this position was a(n) _ordeal_.18.But rules that strengthen banks in good times can _cripple_ them in recessions.19.There are few more _barren_ places on earth than the plains surrounding a volcano in the aftermath of its eruption.20.The minds of many of these young offenders appear to have been _numbed_ by greed and indifference to violence.21.Her reputation suffered a mortal blow as the result of the scandal.22.In explaining this situation, it might be possible to point to sources inherent to the nation its culture, mentality, religions, or geography.23.His perceptual difficulties may make it impossible for him to recognize you and his family.24.He had never previously thought of himself as acquisitive or even as particularly materialistic.25.Like a dreamer, young artist is absorbed in contemplation of something outside himself and does not identify with it.26.The club, where I am staying, releasing forgotten gusts of memory, like those lilies which only exhale their sweet perfume at night.27.If it is a technique which works for you then, use it by all means.28.You would take on some responsibility immediately for particular areas and additional responsibilities are available to those with the ability and enthusiasm to undertake.29.This raises the question whether the education of children in rural communities is prejudiced by the i mposition of a curriculum devised for urban conditions.30.The weak point in the school is due to the folly of parents who remove their sons from the school at too early an age.31.Even though the Duke was convicted of treason , most of the parliament members still supported him and his bookwas very popular among the public.betrayal of one’s country32.This method may seem unorthodox ,but it has been proved to be very efficient. Unconventional33.Many people settle down in urban areas instead of the countryside, since it is not time to take a sheer rest and they need to work in /doc/49ea574333687e21af45a9af.html plete34.His voice began to falter at the mention of his sufferings in the old days.shake35.Politically, Wisconsin is a bit of a maverick , and this nature was firmly established by 1848 when it became astate.dissenter36.For over 30 years , Singapore has grown from a poor country with hardly any resources to an affluent , modern and developed nation. wealthy37.The doctor told the single father that his son needed to be coddled after the tuberculosis. treated with great care38.As a long-term fancier of the classical music, he spent a lot of money in watching live music concerts. zealot39.The architect said that his countrymen hadn’t learned to cherish the old, and they were too quick to tear oldbuildings down.treasure40.The proud lady wondered how to lower her pride to approach the girl she had been so scornful of . contemptuous41.The committee had voted ＄300 for a monument to be erected to his memory.42.The foundation said they would not fund the plan because it had all the hallmarks of being a total failure.43.Nowadays, the purchase of a car has become the aspiration of most citizens, along with holidays overseas.44.The clinical instinct I was beginning to develop told me that something inside this animal was fundamentally awry .45.Unrelieved stress can undermine your physical and emotional health, but knowing the health risks of stress does not necessarily make it any easier to change the stressful situation.46.Many elderly people who are in need fail to apply for a supplementary pension or allowance, because they are inclined to regard it as some kind of charity.47.So much is at stake when you start a job that you owe it to yourself to think all the implications through.48.It was inevitable that as time passes a couple should influence each other and gradually fuse together.49.We are trying to minimize pollution and improve quality by keeping the use of pesticides at a minimum .50.What is remarkable is how little political opposition there has been to the program to date .51.While the new college was being built in Oxford Street, the students worked in a makeshift laboratory in apartments rented in a nearby street. temporary52.He has great zeal for nature and dreams to be a biologist when he grows up. eagerness53.It is only when foreign brands land on our doorsteps and people flock to buy them that the local manufacturers will respond to the competitive threat. gather54.She refused to travel abroad unless accompanied by massive quantities of prescribed drugs because she could only survivethe small hours by swallowing incautious numbers of sleeping tablets. the early morning55.Nearly everyone had a very positive outlook and the plans for action to revive the area were discussed. revitalize56.When she stayed away from him, he would wander out into the stony streets, hoping to bump into her, to glimpse her sitting in a bar or on a park bench. run into57.Many Fine Art graduates take up professional practice as artists, and this course encourages them to consider their role as artists in the community by providing opportunities for short-term placements outside the Faculty. adopt58.I was in some doubt as to whether the Corporal had stumbled upon us accidentally on his way out of the town. bumped into59.She took the report, went out into the department and threw herself into her work with tight-lipped determination. busied herself with60.The statement said the people of Srebrenica appealed to the presidents of the United States and France to help halt the offensive. urged61.If someone is honest and firm in his moral principles, he is a man with .62.The director tried to wave aside these issues. He side they are details and could be settled later.63.The symbols and used in this document are essentially those in current use in North American.64.In China ginger is not only a spice for food but also a for colds.65.We can’t just wait for new technologies to solve our problem. We shall make use of existing technology.66.I was by the report about a new plagiarism detection software.67.The taxi in this small town have no meters so it is essential to the fare before setting off.68.The organization aims to support projects which the issue of campus integrity.69.You need to someone to take over your affairs while you are in hospital./doc/49ea574333687e21af45a9af.html ing another person’s phrases or sentences without putting quotation marks around them is considered .2. CloseAROUND 1970, psychologist Walter Mischel launched a classic experiment. He left a succession of 4-year-olds in a room with a bell and a marshmallow. If they rang the bell, he would come back and they could eat the marshmallow. If, however, they didn't ring the bell and waited for him to come back on his own, they could then have two marshmallows.In videos of the experiment, you can see the children squirming, kicking, hiding their eyes -- desperately trying to exercise self-control so they can wait and get two marshmallows. Their performance varied widely. Some broke down and rang the bell within a minute. Others lasted 15 minutes. The children who waited longer went on to get higher SAT scores. They got into better colleges and had, on average, better adult outcomes. The children who rang the bell quickest were more likely to become bullies. They received worse teacher and parental evaluations 10 years later and were more likely to have drug problems at age 32.Mischel experiments, along with everyday experience, tell us that self-control is essential. Young people who can delay gratification can sit through sometimes boring classes to get a degree. They can perform rote tasks in order to, say, master a language. They can avoid drugs and alcohol. For people without self-control skills, however, school is a series of failed ordeals. No wonder they drop out. Life is a parade of foolish decisions: teenage pregnancy, drug use, gambling, truancy and crime.Happiness is basically a state of mind. Happiness depends more on one's disposition and outlook. Only by connecting to your real identity, deeper than merely the body and mind, can one reach real happiness because that is where such happiness is always found. In this way, very little is needed to have a happy life. It is all within yourself. Thus, we can attain a state of being satisfied with what we have without being anxious to attain all our temporal desires, without worrying about the future, and without concerning ourselves with unnecessary hopes and fears. When you are really and naturally happy from within, everything else that you accomplish can be viewed as icing on the cake, an extra sweetness to life. But such external activities are not where true happiness liesThe only reason why people cannot attain their inward spiritual bliss right here and now is because they put too much focus on their external situation and what they feel they need and how to get it. Or they focus on the problems that they think they have. Actually, what people need to be happy is right inside them, at all times, regardless of whatever trials and challenges may happen outside and around them. As I've always said, it is not what happens to you, but it is how you perceive it and how you react or respond to it that makes the difference. We have to understand that happiness and distress is a constant flow in material life. We are affected by it only if we identify with it. One has to learn to rise above that byconnecting with your true self, or higher Self. So how do we do that?Everyone wants to be successful in life, but where are the 1)_ keys_ to success? When we begin to examine life, we can see that it is 2)_ divided_ into two aspects — life within and life without; internal life and 3)_ external_ life — and we can see that these aspects are of equal importance. Even one who has renounced the world has to understand the word relationship properly, because 4)_ life_itself is actually relationship. The body is related 5)_ to_ the breath, and the breath is related to the mind. The body, breath, senses, and mind all 6)_ function_ together as a unit. So life virtually 7)_ means_ relationship, and thus the art of living and being requires an 8)_ understanding_of one’s relationship to the external world and the relationships within 9)_ oneself_.All human beings have inner potentials, but many people are not aware 10)_ of_ those potentials and do not know how to use them to have a 11)_ successful_ life. Those who are not happy 12)_ internally_ can never be happy externally; those who are not happy within themselves can never make 13)_ others_ happy. Those who do not love themselves 14)_ can_ never love others. If we are not happy, how can we be successful in life? Success 15)_ lies_ i n our happiness. The keys to happiness lie within us, but our modern education does not 16)_ teach_ us how to find them. It is helpful to have a fewformulas to practice in daily life to make it more successful. They are 17)_ derived_ from observations based on experience. There are five points to remember: first, how to decide things on time; second, how to study personal habit patterns; third, how to 18)_ conduct_ ourselves in the external world; fourth, what attitude to take; fifth, where to 19)_ find_ happiness. To attain success in life, one should learn and 20)_ apply_ these five points.Japan’s rise from the devastation of World War II to economic prominence was not without human cost. People cannot work for ten or twelve hours a day six and seven days a week, year after year, without suffering 1)_ physically_ as well as mentally. But during the first three postwar decades no one paid any special 2) _attention _ to the larger than usual number of men in their 40s and 50s who died of brain and heart ailments. It was not 3) _until _the latter part of the 1980s, when several high-ranking business executives who were still in their 4) _prime _years suddenly died without any previous sign of 5)_ illness_ , that the news media began picking up on what appeared to be a new phenomenon.This new phenomenon was quickly 6)_ labeled_ karoshi, or “death from overwork”, and once it had a name and its symptoms were broadcast far and wide, it just as quickly became obvious that Japan was 7)_ experiencing __a virtual epidemic. It is8)_estimated _ in 1990 that over 10,000 people were dying each year from overwork.A recognized authority on karoshi says that most of the victims of death from 9)_ overwork _ had been putting in more than one hundred hours of 10)_ overtime_each. He said the 11)_ victims_ did not receive any overtime pay for their 12)_extra _ work, but were members of the élite managerial class who 13)_ worked _themselves to death “out of a samurai-like pride”. Because of 14)_peer _ pressure to keep up with 15)_ co-workers_, out-do competing groups and 16)_ increase_ market-share at the expense of competitors, hundreds of thousand of Japanese managers are 17)_ caught __ up in a vortex （漩涡）of psychological pressure that forces them to work 18)_ at _ a frenzied pace.After years of such 19)_ intense _ over-work, most managers find that they cannot 20)_ rest_ even when they do take time off. They are so wound up that not working leaves them disoriented and suffering from serious stress.A powerful personal growth tool is the 30-day trial. This is a concept I borrowed from the shareware industry, where you can download a trial version of a piece of software and try it out risk-free for 30 days before you’re required to buy the full version. It’s also a great way to develop new habits, and best of all, it’s brain-dead simple.Let’s say you want to start a new habit like an exercise program or quit a bad habit like sucking on cancer sticks. We all know that getting started and sticking with the new habit for a few weeks is the hard part. Once you’ve overcome inertia, it’s much easier to keep going.Yet we often psyche ourselves out of getting started by mentally thinking about the change as something permanent —before we’ve even begun. It seems too overwhelming to think about making a b ig change and sticking with it every day for the rest of your life when you’re still habituated to doing the opposite. The more you think about the change as something permanent, the more you stay put.But what if you thought about making the change only temporarily — say for 30 days —and then you’re free to go back to your old habits? That doesn’t seem so hard anymore. Exercise daily for just 30 days, then quit. Maintain a neatly organized desk for 30 days, then slack off. Read for an hour a day for 30 days, then go back to watching TV.Could you do it? It still requires a bit of discipline and commitment, but not nearly so much as making a permanent change. Any perceived deprivation is only temporary. You can count down the days to freedom. And for at least 30 days, you’ll gain some benefit. It’s not so bad. You can handle it. It’s only one month out of your life.3. Translation1. 尽管已历经⽆数失败，凯瑟琳仍然相信他能把⼉⼦培养成世界冠军。

Translation the following sentence into English1.但愿我从来没有买过智能电器(intelligent appliance)！（God forbid）God forbid it that I had never bought intelligent appliance. {用that 引导一个从句}2.他关心国家大事(national affairs)，每天都看报纸。

（concern about）He is concerned about national affairs, reading newspapers every day.{现在分词表伴随}3.谈到高速攀升的（rocketing）房价（housing price），舆论(the press)普遍认为无论政府还是房地产商都难逃（shrink from）其责。

（come to）When it comes to the rocketing housing price, the press generally thinks that no matter the government or land agent can shrink from their responsibilities.{it 作形式主语}4.在随意参观当地二手（second-hand）书店的时候，我看到越来越多从图书馆流失出来的图书。

（at random）When I visited the local second-hand bookstore at random, I saw more and more books which was lost from the libraries. (条件状语从句）5.即使你读了用户手册（user's manual），也不能开动（start）你的洗衣机。

（even if）Even if you read the user's manual, you can not start your washing machine.(even if 引导让步状语从句）6.这个职位有很多人申请，所以在你和人事主管(the personnel supervisor)联系之前，你得先想出自己有什么特别之处(specialness)。

详解新视角研究生英语读说写1课文原文加翻译及课后答案1. 课文原文下面是《新视角研究生英语读说写1》的第一课的课文原文：Community Colleges and Technical Institutes Nowadays, community colleges and technical instit utes are becoming increasingly important in the U nited States. They offer a wide range of educatio nal courses and programs for students who want to gain new knowledge and skills without having to attend a traditional four-year university. These institutions are usually more affordable and acce ssible, making education more available to a dive rse group of people.Community colleges focus on providing students wi th the basic foundational courses to prepare them for further studies or entry-level jobs in vario us industries. They typically offer associate deg rees, which are two-year degree programs. Student s can earn an associate degree and then transfer to a four-year institution to complete their bach elor's degree.Technical institutes, on the other hand, are spec ialized schools that focus on teaching specific t echnical skills. They provide hands-on training and practical experience in areas such as technolo gy, healthcare, and trades. Students who attend t echnical institutes typically receive a certifica te or diploma upon completion of their program, w hich allows them to directly enter the workforce. Overall, community colleges and technical institu tes play an important role in the American educat ion system. They provide flexible and affordable options for individuals seeking to further their education and career prospects.1. 课文翻译下面是《新视角研究生英语读说写1》的第一课的课文翻译：社区大学和职业技术学院如今，社区大学和职业技术学院在美国变得越来越重要。

5 remote controlRecently the Washington Post printed an article explaining how the appliance manufacturers plan to drive consumers insane.Of course they don't say they want to drive us insane. What they say they want to do is have us live in homes where "all appliances are on the Internet, sharing information" and appliances will be "smarter than most of their owners." For example, the article states ,you could have a home where the dishwasher "can be turned on from the office" and the refrigerator "knows when it's out of milk" and the bathroom scale transmits your weight to the gym."I frankly wonder whether the appliance manufacturers, with all due respect, have been smoking crack.I mean, did they ever stop to ask themselves why a consumer, after loading a dishwasher, would go to the office to start it? Would there be some kind of career benefit?YOUR BOSS: What are you doing? ',,'YOU (tapping computer keyboard): I'm starting my dishwasher!YOUR BOSS: That's the kind of productivity we need around here!YOU: Now I'm flushing the upstairs toilet!Listen, appliance manufacturers: We don't need a dishwasher that we can communicate with from afar. If you want to improve our dishwashers, give us one that senses when people leave dirty dishes on the kitchen counter, and shouts at them: "Put those dishes in the dishwasher right now or I'll leak all 1over your shoes!"Likewise, we don't need a refrigerator that knows when it's out of milk. We already have a foolproof system for determining if we’re out of milk: we ask our life. What we could use is a refrigerator that refuses to let us open its door when it senses that we are about to consume our fourth Jell-O Pudding Snack in two hours.As for a scale that transmits our weight to the gym: Are they nuts? We don't 'want our weight transmitted to our own eyeballs! What if the gym decided to transmit our weight to all these other appliances on the Internet? What if, God forbid, our refrigerator found out what our weight was! We'd never get the door open again!But here is what really concerns me about these new "smart" appliances:Even if we like the features, we won't be able to use them. We can't use the appliance features we have now. I have a feature-packed telephone with 43 buttons, at least 20 of which I am afraid to touch. This phone probably can communicate with the dead, but I don't know how to operate it, just as I don't know how to operate my TV, which requires three remote controls. One control (44 buttons) came with the TV; a second (39 buttons) came with the VCR; the third (37 buttons) was brought here by the cable man, who apparently felt that I did not have enough buttons.So when I want to watch TV, I'm confronted with a total of 120 buttons,identified by such helpful labels as PIP, MTS, DBS, FZ, JUMP and BLANK. There are three buttons labeled POWER, but there are times --- especially if my son and his friends, who are not afraid of features, have changed the settings when I honestly cannot figure out how to turn the TV on. I stand there,holding three remote controls, pressing buttons at random, until eventually I give up and go turn on the dishwasher. It has been, literally, years since I have successfully recorded a TV show. That is how "smart" my appliances have become.And now the appliance manufacturers want to give us even more features. Do you know what this means? It means that some night you'll open the door of your "smart" refrigerator, looking for a beer, and you'll hear a pleasant cheerful voice- recorded by the same woman who informs you that Your Call Is Important when you call a business that does not wish to speak with you personally- telling you: "Your celery is limp." You will not know how your refrigerator knows this, and, what is worse, you will not know who else your refrigerator is telling about it ("Hey, Bob! I hear your celery is limp!"). And, if you want to try to make the refrigerator stop, you'll have to decipher Owner's Manual instructions written by and for nuclear physicists ("To disable the Produce Crispness Monitoring feature, enter the Command Mode, then elect the Edit function, then select Change Vegetable Defaults, then assume that Train A leaves Chicago traveling westbound at 47 mph, while Train B...").Is this the kind of future you want, consumers? Do you want appliances that are smarter than you? Of course not. Your appliances should be dumber than you, just like your furniture, your pets and your representatives in Congress. So, I am urging you to let the appliance industry know, by phone, letter, fax and e-mail, that when it comes to "smart" appliances, you vote NO. You need to act quickly. Because while you're reading this, your microwave oven is voting YES.。

新视角研究‎生英语读说‎写1课文翻‎译以及课后‎习题答案一、A Worki‎n g Commu‎n i ty5、None of us, mind you, was born into these‎commu‎n itie‎s. Nor did we move into them, U-Hauli‎n g our posse‎ssion‎s along‎w ith us. None has paper‎s to prove‎w e are card-carry‎in g membe‎rs of one such group‎o r anoth‎er. Y et it seems‎t hat more and more of us are ident‎i fied‎b y work these‎d ays, rathe‎r than by stree‎t.值得一提的‎是，我们没有谁‎一出生就属‎于这些社区‎，也不是后来‎我们搬了进‎来。

这些身份是‎我们随身携‎带的，没有人可以‎拿出文件证‎明我们是这‎个或那个群‎体的会员卡‎持有者。

然而，不知不觉中‎人们的身份‎更倾向于各‎自所从事的‎工作，而不是像以‎往一样由家‎庭住址来界‎定。

6、In the past, most Ameri‎c ans live in neigh‎b o rho‎o d s. We were membe‎r s of preci‎n cts or paris‎h es or schoo‎l distr‎icts. My di ct i‎o n ary‎still‎ d efin‎es commu‎n tiy, first‎ o f all in geogr‎aphic‎t erms‎, as “a body of peopl‎e who live in one place‎.”过去大多数‎彼邻而居的‎美国人彼此‎是同一个街‎区、教区、校区的成员‎。

读说写1 Unit one[A]1. The restaurant industry has one thing in common with the film industry: the high failure rate among its small businesses. 餐饮行业与电影行业的共同之处在于其小型企业的失败率很高.2. His greatness lies in his outstanding ability to connect the qualities of a scientist with those of an industrialist.他的伟大在于他具有非凡的能力把科学家和实业家的品质结合起来了.3. We have replaced ethnic identity with professional identity, the way we replaced neighborhoods with the workplace, which is quite obvious among the mobile professions.像工作单位取代居住地一样,我们的种族身份已被职业身份所取代.这一现象在流动作业的行业中表现得尤为明显. 4. Plainly, in any large enterprise the boss cannot be directly involved in everything, and some means have to be found to transfer his belief to others.显然,任何一家大公司的老板都不可能事事亲力亲为,需要找到一些方法把他们的理念传达给他人.5. No one was willing to experience the feeling of being out of control and dependent on someone else’s approval, at someone else’s mercy.没有任何人愿意再过那种自己无法控制、要别人认可、任人摆布的日子了.6. The human being longs for a sense of being accomplished, of being able to do things, with his hand, with his mind and with his will.人们渴望一种成就感,渴望有能力凭自己的手、自己的脑、自己的意志办成事情.7. The government hopes that sale of a chunk of its assets will help make up for its loss.政府希望通过大量出售资产来弥补损失.8. In modern society, people are more likely to be identified by their professions, rather than by their communities.现代社会里人们的身份更多地由他们所从事的职业,而不是他们所生活的社区来界定.9. Careers jobs and work do much more than most of us realize to provide happiness and contentment.职业和工作在使人得到幸福与满足方面所起的作用比我们大多数人意识到的要多得多.10. We did have an investigation with regard to the issue, but we should not comment on it.我们的确对这个事件进行了调查,但不会对正在进行的调查作任何评论.[B] Not all the neighborhoods are empty, nor is every workplace a friendly playground. Most of us have had mixed experiences in these environments. Y et as one woman told me recently, she knows more about the people she passes on the way to her desk than on her way around the block. Our new sense of community hasn’s just moved from house to office building. The labels that we wear connect us with members from distant companies, cities, and states. We assume that have something “in common”with other teachers, nurses, city planners. (Para.11)不是所有的住宅区都是空的,也不是所有的工作单位都是友好的.多数人在这里都曾有过复杂的经历.然而,最近一位女性朋友告诉我她对工作单位里的人的了解程度要胜于对同一街区人的了解程度.我们不仅把社区的概念从住宅区迁移到办公楼,上班时身上佩戴的标志也把我们和异国他乡的人们和公司员工联系在一起.我们假设自己和其他的教师、护士、城市规划者有某些共同点。

《新视角英语》BookI 练习答案UnitTwoV. V ocabularyA. 1. roaming 2. was hounded 3. preposterous 4. vulgar 5. defects6. vengeance7. exquisite8. gaudy9. maxim 10. status quoB. 1. A 2. C 3. B 4. B 5. D6. A7. C8. D9. B 10. DVI. Cloze1. launched2. with3. however4. on5. niaing6. exercise7. varied8. within9. scores 10. average11. quickest 12. received 13. problems 14. along 15. essential16. through 17. perform 18. avoid 19. series 20. dropVIII. TranslationA.1. Although she has ,ggne through numeroms failures, Katherine still believes that she couldmake a world champion of her son:2. This training program is not really a bad experience. But I would have liked it better if thecourses had been a bit more practical.3. You should have known better than to open a suspicious attachment.4. Unfortunately he died from a sudden traffic accident, leaving the experiment half-done.5. Wouldn't it be better if the food market on the street corner could be turned into a garden?6. Much as I am eager to please everyone, I seem never be able to speak out the right thing atthe right time.7. This little gadget makes a good present for the elderly£¬for it can keep accurate track of onesblood pressure.8. Jane is always working so hard to achieve the next thing and she never has time to sit and patherself on the back about the things that she has already done.9. Tom sized up the situation, and decided to downsize his business; which turned out to be awise decision.10. It is not enough :for our university to, resign itself to the status quo;should speed up itsdevelopment, and make itself one of the best universities in ChinaB进取、进取、再进取，这是母亲给我设定的方向。